小学英语110篇英语阅读理解短文（七）

小学英语110篇英语阅读理解短文（七）

　　Passage 56. An interesting newspaper

　　Every morning Mike goes to work by train. As he has a long trip， he always buys a newspaper. It helps to make the time pass more quickly.

　　One Tuesday morning， he truned to the sports page. He wanted to read the report about an important football match. The report was so interesting that he forgot to get off at his station. He didn’t know it unitl he saw the sea. He got off at the next station， and had to wait a long time for a train to go back. Of course， he got to the office very late， His boss was very angry.

　　Passage 57. Fall

　　In the fall， leaves drop to the ground. Many trees have nuts or fruits. Animals may begin to store food. Some birds collect nuts and corns to store. Other birds fly to a warmer place for the winter. They won’t return until the spring. Days become shorter. Cold weather is coming. The fur of many animals gets thicker because they need a thick coat to protect them. People also wear warmer clothing and prepare for winter. In some areas there may be rain or even snow， but in fall farmers harvest their crops. People look forward to fall for many reasons. The most important one is that fall is the harvest season.

　　Passage 58. Pandas

　　Pandas are lovely animals. Most of them live in the deep forests of Sichuan Province in China. They have white fur， though their shoulders， legs， ears and eyes are black. Pandas are usually very heavy， some of them can be about 1.5 meters tall and weigh about

　　100 kilograms. However， pandas are very agile， they can climb trees as easily as some other creatures do. Pandas have big， sharp teeth and live mainly on bamboo leaves. Every day each grown-up panda eats about 15-30 kilograms of bamboo leaves and they usually spend 10-12 hours eating. Pandas also have spare-time hobbies. Two of their hobbies are climbing trees and sleeping. Sadly， there are not many pandas left in the world because some people keep cutting down trees， and bad hunters are trying to kill them for money.The Chinese government is doing its best to protect pandas from being harmed or killed.

　　Passage 59. Books on “How to”

　　Books on how to do things are very popular in America today. There are about four to five thousand kinds of books about the money. Another may tell you how to save or spend it. And another may explain how to give your money away.

　　Some “How to” books tell you how to choose a way

　　of making a living and how to succeed in it. However，

　　if you fail， you can buy a book which is called “How

　　to turn a Failure into a Success.” If you would like to become very rich， you can buy the book “How to make a Million.” If you never make any money at all， you may need a book called “How to live on nothing.”

　　If you are unhappy with your life， you can read “How

　　to Love Every Minute of Your Life.” There is even a book called “How to kill yourself.”

　　Passage 60. The Pianist and an Old Woman

　　John was a very famous pianist. When he was a small boy， he once played at a party in the home of a rich man. He was only eight years old， but he had played the piano for several years. At the party he played a famous piece by Beethoven. He played wonderfully. The famous piece has several long rests in it. In each of these rests he took his hands away from the piano and waited. To him this was very exciting， but the mother of the rich man thought differently. Finally， during one of these rests she came over to him. She touched him on the head， smiled and said， “My boy， why don’t you play us what you know well?”

　　Passage 61. The favorite coat.

　　Mr. Smith had a nice， blue coat. He loved it very much， but his wife didn’t like it because it was old. She often said， “Give it to a poor man.” Mr. Smith always said， “No， I like this coat.” Then one day a cigarette fell on it and made a hole in it， so Mrs. Smith said， “Please don’t wear it again.” Mr. Smith took it to

　　a small tailor’s shop and said to the tailor， “Please make another coat just like this one.” The tailor made the coat very carefully， then he lit a cigarette and made a hole in it in the same place.

Passage 62. Noise

　　Miss Gray lived alone in an apartment house. She was old and did not like noise at all. One day a young man moved into the room above her. He looks quiet， Miss Gray thought. However， at three o’clock the next morning， Miss Gray was woken up by the barking of a dog. She thought， I’ve never heard a dog here before. It must belong to the new man in the room above me. So he telephoned the young man， said some nasty things to him about the dog， then hung up the telephone before he could answer. At three o’clock the next morning， Miss Gray’s telephone rang. When she answered， the young man said， “I’m the man upstairs. I’ve called to tell you that I haven’t got a dog.”

　　Passage 63. The Diet.

　　Mrs. Tan is worried about her weight， so she goes

　　to see a doctor. “Oh， I’m too fat， I need to lose a lot of weight.” “It isn’t difficult to lose weight，” the doctor says. “All you need to do is go on a diet. I’ll give you one.”The doctor takes out a piece of paper and writes “Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Also， eat a lot

　　of lean meat and grains.” The doctor hands the paper

　　to Mrs. Tan. “Eat all those things and you’ll soon lose weight.”

　　A few weeks later， Mrs. Tan’s friend visits her. Her friend is surprised to see that Mrs. Tan is even fatter than before and she is eating a huge sandwich with chocolate and ice cream.“I thought you were on a diet，” her friend says. “Oh， I am.” Mrs. Tan answers. “I’ve already had all the food on my diet today. Now I’m having my dinner.”

　　Passage 64. A Cheap Mea

　　A man goes into a restaurant and sits down at one of the tables. Awaiter comes up to him and gives him the menu. The man reads it carefully， then he orders all the most expensive dishes. Then a small boy comes into the restaurant and sits at the man’s table. The waiter comes up and says to the man， “What will your little boy like， sir?” “Oh， just an ice cream，” the man tells him. After he finishes his meal， the man stands up and says to the waiter， “I’m just going out to buy a newspaper.” He leaves the restaurant. The waiter gives the boy an ice cream. The boy eats it， and then stands up and walks to the door.The waiter runs towards him. “Excuse me，” he says，“but your father hasn’t come back and he hasn’t paid for his meal or your ice cream. You’d better stay here until your father comes back and pays his bill.” “He’s not my father，” the boy says. “The man came up to me in the street and asked me if I liked ice cream. I told him I did. The he told me to come into the restaurant at nine o’clock and sit at his table. He said he would give me one.”

　　Passage 65. Computers

　　Many people know what a computer is and what it can do. The computer is fast and never makes mistakes， while people are slow and often make mistakes. That’s what people often say when they talk about computers.For many years， scientists have improved computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday work quite well， and people can use a computer in many ways. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer “think” like

　　a man. With the help of a person， a computer can draw pictures， write music， talk with people， and so on. Maybe a computer will think and fee one day.

　　Passage 66. Two American Presidents

　　There are stories about two U.S. presidents， Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. They try to explain to people how the word“OK” came from. We don’t know if either story is true， but they are both interesting.

　　Some said that President Jackson could hardly read or write. When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read hem or asked his men to tell him what they said. If he agreed， he would write “All correct” on the Paper. The problem was that he did not know how to spell. So he wrote “OL Korekt” instead. Later it was shortened to “OK”.

　　Others said that President Van Buren was born in

　　Kinderhook， New York. Van Buren’s friends organized

　　a club to help him become president. They called the club Old Kinderhook Club. Anyone in the club was called “OK”.