英语阅读理解短文50篇

精编英语阅读理解短文50篇

Passage1.Idon'tthinkso

Jackisagoodboybuthedoesn,tliketousehishead.He

oftensayssomethingwithouthinking.Itmakesothers

unhappy.

Mr.Blackteachesmathinaschool.He'soldnowandhelikes

children.OntheFridayMr.Blackdoesn'tgotowork,because

he'sillinahospital.AndJack'smotherwillseehimafter

dinner."Iwanttobetherewithyou."saysJack.

“You'rearudeboy.Ican'ttakeyouthere."sayshis

mother."Don'tworry,mum.Iwon,tdothatagain.Please

believeme."saysJack.Inthehospital,Jacksaysnothing

atfirst.Whenthey'releaving,hesaystoMr.

Black,“Youlookfine.Thedoctorsaysyou'regoingto

die,butIdon'tthinkso.”

Passage2.Sevendaysinaweek

Thereareaboutfifty-twoweeksinayear.And

therearesevendaysineachweek.Thefirst

dayofaweekisSunday.Theotherdaysofaweekbetween

SundayandSaturdayareMonday,Tuesday,Wednesday

ThursdayandFriday.Mondayisthesecondday,

Tuesdayisthethirdday,Wednesdayisthefourthday,

Thursdayisthefifthday,andFridayisthesixth

day.What'sthelastday?Doyouknow?

Passage3.MyspecialFriend

IhaveafriendintheU.S.HisnameisDonAdams.Iknow

himverywell,butIhavenevermethim.We

writetoeachotherallthetime.Myletters

areveryshort.Itisstillhardformeto

writeinEnglish.IreceivedaletterfromDon

yesterday.Itmakesmeveryhappy.Heiscoming

tomycountryforavisitnextsummer.Wearegoing

toseeeachotherforthefirsttime.

Passage4.ADayinMyLife

Myfamilylivesonthisstreet.Inthemorning,myfather

goestoworkandallthechildrengotoschool.Mymother

takesustoschooleveryday.Shedoesthehousework.She

alwayshasherlunchathome,andseesherfriendsinthe

afternoon.Intheeveningallthechildrencomehome

fromschool.Theyalwaysgethomeearly.Myfathergoes

homefromworkandheisoftenlate.Aftersuppermytwo

brothersandIdoourhomework.Wegotobedatten.

Passage5.TheSea

Whatdoknowaboutthesea?Somepeoplehave

seenitbutothershaven't.Thesealooksbeautifulona

finesunnydayanditcanbeverytoughwhenthereisa

strongwind.Whatotherthingsdoyouknowabout

it?Ofcourse,theseaisverylarge.Intheworldthere

ismoreseathanland.Ifyouhaveswuminthesea,youknow

thattheseaissalty.Riverscarrysaltfromthe

landintothesea.Someplacesoftheseaare

saltierthantheotherplaces.DoyouknowtheDeadSea?

Itissosaltythatyoucan'tsinkwhenyouarein

thewater!Andfishcannotliveinit!

Passage6.AGoodYoungPioneer

LiHuaisaYongPioneer.Heisgoingtothepark.Nowhe

iswaitingforabus.Suddenlyhefindsawatch

ontheground.Heaskssomepeople,“Whosewatchis

it?”Butthewatchisn'ttheirs.Sohegivesthewatchto

apoliceman.

NowLiHuagetsonthebus.Heissittingnearthe

window.Anoldwomangetsonthebus.Shehasnoseat.So

hestandsupandsays,“Hereisaseatforyou,Granny.

Pleasesithere^^

Passage7.Seahorse

Thereareallkindsofhorsesintheworld.Butoneofthem

youcan'tride.Itdoesn,tliveonland,butinthesea.It

looksliketheheadofhorse.Sothepeoplecallitsea

horse.Infact,theseahorseisasmallfish.It

likestoliveinwarmwater.Aseahorsestandsupinthe

waterwhenitswims.

Fatherhorsecarriestheeggstokeepthemsafeinitspouch.

Whentheeggsarehatched,thebabyhorsesswimaway.

Passage8.ACatandaBird

Therearethreetreesnearthehouse.Thereisabigtree,

andtwosmalltrees.

Inthebigtreethereisabird.Canthebirdsing?Yes,

itcan.What'sunderthebigtree?Ifsacat.

“Iwantsomefood,“thinksthecat."Bird,mygoodfriend,

Comehere!Ifstimetoplaygames“saysthecat.

“Notoday,thankyou!”saysthebird,“Youcan'tcatchme!

Goodbye!,JLook!Thebirdisflying!

Passage9.Air

Airisallaroundus.Itisaroundusaswewalkandplay.

Fromthetimewewerebornairisaroundusoneveryside.

Whenwesitdown,itisaroundus.Whenwegotobed,air

isalsoaroundus.Weliveinair.Wecanlivewithoutfood

orwaterforafewdays,butwecannotliveformorethan

afewminuteswithoutair.Wetakeinair.Whenweare

workingorrunningweneedmoreair.Whenweareasleep,

weneedlessair.Weliveinair,butwecannotseeit.We

canonlyfeelitwhenitismoving.Movingairis

calledwind.Howcanwemakeairmove?Hereisoneway.Hold

anopenbookinfrontofyourface,closeitquickly.What

canyoufeel?Whatyoufeelisair.

Passage10.Clocks

TherearemanyclocksintheBrown'shouse.Theyarein

differentrooms.Abigclockstandsinacornerofthe

sittingroom.Itisavery,veryoldclock,butitstill

keepsgoodtime.Mr.Brownwindsitonceaweek.

Passagell.Swimming

Swimmingisagoodsport.It'spopular.Peoplelikeswimming

becausethewatermakespeoplefeelcool.Butiftheyswim

inawrongplace,itisverydangerous.Theseyears,some

peoplediedwhentheywereenjoyingthemselvesinwaterand

mostofthemwerestudents.Summerholidaywillbethere

again.Iwanttogiveyousomeadvice.First,don'tgetinto

thewaterwhenyouarealone.Second,don'tgetintothe

waterifthereisaNoswimmingsign.Third,youshouldbe

carefulinthewater.Ifyourememberthese,swimmingwill

besafeandifsgoodforyourhealth.

Passage12.Amissingtiger

WeusedtohaveacatcalledTiger.Hewasabeautifultabby

withagreatdealofcharacter.Hewasanaturalhunter,

andverysoonnomousedaredtoshowitsfaceinourhouse.

UnfortunatelyTigeralsousedtocatchalotofbirdsand

thismadehimveryunpopularwithsomeoftheneighbors.

Ondayday,justafterhissecondbirthday,Tiger

disappeared.Perhapshewasrunoverbyacar,foratthat

timewelivednearabusystreet.Althoughweoffereda

reward,weneverdiscoveredwhathadhappenedtohimand

weneversawhimagain.

Passage13.Jim

Jimgetsupat6:30.Hishomeisnearhisschool.Heleaves

homeat7:30.Theybeginclassat8:00.Hehas

lunchathome.Afterlunchheplaysgameswithhis

classmates,intheafternoon,Jimhasthreeclasses.He

leavesschoolat4:30.

Passage14.AChineseBoy

I'maChineseboy.MynameisChenDong.Iamtwelve.Ihave

twosisters.MysistersandIareallstudents.

Myfatherisateacher.HeisaChineseteacher.Heteaches

inNo.19MiddleSchool.Mymotherisateacher,too.She

teachesEnglishintheNo.11MiddleSchool.

Passage15.Jim'sFamily

Apictureisonmydesk.ThisisapictureofJim'sfamily.

ThemanisJim'sfather.AwomanisbehindJim.Sheishis

mother.Theyareteachers.Agirlisinthepicture,too.

SheisJim'ssister.HernameisKateGreen.Jim

andhissisterareinthesameschool.Butthey

aren'tinthesamegrade.Theylookliketheirmother.

TheyareEnglish.

Passage16.OurHouse

Ourhomeisneartheschool.Wehaveahouse.It

isagoodhouse.Thehousehasthreerooms.One

isalivingroom.Theothertwoarebedrooms.Intheliving

roomthereisatableandsixchairs.Thereare

someflowersonthetable.Thereisagardeninfrontof

thehouse.Ourhouseisn'tbig,butwelikeit.

Passagel7.OurMonitor

ThisisLin.SheisfromBeijing.Shestudiesveryhard.

Inclassshecananswertheteacher'squestions

veryquickly.Linlovesherclassmatesandoftenhelps

themwiththeirlessons.Everybodysayssheisaverygood

monitor.

Passage18.Mybedroom

Thisismybedroom.Therearetwowindowsinit.Nearthe

windowtherearesomeredflowers.AmapofChinais

onthewall.Youcanseefourshoesandabasketballunder

mybed.Therearetrousersandacoatonthebed.Many

schoolbooksareonmydesk.Andtherearethree

lightsinmybedroom.Oneisonmydesk,andtheother

twoarenearmybed.

Passage19.APieceofmeat

Adoghasalargepieceofmeatinhismouth.

Nearthewaterhelooksdownandseeshimselfinthewater.

Hethinksitisanotherdog.Thatdoghasalsoalargepiece

ofmeatinhismouth.Hesaystohimself,“Iwantto

gethismeat.ThenIcanhavetwopieces."Heopens

hismouthtobarkandhismeatgoesdownintothewater.

Passage20.Ourschool

Thisisourschool.Therearemanyclassroomsin

it.Thereareeighthundredstudentsandsixty-nine

teachersinourschool.Therearemanytreesandflowers

init.Alltheteachersandstudentslikeourschoolvery

much.

Wecometoschoolatseven.Wehavefourclassesin

themorningandtwointheafternoon.

Ourclassroomisbigandclean.Wehavelessonshere.We

doourhomeworkathome.

Allthestudentsstudyhard.

Passage21.AHoliday

Ifsfinetoday.Tomandhisfamilyareatapark.Theman

inwhiteishisfather.Heisstandingbythelakeand

lookingattheboats.Thewomaninblueishismother.She

issittingonthegrass.BesidehismotherisAlice,his

sister.Sheiseatingcake.Theparkisbig,andthereare

manytreesandflowersin

it.Theyarehavingagoodtime.

Passage22.AnOldMouse

Anoldwomanhasacat.Thecatisnowveryold.Shecannot

runfast,andshecannotbite.Onedaytheoldcatseesa

mouse,shejumpsandcatchesthemouse.Butshe

cannotbiteit.Sothemousegetsoutofhermouthand

runsaway.

Thentheoldwomanisveryangrybecausethecatcannot

killthemouse.Shebeginstobeatthecat.Thecatsays

toher,"Don'tbeatme.Befriendly

tome.WhenIwasyoung,Ididgoodworkforyou.”

Passage23.Ahungryfox

Ahungryfoxisfromaforest.Hearrivesatavillage.He

wantstofindsomefood.Hecomestoahouseandpullsthe

door.Butitlocked.Heseesthereisaheninside.

“Hellorilcometovisityou,“hetellsthehen."Iknow

thatyouareill.Comeoutandletmetakeyour

temperature.

“Thankyou,“saysthehen."Ihaveaheadache.

ButifIcomeout,youwillkillme.”

Passage24.HelpEachOther

Look!Kateisflyingabirdkite.Oh,herkiteisinthe

tree.Anditisbroken.Shecan,tclimbupthetree.

LiLeiandJimarecominghere.LiLeiishelpingher.

Heisgettingthekitefromthetree.Buthecan,tgetdown.

JimishelpingLiLei.LiLeiisjumpingtothewall.They

aregettingdownfromthewall.Kate,Jim,andLiLeiare

mendingthekiteunderthetree.Theyaregoodfriends.

Passage25.TheWeather

TheweatherinShanghaiisnotalwaysgood.Inwinterit

isoftencoldandwet.Insummeritisveryhot.Springis

verybeautiful.Itisnotverycold,butwehavealotof

raininspring.Autumnisthebestseason.Thedaysare

clearanddryanditissunnyandwarmallthetime.

TheweatherinShanghaiissometimeswarmerthanin

Beijing.ButinsummeritiscoolerinBeijingthanin

Shanghai.

Passage26.What'sHappening?

Itisinautumn.Ayoungmancomestoaforest.He'swalking

besidetheforest.Onhisrightisariver.Onhisleftis

theforest.Suddenlyheseestwogreeneyeslookingathim

fromthetrees.Atigerisgettingreadytojumponhim.

Whatdoeshedo?Hemustjumpintotheriver.Intheriver

thereisabigcrocodile.Itsmouthisverybig.Theyoung

mancloseshiseyes.Thetigerjumpsoverhim.Andthe

youngmanopenshiseyes.Nowthetigerisinthe

mouthofthecrocodile.

Passage27.Kangaroos

TherearemanykangaroosinAustraliaandnotonly

inzoos.Youcanseethemeverywhereoutsideof

thecitiesandtowns.Whentheywanttohavearest

ontheirtails,kangaroosarealsoverygoodatlooking

aftertheirbabies,motherkangarooskeeptheirbabiessafe

intheirpockets.

Passage28.APairofShoes

Onedayanoldmanistakingthetraintohishometown.One

ofhisshoesfallsontotheground,butthetrain

starts.Hecannotpickitup,thenhetakesoff

theotherandthrowsitnearthefallenshoe.Aboybeside

himaskshim,“Whydoyoudothat?”Heanswers,“Ifaman

picksthemup,hemaygetapairofshoes.”

Passage29.WegettheWrongcar!

OnedaymywifeandIgoshoppingatashop.Westopthe

carinfrontoftheshop.Anhourlaterwecomebackto

thecarwithmanythings.Butwecannotopenthecardoor.

“Oh,dear,"saysmywife.“Whatshallwedo?”"Let'saskthat

policeman!Thepolicemancomestohelpus.Afewminutes

later,hegetsthedooropen.Justatthatmomentamancomes

upandshouts,“Whyareyouopeningmycardoor?,,Welook

atthenumberofthecarandourfacesturnred.

Passage30.Thankyou.

Manypeopleliketosay“Thankyou”whenothers

helpthemorsaysomethingkindtothem.Itisaverygood

habit.

Youshouldsay“Thankyou“whensomeonepassesyouthesalt

onthetable,whensomeoneiswalkingaheadofyoukeeps

thedooropenforyou,whensomeonesaysyouhavedoneyour

workwell,oryouhaveboughtsomethingniceoryourcity

isverybeautiful.Thankyouisusednotonlybetween

friends,butalsobetweenparentsandchildren,

brotherandsister.LefslearntosayThankyou.

Passage31.TheSun

Thereisnothingmoreimportantinlifethanthesun.

WithoutthesunalllivingthingsonEarthwoulddie.

Thesunisastar.Intheskytherearethousandsofstars

likethesun.Theyareaslargeasthesunandashotasthe

sun.Atnightyoucanseemanystars,butinday-timeyou

canonlyseeonestar-thesun.Thesunismuchnearerto

usthananyotherstars.Thatiswhyitlookslikethe

biggestandbrightestofallthestars.Thedistanceofthe

sunfromtheEarthisasmuchas150millionkilometers.

Mostofthestarsarethousandsoflightyearsawayform

theEarth.Doyouknowwhatalightyearis?Nothinginthe

worldtravelsfasterthanlight.Ittravels300,000

kilometersasecond.Onelightyearisthedistancethat

lighttravelsinoneyear.

Passage32.AirJordan

MichaelJordan(1963-)isoneofthemostfamous

basketballplayersintheworld.HewasborninBrooklyn,

NewYork.Hedidn'tliketotalkabouthimself.Hewasalso

veryshort.Hedidn,tplayverywellwhenhejoinedthe

basketballteaminhishighschoolatfirst.Butthenext

yearthingschangedgreatlyforhim,ashegrewmuch

taller.MichaelJordanbecamefamouswhenhejoinedthe

universitybasketballteaminNorthCarolina.Michaelused

hisquicknessandstrengthtoreachthebasketagainand

again.HeplayedsowellthatpeoplecallhimAirJordan.

Aftercollege,MichaelbecameamemberoftheChicago

Bullbasketballteam.TheNBAwasverysurprisedatthis

high-flyingplayer.HewasnamedRookieoftheyearin

1985andthemostValuablePlayerin1987.Heonceseta

recordbygetting63pointsinonegame.

Passage33.TheStrongestPowerintheWorld.

Onedayagreatgeneralaskshissoldiers,“Whatisthe

strongestpowerintheworld?”Fourofhissoldiersputup

theirhands.Theywanttoanswerthequestion.Thegeneral

asksthefirstmantospeak.Thefirstmanisyoungerthan

theotherthree,andhe'snotstrong.Hesays,“Mygunis

thestrongest.Itcankillanyone.”"Thankyou.Next,

please."Thesecondmanisverystrong.Hesays,“Idon,t

thinkthafstrue.Soldiersuseguns.Soasoldieristhe

strongest.Thethirdmansays,“Soldiersuseguns,butour

generalgivesorders.SoIthinkourgeneralisthe

strongest.Thefourthmanistheoldest.Hesays,“Love

isthestrongest.Withlove,peopledon,tneedguns."The

generalsaysnothing.Hetakesoutamedalandgivesitto

him.

Passage34.WhoistheGod?

Tomlikessweetsverymuch.Buthismothernevergiveshim

any,becauseshethinkstheyarebadforhisteeth.But

whenTom'sunclegiveshimsome,shealwaysletshimeat

thesweets.Shewantstomakeherbrotherhappy.

Oneevening,afewdaysbeforeTom'sbirthday,hewas

prayinginhisbedroom."Please,God,"heshouted.

“Letthemgivemeabogboxofsweetsasmybirthday

present.Hismotherheardthisandcameintotheroom."Why

areyoushouting,Tom?”sheasked."Godcanhearyouquite

well,evenwhenyoutalkquietly.”"Iknow,“answeredthe

cleverboy,“butmyuncleinthenextroomcan't."

Passage35.Kites.

Doyouknowhowtoflyakite?Doyouknowhowtomakea

kite?Canyoudescribetheshapesofkites?Today,people

allovertheworldmakeandflykitesforfun.

Kitewerethefirstflyingmachines.PeopleinChinaused

kitesasflymachinesmorethan2000yearsago.InMarco

Polo'sreport,theChineseusedbigkitestocarrypeople

upintothesky.

Theideaofkiteshelpedpeopletomakeplanes.In1894in

Australia,LawrenceHargravemadefourverybigkites.

Thesefourkitesliftedhim5metresintotheair.Today,

thewingsofplanesarejustlikekites.

Nowpeoplearoundtheworldusekitesinfestivals.Kites

canhaveallkindsofcolorsandshapes,butthemost

importantthingistoflywell.

Passage36.Aninterestingnewspaper

EverymorningMikegoestoworkbytrain.Ashehasalong

trip,healwaysbuysanewspaper.Ithelpstomakethetime

passmorequickly.

OneTuesdaymorning,hetrunedtothesportspage.Hewanted

toreadthereportaboutanimportantfootballmatch.The

reportwassointerestingthatheforgottogetoffathis

station.Hedidn'tknowitunitlhesawthesea.Hegotoff

atthenextstation,andhadtowaitalongtimeforatrain

togoback.Ofcourse,hegottotheofficeverylate,His

bosswasveryangry.

Passage37.Fall

Inthefall,leavesdroptotheground.Manytreeshavenuts

orfruits.Animalsmaybegintostorefood.Somebirds

collectnutsandcornstostore.Otherbirdsflytoawarmer

placeforthewinter.Theywon'treturnuntilthespring.

Daysbecomeshorter.Coldweatheriscoming.Thefurofmany

animalsgetsthickerbecausetheyneedathickcoatto

protectthem.Peoplealsowearwarmerclothingandprepare

forwinter.Insomeareastheremayberainorevensnow,

butinfallfarmersharvesttheircrops.Peoplelook

forwardtofallformanyreasons.Themostimportantone

isthatfallistheharvestseason.

Passage38.Pandas

Pandasarelovelyanimals.Mostofthemliveinthedeep

forestsofSichuanProvinceinChina.Theyhavewhitefur,

thoughtheirshoulders,legs,earsandeyesareblack.

Pandasareusuallyveryheavy,someofthemcanbeabout

1.5meterstallandweighabout

100kilograms.However,pandasareveryagile,theycan

climbtreesaseasilyassomeothercreaturesdo.Pandas

havebig,sharpteethandlivemainlyonbambooleaves.

Everydayeachgrown-uppandaeatsabout15-30kilograms

ofbambooleavesandtheyusuallyspend10-12hourseating.

Pandasalsohavespare-timehobbies.Twooftheir

hobbiesareclimbingtreesandsleeping.Sadly,thereare

notmanypandasleftintheworldbecausesomepeoplekeep

cuttingdowntrees,andbadhuntersaretryingtokill

themformoney.TheChinesegovernmentisdoingitsbestto

protectpandasfrombeingharmedorkilled.

Passage39.Bookson“Howto”

BooksonhowtodothingsareverypopularinAmericatoday.

Thereareaboutfourtofivethousandkindsofbooksabout

themoney.Anothermaytellyouhowtosaveorspend

it.Andanothermayexplainhowtogiveyourmoneyaway.

Some“Howto“bookstellyouhowtochooseaway

ofmakingalivingandhowtosucceedinit.However,

ifyoufail,youcanbuyabookwhichiscalled“How

toturnaFailureintoaSuccess.Ifyouwouldliketo

becomeveryrich,youcanbuythebook“Howtomakea

Million.Ifyounevermakeanymoneyatall,youmayneed

abookcalled“Howtoliveonnothing.

Ifyouareunhappywithyourlife,youcanread“How

toLoveEveryMinuteofYourLife."Thereisevenabook

called“Howtokillyourself.

Passage40.ThePianistandanOldWoman

Johnwasaveryfamouspianist.Whenhewasasmallboy,

heonceplayedatapartyinthehomeofarichman.Hewas

onlyeightyearsold,buthehadplayedthepianofor

severalyears.Atthepartyheplayedafamouspiece

byBeethoven.Heplayedwonderfully.Thefamous

piecehasseverallongrestsinit.Ineachofthese

restshetookhishandsawayfromthepianoandwaited.To

himthiswasveryexciting,butthemotheroftherichman

thoughtdifferently.Finally,duringoneoftheserestsshe

cameovertohim.Shetouchedhimonthehead,smiledand

said,“Myboy,whydon,tyouplayuswhatyouknowwell?”

Passage41.Thefavoritecoat.

Mr.Smithhadanice,bluecoat.Heloveditverymuch,but

hiswifedidn'tlikeitbecauseitwasold.Sheoftensaid,

“Giveittoapoorman."Mr.Smithalwayssaid,“No,Ilike

thiscoat."Thenonedayacigarettefellonitandmade

aholeinit,soMrs.Smithsaid,“Pleasedon'twearit

again."Mr.Smithtookitto

asmalltailor'sshopandsaidtothetailor,“Pleasemake

anothercoatjustlikethisone."Thetailormadethecoat

verycarefully,thenhelitacigaretteandmadeaholein

itinthesameplace.

Passage42.Noise

MissGraylivedaloneinanapartmenthouse.Shewasold

anddidnotlikenoiseatall.Onedayayoungmanmoved

intotheroomaboveher.Helooksquiet,MissGraythought.

However,atthreeo'clockthenextmorning,MissGraywas

wokenupbythebarkingofadog.Shethought,I'venever

heardadogherebefore.Itmustbelongtothenewmanin

theroomaboveme.Sohetelephonedtheyoungman,saidsome

nastythingstohimaboutthedog,thenhungupthe

telephonebeforehec