小学五年级英语阅读精选.doc

Seven days in a week There are about fifty-two weeks in a year. And there are seven days in each（每; 各自的） week.The first day of a week is Sunday. The other（别的，其它的） days of a week between（在.之间） Sundayand Saturday are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Monday is the second（第二） day, Tuesday is the third（第三） day, Wednesday is the fourth（第四） day, Thursday is the fifth（第五） day, and Friday is the sixth（第六） day. Whats the last（最后的） day? Do you know?Two Young（年轻的） Trees Two young trees are standing on the top（顶） of the hill. Their names are Tim and Alan. One day, its sunny(阳光的） and warm（温暖的）. Some birds are singing in the trees. The wind（风） blows（吹）, and the trees are talking.“What do you want to be when you grow up? asks Tim.“Im not sure. I think I want to be a chair or a desk.” answers Alan, “Maybe I want to be a toy box or a baseball bat（球棒，球拍） I like children.”“What do you want to be when you grow up?” asks Alan. “Me?” says Tim, “I just want to be a tree. I want to be a house for birds and spiders（蜘蛛）. I want to have many apples. And when its sunny and hot, people and animals can stand under me.”The Best（最好的） Job Betty is a lazy（懒的） girl. She doesnt study hard（努力学习）, and she doesnt help her mother with the housework, either（也）. “What are you going to be when you grow up（长大）, Betty?” Mother asks. “Youre too lazy. No job will ever fit（适合）you.” “But I know one,”says the girl,“Im going to be Father Christmas（圣诞老人）,” “You want to be Father Christmas?” Mother is surprised（惊讶的）, “But why?” “Because he works only（只，仅仅） one day in a whole（整个） year.” Dogs One of the animals that help people a lot is the dog. In some countries（国家）, dogs pull（拉）wagons（四轮的运货马车）. In the cold north（北方）, dogs pull sleds（雪橇）.There are other （别的; 其他的;）ways（道路; 某方面） that dogs help us, too. Policemen use them to look for missing（失去的; 下落不明的） people. Soldiers（战士） use them to carry（搬运） letters（信件） and medicine .On farms, dogs take care of（照顾） sheep（绵羊） and keep（保持; 保留） them in the fields（田；场地）. At night, they take the sheep home. Dogs help the blind（失明的） with work. Some dogs are good and kind（友善的）. Some dogs are good at another（ 另一的） skill（技能; 本领）.Fathers Hobby My dad works from Monday to Friday in a bank（银行）. He uses the computer to count（计数，清点） money. His job is very important（重要） in the bank. Dad is also（也） busy at home. At weekends he cooks dinner. Usually he cooks Italian（意大利的） food. On Sundays he makes five pieces（块，片，段） of pizza. Sometimes hecooks chicken and makes Chinese food. My mum watches and helps him. I help my dad, too. I wash the dishes. Many people think it is strange（奇怪的，古怪的） for a man to cook. But my dad enjoys（享受; 喜欢）his hobby. Cooking relaxes【（使）轻松】 him. He is a weekend cook. I dont think so（我不这么认为） Jack is a good boy but he doesnt like to use his head. He often says something without（没有） thinking.It makes others（别人） unhappy（不高兴）. Mr. Black teaches math in a school. Hes old now and he likes children.On the Friday Mr. Black doesnt go to work, because hes ill in a hospital. And Jacks mother will see him after dinner. “I want to be there with you.” says Jack. “Youre a rude（粗鲁的） boy. I cant take you there. says his mother. “Dont worry, mum. I wont（不会） do that again. Please believe（相信） me. ” says Jack. In the hospital, Jack says nothing（零; 无） at first. When theyre leaving（离开） , he says to Mr. Black, “You look fine. The doctor says youre going to die（死亡）, but I dont think so. ”Sea（海） horse There are all kinds of（各种各样的）horses in the world. But one of them（它们中的一种） you cant ride. It doesnt live on land（陆地）, but in the sea. It looks like the head of horse. So the people call it sea horse. In fact（事实上）, the sea horse s a small fish. It likes to live in warm（温暖的） water. A sea horse stands up in the water when（当.时候） it swims. Father horse carries（ 携带） the eggs to keep（保持） them safe（安全） in its pouch（育儿袋）. When the eggsare hatched（孵出，破壳而出）, the baby horses swim away（离开）. Swimming Swimming is a good sport（运动）. Its popular（流行的）. People like swimming because the water makes people feel cool（凉爽）. But if they swim in a wrong place（地方）, it is very dangerous（危险）. These years, some people died（死亡） when they were（are的过去式） enjoying themselves（他们自己） in water and most of them（他们中的大多数） were students. Summer（夏天） holiday（假期） will be there again. I want to give you some advice（建议）. First, dont get into（进入） the water when（当.时） you are alone（单独的）. Second, dont get into the water if there is a No swimming sign（标志）. Third, you should（应该） be careful（小心） in the water. If you remember（记住） these, swimming will be safe（安全的） and its good for your health（健康）.A Piece of meat（肉） A dog has a large piece of meat in his mouth. Near the water he looks down and sees himself（它自己） in the water. He thinks it is another（另一个）dog. That dog has also（也）a large piece of meat in his mouth. He says to himself, “I want to get his meat. Then I can have two pieces.” He opens his mouth to bark(吠叫) and his meat goes down into the water. An Old Cat An old woman has a cat. The cat is now very old. She cannot run fast, and she cannot bite(咬; 叮). One day the old cat sees a mouse. she jumps and catches(抓住) the mouse. But she cannot bite it. So the mouse gets out【（从里）出来】 of her mouth and runs away（离开）. Then（那时; 然后） the old woman is very angry（生气） because the cat cannot kill（杀死） the mouse. She begins to beat（击打） the cat. The cat says to her, “Dont beat me. Be friendly（友好的） to me. When I was（am,is的过去式）young（年轻的）, I did（do的过去式） good work for you.”A hungry fox(狐狸） A hungry fox is from a forest（森林）. He arrives（到达） at a village（村庄）. He wants to find some food. He comes to a house and pulls（拉过来） the door. But it locked. He sees there is a hen（母鸡） inside（在里面）. “Hello Ill come to visit（拜访） you,” he tells the hen. “I know that you are ill. Come out and let me take your temperature（温度，体温）.” “Thank you,” says the hen. “I have a headache. But if I come out, you will kill me.”A Pair of Shoes One day an old man is taking the train（火车） to his hometown（家乡，故乡） .One of his shoes falls（掉落） onto（到之上） the ground（地面）, but the train starts. He cannot pick（捡，拾） it up, then he takes off the other and throws（扔） it near the fallen（落在地上的） shoe. A boy beside him asks him, “Why do you do that?” He answers, “If a man picks them up, he may get a pair of shoes.”We get the Wrong car! One day my wife（妻子）and I go shopping at a shop. We stop（停） the car in front of（在.前面） the shop. An hour（ 小时） later（过后; 后来） we come back to the car with many things. But we can not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” says my wife. “What shall we do?” “Lets ask that policeman!” The policeman comes to help us. A few（几）minutes（分钟） later, he gets the door open. Just（ 正好） at that moment（瞬间; 时刻） a man comes up and shouts（呼喊，叫喊）, “Why are you opening my car door?”We look at the number of the car and our faces(脸） turn（变；转）red.Thank you. Many people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind（友好的） to them. It is a very good habit（习惯）. You should（应该） say “Thank you” when someone passes（递） you the salt（盐） on the table, when someone is walking ahead（在前面） of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought（买，buy的过去式） something nice or your city is very beautiful. Thank you is used not only（不仅） between friends, but also（而且）betweenparents and children, brother and sister. Lets learn to say Thank you.Who is the God（上帝）? Tom likes sweets very much. But his mother never（绝不） gives him any, because she thinks they are bad for his teeth. But when Toms uncle gives him some, she always lets him eat the sweets. She wants to make her brother happy. One evening, a few（几） days before（在.之前） Toms birthday, he was praying（祈祷，祷告） in his bedroom. “Please, God,” he shouted（呼喊，叫喊）. “Let them give me a bog box of sweets as（作为） my birthday pres