高考英语一轮复习 综合课外趣味阅读练习题(九)

英语高考一轮复习综合课外趣味阅读及练习题（九）

课外趣味阅读

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The Trees and the Ax（樹與斧頭）

Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, “Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?”

The tree said, “Yes, we'll give you a good price of hard wood.”

He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his ax.

Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.

The trees were very sad. They said to one another, “We suffer for our own foolishness.”

很久以前,一个男人走进一片森林。他说到树”,你会给我一块硬木材吗?”

树说,“是的,我们会给你一个好价钱坚硬的木头。”

他很高兴得到一个好的片的木头。他急忙赶回家。他立刻就创造了一个新的处理他的鱿鱼。然后他去森林又开始砍掉了所有最好的树在森林里。

树都很伤心。他们彼此商量说:“我们忍受了自己的愚蠢。”

Tony's Lie（湯尼的謊言）

One day Tony was a very bad boy. He told a lie to his mother. That night felt very unhappy. He did not want to play with the children.

He sat on the doorstep alone. He looked up in the sky and saw the big round moon. He thought that it was looking down upon him, because it knew about the lie. He ran down the street to get away from it, but it kept following him. Then he crept into the house and went to bed, but the moon looked at him through the window. He pulled the sheet over his head, but he could not sleep. Then he crawled under the bed and lay there in the dark. He thought and thought about the lie.

At last he decided to tell his mother all about it. He told her the truth and she forgave him. He promised never to tell a lie again.

He went back to bed and was soon fast asleep. He dreamed that the moon smiled down upon him.

有一天，托尼是一个非常坏的男孩。他告诉他妈妈撒谎。那天晚上很不高兴。他对孩子们不想玩了。

他坐在台阶上，独自一人。他看着天空，看见又大又圆的月亮。他认为这是看不起他，因为它知道的谎言。他沿着大街跑了远离它，但它一直跟着他。然后他偷偷溜进屋子去睡觉，但月亮看着他从窗口。他把那张纸在他的头上，但他不能入睡。然后他爬在床上躺在黑暗中。他认为，关于谎言。

最后他决定告诉他的母亲有关它的一切。他告诉她真相，她原谅了他。他承诺永远不会说谎了。

他回到床上，很快就睡着了。他梦见月亮微笑着他。

英语短文欣赏

重新开始Begin Again

One of the best things we can do in our lives is this: Begin again。Begin to see yourself as you were When you were the happiest and strongest you’d ever been 生命中我们所能为的最好之事莫过于:重新开始。重新开始审视自己,犹如身处曾经有过的最幸福、坚强的时刻。

Begin to remember what worked for you (and what worked against you)，And try to make things work again。Remember how natural it was when you were a child —To live a lifetime each day

开始记起那些曾经助益过你的一切(以及那些曾经牵绊过你的一切),并设法重获魅力。记得你小时候的天真——把每一天当作一生来度过。

Begin to forget about the troubles you have carried with you for years: The problems that don’t matter any more, The tears that cried themselves away. And the worries that are going to wash away. On the shore of tomorrow’s new beginnings