高中英语阅读短文

第一篇Nｏｔ a Smａｌl ProblｅmMr、Ｅtｈan was a veｒy large man、He ｈａｄaｌoud voice aｎd ａbaｄｔempｅr、Hｅｗas nｏt gianｔ(巨人,大力士), but ｈe waｓmu ｃh ｂｉｇger than most ｍen、Ｌｉｆe was noｔｅasy fｏr Ｍr、Ｅthａn、He couｌd sｅldｏm fin ｄclｏthes big enouｇｈ、His feｅtｗere ｔoo laｒge for most ｓhｏes、In fact, whｅｒever hｅwent and whａｔeｖer hｅdid, Mr、Ethan hａd pr ｏbｌems bｅcausｅｏf his ｓize、These prｏbｌems weｒe so bad thaｔMｒ、Ｅthan staｙeｄat ｈoｍｅｍoｓtｏf the tｉme、Liｆe ｗａｓeasier ａt homｅ、Tｈｅn oｎe ｄay, ａfriend said,“ｙou spｅnｄｔoｏｍuch tｉme at ｈｏｍe、Youｓhｏuld go ｏut morｅ、Therｅ’s ａgood movieａt ｔhe theａteｒ、”“I can’t siｔin theaｔｅr seats, ” Mr、Etｈaｎｓａiｄ、“I’m toｏｂig、”“Thａｔis no prｏbｌem,” hｉs frｉeｎｄsaid, “I’ll buy yｏu tｗo tiｃketｓ、Yｏu caｎget theｍａtｔhe theaｔer ｗｈenｙoｕｇｏ、”The friend sent mｏｎey to ｔhｅｔｈeater for twoｔiｃkets、Ｗｈen ｔhe ｄay came, Mr、Ethan puｔoｎｈiｓbest ｃｌothes ａn wｅnt to th ｅtheateｒ、“Ｙou hａve two tｉckｅts for ｍe，”ｈe said tｏｔhｅwomａn ｉｎthe tｉcket office、“My ｎame is Ethan、”“Oh, yes,Mr Ethａn, ”tｈe womａn said、“Here ｙｏu are, seaｔs G ４and P１2、I’m sorry, you ａnd yｏｕrｆｒｉenｄcaｎ’t sit toｇｅther be ｃａuse we aｒｅveｒy fuｌl this evenｉng、”Poｏr Mｒ、Etｈan、Hｅsmｉｌed ｓaｄlｙ, walked ouｔof the theateｒaｎd went hoｍe、第二篇WhaｔａNightｍaｒｅＳoｍetimeｓｗhｅn a ｄａy starts off badlｙ，it just ｋeｅps g ｅtｔｉng woｒse and woｒes aｓeａch hour passｅs、On dａysｌike this th ｅre is notｈing to do buｔrelaｘanｄknｏw theｎext ｄaｙｗｉll ｂe ｂeｔｔer、Stoｎe haｄa terrible day、Hｉs cｌocｋdidn’t worｋａnd hｅgot up laｔe、Ｈe mｉｓseｄtｈe train tｏｗoｒk 、Ｍｏreoｖer，he hａd to wait a long tiｍe foｒthe next trａin、As a matteｒof fact，hｅwａited fｏr mｏre tｈａｎtwｏhours、To mａkｅmａtterｓｗorsｅ, he left his briefｃasｅon tｈe ｔraiｎ、As a rｅsｕlt,he had ｔo gｏto the police station、Pｏor Ｓtonｅnevｅr got tｏｗork thａt daｙ、What a nightｍar ｅ!Trｙdescribing your own idea of ａ“nightｍare ” daｙ、Ｉt shouldn’t ｂe ｈard、Everｙｏｎeｈａs dayｓwhｅn thｅy jｕst seeｎtｏget up on theｗｒｏng side ｏf ｂｅd!第三篇Whether Stｕdentｓshｏuld Take Pｈysiｃal ＥxerciseDｅar ｅｄｉｔor，Ｉ’ｍｗｒｉting to tell you ａboutｔhe discussion ｗe’ｖe had about ｗhetheｒsｔudｅｎtｓofＳenior 3shouｌd take physical exeｒcise、55％ｏf the sｔudeｎｔs thinｋｔhey should takｅexercｉse eｖeｒy ｄａy，suｃｈａｓdｏing mornｉｎｇｅｘercises, plaｙing ping－pong and basketｂall, bｕｔit shｏuldn’ｔｔａke up too mｕch time、Proｐeｒeｘeｒc ｉsｅｃａn bｕｉld uｐone’ｓbody aｎd reduce dｉseａses、What’s mｏｒe, sportｓｌet ｔheir brａiｎs have a ｒest sｏthaｔtｈｅy ｃan stuｄy efｆｅctiveｌy、On the otherｈand, 4５% bｅlieve ｔaｋiｎg exｅｒcise is ａwaste of time and iｔiｓtiriｎｇ、Ａfteｒhavinｇspｏrｔs，theｙare much too exciteｄfor a loｎg tｉme to pay attention to thｅir lｅssｏｎs、It’s also possible gｅt huｒt ｉn sｐorts、Yｏuｒｓsinｃｅrely，Li Hｕa第四篇Mobile Pｈoneｓａt scｈooｌＤear editor,Ｉ’mｗriｔinｇto teｌｌyoｕａbout the discuｓsion we’vｅhad aｂoｕt wｈetheｒit iｓnecessａｒy for miｄdle ｓchｏoｌsｔuｄents ｔo cａｒry mobile phｏｎes to ｓchool、The ｍａｊorｉty of the stuｄenｔs tｈiｎk tｈａｔiｔiｓmｏｒe convｅnｉｅnｔfor tｈem to keep in touch withｔｈeir parentｓanｄclassmatｅs ｉf they hａｖe a mobilｅphone、Ａnd what’s morｅ, ｉt’ｓthｅlaｔest fashion、Hoｗeｖｅr, most teachers thｉｎk ｍiddle sｃｈooｌｓtudeｎts arｅnot old enough tｏcｏｎtｒol themｓｅｌveｓ、Ｉt ｉs ａwaste oｆtime foｒstudｅntｓto ｐｌay games ａnd ｓeｎd meｓｓaｇes ｔｏeａｃｈotherｂyｍｏbilｅphonｅ、And it’s easy tｏcauｓeｔhｅstudents to viｅwith each othｅｒ、Ｉf necessarｙ, ｔhey can make pｈonｅcaｌlｓby usｉｎg pｕblic pｈonｅs ｏnｔhe campus、In my opinion，folｌowｉng the fashion is ｕnｄerstandａbｌe、Bｕｔａs middle sｃhool stｕdｅnts，ｗe ｓhｏuld put all ｏur hearｔinto our ｓｔｕdies、Yours tｒuly,Li Hua第五篇Advertｉseｍenｔs in Our LifeWe livｅin a wｏrld of aｄvertｉsements、We sｅe aｎd heａr them ｅｖerｙwheｒｅ、Nｏonｅcａn ａvoid beｉnｇinfluenceｄby advertisｅｍents、Radio, televisiｏn and puterｓhａve mａｄe it pｏｓsibｌe for aｄvertiｓemeｎtｓto attract the attentionｏｆmiｌlions oｆpeople、Ｔｈｅrefｏｒｅ, it hａs ｂee ａn ｉｍｐortａnt paｒt of our dailｙlife、On one ｈand, aｄvertising ｇｒeatly pｒomotes ｓales,ｏn the oｔher ｈａnd, in thｅir ｅfforts toｔｅlｌpeｏplｅabout proｄuｃｔs ａnd evｅｎts, adveｒtisemeｎtsｐｒｏvide us ｗith a larｇｅamoｕｎt ofｔｈe laｔes ｔｉｎformaｔion、Meanwhiｌe, ｔo make an adｖertisｅmｅnt，a lotｏf peopｌe wiｌl hａｖe to worｋtｏgetｈer、So with the devｅｌｏpmeｎｔof adverｔisｉｎg a lot of jｏｂs are beｉng creａteｄ、In a woｒd,advertising iｓan importａnｔbusiｎeｓs、第六篇Treａsｕre YourＯpportunｉtiesＴhe air we breaｔhe is so fｒeelｙａvailabｌe tｈat ｗe taｋe itｆoｒg ｒanted、Yet ｗｉthout it wｅcoｕld not survｉve ｍorｅthａn ａfew mｉｎuｔｅs、Fｏｒthe most part, ｔhe same air iｓaｖailable tｏevｅryｏｎe, and everｙoｎe nｅedｓit、Somｅpeｏple use tｈe aiｒtｏsｕstain(支撑)tｈｅm whｉle thｅy ｓｉt ａround ａnｄfeel sorry for themｓelｖes、Oｔｈers breａｔｈe in the aｉr and usｅthe ｅnergy it pｒｏｖides ｔo mａkｅa magnｉfｉｃeｎt ｌiｆe ｆｏr tｈemselves、Oｐpｏｒtunity ｉｓthe same wａｙ、Iｔis everywhere、Ｏpportｕnｉty iｓｓｏfreelｙａvaｉｌａblｅthatｗe taｋe we take ｉt ｆor ｇranｔed、Yeｔopportuｎity aｌone is nｏｔenoｕgｈto create ｓucｃeｓｓ、Ｏpｐｏrtunity musｔｂｅseized ａnd aｃted upoｎin order to haｖｅvalｕe、Sｏmany people ａrｅsｏａnxiｏus to“get in”ｏn a “ｇround floor ｏppｏrtｕnｉtｙ”,ａｓif tｈe opporｔuｎiｔy will ｄo aｌl ｔhe work、That’s impｏssible、Ｊｕsｔas ｙoｕneed ａｉｒｔo brｅathe, ｙou ｎeeｄｏpｐortunity to ｓuｃｃeed、Ｉt ｔaｋｅs more than juｓｔbreathing ｉｎthe fresh air oｆｏppoｒtunitｙ, howeveｒ、Yｏu mｕｓt makｅｕse of that ｏpporｔunｉｔy、Ｔhat’s not uｐto ｔhe ｏppｏｒｔunｉty、Thａt’s ｕp tｏyｏu、Iｔdｏｅsｎ’t mａtｔer ｗhat “flooｒ”ｔhe ｏｐpｏｒｔunitｙｉｓｏn、Ｗhａｔｍａttｅｒｓis what ｙou do wiｔｈit、第七篇Amｅrican Concｅpｔｏf LｏｖｅThe American coｎｃｅpt of lovｅaｎｄromancｅbｅginｓwiｔh dating、Young peopｌe date in sevｅrａl waｙs、At first thｅy migｈｔｈa ｖe gｒouｐｄaｔeｓwith sｅveral boys aｎdｇirls togetheｒ、Lａteｒ, they ｓtａrt gｏinｇon sｉｎgle ｄａtes- just ｏｎe boy anｄone gｉrl、Ｓｏｍetimesａbｏy ａnd a giｒl wiｌl go ｔo a movie、Ｍaybe tｈey will ｇo to ａｐaｒty ａt a fｒieｎd’s housｅ、Or they mighｔgo oｕt tｏｅａt、Wｈen two coupｌeｓgo ｏuｔtogeｔher, wｅcalｌｉｔdｏｕble datiｎg、A fｒiend mighｔeveｎarranｇe a blind ｄａte ｆｏr yoｕwｉth soｍeｏneｙouｄon’t know、Tｈat doesn’t mean you kｅep yoｕr eyes cloｓｅd the whｏle evening!You jｕst don’ｔｋnow whｏyour ｐartner wｉll ｂe uｎtｉl thｅtime fｏｒthｅｄaｔｅ、If soｍeone asｋs yｏu for ａny kiｎｄof date,and ｙouｄon’tｗａｎｔto go, yoｕmay pｏlitel ｙsay，“No，thａnks、”第八篇Ｔｈe Cｉｔｙof ＭusicMusic reａｌlｙdｏes meaｎa lot ｔo peoｐle、Therｅｗere recently overｔhｉrｔy ｔhousａnd pｅoｐlｅiｎｔhｅFｏｒｂｉdden Cｉty ｔo watchｅd tｈｉｓhiｓtorical cｏｎceｒt from almosｔｆorｔｙcoｕntri ｅs、Listening to muｓiｃiｓtｈｅfavorｉte pａstimｅｏｆmany peｏple all ｏｖerｔhe worlｄ、Tｈis iｓｅｓｐｅciａlly tｒuｅｆｏr tｈe people ｌiｖing iｎViennａ, the ciｔy oｆmusiｃ、Bｅing thｅhoｍe of wa ｌｔz、Mｕsic fillｓthｅａir in Ｖiｅnnａ、Gｏingｔo pｕｂlｉｃｃoncertｓiｓoftenｆreｅof cｈarｇe、And don’t foｒｇet，Ｖiennaｉs alsｏhomeｔo tｈe world famｏｕs ViennａBoy’ｓChoir、No woｎder peopleｓaｙＡｕstｒiａis alwａｙs alive with a ｓｏuｎｄｏf ｍusｉc、第九篇RurａｌEducationNow in tｈe rural areａs, ｔhere are ｍａｎy cｈｉldren outｏf school、Ｉthink onｅof the rｅａsｏns is ｔｈat theｉr famｉlies arｅｔoo poor to aｆford theｉr scｈｏｏliｎg、Ａｓa rｅｓｕlt,theｙhave to st ａy at home to earn money tｏｓupport tｈeir families、Anoｔheｒreaｓon is thａt mａｎy pａrentｓｔhink iｔ’ｓuｓeｌｅss ｆor ｔhe girls tｏstudy and they wｏulｄnｏt lｉｋe them to go to schoｏl、Thｅthird rｅasoｎiｓthat ｓomｅchildｒen are nｏt interesｔｅｄin their ｌeｓsons, aｎd would nｏt l ｉke tｏｇo to scｈool、Iｎmy oｐｉnion，ａll chｉldren ｉnclｕdｉng gｉrls should hav ｅthe chaｎce to receiｖｅａｎｅducation、Ｐｅｏｐle sｈould paｙmoreａttenｔｉｏｎｔｏｔhe eduｃａｔiｏｎoｆchildreｎｂｅcａuｓe thｅy wｉlｌplay aｖｅry iｍporｔａnt paｒt in tｈe futureｏf ｏuｒcｏuｎtｒy、第十篇Aｄveｒｔiｓｅmｅnｔs in Oｕr LｉｆeWe ｌive ｉn ａwｏrlｄof aｄvertｉｓemenｔs、Ｗe see anｄhear theｍeverywｈere、Ｎo onｅｃan avoiｄbeing inｆlｕenｃed ｂy ad ｖertisｅmentｓ、Rａｄio, teｌｅvｉsｉon and puteｒs have mａde it pｏｓsibｌeｆor ａdｖertiｓemｅｎｔs to attrａct the attenｔion ofｍillｉｏnｓof people、Thｅｒefore,it ｈａｓbee an important ｐaｒt of oｕr ｄaｉlｙｌifｅ、Oｎoｎe hand, ａdveｒtｉsｉng ｇreａｔlｙprｏmotｅs ｓaleｓ,on the otｈer haｎd，ｉn their eｆfｏrｔs tｏtelｌpeｏple ａｂoｕt pｒodｕct ｓanｄevenｔs, ａdｖｅrtisemｅnts provｉde ｕｓｗｉｔh ａlａrｇeamount ｏf ｔhe latest informａtｉｏn、Meａnwｈｉｌｅ, ｔｏmaｋe ａｎadｖertiｓemenｔ,a lot of pｅople will havｅｔo wｏrｋtogether、So with tｈe dｅvelopment of adveｒtisｉng ａlot of joｂs are ｂｅｉnｇｃrｅat ｅd、Ｉn a word, ａｄvｅrtｉsｉng is an iｍpｏrtant businｅss、第十一篇AｍeｒicaｎＳtuｄｅnｔ’s ViｓｉtＢoys and girｌs,[1］May I have ｙour attentｉon，please？Aｂout ｆifty Amｅricaｎｓtｕdents ｗill e to visiｔoｕr ｓcｈool on Octobｅr tｈe 22nd、We’ｌl ｍeet them aｔthe scｈool gａtｅａt ８：30 ａm、At ９：０0, we’ll takｅthem tｏthe conｆereｎce rｏom, ｗhｅｒe aｇｅｔ-ｔｏgether wｉｌｌbe h ｅld、Afteｒtｈat, ｗe’ll ｓｈoｗtｈem arｏｕnd ｏur ｂｏｔanicaｌgardeｎａnd thｅscｈｏol－rｕn factｏrｙ、Aｔ１1:00, ｔherｅwiｌl b ｅa basketbaｌｌmａtch on ｔhe playground、They’ｌｌleaｖｅourｓchoo ｌａt 12：00、［2] Weｍuｓt ｔalk with theｍiｎEｎｇlｉsｈ、Pleａsｅbe ｆriendly and couｒteousｔo tｈｅm、Reｍember,wｅnｏtｏnlｙstaｎｄfoｒｏuｒsｃｈoｏl,buｔalso stanｄｆoｒCｈina、［3］Ｔhａnｋyｏu、Ｈｏpe yoｕhave a ｇooｄtｉme、第十二篇BiｌlＧaｔes: Edｕcaｔion Does CountWｈen you arｅfeeling unｈapｐy ｏr foｒgｅt how gｒeat yｏu are，ｔｈeｓｅarｅsix ways to mａke ｙoｕｆeel ｇooｄaｂｏut yoｕrｓelｆ、Loｏk iｎtｈe mirｒｏr and say to youｒsｅlf，“I am a sｐecial ｐerｓｏn and tｈeｒe’ｓno onｅin the woｒld like me、I can dｏａnytｈing！” It may ｎoｔsounｄsｏｇood，but it reａlｌy works!Dｏsｏmｅthing nｉｃｅｆoｒｓomｅone、Hｅlｐing oｔhers aｌｗayｓmakes ｙouｆeeｌｇｏod、Smile! Be frieｎdly to peoｐｌe yｏu mｅｅｔ、Looｋｆｏr the good t ｈiｎgs in yｏur ｆrieｎds and famｉlｙ、Leaｒn somethinｇｎeｗ! Ｈａve you alｗays wａntｅd to ｄecorate yｏur own room or lｅarｎhｏw to sｗｉm? Go for it! New ｃhallenｇes areｆｕn and giｖｅyｏu ａｓense oｆａcｐlisｈment ｗｈen ｙｏu have finisheｄ、Reaｄand ｓｔart ａｄｉaｒy、Tuｒn ｏｆｆthe ＴV and let youｒimaｇiｎation ｆly! Wrｉte dｏwｎyｏuｒthugｈts,dｒeａmｓor anyｔhi ｎg ｙouｗant！Writiｎgａlwａｙs hｅlｐs ｔo exｐreｓｓｙour feelｉｎgｓ、Stａy wｉth yｏur famｉly、Wｅall need ouｒｆamｉlyｔime、Ｔalk with yoｕｒＭom or Dａｄor ｍayｂe evｅｎyoｕr ｃousｉn、第十三篇Happy Ｍothers’ DayGoodｍorninｇ、Ｉwish ｅvｅry ｍotｈer lｉstｅninｇa hapｐｙＭothers’ Day, inｃlouｄｉnｇmｙowｎ、And I wanｔto ｒeｍind ｅvery daughtｅｒand every sｏn tｏｔell ｍoｍfirst tｈing ｔomorrｏw how much you lｏve her、Moｔhers’Ｄａy is onlｙoｎe day a year、Ｉt is reallｙenough timｅtｏｓｈoｗour appreｃiation ｆｏr ｔhe love，wｏｒk ａnd cａｒe ｏｕr motherｓgive us everｙdａy ofｔhe year、Mａkｅthis Motｈer s’ Day ｓpeciaｌfor ｙouｒmother by reaｌlｙtｅlliｎg her justｈｏｗmuｃh you are、Ｌet her ｋnｏw ｔhaｔyou appreｃiaｔｅeｖeｒythｉnｇshe ｈａs ｄone for yoｕthｒoughoｕt tｈｅｙears、Once ａgａin, to all tｈe ｍoｈｔerｓｅｖerything, “Haveａｖery hap ｐy Mothers’ Dａy!”第十三篇The Toｒch Has Beｅn Paｓseｄto a NewＧeｎｅraｔｉon of AmｅricａｎsＢy Jｏhn F、K ｅｎnｅｄyAnd sｏ, my feｌlow Amｅｒｉcaｎs, aｓk ｎoｔwhat yｏuｒｃoｕntrｙcan dｏfｏｒyou；ask what yｏu can ｄo fｏｒyourｃountry、My ｆｅllow cｉtizｅns of thｅwoｒｌｄ, asｋnot wｈaｔAmeｒiｃa ｗill do foｒyou,bｕt whａt togｅｔhｅr wｅcan do for ｔhe frｅｅd ｏm of man、Fiｎａｌly, wheｔher you are citｉzｅnｓof Americａｏｒcｉtｉze ｎs of ｔhe world，askｏf us hｅre tｈe same highｓtanｄardｓof stren ｇth and sacrｉfiｃeｗhiｃh we aｓk of you、With a good consｃｉence ｏuｒonｌy sure rｅward, witｈhistoｒy ｔhe fｉnal ｊudge ｏf our ｄｅeds, leｔｕs go fｏｒth to leａd thｅｌanｄwe love，aｓking Ｈis blｅｓsiｎg and His ｈｅlp, buｔknｏwiｎｇthat herｅoｎeaｒtｈGｏd's worｋmust ｔruｌｙbe our ｏwn。