Earth's Surface(高二适用)

If a man in a spaceship looked down at the earth from many mileshigh above the island of Tahiti(南太平洋中的塔希提岛),he would seemainly water.He might think that the earth was a very very large oceanwith little land. If,however,he looked down at the earth from a position above Eu-     

Earth’s Surface（高二适用）

If a man in a spaceship looked down at the earth from many miles high above the island of Tahiti (南太平洋中的塔希提岛), he would see mainly water. He might think that the earth was a very very large ocean with little land.     

Xian Xinghai—A Great Musician of the People

Xian Xinghai (冼星海) was one of the greatest musicians in China. He was a musician deeply loved by the people because he sang of the people and for the people from the bottom of his heart. He lived before the People's Republic of China was founded. It was a tragedy that he died at the age of only forty-five-in the prime of his most creative and productive years.     

The Rock in Life

One day,a teacher was speaking to a group of students.He told them something that they would never forget.As he stood in front of the group of students,he said,"OK,time for a quiz."He took out a big jar①and put it on the table in front of     

Jack and His Gold

Jack was a very rich man. He had got a bag of gold from business, but he did not know where to keep it. He was afraid that thieves might 1 his house and steal it away. One day when it was time to go to bed, he put the gold bag beside his pillow (枕头) and tied the bag to his arm. But he was awake all night because he was worrying about the gold. Finally, he 2 to hide the bag of gold in a hole near a tall tree in his back garden.“But the people m ay still know that there s gold in t…     

一千零一夜

There was once a King of Persia who had a beautiful wife. He loved her very much, but she was a wicked woman. When the King discovered her wickedness, he killed her. He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them. He gave orders that he was to be given a new wife every day. After one day's marriage he would cut off her head and marry again. This went on for some time and all the people of the country were unhappy.     

Bill Gates，Head of Microsoft

As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates once said that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. Only 15 years later he was a billionaire. And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft company,he became the richest man in America with assets(资产) ofabout US$ 6. 3 billion.     

微笑(英文)

Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other-it doesn't matter who it is-and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other. Mother TeresaMany Americans are familiar with The Little Prince, a wonderful book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This is a whimsical and fabulous book and works as a children's story as well as a thought-provoking adult fable. Far fewer are aware of Saint-Exupery's other writings, novels and short stories.Saint-Exupery was a fighter pilot who fought against the Nazis and was killed in action. Before World War Ⅱ, he fought in the Spanish Civil War against the fascists. He wrote a fascinating story based on that experience entitled The Smile( Le Sourire. )It is this story which I'd like to share with you now. It isn't clear whether or not he meant this to be autobiographical or fiction. I choose to believe it is the former.He said that he was captured by the enemy and thrown into a jail cell. He was sure that from the contemptuous looks and rough treatment he received from his jailers he would be executed the next day. From here, I'll tell the story as I remember it in my own words.     

完形乐园趣多多

Once,a gentleman was traveling in a train.He felt (1) and got down at a station in search of water.As soon as he reached the water tap[水龙头]the train started.He ran back,but(2) the train. He asked about the next train and knew that the next train was on the next day.So he decided to find a place to(3)the night.It was getting darker and he could not find a room.He was a little(4).     

玻璃弹子的寓言

Once upon a time, there was a foolish boy who had a bag full of beautiful marbles(玻璃弹子). Now this boy was quite proud of his marbles. In fact, he thought so much of them that he would neither play with them himself nor would he let anyone else play with them. He only took them out of the bag in order to count and admire them; they were never used for their     

霍尼和角豆树

Honi the Wise One was also known as Honi the Circle Maker.By drawing a circle and stepping inside of it,he would 1)recite special 2)prayers for rain.Sometimes,he even argued with God during a 3)drought,and the rains would come.He was,indeed,a 4)miracle maker.As wise as he was,Honi sometimes saw something that 5)puzzled him,then,he would ask questions so he could solve the mystery.     

STORIES

A John was the only son of a wealthy American businessman.Usually he was taken to school by the driver in his father's beautiful car before the driver took his father to the office.One evening father told him that he had to go to the airport early the next morning,so he would need the car in the time that John had to go to school.He said that John's mother,who had another car,would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house."Well,how shall I get to school if you need your car and Mum's still in bed?" John asked.     

Some Strange Journeys

Jules Verne was a Frenchman who was born in 1828.He was not an inventorand he was not a scientist,but he read a great many scientific books.He had a verystrong imagination and he loved adventure although he did not have many great adven-tures himself.He wrote a number of exciting books about the things which he thoughtthat scientists and inventors would one day be able to do.Years later,many of the     

The Elephant Did It!

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a cirus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, “I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!” Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.     

阅读特训营

Mario Capecchi: The man who changed our world The genetics research that won Mario Capecchi a share of this year's Nobel Prize for medicine may well help to define the science of the 21st century. But the man himself was marked, in extraordinary ways, by the turbulent(动荡的) history of the century before. Mr Capecchi's grandfather, a German archaeologist, was accidentally gunned down by his own men during the First World War. His father, an Italian aviator, was killed in the Second World War. He himself spent that war poor in northern Italy after his American mother was arrested and sent to the Dachau concentration camp-a survival tale all the more remarkable for the fact that he was just four years old when his mother was taken away. One might imagine, after a start like that, that he would develop into an artist-one thinks of Roman Polanski, who survived the Warsaw Ghetto-or a politician. Indeed, Mr Capecchi first intended to study political science when, at length, he got around to a university education. But with his quiet manner and clever mind, he rose to the top of his chosen field in the medical sciences.     

苏格拉底

Socrates was born in Athen,Greece.He was one of the wisest and bravest teachers in the world.All his life he was poor because he never asked his pupils to pay for what he taught them.He taught for the love of wisdom,not for money.Unlike other philosophers,Socrates was interested in how ordinary people ought to behave and think.He did not just tell his pupils what he thought they should do,in face,he was fond of saying that he himself knew nothing.Instead,he would talk about their answers and make them talk too.     

Love——the most important thing

Jack was a rich young man.One day,he was1very happily down astreet.Suddenly from his car came a terrible sound.He felt2,so he stoppedhis car and looked around.He saw a child standing nearby with a few small stonesin his hand.He jumped3the car and found a(凹痕)in the door.He wasso4that he caught the boy and shouted at him,     

Funny Stories

AOnce a great boxer (拳击家), Tom Brown, went to a restaurant for dinner. He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would take it away. So, he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it, "The great boxer, Tom Brown, left his bag here. He will come back soon." He put the paper in his bag     

阅读特训营

Guardians of the Barrens 1 The herd of rnusk oxen moved slowly through a patch of Barren Lands grass.The man watched through his field glasses. 2 He was more than satisfied with the old bull's huge head. It would make a perfect trophy.Probably it would be the last ever taken.Musk oxen were rare.They were protected in all Canada and especially in this northern game sanctuary.He had paid a great deal of money to be brought secretly into the sanctuary.He knew he might be caught and punished.But he was willing to take the risk.     

阅读理解 突击训练

(A)Simon is an executive(行政人员)of a computer com-pany.He was going to Dalian for a conference(会议).Theconference would start on January18th,but when hecalled the booking office for a ticket,he was told thatthere were only flights to Dalian on17th.One was at10:10in the morning and the other was at3:30in the after-noon.Simon couldn’t leave until lunch time,so he couldonly take the3:30.The flight number is366.He had topay960yuan plus another50yuan for the airport con-struction fee(建设费)…