小学英语背诵110篇_英语阅读理解短文原始材料
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英语阅读理解短文原始材料
Passage 1.
Woodpecker
Passage 2. A Busy Day
Passage 3. The dog and his reflection
Passage 4. An honest boy
Passage 5. A birthday party
Passage 6. The Farmer and the Snake
Passage 7. Two Young Trees
Passage 8. Hong Kong is a nice place
Passage 9. Water
Passage 10.
Twins' Bedroom
Passage 11. Dogs
Passage 12. The Best Job
Passage 13. A Clever Monkey
Passage 14. What are stars Like
Passage 15. Radio and Television
Passage 16. It’s cool behind
you
Passage 17. Father’s
Hobby
Passage 18. I
don’t think so
Passage 19. Seven days in a week
Passage 20. My special Friend
Passage 21. A Day in My Life
Passage 22. The Sea
Passage 23. A Good Young Pioneer
Passage 24. Sea horse
Passage 25. A Cat and a Bird
Passage 26. A Flying Fox
Passage 27. Flying Birds
Passage 28. Air
Passage 29.
Clocks
Passage 30. Swimming
Passage 31. A missing tiger
Passage 32. Jim
Passage 33.
A Chinese Boy
Passage 34. Jim’s
Family
Passage 35. Our House
Passage 36. Our Monitor
Passage 37. My bedroom
Passage 38. A Piece of meat
Passage 39. Our Classroom
Passage 40. Our school
Passage 41. A Holiday
Passage 42. An Old Mouse
Passage 43. A hungry fox
Passage 44. Help Each Other
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Passage
45. The Weather
Passage 46. What’s
Happening
Passage 47.
Kangaroos
Passage 48. A Pair of Shoes
Passage 49. We get the Wrong car
passage 50. Be polite
Passage 51. The Sun
Passage
52. Air Jordan
Passage
53.
The
strongest
power
in
the
world
Passage 54. Who is the
God
Passage 55. Kites
Passage 56. Teacher's Office
Passage 57. Fall
Passage 58.
Pandas
Passage 59. Books on
Passage
60.
The
Pianist
and
an
Old
Woman
Passage
61. The favorite coat
Passage 62. Noise
Passage 63. The diet
Passage 64. A cheap meal
Passage 65. Computers
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Passage 66. Two
American presidents
Passage 67. A
second language.
Passage 68. A snowman.
Passage 69. Lucky and unlucky
Passage 70. The Great Wall of China
’s glasses
Passage 72. A desert
Passage 73. Animal's home.
Passage 74. An outing
Passage 75. Go fishing
Passage 76. The candy king
Passage 77. Yawn
Passage 78.
Two thieves
Passage 79. A
Giant Kite
Passage 80. Once
a year
Passage 81. A New
Diet
Passage 82. The frog that changes
color
Passage 83. The city of San
Francisco
Passage 84. Benjamin Franklin
Passage 85. Stop writing
Passage 86. The robots
Passage 87. A broken mirror and bad
luck
Passage 88. Hair and Beard
Passage 89. A lovely
weekend
Passage 90. A bridge
Passage 91. A yo-yo
Passage
92. Funny presents
Passage 93. Fire
fighter
Passage 94. Excuse
me
Passage 1.
Woodpecker
There
are
many
apple
tree
s
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
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’re washing
the car. Where’s my sister,
Amy? She
is playing my flute. What a
lucky girl!
Passage 3.
The 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
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
.
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water,
and
h
e
saw
his reflection.
Passage 4.
An
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 and said,
“Let’s share
the
m.” “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
birthday 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 6.
The
Farmer and the Snake
It was
a cold winter day. A farmer found a snake on the
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
sav
e your life, but you thank me in
that way. You must
die.”
T
hen 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 w
arm. 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
ba
t. 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
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animals can stand under
me
.”
Passage 8.
Hongkong is a nice
place
Hong Kong is a nice
place, especially in summer. July is
a
hot month
in
Hong
Kong.
But
i
t
’
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 you go on a weekday, it is will be not so
crowded. Visitors to Hongkong need
passports.
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. 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 everywhere in the world,
and it also can be found in the air.
Passage 10.
Tw
ins’
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. 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
skill.
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Passage 12.
The Best Job
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
t
he pumpkin
is too big.
The monkey can’t
take it home.
Suddenly he
sees a panda riding a bike towards him. He watches
the bik
e. “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!”
Passage14.
What 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 15.
Radio 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.
Howe
ver, radio isn’t lost. It
is still with us. And listeners are
becoming more. That’s
be
cause a transistor radio isn’t lost.
It is still with
us. 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.
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Passage 16.
It
’s cool behind
you
It’s
two
o’clock
in the 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.
S
he 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 17.
Fa
ther’s Hobby
My dad works from Monday to Friday in a
bank. he uses the computer to count
money.
His job
is very 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 teach
es math in a
school. He’s old now and he likes
children.
On 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 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 do
n’t think so.
”
Passage 19.
Seven days in a
week
There
are
about
fifty-two
weeks
in
a
year.
And there
are
seven
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days
in
each
week.
The
first day of
a
week is Sunday. The other days of a
week between Sunday
a
nd
S
aturday
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 20.
My
special Friend
I have a
friend in the U.S. His name is Don Adams. I 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
What
do
know
about
the
sea?
Some
people
have seen it but others
haven’t. The s
ea 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!
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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 he stands up and says, “Here
is a seat for you,
Granny. Please sit
here”
Passage
24.
Sea horse
There are all k
inds 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.
“
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.
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Passage 27.
Flying Birds
Birds don’t fly high up in the sky. The
air is too thin.
It
is
hard
for
birds
to
breathe
in
th
in
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 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 28.
Air
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
29.
Clocks
There
are man
y 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 an
d it’s good for your
health.
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Passage
31.
A missing
tiger
We used to have a cat
called Tiger. He was a beautiful 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 32.
Jim
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
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 34.
Ji
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 35.
Our
House
Our home is near the school. We
have a house. It
is a good house. The
house has three rooms. One
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is a
living room. The other two are bedrooms. In the
living
room
there
is
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 36.
Our
Monitor
This is Lin. She is from
Beijing. She studies very hard.
I
n
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 37.
My 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.
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
ge
t
his
meat.
Then
I
can
have two pieces.” He opens
his mouth to bark and his meat
goes
down into the water.
Passage 39.
Our
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.
Passage 42.
An 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 t
o 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 44.
Help 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 45.
The
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 46.
Wh
at’s
Happening?
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 47.
Kangaroos
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.
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Passage
48.
A Pair of
Shoes
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.
We
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.
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
c
hildren, brother and
sister. Le
t’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
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?
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