英语短文阅读

英语短文阅读 请按照要求完成下面作业: 1.阅读下面短文并完成短文后的小问题。 2.抄写短文中出现的生词(5-10个) 3.挑选其中的3-5句翻译。 4.部分单词我已在短文中标记，其他不会的单词请查阅字典并用不同 颜色的字体标记。 5.其他按照寒假作业要求完成。 一(Where It Should Be Plugged A mother is very good at using every chance to educate(教 育) his son, who was only three years old. One day, she took a plug(插头) and said to her son, " Look, there are two pieces of copper, so it must be plugged in a place where there are two holes(洞). Where do you think it should be plugged?" She waited for an answer expectfully . "Plug in nose." is the answer. Notes: (1 ) be good at 擅长于 (2) copper n. 铜 (3) expectfully adv.期待地 Exercises: 根据短文选择正确答案: ? What is the mother good at? ( ) A. seizing every chance to educate her son. B. learning new things. C. doing electric work. D. doing house work. ? How old is her son? ( ) A. two years old B. three years old C. four years old D. five years old ? What did she show to her son one day? ( ) A. a plug B. copper C. two holes D. her nose ? What did the woman want her son to know? ( ) A. to know about electricity B. to know about copper C. to know how to use a plug D. to know about nose ? Where did the son think the plug should be plugged? ( ) A. in nose B. in anything with two holes C. in water D. in a car 二(I，You and she Peter was a clever(聪明的) boy. On his first day at school, he learned(learn的过去式) three words: 1, You and She. The tea cher taught(teach的过去式) him how to make sentences(造句) with those words. The teacher said," I, I am your teacher; (then po inting to(指向) a girl) She, She is your classmate(同学); You, You are my student. When Peter went home, his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once, " I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to his mother) She, She is your classmate; You, You are my student His father got angry and said, "I, I am your father; (then pointing to his wife) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son. The next morning at school, the teacher asked Peter if he had learned the three words by heart. "Yes," he said proudly, "I, I am your father; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son." Notes: (1) learn sth. by heart谙记;能背出 (2) proudly adv.自豪地 Exercises: 根据短文回答下列问题: ? What did Peter learn on his first day at school? ? How many sentences did the teacher teach him? ? Who asked him a question when Peter went home? ? How did his father feel when he heard Peter's sentences? ? What sentences did his father teach him? 三(Which Month Did He Go Away When Jack bowed(鞠躬) to someone, he always did it at lightening speed(快速地). You shouldn't wait any longer after he has had his head nod(点头). So he was blamed for(责备) no ma nners(礼貌). Then some warmhearted(热心的) men taught(tea ch的过去式) him, "When you bow to somebody next time, you can count 'January, February, March. until December. Then you can lift your body up. Thus, the ceremony(仪式) will be perfect. The next day, he met(遇到) his uncle, he did as the men told him. The bow was so long that it made his uncle feel surprised and escaped away(逃离) soon . When Jack looked up, he found his uncle gone . So he asked the passer(路人), "Which month did he go away?" Notes: (1) he has had his bead nod 他点 (2) blame sb.for sth.为某事责点头备某人 Exercises: 根据短文填空: ? When Jack bowed to someone, he always did it_____ tightening speed. ? You shouldn't wait any longer after he has _____his head nod. ? So he was blamed _____no manners. ? Then you can lift your body _____Thus the ceremony will be perfect. ? When Jack looked up, he found his uncle _____. 四(A Talk on the Phone I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of "C colon, back- slash, greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon" and so on, I hung up and found the repairman staring at me. "Lady," he asked, are you a spy?" Notes: (1) computer language 计算机语言 (2) refrigerator n. 冰箱 (3) backslash n. 回车 (4) greater than大于号 (5) DOS 计算机语言中的DOS处理 Exercises: 根据短文回答下列问题: ? What does the teacher teach? ? With what do students call her at home? ? Who was in the teacher's house when she was on the phone? ? Was it a long talk? ? Why did the repairman think she was a spy? 五(The ability of the Kangaroo The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got out again. Exasperated, the zoo director had the height increased to 30 feet, but the kangaroo still escaped. A giraffe asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think they'll build the fence?" "I don't know, " said the kangaroo. "Maybe a thousand feet if they keep leaving the gate unlocked. Notes: (1) enclosure n.围墙 (2) kangaroo n.袋鼠 (3) exasperated adj.恼火的 Exercises: 根据短文回答下列问题: ? What had the zoo newly squired? ? Why did the zoo keep increasing the height of the fence? ? How did the zoo director feel about it? ? Why could the animal still escape even when the fence was increased to a height of 30 feet? ? What does the passage imply?