小学英语110篇英语阅读理解短文（八）

概要：Passage 67. A second language.One day， the mother rat and her babies were havinga good time in the open air when a cat came to catch them for dinner. The mother rat noticed the cat coming near. The mother rat and her babies all triedto run away at once. They hurried to their home. It was under the tree. But the baby rats were afraid of the cat. They couldn’t run very fast. The cat came closer and closer. She would come at them. “What shall I do?” thought the mother. J

　　Passage 67. A second language.

　　One day， the mother rat and her babies were having

　　a good time in the open air when a cat came to catch them for dinner. The mother rat noticed the cat coming near. The mother rat and her babies all tried

　　to run away at once. They hurried to their home. It was under the tree. But the baby rats were afraid of the cat. They couldn’t run very fast. The cat came closer and closer. She would come at them. “What shall I do?” thought the mother. Just at that moment the mother rat stopped running， turned around and shouted at the rat， “Bowwow. Bowwow!” just like an angry dog. The cat was so surprised and afraid that she ran away. The mother rat turned to her babies，

　　“Now you see how important it is to learn a second language!”

　　Passage 68. The snowman

　　It‘s winter now. It’s very cold in the morning. It‘s all white outside because it snowed yesterday. Mr. Dog wants to watch TV. But Miss Cat says， ”Oh dear! It‘s very nice outside. Let‘s make a snowman.” Making a snowman isn’t very easy， so they work hard. Oh， how nice the snowman! Mr. Dog puts his hat on the snowman‘s head. After that， they are very hungry. Their lunch is some fish， some bones and a big cake. Mr. Dog says， ”It‘s the middle of the day. The snowman must be hungry. Let’s give the cake to him.” ”All right!” says Miss Cat. But the snowman isn‘t there. They can only see the hat. Where is he?

　　Passage 69. Lucky or unlucky

　　When Barbara was fishing， she dropped her watch.

　　It fell into the water. Barbara was sad because it was her best watch.

　　The next day， Barbara went fishing again. She put her hook into the water. When she pulled it up， there was her watch! It was caught on her hook.

　　Barbara didn’t catch but she was happy. she had her watch back.

　　Passage 70. The Great Wall of China

　　The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world. It is about 6，000 kilometers long， 7 meters high and 5 meters wide. The Great Wall was built more than twenty centuries ago. It was very difficult to build such a great wall without any modern machines. Thousands of men died while they were building the wall.

　　Have you ever been to the Great Wall? It is very famous in the world. Many foreigners come to visit it every year. They like it very much.

　　Passage 71. Helen’s glasses

　　Helen’s eyesight was not very good， so she usually wore glasses. But when she was seventeen years old and began to go out with a young man， she never wore her glasses when she was with him. When he came to the door to take her out， she took her glasses off， and when she came home and he left， she put them on again.

　　One day her mother said to her， “But Helen， why do you never wear your glasses when you are with Jim? He takes you to beautiful places in his car， but you don’t see anything.”

　　“Well， Mother，” said Helen， “ I look prettier to Jim when I am not wearing my glasses and he looks better to me， too.”

　　Passage 72. A desert

　　A desert is a very dry place. It does not rain there very much. A desert is very hot， too. Only a few plants can grow in deserts. Only a few animals can live there. Those plants and animals don’t need much water to live. And don’t mind when it is hot. Can you live in a desert? Why or why not?

　　Passage 73. Animal’s home

　　Everybody has a home. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes， too.

　　Some animals live in holes under the ground. The woodchuck lives under the ground. His home has two doors. If an enemy comes into one door， the woodchuck goes out through the other.

　　Some animals live in holes in trees .Some squirrels build nests high in trees. Some birds live in holes in trees. Most of the birds live in nests. Crows build their nests high in trees. But hawks build their nests high in the mountains.

　　Passage 74. An Outing

　　The Smiths like to go out for a trip on Sundays. This Sunday they want to go to the West Hill. Jack and Mike， their sons， get up very early in the morning. Jack puts on a shirt and jeans， and Mike puts on a T-shirt and jeans. They also put on their running shoes.After that they help their mother do the housework. They put bread， meat， eggs and some fruit in a basket and carry it to the car. Mrs. Smith also takes four tins of coke with her. The little dog is running after her. It wants to go with them， too. They are all very happy.

　　Passage 75. Go fishing

　　One summer holiday I was in the forest by myself. I went down to fish in the river. Soon I got a big fish.Then I heard a great noise. There， right behind me， sat a big black bear! Wild animals are afraid of any quick move. So I moved very slowly. The bear watched me. But he sat still. I took the fish and threw it to him. He ate it at once. Now what was I going to do?I’d better go on fishing， I thought.The bear thought so， too. Soon I got another fish. I went over to him and put the fish into his big red mouth. I fished and fished-all for him.At first I was afraid to stop. Then I began to like doing it. He was so friendly. When evening came， the bear stood up and turned away from me.

　　Passage 76. The Candy King

　　Once candy was not made for children. In one country， almost 5，000 years ago， candy was made only for kings. Today， children are the candy kings.

　　Have you ever eaten licorice? People in ancient times ate licorice， too. They did think of licorice as candy at first. They ate licorice to keep them strong and well. In some countries， people ate licorice to make them beautiful! Later， people ate it just because it tasted good! All candy was made by hand until 1845. In that year， a man made a candy machine. By the 1900s， candy was sold all over the world. Today， candy companies say a person eats from 15 to 30 pounds of candy a year. More than 2，000 different kinds of candy are made! How many kinds do you eat， candy king?

　　Passage 77. Yawn

　　Sometimes people feel sleepy. They can‘t stay interested in what they are doing and they open their mouths wide quickly. We call this a yawn. It makes a pretty silly face. Why do people do it? Scientist do not know much about yawns. But they have some ideas. Our bodies get tired. Our minds get tired， too. A tired mind needs air. So we yawn. The quick yawn takes in air. And the air wakes up our mind. But not for long. Watch out! Here comes another yawn.