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英语阅读理解六篇及答案
英语阅读理解六篇及答案第一篇Long ago men learned that the world of nature is built with mathematical exactness according to refined and powerful laws; every bee stokes its wings exactly 440 times a second to propel itself forty miles an hour; the eye of every fly has exactly 7,000 lenses; every spider’s thread is composed of 300 single threads.The progress of civilization itself can be measured by its range of mathematics. The early Egyptians know enough of geometry to build the pyramids and the Greeks used trigonometry to measure the circumference of the earth two thousand years before Columbus sailed. European civilization combined geometry and trigonometry with the decimal system of the Arabs to produce the maps with which the European explored the world. In a later century, mathematicians studied the pendulum(钟摆) of the newly invented clock and created the language of calculus to measure motion.The yardstick of measurement today must cover everything from units tinier than atoms to distance of millions of light years. Speed and accuracy are vital. Man can never send a rocket to Mars unless he knows the exact distanceto the planet. Since the slightest error could mean missing it by 30,000 miles. In navigating amid the planets and stars, man must have the help of some kind of machine calculators for fast and absolutely accurate information.1.The author shows how the exactness of nature’s laws is reflected in _____.A.the language of calculusB.the measurement of motionC.the creatures of natureD.the progress of civilization2.How is the second paragraph developed?A.By contrast.B.By classification.C.By making assumption.D.By giving example.3.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.standardB.accuracyC.methodD.process4.What can be inferred from the text?A.In ancient times people knew nothing about mathematics.B.The power of nature used to have a great influence on man.C.Progress in civilization demands ever better mathematical tools.D.Technology plays an important role in information collection.5.Where does the passage most probably come from?A.A new report.B.A book review.C.A science magazine.D.A maths textbook.第二篇Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If being corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s.In the same way, children learn to walk, run and whistle without being taught. They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes.But in school we teachers never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do all for him; as we act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him do it himself, let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it.If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in math or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such work? Our job should be to help the child learn how to measure his own understanding.The idea that there is a lot of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is out of date in such a complicated and rapidlychanging world. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose then they fail to learn something necessary they will fail to get on in the world.” Don’t worry, they will go out into the world and learn it. Children will surely obtain more achievements as they grow up.1.Children improve themselves gradually by _____ and making comparisons.A.putting forward a planB.observing what others doC.asking teachers for helpD.giving advice to others2.The test suggests that learning to talk and learning to whistle are _____.A.not as useful as other skillsB.more practical than other skillsC.two basic and crucial learning skillsD.basically the same as learning other skills3.According to the text, it is NOT proposed to _____.A.offer the children some answer booksB.allow children to judge their own workC.point out children’s mistakes to them all the timeD.encourage children to work out with the help of others4.When students are checking science papers, teachers should _____.A.ask them to copy the answers downB.spend much time telling them the answersC.let them correct papers and help them outD.make some comments on a child5.The underlined “it” probably means _____ in the last paragraph.A.how to get along with othersB.how to help others in needC.how to make much moneyD.how to acquire practical skills第三篇Alibaba and Amazon already dominate the business of selling stuff online in their home markets. Increasingly, they are competing against each other on neutral ground. Both are spending billions of dollars on Asia—particularly Southeast Asia and India—as they look for a place that could repeat China’s explosive transformation into the world’s biggest online shopping market.Amazon has committed $5 billion to India, where it lures customers to sign up for its Prime service, which includes Western movies and television shows, for a small fraction of the $99 annual membership price in the United States. Alibaba has invested roughly 5500 million for stakes in both Paytm—India's largest mobile payments platform—and its e-commerce affiliate Paytm Mall.Alibaba’s bigger bet is in Southeast Asia. It has spent more than $2 billion to take control of Lazada, a five-year-old online shopping company based in Singapore and doing business in six countries. Last year, Lazada bought RedMart, the online retail grocery. But Southeast Asia is not China. A diffuse area of 600 million people, the region is divided by politics, language and culture. Some places are modem, like Singapore, other places lack the roads and other infrastructure to get people what they need. “It’s a mix of urban, semi-urban and rural areas, separated by large distances and—in thePhilippines and Indonesia—by water,” said Mike Booker, a partner at the Southeast Asian am of Bain. “Cash on delivery is still prevalent, and other local players are in the fray,” The challenges have forced Lazada, Aliaba’s biggest Southeast Asian operation, to get creative.In Vietnam, local post offices take customer returns and give cash refund. In Malaysia, customers can collect merchandise from lockers at 7·Eleven stores. And in the Philippines, Lazada uses gas station, a places where merchants can drop of their goods, for delivery personnel to pick up. “We’re in the super, super, super early days,” said Inanc Balci, who oversees Lazada operation in the Philippines.Alibaba’s international arm has seen its latest quarterly sales more than double in a year, in part from Lazada’s contribution. Still Lazada and its RedMart subsidiary remain a tiny and unprofitable part of Alibaba’s empire. Max Bittner, Lazada’s chief executive, said its Chinese parent has been willing to spend money to build is delivery capabilities and draw more customers. “E-commerce is an economy of scale game,” Mr. Bittner said. “I don’t feel constrained in any way. I can go after this opportunity with the amount of firepower Inced.”Amazon so far counts Singapore as i only Southeast Asian market, though industry experts widely expect it will expand into other countries, an Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment.Until recently, direct competition between Alibaba and Amazon has been rare. Amazon has modest presence in China. Alibaba sells goods in the United States through its AliExpress platform but has backed away from further expansion efforts.Southeast Asia could offer test of their vastly different business models on neutral turf.Amazon owns more of the inventory it sells. By contrast, most of Lazada’s sales come from outside vendors who use its platform as a digital middleman to reach customers. That approach, which keeps costs low, is similar to what Alibaba does in China. But in China, the company’s Taobao platform has been accused of offering counterfeit goods. Alibaba says it is working to fight fakes. Alibaba has a long lead over Amazon and is building up its infrastructure across Southeast Asia. In Indonesia, for example, it took a minority stake in August in another online marketplace, Tokopedia. Experts say Amazon could fight hack by offering online Western movies and television programs as it does in the United States, which could increase its appeal with younger customers.Amazon stumbled in Singapore initially when the service proved too popular, forcing it to turn away customers. But since then the two companies have amped up their efforts to deliver more quickly to a growing group of customers, competing in the market is likely to be expensive, thanks to customer price cuts and rebates in addition to expansion costs.1.Based on this report, Amazon ______.A.depends more on oversea suppliers than AlibabaB.had a smooth going in Singapore at the first timeC.paid more for investment than Alibaba in IndiaD.is determined to expand into other countries2.There are many challenging factors for Lazada, except for ______.A.local competitionB.powerful cohesionC.infrastructure constructionD.various cultures3.In Southeast Asia, ______.A.it is very popular for people to pay by cash when receiving their parcelsB.ecommerce has reached its culminationC.Alibaba is second to AmazonD.market-competing is far from expensive4.Mr. Bittner’s attitude towards the development of E-commerce is ______.A.aspiringB.disappointedC.doubtfulD.neutral5.The best title for this report may be ______.A.The Flourish of E-commerce in Southeast Asia and IndiaB.The Time for Amazon and AlibabaC.A New War for E-commerceD.A Shown down Brews Amazon and Alibaba, Far from Home第四篇The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The compete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war. While speaking out against Hitler’s atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937 the President was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion.American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelt’s “quarantine the aggressor” speech at Chicago(1937) in which he severely criticized Hitler’s policies. Germany’s seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia(1938) also aroused the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March, 1939, was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August, 1939, came the shock of the Nazi-soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war. The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite ofsympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted “cash and carry” exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed(1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend-Lease Act(1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August, 1940, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war. In December, 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States.1.One item occurring before 1937 that the author does not mention in his list of actions that alienated the American public was _____.A.the burning of the Reichstag.B.German plans for conquest.C.Nazi barbarism.D.the persecution of religious groups.2.The Lend-Lease Act was designed to _____.A.help the British.B.strengthen the national defense of the United States.C.promote the Atlantic Charter.D.avenge Pearl Harbor.3.American Policy during the years 1935-1936 may be described as being _____.A.watchfulB.isolationistC.peacefulD.indifferent4.The Neutrality Act of 1939 _____.A.permitted the selling of arms to belligerent nations.B.antagonized Japan.C.permitted the British to trade only with the Allies.D.led to Lend-Lease Act.5.We entered the war against Germany _____.A.because Germany declared war.B.because Japan was an ally of Germany.C.after Germany had signed the Nazi-soviet Pact.D.after peaceful efforts had failed.第五篇We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class."You could win prizes," our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, "The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster."We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I'm going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students' desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grownup trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of usbelieve we had a fair chance, and then always-always-rewarding the same old winners.I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can't say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.Minutes passed.No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? When the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.1.What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?A.It must appear in time.B.It must be done in class.C.It must be done on a construction sheet.D.It must include the words on the blackboard.2.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means _____.A.formed an idea forB.made an outline forC.made some space forD.chose some colors for3.After the teacher's words, all the students in the class _____.A.looked very seriousB.thought they would be richC.began to think about their designsD.began to play games4.After seeing the good students' designs, some students _____. loved their own designs morethought they had a fair chanceput their own designs in a cornerthought they would not win the prize5.We can infer from the passage that the author _____.A.enjoyed grownup tricks very muchB.loved poster competitions very muchC.felt surprised to win the competitionD.became wise and rich after the competition第六篇Frenchmen attach great importance to education. They regard the cultivation of children as a social obligation. French education mixes warm romantic humor into its careful and severe education. I have ever heard such a story.It took place in an ordinary French family. One day, when the boy was playing basketball, the ball hit a vase off the shelf with its mouth knocked off a large piece. The vase was an antique handed down through generations from Bourbon Dynasty. To cover the great trouble, the boy glued the pieces together and put the vase back to its place panic-stricken.That evening his mother noticed the change on it. At dinnertime, she asked her boy if he had broken the vase. Being scared of punishment, the boy said by a sudden inspiration that a cat jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that her son was lying, for all the windows were closed before her leaving. However, she just said that it seemed it was her carelessness not to have the window tightly closed.Before going to bed, the boy found a note on his bed, on which he was asked to go to the study. The boy had thought he had gotten by under the false pretences, but then felt he couldn’t dodge the misfortune. Now that he hadalready lied, he made up his mind no matter what his mother said, he would disavow to the end.On seeing her son enter in fear, his mother took out a chocolate box and gave one piece of the chocolates to her son. “Baker, this chocolate is a reward for you, for you created a cat with your special imagination. ” Then, she put another chocolate in his hand. “This chocolate is a reward for your ability to restore. But the glue you used is for restoring paper materials; to restore a vase needs higher special technique. Tomorrow, let’s bring the vase to the artists to see how they make a craftwork intact as it was.” With that, she took the third chocolate, “The last chocolate stands for my apology. I shouldn’t have laid a vase in a place where it could so easily fall down. I wish you had not been scared, my little sweetheart.”“But, Mom, I ...” The boy tried to make something clear, but he awkwardly uttered nothing but some words. “Our talk is over. Good night, Baker!” She gave a soft kiss on his forehead and walked out of the study.The following days were the same as before. The only change was that the boy had never told a lie since then.No scolding. It looks unimaginably queer. In fact, the three chocolates are an alarm in the boy’s heart all the time. Sometimes, no punishment itself is a kind of punishment.1.What does the underlined word “dodge” in the 4th paragraph probably mean?A.avoidB.coverC.rescueD.bear2.How did the boy feel when he found the note on his bed?A.DoubtfulB.CalmC.UneasyD.Embarrassed3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.The broken vase was beautifully restored.B.The three chocolates served as a reminder.C.The boy’s mother forgot to close the window.D.What the boy said was well prepared and designed.4.What would be the best title for the passage?A.A Beautiful LieB.An Antique VaseC.The French PunishmentD.The Change for the Better5.What does the author intend to tell us?A.Spare the rod and spoil the child.B.Forgiveness with love is a good education.C.An apology is more powerful than a punishment.D.The cultivation of children is parents’ priority.答案1.题干意为“作者展示了自然法则的精确性如何反映在_____中”。
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If you want to learn about different sample formats and writing methods, please stay tuned!英语文章阅读理解范文(5篇)英语文章阅读理解范文第一篇_Leave him alone_ I yelled as I walked out of the orphanage gate and saw several of the Spring Park School bullies pushing the deaf kid around.I did not know the boy at all but I knew that we were about the same age， because of his size.He lived in the old white house across the street from the orphanage where I lived.I had seen him on his front porch several times doing absolutely nothing， eXcept just sitting there making funny like hand movements.In the summer time we didnt get much to eat for Sunday supper，eXcept watermelon and then we had to eat it outside behind the dining room so we would not make a mess on the tables inside.About the only time that I would see him was through the high chain-link fence that surrounded the orphanage when we ate our watermelon outside.The deaf kid started making all kind of hand signals， real fast like._You are a stupid idiot_ said the bigger of the two bullies as he pushed the boy down on the ground.The other bully ran around behind the boy and kicked him as hard as he could in the back.The deaf boys body started shaking all over and he curled up in a ball trying to shield and hide his face.He lookedlike he was trying to cry， or something but he just couldnt make any sounds， I dont think.I ran as fast as I could back through the orphanage gate and into the thick azalea bushes.I uncovered my home-made bow which I had constructed out of bamboo and string.I grabbed four arrows that were also made of bamboo and they had coca cola tops bent around the ends to make real sharp tips.Then I ran back out the gate with an arrow cocked in the bow and I just stood there quiet like， breathing real hard just daring either one of them to kick or touch the boy again._Youre a dumb freak just like him you big eared creep_ said one of the boys as he grabbed his friend and backed off far enough so that the arrow would not hit them._If youre so brave kick him again now_ I said， shaking like a leaf.The bigger of the two bullies ran up and kicked the deaf boy in the middle of his back as hard as he could and then he ran out of arrow range again.The boy jerked about and then made a sound that I will never forget for as long as I live.It was the sound like a whale makes when it has been harpooned and knows that it is about to die.I fired all four of my arrows at the two bullies as they ran away laughing about what they had done.I pulled the boy up off the ground and helped him back to his house which was about two blocks down the street from the school building.When we reached his home his sister told me that her brother was deaf but that he was not dumb like the two bullies said.That he was very smart but could not say or hear anything.I told her that he did make a sound when the bully kicked him in the back.She told me that I must be mistaken because all her brothers vocal cords had been removed during an eXperimental surgery， which had failed.The boy made one of those hand signs at me as I was about to leave.I asked his sister _if your brother is so smart then why is he doing things like that with his hands?_ She told me that he was saying that he loved me with his hands.I didnt say anything back to her at all because I didnt believe her.People cant talk with their hands and everybody knows that.People can only talk with their mouth.Almost every Sunday for the neXt year or two I could see the boy through the chain-link fence as we ate watermelon outside behind the dining room， during the summer time.He always made that same funny hand sign at me and I would just wave back at him， not knowing what else to do.On my very last day in the orphanage I was being chased bythe police.They told me that I was being sent off to the Florida School for Boys Reform School， at Marianna so I ran to get away from them.They chased me around the dining room building several times and finally I made a dash for the chain-link fence and tried to climb over in order to escape.I saw the deaf boy sitting there on his porch just looking at me as they pulled me down from the fence and handcuffed me.The boy， now about twelve jumped up and ran across San Diego Road， placed his fingers through the chain-link fence and just stood there looking at us.They dragged me by my legs， screaming and yelling for more than several hundred yards through the dirt and pine-straw to the waiting police car.All I could hear the entire time was the high pitched sound of that whale being harpooned again.As we pulled away in the police car I saw the deaf boy loosen his grip on the fence and slide very slowly to the ground and lower his head into the leaves and pine straw.That is when I realized that he probably really did love me and he wanted to save me because he thought that I too was making the whale sound.英语文章阅读理解范文第二篇Most people usually traveled by ship and train which are driven by steam engine.It played an important part in many kindsof vehicles several scores of years ago.Who invented steam engine and what units could be used to measure the power of engine?The word “horse-power” was first used two hundred years ago.James Watt from a worker‟s family made the world first widely used steam engine.At first， he couldnt tell people how powerful it was， because there were no units at that time.Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute.He named that unit one horse-power.In this way he could measure the work of his steam engine.He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute.His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse， Watt called it a ten horse-power engine.英语文章阅读理解范文第三篇Thanks for your letter.Im glad you like your school.I go to school from Monday to Friday.We have five classes in the morning and two in the afternoon.And we have many subjects to learn: Chinese， math， English， .， science， biology， music，history and so on.We also have many things to do after class.On Monday and Wednesday afternoons we play sports after class.OnTuesday afternoons some of us have a drawing class， and on Thursdays some have a dancing class.I like music， history and English.But my favorite is music.On Saturdays and Sundays I dont go to ually I go to the park and have a good time with my father and mother there.Love，Lin Fang( )1.Lin Fang has classes a day.A.fiveB.twoC.seven( )2.Some students on Tuesdays.A.play sportsB.have a drawing classC.have a dancing class( )3.Anna likes .A.historyB..C.her school( )4.Lin Fang likes best.A.musicB.EnglishC.history( )5.Lin Fang spends the weekends with in the park.A.AnnaB.her classmatesC.her parents英语文章阅读理解范文第四篇On February 14th，2000，my class went on a field trip to the beach.I had so much fun.When we returned to school，my teacher told me to go to the headmasters office.When I got into the office，I saw a police officer.Suddenly I realized somethingwas wrong.The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up.After that，we went to the hospital and waited.Time went slowly.Finally，we got to see our mother.It was terrible.On the neXt day，the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened.I was taking a rest that day.I knew it had something to do with my mother.I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better.How I wished that she had gotten better.When my teacher took me outside，my sister ran up to me.She started crying，Shes gone.Teresa，mommys gone.Shes dead.I couldnt believe it.We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital.Most of my family were there.The silence was terrible.I knew I had to say goodbye.Today when I look back，I still miss my mother very much，but I know that I will live.My mother was a strong mother，who had the biggest heart.My mother was an angel walking on the earth.I will always remember her as living.When someone is asked who their hero (英雄)is，they usually say someone famous，like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears.When someone asks me who my hero is，I tell them，my mother.My mother lives every day.That is what makes her a true hero.根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择选项。
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英语阅读理解带翻译10篇：给予Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?”I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”像大多数人，我长大看待生命是一个过程获得。
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英语阅读文章六篇英语阅读：The Language of MusicA painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm-two entirely different movements. Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear.This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority.Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century.英语阅读：An Empty BoxOnce upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the familys only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, This is for you, Daddy!As he opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared. Dont you know, young lady, he said harshly,when you give someone a present theres supposed to be something inside the package!The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: Daddy, its not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full.The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.英语阅读：Happiness Equates with Fun?I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful inpiduals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells happiness.But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, profound loneliness.The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasureare equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.英语阅读：Today is a GiftTwo men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room‘s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn‘t hear the band - he c ould see it in his mind‘s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally,he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.英语阅读：Is Packing Important to You?A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young mans name embossed in gold.Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, Withall your money you give me a Bible? He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.When he arrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his fathers important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealers name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… PAID IN FULL.How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember thatwhat you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we dont realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect the packaging to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.英语阅读：The Baby EagleOnce upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff overlooking a beautiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals, scurrying about enjoying their lives.The baby eagle liked the nest. It was the only world he had ever known. It was warm and comfortable, had a great view, and even better, he had all the food and love and attention that a great mother eagle could provide. Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food. She was like a god to him, he had no idea where she came from or how she worked her magic.The baby eagle was hungry all the time, but the mother eagle would always come just in time with the food and love and attention he craved. The baby eagle grew strong. His vision grew very sharp. He felt good all the time.Until one day, the mother stopped coming to the nest. The baby eagle was hungry. Im sure to die, said the baby eagle, all the time.Very soon, death is coming, he cried, with tears streaming down his face. Over and over. But there was no one there to hear him.Then one day the mother eagle appeared at the top of the mountain cliff, with a big bowl of delicious food and she looked down at her baby. The baby looked up at the mother and cried Why did you abandon me? Im going to die any minute. How could you do this to me?The mother said, Here is some very tasty and nourishing food, all you have to do is come get it.Come get it! said the baby, with much anger. How?The mother flew away.The baby cried and cried and cried.A few days later, Im going to end it all, he said. I give up. It is time for me to die.He didnt know his mother was nearby. She swooped down to the nest with his last meal.Eat this, its your last meal, she said.The baby cried, but he ate and whined and whined aboutwhat a bad mother she was.Youre a terrible mother, he said. Then she pushed him out of the nest.He fell.Head first.Picked up speed.Faster and faster.He screamed. Im dying Im dying, he cried. He picked up more speed.He looked up at his mother. How could you do this to me? He looked down.The ground rushed closer, faster and faster. He could visualize his own death so clearly, coming so soon, and cried and whined and complained. This isnt fair! he screamed.Something strange happens.The air caught behind his arms and they snapped away from his body, with a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced. He looked down and saw the sky. He wasnt moving towards the ground anymore, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.Huh? he said. What is going on here!Youre flying, his mother said.This is fun! laughed the baby eagle, as he soared and pedand swooped.Yes it is! said the mother.。
英语阅读文章大全(五篇)
英语阅读文章大全（五篇）1.英语阅读文章大全篇一I think smiling is as important as sunshine. Smiling is like sunsh ine because it can make people happy and have a good day. If you aren’t happy, you can smile, and then you will feel happy. Someone may say, “But I don’t feel happy.” Then I would say, “Pl ease smile as you do when you are happy or play with your friends happily. You will really be happy again.”Smiling can let you have more friends.So I say, smiling is like a flower. It will give you happiness.微笑我认为微笑是一样重要的像阳光。
微笑是象阳光，因为它可能使人愉快和有一个早晨好。
如果您不是愉快的，您能微笑，您然后将感觉愉快。
某人也许说，“但是我不感到愉快”。
然后我会说，“请微笑，您，当您愉快地是愉快或戏剧与您的朋友。
您真正地再将是愉快的”。
微笑可能让您有更多朋友。
如此我说，微笑是象花。
它将给您幸福。
2.英语阅读文章大全篇二Sports help everyone to keep healthy, happy, and efficient. So I pay special attention to games, especially table-tennis. Table tennis is my favorite game. I play it almost every day.Table-tennis is an ideal game for us because it brings the whole b ody into action. It strengthens our muscles, expands our lungs, promotes the circulation of the blood, and causes a healthy action of the sk in. Besides, it is very amusing and does not cost us much money. Table-tennis is very moderate; it is not so rough as football. It is an ind oor game and can be played even on rainy days. Thus, it is my favorite kind of exercise.运动能帮助每一个人保持健康、快乐和有效率。
英语阅读理解150篇(详解版)
目录Unit One---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 PartA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1Text 1儿童教育和沟通结合-----------------------------------------------------------------1Text 2克隆人和动物--------------------------------------------------------------------------6Text 3太阳系内速度限制--------------------------------------------------------------------11Text 4互联网和电脑等新型通讯技术的应用--------------------------------------------15 Part B盗窃--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20Part C撒谎--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25翻译技巧补充：英译汉概述（一）------------------------------------------------------29Unit Two----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Part A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32Text 1加拿大社会的劣质服务---------------------------------------------------------------32 Text 2未来汽车---------------------------------------------------------------------------------36Text 3广告业是美国经济的晴雨表---------------------------------------------------------41 Text 4英国学业间断期------------------------------------------------------------------------46Part B生命进化历史---------------------------------------------------------------------------51Part C情感商机---------------------------------------------------------------------------------56翻译技巧补充：英译汉概述（二）------------------------------------------------------60Unit Three--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------63 Part A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------63Text 1美、加之间贸易摩擦------------------------------------------------------------------63 Text 2现代人对维多利亚时代英国人的看法---------------------------------------------68 Text 3探讨时尚---------------------------------------------------------------------------------72Text 4基因检测法用于侦破案件------------------------------------------------------------76 Part B立法机构在制定法律过程中的作用------------------------------------------------81 Part C美国黑人文学---------------------------------------------------------------------------86翻译技巧补充：词义的选择----------------------------------------------------------------89Unit Four------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------91 Part A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------91Text 1五大湖环境状况--------------------------------------------------------------------------91 Text 2欧洲铁路-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------95 Text 3教师资格认证体系-----------------------------------------------------------------------99 Text 4美国食品药品管理局面临的困难-----------------------------------------------------105 Part B网上商务-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------110 Part C物种灭绝-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------116翻译技巧补充：词义的抽象与具体---------------------------------------------------------119 Unit Five--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------121 Part A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------121 Text 1鸡蛋中培养流感疫苗-----------------------------------------------------------------------121 Text 2国际数学评估反映美国教育问题--------------------------------------------------------126 Text 3美国经济不景气----------------------------------------------------------------------------131 Text 4全国防止虐待儿童协会-------------------------------------------------------------------137 Part B经济学角度解决垃圾收集问题----------------------------------------------------------142 Part C个人发明和大企业组织的研究----------------------------------------------------------147 翻译技巧补充：词性的转换---------------------------------------------------------------------151Part A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------153Text 1童工、教育和贫困--------------------------------------------------------------------------153 Text 2加州能源管制--------------------------------------------------------------------------------158 Text 3美国社会保障的私有化--------------------------------------------------------------------163 Text 4现代美容手术的普及-----------------------------------------------------------------------167 Part B演讲--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------172 Part C幻听--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------177翻译技巧补充：词汇的增译和减译------------------------------------------------------------180 Unit Seven-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------183 Part A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------183 Text 1全球经济滞胀----------------------------------------------------------------------------------183 Text 2印度妇女受到性别歧视----------------------------------------------------------------------189 Text 3梦成现实----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------193 Text 4新的教育体制观念----------------------------------------------------------------------------198 Part B优秀的领导者----------------------------------------------------------------------------------202 Part C英国人是政治动物----------------------------------------------------------------------------208 翻译技巧补充：重复译----------------------------------------------------------------------------211 Unit Eight----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------213 Part A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------213 Text 1外表的美与内在的美--------------------------------------------------------------------------213 Text 2生态环境与恐怖主义--------------------------------------------------------------------------218 Text 3网络信息安全性--------------------------------------------------------------------------------223 Text 4北美印第安音乐--------------------------------------------------------------------------------228 Part BB为青春期的变化做准备---------------------------------------------------------------------232 Part C地球日--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------237翻译技巧补充：正义反译和反义正译-----------------------------------------------------------240 Unit Nine------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------242 Part A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------242 Text 1美国解除飞机上使用手机的禁令-----------------------------------------------------------242 Text 2环境预防原则-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------247 Text 3索尼公司的管理--------------------------------------------------------------------------------253 Text 4音乐与政治--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------258 Part B人类艺术与动物类似行为的区别----------------------------------------------------------263 Part C社会保障----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------270翻译技巧补充：分译与合译-----------------------------------------------------------------------273 Unit Ten-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------276 Part A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------276 Text 1戏剧包含的要素-------------------------------------------------------------------------------276 Text 2节省更多时间来工作的观念----------------------------------------------------------------280 Text 3巴西足球运动事业现状----------------------------------------------------------------------286 Text 4游戏领域女性工作人员很少----------------------------------------------------------------292 Part B面试----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------297 Part C甘地的和平主义-------------------------------------------------------------------------------303翻译技巧补充：倒置法-----------------------------------------------------------------------------306 Unit Eleven--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------308Text 1企业绿色外衣现象---------------------------------------------------------------------------308 Text 2音乐物质文化---------------------------------------------------------------------------------313 Text 3肥胖问题---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------317 Text 4美国在联合国欠费问题---------------------------------------------------------------------323 Part B个人着装--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------327 Part C年轻的作家模仿莎士比亚----------------------------------------------------------------333翻译技巧补充：插入法---------------------------------------------------------------------------336 Unit Twelve-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------338 Part A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------338 Text 1新闻如何吸引读者--------------------------------------------------------------------------338 Text 2星际网络--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------343 Text 3荷兰艺术家及其作品-----------------------------------------------------------------------347 Text 4艾滋病最新治疗思路-----------------------------------------------------------------------352 Part B成为成功的老板-----------------------------------------------------------------------------357 Part C经济学史--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------363翻译技巧补充：重组法----------------------------------------------------------------------------365全书答案汇总------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------368 张剑曾鸣编著《英语阅读理解150篇》Part ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1No t long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, “your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!” The bully's parent replied, “you must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel.”A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When children are teased or tyrannized, the parental impulse is to grab the phone and rant. But these days, as studies in the U.S. show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline, researchers who study bullying say that calling moms and dads is more futile than ever. Such calls often lead to playground recriminations and don't really teach our kids any lessons about how to navigate the world and resolve conflicts.When you call parents, you want them to “extract the cruelty”from their bullying children, says Laura Kavesh, a child psychologist in Evanston, Illinois. “But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel. They won t believe it.”In a recent police department survey in Oak Harbor, Washington, 89% of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior. Yet only 18% of parents thought their children would act as bullies.In a new U.S.PTA survey, 5% of parents support contacting other parents to deal with bullying. But many educators warn that those conversations can be misinterpreted, causing tempers to flare. Instead, they say, parents should get objective outsiders, like principals, to mediate.Meanwhile, if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your child's bullying, listen without getting defensive. That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food.Her son had confessed, but the victim's mom “wanted to make sure my son hadn't given her son a nasty disease,” says McHugh, who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases. She knew the chance of contracting any disease this way was remote, but her promise calmed the mother and showed McHugh's son that his bad behaviour was being taken seriously. McHugh, founder of Parents Coach Kids, a group that teaches parenting skills, sent the mom the test results. All were negative.Remember: once you make a call, you might not like what you hear. If you have an itchy dialing finger, resist temptation. Put it in your pocket. ［419 words］1.The word “bullying” probably means______.［A］frightening and hurting ［B］teasing［C］behaving like a tyrant ［D］laughing at2. Calling to a bully's parent.______.［A］has long existed but changed its content ［B］is often done with careful thinking［C］often leads to blaming and misunderstanding ［D］is used to warn the child not to do it again3. According to the surveys in the U.S., _______.［A］bullying among adults is also rising［B］parents are not supervising their children well［C］parents seldom believe bullies［D］most parents resort to calling to deal with bullying4. When bullying occurs, parents should_______.［A］help the bulling child get rid of cruelty ［B］resort to the mediator［C］avoid getting too protective ［D］resist the temptation of callingura McHugh promised to get the bullied boy tested for diseases because________.［A］her son confessed to being wrong ［B］she was afraid to annoy the boy's parent［C］he was likely to be affected by these diseases［D］she wanted to teach her own son a lessonblow away *①to completely surprise sb., to affect intensely; overwhelm使大为惊讶；强烈影响，征服例：That concert blew me away.音乐会震撼了我。
英语阅读理解10篇加答案
Some people say，“Extreme(极限的) sports are so dangerous. Why would anyone want to do them?”But the danger is what makes them so exciting. Keep reading to find out the most popular ones. Bungee jumping：People on some South Pacific islands have been bungee jumping for hundreds of years. In 1979，some people bungee jumped off a bridge in England and made the sport popular around the world. Bungee jumping came to China in 1996. Skateboarding：At first，this sport was called “sidewalk surfing”. Skateboarders often jump high into the air，go down steps or slide(滑行) down rails on their boards. They wear baggy trousers so they can move more freely. Skydiving：This is probably the scariest(最惊险的) extreme sport. Skydivers jump out of airplanes about four kilometers up in the sky. They usually free fall for a while and then open a parachute to slow down for a safe landing. Snowboarding：This became a winter Olympic sport in 1998. People tied their feet to the board with special shoes. They don't use any ski sticks. Then they ride down hills，jump high and do tricks. 1. What made bungee jumping popular all over the world? A. A history of hundreds of years. B. Jumping over a river in England. C. Coming to China in 1996. D. Jumping off a bridge in Britain. 2. In which sports do people jump from a plane or from a high place? A. Bungee jumping and skydiving. B. Skydiving and skateboarding. C. Bungee jumping and skateboarding. D. Snowboarding and skateboarding. 3. Why do some people like to do the extreme sports? A. It's exciting and safe. B. It's dangerous but exciting. C. It's scary but safe. D. It's easy to learn. Killer bees started in Brazil in 1957. A scientist in Sao Paulo wanted bees to make more honey(蜂蜜). So he put forty -six African bees with some Brazilian bees. The bees bred(繁殖) and made a new kind of bees. But the new bees were a mistake. They didn't want to make more honey. They wanted to attack. Then ，by accident ，twenty-six African bees escaped and bred with the Brazilian bees outside. Scientists could not control(控制) the problem. The bees increased fast. They went from Brazil to Venezuela. Then they went to Central America. Now they are in North America. They travel about 390 miles a year. Each group of bees grows four times a year. This means one million new groups every five years. Why are people afraid of killer bees? People are afraid for two reasons. First ，the bees sting(叮) alot more times than usual bees. Killer bees can sting sixty times a minute nonstop for two hours. Second ，killer bees attack in groups. Four hundred bee stings can kill a person. Already several hundred people are dead. Now killer bees are in Texas. In a few years they will reach all over the United States. People can do nothing but wait. 1. After the African bees lived together with the Brazilian bees ，they ____. A. made more honey B. made a new kind of bees C. made a mistake D. wanted to attack 2. Why are people afraid of killer bees? A. They increase fast. B. Several hundred people are dead. C. They sting more and attack in groups. D. They're big and strong. 3. Where have killer bees reached now? A. North America. B. Brazil. C. Venezuela. D. All over the US. 4. The best title of the passage is “____”. A. How to Make More Honey B. Killer Bees C. A Foolish Scientist D. How to Feed Killer Bees 阅读理解 Paul got on the bus to go to town. It was very crowded ，and he had to stand for about five minutes. Then some of the passengers got off. Paul sat down next to a fat lady. She had several shopping-bags ，and Paul didn't have much room on the seat. He wasn't very comfortable. At last the bus got to the town. All the passengers started to get off. Paul was very polite so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him. She said ，“Thank you.”Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags. But she couldn't move. She was stuck! Paul had to push the lady. The conductor pulled her. Finally they got her free. But she wasn't pleased. “I'll write to the bus company ，”she said.“I'll tell them not to make buses with such small seats. ” 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
英语阅读15篇
Day1 The Old, The Old Wine陈年老酒Once there lived a rich man who was justly proud of his cellar and the wine therein. And there was one jug of ancient vintage kept for some occasion known only to himself.从前，有个富翁，不无理由地以他的酒窖和窖藏美酒自豪。
其中有一瓶远年陈葡萄酒，是他珍藏着留作盛会用的，究竟是什么盛会，可只有他自己知道。
The governor of the state visited him, and he bethought him and said, "That jug shall not be opened for a mere governor."地方官来拜访他，他心中寻思道："不过是地方官罢了，不必为他开这瓶酒。
"And a bishop of the diocese visited him, but he said to himself, "Nay, I will not open that jug.He would not know its value, nor would its aroma reach his nostrils."教区的主教来拜访他，可他跟自己说道："不，我不愿为他开这瓶酒。
他不会懂得这酒的价值，这酒的香味地也闻不出来。
"The prince of the realm came and supped with him. But he thought, "It is too royal a wine for a mere princeling."王国的王子来临，和他一同进餐。
小学生英语阅读短文（五篇）
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【篇⼀】⼩学⽣英语阅读短⽂ Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we were born air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we cannot live for more than a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working or running we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air. We live in air, but we cannot see it. We can only feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in front of yourface,close it quickly. What can you feel? What you feel is air.【篇⼆】⼩学⽣英语阅读短⽂ When Adam and Eve wereexpelledfrom Eden, there was an incident when the flames of a blazing sword of an angel, who had sent them away, burned a birds' nest. The birds were all burned to death, but a new bird was born from one of theruddilyheated eggs. This means that the unique 'Phoenix' was born. The phoenix builds its nest in Arabia, and there is a myth that it set fire to its own nest once every 100 years. Among those ruddy eggs heated by the fire, a new Phoenix comes to be born again. The phoenix flies as fast as a ray of light, its feathers are ofdazzlingbeauty, and the sound of its voice is very sweet. When a mother sits next to her baby's cradle and dandles the baby, the Phoenix comes down to the baby's pillow, and the glaring feathers of Phoenix make a halo around the baby's head. The phoenix flies around rooms of poorpeople,sprinklessunshine, and carries the fragrance of violets into the rooms. The phoenix stays not only in Arabia but it flies around the far North Pole, broad field, above the rivers where the sunshine falls in coal mines and in our front yards where beautiful flowers bloom. On the carriage of the Greek tragic poet, Thespis, the Phoenix became atalkativecrow, for the troubadours of Island it played the harp disguised as a swan, and on the shoulder of Shakespeare the phoenix whispered "eternity" as it was the Odin's crow. The phoenix sang beautiful songs, and people kissed its shining fallen feathers from its wings. Even though the Phoenix came from glorious Paradise, people may not see the Phoenix because they are busy with seeingsparrows. The bird of the Paradise! Born once every 100 years, dies in flames! When it was born under the tree of wisdom in the garden of the Paradise, God kissed the Phoenix and gave him a name. That was "Poetry and Art".【篇三】⼩学⽣英语阅读短⽂ John is a Canadian. He lives in a tall building in the city of Toronto (多伦多).There are eighteen floors in the building, and he lives on the fifteenth floor. He uses a lift to go up and down.John works very hard. He goes to work early. Every day he gets out of the lift. Then he walks to a bus stop. The bus stop is in front of a station. It is about two hundred meters from his home. He usually catches the number 11 bus to work, but sometimes he goes by train. John works in a factory about ten kilometers from his home. He starts working at 8:30, and finishes at 4:45. He gets back home at a quarter past five. He gets into the lift, and he goes up to the twelfth floor. Then he gets out of the lift and climbs up to the fifteenth floor on foot.【篇四】⼩学⽣英语阅读短⽂ There are forty-two students in our class. There are also two American boys. They are Jack and Mike. They are our good friends. They like watching TV, but they don't like playing basket-ball .They often go to school by bike. And I often go to school on foot. There is one English girl in our class. Her name is Lucy. She likes playing basketball and she also likes swimming. She usually does her homework in the evening. She often watches TV on Saturday afternoons. She is my good friend. All of the Chinese students are Yong Pioneer.【篇五】⼩学⽣英语阅读短⽂ Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience. At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America."。
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B) Their income.D) Their attitude.
重点、难点词汇：
bring about使发生,致使
Science have bring about many change in our lives.
本句以副词only开头，所以用倒装句式，译文：只允许登记注册的居民居住在城市中，这样城市人口就能得以控制。
参考译文：
很多国家在其工业化的进程中，城市人口过多成为很严重的问题。由于人口过多，这些城市住房紧张、卫生条件差、就业机会少，而这些情况又会导致贫穷、疾病和犯罪率的升高。
城市人口过多主要是由于大量农村人口涌入城市引起的。这些人不满于传统的农耕生活，于是进入城市希望能够找到更好的工作，获得更高办法，联系上下文可猜测urban意为“城市的”，故选A。
42.答案B。从文章的第二段第二句可知，大量农村人口涌入城市是因为他们不满足于传统的农耕生活，希望到城市里找份更好的工作，获得更高的报酬，因此B项为正确选项。
43.答案C。文中作者认为要推行对城市人口进行注册登记这种方法很困难，甚至会导致暴力，然后作者又提出另一种能最终解决问题的办法。由此可见，作者认为注册这种方法不现实，故选C。
41. What does the word “urban”(Line 2, Para. 3) mean?
A) Of the city.
B) Out of work.
C) In a bad condition.
D) Of enormous size.
42. Large numbers of farmers have poured into towns because.
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所有领导者必备的才能与下属建立信任MPW Insider is one of several online communities where the biggest names in business answer timely career and leadership questions. This week we ask: What advice would you give someone going into a leadership position for the first time? The following answer is by China Gorman, CEO of Great Place to Work Institute.Taking on a leadership role can be quite a heady experience. At first, your mind brims with ideas and possibilities. There’s so much you want to achieve and so much to accomplish. Sure, you may be inheriting some issues along with the new title, but you’ve read enough business books to know that all issues are really opportunities to show the world what y ou’re made of . So what are you made of?Now, before you answer with a list of strengths and weaknesses, I would challenge you to think outward, not inward. As a leader, you are leading people, and ideally you want those people to follow you, hopefully to new heights. Think of your direct reports as the building blocks of your leadership. They are the ones who are going to help you accomplish everything you want to do. Thus, you need to cultivate positive and trusting relationships with each and every one of them.As legendary author and leadership speaker John Maxwell stated in his opening speech to the United Nations, there are three questions every follower asks of a leader:1. Do you care about me?2. Can you help me?3. Can I trust you?Maxwell purports that in every culture, society and nation, people ask those three questions of their leaders, and they do so continually.Before you set your first goal or write down your vision, (and mark my word, you should engage in both of those activities on a regular basis) you need to set an appointment with your direct reports. Start by scheduling a couple of hours with each person, just to talk. Perhaps you can take them to lunch. Get to know them. Find out what their strengths are; what their goals and desiresare; and what they need from you to be successful. As you carefully create, nurture and develop real and distinct relationships with each of your direct reports, they will in turn learn to trust you, and more importantly, they’ll strive to be someone you can trust.Trust, more than anything else impacts your success as a leader. The more trust you cultivate, the better you lead, the more you achieve, and the higher you climb. There’s a big difference between having someone on your team who works for you and someone who works with you. The former is just doing a job; the latter is on a mission to do something great.Years of intensive research at the Great Place to Work Institute has led us to the finding that a great workplace is created in the day-to-day relationships that employees experience with their leaders, their work and with each other. And in all of those relationships, the most critical variable is, you guessed it, trust. Trust between you and your employees will develop organically over time as they experience your leadership. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, so settle it in your mind that you are willing to invest the time because the rewards will be well worth it.In short, it doesn’t matter what industry you are in; what resources you do or don’t have; your level of experience; or number of degrees. What is essential to your success is your ability to build trusting relationships with the people under your authority. Work on it every day and never stop. After all, now is your time to show the wor ld what you’re made of.如何创建一家改变世界的公司In 2008 Leah Busque was an engineer at IBM with an idea. She wanted to sta rt a website thatwould match people with work. She left her job and cashed o ut her IBM pension to startTaskRabbit, where people can sign up to do odd jo bs. Today over 30,000 people useTaskRabbit, and some are able to make a fu ll-time living from their TaskRabbit jobs.Earlier this week, Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky moderated a panel with a group of startupfounders, including Leah Busque. After the panel a man told Busquethat TaskRabbit work gotone of his friends off of the streets when he was ho meless.Busque answered a few questions about the making of TaskRabbit. [Transcript lightly edited for clarity.]Fortune: What’s been the biggest challenge for you as a founder? Busque: Transitioning from building a world-class product to building a world-class companyhas been the biggest and most rewarding challenge in my jour ney as a founder. When I wasbootstrapping what was known as runmyerrand. com in 2008, my skills as a former engineer atIBM helped me build an idea in to a tool people actually wanted to use –even rely on– in theirdaily lives. As the product blossomed, I had to start entr usting others to improve that sameproduct I had coded myself. There was a f undamental shift in the way I needed to approacheach day. Today, whether I’m focused on fundraising, marketing, financing or operations, I’mstill supporti ng that initial passion that inspired the creation of TaskRabbit.Fortune: What’s the one thing you wished you knew eight years ago when you firstbegan this journey?Busque: Don’t overthink it and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. When I was first starting out,more decisions than I care to admit seemed like life-or-death situations, when in reality, eachchoice has brought TaskRabbit closer to building the strongest business and communitypossible. When we stumbled, I witnessed the company learn and grow into an even betterversion of itself. I rely on data and gut in a more balanced way today than ever before. Fortune: What’s been your biggest mistake?Busque: There is not one “biggest mistake”I’ve made, only choices where I’v e learned themost. Team building and hiring can be one of the most complicat ed parts of founding acompany. I enjoy the perspective of Adam Grant, Whart on Business School professor andauthor of Give and Take. He has identified a more scientific system for finding the perfect hirethat appeals to the engineer in me. But no system is perfect, and prioritizing “culture-fit” as akey factor in my personal system for hiring has become increasingly i mportant. As a founderand CEO, editing the team is necessary and making qu ick decisions is critical for the integrityof the team.Fortune: If you were to start another startup, what is the one thing y ou would not do?Busque: The business you found can more or less feel like your baby. But eve ntually, youneed to be open to letting the business grow with the help of othe r brilliant people. Findingpartners — even cofounders — that believe in the pr oduct as much as you do can be animportant step to take in helping your busi ness reach its fullest potential. These people shouldcomplement your skill set and function as a trusted cadre who can share ideas with eachother. Fortune: What’s the one piece of advice you would give up and comin g startups?Busque: Find your mentors because you can’t do it all on your own. Scott Grif fith,[Editor’snote: then CEO of Zipcar] became one of my early mentors since fou nding TaskRabbit. Heoffered me desk space in the Zipcar office when I moved from Boston, and later introduced meto future investors. To this day, we are able to soundboard ideas off one another and learnfrom each other’s mistakes as each of our companies grow.Fortune: What’s next for TaskRabbit? What can we expect from TaskR abbit this year?Busque:2015 is shaping up to be an exciting year for TaskRabbit. We’re going to expa nd intonew markets across the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. Several significant businesspartnerships will also drive a new scale of activity across t he marketplace.创业前应该自问的20个问题This story is published in partnership with Entrepreneur. This story originally appeared Do you have a milliondollar idea in your head, just waiting to be acted upon? Or will it be acomplete bust— an idea with no actual potential for return? This question is one that stops many wouldbe entrepreneurs in their tracks b efore they eventake the chance and launch their potential business ventures . Fortunately, it is possible tomake a more educated guess on your idea’s likelihood of success or failure by taking the timeto validate your idea before m oving forward with it.Here are 20 questions you can ask to validate your startup idea — before yo u commitsignificant time, money or other resources to its launch:1. What problem are you solving?If you can’t clearly state the problem your product or service solves, you prob ably don’t have asuccessful idea.2. How have others attempted to solve this problem before, and why did theirsolutions succeed or fail?There’s a lot you can learn from those who have gone before you.3. How many specific benefits for your product or idea can you list? The more you can think of, the more likely it is that you’re meeting a real need and can besuccessful.4. Can you state, in clear language, the key features of your product o r service?Not being able to easily describe the key features of your idea is a warning si gn that the ideaisn’t well thought out yet.5. Does your idea already exist in the same way you were going to cre ate it?If a similar solution exists, how will yours be different? If you don’t have any cleardifferentiating benefits or features, you likely need a new idea.6. Who are your potential competitors?Having competitors isn’t a bad thing — it means a market exists. However, kn owing what you’llface if you launch is important, as an overcrowded marketpl ace or one where consumers have astrong affinity for the dominant brand may be more difficult to break into.7. What key features does my product or service have that others will have a hard timecopying?Before you go into business, you need to be very clear about what sets you a part fromcompetitors.8. Have you done a SWOT analysis?This framework helps you to understand the strengths, weaknesses, oppor tunities andthreats that your idea has, giving you a better idea of the overall likelihood for success.9. Do you have access to the various resources you need to launch a b usiness?While you don’t need to be rich to launch a business, you will need some com bination of timeand money, depending on the scope of your idea. If you hav e no way to access everything youneed, you’re better off waiting to launch yo ur company until your situation is different.10. Do you have a mentor or industry advisor that you can call on? Certainly, you can go it alone if you have to, but when you start a new busine ss, having theadvice of others in a similar business space can prevent unnec essary expenditures ormissteps.11. Can you name somebody who would benefit from your product or service?This is the beginning of market research — who do you actually know that wo uld use your idea?A general demographic isn’t enough, so take the time to hone in your target buyer personas.12. What is the size of the market that will buy your product or servic e?If you don’t know the size of the market, you have a lot of research ahead of you.Understanding how many people need your idea — and what they’re willi ng to pay for it — willhelp you determine whether your concept is viable.13. Have you reached out to potential customers for feedback? Getting feedback before investing further money can help you avoid creatinga product orservice that nobody really wants.14. Can you set up a landing page and encourage interested people to sign up formore information?This can be an easy and inexpensive way to test interest in a product or ser vice. If a lot ofpeople are interested, it’s a great sign that you’re on the right t rack!15. What would it take to build a minimum viable product to test the market?One mistake many entrepreneurs make is thinking that they have to launch a finished concept right away. Consider starting small, gauging interest and ite rating as you go.16. Can you get paying customers from your target market to pre-order based on a blueprint or mockup?Preorders are a solid sign of customer commitment. Someone saying they’re interested is onething, but seeing people actually pony up their credit card i nformation is a much stronger signof potential success.17. Can you produce the actual product yourself, or do you have a par tner who can?As you might expect, before launch, you need to know who’s actually going to produce thefirst set of products or services, as well as whether they can do so within your budget.18. Do you have distributors or partners to help you scale your busine ss?Once you have paying customers, you’ll need to ramp up actual distribution to meet demand.Do you have access to the partners and/or money needed to do so?19. What will it take to break even or make a profit?Some ideas take a lot of upfront investment, while others don’t. If yours does , it’s a good ideato plan for how you’ll handle your finances and daily needs while you’re waiting for yourproduct or service to gain traction.20. How can investors in your idea make a profit?If you want others to come alongside your business and help you grow, you’ll have to knowhow they can benefit.It may take some time to come up with answers to all these questions, but on ce you havethem, you should have a better idea about how viable your idea i s. If it passes these tests, gofor it! If not, keep thinking — your next idea may be the one that changes the world.如何面对工作中的批评意见Dear Annie:I just came from my third year-end performance evaluation with thiscompany, where I’m in my first“real job”since college. And once again, just like in the pasttwo years, I’m appal led at the way I reacted. I know you’re not supposed to take criticismperson ally or get defensive, but somehow, when my boss starts telling me about ar eas Icould develop or improve, my emotions take over and I sort of panic. This year was the worst so far, even though the evaluation was about 85 % positive. Myboss brought up one thing he thinks I could get better at, an d I started defending myselfbefore he even finished talking. Can you suggestany ways to stop letting criticism upset meso much? Last year I spent the holidays stewing over this, and I don’t want to do that again. —Too Thin-SkinnedDear T.T.S.:Believe me, you’re far from the only one who’s ever left a perf ormanceappraisal with a bad case of what the French calll’esprit de l’escali er—that is, thinking ofwhat you should have said (or not said) when it’s ob viously too late.If you really want another chance to let your boss finish what he meant to s ay, and to respond in a different way this time, why not ask for a do-over? “You could even explain at the outset that, this time, you intend to listen a nd not speak,”notes Deb Bright, head of executive coaching firm Bright Ent erprises, which counts Disney,GE, Morgan Stanley, and Marriott among its cl ients. Bright also wrote a book,The TruthDoesn’t Have to Hurt: How to Use Criticism to Strengthen Relationships,ImprovePerformance,and Promote Cha nge, based on a seven-year study of how people respond to feedback, especially when they’re unde r stress. Asking for another meeting, shesays,“would show him that you want to be receptive to what he wants to tell yo u.”That’s important because, in Bright’s view, the first job of anyone on the rec eiving end of an evaluation is to make the person who is giving it feel comf ortable. Surprised? “Think aboutit,”says Bright.“Most managers hate giving performance appraisals, because they dread h ow someone is going to react to anything negative. So they tend to rush t hrough thediscussion just to get it over with.””The trouble, of course, is that the boss may be in such a hurry that he or sh e skips overinformation that could make or break your career.“What you can learn in a performanceappraisal are things you may need, not just right now, but later on,”notes Bright. In herconsulting work, she h as often been called in to counsel talented managers whose careershad hit a brick wall because of shortcomings and bad habits that a string of bosses had triedto warn them about for years.So how do you get a grip on your emotions while you’re listening? Focusing on making yourboss feel at ease is a good start, since it automatically shift s your attention away from youremotions. Then, says Bright,“Remind yourself that you are the one in control here. Howyou respond wil l determine how the discussion goes, and how much or little you get out ofi t.”The sense of panic you mention could be diminished, or dispelled, if yo u recognize thateven if you’re not saying a word, your role here isn’t a pas sive one.Next, concentrate on finding out what specific actions you need to take (o r stop taking).“Make sure you know the difference between a fact and an opinion,”Bright suggests. “’Youwere $30,000 over budget on the XYZ project’is a fact. ‘You don’t communicate wellenough with your peers’is an opinion.”Since most bosses have had little, if any, training ingiving effective feedback, the two types of feedback may very well be tangled up together,but you can u sually tell an opinion by how vague it is.“Trying to guess what your boss wants won’t work,”says Bright. “People end up guessingwrong, and then they get another vague, critical o pinion in their next review, and conclude that they can never please this bos s.”Instead, ask for particular steps that would solve the perceived problem. “For example, youmight suggest starting to‘communicate better with your peers’by updating them in personevery week instead of through an occasio nal email,”says Bright. Approaching this like anyother task you do at work, by coming up with a practical fix or two, should help take most ofthe emotio n out of it.Since you mention that this is your first“real job”after college, you probabl y have four orfive decades of work ahead of you. So it might help to keep a sense of perspective. “Peopleoften get upset about a so-so performance review because they think it will damage theirwhole career ,”says Bright.“But it’s just one review, in one year, and companies’goals andstrategies ch ange from one year to the next anyway. I’ve never seen a situation where o neor two‘meets expectations’evaluations—out of, say, 10 or 20‘exceeds expectations’ —made any real difference in the long run.”Moreover, even presidents, popes, and CEOs get harpooned, sometimes on a daily basis.“Noone goes through a whole career hearing only great feedback,”Bright ob serves.“In fact, ifyou haven’t heard any constructive criticism lately, it means yo u probably aren’t learninganything.”中国首位MBA毕业生Historians date the beginning of China’s modern economy from 1978, two yea rs after the deathof Mao Zedong and the end of the disastrous cultural revol ution. But many moderninstitutions, notably in business education, are even younger. Wang Chunqi earned the firstMBA degree granted by a mainland Chi nese university in 1993, when China was on the cusp ofits period of superchar ged growth.Ironically, Wang himself did not seek out the opportunity but — in an echo o f the plannedeconomy from which China was emerging— had it thrust upon him. After finishing his firstdegree in engineering in 1977, he was sent to wor k at Yizheng Chemical Fibre, buildingautomated production lines. By 1991, th e company was the world’s fourth-largest producer ofpolyester yarn.“I had no [management] experience, but at that time getting into university h ad nothing to dowith your background,” Wang says, speaking in the lobby of his office tower in Shanghai’sPudong district. The area was still mostly farml and when he began his MBA but is now a densecluster of skyscrapers.“The company leader recommended me. I had a certain status there,” Wang says.“There werea few of us who were recommended to take the test, but I was th e only one who passed.Actually, I really didn’t understand what this discipli ne was all about.”The Chinese government selected nine universities to pioneer domestic MBA education. The inaugural year was 1991 and the group included Beijing’s thre e top universities — Peking,Renmin and Tsinghua.Tsinghua, which is known as China’s answer to Massachusetts Institute of Tec hnology, wasfamous for its engineering department. Future central bank gove rnor and premier Zhu Rongji,an architect of China’s economic reform duringthe early 2000s under President Jiang Zemin,was appointed as founding dea n of the new School of Economics and Management.For Wang, business school meant leaving his wife in Nanjing to live in a dorm room with twoclassmates in Beijing. But the schools had been instructed from on high to launch MBAs andwere not fully prepared. With no standardised co urse materials, professors often taught fromhandwritten notes. A distinct bu siness curriculum had not yet been established, so Wangtook classes with masters students in engineering for the programme’s first year.In the second year,15 of 70 masters students were chosen to proceed to the formal MBAprogra mme. Much like the so-called “third generation” of Chinese political leaders centredaround Jiang, Zhu and former premier Li Peng, who all trained as engineers, the selectionproces s for MBA students placed a premium on engineering skills.“They didn’t want teachers; they wanted people with experience managing fa ctories — peoplewith experience in industrial science,” Wang says.“If you studied the humanities, foreignlanguages or something like that, they didn’t want you.”For an engineering student, topics such as marketing strategy, joint ventur e managementand western accounting were unfamiliar. The course required three years of full-time study andWang recalls working into the night by torchlight after the dor mitory shut off the electricity at10 o’clock.“Compared with engineering, it wasn’t really difficult, but it required a new wa y of thinking.Sometimes I didn’t understand what I was reading,” he says. Wang earned the distinction of becoming China’s first MBA because he aske d for permission to graduate several months early.“When I graduated, they hadn’t even figured out what thediploma should look like. They just gave me an engineering diploma,” he says.“Later I swappedit for the real thing.”Yizheng Chemical was preparing to be one of the first mainland companies to complete an initial public offering in Hong Kong. For his MBA thesis, Wang res earched issues surrounding YizhengChemical’s listing and was given special p ermission to return to the company to participate inthe road show.Though not of his own choosing, the experience fundamentally changed the c ourse of Wang’scareer. Shortly after the IPO, he left Yizheng Chemical to join First Eastern Investment, a HongKong-based private equity firm.Wang’s career shift neatly tracks the changes in China’s economy. Yizheng C hemical thrived inthe 1990s and early 2000s, when the country grew rapidly by mastering existing technologyfrom rich countries and taking advantage of cheap labour costs to seize market share.Now high-pollution, low-margin industries such as chemical fibre are giving way to higher-value-added industries, including financial services. Yizheng Chemical, which today i s owned bystate oil refiner Sinopec, is struggling to survive in an industry be set by overcapacity, and itsshares are in danger of being delisted.Yet Wang maintains a traditional view of what makes an effective business leader. “You needto understand technology and industrial science,” he says. “A lot of investment bankers whodo IPOs come at it from the perspective of the humanities and make all kinds of promises toinvestors. That won’t fly.”MBA places and senior faculty in short supplyIt may be barely 20 years since China produced its first MBA student, but the se days some30,000 managers graduate with an MBA each year from 236 Chi nese business schools, writesDella Bradshaw.That is huge growth by international standards — China now has nearly three times as manyMBA schools as the UK — but given the size of China’s manage ment cadre, the numbers aretiny.One reason for this is the lack of qualified instructors, says Zhou Lin, dean of Antai College atShanghai Jiao Tong University.“Thirty thousand seems to be a small number, but if you look atthe supply si de, in China there are not enough quality programmes. The bottom schools a rereally struggling.”One reason is that it is difficult to hire faculty, says Lu Xiongwen, dean of ma nagement at FudanUniversity in Shanghai.“It is not difficult to hire junior scholars but it is to get senior scholars.”Even at Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of the world’s most prestigious u niversities, themanagement school has been able to fill only nine of its 30 cha ired professorships.A second reason for the relatively slow progress is the quota system. The go vernment tellseach university how many students it can enrol and the university allocates places to eachdepartment. Even if there is huge demand for an M BA, the designated number cannot beexceeded.Prof Lu believes the system should change:“[The number of] MBAs should be determined inthe market.”Another significant difference between MBA study in China and that in the US or Europe is thatthe majority of students in China study part time.At Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management just 98 of the 4 37 students whoenrolled on the MBA programme this academic year are stu dying full time. At Antai, 80 of the550 MBA students study full-time, says Prof Zhou.“When MBA students have decided theywant to study full time, they will go ab road.”全中文授课的美国公立学校MINNEAPOLIS — On weekday mornings, a stream of orange buses and privat e cars from 75Minnesota codes wrap around Yinghua Academy, the firs t publicly funded Chinese-immersion charter school in the United States, in the middle-class neighborhood of NortheastMinneapolis. Most pupils, from kindergarten t o eighth grade, dash to bright-colored classroomsfor the 8:45 a.m. bell, eager to begin “morning meeting,”a freewheeling conversation in colloquial Mandarin.Meanwhile, two grades form five perfect lines in the gym for calisthenics, Chin ese style. Dressedneatly in the school’s blue uniforms, the students enthusia stically count each move —“liu, qi,ba, jiu, shi.”By 9:15, a calm sense of order pervades the school as formal instruction be gins for math,reading, social studies, history and science. Instructors teach i n Mandarin, often askingquestions that prompt a flurry of raised hands. No o ne seems to speak out of turn.“We bringtogether both East and West traditions,” explains the academic dir ector, Luyi Lien, who triesto balance Eastern discipline with Western fun. Ms. Lien helped start Yinghua, which means “English Chinese,” with just 76 st udents and fourteachers in 2006. This autumn a new addition opened that d oubled capacity to handle thegrowing numbers of students. The school now has 660 students, all awarded tuition-free placesby lottery. Yinghua is expected to be at its full capacity of 800 st udents by 2021.The student-teacher ratio is 10 to one, and 78 percent of the teachers hold advanced deg rees,many of them from American universities; three have Ph.D.’s. All receive training in the UnitedStates, including two teachers paid for by Hanban, an a ffiliate of Ch ina’s Ministry of Education.Yinghua Academy is among a handful of total-immersion schools, though the United Stateshas 175 Chinese-immersion programs within regular schools across the country,18 begun this academic year alone. While immersion programs have a mix of English and Chinese classes,Yinghua teaches all academic subjects in Chin ese through fourth grade before moving to ahalf-English model for grades five to eight.immersion schools groom students with deeper cultural understanding and strongerMandarin skills, particularly in reading and writing, Ms. Lien said. “Our goal is real bilingualism byeighth grade, which is near native,” she said. At Yinghua, the process is intense. Just ahead of snack time in kindergarten, the teacher, whospeaks only in Mandarin, thrusts an orange plastic disk in t he air and 28 little hands shoot up.She points to one girl who answers correctl y —“chengse”— before dashing to the nearby sink to wash her hands. In just minutes, all t he students have identified a color and are happilytearing open their snacks. One 5-year-old asks, “Can you open this?” The teacher replies, “bangmang dakai?” On cue, the child repeats and then says, “xie xie”— thank you.“Yinghua is the best of the best,” according to Hattie Bonds, the mother of tw o children at theschool and a former associate superintendent for Minneapoli s public schools.“The first weekmy son came home from kindergarten and taught my 3-year-。
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小学英语阅读100篇1. My FamilyMy name is Anna. I have a small family consisting of my parents and myself. My father’s name is John and he is a doctor. My mother’s name is Mary and she is a teacher. We love spending time together and enjoy going for picnics on the weekends. I am grateful to have such a loving family.2. My PetI have a pet dog named Max. He is a cute and friendly Labrador Retriever. Max loves to play fetch and go for long walks. He is very loyal and always waits for me at the door when I come home from school. I enjoy taking care of him and he brings a lot of joy to my life.3. A Day at the BeachLast summer, my family and I went to the beach for a day of fun in the sun. We brought our beach towels, sunscreen, and a picnic lunch. We swam in the clear blue water and built sandcastles on the sandy shore. It was a perfect day and we had a great time together.4. My Favorite FoodMy favorite food is pizza. I love the combination of cheese, tomato sauce, and various toppings. Whenever I have pizza, it puts a big smile on my fac e. Whether it’s a plain cheese pizza or one with lots of toppings, I can never resist a slice of delicious pizza.5. A Visit to the ZooLast weekend, my class went on a field trip to the zoo. We saw a variety of animals, including lions, elephants, and giraffes. It was amazing to see these animals up close and learn about their habitats. I enjoyed the day and I can’t wait to go back to the zoo again.6. My HobbiesI have several hobbies that I enjoy in my free time. I like to read books, especially adventure stories. I also enjoy playing soccer with my friends at the park. Another hobby of mine is painting. I love to create colorful and imaginative pictures. Hobbies are a great way to relax and have fun.7. A Trip to the FarmLast spring, my family and I visited a farm. We saw cows, chickens, and pigs. We even got to feed the animals and milk a cow. It was a hands-on experience that taught me a lot about where our food comes from. I had a great time and learned a lot on this trip.8. My Favorite SeasonMy favorite season is summer. I love the warm weather and the long days. I enjoy going swimming at the pool, having picnics in the park, and eating ice cream. Summer is a time for fun and relaxation, and it always puts me in a good mood.9. A Trip to the MuseumLast month, my class went on a field trip to the museum. We saw many interesting artifacts and learned about different periods of history. It was a fascinating experience and I enjoyed seeing all the ancient artifacts. I look forward to visiting the museum again in the future.10. My Dream JobWhen I grow up, I want to be a veterinarian. I love animals and I want to help take care of them. I also enjoy learning about different types of animals and their behaviors. I believe being a veterinarian would be a rewarding and fulfilling career.…(继续编写剩下的文档，共计100篇阅读材料)…100. My Future PlansIn the future, I hope to travel the world and explore different cultures. I want to visit famous landmarks and try new types of food. I also want to learn new languages and make friends from around the world. Traveling can be an enriching and eye-opening experience, and I can’t wait to start my adventures.以上是小学英语阅读100篇的文档，希望对你有所帮助。
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英语美文阅读（最新9篇）英语阅读小文章篇一Chinchillas are, without a doubt, one the cutest animal species ever. With their bushy tails, tiny ears, long whiskers, and adorably fluffy fur, the little creatures can truly make you say awww。
In fact, it is said that their fur is the softest out of all land mammals!南美栗鼠（龙猫）无疑是最萌的动物之一。
毛茸茸的尾巴，小耳朵长胡须，蓬松的皮毛惹人爱。
这一小生灵真的可以让你“哇”一声惊叹。
事实上，据说其皮毛是所有陆地动物里最柔软的。
So, to celebrate the beauty of these little rodents, a list of cute baby chinchillas has been put together. Beware - it#39;s a cuteness overload waiting to happen!所以，为庆贺这小小啮齿动物之美，把一溜列可爱的栗鼠宝宝集中在了一起。
小心，眼前会超乎想象萌化你。
精美简短的英文散文篇二Time flies, a season of the horse, who entered the eyes, a thousand times, a glass of pure heart, only one person; Unable to read the old books, of time, is unbearable, mottled memories and sadness in the fingers, lonely heart wounds, scattered shoulders like autumn rain, cool is cool, I dont know the scarred heart, how to put to do; Pacing in the autumn, the autumn wind sweeping leaves, rustling, cool silent long moonlight, deserted long corridor of missing.The green onion, go to the unknown place, full of silence, the garden in the autumn, pale color cover the eyes; What kind of pen and ink can be a city of warm painting; With how tonal, can warm mountain warm water; How to fit the film; Perhaps the point is too desolate, how long time, is difficult to let go of this cold thought, like the fold on the autumn leaf, the open bone is difficult to enter the eye, is the desolation of the desolation, is the view of the lost heart.Once childhood sweethearts, now various places; Once flowers, now foam fireworks; At one time, in the evening, the mirror flower; Life can be turned upside down, like a pair of scissors, dissected the two words, and forget the horizon; In the wrong words, look for fragments that have not been forgotten, look for the breath of the years, imitate the inks of the years, and depict the scene of the year; Wishful thinking believe, did not leave, everything is not far away.Into the akisato, the arrival of the rain suddenly, without warning, cold wind to pass through, with his big raindrops, hall, as miss, wet feeling lukewarm, damp panoramas eyes, really want to the warm of big umbrella, once I cover you, the sun is rooted in my heart; Today autumn, frost and dew cool, all sorts of color, thin quietly retreat, once the scenery, gradually deserted, quiet lonely is full around, is a people come and go, made a silent spectator, in a hurry traveler.The years in the autumn wind, cool and cool, free of the eyes, deep shallow, withered, blooming, blooming, back and forth; Some of the pieces are already dusty, locked in the past, and even if you look for it, its a month in the water, an illusion, a chaotic scene. Once warm affection silk, one marigold, alone exquisitely condense into a piece of flower rhyme, break the thought into the palm of the palm, gently close together, pray, in the autumn, I can find you!Time is like a stream, the veins of the autumn, cold and cold, and all emotions, can not talk, perplexed. Very want to give a response, the remnant leaves dead branch, a ground bleak, the tangle that cannot clear, the wind rises white dew is frost, all in a cold air, whether a thought, a ground residue? The cold autumn water, with the thoughts to flow, perhaps the far mountains of autumn maple, in a safe posture, has been waiting for the four seasons, will read, wrote into the autumn!Imagine, coming from the words in the autumn, the heart is boiling ink, waiting for you to arrive; Not sad and not happy, in jiangnan rain lane, smoke and rain on the boat, holdingumbrellas between green mountains and green water; On top of the hill, in a piece of maple forest, comb the cold and warm self-knowledge of the time bun; Thought, read, the idea of the heart of the little like, a page of pages, embellishment color; In the memory of sitting, the relief of the missing, in the obvious texture, the static number strewn with the love silk.Read, write into the autumn, in the autumn wind autumn rain, followed by, the dance, the flood of missing; Write the wind, write the rain, write the missing, write the autumn maple language, wish each time is the idea of the heart, each time is not long; The wind with the rain, even the xiao xiao, will also in the foot of the rhyme, let the dying of the thought, waiting for the bud to blossom; Perhaps this seasons autumn is light, too deep, too indifferent, see full of maple red, waiting for a long time, is also a beautiful thing.Autumn is indifferent, quietly and come, the autumn leaves dancing hope, petal, fall into the dust; "Falling red is not a heartless thing, it is turned into spring mud." In the autumn, lift the love silk, fragrant still, let read from now on!英语阅读小文章篇三冬天里的晴朗日子Those Sunny Days In the WinterWhen winter comes, the days are always full of rain and there are less sunshine, so it is so rare to enjoy the sunshine, people will feel excited to see the sunny days. As for me, I will be very happy when the sun comes out in the winter. I will get some plans to spend my time in the warm day, sometimes I will call my friends out and have a picnic in the park, we can not only enjoy the sunshine, but also can have a nice talk, it will strengthen our communication. Sometimes our family will have the barbecue outside, we share our food and play games so happily. I love sunshine, when I feel frustrated, I will forget about all the worries once the sun is coming out. Those sunny days in the winter are so special to me.当冬天来临的时候，总是充满了雨水和少量的阳光，因此很难享受得到阳光，人们对晴天感到很兴奋。
英语阅读理解10篇
英语阅读理解10篇阅读理解（一）There are forty-two students in our class. There are also two American boys.They are Jack and Mike. 。
They are our good friends.They like watching TV,but they don’t like playing basket-ball . They often go to school by bike.And I often go to school on foot.There is one English girl in our class. Her name is Lucy.She likes playing basketball and she also likes swimming.。
She usually does her homework in the evening.She often watches TV on Saturday afternoons.She is my good friend. 。
All of the Chinese students are Yong Pioneers.根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
( ) 1. There are thirty-nine Chinese students in our class.( ) 2. There are two American girls and one English boy in our class.( ) 3. Jack and Mike are our good friends.( ) 4. Jack and Mike like playing basketball.( ) 5. Luck often does her homework on Saturday afternoons.My name is Jack. I am a pupil of Grade One.I’m in No.1 Middle School. On weekdays I get up at six o’clock.I have breakfast at seven and then I go to school by bike.We begin our class at eight o’clock in the morning. We have four classes in the morning and three in the afternoon.At noon,I have lunch at home. Classes are over at four fifteen in the afternoon.After class, we often play football in the afternoon.I go home at about five.I have supper at about six thirty in the evening.I do my homework at seven thirty.At weekend, I watch TV.I often go to bed at ten.I’m very happy.根据短文的意思，选择正确的答案。
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以下是为⼤家整理的关于《英语阅读理解10篇》⽂章，供⼤家学习参考！1、（1分）O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?a. Lived in New York.b. Worked in a bank.c. Travelled to Texas.d. Was put in prison.e. Had a newspaper Job.f. Learned to write stories.A. e. c. f. b. d. aB. c. e. b. d. f. aC. e. b. d. c. a. f.D. c. b. e. d. a f.2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories becauseA. they had surprise endingsB. they were easy to understandC. they showed his love for the poorD. they were about New York City3. O. Henry went to prison because .A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaperB. he broke the law by not using his own nameC. he wanted to write stories about prisonersD. people thought he had taken money that was not his4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?A. He was well-educated.B. He was not serious about his work.C. He was devoted to the poor.D. He was very good at learning.5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?A. His life inside the prison.B. The newspaper articles he wrote.C. The city and people of New York.D. His exciting early life as a boy.2、（1分）One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (⼈体⾻骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱⼦). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.1. Who wrote the story?A. Rupert’s teacher.B. The neighbour’s teacher.C. A medical school teacher.D. The teacher’s neighbour.2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?A. He needed it for the summer term in London.B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.3. What happened at the airport?A. The skeleton went missing .B. The skeleton was stolen .C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .4. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?A. He is very angry .B. He thinks it rather funny .C. He feels helpless without Rupert.D. He feels good without Rupert .5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.3、（1分）On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi,India.When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (⽬的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.1. The best headline(标题) for this newspaper article would be .A. The Kingdom of BicyclesB. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’anC. Marco Polo and the Silk RoadD. An American Achieving His Aims2. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because .A. he asked to see the managerB. he entered the hall with a bikeC. the manager had to know about all foreign guestsD. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him3. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order, .A. China, India, and PakistanB. India, China, and PakistanC. Pakistan, China, and IndiaD. China, Pakistan, and India4. What made Friedlander want to come to China?A. The stories about Marco Polo .B. The famous sights in Xi’an .C. His interest in Chinese silk.D. His childhood dreams about bicycles .5. Friedlander can be said to be .A. cleverB. friendlyC. hardworkingD. strong—minded4、（1分）Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me ￡ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”Mr Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger,“are you still willing to take a chance?”1. How did Mr. Grey get to his office?A. He went up to work by train.B. He walked to his office.C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.2. Mr Grey liked walking to his office because ________.A. he couldn’t afford the busesB. he wanted to save moneyC. he wanted to keep in good healthD. he could do some exercises on the way3. Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______A. give him a start in lifeB. help him on the way to successC. make him richD. gain more money4. One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the moneyB. again asked Mr. Grey for moneyC. would like to make friends with himD. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then5. In the second paragraph, “…take a chance” means ______.A. Mr. Gray happened to meet a strangerB. Mr. Grey had a chance to help a strangerC. Mr. Grey helped a stranger by chanceD. Mr. Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which he lent him5、（1分）Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (旋转) around.Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape (逃出) the earth’s gravity and carry you into space.1. In this passage, the word “gravity” means.A. the pull of everything.B. the force of attraction(吸引) among objects.C. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earthD. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.2. When you slip(滑) you always fall to the ground becauseA. the earth always turns round.B. the earth has gravityC. the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight.D. you are careless.3. Gravity is strong thatA. it can throw a ball into the air.B. it makes you jump only seven feet.C. it can let you fly away from the earth.D. it can keep everything on earth.4. Because of gravity,A. water flows everything.B. we can go everywhere by ship.C. water always flows downwards.D. fish can live in water.5. We can get away from the earth by spaceship becauseA. the spaceship goes very fast.B. t h e e a r t h c a n t p u l l t h e s p a c e s h i p . b r b d s f i d = " 1 6 1 " > C . t h e s p a c e s h i p h a s a s t r o n g f o r c e . D . t h e s p a c e s h i p c a n j u m p h i g h e r t h a n o t h e r t h i n g s .。
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英语文章英语文章阅读（优秀5篇）英语美文篇一Let#39;s prevent H1N1 from happening to usDuring the last few months,H1N1 ful has set off across the whole world.If we have the right way to prevent it ，it won#39;t scare.Here are some suggestions for you:First of all,you should cover your mouth with a napkin whtn you cough re sneeze,Next you#39;d better stay away from the public place if possible, if you have to,please wear a mask.Wash your hands carefully before meals and always keep your windows open so that the air will be fresh.At last,try to do more excisice to make your body strong so that you can stay in health.I think this is the most important.最近这几个月里，H1N1病毒在全世界引发起来。
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英语阅读短文英语阅读短文（通用7篇）英语阅读是贯穿小学到大学甚至是研究生以及博士的英语教学以及考试中的重点难点，下面店铺给大家准备了英语阅读短文（通用7篇），欢迎大家阅读欣赏一下哦！英语阅读短文篇1Famed novelist Gabriel García Márquez passed away on Thursday,according to a family member cited by the Associated Press.He was 87 years old.据美联社报道，著名小说家加夫列尔·加西亚·马尔克斯在周四逝世，享年87岁。
The Colombian Nobel Prize winning author was hospitalized for nine days in late March for an infection in his lungs and urinary tract.He had been recovering in his home in Mexico City since April 8.在今年三月份，这位哥伦比亚籍的诺贝尔奖得主因肺部和尿道感染住院9天，从4月8号开始，他就一直在墨西哥的家中休养。
García Márquez was born in Aracataca,Colombia on March 6,1927.The northern Colombian town inspired the setting for his 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude,which earned international critical acclaim and tens of millions of readers.García Márquez earned even more fans with his 1985 book,Love in the Time of Cholera.He was considered by many to be the most popular Spanish-language writer since Miguel de Cervantes,who wrote Don Quixote in the 17th century.加西亚·马尔克斯于1927年3月6日出生于哥伦比亚的阿拉卡塔卡，这座哥伦比亚北部的小镇曾是马尔克斯写于1967年的《百年孤独》里的故事背景，这部《百年孤独》赢得了国际评论界与万千读者的广泛赞誉。
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英语阅读理解（20篇）英语阅读理解篇 5 英语阅读理解篇 6 英语阅读理解篇7 英语阅读理解篇8 英语阅读理解篇11 英语阅读理解篇13 英语阅读理解篇14 英语阅读理解篇15In the early 1990s,the word” Internet” was strange to most people. But today, Internet has become a useful tool for people all over the world. Maybe Internet has been the greatest invention in the field of communication in the history of mankind〔人类〕 Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. We can e-mail our friends and they can read the e-mails within a minute. Giving all kinds of information is probably the biggest advantage of the Internet. We can use search engines to find the information we need. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will give us a list of suitable websites to look at. We can enjoy a lot on the Internet by downloading games, visiting chat rooms or surfing 〔扫瞄〕websites. There are some games for free. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat now. We can also listen to music and see films. Now ,there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking ,job finding and ticket buying. We can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds ofgoods. Sometimes we can find something that is quite good but very cheap.26.How many main advantages of the Internet are talked about in the passage? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. 27.What fact doesn’t the passage provide? A. We can find almost anything we want to know on the Internet. B. Some games on the Internet are free. C. We can buy most things we need on the Internet. D. Goods on the Internet are more expensive than those in real shops. 28.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?A. Online ShoppingB. Exchanging Information on the InternetC. The Advantages of the InternetD. Surfing the Websites on the Internet 答案: BDC 〔2022.四川省自贡市第三部分阅读理解B 总分 10分〕 You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience study here. In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I di 英语阅读理解篇16Mum:What are you doing,Amy?Amy:I’m writing a letter to my friend,Kitty.Mnm:But how can you?You are only five years old.You don’t know how to write.Amy:Well.It doesn’t matter.Because Kitty doesn’t know how to read.回答下列问题：1.How old is Amy?2.What is Amy doing?3.Can Amy write?4.Who is Kitty?英语阅读理解篇17Is there an important exam right around the comer? You might be starting tofear, thinking that there s no way for you to get a good grade because of thelittle time left to study. This is something all students may worry about. Butyou should accept the fact that you have to take theexam no matter how much you want to avoid it.Thankfully, there are several ways to help you get at least a passinggrade. You may have a try.Get yourself together.This might sound like silly advice, but its actually the most important.When you fear, you may lose control over your thoughts and actions Even if youtry to study, perhaps you won’t get anything in your head.Enjoy enough sleep.Its unbelievable many students have little sleep each night. That’s notsomething to be proud of, especially if youre sleeping so little and stillfailing to do all the things Sleep isnt for the weak, but for the wise. Yourbrain needs enough rest. After a good nights sleep, youll perform much betterin the morning.Don’t fear.Once the test paper is in front of you dont be afraid. Take a deep breathand start the exam with confidence(信念). Just like when you were reviewing, putaway the problems you’re having difficulty in and come back to them later. Ifyou have time left, go over everything to make sure you haven’t made anycareless mistakes.41. In the writers opinion, whenever theres an importantexam,___________.A. students might experience a period of fearB. students will have little time to worryC. students should try everything possible to avoid itD. students have to ask teachers for more help42. The writer describes get yourself together as silly advicebecause___________.A. it wont influence your thoughtsB. it is one of the common sensesC. it is not the most important suggestionD. it won’t help you get anyth ing in your head43. Enough sleep before an important exam is____________.A. the pride of the weakB. not something to be proud ofC. not necessary for the wiseD. a way to avoid failing in exams44. When you meet with difficult problems in the exam, youcan__________.A. give them up and take a deep breathB. think hard and review them once againC. put them away first and come back laterD. just trust yourself and look through the paper45. According to the passage, you may get at least the passing grade if____________.A. you fear nothingB. you follow the writers adviceC. the problems are not difficultD. the preparation time lasts longer英语阅读理解篇18Beauty sleep is a real thing, researches have shown thatpeople who haveenough sleep look more attractive (有魅力的) to others.A few bad nights is enough to make a person look especially more ugly,their sleep experiments show.The researchers asked 25 university students to join in their sleepexperiment. They were asked to get a good nights sleep for two nights.A week later, they were asked to sleep for only four hours every night fortwo nights in a row.The researchers took make-up free (素颜) photos of the volunteers after boththe good and the bad sleep.Next, they asked 122 strangers to have a look at the photos and judge (评价)them on attractiveness, health, and sleepiness, as well as asking them: Howmuch would you like to make friends with this person in the picture?The strangers were good at judging if the person they were looking at wastired, and, if they were sleepy, their attractiveness score was low.The strangers also said they wouldnt want to socialize with the tiredstudents. The researchers say this is natural for people. An unhealthy-lookingface makes people run away. In other words, people dont want to hang aroundwith people whomight be ill.Dr. Brewer, an expert at the University of Liverpool said Judgement ofattractiveness is often unconscious (无意识的), hut we all do it, and we are able tojudge on even something small like whether someone looks tired or unhealthy.This study is a good reminder of how important sleep is to us.35. When did the researchers take make-up free photos?A. After two nights good sleep.B. After two nights bad sleep.C. Before the experiment.D. After both two nights good sleep and two nights had sleep.36. The researchers asked the strangers to do the following except_______.A. telling who looked healthierB. telling who didnt have many friendsC. telling who missed a lot of sleepD. telling who was attractive37. What kind of friends did the strangers like to make?A. The people who were tired.B. The people who were sleepy.C. The people who were unhealthy.D. The people who were attractive and energetic.38. What does the underlined word socialize mean in Chinese?A.合伙B.玩耍C.交往D.共事39. According to the passage, which of the following is the best title?A. Beauty sleep, More attractiveB. More sleep, More FriendsC. Less sleep, Fewer friendsD. No attractiveness, No friends英语阅读理解篇19Technology is everywhere. We see it any place we go and，in fact，almostall of us carry some piece oftechnology with us every time we leave the house.What I always forget，though，is just how useful andpowerful technology can bewhen we want to help othersThere is not a single room in my house that does not have some electronicdevices(设备) lying around init. Whenever I am at home，I am almost always usingat least one electronic device.If you walked into myliving room on any givenday，you would find that，first，I have the television on. At the same time，Iusuallyhave my laptop resting on my knee，or I will be using my mobile phone，Even when im not at home I amalways using my phone，and at work or in cafes，Isit down and connect to the local wireless network on myipcop.I must say that I waste a lot of time on the computer and the time I spendon it could be much betterspent if I were to take up a little onlinevolunteeringThe technology we carry about everywhere can have a great power to do goodfor the world and to helpothers and recentlyI discovered just how much onlinevolunteering there is to doin the world. From usingyour language skills to dotranslations，to developing and managing projects and helping with IT work，thereis so much that so many people can do to help people in their own countriesand across the world. The UnitedNations，in fact，has a huge page withVolunteers Recruited on its website. This work can support the poor and help charities who cannot pay for staff.Many organizations onlyrequire you to work an hour a week-some even less. Andthe support provided by online volunteers can reallyhelp make a difference tothose in need.27. From Paragraph 2，we can know that the writerA. uses technology a lotB. works in a cafeC. is a computer engineerD. likes modern music28. The underlined word Recruitedin Paragraph 4 means“ ”A. OrderedB. WantedC. VisitedD. Warned29. In the writers opinion，people should spend more time withtechnology.A. working on computer programsB. keeping the Internet safeC. inventing electronic productsD. helping people in need30. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Website DesignB. Internet OrganizationsC. Online VolunteeringD. Online Translation英语阅读理解篇20Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. The worlds environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss. If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog(烟雾)to global climate change, from the felling(砍伐)of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be giventhe highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement. The surprise is how good things are, not how bad. After all, the worlds population has more than tripled during this century, and world output has risen hugely, so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 , the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty, toxic and dangerous.But they dont. The reasons why they dont, and why the environment has not been ruined, have to do with prices, technological innovation, social change and government regulation in response to popular pressure. That is why todays environmental problems in the poor countries ought, in principle, to be solvable.Raw materials have not run out, and show no sign of doing so. Logically, one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big, and man is very ingenious. What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and, in response, people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find ways to use less of the materials, or looked for a new substitute. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real termsduring the century. The same is true for food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do, assisted by new farming and crop technology. The long-term trend has been downwards.。
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1The worst tourist in the world is Nicholas Scottie of San-Francisco. Once he flew from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made one-hour stop to get oil at Kennedy Airport of New York. As he thought he had arrived home. Mr. Scottie got off the plane. He thought he was in Rome. When nobody was there to meet him, Mr. Scottie thought maybe they were held up by heavy traffic. While looking for their address, Mr. Scottie found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. Many old buildings were replaced by high modern ones. He also found that many people spoke English instead of Italian and that many streets were written in English. Mr. Scottie knew very little English, so he asked a policeman the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered him in the same language. After twelve hour’s traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a second policeman. He asked the policeman why the Rome police employed so many people as policemen speaking English instead of Italian. Mr. Scottie did not believe he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was sent to the airport in a police car with sirens (警报) on. “Look,” said Scottie to hisinterpreter (翻译), “I know I’m in Italy. That’s how they drive.”1. When Mr. Scottie arrived at the airport, nobody met him because _______.A. he was in New YorkB. he was not in RomeC. policeman could help himD. both A and B2. In what direction did the plane fly when Mr. Scottie went to Italy from the U.S.?A. To the eastB. To the southC. To the westD. To the north3. Why was Mr. Scottie so sure that he was in Rome?A. Because he knew little about the U.S.B. Because he knew little bout Italy.C. Because he traveled a lot.D. Because he didn’t travel much4. At last Mr. Scottie __________.A. know he did something wrongB. still thought he was in Rome.C. knew he was wrongD. knew he was at home5. Do you think many people do the same things as Mr. Scottie did?A. Nobody but Mr. Scottie made this kind of mistake.B. Many people make this kind of mistake.C. Few people make this kind of mistakeD. 50% of people will make the same mistakeKey: 1-5 DAABC2“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the world has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.When you see a famou s car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.”You may think, “He’s so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer. We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new”or “surprising”. Here’s an interesti ng story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.6. We know that the word “cool” has had ________.A. only one meaningB. no meaningsC. many different meaningsD. the same meaning7. In the passage, the word “express”means “____________.”A. seeB. showC. knowD. feel8. If you are ________ something, you may say, “It’s cool.”A. interested inB. angry aboutC. afraid ofD. unhappy with9. The writer takes an example to show he is _______ the way the word is used.A. pleased withB. strange toC. worried aboutD. careful with10. In the passage, the writer suggests （暗示）that the word “cool” ______.A. can be used instead of many wordsB. usually means something interestingC. can make your life colourfulD. may not be as cool as it seemsKey: 6-10 CBACD11. If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be _____.A. TV playB. SportsC. Around the worldD. Talk show12. The programme of ______ will let you know much about western countries.A. SistersB. Around ChinaC. Around the worldD. On TV next week13. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is __________.A. Around ChinaB. Animal worldC. TV playD. Foreign arts14. English classroom is a programme that _________.A. lets you know something about classroomsB. tells you something about studentsC. lets you know something about school lifeD. teaches you English15. The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _______ on TV next week.A. newsB. programmesC. peopleD. placesKey:11-15 BCBDBSurtsey was born in 1963.Scientists saw the birth of this island. It began at 7.30 a.m. on 14th November. A fishing boat was near Iceland. The boat moved under the captain's(船长)feet. He noticed a strange smell. He saw some black smoke. A volcano(火山)was breaking out. Red-hot rocks, fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom(底部)of the sea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 meters high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th November. Scientists flew there to watch. It was exciting. Smoke and fire were still rushing up. Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. The sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky. Surtsey grew and grew. Then it stopped in June 1967.It was 175 meters high and 2 kilometers long. And life was already coming to Surtsey. Plants grew. Birds came. Some scientists built a house. They want to learn about this young island. A new island is like a new world.16. Surtsey is ______.A. an island not far from IcelandB. a new volcanoC. a fishing boatD. a place in Iceland17. Scientists flew there ______.A. to watch the birth of the islandB. to save the fishing boatC. to learn about the islandD. to build a house18. When did scientist fly there to watch?A. Before the volcano broke out.B. As soon as the volcano broke out.C. About four days after the volcano broke out.D. After the volcano stopped rushing up.19. Put the following sentences in correct order.a. The captain found the boat was moving.b. A new island appeared in the sea.c. Fire, smoke and rocks were seen rushing up.d. A fishing boat was near Iceland.e. The island grew quickly.A. d-a-c-b-eB. a-b-c-d-e C .a-b-e-c-d D. b-e-d-a-c20. The best title of this article is ________.A. A new islandB. The birth of an islandC. A new worldD. Scientists discovered Surtsey答案：16.A 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.B英语阅读题短文答案篇2On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon(气球).They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope(绳子),and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight(重量).It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the iceAt last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!21. Three men flew in balloon ________.A. for nearly 1,800 kilometersB. to another cityC. to visit PolandD. more than a century ago22. The metal box was used for ________.A. carrying the bags of sand‘’B. keeping drinking-waterC. carrying ropes of the basketD. changing weight23. When the balloon went up higher, ________.A. the temperature of the balloon began to fallB. They saw the sun go downC. They made a hole in the basket with their knivesD. They could see a black hole on the ground24. The balloon landed ________.A. in LondonB. on the seaC. on a lakeD. in a foreign country25. Which of the following is NOT true?________A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.答案：21.A 22.D 23.A 24.D 25.B英语阅读题短文答案篇3In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artis .So he invented a very simple camera (照相机).He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of hia garden .That was the first photo.The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguere, another Frenchman ,took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly ,even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them ,for example, some in the United States worked so hard.Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many picture of gread people .The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photod were nor just cooies of the real world .They showed and feelings,like other kinds of art.6. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________A. his businessB. his houseC. his gardenD. his window7. The Daguerrotype was____________.A. a FrenchmanB. a kind of pictureC. a kind of cameraD.a photographer8. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840j, he had to__________.A. watch lots of filmsB. buy an expensive cameraC. stop in most citiesD. take many films and something else with him.9. Mathew Brady______________.A. was very lifelikeB. was famous for his unusual picturesC. was quite strongD. took many pictures of moving people10. This passage tells us_____________.A. how photography was developedB. how to show your ideas and feelings in picturesC. how to take pictures in the worldD. how to use different cameras答案：6. C 7.B 8.D9.B 10. A英语阅读题短文答案篇4We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.1. “Mosquito” means ______ in Chinese.A. 苍蝇B. 蜻蜓C. 跳蚤D. 蚊子2. We know mosquitoes very well because ______.A. they can be found easilyB. they fly here and thereC. there are many kinds of themD. they can fly3. If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will ________.A. get angry with youB. be afraid of youC. make a lot of noiseD. choose another one4. The mosquito bites you _________.A. when you’re asleepB. because you have choose itC. too quickly to let you knowD. but doesn’t like you5. Which of the following sentences is wrong?A. The itching begins after the mosquito bites you.B. You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.C. Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.D. All the mosquitoes don’t like to bite people for blood.【答案及解析】1. D。
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初三阅读训练一．阅读理解AAround the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities.Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventure—those who have climbed the hightest mountains or explored unknown parts of the world. Now, however, there are people who look for a quick pleasure from a dangerous activity, which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.I think bungee jumping is a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (maybe a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic rope(弹力绳) to your ankles（踝）. You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that 2,000,000 people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Most people think that other activities, such as jumping from the tall buildings or diving into the sea from the top of high rocks are as dangerous as bungee jumping.Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some scientists think it is because life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Now life has little excitement. They buy food in shops and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they are ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities as bungee jumping.1.How many people have now tried bungee jumping?A.Two hundredB. Two thousandC. Two millionD. Two billion2. People take part in dangerous sports because_________.A. people want to get excitement from themB. they have more free timeC. they hate adventureD. they are fed up with jumping3. When people doing bungee jumping, they fall from above the ground________.A. 200 metersB. 150 metersC.2,000,000metersD.100meters4. Which of the following descriptions about bungee jumping is RIGHT?A. It’s very boringB. It’s much easier to do .C. It takes much shorter time to get pleasureD. It’s hard to find a place for it.5.The writer of this passage________.A. is a lover of dangerous activities himselfB. is against dangerous activitiesC. mainly tells people about an interesting activityD. doesn’t say whether dangerous activities are good or bad.BImagine there is a bank that opens an account (账户)for you each morning with $86,400. Every evening the bank deletes all the money that remains.Each of us has such a bank. Its name is time. Every morning, it gives you 86,400seconds. Every night your unused seconds disappear.If you fail to use the time in your account, the loss is yours. There is no goingback.So what will you do with the account of your time？Take out every second, of course! Take the clock is running. Make the most of today.To realize the value(价值) of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who give birth you a baby.To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident..Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special. Remember, time and tide wait for no man.Yesterday is history.Tomorrow is mystery.Today is a gift. That’s why it's called the present!6．$86,400 refers to _______in your account in the passage.A. moneyB. historyC. mysteryD. time7. The bank gives us _______minutes every day.A. 86,400B.24,000C. 1,440D. 3,4008. Which is NOT true according to the passage?A. There’s much money in our bank accounts every day.B. We have 86,400 seconds every day.C. Time won't go backD. Today is a gift.9. Ask a person who avoided an accident to realize the value of _____.A. one secondB. one minuteC. one hourD. one year.10. What’s the best title for the passage?A. MinutesB. A Time Account.C. A Bank Account .D. SecondCFor many American teenagers, having a part-time job is an important part of growing up. A part-time job can teach teenagers important skills like responsibility(责任),independence, teamwork and leadership.Young people can expand their social circles beyond their classmates by making friends with co-works. And many teensges find that earning own money gives them a sense of pride and freedom.The US Department of Labor allows teenagers to apply for jobs at age 14. popular part-time jobs include working in ice cream stores, coffee shops , and clothing stores. During the school year, teenagers may go to work a few times a week after their classes get out ,then work for longer on the weekends.In the summer , top jobs for teens include working at camps, swimming pools and amusement parks. These jobs are great for young people who want to be active and have fun while making money.A favorite job for many teens is babysitting, and they can start before age 14 if the parents agree. After the children are sleeping and before the parents come home, babysitters have lots of freedom.As long as they stay in the house and make sure the kids are okay, babysitters can do their homework, enjoy a snack, watch TV, or talk on the phone with friends.It can be stressful to balance school , homework, and a part-time job. Still, many American teenagers value their work experience and the skills they gain on the job.11. What does “expand” mean in the passageA．降低 B. 扩展 C. 超越 D. 缩小12. American teenagers can work when they are _______years old by law.A. fourteenB. thirteenC. twelveD. eleven13. Where do American teenagers like to work most in the summer?A. At a shopB. In the officeC. At a campD. At a clothing store14. American teenagers like to babysit because they_________.A. can start before age 14B. can make more moneyC. like to play with childrenD. have lots of freedom15. We can infer that American teenagers ______from the last paragraph.A. enjoy workingB. hate going to schoolC. don't have much homeworkD. think that skills are importantDA businessman had done well at the market. So he had sold out all his things soon,and filled his moneybag with gold and silver. Then he wants to make his way to his home, and to be in his house before sundown. So he put his heavy bag with the money onto his horse, and rode away.At noon he made a rest stop in a small town. when he was about to continue on his way, a man passing by looked his horse and said,“Sir, a nail（钉子）is missing from the shoe on his left hind hoof (蹄子).”“Let it be . I’m in a hurry .”answered the businessman .“The shoe will certainly stay on for the six hours that I still have to ride.”That afternoon ,when he got off once again and had his horse fed, a second man came into the hotel and said, “Sir, a shoe is missing from your horse’s left hind hoof. You’d better take him to the blacksmith（铁匠）。