英语精读文章

Four boys were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. They went to school every day by taxi. One day one of the boys said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s go to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the boys said. “He’ll be angry. We’ll need a good excuse. ” The boys thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire(爆胎).” “That’s a good idea,” the other boys said. “We’ll tell him that.” They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished. “Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You miss the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the boys said. The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four boys did this. Then the teacher said, “Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: Which tire was flat? 1. One day the four boys were late for school because__________________. A. they didn’t like the teacher’s class B. there was a car accident C. they planned to miss the test D. the traffic was busy 2. We can know from the passage that the teacher__________________. A. thought they were good students B. didn’t believe what they said C. gave his students too many tests D. was very angry and called their parents 3. The four boys sat down as the teacher said like Picture ______________. A. B. C. D. 点此可获 C B C 正确答案
点此可获 B 正确答案 C A D
2. Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because ________. ( ) A. it is much bigger than the sun B. it comes out only at night C. it is much nearer to the earth than the sun D. it doesn't give a very strong light
这篇文章讲的是四个男孩为了逃避一次 考试而编造了一个谎言，老师为了验证他们 说的是否真实而进行了一个试验。 文章中大量内容都与我们所学息息相关， 便于学生理解和巩固所学内容。
英语文章精读
周静宜
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. This is a very foolish way to look for a sword，isn’t it？
3. The sun __________. ( ) A. gives us light B. gives more light than the moon does C. moves round the earth D. makes the moon move round the earth
B
这是一篇科普性文章，讲的是太阳，月 亮与地球三者的关系，虽然文章不难，但环 环相扣，较容易迷惑读者。文中还出现了许 多我们今年学习的语法知识和词组。
1. What did the man fall into the water?（ ） A.boat B.wood C.sword D.shoes 2. Explain the underlined words in English.（） A.at once B. slowly C. Terribly D. vexedly 3. Can this man finally find his own sword?（） A.can B.can’t C. not sure D.I don’t know 4. What is the main idea of the article？（） A.A man lost his sword. B. Tell us to look for it immediately after we have lost something. C.Talk about a foolish person. D.Tell us to do tings flexibly（灵活地）. 5. Where might this article appear?（） 点此可获 A.Science book B.newspaper C 正确答案 A B DC C. Fables book D.magazine
这篇文章就是用另一种方式呈现我们耳 熟能详的“刻舟求剑”这个故事。文章中 出现了许多我们本学期学过的单词，及多 个从句，和最后的反意疑问句。
The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it's much nearer to the earth. The sun isvery bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn't give any light at all. The moon looks much biggers. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they're much farther away from us. 1. ________ moves round __________. ( ) A. The earth, the moon BThe moon, the earth C. The moon, the stars D. The sun, the earth 4. The stars ___________. ( ) A. look much bigger than the sun B. look much brighter than the moon C. are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon D. are much farther away from us than the moon 5. The moon looks bright because ________.( ) A. it gives light B. it reflects the sun's light C. it is nearer to the earth D. it is nearer to the sun