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Passage cker
There
are
many
apple
trees
in
a
garden.
They
’
re
good
friends. One day an old tree is ill.
There are many pests
in the tree.
Leaves of the tree turn yellow. The old tree
feels
very
sad
and
unwell
.
Another
tree
sends
for
a
doctor
for him. At first,
they send for a pigeon, but she has no
idea about it. Then they send for an
oriole, and she
can
’
t treat the
old tree well. Then they send
for
a woodpecker. She is a good
doctor.
She
pecks
a
hole
in
the
tree
and
eats
lots
of
pests.
At last the old
tree becomes better and better.
Leaves
turn
green
and
green.
Passage 2.A Busy Day give
Today
is
Sunday!
On
Sundays,
I
usually
play
the
flute.
My father usually
reads the newspaper. My mother usually
cleans the house. But
today
my mother is in bed. She is
ill.
My
father
has
to
do
the
housework.
Now,
he
is
cleaning
the
house.
“
Sam,
can
you
help
me?
”
“
Yes,
Dad!
”
Now,
we
’
1
re
washing
the
car.
Where
’
s
my
sister,
Amy?
She
is
playing
my flute. What a lucky girl!
Passage
dog and
his reflection
One day a dog with a
piece of meat in his mouth was
crossing
a plank over a stream. As he walked along,
he
looked into
w
ater,
and he saw
his reflection. He
thought
this
was
another
dog
carrying
a
piece
of
meat.
And
he felt he would like to
have two pieces. So he snapped at
the
reflection in the water, and of course, as he
opened
his mouth, the piece of meat
disappeared quickly.
Passage
honest boy
Tony
is
seven
years
old.
He
is
an
honest
and
polite
boy.
One day, it was Sunday. Tony, his
sister and his mother
stayed at home.
He was watching TV and his sister was
reading books. His mother was washing
clothes. Just then,
his father
came back with
a
bag
of pears. Tony
likes pears
very
much
and
he
wanted
to
eat
one.
His
mother
gave
him
four
2
and said,
“
Let
’
s
share them.
”
“
Which
pear
do
you
want,
Tony?
”
asked
his
mother.
“
The
biggest
one,
mum.
”
“
What?
”
said his mother,
“
You should be
polite
and want the
smallest one.
”
“
Should I tell a lie just to
be polite,
mum?
”
Passage 5. A
b
irthday party
Today
is
Susan
’
s
birthday.
She
is
nine
years
old.
Her
friends are in her home
now. There is a birthday party in
the
evening.
Look!
Mary
is
listening
to
the
music.
And
Tom
is
drinking orange juice. Jack and Sam are playing
cards
on the floor. Lily and Amy are
watching TV. Someone is
knocking at the
door. It
’
s Henry. He brings
a big teddy
bear for Susan. The teddy
bear is yellow. Susan is very
happy.
All
the
children
are
happy.
They
sing
a
birthday
song
for Susan.
Passage
Farmer and the
Snake
It
was
a
cold
winter
day.
A
farmer
found
a
snake
on
the
3
ground. It was nearly dead by cold. The
Farmer was a kind
man.
He
picked
up the
snake
carefully and put it
under
the
coat. Soon
the
snake began to
move and
it raised
its mouth
and bit the farmer.
“
Oh, My
god!
”
said the farmer,
“
I
save
your
life,
but
you
thank
me
in
that
way.
You
must
die.
”
Then
he
killed
the
snake
with
a
stick.
At
last
he
died,
too.
Passage 7.
Two
Young Trees
Two young trees are
standing on the top of the hill.
Their
names are Tim and Alan.
One
day,
it
’
s
sunny
and
warm.
Some
birds
are
singing
in the trees. The
wind blows, and the trees are talking.
“
What do you want to be when
you grow up?
’’
asks Tim.
“
I
’
m
not sure. I think I want to be a chair or a
desk.
”
answers
Alan,
“
Maybe I want
to be a toy box or
a
baseball
bat. I like
children.
”
“
What do you want to be when
you
grow up?
”
asks Alan.
“
Me?
”
says Tim,
“
I just want to
be a tree. I want to be a house for
birds and spiders. I
want to have many
apples. And when it
’
s sunny
and hot,
people and animals can stand
under me.
”
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Passage 8.
Hon
gkong is a nice place
Hong Kong is a nice place, especially
in summer. July
is a hot month in Hong
Kong.
But
it
’
s
an
excellent
time
for
swimming.
There
is
a
beautiful
beach
at
Repulse
Bay
(
浅
水湾
).
To get there, you can take
a
bus from
Central.
Lots
of
people go
to
the
beach
on Sundays
and
Saturdays. But
if
（如果）
you
go
on
a
weekday,
it
will
be
not
so
crowded(
拥
挤的
).Visitors to
Hongkong need passports
护照
.
But
people
from
many
countries
do
not
need
visas.
Hongkong
is
a nice place for
holiday. There are many shops.
Passage 9. Water
Water
is
very
important
for
living
things
生物
.
Without
water, there must be
no life on the earth. All the plants
and animals need
water to
drink, to cook
food and to
clean
ourselves. Water is needed in
farms, factories, offices,
schools,
families and many other places.
Water
is
found
in
seas,
rivers
and
lakes.
It
can
be
found
5
everywhere in the world,
and it also can be found in the
air.
Passage 10.
Twins
’
Bedroom
This
is
the
twins
’
bedroom.
It
is
a
nice
room.
The
two
beds
look
the
same.
This
bed
is
Lily
’
s
and
that
one
is
Lucy
’
s. The twins
have one desk and two chairs. Their clock,
books and pencil-boxes are on the desk.
Their schoolbags
are behind the chairs.
Some nice flowers are on the desk.
Some
nice pictures are on the wall. Is there a kite?
Yes,
it
’
s under
Lily
’
s bed. The bedroom is
very nice.
Passage 11.
Dogs
One of the
animals that help people a lot is the dog.
In
some
countries,
dogs
pull
wagons
马车
.
In
the
cold
north,
dogs pull sleds.
There are other ways that dogs help us,
too. Policemen use them to look for
missing people.
Soldiers
use
them
to
carry
letters
and
medicine
.On
farms,
dogs
take
care
of
sheep
and
keep
them
in
the
fields.
At
night,
they
take the sheep home. Dogs help the blind with
work.
Some
dogs are good and
kind. Some
dogs
are
good at
another
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skill.
Passage
12.
The Best
Job
工作
Betty
is
a
lazy
girl.
She
doesn
’
t
study
hard,
and
she
doesn
’
t
help
her
mother
with
the
housework,
either.
“
What
are
you
going
to
be
when
you
grow
up,
Betty?
”
Mother
asks.
“
You
’
re
too
lazy.
No
job
will
ever
fit
you.
”
“
But
I
know
one,
”
says
the
girl,
“
I
’
m
going
to
be
Father
Christmas,
”
“
You
want
to be
Father
Christmas?
”
Mother is
surprised,
“
But
why?
”
“
Because
he
works
only
one
day
in
a
whole
year.
”
Passage 13.A
Clever Monkey
A little
monkey picks up a pumpkin and wants to take
it
home.
But
the
pumpkin
is
too
big. The
monkey
can
’
t
take
it
home.
Suddenly
he
sees
a
panda
riding
a
bike
towards
him.
He watches the bike.
“
l have a good idea. I can
roll the
pumpkin.
It
likes
a
wheel.
”
So
he
rolls
the
pumpkin
to
his
home.
When
his
mother
sees
the
big
pumpkin,
she
is
surprised
and
says,
“
How
can
you
carry
it
home?
”
The
little
monkey
answers proudly,
“
l
can
’
t lift it, but l can
roll it.
”
His
mother smiles and says,
“
What a clever boy!
”
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Passage14. Wh
at Are Stars
Like?
Have you ever wondered about the
stars? In some ways,
stars are like
people. They are born. They grow old. And
they
die.
A
star
is
born
from
dust
and
gas.
Slowly
the
dust
and
gas
make
a
ball.
The
ball
gets
very
hot.
Then
it
starts
to
give off light. The young star
grows into
a
giant.
Many
years
go by. The older star begins to get small again.
At
last its light goes out. The
star
’
s life is over.
Passage
dio and
Television
Radio and television are
very popular in the world
today.
Millions of people watch TV. Perhaps more
people listen to the radio.
The TV is more useful than the
radio. On TV
we can see and hear
what is happening in the
world.
However, radio isn
’
t
lost. It is still with
us. And
listeners are becoming more.
That
’
s because a
transistor
radio
isn
’
t lost. It
is still with us.
8
It is very easy to carry. You can put
one in your pocket
and
listen
to
it
on
the
bus
or
your
bike
when
you
go
to
work.
Passage
’
s cool
behind you
It
’
s
two o
’
clock in
t
he
afternoon.
The sun is
shinning and
it
’
s very hot. Nancy has
to meet
her mother at the train
station.
Now
she
’
s walking in the street.
There are no trees and
she
’
s fat. So she
feels very hot. But she
doesn
’
t find
a
boy walking just behind her. And she meets a
friend and
says
“
hello
”
to
him.
“
Who
’
s
the
boy
behind
you
？”
asks
the
man
.
Now
she
sees
the
boy.
She
is
angry
and
asks,
“
Why
are you walking behind me,
boy?
”
“
There
’
s no shade
in
the
street,
you
know.
”
answers
the
boy.
“
It
’
s
cool
behind you, I
think.
”
Passage
ther
’
s Hobby
My dad works from Monday to Friday in a
bank. he uses
the computer to count
money. His job is very
9
important in the bank.
Dad is also busy at home. At
weekends he cooks
dinner.
Usually
he
cooks
Italian
food.
On
Sundays
he
makes
five pieces
of pizza. Sometimes he
cooks
chicken
and
makes
Chinese food. My mum watches and helps him. I help
my dad, too. I wash the dishes.
Many
people think it
is strange for
a
man
to cook. But
my dad enjoys his hobby. Cooking
relaxes him. He is a
weekend cook.
Passage 18.I
don
’
t think so
Jack
is
a
good
boy
but
he
doesn
’
t
like
to
use
his
head.
He
often says something withou makes others
unhappy.
Mr. Black teaches
math in a school. He
’
s old
now and
he likes the Friday Mr. Black
doesn
’
t go to
work, because
he
’
s ill in a hospital. And
Jack
’
s mother
will see him after dinner.
“
I want to be there with
you.
”
says
Jack.
“
You
’
re a
rude
boy.
I
can
’
t
take
10
you
there.
’’
says
his
mother.
“
Don
’
t
worry,
mum.
I
won
’
t do that
again. Please believe me.
”
says Jack. In the
hospital, Jack says
nothing at first. When
they
’
re
leaving
, he says to Mr. Black,
“
You
look
fine.
The
doctor
says
you
’
re
going
to
die,
but
I
don
’
t
think
so.
”
Passage
ven days in a week
There are about fifty-two weeks in
a year.
And there are seven days
in each week. The
first day of a
week is Sunday. The other days of a week
between Sunday
and
Saturday
are Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday Thursday and
Friday. Monday is the
second day,
Tuesday is the third day, Wednesday is the
fourth day, Thursday is the fifth
day, and
Friday is
the
sixth day.
What
’
s the last day? Do
you know?
Passage
special Friend
I have a friend in the U.S. His name is
Don Adams. I
11
know him very well, but I have
never met him.
We write to each
other all the time. My letters
are very short. It is still hard
for me to
write in English. I
received a letter from Don
yesterday. It makes me very happy.
He is coming
to my country for a
visit next summer. We are going
to see
each other for the first time.
Passage 21.A
Day in My Life
My family lives on this street. In the
morning, my
father goes to work and all
the children go to school. My
mother
takes
us
to
school
everyday.
She
does
the
housework.
She always has
her lunch at home, and sees her friends in
the afternoon. In the evening all the
children come
home from school.
They always get home early. My
father
goes home from work and he is often late. After
supper my two brothers and I do our
homework. We go to bed
at ten.
Passage 22. The Sea
12
What do
know about the sea? Some people
have seen it but others
haven
’
t. The sea looks
beautiful
on a fine sunny day and it
can be very tough when there is
a
strong wind. What other things do you know
about it? Of course, the sea is very
large. In the world
there is more sea
than land. If you have swum in the sea,
you
know
that
the
sea
is
salty. Rivers carry salt from
the land into the sea. Some places
of the sea
are saltier than the
other places. Do you know the
Dead
Sea?
It
is
so
salty
that
you can
’
t sink
when you
are in the water! And
fish cannot live in it!
Passage 23.A
Good Young
Pioneer
Li Hua is a Yong Pioneer. He is
going to the park. Now
he is waiting
for a bus. Suddenly he finds a
watch
on the
ground.
He asks
some
people,
“
Whose
watch
is
it?
”
But
the
watch
isn
’
t
theirs.
So
he
gives
the
watch
to a policeman.
Now Li Hua
gets on the bus. He is sitting near the
window. An old woman gets on the bus.
She has no seat. So
13
he stands up and says,
“
Here is a seat for you,
Granny.
Please sit
here
”
Passage horse
There are all
kinds
of horses
in the
world. But one of
them
you
can
’
t ride.
It doesn
’
t
live
on land, but in the
sea. It
looks
like
the
head
of
horse.
So
the people
call
it sea horse. In fact, the sea
horse is a small
fish. It likes to
live in warm water. A sea horse stands
up in the water when it swims.
Father
horse
carries
the
eggs
to
keep
them
safe
in
its
pouch.
When
the
eggs
are hatched, the baby horses swim
away.
Passage 25.A
Cat and a Bird
There are
three trees near the house. There is a big
tree, and two small trees.
In the big tree there is a bird. Can
the bird sing? Yes,
it can.
What
’
s under the big tree?
It
’
s a cat.
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“
I
want
some
food,
”
thinks
the
cat.
“
Bird,
my
good
friend,
Come
here! It
’
s time to play
games
”
says the cat.
“
No
today,
thank
you!
”
says
the
bird,
“
You
can
’
t
catch
me!
Goodbye!
”
Look! The bird is
flying!
Passage 26.A
Flying Fox
A
flying
fox
is
not
a
fox
at
all.
It
is
a
bat.
But
this
bat
looks like a fox. A flying fox is very big. It
likes
to
eat
fruit.
Sometimes
the
flying
fox
is
called
fruit
bat.
The flying fox flies
into fruit trees. Then the bat eats
all
the
fruit.
So
fruit
farmers
do
not
like
the
flying
fox.
Passage
ying Birds
Birds
don
’
t
fly
high
up
in
the
sky.
The
air
is
too
thin.
It is
hard for birds to breathe in thin air.
Thin air doesn
’
t
hold them up.
Birds fly near the ground
so that they can see where they
are.
The
birds
look
for
places they know. Then
they do not
15
get
lost.
Some
birds
fly
so
low
over
the
ocean
that
the
waves
often hide them. Many
birds fly a long distance in the
spring
and autumn.
Passage
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 your
face, close it
quickly.
What
can
you feel? What you feel is air.
Passage
16
There are many clocks in the
Brown
’
s house. They are
in different rooms.A big clock stands
in a corner of the
sitting room. It is
a very, very old clock, but it still
keeps good time. Mr. Brown winds it
once a week.
Passage 30.
Swimming
Swimming is a good sport.
It
’
s popular. People like
swimming because the water makes people
feel cool. But if
they swim in a wrong
place, it is very dangerous. These
years,
some
people
died
when
they
were
enjoying
themselves
in
water
and
most
of
them
were
students.
Summer
holiday
will
be
there
again.
I
want
to
give
you
some
advice.
First,
don
’
t
get
into
the
water
when
you
are
alone.
Second,
don
’
t
get
into the water if there
is a No swimming sign. Third, you
should be careful in the water. If you
remember these,
swimming will be safe
and it
’
s good for your
health.
Passage 31.A
missing tiger
We
used to
have a cat
called Tiger. He
was
a
beautiful
17
tabby with a great deal
of character. He was a natural
hunter,
and very soon no mouse dared to show its face in
our house.
Unfortunately
Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and
this made him very unpopular with some
of the neighbors.
Onday day, just after
his second birthday, Tiger
disappeared.
Perhaps
he was run over by
a
car, for at that
time we lived near a busy street.
Although we offered a
reward, we never
discovered what had happened to him and
we never saw him again.
Passage
Jim gets up at
6:30. His home is near his school. He
leaves home at
7:30. They
begin class at 8:00.
He
has lunch at home. After lunch he plays
games with his
classmates, in the
afternoon, Jim has three classes. He
leaves school at 4:30.
Passage 33.A
Chinese Boy
18
I
’
m
a
Chinese
boy.
My
name
is Chen Dong. I am
twelve.
I have two sisters.
My sisters and I are all students.
My
father
is
a
teacher.
He
is
a
Chinese
teacher.
He
teaches
in
No.
19
Middle
School.
My
mother
is
a
teacher, too.
She
teaches English in the
No. 11 Middle School.
Passage
m
’
s Family
A picture is on my desk. This is a
picture of Jim
’
s
family. The man is
Jim
’
s father. A woman is
behind Jim.
She is his mother. They are
teachers. A girl is in the
picture,
too. She is Jim
’
s
sister. Her name is
Kate Green. Jim
and his sister are in the same
school. But they
aren
’
t in the same grade.
They
look like their mother. They are
English.
Passage House
Our home is near the school. We have a
house. It is a
good
house.
The
house
has
three
rooms.
One
is
a
living
room.
The
other
two
are
bedrooms.
In
the
living
room there is
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a table and six chairs. There are
some flowers on
the
table.
There
is
a
garden
in
front
of
the
house.
Our
house
isn
’
t big, but we
like it.
Passage Monitor
This
is
Lin.
She
is
from
Beijing.
She
studies
very
hard.
In class
she
can answer the
teacher
’
s
questions
very quickly. Lin loves her
classmates and often helps
them
with
their
lessons. Everybody
says
she
is
a
very
good
monitor.
Passage
bedroom
This
is my
bed
room. There are two
windows
in it. Near
the
window there are some red flowers. A map of
China
is
on
the
wall.
You
can
see
four
shoes
and
a
basketball
under
my
bed.
There
are
trousers
and
a
coat
on
the
bed.
Many
schoolbooks are on my desk. And
there are three
lights in my
bedroom. One is on my desk, and the other
two are near my bed.
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Passage 38.A
Piece of meat
A dog has a
large piece of meat in his
mouth.
Near
the
water
he
looks
down
and
sees
himself
in
the
water.
He
thinks
it
is
another
dog.
That
dog
has
also
a
large
piece
of
meat
in
his
mouth.
He
says
to
himself,
“
I
want
to get his meat. Then I can
have
two
pieces.
”
He
opens his mouth to bark and his meat
goes down into the
water.
Passage
r Classroom
Our classroom is bright and clean. But
it is not big.
There
are
twenty-three
desks
and
chairs
in
it.
They
are
new.
There
’
s a big
desk in front of the classroom.
It
’
s for
our are
five pictures on the right wall.
There
’
s a map of
the world and a map of China
on
the left wall.
Beside
the
window
there
’
s
a
bookshelf.
There
are
many
books on it. Our classroom is very
nice. We have
lessons here. We like
our classroom.
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Passage 40. Our school
This is our school. There are many
classrooms in it.
There
are eight hundred students and
sixty
—
nine
teachers in our school. There are many
trees and flowers
in it. All the
teachers and students like our school very
much.
We come
to
school at seven. We have
four classes
in the
morning and two in the
afternoon.
Our classroom is big and
clean. We have lessons here.
We do our
homework at home. All the students study hard.
Passage 41.A Holiday
It
’
s
fine
today.
Tom
and
his
family
are
at
a
park.
The
man in
white is his father. He is standing by the lake
and
looking at
the
boats.
The
woman
in blue is
his
mother. She
is sitting on
the grass. Beside his mother is Alice, his
sister. She is
eating
cake.
The
park
is big,
and
there
are
many
trees
and
flowers in
it.
They are
having a good time.
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Passage
Old Mouse
An old woman has
a cat. The cat is now very old. She
cannot run fast, and she cannot bite.
One day the old cat
sees a mouse. she
jumps and
catches the mouse. But she
cannot bite it.
So the
mouse
gets
out
of
her
mouth
and
runs away.
Then the old
woman is very angry because the cat cannot
kill the mouse. She begins to beat the
cat. The cat says
to her,
“
Don
’
t
beat me. Be friendly
to me. When I was
young, I did good work for
you.
”
Passage 43.A
hungry fox
A
hungry
fox
is
from
a
forest.
He
arrives
at
a
village.
He wants to find
some food. He comes to a house and pulls
the door. But it locked. He sees there
is a hen inside.
“
Hello
I
’
ll come to visit
you,
”
he tells the hen.
“
I
know that
you are ill.
Come
out
and
let
me take
your
temperature.
”
“
Thank
you,
”
says the hen.
“
I have
a
headache. But if I come out, you will kill
me.
”
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Passage
lp
Each Other
Look! Kate is flying a bird
kite. Oh, her kite is in
the
tree.
And
it is
broken. She
can
’
t climb up the
tree. Li Lei and Jim are coming here.
Li Lei is helping
her. He is getting
the kite from the tree. But he
can
’
t
get down.
Jim is helping Li Lei. Li Lei is jumping to the
wall.
They
are
getting
down
from
the
wall. Kate,
Jim,
and
Li
Lei
are mending
the
kite
under
the
tree.
They
are
good
friends.
Passage Weather
The weather
in Shanghai is not always good. In winter
it is often cold and wet. In summer it
is very hot. Spring
is very beautiful.
It is not very cold, but we have a lot
of
rain in
spring. Autumn
is the best
season. The days are
clear and dry and
it is sunny and warm all the time. The
weather in Shanghai is sometimes warmer
than in Beijing.
But in summer it is
cooler in Beijing than in Shanghai.
Passage
at
’
s Happening?
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It is in
autumn. A young man comes to a forest.
He
’
s walking beside the
forest. On his right is a river. On
his
left is the forest. Suddenly he sees two green
eyes
looking at
him
from
the
trees. A
tiger
is getting ready
to
jump on him.
What does he
do? He must jump into the river. In the river
there is
a
big
crocodile.
Its
mouth
is very
big. The
young
man
closes
his
eyes.
The
tiger
jumps over him. And the
young man opens his eyes. Now the
tiger is in the
mouth of the
crocodile.
Passage oos
There
are many kangaroos in Australia and not only in
zoos. You can see them everywhere
outside of
the
cities
and
towns.
When
they want to have a rest
on
their tails, kangaroos are
also very
good at
looking
after
their
babies.
mother
kangaroos
keep
their
babies
safe
in their pockets.
Passage 48.A
Pair of Shoes
25
One day an old man is taking the train
to his
hometown
.One
of
his
shoes
falls
onto
the
ground,
but the
train starts. He cannot pick it
up, then he
takes off the other and
throws it near the fallen shoe. A
boy
beside
him
asks
him,
“
Why
do
you
do
that?
”
He
answers,
“
If a
man picks them up, he may get a pair of
shoes.
”
Passage 49. W
e
get the Wrong car!
One day my wife and
I go shopping at a shop. We stop
the
car in front of the shop. An hour later we come
back
to the car with many things. But
we can not open the car
door.
“
Oh,
dear,
”
says
my
wife.
“
What
shall
we
do?
”
“
Let
’
s
ask that policeman!
”
The
policeman comes to help us. A
few
minutes later, he gets the door open. Just at that
moment
a
man
comes
up
and
shouts,
“
Why
are
you
opening
my
car
door?
”
We look at the number
of the car and our faces
turn red.
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Passage 50. Thank you.
Many
people like to say
“
Thank
you
”
when
others
help
them
or
say
something
kind
to
them.
It
is
a
very
good habit.
You should say
“
Thank
you
”
when someone passes you
the
salt on the table, when someone is
walking ahead of you
keeps
the
door
open
for
you,
when
someone
says
you
have
done
your
work well, or you have bought something nice or
your
city is very beautiful. Thank
you is used not only
between friends,
but
also between parents and
children,
brother
and
sister.
Let
’
s
learn
to
say
Thank
you.
Passage 51. The Sun
There is
nothing more important in life than the sun.
Without the sun all living things on
Earth would die.
The sun is a star. In
the sky there are thousands of
stars
like the sun. They are as large as the sun and
ashot
as
the
sun.
At
night
you
can
see
many
stars,
but
in
day-time
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you
c
an
only
see
one
star-
the
sun.
The
sun
is
much
nearer
to us
than any other stars. That is why it looks like
the
biggest
and
brightest
of
all
the
stars.
The
distance
of
the
sun from the Earth is as much as 150
million kilometers.
Most of the stars
are thousands of light years away form
the
Earth.
Do
you
know
what
a
light
year
is?
Nothing
in
the
world travels faster
than travels 300,000
kilometers a
second. One light year is the distance that
light travels in one year.
Passage 52. Air Jordan
Michael Jordan (1963- ) is one of the
most famous
basketball players
in
the
world.
He
was
born
in
Brooklyn,
New
York.
He
didn
’
t
like
to
talk
about
himself.
He
was
also
very
short. He didn
’
t play very
well when he joined the
basketball team
in his high school at first. But the next
year things changed greatly for him,
as he grew much
taller. Michael Jordan
became famous when he joined the
university
basketball
team
in
North
Carolina.
Michael
used
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his quickness and strength to reach the
basket again and
again. He played so
well that people call him Air Jordan.
After
college, Michael
became a member of
the Chicago
Bull basketball team. The NBA was very
surprised at this
high-flying
player. He was named
Rookie
of
the
year
in
1985
and the
most
Valuable
Player
in
1987.
He
once
set a
record by getting 63 points in one
game.
Passage 53.
T
he Strongest Power in the World.
One day a great general asks his
soldiers,
“
What is
the strongest power in the
world?
”
Four of his soldiers
put up their hands. They want to answer
the question. The
general asks the
first man to speak. The first man is
younger
than
the
other
three,
and
he
’
s
not
strong.
He
says,
“
My gun is
the strongest. It can kill
anyone.
”
“
Thank
you. Next,
please.
”
The second man is
very strong. He
says,
”
I
don
’
t think
that
’
s
true.
Soldiers
use
guns.
So a
soldier is the strongest.
”
The third man says,
”
Soldiers
use
guns,
but
our
general
gives
orders.
So
I
think
our
general
is
the
strongest.
”
The
fourth
man
is
the
oldest.
He
says,
”
Love is the
strongest. With love, people
don
’
29
t
need
guns.
”
The
general
says
nothing.
He
takes
out
a
medal
and gives it to him.
Passage 54. W
ho is the God?
Tom
likes
sweets
very
much.
But
his
mother
never
gives
him any, because she
thinks they are bad for his teeth.
But
when Tom
’
s uncle gives him
some, she always lets him
eat the
sweets. She wants to make her brother happy.
One evening, a few days before
Tom
’
s birthday, he
was
praying
in
his
bedroom.
“
Please,
God,
”
h
e
shouted.
“
Let them give me a bog box
of sweets as my birthday
present.
”
His
mother heard this and came into the room.
“
Why are you shouting,
Tom?
”
she asked.
“
God can hear
you
quite well, even when you talk
quietly.
”
“
I
know,
”
answered
the clever boy,
“
but my
uncle in the next room
can
’<
/p>
t.
”
Passage 55. Kites.
Do you
know how to fly a kite? Do you know how to make
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a
kite?
Can
you
describe
the
shapes
of
kites?
Today,
people
all
over the world make and fly kites for fun.
Kite were the first flying machines.
People in China
used kites as fly
machines more than 2000 years ago. In
Marco Polo
’
s
report, the Chinese used big kites to carry
people up into the sky.
The
idea
of
kites
helped
people
to
make
planes.
In
1894
in Australia, Lawrence
Hargrave made four very big kites.
These four kites lifted him 5 metres
into the air. Today,
the wings of
planes are just like kites.
Now people
around the world use kites in festivals. Kites
can have all kinds of colors and
shapes, but the most
important thing is
to fly well.
Passage 56. A
n interesting
newspaper
Every morning Mike goes to
work by train. As he has a
long
trip,
he
always
buys
a
newspaper.
It
helps
to
make
the
time
pass more quickly.
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