1．Honesty诚实
A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured. The manager of the office asked him how old his parents were when they died.
“Mother had a bad heart and died at the age of thirty. Father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty-five.”
“I am very sorry,”said the manager,“we cannot insure your life as your parents were not healthy.”
As the man was leaving the office, depressed, he met a clerk, who had overheard the conversation.
“You must not be so frank and tell the truth,”said the clerk,“no office will insure you if you speak like that. Use your imagination a little.”
The man went to another office and was shown into the manager's room.
“Well, young man, how old were your parents when they died?”
“Mother was ninety-three, and she died from a fall off her bicycle. Father was ninety-eight and he died while he was playing football.”
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )1.A woman went to an insurance office.
( )2.The man’s mother died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty
( )3.The man’s father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty-five.
( )4.The man told the truth to the first manager.
( )5.The man told the truth to the second manager.
2. An American on a British Train一个美国人乘英国火车
A young American entered a railway compartment on a British train, to discover that all seats were occupied, Including one on which was seated a small dog. To its owner, a middle-aged lady wearing a large hat, he said politely,“Excuse me, ma'am, but may I sit down?”
She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.
Again he said,“Excuse me, ma'am, but may I have this seat, please? And again she ignored him.
For a third time the young American said,“Ma'am, would you please remove your dog so that I may sit down?”
And for the third time the snooty matron totally ignored him, so he opened a window, picked up the dog, threw it out, and then sat on the empty seat.
There was a stunned silence, and then an Englishman sitting opposite said,“You know, you Yanks are the strangest people. You drive on the wrong side of the road. You eat with the fork in the wrong hand, you name the floors in the wrong numbers, and now you've just thrown the wrong bitch out of the window!”
选择正确的答案
( )1.The young man was on ______.
A. an American train
B. a British train
C. a British bus
( )2.Were there any free seats?
A. Yes, there were.
B. Yes, there weren’t.
C. No, there weren’t.
( )3.The young man was very_____ to the middle-aged lady for three times..
A. polite
B. rude
C. naughty
( )4.Did the young man throw out the dog ?
A. Yes, he didn’t.
B. No, he didn’t.
C. Yes, he did.
( )5. Whose dog was it?
A. The American
B. The Englishman sitting opposite
C. The woman
3．A Bad Foot受伤的脚
There was a bookseller who did not like to pay for anything. One day a big box of books fell on his foot.
“Go to the doctor,”said his wife，“show that foot to him.”
“No,”he said,“I'll wait until the doctor comes to our shop next time. Then I'll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I shall have to pay.”
The next day the doctor came to the shop to buy some books. The bookseller told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it and promised to help.
He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it.“Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night.”he said.
“Thank you.”said the bookseller.“And now, sir, here are your books.”
“How much?”asked the doctor.
“Two pounds.”
“Good,”said the doctor.“I shall not have to pay you anything today.”
“Why?”asked the bookseller.
“I have examined your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I usually charge two pounds. And I came here today, didn't I? Bye-bye!”
选择正确的答案
( )1.The bookseller_______ to pay for anything.
A. liked
B. don’t like
C. didn’t like
( )2.His wife asked him to see _________.
A. a doctor
B. a driver
C. a customer
( )3.How much was the book that the doctor wanted to buy?
A. one pound
B. two pounds
C. three pounds
( )4.Did the doctor come to the bookshop the next day?
A. Yes, he did.
B. No, he didn’t.
C. Yes, he didn’t.
( )5.Did the doctor pay for the book?
A. Yes, he did.
B. No, he didn’t.
C. Yes, he didn’t.
4.The Gold and the Fur Coat金子与皮大衣
A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They sat next to each other.
“What's that in your bag?”asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.
“Gold, nothing but gold,”answered the old man.
The young man could hardly believe his own ears,“What?”he said to himself in
surprise.“So much gold? My God! How I wish to be able to get so much gold!”Then he began to think about how to get the gold.
The old man looked tired and sleepy and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open.“Are you sleepy, sir?”asked the young man.“Then you'd better lie down on the chair and have a good rest. Don't worry about the bus. I'll wake you up in time.”
“All right. It's very kind of you, young man.”The old man lay down and before long he fell asleep.
The young man took the big bag gently. But when he was about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn't. At last he took off his coat and went away with the bag.
The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him. When he reached a place where he thought the old man couldn't find him, he stopped and quickly opened the bag.
To his surprise, there was nothing but a lot of small stones in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )1. The young man and an old woman were waiting for a bus at a station.
( )2.The young man had a bag that full of gold.
( )3.The old man was not tired or sleepy in fact.
( )4.The young man took the bag away.
( )5. There was much gold in the bag.
5．Shave Me First先给我刮脸
A barber was in his shop, busily cutting a man's hair, when a handsome young stranger came in. He had a small boy with him. They sat down together and waited until the barber had finished. Then the young man told the barber to shave him and to cut the small boy's hair.
The barber said,“Do you want me to cut the boy's hair first, or to shave you?”
“Oh, shave me.”said the young man.“Then I'll go down the road and have a glass of wine while you're cutting the boy's hair.”
The young man sat down in the barber's chair, and the barber began to shave him.
When he had finished, the young man got up and said,“I'll go down the road now and have my wine while you're cutting the boy's hair.”
“All right, but I won't take long.”the barber warned him. The young man went out, the small boy obediently sat down in the barber's chair，and the barber began to cut his hair.
As he had said, he soon finished, and then the boy sat down and waited. At the end of half an hour, when the young man had still not come back, the barber said to the boy,“It is a pity that your daddy's taking such a long time. Where is he likely to be now?”
“I can't guess,”answered the small boy.“And that man wasn't my daddy. I've never seen him before in my life. I was playing in the street this morning, and he came up to me and asked me whether I'd like to have my hair cut without having to
pay anything. I said I would, because my hair was rather long, so he brought me here.”
根据短文，把句子补充完整。
1.The young stranger came to the shop with a _____ ______.
2.The barber_______ the man first.
3.The stranger _____ ______ the small boy’s Daddy.
4.The barber ______ ______ any money at last.
6.“You Failed!”“你没及格！”
When I was at the university I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Tim was one of them. He spent more time playing games in the club than working in the library.
Once, at the end of term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write“True”or “False”.While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Tim was watching television. Tim usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan.“It's very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get sixty correct to pass the test. I'll take a coin into the examination room. I haven't studied a chemistry book for months, so I'm sure I'll just toss the coin. If the coin comes down on my hand with the right side up, I write“True”.If it rests with the other side up, I write“False”.That way, I'm sure I'll get sixty questions right.”
The next day Tim came cheerfully into the examination room. He sat tossing a coin for half an hour and handed in his paper one hour earlier than the rest of us.
The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor.
“Oh, good,”he said.“Have you got the results of the test? What mark did I get?”
The professor looked at him and smiled.
“Ah, it's you, Tim. Just a minute.”
Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it in the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.
“I'm terribly sorry, Tim,”he said,“You failed.”
根据短文，把句子补充完整。
1. When I was at the university I studied very ________.
2.______ spent more time playing games in the club than working in the library.
3. Tim saw the _______ ________ in the corridor.
4.Tim _____ pass the test.
7．Elena Was Taught a Lesson埃琳娜受到教训
Elena was not a good student. Her head was in the clouds most of the time. She wanted to listen in class and to study，but other things were more important, like her boyfriend, her clothes, and television. Every time she tried to concentrate on her lesson, her mind wandered.
One day, her English teacher, Mrs Green, said she was going to give an important test. She reviewed all week. Where Was Elena? She seemed to be there, but
her mind was absent.
“Did you copy the qu estions? Did you do the exercises? Did you write your homework? Elena, wake up! You're going to fail the test,”warned Mrs Green.
The day of the test arrived. Elena didn't study very much, and she didn't know many answers. She tried to guess but soon gave up.
Next to Elena sat Ivan, a very hardworking student. Elena didn't want to fail the test, so she decided to cheat. She knew it was wrong, but she had no way out. She began to copy all of I van's answers.
Ivan noticed Elena cheating and was very angry. Quickly he changed all his answers so that they were incorrect. So did Elena. Then, hiding his paper,hequickly changed his answers back to the way they had been. Elena wasn't quick enough and the bell rang. Ivan turned to Elena and laughed.
“Honesty is the best policy,”he said.“Now all your answers are wrong for sure.”
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )1. Elena was a good student.
( )2. Elena didn’t like her clothes or television.
( )3. Elena studied very hard.
( )4. Ivan is a very hardworking student.
( )5.From the passage we know that honesty is the best policy.
8.A Guide with Prejudice带偏见的导游
In 1861 the Civil War started in the United States between the Northern and the Southern states. The war continued with great bitterness until 1865,when the Northerners were victorious. However, even today, many Southerners have not forgotten their defeat, or forgiven the Northerners.
A few years ago, a party of American tourists were going round one of the battlefields of the Civil War with a guide who came from one of the Southern states. At each place, the guide told the tourists stirring stories about how a few Southern soldiers had conquered powerful forces of Northerners there.
At last, one of the tourists, a lady who came from the North, stopped the guide and said to him,“But surely the Northern army must have won at le ast one victory in the Civil War?”
“Not as long as I'm the guide here, madam,”answered the Southern guide.
选择正确的答案
( )1.When did the Civil War start?
A. 1862
B.1863
C.1861
( )2.Did the Southerners forget their defeat?
A. Ye, they did.
B.No, they didn’t
C.No, they did.
( )3. Where was the guide from?
A. the South
B. the North
C.the East
( )4.The lady was from?
A. the South
B. the North
C.the East
( )5.Was the guide prejudice?
A. No, she wasn’t.
B. No, she was.
C.Yes, she was.
9.It Was Not Enough这样还不够
A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dangerously ill. Thanks to his skill and care this young patient recovered, and was soon able to get up and run about again. The child's mother was very grateful, and she called on the doctor to thank him for what he had done for her son.
“Doctor,”she said.“You have saved my little boy's life. I do not know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.”
The doctor drew himself up and said coldly,“Madam, little presents like that are very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for his attentions.”
The lady was too surprised and hurt to reply for a moment. Then she said quietly,“Perhaps you will tell me what your fee is, doctor?”
“Fifty pounds,”he answered.
The lady opened the little purse that she had made and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag, and saying good bye to the doctor, she went out of the room.
选择正确的答案
( )1.The doctor was very_______.
A. famous
B. kind
C. bad
( )2.The little boy was able to______ and run about again.
A. do the long jump
B. dance
C. get up
( )3.The child’s mother wanted to _____ the doctor.
A. see
B. thank
C. talk to
( )4.Did the doctor accept the purse?
A. No, he doesn’t.
B. Yes, he does.
C. Yes, he doesn’t.
( )5.How much money did the child’s mother give to the doctor at last?
A. 50 pounds
B. 200 pounds
C. 15 pounds
10.Behaving Like a Lady照女士的样子行事
Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never able to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week before Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and usually had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch hour.
The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour. Mr West stood politely at the edge of a crowd of women who were pushing forward to try to get to the people who were selling necklaces and ear-rings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were coming into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly past him.
After half an hour, he was just as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been when he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end,
so he decided to change his way of doing things: he put his head down, gave a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the front of the crowdas hard as he could.
The women around him became very angry when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold him.“Why can't you behave like a gentleman?”they shouted．“Ladies,”he answered them,“I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has got me nowhere, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
根据短文，把句子补充完整。
1. Mr. West intended to buy his _________a Christmas present.
2. Mr. West was very ___________.
3.The shop was full of __________.
4. Mr. West’s behavior like a _______ at last.
11.The Hunter's Boldness猎手胆大过人
A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were plenty of animals to hunt. The only trouble was that the place was very difficult to get to.
He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and could not get back until the snows melted in the following spring. Then he went to the pilot of a small plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over parts of the country where there were no roads and no railways, and asked him to take him back to his favourite piece of forest.
The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed it to him on the map.“But there is nowhere to land there, man!”said the pilot.“I have flown ove r that part of the country on my way to other places, and I know that we can't land anywhere between this river and these mountains.”
“I thought you were a wonderful pilot,”said the hunter.“Some of my friends said you could land a plane on a postage stam p.”
“That's right,”answered the pilot.“I can land a plane where nobody else can. But I tell you there is nowhere to land in the place you are talking about.”
“And what if I tell you that another pilot did land me there last spring?”said the hunter.
“Is that true?”asked the pilot.
“Yes, it is. I swear it.”
Well, this pilot could not let himself be beaten by another, so he a geed to take the hunter.
When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out a small spot without trees in the middle of the forest, with a steep rise at one end. The pilot thought that there was not enough room to land there, but the hunter said that the other pilot had done so the year before, so down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned right over onto its back. As the hunter climbed out, he smiled happily and said,“Yes, that is exactly how the other pilot managed it last time.”
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )1.The hunter wanted to go to the place where there were many animals
( )2.The hunter asked the pilot to take him to his favorite piece of forest.
( )3. Another pilot did land the hunter there last spring.
( )4. The pilot failed at last.
( )5.The hunter was very clever.
12.At the Waxworks Exhibition在蜡像馆
One rainy Saturday afternoon, Nancy and Smith were wondering what to do, when suddenly Smith had an idea.
“I know,”he said enthusiastically,“I'll take you to a place m y father used to take me to when I was a boy. No, don't ask questions; just get your umbrella and get into the car.”
Half an hour later they stopped outside a large building and Nancy laughed.
“Oh, it's the waxworks exhibition. Do you know, I've never been here before?”
And Smith said,“Oh, we used to come here often when I was little. There used to be a lot of famous people inside, all made of wax, but I suppose they've changed most of them now.”
While Smith was buying the tickets at the pay-desk, Nancy looked round.
“Did your mother use to come, too?” she asked.
“Not very often.”Smith told her.“She used to stay at home and look after babies. Come on, up these stairs.”
At the top of the stairs stood an attendant, holding some catalogues. Nancy went up to her, opening her handbag, while Smith watched her.
“How much are the catalogues, please?”Nancy asked; but the girl didn't answer. And she didn't realize that she had been talking to a waxwork until she heard Smith laughing behind her.
根据短文回答下列问题。
1.What day was that day?
_____________________________________________________
2.Where did Smith take Nancy to?
_____________________________________________________
3.Who used to go to the waxworks exhibition when he/she was little?
_____________________________________________________
4. Did Smith’s mother use to go to the waxworks exhibition?
_____________________________________________________
5.What is the attendant in fact?
_____________________________________________________
13.Noise Makers噪声制造者
A young man, who earned his living as a drummer in a band, had just married, and he and his wife were looking for somewhere to live. They saw a lot of places, but there was always something that one of them did not like about them. At last, however, they found a block of new flats which both of them really liked. However, there was still the problem of whether they should take one of the ground-floor flats, which had a small garden, or one of the upstairs ones.
At last they decided on a first-floor flat----not too low down and not too high up----and moved in. After they had bought furniture, carpets, curtains, and all the rest, they gave a big party to celebrate the setting up of their first home together.
It was a noisy party, as all the host's friends from the band came and played their instruments. The guests danced, sang and practiced on their host's drums.
Soon after one a.m. the telephone rang. The hostess went to answer it in the hall, and after she had finished, came back with a happy smile on her face and said to her husband,“That was the man who has just moved into the flat downstairs telephoning, dear. I am so glad we decided not to choose it. He says it is terribly noisy down there.”
选择正确的答案。
( )1.What was the young man?
A. He was a worker.
B. He was a teacher.
C. He was a drummer.
( )2.All the guests on the party were _________.
A. from the band
B. from the office
C. from his hometown
( )3.The party was very_________.
A. quiet
B. noisy.
C. interesting
( )4.Who called the young man?
A. his father
B.his workmates
C. the man from downstairs
( )5.Who were the noise makers?
A. all the host's friends
B. his wife
C. the man from downstairs
14.The Bad Check空头支票
One day a middle-aged woman telephoned her doctor.
“Doctor,”she said,“I'm having a lot of trouble with my shoulder. It hurts all the time and I can't sleep at night.”
“Come in this afternoon.”said the doctor,“and I'll have a look at it.”
That afternoon the woman went to the doctor's office. He gave her a very thorough examination, asked a lot of questions, and listened carefully to her answers.
“Well, my dear,”he said,“It looks like you have arthritis.”
“Arthritis?”she said.“Oh, no! What am I going to do?”
“Don't worry,”he answered,“I'll give you a prescription and the pain will go away．”Then the doctor took out his pen, wrote a prescription, and handed her his bill for fifty dollars. The woman opened her pocketbook, wrote out a fifty-dollar check, said goodbye, and left.
The doctor mailed the check to his bank, but a week later he was surprised to find that the check was returned to him, marked“Insufficient Funds”. He telephoned the woman immediately.
“I'm very sorry to have to tell you this.”he began,“but your check came back this week.”
“Oh, really?”said the woman,“That's quite a coincidence.”
“What do you mean?”asked the doctor.
“Well,”said the woman,“so did my arthritis.”
根据短文回答下列问题。
1.What was wrong with the middle-aged woman?
_____________________________________________
2.Did the doctor give the woman a prescription?
_____________________________________________
3.Did the woman write a check to the doctor?
_____________________________________________
4.What do you think about the woman?
_____________________________________________
15. I've Passed My Right on to You我把权利转让给你了
One day, Wilson was walking quietly along the road when somebody gave him a violent blow on the back of the neck. He looked behind him, and saw a young man whom he had never seen before.
“How dare you hit me like that!”shouted Wilson.
The young man said he had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his and that he thought Wilson was making a lot of noise about nothing.
This insult made Wilson even angrier, of course, and he at once arranged for the young man to be brought before a judge. There was nothing for the young man to do but to appear before the court.
Now, the judge who heard the case was a friend of the young man's father, and, although he pretended to be quite fair, he was thinking how he could avoid punishing the young man while at the same time not appearing unjust.
Finally he said to Wilson,“I understand your feelings in this matter very well. Would you be satisfied if I let you hit the yo ung man as he hit you?”
Wilson said he would not be. The young man had insulted him and should be properly punished.
“Well, then,”said the judge to the young man,“I order you to pay ten liras to Wilson.”
Ten liras was very little for such a crime, but the young man did not have it with him, so the judge allowed him to go and get it.
Wilson waited for him to return with the money. He waited an hour, he waited two hours, while the judge attended to other business.
When it was nearly time for the court to close, Wilson chose a moment when the judge was especially busy, came up quietly behind him and hit him hard on the back of the neck. Then he said to him,“I am sorry, but I can't wait any longer. When the young man comes back, tell him that I have passed my right to the ten liras on to you.”
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )1. Wilson knew the young man bedore.
( )2. The insult made Wilson even angrier
( )3.The judge was a friend of Wilson’s father.
( )4. The judge ordered the young man to pay for twenty liras to Wilson.
( )5. Wilson got the ten liras from the young man at last.
16.Mr Brown's Four Umbrellas布朗先生的四把伞
Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off. he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs. brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on his hand. To his regret, he lost it at the station.
On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to an old woman, The woman's umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the station in London, he said good-bye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off.
“Wait a minute, sir,”shouted the old woman.“That's my umbrella!”
Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella. His face turned red at once and said in a hurry,“Oh, I'm very sorry. madam! I didn't mean it!”
Seven days later Mr. Brown left the capital. To his surprise, he met the old woman and sat oppsite to her again. Looking at the four umbrellas, the old woman was satisfied with herself.“It seems that I was luckier than the other four women.”She thought.
选择正确的答案。
( )1. Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small __________.
A. city
B. town
C. village
( )2. What did Mr. Brown’s wife and daughters ask him to buy?
A. some clothes
B. some books
C. some umbrellas
( )3. On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to ___________.
A. an old woman
B. an old man
C. a beautiful girl
( )4. How long did Mr. Brown stay in the capital?
A. a month
B. a week
C. a year
( )5. How many umbrellas did Mr. Brown buy?
A. five
B. six
C. four
17. A Telephone Call打来电话
At about two o'clock on a cold winter morning, a doctor drove seven miles in answer to a telephone call. On his coming the man who had called him in said: “Doctor, I don't have a sore throat, I don't cough, I have no pain either in t he side or in the back, I'm not running a temperature, but still I feel that death is near.”
The doctor felt the man's pulse, listened to his heart and lungs and examined his throat.
“Have you made your will?”he asked at last.
“Why, no doctor. Oh, doctor, it isn't true, is it? I can't believe it.”
“Do you have children? Send for them at once. Your father, too, should be called;
also your----”
“I say, doctor, do you really think I'm going to die?”
The doctor looked at him hard.
“No, I don't,”he replied.“There's nothing the matter with you. But I hate to be the only man you've made a fool of on a night like this.”
选择正确的答案。
( )1. What time did the doctor answer the phone?
A. at 7:00 a.m.
B. at 2:00 a.m.
C. at 2:00 p.m.
( )2. Did the man have a sore throat?
A. Yes, he did.
B. No, he didn’t.
C. Yes, she did.
( )3.Was the man really going to die?
A. Yes, he was.
B. No, he wasn’t.
C. No, he was.
( )4. Was there anything wrong with the man?
A. Yes, there was
B. Yes, it was.
C. No, there wasn’t.
( )5.In fact, the doctor was very _________.
A. happy
B. sad
C. angry
18.The Friends'“Help”朋友相帮
Mr. Brown's horse was stolen at night. All of his friends were very sorry about it and came to see him together. After they had been told about it, one of them said,“Why didn't you lock the door of your stable last night? I think that it had something to do with your horse being stolen.
“You aren't a deaf man,”the second complained.“Didn't you hear anything at that mement? The thief must have driven the beast away out of the gate, and couldn't have carried it away on his back!”
“I agree with them,”blamed the third.“How careless you are! Every evening, before I go to bed, I lock my stable first and hide the key in my box. Why didn't you do so?”
The more they said, the more excited they became. At last Mr. Brown couldn't bear any more and said angrily,“I'm glad that you have come to see me. But none of you would help me either look for my horse or catch the thief. Do you think that it's all my fault? Why don't you blame the thief?”
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )1. Mr. Brown's cow was stolen at night.
( )2. All of his friends came to see him together.
( )3. All of his friends gave good ideas to Mr. Brown.
( )4. Mr. Brown was very happy to hear his friends’ talk.
( )5. Mr. Brown’s friends were very helpful.
19.Getting Information and Direction问路
Last week Bill had to go to New York. It was his first time there, and he didn't know his way around the city. He had a meeting at 10 o'clock, and he wanted to be on time. The meeting was in the Peterson Building on 34th Street, but Bill didn't know where that was. Seeing two men standing on a corner he asked them for directions.
“Pardon me,”he said,“but can you tell m e how to get to the Peterson Building on 34th Street?”
“Sure,”answered one of the men.“You can get there in five minutes. Go to the next corner and turn left. Walk three blocks and there you are.”
But the other man said,“There's a better way. Get on th e bus here at this corner. It stops right near the Peters Building.”
“Not Peters,”Bill told him.“Peterson.”
Then the first man said,“Oh, that's on east 34th Street, not west 34th. It's quite a distance from here. You'll have to take the subway.”
But the second man told Bill,“No, don't go by subway. Take the cross-town bus. It goes to the Peters in Building.”
“Peterson. Not Petersin.”.Bill looked at his watch. It was almost ten o'clock.“Thanks a lot,”he said.“I think I'll take a taxi.”
As he got into the taxi he saw the two men arguing and pointing in different directions. Next time he wanted to know how to get to a place, he'd ask a police man!
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )1. It was Bill’s second time in New York.
( )2.Bill knew the way very well in New York.
( )3. The meeting was in the Peterson Building on 34th Street.
( )4. The cross-town bus went to the Peterson Building.
( )5.Bill took a taxi to go to the Peterson Building at last.
20．You're Right你说对了
Once Mr. Henry went to a small town with high mountains all around it. It was a quiet and cool place and some rich people liked to go there for their holidays. A week later, before Mr. Henry left the town, he paid thirty pounds for a parrot. When he came back, he began to teach the bird to speak. He tried his best, but it learned only one sentence,“You're right.”He was disappointed and said to the bird angrily，“How foolish you are!”
“You're right,”said the parrot.
The next day Mr. Henry took the bird to the market and wanted to sell it for eighty pounds. Before long a fat man came and looked at the parrot carefully. Then he asked,“How much is it, sir?”
Mr. Henry didn't hurry to answer and said,“It's a clever bird, you know. It can speak and sing.”Then he said to the bird,“Are you r eally worth eighty pounds, my dear?
“You're right,”said the parrot.
The fat man liked it at once and bought it. When he took it home he asked it a lot of questions, but it could only say,“You are right.”
He felt very sorry for it and said to himself angrily,“Why did I spend eighty pounds on such a foolish bird? What a fool I am!
“You're right, answered the parrot.
Hearing this, the man couldn't help laughing and set it free．
根据短文内容，把下列句子补充完整。
1. The small town was very ________ and _______.
2. Mr. Henry gave his parrot _______ pounds before he left the town.
3.The parrot could say only________ sentence. That sentence was “______________________”
4.The fat man set the parrot __________ at last.
I. Life Science 生命科学 The Five Senses 视觉、听觉、味觉、嗅觉和触觉是人类最基本的五种感觉，即五官感觉。我们通过它们感知外界物体，获取与机体生存紧密相关的重要信息，从而对所处环境作出分析判断。五感在我们的日常生活中扮演了至关重要的角色。 Sport injuries 肌肉是支撑人体活动的重要部分，我们要小心保护，防止肌肉受伤。 ·Warm-up Do you know any kind of sport injuries? Have you suffered from any of them? ·Big question to think about while you read What are sprains and fractures? Sprains occur when a muscle is pulled too far. The result can be a break or a tear of a ligament. Sprains can sometimes happen as the result of an injury, such as a fall. Sprains can also happen when you do not warm up your muscles before you exercise. A broken bone often occurs as the result of an accident. A broken bone is called a fracture. How can you tell if a bone is broken? The pain in the area is very strong. You cannot move the part that is broken. The part that is broken begins to swell or grow bigger. In most cases, you should not move because a bone may be broken Get someone's help to call an ambulance immediately. You will be taken to a hospital nearby to check whether or not you have a broken bone. To check this, you will normally get an X-ray. An X-ray is a black and white picture of the bones taken with a special machine. It lets a doctor see if a bone is broken. (178 words) ·Reflection questions on what you read 1. What are the differences between sprains and fractures? 2. How can a doctor tell whether there's a broken bone or not? 3. What should you do if a sprain occurs? 4. Which one do you think is more serious, a sprain or a broken bone?
初中英语趣味阅读理解题4 Henry was an office worker in a big city. Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy count ry life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.” “This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I?ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishi ng. They?ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn?t you enjoy country life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.” “Oh. What?” “Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had r oast mutton for dinner.” “What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.” “I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.” “Lucky you!”
Jim and Mary were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they were walking by the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom. Mary promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out. When the medical director became aware of Mary's heroic act he immediately reviewed her called her into his office. "Mary, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged because since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I think you've regained your senses. The bad news is Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom,he's dead." Mary replied, "He didn't hang himself, I hung him up to dry."
英语趣味阅读练习 （一）Someone Can Send Them To Me Mr Jones had a few days’holiday, so he said, “I’m goingto the mountains by train．”He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train．He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip（旅途）and looked at the mountains．But the wind pulled his off． Mr Jones quickly took his old bag up and threw it out of the window too．The other people in the carriage laughed．“Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?”they asked． “No, ”Mr Jones answered, “but there’s no name and no address in my hat, and there’s a name and an address on my bag．Someone’s going to find both of them near each other, and he’s going to send me the bag and the hat．” 判断对错： （）1．Mr Jones had a day’s holiday． （）2．Mr Jones went to the mountains bike． （）3．The wind pulled his old hat off． （）4．There was a name and an address on the bag． （）5．The people in the carriage laughed at Mr Jones． （）6．Hisbag could get his hat back． （）7．Someone sent the hat and the bag to Mr Jones． （二）They’ll Give Y ou A Helping Hand In a New Y ork street a small truck hit a big tree．The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken now．The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses．He was very sad．And people in the street were sorry for him． Then an old man walked to the driver, looked at him for a few minutes and said, “My poor boy! I think you must pay a lot for it．” “Y es．”was the sad answer． “Well, well, ”said the old man, “hold out your hat- here’s some money for you; and I can say some of these people will give you a helping hand, too．” Then he walked away．The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it．At last the driver took out a bag and put all the money in．Then he looked at the people and said, “Well, thank you very much, but I don’t understand．That old man is my boss．” 根据正文短文内容选择正确答案。 1．The truck hit ______． A．something B．some glasses C．an old man D．the driver 2．The driver was ______ when he looked at the glasses．
Henry was an office worker in a big city. Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyedtraveling in hisholidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw anadvertisement in a newspaper.“Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West HillFarm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding.Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.” “This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I?ll spend a month at West Hill Farm.Ithink I canenjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They?llmake a change from sittingby the seaside andswimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that hewould like to spend all of Julythere. Then on the first of July, he left for West HillFarm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him.“Didn?tyou enjoycountry life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”“Oh. What?” “Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and wehad roast muttonfor dinner.”“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.” “I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”“Lucky you!” “You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the t hird day a pigdied and we hadroast pork fordinner.” “Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn'tdare (敢)stay fordinner!” 1.How did Henry find out about the farm? A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement. B. His best friend told him.
新译林7BUNIT1英语课外趣味阅读及练习题 课外趣味阅读 同义词趣味巧辨析 assert, affirm, allege, maintain, testify, claim 这些动词均含有“断言，声称”之意。 assert ：主观意味强，指自认为某事就是如此，而不管事实如何。 affirm ：侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。 allege ：多指无真凭实据，不提供证据的断言或宣称。 maintain与assert近义，但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。 testify ：多指在法庭作证，庄严地宣称自己所说属实。 claim ：可与assert换用，但语气弱一些，侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。 幽默故事 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be
六年级英语 趣味阅读 1 He is busy It was half-past eight in the morning. The telephone bell rang and Mary went to answer it. "It's me, Peter." "Hullo, who's that?" she asked. Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother, Johnny. "Oh, hello, Peter. What do you want?" said Mary. "Can I speak to Johnny?" "No," said Mary," you can't speak to him now. He is busy. He is getting ready for school. He is eating his breakfast. Grandmother is combing his hair. Sister is under the table, putting his shoes on. Mother is getting his books and putting them in his school bag. Goodbye, I've got to go now. I have to hold the door open. The school bus is coming. ( ) 1. Who went to answer it when the telephone bell rang? A. Johnny's sister B. Peter C, Johnny D. Johnny's mother ( ) 2.Whom did Peter want to speak to? A. Mary's brother B. Mary's sister C. Mary's grandmother D. Johnny's mother ( )3.Johnny couldn't speak to Peter because Johnny _______. A. was combing his hair B. was putting his shoes on C. was getting his books D. was busy eating his breakfast ( ) 4. How do you say to a stranger who is answering your telephone? A. Who are you? B. Anything to say? C. Who is it? D. Please ( ) 5.From this story we know that Johnny was_____. A. a lazy B. a clever boy C. a busy boy D. a hungry boy
A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet. “What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived. “My cow’s ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.” The vet looked over the cow. "She’s certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine." He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better." “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked. The vet gave him a tube and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it." The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried. “How’s your cow?” the vet asked. “No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.” “Oh?” the vet said, "Why?" “I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.” “And?” the vet asked. “The cow blew first,” the farmer said. 1. In the story, the vet must be _________. A. the farmer's friend B. a milk factory C. a hospital for cows D. a doctor for animals 2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______ A. couldn't lie down B. didn't eat the pills C. couldn't make any noise D. was ill 3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer? A. Bottle of pills. B. A long tube. C. Two pills. D. A small box. 4.The vet taught the farmer how _________. A. to blow the tube B. to make the cow take the pills C. to take the medicine D. to put the tube in his mouth 5.Which of the following is true? A. The farmer ate the pills himself. B. The cow got better after taking the medicine. C. The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day. D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.
Section II 趣味幽默篇 Passage 13 Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.” “This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.” “Oh. What?” “Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.” “What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.” “I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.” “Lucky you!” “You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.” “A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “ and you are complaining!” “Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare (敢)stay for dinner!” 1.How did Henry find out about the farm? A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement. B. His best friend told him. C. He wrote to the farmer. D. Maybe he learned it from the radio. 2. Henry came back home several days later because ______________. A. he didn't like the country life at all B. the farmer wasn’t friendly to him C. his holiday was over D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer 3. “…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means __________. A.夸奖 B.说三道四 C.抱怨 D.故弄玄虚 4.Which of the following sentences is true? A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day. B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change. C. Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm. D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate. 5.Which is the best title for the passage? A. What a beautiful farm! B. Have a good time. C.A short holiday D. Henry and the farmer. Passage 14 After returning from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me 12 pounds,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office.” You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me 12 pounds.”
阅读理解练习（1） A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet. “What?s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived. “My cow?s ill,” the farmer said. “I don?t know what's the matter with her. She?s lying down and won?t eat. She?s making a strange noise.” The vet looked over the cow. "She?s certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine." He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better." “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked. The vet gave him a tube and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That?ll make it." The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried. “How?s your cow?” the vet asked. “No change,” the farmer said, “and I?m feeling very strange myself.” “Oh?” the vet said, "Why?" “I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow?s mouth and then put two pills down it.” “And?” the vet asked. “The cow blew first,” the farmer said. 1. In the story, the vet must be _________. A. the farmer's friend B. a milk factory C. a hospital for cows D. a doctor for animals 2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______ A. couldn't lie down B. didn't eat the pills C. couldn't make any noise D. was ill 3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer? A. Bottle of pills. B. A long tube. C. Two pills. D. A small box. 4.The vet taught the farmer how _________. A. to blow the tube B. to make the cow take the pills C. to take the medicine D. to put the tube in his mouth 5.Which of the following is true? A. The farmer ate the pills himself. B. The cow got better after taking the medicine. C. The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day. D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.
小学生英语故事 英文幽默故事： 1、There was a guy（家伙，伙计）who went into a shop to buy a parrot（鹦鹉）. There were three parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another（另一个）one, $10,000; and the t hird（第三）one, $30,000. The customer（顾客）asked the owner, “How this guy is $5,000? T hat?s so expensive（贵的）for this kind（种类）of parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained （训练）him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart from（除了）talking, he can also do some amusing （有趣的）actions （动作）,like dancing and so on. That?s why he?s so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shop said, “I don?t know. Normally（通常）, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle（吹口哨）, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him …The Boss（老板）. 2、Where is the egg? Teacher:Can you make a sentence（造句）with the word "egg"? Student:Yes.I ate a piece of（一块）cake yesterday. Tea cher:Then where is the “egg"? Student:In the cake,Sir.
初三英语趣味阅读理解题 （一）Someone Can Send Them To Me Mr Jones had a few days?holiday, so he said, “I?m goingto the mountains by train．”He put on his best cl othes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train．He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip（旅途）and looked at the mountains．But the wind pulled his off．Mr Jones quickly took his old bag up and threw it out of the window too．The other people in th e carriage laughed．“Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?”they asked．“No, ”Mr Jones ans wered, “but there?s no name and no address in my hat, and there?s a name and an address on my ba g．Someone?s going to find both of them near each other, and he?s going to send me the bag and the h at．” 判断对错： （）1．Mr Jones had a day?__________s holiday． （）2．Mr Jones went to the mountains bike． （）3．The wind pulled his old hat off． （）4．There was a name and an address on the bag． （）5．The people in the carriage laughed at Mr Jones． （）6．Hisbag could get his hat back． （）7．Someone sent the hat and the bag to Mr Jones． （二）A Story About Hairs 1．Mr Smith hadn?t many hairs, so he wasn?t very happy．But he hadn?t and way．What could he do? He had to go to hospital． 2．Mr Smith saw a famous doctor and asked for some good medicine for his haris．The doctor gave him some new medicine． 3．The doctor said, “This is a kind of new mdicine．You must send me a hair every week so that I can c heck it．Is it all right?” 4．Mr Smith sent the doctor a hair every week, and the doctor wrote him a letter and told him the new medicine was good for his hair． 5．But a few weeks later, Mr Smith wrote the doctor a letter．He said, “I?m sorry, dear doctor．I haven?t any hairs to send．What can I do?”The doctor wrote to him, “Eat the medicine again．” （三）Buying A Hat