小学英语背诵94篇_英语阅读理解短文原始材料
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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
Passage 17.
Father
Passage 18. I
don
’
s cool behind you
’
s Hobby
’
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
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
’
s Family
Passage
41. A Holiday
Passage 42. An Old Mouse
Passage 43. A hungry fox
Passage 44. Help Each Other
Passage 45. The Weather
Passage 46. What
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
’
s Happening
Passage 63. The diet
Passage 64. A cheap meal
Passage 65. Computers
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 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
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
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
water,
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
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 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 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 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 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.
‖
Passage ng is a nice place
Hong Kong is a nice place, especially
in summer. July
i
s
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 you go on a weekday, it is will
be not so
rs 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
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
’
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
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.
Passage 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
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!
‖
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 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.
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 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.
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
’
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
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.
< br>―
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 don
’
t
think so.
‖
Passage 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
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 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
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.
“
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 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
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
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
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
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
’
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 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.
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
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.
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
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.
‖
Passage 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
’
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 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
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
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 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
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. The 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
’
t need
guns.
‖
The
general says
nothing. He
takes
out a medal and gives
it to
him.
Passage 54. Who 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,
‖
he
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
’
t.
‖
Passage 55. Kites.
Do you know how to fly a kite? Do you
know how to make 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. An
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.
One
Tuesday
morning,
he
truned
to
the
sports
page.
He
wanted
to read
the report about an important football match. The
report
was
so
interesting
that he
forgot
to get off at his
station.
He
didn
’
t
know
it
unitl
he
saw
the
sea.
He
got
off
at
the
next
station,
and
had
to
wait
a
long
time
for
a
train
to go back. Of course, he got to the
office very late, His
boss was very
angry.
Passage
57. Fall
In
the
fall,
leaves
drop
to
the
ground.
Many
trees
have
nuts
or fruits. Animals may
begin to store food. Some birds
collect
nuts
and
corns
to
store.
Other
birds
fly
to
a
warmer
place
for the winter. They won
’
t
return until the spring.
Days
become
shorter.
Cold
weather
is
coming.
The
fur
of
many
animals
gets thicker because they need a thick coat to
protect
them.
People
also
wear
warmer
clothing
and
prepare
for
winter. In some areas there may be rain or even
snow,
but in fall farmers harvest their
crops. People look
forward to fall for
many reasons. The most important one
is
that fall is the harvest season.
Passage 58. Pandas
Pandas are lovely animals. Most of them
live in the deep
forests
of
Sichuan
Province
in
China.
They
have
white
fur,
though their shoulders, legs, ears and
eyes are black.
Pandas are usually very
heavy, some of them can be about
1.5
meters tall and weigh about
100
kilograms. However, pandas are very agile, they
can
climb trees as easily as some other
creatures do. Pandas
have big, sharp
teeth and live mainly on bamboo leaves.
Every day each grown-up panda eats
about 15-30 kilograms
of
bamboo
leaves
and
they
usually
spend
10-12
hours
eating.
Pandas also have
spare-time hobbies.
Two
of
their
hobbies are climbing trees and
sleeping. Sadly, there are
not many
pandas
left
in
the
world
because
some
people
keep
cutting down trees, and bad hunters are
trying to kill
them
for
Chinese
government
is
doing
its
best
to
protect pandas from being
harmed or killed.
Passage 59. Books on
―
How
to
‖
Books
on
how
to
do
things
are
very
popular
in
America
today.
There
are
about
four
to
five
thousand
kinds
of
books
about
the
money. Another may tell you how to save or
spend
it.
And
another may explain
how
to
give
your
money
away.
Some
―
How
to
‖
books tell you how to
choose a way
of making a living and how
to succeed in it. However,
if you fail,
you can buy a book which is called
―
How
to turn a
Failure into a Success.
‖
If
you would like to
become very rich, you
can buy the book
―
How to
make a
Million.
‖
If you never make any money at all, you may need
a book called
―
How to live on
nothing.
‖
If you
are unhappy with your life, you can read
―
How
to Love
Every Minute of Your Life.
‖
There is even a book
called
―
How to kill
yourself.
‖
Passage 60. The Pianist and
an Old Woman
John was a very famous
pianist. When he was a small boy,
he
once
played
at
a
party
in
the
home
of
a
rich
man.
He
was
only eight
years old, but he had played the piano for
several years. At the party he played
a
famous piece
by Beethoven. He played wonderfully.
The famous
piece has several long
rests in it. In each of these
rests he
took his hands
away from
the piano and waited.
To
him this
was
very
exciting,
but
the mother
of the rich man
thought
differently.
Finally,
during
one
of
these
rests
she
came over to him. She touched him on
the head, smiled and
said,
―
My boy, why
don
’
t you play us what you
know well?
‖
Passage 61. The favorite
coat.
Mr.
Smith
had
a
nice,
blue
coat.
He
loved
it
very
much,
but
his
wife
didn
’
t like
it
because
it
was
old.
She
often
said,
―
Give
it
to
a
poor
man.
‖
Mr.
Smith
always
said,
―
No,
I
like
this
coat.
‖
Then one day a
cigarette fell on it and made
a hole in
it, so Mrs. Smith said,
―
Please
don
’
t wear it
again.
‖
Mr. Smith
took it to
a
small
tailor
’
s
shop
and
said
to the
tailor,
―
Please
make
another
coat
just
like
this
one.
‖
The
tailor
made
the
coat
very
carefully,
then
he lit a cigarette
and
made a hole in
it in the
same place.
Passage 62. Noise
Miss Gray
lived alone in an apartment house. She was old
and did not like noise at all. One day
a young man moved
into
the
room
above
her.
He
looks
quiet,
Miss
Gray
thought.
However, at three
o
’
clock the next morning,
Miss Gray was
woken up by the barking
of a dog. She thought, I
’
ve
never
heard a dog here before. It must
belong to the new man in
the
room
above
me.
So
he
telephoned
the
young
man,
said
some
nasty
things to him about the dog, then hung up the
telephone before he could answer. At
three o
’
clock the
next
morning,
Miss
Gray
’
s
telephone
rang.
When
she
answered,
the young man
said,
―
I
’
m
the man upstairs. I
’
ve
called to
tell you that I
haven
’
t got a
dog.
‖
Passage 63. The Diet.
Mrs. Tan is worried about her weight,
so she goes
to see a doctor.
―
Oh,
I
’
m too fat, I need to lose
a lot of
weight.
‖
―
It
isn
’
t difficult to lose
weight,
‖
the doctor
says.
―
All you
need to do is go on a diet.
I
’
ll give you
one.
‖
The
doctor
takes out a piece of
paper and writes
―
Eat
lots of
fruit and vegetables. Also, eat a lot
of lean meat and
grains.
‖
The doctor hands
the paper
to Mrs. Tan.
―
Eat all those things and
you
’
ll soon lose
weight.
‖
A
few
weeks
later,
Mrs.
Tan
’
s
friend
visits
her.
Her
friend
is
surprised
to
see
that
Mrs.
Tan
is
even
fatter
than
before
and she is eating a
huge sandwich with chocolate and ice
cream.
―
I
thought
you
were
on
a
diet,
‖
her
friend
says.
―
Oh,
I
am.
‖
Mrs. Tan answers.
―
I
’
ve
already had all the food on
my diet
today. Now I
’
m
having my dinner.
‖
Passage 64. A
Cheap Mea
A man goes into a restaurant
and sits down at one of the
tables.
Awaiter comes up to him and gives him the menu.
The man reads it carefully, then he
orders all the most
expensive dishes.
Then a small boy comes into the
restaurant and sits at the
man
’
s table. The waiter
comes
up and says to the man,
―
What will your little boy
like,
sir?
‖
―
Oh, just an ice
cream,
‖
the man tells him.
After he
finishes
his
meal,
the
man
stands
up
and
says
to
the
waiter,
―
I
’
m
just going out to buy a
newspaper.
‖
He leaves the
restaurant.
The
waiter
gives
the
boy
an
ice
cream.
The
boy
eats
it,
and
then
stands
up
and
walks
to
the
waiter
runs towards him.
―
Excuse
me,
‖
he
says,
―
but your father
hasn
’
t
come
back
and
he
hasn
’
t
paid
for
his
meal
or
your
ice
cream.
You
’
d
better
stay here
until
your
father
comes
back
and
pays
his
bill.
‖
―
He
’
s
not
my
father,
‖
the
boy
says.
―
The
man
came
up
to
me
in
the
street
and
asked
me
if
I
liked
ice
cream.
I told him I did. The he told me to come into the
restaurant at nine
o
’
clock and sit at his
table. He said
he would give me
one.
‖
Passage 65. Computers
Many people know what a computer is and
what it cando.
The
computer
is fast
and
never makes mistakes,
while
people
are
slow
and
often
make mistakes.
That
’
s
what
people often say when they talk about
many years, scientists have improved
computers. Now a
computer can do a lot
of everyday work quite well, and
people
can use a computer in many ways. Many computer
scientists
are
now
thinking
of
making
the
computer
―
think
‖
like
a
man. With the help of a person, a computer can
draw
pictures, write music, talk with
people, and so on. Maybe
a computer
will think and fee one day.
Passage 66. Two American
Presidents
There
are
stories
about
two
U.S.
presidents, Andrew
Jackson
and
Martin
Van
Buren.
They
try
to
explain
to
people
how the word
―
OK
‖
came from. We
don
’
t know if either story
is true, but they are both interesting.
Some said that President Jackson could
hardly read
or
write.
When
important
papers
came
to
Jackson,he
tried
to read hem or asked his men to tell
him what they said.
If
he
agreed,
he
would
write
―
All
correct
‖
on
the
Paper.
The
problem was that he did not know how to spell. So
he
wrote
―
OL
Korekt
‖
instead.
Later
it
was
shortened
to
―
OK
‖
.
Others said that President Van Buren
was born in
Kinderhook, New York. Van
Buren
’
s friends organized
a club to help him become president.
They called the club
Old Kinderhook
Club. Anyone in the club was called
―
OK
‖
.
Passage 67. A
second language.
One day, the mother
rat and her babies were having
a good
time in the open air when a cat came to catch
them
for
dinner.
The
mother
rat
noticed
the
cat
coming near. The mother rat and her
babies all tried
to
run
away
at
once.
They
hurried
to
their
home.
It
was
under
the
tree. But the baby rats were afraid of the cat.
They
couldn
’
t
run
very
fast.
The
cat
came
closer
and
closer.
She
would
come
at them.
―
What shall
I
do?
‖
thought
the
mother.
Just
at
that
moment
the
mother
rat
stopped
running,
turned
around
and
shouted
at
the
rat,
―
Bowwow.
Bowwow!
‖
just
like
an
angry
dog. The cat
was
so surprised
and
afraid that she
ran away. The mother rat turned to her
babies,
“
Now you see how
important it is to learn a second
language!
‖
Passage 68. The
snowman
It's winter now.
It
’
s very cold in the
morning. It's all
white outside because
it snowed yesterday. Mr. Dog wants
to
watch TV. But Miss Cat says,
outside.
Let's make a snowman.
’
t
very easy, so they work hard. Oh, how
nice
the
snowman!
Mr.
Dog
puts
his
hat
on
the
snowman's
head.
After
that,
they
are
very
hungry.
Their
lunch
is
some
fish,
some bones and a big cake. Mr. Dog
says,
the
middle
of the
day. The snowman
must be hungry.
Let
’
s give the
cake to him.
Miss Cat. But the
snowman isn't there. They can only
see
the hat. Where is he?
Passage 69. Lucky or unlucky
When Barbara was fishing, she dropped
her watch.
It
fell into
the
water.
Barbara
was
sad
because
it was
her
best watch.
The
next
day,
Barbara
went
fishing
again.
She
put
her
hook
into
the
water.
When
she
pulled
it
up,
there
was
her
watch!
It was caught on her
hook.
Barbara
didn
’
t catch but she was
happy. she had her watch
back.