五年级英语趣味阅读

01 How Many LettersFather: How many letters are there in the English Alphabet(字母表)?Son: I dont know.Father: You dont know? You are in the school for one year and you dont know how many letters there are in the Alphabet ! Son: No. But let me ask(询问) you a question, Dad. You often go to the post office(邮局), please tell me how many letters there are in the post office? 百宝箱1.letter 字母2.question 问题3.often 经常根据对话，判断正（T）误（F）( ) 1. There are twenty-six letters in the English Alphabet.( )2. The son doesnt study English well.( )3. The son cant answer his fathers question.( )4.The father works in the post office.( )5. There are twenty-six letters in the post office.02 A Plan For Our Trip My name is Bob. My family(家人) like to go on a trip. We want to go to Beijing. Beijing is a big city. It has shops, restaurants(饭店) and famous(著名的) places. This is a plan of our trip(短途旅行). Monday We leave Suzhou and arrive in Beijing. Tuesday We go to Tiananmen Square. Wednesday We go to the Palace Museum. Thursday We go shopping. Friday We leave Beijing and arrive in Suzhou. 百宝箱1. shop 商店2. plan 计划3. leave 离开4. the Palace Museum 故宫1.根据短文，判断正(T)误(F)( )1. Bob likes to go on a trip.( )2. Beijing is a big city.1. 根据短文内容填空他们准备乘什么去北京旅游？( )(A)By bus. (B)By plane.(C)By bike. Bob一家计划去下面哪个地方？( )(A)Three days. (B)Zoo.(C)Palace Museum.03 A Good Cleaning Its Sunday morning. The students of Class 3 are giving their classroom a good cleaning. Miss Huang, their teacher, is working with them. The children are busy. Some are carrying water ; some are cleaning the windows ; others are sweeping the floor. Zhang Hua is putting up a map on the wall. It is a map of china. Wang Fei and Wei Qing are mending some brokenchairs. The children are listening to the radio while they are working. The classroom looks nice and bright after the cleaning. The children are very happy.百宝箱1.carry 提，抬2.sweep 打扫3.put up 挂4.map 地图5.mend 修理6.brokenchair 坏的椅子7,while 当的时候8.bright 明亮根据短文，判断正(T)误(F)( )1. The children are playing in their classroom on Sunday morning.( )2. Miss Huang, their mother, is working with them.( )3. There is a map of China on the wall.( )4. Two of them are repairing the broken chairs.( )5. They are singing while they are working.04 Basket An old woman is going shopping with a basket( 蓝子 ). She is going by boat. The boat is going across( 穿过 ) the river. Her basket is e1 now. Oh dear! Look! Her basket is in the w2.“Help! My basket is in the river( 河水 ).” A boy sees the basket. He says, “Dont worry! I can g3 it !” He takes off( 脱掉 ) his shirt and shoes. “look a 4 them for me, please!”he says, and j5 into the river. A duck( 鸭子 ) sees the basket.“I can go by b6,” it thinks. It gets into the basket. The boy is swimming in the river.“Wheres the basket?” He asks. “Its over there!”answers the woman. “Its behind you! Its under that d7.” The boy gets to the basket. “Go away!” he says to the duck.The duck comes o8 of the basket and swims away. The b9 takes the basket back to the woman. “Oh,thank you very much,”says the woman.“Not at all!” says the boy. “Do you have my shirt and shoes, please?” “Yes,here you are. Oh! Whats this in the basket?”“Its the ducks e10.”根据短文内容补全单词（ 首字母已给出）。1.e 2.w 3. g 4. a 5. j 6. b 7.d 8.o 9.b 10.e 05 The USA The USA is the fourth largest countries in the world. It is smaller than Russia, Canada and China. Washington DC is its capital. But it is a quiet city. New York is the biggest city in America and its one of the biggest cities in the world. It is in the east of the USA and at the mouth of the Hudson River. New York has a larger population than Washington DC. In New York we can see the famous statue, the statue of Liberty.百宝箱1. largest 最大2. smaller 比较小3. biggest 最大4. world 世界5. population 人口6. statue 雕像根据短文内容选择填空。1. The USA is the largest country in the world.( A ) second ( B ) third ( C ) fourth2. Washington DC has a population than New Youk.( A ) larger ( B ) smaller ( C ) more3.Washington DC is than New York. ( A )larger ( B ) more crowed ( C ) quieter 4.New York is one of the cities in the world.( A ) quietest ( B ) biggest ( C ) oldest06 “Whats Water?” The students were having their chemistry (化学) class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “Whats Water?”No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again,“Why dont you answer my question( 问题 )? Didnt I tell you what water is like?” Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no colour and no smell(味道).But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed(同意) with him.“Im sorry, children.”said the teacher, “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. Thats a problem.” 根据短文内容选择填空。1.The students were having their class.(A) English (B) Chinese (C) chemisty (D) maths2. Miss Li was telling the children what was like.(A) water (B) air (C) earth (D) weather3. A boy said,“The water in river behind my house is always ”.(A) white (B) black (C) clean (D) clear4. Most of the children the boy.(A) agreed with (B)wrote to (C) heard from (D) sent for5. The water in the river has colour and smell because it is getting .(A) more and more (B) less and less (C) cleaner and cleaner (D) dirtier and dirtier07 A Clock and a WatchWe can tell time by a clock or by a watch. A clock is big ;it is usually on the wall or on the table. A watch is small; we can put it in the pocket or wear it on the wrist! A clock or a watch usually has a round face. It has two hands, a long one and a short one. The long one is minute hand(分针),the short one is hour hand (时针)。百宝箱1.watch 手表2.usually 通常3.pocket 口袋4.wrist 手腕根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）( ) 1. People tell time by a clock or by a watch.( ) 2. We usually put a clock in the pocket or on the wrist.( ) 3. On the round face of a clock there are some hands.( ) 4. We usually put a watch on the wall.08 The Mr ReadsMr and Mrs Read have a son and a daughter. Their daughters name is Kate . Shes fourteen. Their sons name is Jim. He is thirteen. Theyre students. They are in the same grade. Mr Read and Mrs Read are teachers. They are English.百宝箱1.daughter 女儿2.grade 年级3.English 英国人阅读短文，完成下列各题。1. Whats Mr and Mrs Reads daughters name ?2. How old is Jim?3. Are Kate and Jim in the same grade?4. Is Mrs Read a teacher?5. Are the family Chinese or English?09 MyselfIm Bill. Im American. I live and work in Hong Kong. I work hard from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays and Sundays I have nothing to do. Usually I go to see my good friend Jim. Jim comes from England. He often tells me about his country and his family. We are going to have a seven-day holiday, so we are going to visit London. And Jim is going to see his parents in England.百宝箱1.work hard 努力工作2.country 国家3.holiday 假期根据短文内容回答问题。1. Is Bill an Englishman?2. How many days does Bill work in a week?3. Does Bill know England and Jims family a lot?4. Are Bill and Jim going to have one-week holiday?5. Where are they going?6. What is Jim going to do in England?10 Davids Birthday PresentsDavid has got lots of presents from his family and friends on his birthday. Davids brother, Mike gave him a big yellow box. David opens it and there is another box in it. The box is green. He opens the box and sees the third box. This one is blue. There is a short letter in it. It says,“Go to your study(书房). You can see three boxes there_ a black one, a grey one and a white one. Your birthday present is in one of them.”David runs to his study and finds them on the desk. He opens the grey(灰色的) box, but finds nothing in it. Then he opens the black one. He is glad to see a model(模型) plane in it.根据短文，判断正（T）误（F） ( ) 1. Mike is one of Davids best friends.( ) 2. Davids brother gave him five boxes. They are yellow, green, black, grey, and white.( ) 3. There is a model plane in the black box.( ) 4. The letter is in a grey box.( ) 5. There is nothing in the blue box.11 Womens DayIt was March 8th yesterday. It was Womens Day. Wang Lei wanted to do something for his mother. He went shopping and bought a lot of things. Then he went home and cleaned the room. He tried his best to do the cooking. When his mother came back, she was very happy. Wang Lei was very tired, but he felt pleased.百宝箱1.try one s best 尽某人最大的努力2.pleased 高兴的根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）( ) 1. Today was Womens Day.( ) 2. Wang Lei cooked a meal for his mother.( ) 3. Wang Leis mother was happy.11 The Way to King StreetLast week Mrs. Mills went to London. She didnt know London very well, and she lost her way.Suddenly, she saw a man near a bus stop. “I can ask him the way.”she said to herself.“Excuse me,”she said. “Can you tell me the way to King Street, please?”The man smiled pleasantly. He did not understand English! He spoke German. He was a tourist.Then he put his hand into pocket, and took out a phrasebook.He opened the book and a phrase. He read the phrase slowly. “I am sorry,”he said. “I do not speak English.” 百宝箱1.suddenly 突然2.herself 她自己3.tourist 旅游者4.phrasebook 常用语手册根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）( ) 1. The man is a stranger.( ) 2. Last week Mrs. Mills went to London.( ) 3. The man can speak English.13英文幽默故事：parretThere was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There were three parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, “How come this guy is $5,000? Thats so expensive for this kind of parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing actions, like dancing and so on. Thats why hes so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shop said, “I dont know. Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him The Boss.” 鹦鹉老板最大 有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：为什么这只要卖五千元？这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了！老板说：因为我有训练他讲话。顾客又问：那这只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？老板说：他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。顾客接着又问：那第三只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？老板说：我不知道。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有！不过另外两只叫他：老板！百宝箱1.guy 家伙2.customer 顾客3.owner 老板4.train 训练5.apart 除了6.normally 什么都没有14buy ticketsTom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. Once he goes to a cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket. Two or three minutes after that he comes out and asks for another ticket. But a girl asks him, “Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops me at the door and cuts up my ticket.”买