英语背诵
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2023年2月27日发(作者：干部推荐报告)小学英语背诵110篇英语阅读理解短文原
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cker
ay
andhisreflection
stboy
dayparty
merandtheSnake
ngTrees
ngisaniceplace
Passage10．Twins'Bedroom
Passage11．Dogs
Passage12．TheBestJob
Passage13．ACleverMonkey
Passage14．WhatarestarsLike
Passage15．RadioandTelevision
Passage16．It’scoolbehindyou
Passage17．Father’sHobby
Passage18．Idon’tthinkso
Passage19．Sevendaysinaweek
Passage20．MyspecialFriend
Passage21．ADayinMyLife
Passage22．TheSea
Passage23．AGoodYoungPioneer
Passage24．Seahorse
Passage25．ACatandaBird
Passage26．AFlyingFox
Passage27．FlyingBirds
Passage28．Air
Passage29．Clocks
Passage30．Swimming
Passage31．Amissingtiger
Passage32．Jim
Passage33．AChineseBoy
Passage34．Jim’sFamily
Passage35．OurHouse
Passage36．OurMonitor
Passage37．Mybedroom
Passage38．APieceofmeat
Passage39．OurClassroom
Passage40Ourschool
Passage41AHoliday
Passage42AnOldMouse
Passage43Ahungryfox
Passage44HelpEachOther
Passage45TheWeather
Passage46What’sHappening
Passage47Kangaroos
Passage48APairofShoes
Passage49WegettheWrongcar
passage50Bepolite
Passage51TheSun
Passage52AirJordan
Passage53Thestrongestpowerintheworld
Passage54WhoistheGod
Passage55Kites
Passage56Teacher'sOffice
Passage57Fall
Passage58Pandas
Passage59Bookson"Howto"
Passage60ThePianistandanOldWoman
Passage61Thefavoritecoat
Passage62Noise
Passage63Thediet
Passage64Acheapmeal
Passage65Computers
Passage66TwoAmericanpresidents
Passage67Asecondlanguage.
Passage68Asnowman.
Passage69Luckyandunlucky
Passage70TheGreatWallofChina
’sglasses
Passage72Adesert
Passage73Animal'shome.
Passage74Anouting
Passage75Gofishing
Passage76Thecandyking
Passage77Yawn
Passage78Twothieves
Passage79AGiantKite
Passage80．Onceayear
Passage81．ANewDiet
Passage82．Thefrogthatchangescolor
Passage83．ThecityofSanFrancisco
Passage84．BenjaminFranklin
Passage85．Stopwriting
Passage86．Therobots
Passage87．Abrokenmirrorandbadluck
Passage88．HairandBeard
Passage89．Alovelyweekend
Passage90．Abridge
Passage91．Ayo-yo
Passage92．Funnypresents
Passage93．Firefighter
Passage94．Excuseme
Passage95．Alettertograndpa
Passage96．Halloween
Passage97．SchoolNewspaper
Passage98．Alettertoyou.
eneedtheforests
Passage100．Kites
Passage101．FirstAid
Passage102．OurSenses
Passage103．Playbaseballwiththefamily
Passage104．Charlie’-smeailfriend
Passage105．Surfingthenet
Passage106．Teddybear
Passage107．Tlachti
Passage108．OlympicGames
Passage109．DoingChores
Passage110．cker
’
aremanypestsinthetree．Leavesofthetreeturnyellow．Theoldtreefeelsverysadand
unwell．Anothertreesendsforadoctorforhim．Atfirst,theysendforapigeon,butshe
hasnoideaaboutit．Thentheysendforanoriole,andshecan’ttreattheoldtree
well．gooddoctor．Shepecksaholeinthetreeand
eatslotsofpests．Atlasttheoldtreebecomesbetterandbetter．Leavesturngreenand
green.
ay
TodayisSunday!OnSundays,
motherusuallycleansthehouse．Buttodaymymotherisinbed．Sheisill．Myfatherhasto
dothehousework．Now,heiscleaningthehouse．“Sam,canyouhelpme?“Y”es,Dad!”
Now,we’rewashingthecar．Where’smysister,Am?ySheisplayingmyflute．Whatalucky
girl!andhisreflection
Onedayadogwithapieceofmeatinhismouthwascrossingaplankoverastream．Ashe
walkedalong,helookedintowater,andhesawhisreflection．Hethoughtthiswasanotherdog
carrying
apieceofmeat．Andhefelthewouldliketohavetwopieces．Sohesnappedatthereflection
inthewater,andofcourse,asheopenedhismouth,thepieceofmeatdisappearedquickly.
stboy
Tonyissevenyearsold．Heisanhonestandpoliteboy．Oneday,itwasSunday．Tony,his
sisterandhismotherstayedathome．HewaswatchingTVandhissisterwasreadingbooks．His
motherwaswashingclothes．Justthen,hisfathercamebackwithabagofpears．Tonylikes
pearsverymuchandhewanted
toeatone．Hismothergavehimfourandsaid,“Let’sshartehem.”“Whichpeardoyou
want,Tony?”askedhismo．the“rThebiggestone,mum.”“What?”saidhismother,
“Y
o
shouldbepoliteandwantthesmallestone.”“ShouldItelploaliltiee,jmusutmto?be”
dayparty
TodayisSusan’sbirth．daSyheisnineyearsold．Herfriendsareinherhomenow．Thereis
abirthdaypartyintheevening．Look!Maryislisteningtothemusic．AndTomisdrinkingorange
juice．JackandSamareplayingcardsonthefloor．LilyandAmyarewatchingTV．Someoneis
knockingatthedoor．It’sHen．ryHebringsabigteddybearforSusan．Theteddybearis
yellow．Susanisveryhappy．Allthechildrenarehappy．TheysingabirthdaysongforSusan.
merandtheSnake
rfoundasnakeontheground．Itwasnearlydeadbycold．The
Farmerwasakindman．Hepickedupthesnakecarefullyandputitunderthecoat．Soonthe
snakeBegantomoveanditraiseditsmouthandbitthefarmer．“Oh,Mygod!”saidthefarmer,
“I
saveyourlife,butyouthankmeinthatway．Youmustdie.”Thenhekilledthesnakewitha
stick．Atlasthedied,too.
ngTrees
Twoyoungtreesarestandingonthetopofthehill．TheirnamesareTimandAlan.
Oneday,it’ssunnyand．wSaormmebirdsaresinginginthetrees．Thewindblows,andthe
treesaretalking．“Whatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup?．’’“I’
asmksnToimts．urIethinkIwanttobe
achairoradesk.”answersAlan,“MaybeIwanttobeatoyboxorabaseballbat．Ilike
children.“”Whatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup?”asks
Alan．“Me?”saysTim,“Ijustwanttob．eaIwtreaenttobeahouseforbirdsandspiders．I
wanttohavemanyapples．Andwhenit’ssunnyandhot,peopleandanimalscanstandunder
me.”
ngisaniceplace
HongKongisaniceplace,especiallyinsummer．’
sanexcellenttimeforswimming．ThereisabeautifulbeachatRepulse
Bay（浅水湾）.Togetthere,peoplegotothebeachon
SundaysandSaturdays．Butifyougoonaweekday,rsto
ngisaniceplace
forholiday．Therearemanyshops.
Waterisveryimportantforlivingthings．Withoutwater,theremustbenolifeonthe
earth．Alltheplantsandanimalsneedwatertodrink,tocookfoodandtoclean
ourselves．Waterisneededinfarms,factories,offices,schools,familiesandmanyother
places.
Waterisfoundinseas,riversandlakes．Itcanbefoundeverywhereintheworld,anditalso
canbefoundintheair.
’Bedroom
Thisisthetwins’b．eIdtrisooamniceroom．Thetwobedslookthesame．Thisbedis
Lily’sandthatoneisLucy．’sThetwinshaveonedeskandtwochairs．Theirclock,books
andpencil-boxesareonthedesk．Theirschoolbagsarebehindthechairs．Someniceflowersare
onthedesk．Somenicepicturesareonthewall．Isthereakite?Yes,it’sunder
Lily．T’hesbbeeddroomisverynice.
Oneoftheanimalsthathelppeoplealotisthedog．Insomecountries,dogspullwagons．In
thecoldnorth,dogspullsleds.
Thereareotherwaysthatdogshelpus,too．Policemenusethemtolookformissing
people．s,dogstakecareofsheepand
keeptheminthefields．Atnight,theytakethesheephome．Dogshelptheblindwith
work．Somedogsaregoodandkind．Somedogsaregoodatanotherskill.
tJob
Bettyisalazygirl．Shedoesn’tstudyhard,andshe
doesneither．“Whatareyougoingtobewhenyougrowup,
Betty?
willeverfityou.”“ButIknowone,”saysthegirl,
beFatherChristmas?”Motherissurprised,“Butwhy?”“Becauseheworksonlyone
dayinwholeyear.
rMonkey
monkeycan’ttakeithome.
Suddenlyheseesapandaridingabiketowardshim．Hewatchesthebike．“lhaveagood
ide．aIcanrollthepumpkin．Itlikesawheel.”
Soherollsthepumpkintohishome．Whenhismotherseesthebigpumpkin,sheissurprisedand
says,“Howcanyoucarryithome?”Thelittlemonkeyanswersproudlliyft,it,butlcan
thelphermotherwiththe
housework,
．”“YMoouth’erreastokos
la．zNyojob
rol“llcan’tit.”Hismothersmilesandsays,“Whatacleverboy!”
Passage14．WhatAreStarsLike?
Haveyoueverwonderedaboutthestars?Insomeways,starsarelikepeople．Theyare
born．They
growold．Andtheydie．Astarisbornfromdustandgas．Slowlythedustandgasmakea
ball．Theballgetsveryhot．Thenitstartstogiveofflight．Theyoungstargrowsintoa
giant．Manyyearsgoby．Theolderstarbeginstogetsmallagain．Atlastitslightgoes
out．Thestar’ndTelevision
smore
peoplelistentotheradio.
canseeandhearwhatishappeninginthe
world．However,radioisn’illwithus．Andlistenersarebecomingmore．That’s
’iststillwithus．Itisveryeasytocarry．Youcan
putoneinyourpocketandlistentoitonthebusoryourbikewhenyougotowork.
’scoolbehindyou
It’stwoo’isshinningandit’astomeet
hermotheratthetrainstation.
Nowshe’swalkinginthestreet．Therearenotreesandshe’sfat．Soshefeelsvery
hot．Butshedoesn’tfindaboywalkingjustbehindher．Andshemeetsafriendand
says“hello”tohim“．Who’
stheboybehindyou？”askstheman．Nowsheseestheboy．Sheisangryandasks,“Why
areyouwalkingbehindme,boy?”“Thneore’sshadeinthestreet,youknow.”answersthe
boy．“It’scoolbehindyou,Ithink.”
’sHobby
MydadworksfromMondaytoFridayinabank．isvery
importantinthebank.
endshecooksdinner．UsuallyhecooksItalian
food．OnSundayshemakesfivepiecesofpizza．Sometimeshecookschickenandmakes
Chinesefood．Mymumwatchesandhelpshim．Ihelpmydad,too．Iwashthedishes.
Manypeoplethinkitisstrangeforamantocook．Butmydadenjoyshishobby．Cookingrelaxes
him．Heisaweekendcook.
’tthinkso
Jackisagoodboybuthedoesn’tliketou．seHheisohfteeandsayssomethingwithou
ridayMr．Blacks
illi．naAnhdosJpaitcakl’smotherwillseehimafter
dinn．er“IJack.“You’rearudeboy．Ican’t
takeyouthere.s
hismother．“Don’tworry,mu．mIwon’tdothataga．iPnleasebelieveme．”says
Jac．kInthehospital,Jacksaysnothingatfirst．Whenthey’releaving,hesaysto
,“Youlookfine．Thedoctorsaysyou’regoingtodie,butIdon．’”tthinkso
aysinaweek
stdayof
makesothersunhappy.
Mr．Blackteachesmathina
school．He’doesn’tgotowork,
becausehe’wanttobetherewith
say
aweekisSunday．TheotherdaysofaweekbetweenSundayand
SaturdayareMonday,Tuesday,isthesecondday,
Tuesdayisthethirdday,Wednesdayisthefourthday,Thursdayisthefifth
day,’sthelastday？Doyouknow?
ialFriend
IhaveafriendintheU.S．HisnameisDonAdams．Iknowhimverywell,butIhave
ill
vedaletterfromDon
mingtomycountryforavisitnextsummer．Weare
goingtoseeeachotherforthefirsttime.
MyLife
Myfamilylivesonthisstreet．Inthemorning,myfathergoestoworkandallthechildrengo
toschool．Mymothertakesustoschooleveryday．Shedoesthehousework．Shealwayshasher
lunchathome,andseesherfriendsintheafternoon．Intheeveningallthechildrencomehome
waysgethomeearly．Myfathergoeshomefromworkandheisoften
late．AftersuppermytwobrothersandIdoourhomework．Wegotobedatten.
Passage22．TheSea
Whatdoknowaboutthesea？Somepeoplehaveseenitbutothershaven．These’talooks
beher
thingsdoyouknowaboutit?Ofcourse,theseaisverylarge．Intheworldthereismoresea
thanland．Ifyouhaveswuminthesea,carrysaltfrom
thelandintothesea．Someplacesoftheseaaresaltierthantheotherplaces．Doyouknow
theDeadSea?Itissosaltythatyoucan’tsinkwhenyouareinthewater!Andfishcannot
liveinit!
oungPioneer
LiHuaisaYongPioneer．Heisgoingtothepark．lyhe
somepeople,“Whosewatchisit?”Butthewatchisn’t
th．eirSsohegivesthewatchtoapoliceman.
NowLiHuagetsonthebus．Heissittingnearthewindow．Anoldwomangetsonthe
bus．Shehasnoseat．Sohestandsupandsays,“Hereisaseatforyo．u,PGleraansneysit
here”
se
Thereareallkindsofhorsesintheworld．Butoneofthemyoucan．’Ittdroideesn’tlive
onland,sliketheheadofhorse．Sothepeoplecallitseahorse．In
fact,theseahorseisasmallfish．Itlikestoliveinwarmwater．Aseahorsestandsupin
thewaterwhenitswims.
Fatherhorsecarriestheeggstokeepthemsafeinitspouch．Whentheeggsarehatched,the
babyhorsesswimaway.
daBird
Therearethreetreesnearthehouse．Thereisabigtree,andtwosmalltrees.
Inthebigtreethereisabird．Canthebirdsing?Yes,itcan．What’sunderthebigtre?eIt’
sacat.
“Iwantsomefood,”thinksthe．ca“tBird,mygoodfriend,Comehere!It’stimetoplay
games”saysthecat.
“Notoday,thankyou!”saysthebird,“Youcan’!Gtcoaotdcbhyme!e”Look!Thebirdis
flying!
gFox
Aflyingfoxisnotafoxatall．Itisabat．Butthisbatlookslikeafox．Aflyingfox
isverybig．Itlikestoeatfruit．Sometimestheflyingfoxiscalledfruitbat.
Theflyingfoxfliesintofruittrees．Thenthebateatsallthefruit．Sofruitfarmersdo
notliketheflyingfox.
Birds
Birdsdon’tflyhighupinthes．kyTheairistoothin.
rdoesn’lynearthe
groundsothattheycanseewheretheyare．Thebirdslookforplacestheyknow．Thentheydo
notgetlost．Somebirdsflysolowovertheoceanthatthewavesoftenhidethem．Manybirds
flyalongdistanceinthespringandautumn.
Airisallaroundus．Itisaroundusaswewalkandplay．Fromthetimewewerebornairis
aroundusoneveryside．Whenwesitdown,itisaroundus．Whenwegotobed,airisalso
aroundus．Weliveinair．Wecanlivewithoutfoodorwaterforafewdays,butwecannot
liveformorethanafewminuteswithoutair．Wetakeinair．Whenweareworkingorrunning
weneedmoreair．Whenweareasleep,weneedlessair．Weliveinair,butwecannotsee
it．airiscalledwind．Howcanwemakeair
move?Hereisoneway．Holdanopenbookinfrontofyourface,closeitquickly．Whatcanyou
feel?Whatyoufeelisair.
TherearemanyclocksintheBrown．’ockstandsina
cornerofthesittingroom．Itisavery,veryoldclock,butitstillkeepsgood
time．Mr．Brownwindsitonceaweek.
Passage30．Swimming
Swimmingisagoodsport．It’spopu．laPreoplelikeswimmingbecausethewatermakes
peoplefeelcool．Butiftheyswiminawrongplace,itisverydangerous．Theseyears,some
peoplediedwhentheywereenjoyingthemselvesinwaterandmostofthemwerestudents．Summer
holidaywillbethereagain．Iwanttogiveyousomeadvice．First,don’tgetintothe
waterwhenyouarealone．Second,don’tgetintothewaterifthereisaNoswimming
si．gnThird,youshouldbecarefulinthewater．Ifyourememberthese,swimmingwillbesafe
andit’sgoodforyourhealth.
ngtiger
WeusedtohaveacatcalledTiger．Hewasabeautifultabbywithagreatdealof
character．Hewasanaturalhunter,andverysoonnomousedaredtoshowitsfaceinourhouse.
UnfortunatelyTigeralsousedtocatchalotofbirdsandthismadehimveryunpopularwithsome
oftheneighbors．Ondayday,justafterhissecondbirthday,Tigerdisappeared．Perhapshewas
runoverbyacar,foratthattimewelivednearabusystreet．Althoughweofferedareward,
weneverdiscoveredwhathadhappenedtohimandweneversawhimagain.
Jimgetsupat6:30．Hishomeisnearhisschool．Heleaveshomeat7:ginclassat
8:00．Hehaslunchathome．Afterlunchheplaysgameswithhisclassmates,intheafternoon,
Jimhasthreeclasses．Heleavesschoolat4:30.
seBoy
I’maChinesebo．yMynameisChenDong．Iamtwelve．Ihavetwosisters．Mysistersand
Iareallstudents.
Myfatherisateacher．HeisaChineseteacher．HeteachesinNo．19MiddleSchool．My
mother
isateacher,too．SheteachesEnglishintheNo．’sFamily
Apictureisonmydesk．ThisisapictureofJimmily．’TshfeamanisJim’sf．athAewr
omanisbehindJim．Sheishismother．Theyareteachers．Agirlisinthepicture,
isJim’y
aren’tinthesamegrade．Theylookliketheirmother．TheyareEnglish.
se
Ourhomeisneartheschool．Wehaveahouse．It
isagoodhouse．Thehousehasthreerooms．One
isalivingroom．Theothertwoarebedrooms．Inthelivingroomthereisatableandsix
resomeflowersonthetable．Thereisagardeninfrontofthehouse．Our
houseisn’t
big,butwelikeit.
itor
ThisisLin．SheisfromBeijing．sshecananswerthe
teacher’squestionvseryquickly．Linlovesherclassmatesandoftenhelpsthemwiththeir
odysayssheisaverygoodmonitor.
oom
Thisismybedroom．Therearetwowindowsinit．Nearthewindowtherearesomered
flowers．AmapofChinaisonthewall．Youcanseefourshoesandabasketballundermy
bed．Therearetrousersandacoatonthebed．reare
threelightsinmybedroom．Oneisonmydesk,andtheothertwoarenearmybed.
ofmeat
Adoghasalargepieceofmeatinhismouth．Nearthewaterhelooksdownandseeshimselfin
thewater．Hethinksitisanotherdog．Thatdoghasalsoalargepieceofmeatinhis
mouth．Hesaystohimself,“anhavetwopieces.”Heopens
hismouthtobarkandhismeatgoesdownintothewater.
ssroom
Ourclassroomisbrightandclean．Butitisnotbig．Therearetwenty-threedesksandchairs
init．Theyarenew．There’sabigdeskinfrotnoftheclassroom．It’sforour
refivepicturesontherightwall．There’samapoftheworldandamapof
Chinaontheleftwall.
Besidethewindowthere’sabo．okTshheerlefaremanybooksonit．Ourclassroomisvery
lessonshere．Welikeourclassroom.
Passage40．Ourschool
Thisisourschool．Therearemanyclassroomsin
reeighthundredstudentsandsixty—nineteachersinourschool．Therearemany
treesandflowersinit．Alltheteachersandstudentslikeourschoolverymuch.
fourclassesinthemorningandtwointhe
afternoon.
Ourclassroomisbigandclean．Wehavelessonshere．Wedoourhomeworkathome.
Allthestudentsstudyhard.
ay
It’snefitoday．Tomandhisfamilyareatapark．Themaninwhiteishisfather．Heis
standingbythelakeandlookingattheboats．Thewomaninblueishismother．Sheissitting
onthegrass．BesidehismotherisAlice,hissister．Sheiseatingcake．Theparkisbig,and
therearemanytreesandflowersinit．Theyarehavingagoodtime.
ouse
Anoldwomanhasacat．Thecatisnowveryold．Shecannotrunfast,andshecannotbite．One
daytheoldcatseesamouse．cannotbiteit．Sothe
mousegetsoutofhermouthandrunsaway.
Thentheoldwomanisveryangrybecausethecatcannotkillthemouse．Shebeginstobeatthe
cat．Thecatsaystoher,to
me．WhenIwasyoung,Idid
goodworkforyou.
yfox
Ahungryfoxisfromaforest．Hearrivesatavillage．Hewantstofindsomefood．Hecomes
toahouseandpullsthedoor．Butitlocked．Heseesthereisaheninside.
“HelloI’llcometovisityou,”hetells．“theIkhneonwthatyouareill．Comeoutand
letmetakeyourtemperature.”
“Thankyou,”saysthehen.“Ihaveaheadache．ButifIcomeout,youwillkillme.
chOther
Look!Kateisflyingabirdkite．Oh,herkiteisinthetree．’
tclimbupthetree．LiLeiandJimarecominghere．LiLeiishelpingher．Heisgettingthe
kitefromthetree．Buthecan’tgetd．owJnimishelpingLiLei．LiLeiisjumpingtothe
wall．,Jim,andLiLeiaremendingthekiteunderthe
tree．Theyaregoodfriends.
ther
TheweatherinShanghaiisnotalwaysgood．Inwinteritisoftencoldandwet．Insummerit
Don’．tBbeefaritemndely
isveryhot．Springisverybeautiful．Itisnotverycold,butwehavealotofrainin
spring．Autumnisthebestseason．Thedaysareclearanddryanditissunnyandwarmallthe
time.
TheweatherinShanghaiissometimeswarmerthaninBeijing．ButinsummeritiscoolerinBeijing
thaninShanghai.
’sHaepnping?
Itisinautumn．Ayoungmancomestoaforest．He’swalkingbesidethefores．tOnhis
rightisariver．Onhisleftistheforest．Suddenlyheseestwogreeneyeslookingathim
fromthetrees．Atigerisgettingreadytojumponhim.
Whatdoeshedo?Hemustjumpintotheriver．Intheriverthereisabigcrocodile．Itsmouth
isverybig．Theyoungmancloseshiseyes．youngmanopens
hiseyes．Nowthetigerisinthemouthofthecrocodile.
oos
TherearemanykangaroosinAustraliaandnotonly
seethemeverywhereoutsideofthecitiesandtowns．Whentheywanttohavea
restontheirtails,kangaroosarealsoverygoodatlookingaftertheirbabies．mother
kangarooskeeptheirbabiessafeintheirpockets.
fShoes
isshoesfallsontotheground,
otpickitup,thenhetakesofftheotherandthrowsitnearthe
fallenshoe．Aboybesidehimaskshim,“Whydoyoudothat?”Heanswers,“Ifamanpicks
t
hemaygetapairofshoes.”
Passage49．WegettheWrongcar!
OnedaymywifeandIgoshoppingatashop．Westopthecarinfrontoftheshop．Anhour
laterwecomebacktothecarwithmanythings．Butwecannotopenthecardoor．“Oh,
dear,”saysmywife．“Whatshallwedo?”“Let’saskthatpoliceman!”The
policem．anAcfoemwestohelpusminuteslater,hegetsthedooropen．Justatthatmomentaman
comesupandshouts,“Whyareyouopeningmycardoor?”Welookatthenumberofthecarand
ourfacesturnred.
Passage50．Thankyou.
Manypeopleliketosay“Thankyou”whenothershelpthemorsaysomethingkindtothem．It
isaverygoodhabit.
Youshouldsay“Tyhoaunk”whensomeonepassesyouthesaltonthetable,whensomeoneis
walkingaheadofyoukeepsthedooropenforyou,whensomeonesaysyouhavedoneyourworkwell,
oryouhaveboughtsomethingniceoryourcityisverybeautiful．Thankyouisusednotonly
betweenfriends,butalsobetweenparentsandchildren,brotherandsister．Let’slearnto
sayThankyou.
Passage51．TheSun
Thereisnothingmoreimportantinlifethanthesun．Withoutthesunalllivingthingson
Earthwoulddie.
Thesunisastar．Intheskytherearethousandsofstarslikethesun．Theyareaslargeas
thesunandashotasthesun．Atnightyoucanseemanystars,butinday-timeyoucanonlysee
onestar-thesun．Thesunismuchnearertousthananyotherstars．Thatiswhyitlookslike
thebiggestandbrightestofallthestars．ThedistanceofthesunfromtheEarthisasmuch
as150millionkilometers．Mostofthestarsarethousandsoflightyearsawayformthe
Earth．Doyouknowwhatalightyearis?
travels300,000kilometersasecond．Onelightyearisthedistancethatlighttravelsinone
year.
Passage52．AirJordan
MichaelJordan(1963-)isoneofthemostfamousbasketballplayersintheworld．Hewasbornin
Brooklyn,NewYork．Hedidn’tliketotalkabouthimse．lfHewasalsoveryshort．Hedidn’
tplayverywellwhenhejoinedthebasketballteaminhishighschoolatfirst．Butthenext
yearthingschangedgreatlyforhim,ashegrewmuchtaller．MichaelJordanbecamefamouswhen
hejoinedtheuniversitybasketballteaminNorthCarolina．Michaelusedhisquicknessand
strengthtoreachthebasketagainandagain．HeplayedsowellthatpeoplecallhimAir
Jordan．Aftercollege,MichaelbecameamemberoftheChicagoBullbasketballteam．TheNBA
amedRookieoftheyearin1985andthemost
ValuablePlayerin1987．Heoncesetarecordbygetting63pointsinonegame.
Passage53．TheStrongestPowerintheWorld.
Onedayagreatgeneralaskshissoldiers,“Whatisthestrongestpowerintheworld?”
soldiersputuptheirhands．Theywanttoanswerthequestion．Thegeneralasksthefirstman
tospeak．Thefirstmanisyoungerthantheotherthree,andhe．Hes’ays,no“tstMroyngunis
the
strongest．Itcankillanyone.”“．TNhaenxkt,ypoleuase.”Thesecondmanisvery
s．trHonegsays,”Idon’thinkthat’．stSruoeldiersuseguns．Soasoldieristhe
strongest.”Thethirdmansays,
Soldiersuseguns,butourgeneralgivesorders．SoIthinkourgeneralisthestrongest.”
Thefour
manistheoldest．Hesays,”Loveisthestrong．esWtithlove,peopledon’tneedguns.”
Thegenerasaysnothing．Hetakesoutamedalandgivesittohim.
Passage54．WhoistheGod?
Tomlikessweetsverymuch．Buthismothernevergiveshimany,becauseshethinkstheyarebad
forhisteeth．ButwhenTom’sunclegiveshimsome,shealwaysletshimeattheswe．etsShe
wantstomakeherbrotherhappy.
Oneevening,afewdaysbeforeTom’sbirthday,hperawyainsginhisbedroom．“Please,
God,”heshouted．“Letthemgivemeabogboxofsweetsasmybirthdaypresent.”His
heardthisandcameintotheroom．“Whyareyoushouting,Tom?”s．he“asGkoedcanhear
youquitewell,evenwhenyoutalkquietly.”“Iknow,”answeredthecleverboy,“but
m
nextroomcan’t.”
Passage55．Kites.
Doyouknowhowtoflyakite?Doyouknowhowtomakeakite?Canyoudescribetheshapesof
kites?Today,peopleallovertheworldmakeandflykitesforfun.
Kitewerethefirstflyingmachines．PeopleinChinausedkitesasflymachinesmorethan2000
yearsago．InMarcoPolo’sreport,theChineseusedbigkitestocarrypeopleupintothe
sky.
Theideaofkiteshelpedpeopletomakeplanes．In1894inAustralia,LawrenceHargravemade
fourverybigkites．Thesefourkitesliftedhim5metresintotheair．Today,thewingsof
planesarejustlikekites.
Nowpeoplearoundtheworldusekitesinfestivals．Kitescanhaveallkindsofcolorsand
shapes,butthemostimportantthingistoflywell.
Passage56．Aninterestingnewspaper
EverymorningMikegoestoworkbytrain．Ashehasalongtrip,healwaysbuysa
newspaper．Ithelpstomakethetimepassmorequickly.
OneTuesdaymorning,hetrunedtothesportspage．Hewantedtoreadthereportaboutanimportant
footballmatch．Thereportwassointerestingthatheforgottogetoffathisstation．He
didn’tknowitunitlhesawthesea．Hegotoffatthenextstation,andhadtowaitalong
timeforatraintogoback．Ofcourse,hegottotheofficeverylate,Hisbosswasveryangry.
Passage57．Fall
Inthefall,leavesdroptotheground．Manytreeshavenutsorfruits．Animalsmaybeginto
storefood．Somebirdscollectnutsandcornstostore．Otherbirdsflytoawarmerplacefor
thewinter．Theywon’treturnuntilthesprin．gDaysbecomeshorter．Coldweatheris
coming．Thefurofmanyanimalsgetsthickerbecausetheyneedathickcoattoprotectthem．People
alsowearwarmerclothingandprepareforwinter．Insomeareastheremayberainorevensnow,
butinfallfarmersharvesttheircrops．Peoplelookforwardtofallformanyreasons．Themost
importantoneisthatfallistheharvestseason.
Passage58．Pandas
Pandasarelovelyanimals．MostofthemliveinthedeepforestsofSichuanProvinceinChina．They
havewhitefur,thoughtheirshoulders,legs,earsandeyesareblack．Pandasareusuallyvery
heavy,someofthemcanbeabout1.5meterstallandweighabout
100kilograms．However,pandasareveryagile,theycanclimbtreesaseasilyassomeother
creaturesdo．Pandashavebig,sharpteethandlivemainlyonbambooleaves．Everydayeach
grown-uppandaeatsabout15-30kilogramsofbambooleavesandtheyusuallyspend10-12hours
eating．heirhobbiesareclimbingtreesand
sleeping．Sadly,therearenotmanypandasleftintheworldbecausesomepeoplekeepcutting
downtrees,nesegovernmentisdoingits
besttoprotectpandasfrombeingharmedorkilled.
Passage59．Bookson“Howto”
BooksonhowtodothingsareverypopularinAmericatoday．Thereareaboutfourtofivethousand
kindsofbooksaboutthemoney．Anothermaytellyouhowtosaveorspendit．Andanothermay
explainhowtogiveyourmoneyaway.
Some“Howto”bookstellyouhowtochooseawayofmakingalivingandhowtosucceedin
it．However,ifyoufail,youcanbuyabookwhichiscalled“How
toturnaFailureintoaSuccess.”Ifyouwouldliketobecomeveryrich,youcanbuythe
book
tomakeaMillion.”Ifyounevermakeanymoneyatall,youmayneedabookcalledonnothing.”
Ifyouareunhappywithyourlife,youcanread“How
toLoveEveryMinuteofYourLife.”Thereisevenabookcalled“Howtokillyourself.
Passage60．ThePianistandanOldWoman
Johnwasaveryfamouspianist．Whenhewasasmallboy,heonceplayedatapartyinthehome
ofarichman．Hewasonlyeightyearsold,buthehadplayedthepianoforseveralyears．At
edwonderfully．Thefamouspiecehas
severallongrestsinit．Ineachoftheserestshetookhishandsawayfromthepianoand
waited．Tohimthiswasveryexciting,butthemotheroftherichmanthought
differently．Finally,duringoneoftheserestsshecameovertohim．Shetouchedhimonthe
head,smiledandsaid,
“
M
boy,whydon’tyouplayuswhatyouknowwell?”
Passage61．Thefavoritecoat.
Mr．Smithhadanice,bluecoat．Heloveditverymuch,buthiswifedidnl’iketitbecause
itwas
old．Sheoftensaid,“Giveittoapoorma．lw”ayMsrsaid,“No,
Ilikethiscoat.”The
dayacigarettefellonitandmadeaholeinit,soMrs．Smithsaid,“Pleasedon’twear
itagain.”Mr．Smithtookitto
asmalltailor’sshopandsathidettoailor,“Pleasemakeanothercoatjustlikethisone.”
madethecoatverycarefully,thenhelitacigaretteandmadeaholeinitinthesameplace.
Passage62．Noise
MissGraylivedaloneinanapartmenthouse．Shewasoldanddidnotlikenoiseatall．One
dayayoungmanmovedintotheroomaboveher．Helooksquiet,MissGraythought．However,at
threeo’clockthenextmorning,MissGraywaswokenupbythebarkingofadog．Shethought,
I’veneverheardadogherebefore．Itmustbelongtothenewmanintheroomaboveme．So
hetelephonedtheyoungman,saidsomenastythingstohimaboutthedog,thenhungupthe
telephonebeforehecouldanswer．Atthreeo’clockthenextmorning,MissGray’s
gte．lepWhhoennesrahneanswered,the
youngmansaid,“I’mtheman．upIs’tairvsecalledtotellyouthatIhaven’tgota
dog.”
Passage63．TheDiet.
Mrs．Tanisworriedaboutherweight,soshegoes
toseeadoctor．“Oh,I’mtoofat,Ineedtolosealotofweight.”“Itisn’t
difficulttol
doctorsays．“Allyouneedtodoisgoonadiet．I’llgiveyouone.”Thedoctortakes
outapieceofpaperandwrites“Eatlotsoffruitandvege．taAbllesso,eatalot
ofleanmeatandgrains.”Thedoctorhandsthepaper
toMrs．Tan．“Eatallthosethingsandyou’llsoonloseweight.”
Afewweekslater,Mrs．Tan’sfriendvisitshe．rHerfriendissurprisedtoseethat
Mrs．Tanisevenfatterthanbeforeandsheiseatingahugesandwichwithchocolateandice
cream.u
“I
wereonadiet,”herfrien．d“saOysh,Iam.”．TMarnsanswers．“I’vealreadyhadall
thefoodonmydiettoday．NowI’mhavingmydinner.”
Passage64．ACheapMea
Amangoesintoarestaurantandsitsdownatoneofthetables．Awaitercomesuptohimand
giveshimthemenu．Themanreadsitcarefully,thenheordersallthemostexpensive
mallboycomesintotherestaurantandsitsattheman．Thewai’tersctoamblees
upandsaystotheman,“Whatwillyourlittleboylike,sir?”“Oh,justanicecream．,
Afterh”efinthisehmesanhistellshim
meal,themanstandsupandsaystothewaiter,“I’mjustgoingouttobuya
newspaper.
therestaurant．Thewaitergivestheboyanicecream．Theboyeatsit,andthenstandsupand
terrunstowardshim．“Excuseme,”shaeys,“butyourfather
hasn’tcomebackandhehasn’tpaidforhismealoryouricecre．amYou’dbetterstay
hereuntilyourfathercomesbackandpayshisbill.”“He’snotmyfather,．“T”
hetmheanbcoaymseauypstomeinthestreetandaskedmeifIlikedicecream．ItoldhimI
did．Thehetoldmetocomeintotherestaurantatnine
o’clockandsitathistabl．eHesaidhewouldgivemeone.
Passage65．Computers
puterisfastandnevermakes
mistakes,whilepeopleareslowandoftenmakemistakes．That’swhatpeopleoftensaywhen
yyears,scientistshaveimprovedcomputers．Nowacomputer
candoalotofeverydayworkquitewell,andpeoplecanuseacomputerinmanyways．Many
computerscientistsarenowthinkingofmakingthecomputer“think
aman．Withthehelpofaperson,acomputercandrawpictures,writemusic,talkwith
people,andsoon．e66．TwoAmerican
Presidents
ents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVan
Buren．Theytrytoexplaintopeoplehowtheword“O．K”Wecdaomne’frotmknowifeither
storyis
true,buttheyarebothinteresting.
portantpaperscameto
Jackson,hetriedtoreadhemoraskedhismentotellhimwhattheysaid．Ifheagreed,he
wouldwrite“Allcorrect”onthePa．peTrheproblemwasthathedidnotknowhowto
spell．So
OtherssaidthatPresidentVanBurenwasbornin
Kinderhook,NewYork．VanBuren’sfriendsorganized
aclubtohelphimbecomepresident．TheycalledtheclubOldKinderhookClub．Anyoneinthe
clubwascalled“OK”.
Passage67．Asecondlanguage.
Oneday,themotherratandherbabieswerehaving
herratnoticedthe
catcomingnear．Themotherratandherbabiesalltried
torunawayatonce．Theyhurriedtotheirhome．Itwasunderthetree．Butthebabyrats
wereafraidofthecat．Theycouldn’trunveryf．asTthecatcamecloserandcloser．She
wouldcomeatthem．“WhatshallIdo?”thoeumghothter．Justatthatmomentthemotherrat
stoppedrunning,turnedaroundandshoutedattherat,．B“owBwoowww!”owjustlikeanangry
dog．Thecatwasso
surprisedandafraidthatsheranaway．Themotherratturnedtoherbabies,
“Nowyouseehowimportantitistolearnasecondlanguage!”
Passage68．Thesnowman
It'swinternow．It’sverycoldinthemornin．gIt'sallwhiteoutsidebecauseitsnowed
yesterday．Mr．DogwantstowatchTV．ButMissCatsays,"Ohdear!It'sverynice
outside．Let's
makeasnowman."Makingasnowmanisn’tveryeasy,sotheywork．haOrdh,hownicethe
snowman!shishatonthesnowman'shead．Afterthat,theyarevery
hungry．Theirlunchissomefish,somebonesandabigcake．s,"It'sthemiddle
like
hewroteOLKorektinsLteaatedritwasshortenedtoOK”.
oftheday．’sgivethecaketohim.""All
right!"snowmanisn'tthere．Theycanonlyseethehat．Whereishe?
Passage69．Luckyorunlucky
WhenBarbarawasfishing,shedroppedherwatch.
Itfellintothewater．Barbarawassadbecauseitwasherbestwatch.
Thenextday,Barbarawentfishingagain．Sheputherhookintothewater．Whenshepulledit
up,therewasherwatch!Itwascaughtonherhook.
Barbaradidn’tcatchbutshewash．apsphyehadherwatchback.
Passage70．TheGreatWallofChina
TheGreatWallofChinaisthelongestwallintheworld．Itisabout6,000kilometerslong,7
metershighand5meterswide．TheGreatWallwasbuiltmorethantwentycenturiesago．Itwas
verydifficulttobuildsuchagreatwallwithoutanymodernmachines．Thousandsofmendied
whiletheywerebuildingthewall.
HaveyoueverbeentotheGreatWall？Itisveryfamousintheworld．Manyforeignerscometo
visititeveryyear．Theylikeitverymuch.
’sglasses
Helen’seyesightwasnotverygood,sosheusuallyworeglass．esButwhenshewasseventeen
yearsoldandbegantogooutwithayoungman,sheneverworeherglasseswhenshewaswith
him．Whenhecametothedoortotakeherout,shetookherglassesoff,andwhenshecamehome
andheleft,sheputthemonagain.
Onedayhermothersaidtoher,“ButHelen,whydoyouneverwearyourglasseswhenyou
arewith
Jim?Hetakesyoutobeautifulplacesinhiscar,butyoudon’tseeanything.”
“Well,Mother,”saidHelen,“IlookprettiertoJimwhenIamnotwearingmyglassesand
helooksbettertome,too.”Passage72．Adesert
Adesertisaverydryplace．Itdoesnotrainthereverymuch．Adesertisveryhot,
too．Onlyafewplantscangrowindeserts．Onlyafewanimalscanlivethere．Thoseplants
andanimalsdon’tneed
muchwatertolive．Anddon’tmindwhenitisho．tCanyouliveinadesert?Whyorwhy
not?
Passage73．Animal’shome
Everybodyhasahome．Peopleliveinmanydifferentkindsofhouses．Animals
havedifferentkindsofhomes,too.
Someanimalsliveinholesundertheground．Thewoodchucklivesundertheground．Hishome
hastwodoors．Ifanenemycomesintoonedoor,
uirrelsbuildnestshighintrees．Somebirdslivein
holesintrees．Mostofthebirdsliveinnests．Crowsbuildtheirnestshighintrees．But
hawksbuildtheirnestshighinthemountains.
Passage74．AnOuting
TheSmithsliketogooutforatriponSundays．ThisSundaytheywanttogototheWest
dMike,theirsons,getupveryearlyinthemorning．Jackputsonashirtand
jeans,hatthey
helptheirmotherdothehousework．Theyputbread,meat,
eggsandsomefruitinabasketandcarryittothecar．Mrs．Smithalsotakesfourtinsof
cokewithher．Thelittledogisrunningafterher．Itwantstogowiththem,too．Theyare
allveryhappy.
Passage75．Gofishing
OnesummerholidayIwasintheforestbymyself．Iwentdowntofishintheriver．SoonIgot
eardagreatnoise．There,rightbehindme,satabigblackbear!Wildanimals
areafraidofanyquickmove．SoImovedveryslowly．Thebearwatchedme．Buthesatstill．I
tookthefishandthrewittohim．Heateitatonce．NowwhatwasIgoingtodo?I’dbetter
goonfishing,rthoughtso,too．SoonIgotanotherfish．Iwentovertohim
andputthefishintohisbigredmouth．tIwasafraid
tostop．ThenIbegantolikedoingit．Hewassofriendly．Wheneveningcame,thebearstood
upandturnedawayfromme.
Passage76．TheCandyKing
Oncecandywasnotmadeforchildren．Inonecountry,almost5,000yearsago,candywasmadeonly
forkings．Today,childrenarethecandykings.
Haveyouevereatenlicorice?Peopleinancienttimesatelicorice,too．Theydidthinkoflicorice
ascandyatfirst．Theyatelicoricetokeepthemstrongandwell．Insomecountries,people
atelicoricetomakethembeautiful!Later,peopleateitjustbecauseittastedgood!Allcandywas
madebyhanduntil1845．Inthatyear,amanmadeacandymachine．Bythe1900s,candywassold
allovertheworld．Today,candycompaniessayapersoneatsfrom15to30poundsofcandya
year．Morethan2,000differentkindsofcandyaremade!Howmanykindsdoyoueat,candyking?
Passage77．Yawn
Sometimespeoplefeelsleepy．Theycan'tstayinterestedinwhattheyaredoingandtheyopen
theirmouthswidequickly．Wecallthisayawn．Itmakesaprettysillyface．Whydopeople
doit?Scientistdonotknowmuchaboutyawns．Buttheyhavesomeideas．Ourbodiesgettired．Our
mindsgettired,too．Atiredmindneedsair．Soweyawn．Thequickyawntakesinair．And
theairwakesupourmind．Butnotforlong．Watchout!Herecomesanotheryawn.
Passage78．Twothieves
Mikewastakentothepolicestationandputinaroomwithanotherthief,anolderman．This
manlookedatMikeandsaid,"Whyhavetheybroughtyouhere?""Istoleasmallradioonedayafter
mylessons,"saidMike．ThemanlaughedrudelyatMike．"Youshouldstealsomethingwhichis
worthalotifyouwanttobeathief．Yououghttostealsomethingreallyvaluable,whichyou
canbeproudof,sothatyournameisputinthenewspaper．Goandstealalotofmoneyfroma
banknexttime!"Mikethoughtforafewsecondsandthensaid,"Ican'tdothat.""Whycan'tyou?"
saidtheoldthief."Areyouafraid?""No,"saidMike．"Iamnotafraid,butthebanksallclose
atthreeo'clock,andmylessonsdon'tfinishtillfour."
Passage79．AGiantKite
Davidalwayslikedkites．Whenhebecameeighteen,hisfathergavehimagiantkite．Itwasso
largethathethoughtitcouldcarryhimupintotheair.
Davidtiedaropefromthekitetoaboat．Hegrabbedontothekiteandtoldthepersoninthe
boattostartpulling．SoonDavidwasglidingthroughtheair.
TheboatpulledDavidandhiskiteforfourhours．Whentheboatstopped,Davidsplashedinto
thewater．Hesaidthatithadbeenalotoffun.
Passage80．Onceayear
Tomfinishedschoolwhenhewaseighteenyearsold．Hewantedtoworkatabankinthe
city．Hewenttothebankandaskedforworkthere.
Amantookhimintoasmallroomandgavehimquestionsonapieceofpaper．Tomwrotethe
answeronthepaperinahurry．Themanlookedforafewminutes,andthensaid,"Wasyour
birthdayonthe12thofDecember,Tom?""Yes,sir."Tomsaid．"Whatyear?"theman
asked．“Oh,onceayear,sir．"Tomsaid.
Passage81．AnewDiet
Almaandhermotherwerewalkinghomewhenasmalldogbeganfollowingthem．Therewasanote
tiedtothedog'scollar．Almareadthenote,itsaid,"MynameisLady．Myownercannotkeep
me．MayIbeyourpet?"
Almashowedthenotetohermother．"MayIkeepthedog?"sheasked．Thepuppylookedlikea
nicedog．Mothersaidthattheycouldkeepit．AlmaandLadywerehappy．Almahadanewpet,
andLadyhadanewhome.
Passage
82．TheFrogThatChangescolor
Birdsliveintrees．Squirrelsliveintrees．Butdoyouknowthatsomefrogsliveintrees,
too?
Thetreefrogishardtofind．Thisfrogcanchangecolor．Ongreenleaves,itstays
green．Onabrownbranch,itturnsbrown．Sometreefrogscanchangefromgreentogoldor
blue.
Treefrogshavelegsandwidefeet．Theyhavestickypadsattheendsoftheirtoes．These
stickytoepadskeepthetreefrogsfromfalling．Treefrogshavedifferentcolorsandmarkings
ontheirskin．Theireyesaredifferent,too．Somegreeneyes,somegray．Somefrogs'eyes
aregold,andsomearebrightred.
Thesoundstheymakeinspringandsummeraredifferent,too．Onefrogmakesasoundlikeadog
barking．Anotherfrogmakesaloudnoiselikeasnore．Thereisevenafrogthatwhistles!
Passage83．TheCityofSanFrancisco
SanFranciscoisabeautifulAmericancity．ItliesonthewesterncoastlineoftheUnited
States．Ithaslovelyviewsandbeautifulscenery．TheGoldenGateBridge,forinstance,isa
beautifulplacetovisit．Everyday,thousandsofpeoplecometovisitandenjoyitsviews.
SanFranciscoisahillycity．Thelovelyhillsinthemiddleofthecitymakeitthemost
attractiveplace．Manypeoplewalkupanddownthehills,andsomeofthevisitorsalsoliketo
driveonthepaths．Theycanseemoreplacesthen．Therearealsovisitorswholiketotake
cablecars．Theycangetabetterviewofthecitywhilethecarsaremovingalongthetracks.
BesidestheGoldenGateBridgeandthehills,Chinatownisalsoaplaceworthseeing．Everyday
themarecomingtotasteChinesefood,Othersare
comingforChinesearticles．YoucanbuywonderfulChineseobjectsinChinatown.
Passage84．BenjaminFranklin
BenjaminFranklinlikedtostudyandlearnaboutnewthings．Onedayheheardafriendsaythat
somethingblackincolorabsorbstheheatbetterthansomethingwhiteincolor．Franklinwanted
toseeifthiswastrue.
Therewassnowonthegroundatthattime．Soheputtwolargepiecesofclothonthe
snow．Onepieceofclothwasblackincolor,whiletheotherwaswhite．Thenhewaited.
Thesunbegantoshine．Afterseveralhours,helookedunderthepiecesofcloth．Hesawthat
thesnowundertheblackclothmeltedmuchfasterthanthesnowunderthewhitecloth.
Franklinmademanyotherexperimentsandmadesomediscoveries．Healsotookanactivepartin
politics,andhewasaveryfamousAmericanstatesman．Hewasoneoftheearliestimportant
writersinAmerica．Hisautobiographywassuccessfullyandinterestinglywritten.
Passage85．Stopwriting
It'struethattheEnglishpeopleareanationofanimallovers．CharlesDickens,afamouswriter,
hadacat．Thecatwasveryfondofhismaster．Hedidn'tliketoseeDickensworkingtoo
hard．Atnight,whenthecatwantedtosay"stopwriting"tohismaster,heoftenputoutDickens'
candlewithhispaw.
Passage86．TheRobots
Robotsarebecomingabigpartofourlives．TheremaybehalfamillionrobotsintheU.S20
yearsfromnow．Thesemachinesarechangingthewayofworkthatisbeingdone．Thousandsof
robotsareusedinfactories．Theserobotsarenotliketherobotsinmovies．Theydon'twalk
ortalk．Instead,arobotmaybejustmetalarm．Therobotarmcandoacertainjobinafactory
overandoveragain．itcandojobsthatpeoplemaynotwanttodo．Arobotnevergetstired
ofdoingthesamething．Sometimesarobotgetstodomoreexcitingwork．InCanada,police
areusingarobotonwheels．Thisrobot'sjobistotakeapartbombsthatmaygooff.
Passage87．ABrokenMirrorandBadLuck.
Willyouhavebadluckifyoubreakamirror?Manypeoplebelievethis．Thereisanoldstory
aboutbreakingmirrors.
Longago,peoplehappenedtoseetheirfacesinpondsandlakes．Somepeoplewerefrightened．"That
mustbemysoul,"apersonwouldsay.
Themirrorsweremadeofshinymetal．Later,peopleusedglassmirrors．Theywerecarefulnot
tobreakthem．Breakingamirrorwouldharmthesoul．Thatishowabrokenmirrorcametomean
badluck.
Thebadluckissupposedtolastforsevenyears．Youmaynotbelievethisstory．Youmayhave
nobadluckwithmirrors．Butyoushouldhandlemirrorscarefully．Abrokenmirrorcouldcut
e88．HairandBeard.
Lucyalwayswantedtobecomeateacher,becauseshelikedchildren．Whenshewastwenty-oneyears
old,shebeganteachinginasmallschool．Shewasagoodteacher,andshelaughedalotwiththe
childreninherclass．Theyenjoyedherteaching.
Oneday,oneofthegirlsinherclassaskedher,“Whydoesaman’shairbecomegrey
befo
hearddoes?”Marylaughaenddanswered,
“Idon’tknow,Helen.”Thenoneoftheboyssaid,!Ma“n’Isknhoawirbecomesgreyfirst
because
it’ssixteenyearsolderthanhisbeard.”
Passage89．Alovelyweekend.
ItisafineSaturdaymorning．Bobandhisfamilygetuplaterthanusual,becauseheisn’t
goingtoschoolandhisfatheraren’tgoi．ngTthoewyoarrkeallstayingathome,buttheyare
notidle．Each
ofthemisdoingadifferentthing.
Bob’sfatherisinthegarag．eHeiswashinghiscar．Hismotherisinthekitchen．Sheis
mes,Bobhelpshismumwiththecooking,and
sometimeshegoestothegarageandwatcheshisfatherwashhisear．Hiselderbrother,Jack,
usuallystaysinhisstudytilllunchtime．Histwosistersarelisteningtosomebeautiful
musicwhilethey’re
cleaningthehouse．Hisyoungerbrother,Tom,istraininghispuppy．Heishavingalotof
fun．Around12:30,thewholefamilyisseatedaroundthetableenjoyingawonderfulmeal.
Passage90．Abridge.
Bridgesarebuiltformanyreasons．Somebridgesarebuiltsothatcarscancrossover
rivers．tateofWashington,Thereisaveryunusual
bridge-itwasbuiltforsquirrels.
ThetownofLongviewhasaverybusystreet．Manycarsuseiteveryday．Squirrelswerebeing
uiltabridgeforsquirrels—onethat
wouldpassabovethetraffic．Foryearsnow,thesquirrelshavebeenabletocrosssafelyfrom
onesideofthestreettotheother.
Passage91．Schoolinair
MikleisnineyearsoldandJaneisseven．TheyliveatMountEbenezer．Theirfatherhasa
bigproperty．InAustraliatheycallafarmaproperty.
MikeandJanelikeschoolverymuch．Atschooltheycantalktotheirfriends,butMikeand
Janecan’tseetheirfriend．sTheylive100,perhaps300milesaway．AndlikeMikeand
Jane,theyallgotoschoolbyradio.
MountEbenezerisinthecentreofAustralia．NotmanypeopleliveintheCentre．Schoolisa
roomathomewithatwo-wayradio．Theteacheralsohasatwo-wayradio．Everymorningshecall
eachstudentontheradio．Whenallthestudentsanswer,lessonsbegin.
Passage92.
FunnypresentsItisfuntogivefriendssomethingontheirbirthdays．LuisandBobliketogive
eachotherfunnythings．OnBob’sbirthday,Luisgavehimshoeswithpeanutsinthem．Bob
said,“IwanttogiveLuissomethingfunnytoo.”WhenLuis’birthdaycame,Bobgave．Lhuimis
aopbeignebdox
it．Intheboxtherewasabankthatlookedlikeaduck．Theduckhadahatonitsheard．Luis
andBobbothlaughed.
Passage
93．Firefighters
Thereareabout5,000firefightersinChicago．Timisoneofthem．Heisondutyeighthours
everyday．Duringhisshift,heeatsandsleepsatthefirehouse．Thefirefightershavetobe
readytoansweranalarmatanyhourofthedayornight．Mostofthealarmsareforsmall
fires．Theycanbeputoutinafewminutes.
Bigfiresareverydangerous．Mostofthetime,mes,
firefightershavetoenterburningbuildingsinordertorescuethepeopleinside.
Timhasbeenafirefighterforfiveyears．He'sproudofhimselfandofhisservice．Hedoes
exerci verydaytostaystrong.
Passage94.
Excuseme”isanothershortsentencetheyuse．Whenyouhearsomeonesay
thatbehindyou,youknowthatsomebodywantstowalkpastyouwithouttouchingyou．It’s
notpolitetointerruptotherswhentheyaretalking．Ifyouwanttospeaktooneofthem,say
“Excu
me”first,uldalsodothatwhenyoubegintocoughormakeanynoise
’slearntosayExcuseme.
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