Mr Brown was born in a poor family.He couldn t go to school when he was young.Now he s a porter[1] and works at a station.He doesn t think it s necessary[2] to know some knowledge[3] of science.His s
Mr and Mrs King live in London.Mr King drives a car in a factory and Mrs King teaches in a school.They have a daughter and two sons.The daughter is five and the sons are only one year old.They were b
Every Saturday morning，there is a line of boys and girls on Garden Street.They are waiting to see a film.The film never starts before eight o clock.But the boys and girls can t wait to come earlier
A young man could not sleep well every night.He was very worried.One day，he went to see the doctor.The doctor looked him over carefully.But there was nothing wrong with him .The doctor told him to c
In 1995，Ray Kroc visited a small restaurant in California.The owner of it was the Mc Donald(麥當勞)brothers. They built it by the road，so people could drive up to the restaurant，buy food without g
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest.As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes，a person came up and knocked(敲)at the window to ask the time.The driver opened his eyes and l
Ryan Ruby is ten years old．He loves to watch TV．But for one full year，he didn t watch TV at all．Why？Ryan s mother thought he watched too much TV．She said she would give him ＄600 if he didn t w
Mr Green works in a hospital．He is busy driving a car every day．His wife works in a school library．She s strict with her only son，Tommy． Half a year ago，when Tommy was six，Mrs Green took him t
Mrs Green lives in a small village． Her husband is dead（死）．But she has a son．He is twenty-one and his name is Jack．He gets work in a town and lives there．Its name is Greensea．It is quite a l
It was Mother s Day，but the young mother was a little unhappy，because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother s Day，and her mother
English breakfast is a very big meal-eggs，tomatoes，tea，coffee．．．． For many people lunch is a quick meal．In cities there are a lot of sandwich bars，where office workers can buy the kind of br
Mr Brown likes to be exact（確切的）．One day when he took a walk in the street，a man came up and asked him the way to the bookshop．He said to him， Cross the bridge（過橋） and turn to the right．
It is a weekend，time for Zhou Lan to go to class．She turns her PC on and logs onto the Internet from home．Then she enters her student number and password（密碼）．Zhou Lan takes her classes withou
In Japan there are many holidays and other great days．We can tell only a few here． The fifth birthday of a boy is a great day in the family．The boy puts on a shirt like the one his father wears．I
Once there was a black and white cat．He was named Tom．One day he was asleep under a tree in the forest．Suddenly he was awakened by the song of a bird．Then he felt very hungry．He wanted to have s
根據短文內容，回答下列問題。 The clock struck（敲）eight，but I was still on the bed．I could hear it was blowing strongly． It must be windy outside， I thought． I came to the small town a week ag
根據短文內容判斷下列各句正（T）、誤（F）。（5分） Two old men，Bob and Alf，were waiting in line outside the stadium（體育場）．They were waiting to get into watch a football game． They were both po
28 High Road Oxford Sept．27，2002 Dear John， Thank you very much for your letter．I m glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me． We enjoyed having you and your sister here．We hope that you will
In the United States and Canada，people often invite friends over for a meal，a party，or just coffee． Here are the kinds of things people always say． Would you like to come over for dinner tonight
There would be a history exam and Phillip looked more and more worried. He hasn t thought the subject important since they began to study it this term. In class he always thought of the football matc
When a light passenger plane flew off course[1] some time ago, something was wrong with it and it crashed[2] in the mountains and its pilot[3] was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her t
Many years ago, there was a family named Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706 another baby was born. The boy s mother and her hus
Summer holiday began and Richard left California and went traveling in Africa[1]. He lost his wallet in a hotel and he had a little money left. He had to go to a city where one of his friends worked.
Some children think writers are great and they can tell people a lot. So they also wish to be writers some day. They mean that they want to write stories or books which many persons will read. I woul
Bill and Fred studied at a university and they were friends. They didn t have much money, so when it was time for their holidays, Fred said, Let s take our holidays in a trailer[1], Bill. It s cheap
Most children like watching TV.It s very interesting.By（1） watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world.Of course,they can also learn over the rad
An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, I m afraid it ll have to be someplace cheap, as
It was Sunday and Tom was staying at home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to（1） playing alone quietly. He playe
There is a common（1） language popular in every country in the world. All the people, old and young, men and women, must use it. It s everybody s second language. It s easy to learn, though（2） you
An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn t much money but was very kind. He gave his last few coins（2） to a beggar, but he saw another one, and forgot that he didn t have any money in hi
