【个人手工制作】新译林英语小学升初中课外趣味阅读及练习题(五)

新译林英语小学升初中课外趣味阅读及练习题（五）课外趣味阅读精彩小故事（四篇）The Pianist and an Old WomanJohn 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?”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 toa 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.NoiseMiss 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 befo re 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.”The Diet.Mrs. Tan is worried about her weight, so she goesto 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 vege tables. Also, eat a lotof lean meat and grains.” The doctor hands the paperto 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.”英语趣味谜语Come up and let us go;Go down and here we stay.Short thighsBald headAnd bullet eyes.I run smoother than any rhyme,1 love to fall but cannot climb.I tremble at each breath of air,And yet can heaviest burdens bear.Why should you never tell secrets in a cornfield? anchorfrogwaterBecause corn has ears.小学生实用口语句子37. Can I go with you? 我能和你一起走吗？38. Sure. 好的。

39. Do you know his telephone number?你知道他的电话号码吗？40. Are you sure? 你能确定吗？41. Yes. I’m sure. 是的，我肯定。

42. Maybe he’s in the teachers’ office.可能他在老师办公室。

43. We’re about the same age, I think.我想我们大概年龄相仿。

44. Yes, you’re right. 是的，你是对的。

45. You’re wrong. 你错了。

46. I like …very much. 我非常喜欢…47. I like to draw pictures there. 我喜欢在那儿画画。

48. Me too. 我也是。

49. Can I help you? 我能帮你吗？50. Yes, a dress for my daughter 是的，给我女儿买条裙子。

小学生重点词汇积累动词类其它动作want, make, cook, wash, please, draw, thank, think, point to, sit down, stand up, know, help, hope, look see, have, has, like, sing , read, write, draw, learn, listen, hear, say, talk, tell, study, speak, drink, drop laugh, give, visit, catch, dance, carry, live, agree, stop, finish, wait, get up, have breakfast, go to school, go to work, have lunch, go home, have dinner, watch TV, take pictures, go straight on, turn right, turn left, understand, argue, wear,went bought had met ran lost learnt练习题（一）What Went WrongA Japanese company and an American company had a boat race, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans hired analysts to figure out what went wrong. They reported that the Japanese had one person managing and seven rowing, while the Americans had seven managingand only one rowing. The American company immediately restructured its team. Now they had one senior manager, six management consultants and one rower.In the rematch the Japanese won by two miles. So the American company fired the rower.Notes:(1) analyst n.分析家(2) figure out 想出；演算出(3) restructure v.重组(4) consultant n.顾问Exercises:根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：① For the first time in the boat race, the Japanese won bytwo miles.② The American company hired Japanese analysts to find out what went wrong.③ The Japanese team had two persons managing and five rowing.④ In the rematch the Japanese won by one mile.⑤ The American company fired the rower.译文问题出在哪里一家日本公司和一家美国公司进行了一场划船比赛。