爱华网Passage1.Woodpecker
There aremany appletrees in agarden. They’re goodfriends. Oneday an oldtree is ill.There are many pests in the tree. Leaves of thetree turn yellow. The old tree feels very sad and unwell. Anothertree sends for a doctor for him. At first, they send for a pigeon,but she has no idea about it. Then they send foran oriole,and she can’ttreat the oldtree well. Thenthey send fora woodpecker.She is a gooddoctor. She pecks a hole in the tree and eats lots of pests.At last theold treebecomes betterand better. Leaves turn green and green.
翻译：有许多苹果树在一个花园。他们是好朋友。一天,一棵老树生病了。有许多害虫在树上。树上的叶子变黄了。那棵老树感到非常伤心和不适。医生另一棵树上发送给他。起初,他们送一只鸽子,但她不知道。然后他们送金莺,她不把那棵老树。然后他们送一个啄木鸟。她是一个好医生。她一个洞,树农,吃了很多害虫。最后那棵老树变得越来越好。树叶变绿了,绿色的。
Passage 2.A Busy Day
Today is Sunday! On Sundays, I usually play theflute. My father usually reads thenewspaper. Mymotherusuallycleans the house.But today mymother is in bed. She is ill. My father has to do the housework.Now, he is cleaning the house. “Sam, can you helpme?” “Yes, Dad!” Now, we’rewashing the car. Where’s my sister, Amy? She isplaying my flute. What a lucky girl!
翻译：今天是星期天啊!星期天我通常吹笛子。我爸爸通常看报纸。我妈妈通常大扫除。但今天我的母亲是在床上。她病了。我的父亲不得不做家务。现在,他正在打扫房子。“山姆,你能帮帮我吗?”“是的,爸爸!“现在,我们正在洗车。这(那)是我的妹妹,艾米?她在我的笛子。一个多么幸运的女孩!
Passage 3.The dog and his reflection
One day a dog with a piece of meat in his mouth was crossing aplank over a stream. As he walked along, helooked into water, andhe saw his reflection. He thought this wasanother 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 heopened his mouth, the piece of meat disappeared quickly.
Passage 4.An honest boy
Tony is seven years old. He is an honest and polite boy. Oneday, it was Sunday. Tony, his sister and his mother stayed at home.He was watching TV and his sister was reading books. His mother waswashing 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.” “Whichpear doyou want,Tony?” asked his mother. “The biggest one, mum.” “What?” said hismother, “You should be polite and want the smallest one.” “Should Itell a lie just to be polite, mum?”
Passage 5.A birthday party
Today is Susan’s birthday. She is nine years old. Her friendsare in her home now. There is a birthday party in the evening.Look! Mary is listening to the music. And Tom is drinking orangejuice. Jack and Sam are playing cards on the floor. Lily and Amyare watching TV. Someone is knocking at the door. It’s Henry. Hebrings a big teddy bear for Susan. The teddy bear is yellow. Susanis very happy. All the children are happy. They sing a birthdaysong for Susan.
Passage 6.The Farmer and the Snake
It was a cold winter day. Afarmer found a snake on the ground. It was nearly dead by cold. TheFarmer was a kind man. Hepicked up the snake carefully and put it under the coat. Soon thesnake 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 mein that way. You must die.” Then he killed the snake witha stick. At last he died, too.
Passage 7.Two Young Trees
Two young trees are standing on the top of the hill. Their namesare Tim and Alan.
One day, it’s sunny and warm. Some birds are singing in thetrees. The wind blows, and the trees are talking. “What do you wantto be when you grow up?’’ asks Tim. “I’m not sure. I think I wantto 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?” saysTim, “I just want to be a tree. I want to be
a house for birds and spiders. I want to have many apples. Andwhen it’s sunny and hot, people and animals can stand underme.”
Passage 8.Hongkong is a nice place
Hong Kong is a nice place, especially in summer.July isa hot monthin HongKong. Butit’s an excellent time for swimming. There is abeautiful beach at Repulse Bay (浅水湾). To get there, you can take abus from Central. Lots of people go to the beach on Sundays andSaturdays. But if you go on a weekday, it is will be not socrowded.Visitors to Hongkong need passports. Butpeople from many countries do not needvisas. Hongkong is a niceplace for holiday. There aremany shops.
Passage 9.Water
Water is very important for living things. Without water, theremust be no life on the earth. All the plants and animals need waterto drink, to cook food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed infarms, factories, offices, schools, families and many otherplaces.
Water is found in seas, rivers and lakes. It can be foundeverywhere in the world, and it also can be found in the air.
Passage 10.Twins’ Bedroom
This is the twins’ bedroom. It is a nice room. The two beds lookthe same. This bed is Lily’s and that one is Lucy’s. The twins haveone desk and two chairs. Their clock, books and pencil-boxes are onthe desk. Their schoolbags are behind the chairs. Some nice flowersare on the desk. Some nice pictures are on the wall. Is there akite? 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 somecountries, dogs pull wagons. In the cold north, dogs pullsleds.
There are other ways that dogs help us, too. Policemen use themto look for missing people. Soldiers use them to carry letters andmedicine .On farms, dogs take care of sheep and keep them in thefields. At night, they take the sheep home. Dogs help the blindwith work. Some dogs are good and kind. Some dogs are good atanother skill.
Passage 12.The Best Job
Betty is a lazy girl. She doesn’t study hard, and she doesn’thelp her mother with the housework, either. “What are you going tobe when you grow up, Betty?” Mother asks. “You’re too lazy. No jobwill ever fit you.” “But I know one,” says the girl, “I’m going tobe Father Christmas,” “You want to be FatherChristmas?” Mother is surprised, “But why?” “Because he works onlyone day in a whole year.”
Passage 13.A Clever Monkey
A little monkey picks up a pumpkin and wants to takeit home. But thepumpkinis toobig. Themonkey can’t take it home.
Suddenly he sees a panda riding a bike towards him. He watchesthe bike. “l have a good idea. I can roll the pumpkin. It likes awheel.”
So he rolls the pumpkin to his home. When his mother sees thebig pumpkin, she is surprised and says, “How can you carry ithome?” The little monkey answers proudly, “l can’t lift it, but lcan 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 arelike people. They are born. They grow old. And they die. A star isborn from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. Theball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The youngstar grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins toget small again. At last its light goes out. The star’s life isover.
Passage 15.Radio and Television
Radio and television are very popular in the worldtoday. Millionsof peoplewatch TV.Perhaps more people listen to the radio.
The TV ismore usefulthan theradio. On TVwe can seeand hear whatis happeningin the world.However, radioisn’t lost.It is still with us. And listeners are becomingmore. That’s because a transistor radioisn’t lost.It is stillwith us. It is very easy to carry. You can putone in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or your bike whenyou go to work.
Passage 16.It’s cool behind you
It’s twoo’clock inthe afternoon. The sun is shinningand it’s veryhot. Nancyhas to meether mother at the train station.
Now she’s walking in the street. There are no trees and she’sfat. So she feels very hot. But she doesn’t find a boy walking justbehind her. And she meets a friend and says “hello” to him. “Who’sthe boy behind you？” asks the man . Now she sees the boy. She isangry and asks, “Why are you walking behind me, boy?”“There’s noshade in the street, you know.”answers the boy. “It’s cool behind you, I think.”
Passage 17.Father’s Hobby
My dad works from Monday to Friday in a bank. heuses thecomputer tocount money.His job isvery important in the bank.
Dad isalso busy athome. Atweekends he cooks dinner.Usually he cooks Italian food. On Sundays hemakes five pieces of pizza. Sometimes he cookschicken and makes Chinese food. My mum watches and helps him. Ihelp my dad, too. I wash the dishes.
Many people think it is strange for a man to cook. But my dadenjoys 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 oftensays something withou thinking.It makes others unhappy.
Mr. Black teaches math in a school. He’s old now and he likeschildren.On the Friday Mr. Black doesn’t go to work, because he’sill in a hospital. And Jack’s mother will see him after dinner.“I want to bethere withyou.” saysJack. “You’re a rude boy. Ican’t take you there.’’ says his mother. “Don’t worry, mum. I won’tdo that again. Please believe me. ” says Jack. In the hospital,Jack says nothing at first. When they’re leaving, he saysto Mr. Black,“You look fine. The doctor says you’re going to die, but I don’tthink so. ”
Passage 19.Seven days in a week
There areabout fifty-twoweeks in ayear. And thereare sevendays in eachweek. The first dayof a week is Sunday. The other days of a weekbetween Sunday andSaturday areMonday, Tuesday, WednesdayThursday andFriday. Mondayis the second day, Tuesday is the third day,Wednesday is thefourth day,Thursday isthe fifthday, and Friday is thesixth day.What’s thelast day? Doyou know?
Passage 20.My special Friend
I have a friend in the U.S. His name is Don Adams. Iknow him verywell, but Ihave nevermet him. Wewrite to eachother all thetime. Myletters are veryshort. It isstill hardfor me towrite inEnglish. I receiveda letter fromDon yesterday.It makes mevery happy.He is comingto my countryfor a visit next summer. We aregoing 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 goesto work and all the children go to school. My mother takes us toschool everyday. She does the housework. She always has her lunchat home, and sees her friends in the afternoon. In the evening allthe childrencome homefrom school.They always get home early. My father goes homefrom work and he is often late. After supper my two brothers and Ido our homework. We go to bed at ten.
Passage 22. The Sea
What doknow aboutthe sea? Somepeople have seen it but others haven’t. The sealooks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very tough whenthere is astrong wind.What otherthings do youknow about it? Of course, the sea is very large. In the world thereis more sea than land. If you have swum in the sea, you know thatthe sea is salty. Riverscarry saltfrom the landinto the sea.Some placesof the seaare saltierthan the other places. Do youknow the Dead Sea? It is so salty that youcan’t sinkwhen you arein 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 iswaiting for abus. Suddenlyhe finds awatch on theground. Heasks somepeople, “Whose watch is it?” But the watch isn’t theirs. So hegives the watch to a policeman.
Now Li Hua gets on the bus. Heis sitting near the window. Anold woman gets on the bus. She has no seat. So he stands up andsays, “Here is a seat for you, Granny. Please sit here”
Passage 24.Sea horse
There are all kinds of horses in the world. But one of them youcan’t ride. It doesn’t live on land, but in thesea. It looks like the head of horse. Sothe people call it sea horse.In fact, thesea horse is a small fish. Itlikes to live in warm water. A sea horse stands up in the waterwhen it swims.
Father horse carries the eggs to keep them safe in its pouch.When the eggs are hatched, thebaby horses swim away.
Passage 25.A Cat and a Bird
There are three trees near the house. There is a big tree, andtwo 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, Comehere! 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 batlooks 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 thefruit. So fruit farmers do not like the flying fox.
Passage 27.Flying Birds
Birds don’t fly high up in the sky. The air is too thin.
It is hardfor birdsto breathe inthin air. Thin air doesn’t holdthem 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 hidethem. 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. Fromthe time we were born air is around us on every side. When we sitdown, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. Welive in air. We can live without food or water for a few days, butwe cannot live for more than a few minutes without air. We take inair. When we are working or running we need more air. When we areasleep, we need less air. We live in air, but we cannot see it. Wecan only feel it whenit is moving.Moving air is called wind. Howcan we make air move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in frontof your face, close it quickly. What can you feel? What you feel isair.
Passage 29.Clocks
There are many clocks in the Brown’s house. They are indifferent 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 swimmingbecause the water makes people feel cool. But if they swim in awrong place, it is very dangerous. These years, some people diedwhen they were enjoying themselves in water and most of them werestudents. Summer holiday will be there again. I want to give yousome 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 tabbywith a great deal of character. He was a natural hunter, and verysoon no mouse dared to show its face in our house.
Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and thismade him very unpopular with some of the neighbors. Onday day, justafter his second birthday, Tiger disappeared. Perhaps he was runover by a car, for at that time we lived near a busy street.Although we offered a reward, we never discovered what had happenedto him and we never saw him again.
Passage 32.Jim
Jim gets up at 6:30. His home is near his school.He leaveshome at 7:30.They beginclass at 8:00. He has lunch athome. After lunch he plays games with his classmates, in theafternoon, 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 twosisters. My sisters and I are all students.
My father is a teacher. He is a Chinese teacher. He teaches inNo. 19 Middle School. My mother is a teacher,too. She teaches English in the No. 11 Middle School.
Passage 34.Jim’s Family
A picture is on my desk. This is a picture of Jim’s family. Theman is Jim’s father. A woman is behind Jim. She is his mother. Theyare teachers. A girl is in thepicture, too.She is Jim’ssister. Hername is Kate Green.Jim and hissister are inthe same school.But theyaren’t in thesame 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
is a living room. The other two are bedrooms. In theliving roomthere is atable and sixchairs. There are some flowerson the table. There is a garden in front of the house. Our houseisn’t big, but we like it.
Passage 36.Our Monitor
This is Lin. She is from Beijing. She studies veryhard.In class she can answerthe teacher’squestions very quickly. Linloves her classmates and often helps them withtheir lessons. Everybody says she is a very goodmonitor.
Passage 37.My bedroom
This is my bed room. There are two windows in it.Near thewindow there aresome red flowers. A map ofChina is on the wall. You can see four shoes and a basketball undermy bed. There are trousers and a coat on the bed. Many schoolbooksare on mydesk. Andthere arethree lightsin my bedroom. One is on my desk, and the othertwo are near my bed.
Passage 38.A Piece of meat
A dog hasa large pieceof meat inhis mouth. Near the water he looks down and seeshimself in the water. He thinks it is another dog. That dog hasalso a large piece of meat in his mouth. He says tohimself, “Iwant to gethis meat.Then I canhave two pieces.” He opens his mouth to bark and his meat goes downinto the water.
Passage 39.Our Classroom
Our classroom is bright and clean. But it is not big. There aretwenty-three desks and chairs in it. They are new. There’s a bigdesk in front of the classroom. It’s for our teachers.There arefive pictures on the right wall. There’s a mapof the worldand a mapof China onthe left wall.
Beside the window there’s a bookshelf. There are many books onit. Our classroomis very nice.We have lessons here. We likeour classroom.
Passage 40. Our school
This is our school. There are many classrooms in
it. There are eight hundred students andsixty—nine teachers in our school. There are many trees and flowersin it. All the teachers and students like our school very much.
We cometo school at seven.We have fourclasses in the morning and two in the afternoon.
Our classroom is big and clean. We have lessons here. We do ourhomework 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 inwhite is his father. He is standing by the lake and looking at theboats. The woman in blue is his mother. She is sitting on thegrass. 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 runfast, and she cannot bite. One day the old cat sees a mouse. shejumps and catches the mouse.But shecannot bite it.So the mouse gets out of hermouth and runs away.
Then the old woman is very angry because thecat cannot kill the mouse. She begins to beat the cat. The cat saysto 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 wantsto find some food. He comes to a house and pulls the door. But itlocked. He sees there is a hen inside.
“Hello I’ll come to visit you,” he tells the hen. “Iknow that youare ill. Come out and let metake your temperature.”
“Thank you,”says the hen.“I have aheadache. But if I come out, you will kill me.”
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’tclimb up the tree. Li Leiand Jim are coming here. Li Leiis helping her. He is getting the kite from the tree. But he can’tget 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 isoften cold and wet. In summer it is very hot. Spring is verybeautiful. It is not very cold, but we have a lot of rain inspring. Autumn is the best season. The days are clear and dry andit is sunny and warm all the time.
The weather in Shanghai is sometimes warmerthan in Beijing. But in summer it is cooler in Beijing than inShanghai.
Passage 46.What’s Happening?
It is in autumn. A young man comes to a forest. He’s walkingbeside the forest. On his right is a river. On his left is theforest. Suddenly he sees two green eyes lookingat 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 thereis a big crocodile. Its mouth is very big. The young man closes hiseyes. The tiger jumps overhim. And theyoung man opens his eyes. Nowthe tiger is in the mouth ofthe crocodile.
Passage 47.Kangaroos
There are many kangaroos in Australia and not only
in zoos. Youcan see themeverywhere outsideof the cities and towns. Whenthey want tohave a reston their tails, kangaroos arealso very good at looking after their babies. mother kangaroos keeptheir babies safe in their pockets.
Passage 48.A Pair of Shoes
One day an old man is taking the train to hishometown .One of his shoes falls onto the ground,but the trainstarts. Hecannot pickit up, thenhe takes off the other and throws it near the fallen shoe. A boybeside him asks him, “Why do you do that?” He answers, “If a manpicks 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 infront of the shop. An hour later we come back tothe car with many things. But we can not open the car door. “Oh,dear,” says my wife. “What shall we do?” “Let’s ask thatpoliceman!” The policeman comes to help us. A few minutes later, hegets 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 carand our faces turn red.
Passage 50. Thank you.
Many peoplelike to say“Thank you”when others help them or say something kind tothem. It is a very good habit.
You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt onthe table, when someone is walking ahead of you keeps the door openfor you, when someone says you have done your work well, or youhave bought something nice or your cityis very beautiful. Thank you is used not onlybetween friends, butalsobetweenparents andchildren, brother and sister. Let’s learn to say Thank you.
