七八年级阅读理解小故事

阅读理解故事篇Ⅰ.Father’s DayFather’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some American thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in N orth America. And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father, a present from their shops.By the way（顺便说一下）, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though （尽管）some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for bo ys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do---- buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present---- not for her father but for her husband, even if（及时）he is not yet （还）a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American Children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.Ⅱ.A Traveler and A Taxi DriverA traveler came out of the airport. He asked every taxi driver his name. Then he took the third one. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the man asked. “100 dollars,” said the taxi driver. This was very expensive, but the man said it was OK.The taxi driver took the traveler everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi driver said, “Tomorrow? It’s another 100 dollars.” The man said, “That’s OK!”The next day, the taxi driver took the traveler around the city again. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi driver 100 dollars again and said, “I’m going home tomorrow.” The taxi driver was sorry because he liked the traveler and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “Where are you from?” he asked. “I’m from New York.” “New York!” said the taxi driver. “I have a sister in New Y ork. Her name is Susan Nash. Do you know her?” “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!”Ⅲ.Harvard UniversityHarvard is the oldest and the most famous university in the USA. And it is also one of the earliest universities in the USA. People started to build it in 1636. Two years later, the first school term started. There were only nine students. On September 14, 1638, a priest (牧师) named John Harvard died. He left more than 400 books and half of his wealth (财产) to the university. Then, the university changed its name to Harvard.At first Harvard was very small. And then it became bigger and bigger. Harvard Medical School started in 1782. Harvard Law School started in 1817. In 1908, the business school opened. Now, Harvard students can study many different kinds of subjects.Many famous people ever studied at Harvard, like US presidents, writers, business people and other important people. They were once students there. Now, people from all over the world go to Harvard for their study.Ⅳ.Going to the Sun During the NightWhen Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon, an old Irishman (爱尔兰人) was watching them on television in a bar.There was an Englishman in a bar, too, and he said to the Irishman, “Americans are v ery clever, aren’t they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It’s a very long way from the earth.”“Oh, that’s nothing,” the Irishman answered quickly. “The Irish are going to send men to the sun in a few months’ time. That is much farther away than the moon, you know.” The Englishman was very surprised when he heard this. “Oh, yes, it is,” he said. “But the sun is too hot for people to go to.”The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish are not stupid, you know. We won’t go to the sun during the day, of course. We’ll go there during the night.”Ⅴ.聪明反被聪明误An old woman suddenly became blind. She promised (许诺)a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again .“If you fail, you’ll get nothing .”The doctor agreed to help her.The doctor soon found out what was wrong with her .He decided not to cure(治疗)her right now. Instead(而是)each time he went to see the old woman ,he took some of her things .After he took away everything, he decided to cure the blind woman and asked her to pay a lot of money. When the old woman could see again she saw there was nothing in her house and she didn’t want to pay the money .The doctor took her before a judge(法官).“What the doctor said is true,” she said to the judge. “But I don’t think I’m cure dbecause I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”The old woman won her case (案子)and the doctor went away without getting his pay .Ⅵ.The City Was Built on the FieldIt was a winter morning. The weather was sunny and it was warmer outside than in the room. Mrs Smith sat on the step (台阶) of a shop, looking at the busy street. Just at that moment a man came up with a map in his hand. He came close to Mrs Smith. “Excuse me, madam（女士）,”said the man. “Could you please tell me the way to the nearest hospital?”Mrs Smith looked at him up and down（上上下下）. As he looked like a farmer, Mrs Smith wanted to play a joke (开玩笑) on him. Then she said, “Lie down（躺下）in the middle of the street and you will soon be sent to a hospital.”“Please set（举）an examp le for me,” said the man.She had to tell him the way and then she said, “I think it’s your first time to come to the city. It’s much more beautiful than the field (田地). Is that right?”“Yes, madam,” said the farmer with a smile.“But I think it was built on the field!”。