小学三年级英语阅读1-10

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小学

三年级英语阅读（1-10）

一，How Can I Pay You

我该怎样谢你

One day, a poor man is taking a bag of rice to a town. The rice is on the back of his horse but it falls down. The rice is too heavy to lift and he doesn’t know what to do. He only hopes someone can give him some help.

一天，一个穷人正带着一袋米去镇上。大米放在马背上但它掉了下来。大米太重了抬不动，穷人不知怎么办才好。他只想有人会给他些帮助。

After a while, a man riding a horse comes. But he is a rich man living nearby. The poor man hopes another farmer will come. But the rich man sees him and says to him, “You need my help, right?” And he helps the poor man lift the rice onto the horse’s back.

过了一会儿，一个人骑着马走过来。但是他是住在附近的一个富人。穷人希望另一个农民过来。但是富人看到了他并对他说，“你需要帮助，对吗?”他帮穷人把米抬到马背上。

“Sir, how can I repay you?” the poor man says.

“我该怎样谢你呢，先生?”穷人说。

“It’s easy, when you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”

“这很简单，当你看到其他人遇到麻烦时，你可为他做同样的事情。”

单词小览

on the back of 在……的背上

fall down 掉下

lift v. 抬，举

after a while 过了一会儿

nearby adv. 附近

in trouble 遇到麻烦

根据上文填空完成下面各题。

1. The poor man puts the rice on the ______ of the horse.

2. When the rice falls down, the poor man hopes ________ can give him some ______.

3. The rich man helps the poor man _____ the rice onto the horse’s back.

二，A History Question

一个历史问题

The history teacher is having a lesson, but Tom is thinking about other things. The teacher asks, “Tom, do you know who is the first president of the United States?” Tom stands up, but he can’t answer this question.

历史老师正在上课，但是汤姆在想别的事情。老师问道：“汤姆，你知道谁是美国第一任总统吗?”汤姆站了起来，但是他回答不出这个问题。

So the teacher gets angry and shouts, “George Washington!” Tom sits down. “Stand up!”the teacher says angrily, “I don’t let you sit down.”“Oh, I’m sorry,” says Tom, “I thought you called another student.”

于是老师变得很生气，大声说道：“乔治?华盛顿!”汤姆坐下来。“站起来!”老师生气地说，“我没有让你坐下。”“哦，对不起，”汤姆说，“我以为你在叫另外一个学生。”

单词小览

history n. 历史

have a lesson 上课

president n. 总统

shout v. 大喊

angrily adv. 生气地

根据上文，判断下面各题的对与错，正确的写“F”，错误的写“T”。

1. Tom is thinking about other things when the teacher is having a lesson. ( )

2. George Washington is one of Tom’s classmates. ( )

3. The teacher told Tom the answer. ( )

Quarrel for a comb

三，为梳子争吵

There are two monks. They are not brothers but they live in the same house. Every morning they go out to look for some food.

有两个和尚，他们不是兄弟却住在同一间房子里。每天早上他们都到外面寻找吃的。

One day, they go out very early. They are on a road to a village. It is too early and there are no people on the road. They are walking. Suddenly, they stop. There is a comb on the road near them. They are running up to it at the same time.

一天，他们很早就出去了。他们走在乡村的一条小路上。太早了路上一个人都没有。他们正走着，突然，停了下来。路上有一把梳子，就在他们旁边。他们同时跑了过去。

“I found it first. It is mine.” One of them says.

“我第一个发现它的，它是我的。”其中一个和尚说。

“No, I found it before you, so it isn’t yours, it’s mine.” The other says.

“不，我比你先发现它的，所以它不是你的，它是我的。”另一个和尚说。

They sit on the road. They are quarrelling for the comb. Morning comes and then comes the afternoon. But they are still quarrelling.

他们坐在路上，为这把梳子争吵着。从早上到下午，但是他们仍然争吵着。

A little boy comes up to them and says, “You are monks. Monks have no hair. What is the use of the comb for you?”

一个小男孩朝他们走来并说道：“你们是和尚。和尚没有头发，梳子对于你们有什么用吗?”

单词小览

quarrel vi. 争吵

comb n. 梳子

monk n. 和尚

suddenly adv. 突然地

根据上文给下面各题选择正确的答案。

1. The two monks go out to ________ every morning.

A: play B: carry water C: look for food

D: buy things

2. When they go out one day, they see a ________ on the road.

A: purse B: bag C: comb D: monk

3. They quarrel from morning to _____.

A: evening B: afternoon

C: night D: now

4. Is the comb useful for the monks?

A: Yes, it is.B: No, it isn’t.

C: Yes, he is.D: No, they aren’t.

四，A Brown Coat

棕色外套

Mr Smith has a nice, brown coat. He loves it a lot. But his wife doesn’t like it because it’s old. She often says, “Give it to poor man.” But Mr Smith says, “No, I like this coat.”

史密斯先生有一件漂亮的棕色外套，他非常喜欢它。但是他的妻子不喜欢，因为它是旧

的。她经常说，“把它送给穷人吧。”但是史密斯先生说：“不，我喜欢这件衣服。”

But one day, a cigarette falls on it and makes a hole in it. So Mrs Smith says, “Please don’t wear it again.” Mr Smith takes it to a tailor’s shop and says to the tailor, “Please make another coat like this one.” The tailor does what he is told him and makes a new coat. Then the tailor makes a hole in it again with his cigarette in the same place.

但是一天，一只香烟把这件衣服烧了一个洞。于是史密斯太太说：“请不要再穿它了。”史密斯先生把它拿到了一个裁缝店对裁缝说：“请给我做一件与这件一模一样的外套。”裁缝按照他说的做了一件新外套。然后裁缝又用香烟在同一个地方烧了一个洞。

单词小览

brown adj. 棕色的

make a hole 烧了一个洞

cigarette n. 香烟

tailor n. 裁缝

in the same place 在同一个地方

根据上文给下面各题选择正确答案。

1. What colour is Mr Smith’s coat?

A: Yellow.B: Brown.C: Old.D: Black.

2. Who doesn’t like the coat at all?

A: Mrs Smith B: The poor man

C: Mr Smith D: The tailor

3. Does Mr Smith give his coat to the poor man when there’s a hole in it?

A: Certainly.B: Yes, he dos.

C: No, he doesn’t. D: We don’t know.

4. How many holes are there in the new coat?

A: One. B: Two.C: No hole.D: Three.

5. Which of the answers is right?

A: The two holes are in the same place.

B: The tailor can’t make a new coat.

C: The poor man gets the old coat.

D: Mr and Mrs Smith don’t like the coat at all.

五，Sit in the Same Seat

坐在同一座位上

My uncle lives in a village, but he works in a big city. He goes to work by train every morning and comes home in the same way.

我叔叔住在一个小乡村，但他在一个大城市里工作。每天早上他都乘火车去工作并以同样的方式回来。

One morning, my uncle is reading a newspaper on the train. A man behind him says “hello” to him and begins to talk to him. “Your life isn’t interesting, is it? You take the same train every morning, and you always sit in the same seat and read the same paper.”

一天早上，我叔叔正在火车上看报纸。他后面的一个人跟报打招呼并开始与他交谈。“你的生活很没乐趣，不是吗?你每天早上都乘相同的火车，总是坐在相同的座位并读着同一份报纸。”

“How do you know all that?” My uncle asks.

“你是怎么知道所有这一切的?”我叔叔问。

“Because I always sit in the same seat behind you,” the man says.

“因为我一直坐在同一座位上，就在你后面。”这个人说道。

单词小览

in the same way 以同样的方式

train n. 火车

behind prep. 在……后面

根据上文，选择正确的答案。

1. My uncle works ________.

A. in a village

B. in a town

C. in a city

2. He comes back home by _________.

A. ship

B. bus

C. train

3. When he is on the train, he often _________.

A. reads books

B. read a newspaper

C. sleep

4. My uncle always sits in the _________ seat.

A. same

B. different

C. other

六，Number Twenty Now

现在排第二十名

Peter’s father wants to know how his son is getting along in school. One day he asks, “Peter, how are you getting along in school? What is your place in the class?”“Number twenty-one.”“And how many students are there in your class?”“Twenty-one, Father.”

彼得的父亲想要知道儿子在学校表现怎样。一天他问道：“彼得，你在学校表现怎样?在班级排多少名?”“第二十一名”。“那你们班有多少学生啊?”“二十一人，爸爸。”

Some weeks pass. One day Peter brings home his test paper.

几周过后。一天彼得把他的试卷带回了家。

“What’s your place in the class now?”

“现在你排第几名?”

“Number twenty now.”

“现在排第二十名。”

“Good. Then you are one place ahead.”

“好啊，那么你前进了一名了。”

“No, Father. One of the students left the class. His familys gone to another town.”

“不，爸爸。我们有一位同学离开了班级。他家搬到另一镇上去了。”

单词小览

number n. 第……名

be getting along 进展得……

place n. 名次

pass v. 过去

test paper 考试卷

ahead adv. 向前地

根据上文，选择正确的答案。

1. Peter is getting along ______ in school.

A: poor B: wrong C: well

2. Peter is always in number _________ in his class.

A: twenty B: twenty-one

C: twenty-two

3. Peter is one place ahead because __________.

A: He study hard B: He like to study

C: His classmate leaves the class

七，Selling Cow

卖牛

An old man is selling a big cow. A young man comes to the cow and begins to look at it carefully. Then the old man goes up to him and says in his ears. “Don’t say anything about the cow before I sell it, then I will give you some meat.”

一位老人正在卖一头大奶牛。一个年轻人来到奶牛旁边开始仔细地看它。老人走过去对他耳语道：“在我卖掉这头奶牛前不要说任何话，过后我会给你一些肉。”

“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the cow, he gives the young man some meat and says, “Now, you can tell me how do you think of the bad leg of the cow.”

“好吧。”年轻男子说道。老人卖掉了奶牛，他给了年轻人一些肉并说道：“现在你能告诉我关于这头奶牛有条坏腿你是怎么看的?”

“I didn’t find the bad leg,” says the young man. “Then why did you look at the cow carefully?” asks the old man.

“我没发现坏腿呀。”年轻男子说。“那你为什么仔细地看着这头牛?”老人问道。

Then young man answers, “Because I have never seen a cow, and I wanted to know what it looks like.”

年轻人回答道：“因为我从未见过奶牛，我只想知道它长得什么样。”

单词小览

cow n. 奶牛

slowly adv. 慢慢地

never adv. 从来没有

look like 看起来像

根据上文，判断下面各题的对与错，正确的写“F”，错误的写“T”。

1. The old man sells the cow. ( )

2. The young man looks at the cow. He wants to find what it looks like. ( )

3. The two men are not good men.( )

4. The young man knows the cow isn’t good.

八，“Only I Can Read What I Write”

我写的只有我能读

A farmer can’t read or write. One day he asks a man to write a letter for him. He wants to post the letter to his uncle.

一个农民既不会读书也不会写字。一天，他请一个男子为他写一封信。他要把这封信寄给他叔叔。

“I can’t write you letter,” says the man, “Because I have a bad leg.”

“我不能为你写信，”男子说，“因为我有一条腿坏了。”

“Sir,” says the farmer, “I know, but I can’t see what a bad leg has to do with writing a letter.”

“先生，”农民说道，“我知道，但是我不明白写信与腿坏了有什么关系。”

“It has much to do with it,” says the man, “because I can’t walk so far and read the letter to you uncle.”

“有很大关系，”男子说，“因为我不能走那么远为你叔叔读信。”

“What do you mean, sir?” says the farmer. “His son can read it to him. Why do you need to read if for him?”

“您这是什么意思，先生?”农艺说道：“他的儿子可以读给他听。为什么需要你读给他听呢?”

“Don’t you understand,” answers the man, “that only I can read what I write?”

“你还不明白吗，”男子说道，“我写的只有我能读得懂。”

单词小览

post v. 邮寄

have to do with…与…有关系

mean v. 意思是

understand v. 懂得，明白

根据上文，判断下面各题的对与错，正确的写“F”，错误的写“T”。

1. The farmer can read and write. ( )

2. The man can’t help the farmer because he can’t write. ( )

3. The man has a broken arm. ( )

4. Is the person beside the old man a man or a woman?

A: He’s man.B: She is a woman.

C: He’s a boy.D: She’s a girl.

九，My Family Is Very Poor

我家很穷

Mr White is very rich. One day, the Whites’ move to a new town. Beth, his daughter, is also going to a new school in the town. On the first day, Mr White says to Beth, “Beth, don’t say we are rich. You must be modest. You must be kind to others.” Beth says, “I see, Dad.”

怀特先生非常有钱。一天，怀特先生一家搬到了一个城镇。他的女儿贝思也将要到城里的新学校读书。上学第一天，怀特先生对贝思说：“贝思，不要说们很富有，你必须谦虚，你必须对别人友好。”贝思说：“我明白了。爸爸。”

Then Beth goes to school. Her teacher introduces her to other classmates, “This is Beth. She’s our new classmate.” The classmates clap their hands, “Welcome to our class!” Beth say happily, “Thank you. I have just moved to town with my parents. My family is very poor. My father is very poor. My mother is very poor. The gardener is very poor. The cook is poor and all the other servants are poor, too.”

于是贝思上学去了。她的老师将她介绍给其他的同学;“这是贝思，她是我们的新同学。”别的同学鼓掌欢迎：“欢迎你到我们班上来!”贝思愉快地说：“谢谢你们。我刚和父母搬到这个城镇。我家很穷，我的爸爸很穷，我的妈妈很穷，园丁很穷，厨师很穷，其他所有的佣人也很穷。”

单词小览

the Whites’怀特全家

modest adj. 谦虚的

be kind to…对…友好

clap one’s hands 鼓掌

gardener n. 园丁

servant n. 佣人

根据上文回答问题。

1. Is Beth’s family rich?

2. Is Beth’s father very poor?

3. Why does Beth say these words in school?

十，Wet Paint

油漆未干

Mr Black is walking in the park and he is very tired. He looks around and sees a chair in the distance. So he walks towards the chair.

布莱克先生正在公园里散步，他很累。他看了看四周，看见远处有一把椅子，于是，他朝椅子走去。

As Mr Black is walking, he sees a man going to the chair, too. He thinks, “The man also wants to sit on the chair. I must go quickly.” So he walks faster. But the man also walks faster. Mr Black starts to run and the man starts to run, too. However, Mr Black is a little faster than the man. He gets to the chair first and sits on it. Just then, the man also reaches the chair. He raises a small board in his hands. It says, “Wet Paint.”

当布莱克先生正走着时，他看见一个人也正朝椅子走去。他想：“这个人也想坐椅子，我必须快点。”于是，他走得更快了。但是，那个人也走快了。布莱克先生开始跑起来，那个人也跑了起来。可是布莱克先生比他快了一点儿，他先到椅子那儿并坐在了上面。正在那时，那个人也到了椅子跟前，他手里举着一块小牌子，上面写着：“油漆未干。”

单词小览

wet adj. 湿的

paint n. 油漆

tried adj. 疲倦的

board n. 木板

quickly adv. 快速的

faster adv. 更快(fast的比较级)

however adv. 然而

raise vt. 举起

根据上文，判断下面各题的对与错，正确的写“F”，错误的写“T”。

1. Mr Black walks towards the chair because he is tired. ( )

2. Mr Black walks faster because he wants to meet his friend. ( )

3. The man wants to sit on the chair, too. ( )

参考答案：

一，1. back 2. someone 3. help 4. Lift

二，1. T 2. F 3. T

三，1. C 2. C 3. B 4. B

四，1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A

五，1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A

六，1. A 2. B 3. C

七，1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F

八，1. F 2. F 3. F

九，1. Yes, it is. 2. No, he isn’t. 3. Because her father tells her to do so.

十，1. T 2. F 3. F