英语短文阅读15篇(优秀)
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In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 51 —— 55, choose the most suitable one from the list A. - [G] to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.
The social sciences are flourishing. As of 20xx, there were almost half a million professional social scientists from all fields in the world, working both inside and outside academia. According to the World Social Science Report 20xx, the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11% every year since 20xx. Yet this enormous resource in not contributing enough to today s global challenges including climate change, security, sustainable development and health.
(1)_________ Humanity has the necessary aggro-technological tools to eradicate hunger, from genetically engineered crops to artificial fertilizers. Here, too, the problems are social: the organization and distribution of food, wealth and prosperity.
(2) _________This is a shame--the community should be grasping the opportunity to raise its influence in the real world. To paraphrase the great social scientist Joseph Schumpeter: there is no radical innovation without creative destruction.
Today, the social sciences are largely focused on disciplinary problems and internal scholarly debates, rather than on topics with external impact.
Analyses reveal that the number of papers including the keywords "environmental changed" or "climate change" have increased rapidly since 20xx, (3)_________
When social scientists do tackle practical issues, their scope is often local: Belgium is interested mainly in the effects of poverty on Belgium for example. And whether the community s work contribute much to an overall accumulation of knowledge is doubtful.
The problem is not necessarily the amount of available funding. (4)_________ This is an adequate amount so long as it is aimed in the right direction. Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today s economic climate.
The trick is to direct these funds better. The European Union Framework funding programs have long had a category specifically targe
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Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.' The editor at once
sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
报刊杂志的编辑常常为了向读者提供成立一些关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。去年，一位记者受一家有名的杂志的委托写一篇关于非洲某个新成立共和国总统府的文章。稿子寄来后，编辑看第一句话就拒绝予以发表。文章的开头是这样的："几百级台阶通向环绕总统的高墙。"编辑立即给那位记者发去传真，要求他核实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。
记者立即出发去核实这些重要的事实，但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来，在此期间，编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志马上要付印。他给记者先后发去两份传真，但对方毫无反应。于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。但记者还是没有回复。编辑无奈，勉强按原样发稿了。一周之后，编辑终于接到记者的`传真。那个可怜的记者不仅被捕了，而且还被送进了监狱。不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。
英语短文阅读3
现代英语教学已经由传统的知识型方法正迅速地向语言交际运用型教学方法过渡。也就是现在教育界说得较多的“素质教育”问题。英语，作为一门语言课，教师如何教、引导学生如何学？这不仅是目前要求每位教学一线执教者和教育研究家必须回答的问题，而且是学校管理者、操作者以及全社会都关心的问题。学生素质的提高，一要靠自身临场的发挥，更要靠平时教师对他们学习解题方法的训练有素。教师如果靠时间一题一题的传授，学生靠一题一题地记“会”，那么在考场上最多是个中分低能的机器，就不用说是将来适应社会了。会教的人，往往是教给学生金钥匙；因此，只要你从事教育教学，你都不光是给学生灌输知识，而必须走向学生“交钥匙”的道路。对教学悟的深，你教给学生金钥匙，悟的不深你交给学生铜钥匙；哪怕你交给学生铁钥匙，也比交给他们现存的金山、银山强。因为现在教材和考试的阅读理解文章中，普遍源于英语报刊的“原汁原味”的真东西越来越多，“国产”英文材料越来越少；没有拿到“钥匙”的人，只能在知识殿堂的门外徘徊。
在小学阶段要不要设立专门的阅读训练课程呢？训练的具体方式和方法又是什么呢？本文拟就小学英语教学中阅读教学方法问题作一些讨论。
一，设立小学英语阅读教学训练的目的。
小学英语课程既是学生通过英语学习和实践活动，逐步掌握英语知识和技能，提高语言实际运用能力的过程；又是他们磨砺意志、陶冶情操、拓展视野、丰富生活经历、开发思维能力、发展个性和提高人文素养的过程。基础教研阶段英语课程的任务是：激发和培养学生学习英语的兴趣，使学生树立自信心，养成良好的学习习惯和形成有效的学习策略，发展自主学习的能力和合作精神；使学生掌握一定的英语基础知识和听、说、读、写技能，形成一定的综合运用语言能力；培养学生的观察、记忆、思维、想象能力和创新精神；帮助学生了解世界和中西方文化差异，拓展视野，培养爱国主义精神，形成健康的人生观，为他们的终身学习和发展打下良好的基础。
因此，在教学实践中，我尝试在五年级的学生中开展英语短文的阅读教学和阅读训练。为什么要在小学阶段进行专题的英语阅读的训练呢？首先我们来谈谈什么是阅读理解。阅读理解是读者从语篇中获取信息的过程。著名语言学家Christine Nuttall认为，作者将自己头脑中的信息编码（encoding），形成语篇（text），读者再把语篇解码，获取信息。作者要把他头脑里的信息（一个主意，一个事实或一种情感）传达出去，让别人理解，他首先必须把信息形诸于文字，即编码，作者亦被称为编码者。作者一旦完成了编码过程，信息就以语篇的形式存在于作者的头脑之外。阅读过程则是一个解码过程。作者要传达的信息进入读者头脑，交际过程随之完成。但是，交际过程并非如此简单，因为在交际的各个环节中都可能出现“故障”，致使交际中断，信息无法传递。信息在从作者的头脑到达读者的头脑里的过程中，若干因素会影响读者接受信息。这些因素被心理学家们称之为变量。 “文字含义并不是仅仅存在于文本中的符号，被动地等待读者吸收。阅读者必须积极投入其中，努力挖掘它的'含义” 由此我们可以理解到在阅读过程中，语言材料和读者是交互作用的。文字含义既不存在于语篇（text）之中，也不存在于读者之内，它产生于两者相互作用之中。在英语阅读过程中，存在着若干变量（ variables），这些变量无疑都会对阅读理解产生影响。五年级的学生学习英语已有一段时间了，他们的听说读写能力也有了一定的基础，开展阅读教学和阅读训练不但能关注每个学生情感，激发他们学习英语的兴趣，还能帮助他们建立学习的成就感和自信心，使他们在学习过程中发展综合语言运用能力，提高人文素养，增强实践能力，培养创新精神。
二，小学英语课堂阅读教学方法。
进入了五年级，课文从原来简短的对话一下子转换成较长的具有故事性的短文。而每个模块的Unit2 则出现了50个词左右的小短文，学习的要求从简单的听读提高到阅读理解短文内容并就课后提出的问题作出书面或口头的回答。由于每课出现的问题有5－6个，有一般疑问句也有特殊疑问句，学生们一下子适应不了，觉得英语真难啊。个别学生还出现了抗拒的心理，说什么也不愿意开口读，动手写。
分析了学生学习的心理和学习的方法后，我马上调整了教学计划，在讲授新课的同时注重这两种句式的运用和分析。通过口头的、书面的练习、学生们对问句的形式及回答的方式都做到心中有数。其方法如下：一、准确理解疑问词―― 准确理解疑问词是解答好提问的关键。要想准确回答特殊疑问句，则必须首先弄清楚各个特殊疑问词的意思。如果指人要用who，若指物就用what；指年龄用how old，指时间用what time 、 when；若问 “数量”用how many（可数）或how much（不可数）；指地点用where，指原因用why，指程度用how等等。 二，一般疑问句的回答方式―― 一般疑问句的回答方式比较特别，学生们通过形式多样的练习得出：以Yes / No,作开头，回答时要含有问句的第一个词或是回应问题的中心词。如：Did Tom play football yesterday? 回答时可用：Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. 回答从简单的Yes / No，到规范的Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. 再到No, he played basketball.逐步发展学生的英语运用能力。
在学习Sam ate six hamburgers中。我设置了以下的问题：
( 1 ) Who ate six hamburgers?
( 2 ) Did Lingling eat any hamburgers?
( 3 ) Does she like hamburgers?
( 4 ) What did they give to Sam?
( 5 ) What is Mum going to cook tonight?
通过以上的训练，学生们在回答问题时会分析问题中一般疑问句的有( 2 ) Did Lingling eat any hamburgers? ( 3 ) Does she like hamburgers?；特殊疑问句的是( 1 ) Who ate six hamburgers? ( 4 ) What did they give to Sam?( 5 ) What is Mum going to cook tonight?。针对各种问题的回答方式，他们就会很轻松地回答：
( 1 ) Who ate six hamburgers?
Sam. / Sam ate six hamburgers.
( 2 ) Did Lingling eat any hamburgers?
No, she didn’t. / No, she ate a sandwich.
( 3 ) Does she like hamburgers?
No, she doesn’t. / No.
( 4 ) What did they give to Sam?
They gave their hamburgers to Sam. / Hamburgers.
( 5 ) What is Mum going to cook tonight?
She is going to cook Chinese food tonight. / Chinese food.
这样的阅读训练，结合了阅读的理解和解题技巧的培养，课程设置从易到难，让学生们，特别是一些中下生都能感受到成功的乐趣。
接下来，在阅读教学中，采用提问式、谈话式、讨论式教学法，将课堂教学引向激发——创造性模式。阅读文章时,对所学文章要点,教师提出要求,学生阅读,寻找答案、引导学生阅读时注意抓住全文的主旨。主要有：
（1） 导读（Pre-reading）
“导”体现的是“以教师为主导”。教师在学生阅读课文之前可适当的讲解与本课有关的背景知识；也可以充分利用文中的插图进行导读语言设计。通过warm-up activities扫除文中可能出现的语言障碍（但有些生词词义应该鼓励学生从所学的同义词、英语短语中猜测），还可以提出一些问题。目的是激发学生阅读的兴趣和求知的欲望，并使学生初步感知课文内容，为正式阅读作了准备。例如在教授Module 7 Community. He can’t see. 我利用实物投影出示了狗帮助人类的两幅图片。
T: Look at these pictures, please! Who helps the man?
Ss: A dog.
T: Can the man see?
Ss: No, he can’t.
T: Yes, the man is blind. What about the girl? Can she hear ?
Ss: A dog helps her. She can’t hear.
T: Good. The girl can’t hear, she’s deaf. The dogs are very useful.
通过对话不仅使学生了解了本文主要谈论的是狗是人类的朋友，也从彩图中领略到哪些人需要得到狗的帮助及本课的一些新词 can’t see : blind, can’t hear: deaf。
（2） 速读（Fast-reading）
这一步骤主要是指导学生带着问题进行搜索式阅读和跳跃式的阅读（Skimming and Scanning），以获取有关信息，了解文章大义。然后让学生回答有关问题，或让学生做正误判断练习，以检查学生的理解程度。
例如：Module 6 Self-assessment
① Lingling wants to be in the football team（T）
② She can’t run fast. (T)
③ She was good at football in China. (F) …
(3)细读（Intensive reading）
这一步骤主要引导学生逐步仔细阅读课文，了解课文的主要情节和细节，就课文内容情节提一些问题，让学生分析段落大以及段落之间的联系或中心思想。对文中尚未叫过的生词和习惯用于句式，可鼓励学生根据上下文利用已学过的知识去猜测去推断。目的是培养学生独立分析、独立思考和逻辑推理的能力，以及用英语思维的习惯。
例如：在细读 You can play football well 之后涉及的一道题中。
Lingling was a good ______ player in China.
A. the high jump B. basketball C. football
正确答案应选B。而选A向的同学仅9.4%选C的占75%。当提醒学生在注意原文中的句子“You were very good at basketball in China.”其中的you指的就是 Lingling时，学生才恍然大悟。教师乘机告诉学生，读的过程中要仔细分析字里行间的意思在下结论。
三，其他训练的方式。
Bolinger & Sear 在“Aspects of language”一书（1981.2）中说语言是思维的重要工具，也是一个人的语言运用水平和交际的能力。传统的教学中使大多数学生听得懂说不出。因此，在整体理解课文的基础上，通过一连串的听说活动深化对语言的理解, 然后开展运用语言的活动，把理解和运用有机的结合起来。
1）单人或双人活动（Individual or Pair work）
为了巩固学生所学的知识，及时检查学生对课文理解的程度。速读和细读之后组织学生一人或两人一组的活动。教师问，学生答，或学生一人问一人答。这能使学生掌握文章的事实和细节。还可鼓励学生分析主题句，归纳段落大意，中心思想等。例如：What’s the main idea of the text? / What does it talk about?
2）小组讨论与回答（Discussion & Respond）
Module 8 Unit 2为例。教师提出问题,Did Lingling write a letter to Daming? / Did she go to Amy’s school? / Did they have class at nine? / Did they do exercises? / Did the bell ring at eight?…让学生在小组内自由回答或讨论答案。让学生通过回答问题和讨论答案初步了解课文的意思。教师在听学生回答问题的过程中也可以弄清学生的薄弱环节。这样的阅读训练,就能有的放矢,既不浪费时间,又能吸引学生的注意力。学生在解答问题的同时,阅读能力和口语能力都得到了锻炼。同时也提高了学生的逻辑思维能力和语言运用能力。通过小组学习、自我学习、教师辅助学习等形式，让学生明白到课文的理解并不是逐字逐句的译成中文，而是理解关键的词组和了解短文的大意。并指导学生在做题之前先观察问题的类型，从问句中找出关键词，再从原文中找出相应的句子，分析、综合之后再做题。
3）“双主体”教育模式。
此外我还注意因学生特点实施教学。学生的发展状况受先天遗传和后天环境、教育的影响，在学习英语知识、培养技能和能力的认知过程中存在着认知的个别差异。认知差异既体现在认知能力方面，也体现在认知风格上，学生的发展因此呈现出丰富多彩的特点。通过因材施教使全体学生的素质得到全面发展，为全面提高英语教学质量提供重要保证。在教学中要充分发挥学生的主体作用，使他们排除心理障碍，建立信心，提高学习兴趣，改进学习方法。同时，在教学中要发挥教师的指导作用，组织好课内外各种活动和指导学生学习英语的方法，为他们选材、解疑，帮助他们养成良好的学习习惯和培养自学能力，从而保持高昂的学习积极性。在英语阅读教学中,介绍阅读内容和文化背景，精心设计好各类问题，逐步加深理解。引导学生对文章内容进行预测，激发学生阅读的欲望，在分析问题的过程中获得知识。在阅读时,教师要引导学生唤起想象与抽象思维更好地协同活动, 语言知识的讲解要适度，操练要结合语境，使文章内容更有生动现实感,使学生有身临其境的感觉,这样就能提高阅读效果。
其实，不单在英语阅读教学中教师要这样做，在日常教学中，教师应遵循“双主体”的教学模式：教师为主导，学生为主体，学生在教师的指导下积极主动地去学习。教师在教学中尊重学生，相信学生，把学习的主动权交给学生，放手让学生自己去大胆学习、实践，充分调动学生的积极性，发挥其主观能动性和潜能，才能达到发展智力、培养能力的目的。学生作为主体参与课堂教学，让学生积极参与教学过程，在参与中得到训练和发展。
相信经过长时间有计划、有目的的系统训练，学生加快阅读速度，提高阅读的正确性，这两者一定能有机地统一起来。以提高学生阅读英语和运用英语进行交际的能力，为继续学习和运用英语切实打好基础。
英语短文阅读4
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others’shoes.If you feel that it hurts you,it probably hurts the other person, too.The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of people.who have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.And if you don’t, don’t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone’s day with this message.
英语短文阅读5
Bing in love
Love starts as an attraction to another. Love grows with mutual respect. Love thrives on confidence and dignity. Love survives on wisdom and honor.
New love, stirs the emotions, moves the soul and fires the blood setting hearts aflame. Love of amate provides us with another soul to feel kinship, with someone to share life with, someone tobe loved, in spite of shortcomings and human frailties. Someone to recall the past with, to dreamwith. Someone with whom silence is comfortable. Another soul on the earth who is in tune withyours . Someone who cares deeply about your well being and who in turn is cared for by you…just as deeply.
Someone whose happiness means as much, if not more than your own . Someone to place your trust in without fear of betrayal .Not having to worry when you’re apart, because you are secure in the knowledge that they will honor the love you share. Someone to helpfully grow old beside, to share the winter of life with, while recalling the summer of your dreams .
A lover is someone who, with a look, can touch your heart, ease your mind and bring comfort to your soul.
A lover is someone who, with a look, can touch your heart, ease your mind and bring comfort to your soul. Someone whose voice is music to your ear. Someone who by just entering a room makes your heart soar and joy fill your being, makes you want to touch them, be close to them. Who can turn your blood to molten fire with desire, their presence being food for your soul. Someone for whom your love grows stronger not weaker with the passing years. Someone who is willing to talk out problems and share concerns, not look for an easy way out if all does not go just as expected.
Someone to share all thing with: tenderness, passion, warmth, dreams and desire, laughter and tears but mostly life’s journey. A casually dropped piece of clothing can bring your love to mind as the scent of them clings, and turns your thoughts to love, as pleasant memories collect to be reviewed at leisure.
Love of a partner requires long-term commitment and wisdom and above all, work from both partners to nourish and nurture that love into a living growing thing. Without nourishment, all things die, even love.
Do not easily discard love, for the day may come when love, in turn, discards you. Place a high value in this the most precious of life’s joys. Some never find this treasure, many find and lose it through no fault of their own.. Some discard it lightly as if it were of little value and easily replaced. The ability to love and be loved is the most precious of gifts given to man, and as such should be highly treasured.
Love has the real power to make man come bake to life . —— Goethe
1. mutual 相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的
Other organizations have joined the confederation for mutual benefit.
其他组织为了共同的利益也加入了这个联盟。
2. kinship n. 血缘关系，亲属关系，亲密关系
I feel a strong kinship with him.
我觉得与他十分投契。
3. betrayal n. 背叛，暴露
Confession is not betrayal.
招供不是出卖。
4. recall vt. 回想起
I can't recall how long it has been.
我回忆不起来多长时间了。
5. tenderness n.娇嫩；柔软；温柔
I dare not touch the flower for its tenderness.
这花太娇嫩了，我不敢碰它。
6. scent n. 气味，香味
The scent of the flowers was wafted along by the breeze.
微风送来了花香。
7. nourishment n. 营养，滋养品，养料
He told me I wanted nourishment.
他对我说，我需要营养。
8. discard vt.丢弃，抛弃
He discarded his winter clothing.
他把冬天穿的衣服都脱掉了。
爱始于他人的吸引，因互相尊重而成长，因自信与高贵而茁长，因英明与荣誉而幸存。
新生的爱情，搅动沉寂的情感，搅动灵魂，点燃心中的热血。夫妻之爱，使你感觉来自另一个灵魂的亲情，与他分享生活。爱一个人，就不在意他身上的缺点和人性的脆弱。与他一起，可以有意义深远的交谈，并规划未来；可以与他一起回忆从前，畅想未来。有了他，沉默也令人舒服。世界上的另一个灵魂与你和谐而鸣，他更关心你的健康，你也一样深深地牵挂着他。
他的快乐意味着你同样，甚或更多的快乐。他让你相信爱情，不再害怕背叛。即使离别也没有丝毫担忧，因为你确信他会坚守你们的爱。他让你充满希望地老去，他会同你一起追忆梦中的夏季，共度生命的寒冬。
爱人，就是那个一眼就能触动你的心灵、放松你的精神、带给你灵魂安慰的人。
爱人，就是那个一眼就能触动你的心灵、放松你的精神、带给你灵魂安慰的人。他的声音是你耳中的乐曲。他刚刚进入房门，你的心跳就会加速，无比的喜悦之情溢满全身，让你有种想接触他、靠近他的冲动。他点燃你心中渴望的热血，他的存在是你的心灵食粮。你对他的爱与日俱增，不会随着时间的`流逝有丝毫的减退。他愿意同你一起解决困难，分担忧虑。假如一切不能如期进行，他不会坐视不管，逃之夭夭。他和你分享一切：柔情、激情、亲切、梦想和渴望、欢笑、泪水，还有最多的人生之旅。他不经意间换下的衣物，像有他的体香一样，都可以唤起你的爱意，将你的思绪带入爱情，就像闲暇时回忆快乐的记忆一样。
爱一个人，就要承担长期的责任，这需要睿智。更重要的是，需要双方不断努力滋养和培育爱情，使之成为一种有生命的、不断成长的事物。一切都需要滋养，爱情亦是如此。
不要轻易抛弃爱，因为或许有一天，爱会反过来将你抛弃。请诊视生命中这份最宝贵的快乐。有些从未发现爱情的珍贵，很多人找到了，却又无端的地失去了。有些人轻轻地将爱丢弃，似乎它毫无价值，似乎爱可以随意代替。爱与被爱的能力是上天赐予人的珍贵礼物，正因如此，爱应该好好珍藏。
爱是使人复苏的真正动力。 ——歌德
英语短文阅读6
The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一条著名拱廊街道上，几家高档商店刚刚开始营业。在早晨的'这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。他手下两名店员从早上8点就开始忙碌，这时刚刚布置完毕。钻石项链、戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上面。泰勒先生站在橱窗外凝神欣赏了几分钟就回到了店里。
宁静突然被打破，一辆大轿车亮着前灯，响着喇叭，呼啸着冲进了拱廊街，在珠宝店门口停了下来。一人留在驾驶座上，另外两个用黑色长筒丝袜蒙面的人跳下车来。他们用铁棒把商店橱窗的玻璃砸碎。这开始发生时，泰勒先生正在楼上。他与店员动手向窗外投掷家具，椅子，桌子飞落花流水在拱廊街上。一个窃贼被一尊很重的雕像击中，但由于他忙着抢钻石首饰，竟连疼痛都顾不上了。这场抢劫只持续了3分钟，因为窃贼争先恐后地爬上轿车，以惊人的速度开跑了。就在轿车离开的时候，泰勒先生从店里冲了出来，跟在车后追赶，一边还往车上扔烟灰缸、花瓶。但他已无法抓住那些窃贼了。他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。
英语短文阅读7
Party? No, the star of Transformers and the new Indiana Jones film would rather work
Mar.12
Shia LaBeouf, the star of last summer's hit film Transformers, didn't enjoy a privileged childhood like many other child actors. Growing up in an impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood, Shia acted in order to earn money. His first acting experiences were performing as a clown with his parents to sell hot dogs. He never imagined acting would earn him the opportunity to star with Harrison Ford in the upcoming indiana Jones movie.
Shia comes from five generations of performers. Among his grandparents are a comedian and a poet. His mother danced ballet until an injury forced her to stop. Shia's father worked as a clown, but he also battled drug addictions. Unfortunately, his parents divorces when Shia was in elementary shcool.
Shia began acting to help earn money for his mother, whom he lived with after the divorce. At age10, he got a job as a comedian, and, at 13, he won a starring role in a Disney television series. It was the 20xx movie Holes, however, that played the most important role in Shia's early career.
Word Bank:
privileged (a) 享有优势地位的；接受特殊待遇的
Sam has the privileged position of being president of the student body.
upcoming (a) 即将来临的'
Aunt Betty is baking our favorite dish for the upcoming family reunion.
comedian (n) 喜剧演员
This comedian wasn't very funny. I didn't laugh at many of his jokes.
divorce (v) 离婚
I'm proud of my parents, who never divorced even when times were difficult.
英语短文阅读8
Hi, welcome to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I’m Faith. I realized a few years ago why we all need to climb a mountain every now and then. When we climb mountains, face challenges, hurdle1 obstacles and learn from difficult situations we remind ourselves that we have the strength, power and energy to overcome life's challenges. At first even a little mountain may seem like a big insurmountable mountain. But when you step back and climb it you realize, "I can do this." You realize within you is a source of strength, power and energy that you didn't know you had. After all, the mountain, no matter how big it is, is no match for your focused energy and desire to climb it. Mountains are meant to be climbed. Wounds are meant to be healed and problems are meant to become learning experiences. They all serve a purpose. They make us stronger mentally, emotionally and spiritually. So, here we are, in front of us is that mountain, don’t hesitate, just go ahead and climb it, climb that mountain.
英语短文阅读9
一、摒弃6大不良阅读习惯。
1.读得非常慢，非常仔细，不相信自己能全部理解所读的东西。
2.阅读时嘴唇和舌头在动。
3.头随着文字符号的位置左右移动。
4.经常回读，读过的东西又重新读一遍、甚至几遍。
5.读什么样体裁的文章都用一样的速度。
6.有很多单词不认识，或不知道它在此处的含义。
二、带着6个问题阅读：
1.作者要表达的主要思想。
2.文章的主要内容和次要内容，并能把他们区分开来。
3.了解并记住文章中最重要的内容。
4.文章结构及事件发生的时间、空间顺序。
5.作者的观点、意图、写作风格及其偏见等。
6.用自己的阅历和知识对文章进行分析、评价。
三、遇到生词要会猜,阅读中遇到生词，最好的方法是通过上下文猜测。
1.看看上下文中有没有生词的另一种说法，即找同义词。有时下文会对一个词做解释，或者提供一些暗示。
2.看词性，判断其是名词、动词、形容词、副词或其他词类。
3.分析生词的构成，尤其是词的前缀和后缀。英语中很多词都是加前缀和后缀而来的。比如根据前缀re-和后缀-ity的.含义，你就可以准确地猜出rewrite和similarity的意思。
4.看看同一生词是否在上下文的其他地方出现，把两处的语境相比较，也许更能准确地猜出词义。
5.充分利用你阅读内容中已有的知识。
四、以下几条建议可以帮助推论：
1.结合作者的思想、观点及其创作目的、创作背景进行推论。
2.寻找作者直接陈述的诸多事件之间的联系。
3.仔细体会一些重要词的含蓄意义及其感情色彩。比如politician和statesman的意思都是“政客家”，但前者有贬义的色彩，即“政客”，后者则没有。
4.从作者的语气、语调、措辞等文体特征，读出作者的“言外之意”。
5.得出推论后，尽量从上下文中寻找证据。
6.充分利用自己各方面的知识，把文章中所述的事件和自己的阅历或熟悉的事情联系起来思考。
英语短文阅读10
The Three Ways of Man to Preserve Meat
Finding enough meat was a problem for primitive man．Keeping it for times when it was scarce was just as hard．Three ways were found to keep meat from spoiling：salting，drying，and freezing．
People near salty waters salted their meat．At first they probably rubbed dry salt on it，but this preserved only the outside．Later they may have pickled their meat by soaking it in salt water．
In hot，dry lands，men found that they could eat meat that had dried while it was still on the bones．They later learned to cut meat into thin strips and hang it up to dry in the hot air．
Men in cold climates found that frozen meat did not spoil．They could leave their meat outside and eat it when they pleased．
人类储存肉的三种方法
对原始人类来说，获得充足的肉是件难事，而把肉类储存到缺肉的时令也同样不容易。人们找到了防止肉类变腐的`三种办法：盐腌、风干和冷冻。
靠近咸水地带的居民用盐腌肉。起先，他们可能是把干盐擦在肉上，但这只能使肉的外部不腐。后来，他们也许就改用咸水浸泡的办法来腌肉了。
在炎热、干燥的地方，人们发现他们可以食用已经变干、但仍连在骨骼上的肉。后来，他们学会把肉切成薄条，悬挂起来，让它在炎热的空气中变干。
生活在寒冷气候下的人们则发现冻肉不腐。他们可以把肉置于室外，高兴时随时可吃。
英语短文阅读11
面朝南方Facing South
An old friend used to say to me, "When you are thinking of buying a new house, go and see it on a cloudy day. If you like it then, you need not doubt about liking it in better weather."
一个老朋友曾经告诉我:"当你考虑买一套新房时,就趁阴天的时候过去看房吧。因为如果那时你喜欢它的话,那么在天气晴朗的日子里你一定也会喜欢它。
We all enjoy the sun. The sun is the source of heat and life to the earth. Yet people are still to be found who deliberately shut out the sun from their rooms, and are unmindful of the Italian saying that where the sun does not go the doctor does. In this country, especially, we know the value of "facing south".
"我们都喜欢阳光。太阳是地球上热量与生命的来源。然而,我们仍然发现有些人总是故意关上门,将阳光挡在门外,他们忽略了一句意大利谚语"日光不上门,医生便上门"。在这个国家里,我们都知道"面朝南方"的重要性。
Are we not like houses? We have eyes instead of windows, but we face south, north, east, or west. Who does not know the men and the women facing north? Hard and cold, never letting a ray of sun-shine into their souls. They stand away from all the cheers and warmth of our poor humanity. They are the people who pour cold water on all our enthusiasms, have no faith in human nature, no sympathy with human sufferings.
我们不就像是房子吗?只不过我们没有窗户,但是我们拥有眼睛,我们可以选择面朝各个方向。我们都知道那些面朝北方的人们是怎样的。他们顽固而冷酷,从不让一丝阳光照进他们的心灵。他们总是躲在角落里,拒绝人性的欢乐与温暖。他们总是浇灭旁人热情的火焰,不相信人性,冷眼看待他人的痛苦。
You must know such people. They are not rich people, perfectly healthy, or people without sorrows. On the contrary, they have had a full measure of misfortune. But they have never changed their outlooks4 on life, in their faith in all things working together for good, in their belief that they are in this world to help where help is needed. What a consolation5 such people are! We go to them in entire confidence. We leave them the better and the brighter, with a firmer step, and the determination to win through the difficulties. They are "facing south".
你必定也认识这样一种人:他们不是有钱人,不是身体特别健全的人,也不是无忧无虑的人。相反,他们的生活中充满了不幸。但他们从不改变对生活的态度,在他们看来,所有的事情都在朝着好的'方向发展,他们坚持帮助那些需要帮助的人。他们能给人带来极大的安慰!我们满怀信心地靠近他们,离开他们的时候变得更加乐观和开朗,我们的脚步会变得更为坚定,战胜困难的决心也会更大。他们就是"面朝南方"的人。
英语短文阅读12
When Adam and Eve wereexpelledfrom Eden, there was an incident when the flames of a blazing sword of an angel, who had sent them away, burned a birds' nest.
The birds were all burned to death, but a new bird was born from one of theruddilyheated eggs. This means that the unique 'Phoenix' was born.
The phoenix builds its nest in Arabia, and there is a myth that it set fire to its own nest once every 100 years. Among those ruddy eggs heated by the fire, a new Phoenix comes to be born again.
The phoenix flies as fast as a ray of light, its feathers are ofdazzlingbeauty, and the sound of its voice is very sweet.
When a mother sits next to her baby's cradle and dandles the baby, the Phoenix comes down to the baby's pillow, and the glaring feathers of Phoenix make a halo around the baby's head. The phoenix flies around rooms of poor people,sprinklessunshine, and carries the fragrance of violets into the rooms.
The phoenix stays not only in Arabia but it flies around the far North Pole, broad field, above the rivers where the sunshine falls in coal mines and in our front yards where beautiful flowers bloom.
On the carriage of the Greek tragic poet, Thespis, the Phoenix became atalkativecrow, for the troubadours of Island it played the harp disguised as a swan, and on the shoulder of Shakespeare the phoenix whispered "eternity" as it was the Odin's crow.
The phoenix sang beautiful songs, and people kissed its shining fallen feathers from its wings. Even though the Phoenix came from glorious Paradise, people may not see the Phoenix because they are busy with seeingsparrows.
The bird of the Paradise! Born once every 100 years, dies in flames! When it was born under the tree of wisdom in the garden of the Paradise, God kissed the Phoenix and gave him a name. That was "Poetry and Art".
英语短文阅读13
Before the Rio Olympic Games came, the media reported some players that caught people’s attention. There is no doubt that these players have beautiful faces, which helps them win the attention. But the more important thing is that they are not only talented, but also work very hard.
The chance to take part in the Olympic Games means the players are excellent and they have stood out in their countries. If they win the golden medal in the Olympic Games, they will gain great fame and money around the world. The beautiful face brings players the market potential, which means they will be famous easily, but on the condition that they are the top players. Mariah Sharapova is the best example. She is beautiful and top tennis player all the time. So ability decides our position on the society.
英语短文阅读14
答案
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英语短文阅读15
答案
Mr. Johnson had a factory. He once 1 on TV that animals could be taught to 2 some work for people if they were given 3 to eat. He loved the idea. He thought it would be 4 to have a dog look after his 5 and an elephant do some heavy jobs 6 his factory. He bought a dog 7 an elephant in the market and decided to teach them to do some work for him. Of course. he 8 bought a lot of food for them. Several months later，the dog and the elephant 9 fatter and fatter，but they 10 do any work for him. At last，Mr. Johnson had to give up.
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3. A. someone B. nothing C. something 4. A. bad B. good C. 1ate
5. A. house B. shirt C. eyes 6. A. in B. above C. under
7. A. but B. or C. and 8. A. also B. never C. yet 9. A. xxx elt B. sounded C. became
10. A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t 2 At our school, we sometimes have a special day to help others. Last year we went to an old people’s 1 and sang songs and performed a play for 2 . The old people were very 3 . We should be allowed to take time to do things like that more often. For example, we should 4 primary schools and help 5 young students. I want to be a teacher 6 I’m older so it would be a great experience for me. Other students would like to do other jobs. For example, my friend Tian Ge wants to 7 for a newspaper. She should be allowed to volunteer at the newspaper office once a week. 1. A. home B. bank C. shop D. river 2. A. us B. them C. him D. her 3. A. great B. angry C. xxx art D. happy 4. A. buy B. have C. visit D. build 5. A. tell B. ask C. teach D. find 6. A. how B. when C. where D. why 7. A. write B. wait C. look D. pay 求解 七年级英语阅读和完形填空
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