小学英语110篇英语阅读理解短文（十）Passage 89. A lovely weekend.It is a fine Saturday morning. Bob and his family get up later than usual， because he isn’t going to school and his father aren’t going to work. They are all staying at home， but they are not idle. Each of them is doing a different thing. Bob’s father is in the garage. He is washing his car. His mother is in the kitchen. She is busy preparing a good meal for the family.Sometimes， Bob helps his mum with the cooking， and sometimes he goes to the garage and watches his father wash his ear. His elder brother， Jack， usually stays in his study till lunchtime. His two sisters are listening to some beautiful music while they’re cleaning the house. His younger brother， Tom， is training his puppy. He is having a lot of fun. Around 12:30， the whole family is seated around the table enjoying a wonderful meal. Passage 90. A bridge. Bridges are built for many reasons. Some bridges are built so that cars can cross over rivers. Others are made for trains to use. In the state of Washington， There is a very unusual bridge – it was built for squirrels. The town of Longview has a very busy street. Many cars use it every day. Squirrels were being killed as they tried to cross the street. Mr. Peter built a bridge for squirrels – one that would pass above thetraffic. For years now， the squirrels have been able to cross safely from one side of the street to the other. Passage 91. School in air Mikle is nine years old and Jane is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property. Mike and Jane like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends， but Mike and Jane can’t see their friends. They live 100， perhaps 300 miles away. And like Mike and Jane， they all go to school by radio. Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people live in the Centre. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she call each student on the radio. When all the students answer， lessons begin. Passage 92. Funny presentsIt is fun to give friends something on their birthdays. Luis and Bob like to give each other funny things. On Bob’s birthday， Luis gave him shoes with peanuts in them. Bob said， “I want to give Luis something funny too.” When Luis’ birthday came， Bob gave him a big box. Luis opened it. In the box there was a bank that looked like a duck. The duck had a hat on its heard. Luis and Bob both laughed. Passage 93. Fire fighters There are about 5，000 fire fighters in Chicago. Tim is one of them. He is on duty eight hours every day. During his shift， he eats and sleeps at the firehouse. The fire fighters have to be ready to answer an alarm at any hour of the day or night. Most of the alarms are for small fires. They can be put out in a few minutes. Big fires are very dangerous. Most of the time， the greatest danger comes from smoke. Sometimes， fire fighters have to enter burning buildings in order to rescue the people inside. Tim has been a fire fighter for five years. He's proud of himself and of his service. He does exercises every day to stay strong. Passage 94. Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say that behind you， you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to interrupt others when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them， say “Excuse me” first， then begin talking. You should also do that when you begin to cough or make any noise in public.Let’s learn to say Excuse me. |
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