水仙花

Early in his childhood, as soon as he was able to speak, he was asked what kind of face he would like to have. They agreed when he said he' d like to have a blue face like his mother, who had hers from being born in the sea. Pith(抽去;杀死) from the claws of a certain bird furnished the dye, which he let the nurse wipe over his brow and cheeks. Soon his face was blue and stayed blue; and although no one said it to him, everyone thought he was a beautiful boy.     

My Beautiful Hometown

My hometown is very beautiful. The sky is blue. The cloud is very white. There are many fish in the clean stream. When you wake up,you will feel very happy! You can see the garden, red flowers and green trees. If you want to plant flower seeds in your     

情人节魔盒(英文)

Roger had planned to send a great many valentines to the girls and boys he knew.There were beautiful valentines in the toy shop window,red satin hearts in little heart-shaped boxes,painted post card valentines,and little card-board figures holding baskets of flowers. Roger had been saving his allowance for four weeks and he was quite sure that he had enough money to buy a valentine for the little girl next door,and one for the little girl across the street,and one for the boy on the next block,and one fo...     

国王的高速公路

Once a king had a great highway built for the members of his kingdom.After it was completed, but before it was opened to the public(对公众开放), the king decided to have a contest. He invited as many as desired to participate (参加). Their challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best.     

There aren’t any crocodiles in the pond

Liu Hua's father contracted a pond(承包了一个池塘). The pond was very big. There were many flowers around it. There were some trees behind the flowers. It was a very beautiful place to travel. There were many different fishes in the pond. Liu Hua's father fed them every day and they could swim freely in the water. The place was very quiet. The fishes came out at times. One day, some young men from the city found the place. And they began to have swimming in the pond. Liu Hua's father adviced them. But they didn't listen to him. He had to write two words on a big sign(牌子): No Swimming. The next Sunday some other young men came and had swimming in the pond, too. He could not stop them swimming in the pond. He was very angry. People swimming in the pond were not good for the fishes to grow. He worried about his fishes. One Sunday morning Liu Hua told his father he could stop the people swimming in the pond. He told his father not to go to the pond and he could stay there by himself. When Liu Hua was playing, three young men came to the pond. "What a nice place it is!"one of them shouted. Then he saw Liu Hua and he came over to him.     

Tower To The Moon

There was once a king who was different from other kings. Instead of sitting on a high throne(王位、宝座)，this king liked to sit outside and lood at the moon. He would sit for hours, just looking at the moon and wondering what it would be like to go there.     

拦路石

n ancient times, a king had a boulder ( 巨石 ) placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the kingdom' s wealthiest merchants and courtiers (朝臣) came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the road clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along, carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.     

HUMOROUS STORIES

Mrs Williams loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In the summer, her roses （玫瑰花） were always the best in her streel. One summer afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy outside. He was about eight years old, and was holding a big bunch of beautiful roses in his hand. ＂I＇m selling roses,＂ he said. ＂Do you want any？ They are quite cheap. One shilling for a big bunctl. They are fresh. I pieked them this afternoon.＂     

阅读欣赏——A Mother's Letter to the World

Dear World: My son starts school today. It's going to be strange and new to him for a while.And I wish you would sort of~(1)) treat him gently. You see,up to now, he's been king of the roost. He's been boss of the backyard. I have always been around to repair his wounds,and to soothe~(2)) his feelings.     

Just Because I Know You

Dick and Robert studied in the same class four years ago. Dick liked all kinds of beautiful clothes and spent (花费) a lot of money on them. His father was a worker and he hadn't enough money to give his son. Dick had to borrow some money from his friends. At first they lent(借) some to him, but he never gave any back to them. And later nobody believed(相信) him.     

卧薪尝胆

In the Spring and Autumn Period (B.C. 770-476), countries often fought each other. Once, the Yue Kingdom was defeated in a battle by the Wu Kingdom, so the king of the Yue kingdom Gou Jian had to go to the Wu Kingdom with his wife as servants of King Fu     

一罐金子(英文)

Once a farmer was put in prison. Even though(即使)this farmer was in prison,he wasn't a bad man. He hadn't done anything wrong. At this time the king's men were collecting money. The king needed money so that he could fight wars and the people had to pay a lot of taxes(税). Now this farmer didn't have any money. He told this to the king's men. When they came to his house,he said,"I can't give you any money. I am such a poor man that I've hardly got enough to live."The king’s m en laughed. …     

阅读理解精练(英文)

A I heard the story about a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that occurred in his life (posi- tive or negative) and remarking( 评论), “This is good! ” One day the king …     

Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp

Mansur was a magician.He lived in Africa. He read in one of his magic books about a wonderful lamp hidden in a hole in the ground in China.Aladdin and his mother lived in China.They were very poor:They lived in a hut and often had not enough food to eat.One day Aladdin's mother said,"Go out into the field and get some flowers;we will sell the flowers and get money to buy food."So Aladdin went into a field to get flowers.Now the place where the lamp was hidden was in a hole in that field.     

FUNNY STORIES

A Mr Jones had a few days’ holidays, so he decided to visit the mountains by train. During the trip he often put his head out of the window and looked at the mountains. Soon the wind blew his beautiful hat off. Mr Jones quickly took his old bag and threw that out of the window, too. The other people on the train laughed. They asked if his bag would     

完形填空专项训练

一"UNGRATEFUL GUEST" Among the soldiers of King Philip there was a poor man who had done brave deeds. He had (1) the king in more ways than one, and so the king put (2) trust in him. One day (3) was on board of a ship at sea (4) a great storm came up. The winds drove the ship upon the (5) , and it was hroken into pieces. The soldier would have died there, (6) it not been for the kind care of a farmer who lived close by. When the soldier was (7) enough to go home, he thanked the farmer for what he had done,and     

睡公主

Once there was a king and queen,For many years they had wanted a child,and not a child had come to them.     

A Lesson to Learn（初二适用）

John was the only on of a rich American businessman(商人).Usually hewas taken to school by the chauffeur([汽车]司机)in his father’s beautiful car,before the chauffeur took John’s father to his office.One evening his father toldhim that he had to go to the airport(飞机场)early the next day,so he wouldneed the car at the time when John had to go to school.He said that John’s     

爱伦坡小说里的女性(英文)

Edgar Allan Poe,a writer of a Romanism,is well-known for his grotesque and grim style of writing.In most of his grotesque and grim works,describing females is his major method to express his own emotion.All of these women usually have a perfect appearance and passionate character,but are afflicted with mysterious illness.It is a conventional means of voicing feeling for Allan Poe to describe the heroes' deep pain and their yearning for the beautiful heroines.This thesis will introduce Allan Poe's legendary life and analyze the features of the females in his life and works under the background of the United States at Edgar Allan Poe's times.And this thesis will describe of his denial of the patriarchy.     

A Goose With Only One Leg（初三适用）

Once there was a clever farmer. Though he was poor,he decided one day to take a roast goose(烧鹅) to the king as a present. He had not had much that day, and soon the smell of the roast goose became too much for him as he carried it to the king, so he ate one of its legs.