It was delicious!

Mrs Smith has three sons:John,Jack and James.Every year they wouldsend their mother expensive(1)to show how richthey were.John wasthe richest.Andhe thought,“I mustgivehersomethingvery(2),and it should be the only one in the world.”So he advertised in the newspaper:Wanted—the(3)gift for the woman who has everything.Many people from all over the world phoned him.They wanted to sell him“the perfectgift”.But none was the only one in the world.AThen,aweek(4)a man cametohis office.He was c…     

Absent-minded Professors

There were three professors at the railway station. They were deep in conversation, The train had just arrived, but they did not notice it. Then the guard shouted, "Take your seats, please!"     

READINGS

Mr and Mrs Wilson and their children were going to begin their holiday. As they had decided to spend it in another country,they had to reach the airport at eleven forty. "It’ll take us half an hour to get there in the taxi,"     

Bicycle or Bull?

A burly professional wrestler was visiting his friend in a small town and one night they stayed a little too long at the pub. Not wanting to drive they decided to walk home. As they were crossing a farmers field a bull charged them. The wrestler grabbed the bull by the horns and they went down in a snarling heap. Finally the bull jumped up and ran away. "Wow" said the friend "that was quite a tussle." "Yeah" the wrestler replied "and if I hadnt had that last drink I wou…     

Wallflower

Some rangers in Kings Canyou National Park(that's located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Califomia)came down from theirfire towers-or maybe they simply steppedoff the trail for a minute-to send us a question. They were curious to know if there were any connection between what they dubbed the     

COMPREHENSION

阅读下面短文,选择最佳答案。Bill and Wu Yong were football players when they were in the junior middle school. Now they study at the same high school. On the first day of the term they meet at the school gate. Both of them     

五粒豌豆的故事

The shell burst,and the five peas rolled out into the bright sunshine.There they lay in a child's hand.The little boy said they were fine peas for his pea-shooter.And immediately he put one in and shot it out."Now I am flying out into the wide world," said the pea, "Catch me if you can," and he was gone in a moment."I," said the second, "want to fly straight to the sun." And went away."We will go to sleep wherever we find ourselves," said the two next, "We shall still be rolling onwards," They felt on the floor,and roll about before they go into the pea-shooter;but they were put in it. "We shall go farther than the others," said they."What is to happen will happen," said the last,as he was shot out of the pea-shooter;and as he spoke he flew up against an old board under a window of an old house,and fell into a little crevice.The moss closed round him,and there he lay.     

快速阅读(英文)

Snow Queen There,in the market place,some of the boldest of the boys tied their sledges to the carts as they passed by so that they were pulled along and got a good ride.It was so capital! Just as they were in the very height of their amusement,a large sledge passed by them.It was painted quite white,and there was someone in it wrapped up in a rough white mantle of fur,with a rough     

What a Great Day!

I play ball in the morning. I take a nap in the afternoon. I read storybooks in the evening. I read storybooks in the morning. I ride a bike in the afternoon. Then I watch TV in the evening. Story: Everyone is sitting on the floor with Miss Grant. They are talking about what they usually do on holidays. Phoebe raises her hand and says, "I read storybooks in the morning. I ride a     

I don''''t like tins

A pair of lions lived in the prairie three months ago. One day when they were walking, they were caught by some people. And they were carried to a zoo. They began to live in a big iron cage from then on.     

询问! 询问! 询问!

The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn't mind if you call her a girl.That's because Markita Andrews has 1)generated more than eighty thousand dollars selling Girl Scout注 cookies since she was seven years old. Going door-to-door after school,the 2)painfully shy Markita 3)transformed herself into a cookie-selling 4)dynamo when she discovered,at age 13,the secret of selling.     

怪!怪!怪!

十一月的一个星期三,一大早就发生了两件怪事. 第一件怪事是汪老师上常识课的时候,一只小鸟突然飞进了我们教室.同学们一见这"不速之客",都不由得吓了一跳,有的大喊大叫,有的抱头鼠窜,好不"热闹"!     

等等！等等！等等！

两只蜗牛要去西班牙。火车没赶上,轮船也没赶上,他们能到西班牙吗？请同学们在读这个小故事的同时大声朗读含有“ai”字母组合的单词。体会它的发音。