新牛津英语模块六第一单元课外趣味阅读及练习题

1、TheLionandtheMouse（獅子與老鼠）Onceagreatlionwassleepinginawood.Alittlemousehappenedtocomeandranoverhisface.Thelionawokeandcaughtthelittlemouseinanger,andwasgoingtokillher.“Oh,dearkindLion!”Saidthelittlemouse.Pleaseforgiveme.Ididntmeantodoyouanyharm.Letmego.Ishallreturnyourkindness.Ha,ha,ha,laughedthelion

2、.Howcanalittlethinglikeyouhelpagreatlion?Thankyouverymuch,kindLion!IhopeIshallbeabletodoyouagoodreturnsomeday,saidthelittlemouse.Sometimeafterthis,thelionwascaughtinatrap.Justthenthelittlemousecamealong.Atoncesheranuptothelion,andsaid,Youwereverykindtomeonce.NowIllsaveyourlife,andrepayyouthekindness

3、whichyoushowedmetheotherday.Soonshegnawedtheropesofthetrapwithhersharpteeth,andthelionwashappytobefreeagain.Thankyou,littleMouse!saidthelion,andhewalkedaway.狮子醒了,抓住小老鼠在怒气,要杀了她。“噢,天哪类狮子!小老鼠说。“请原谅我。我不是有意要你造成任何伤害。让我走。我将还你的好意。”“哈哈哈,”鱼先生大笑起来的狮子。如何能像你这样的小事情帮助一个大狮子吗?“非常谢谢你,善良的狮子!我希望我能给你带来很好的回报的某天,小老鼠说。一段时间

4、以后,狮子被在陷阱里。就在这时,小老鼠走了过来。她立刻跑到狮子,说道:“你是非常客气的对我一次。现在我要救你一命,报答你的好心,你给我看了其他的一天。“不久她咬陷阱的绳子和她的锋利的牙齿,狮子很高兴重新获得自由。谢谢你,小老鼠!“狮子说,他走开了。TheTreesandtheAx（樹與斧頭）Onceuponatimeamancameintoaforest.Hesaidtothetrees,“Willyougivemeapieceofhardwood?”Thetreesaid,“Yes,wellgiveyouagoodpriceofhardwood.”Hewasverygladtogetagoo

5、dpieceofwood.Hehurriedhomewithit.Atoncehemadeanewhandleofhisax.Thenhewenttotheforestagainandbegantocutdownallthebesttreesintheforest.Thetreeswereverysad.Theysaidtooneanother,“Wesufferforourownfoolishness.”很久以前,一个男人走进一片森林。他说到树”,你会给我一块硬木材吗?”树说,“是的,我们会给你一个好价钱坚硬的木头。”个新的处理他的鱿鱼。然后他去森林又开始砍掉了所有最好的树在森林里。树都很伤

6、心。他们彼此商量说:“我们忍受了自己的愚蠢。”英语短文欣赏相辅相成ComplementingEachOtherInthepast,amanbraggedabouthishow:“Thereisnobowbetterthanmine.Itdoesntneedanyarrow!”从前，有个人自夸他的弓，说：“我的弓嘛，没有比这更好的了，好得不需要用什么箭的！”Anthermanbraggedabouthisarrow:“Thereisnoarrowbetterthanmine.Itdoesntneedanybow!”也有人在夸他的箭，说：“我的箭，没有比这更好了，好得用不着什么弓了！”Atthat

7、time,amangoodatarcheryhappenedtopassbyheardtheirdialogue.Hesaid:“Youarebothwrong.Onecannotshootanarrowwithoutabow;andwithoutanarrow,howcanonehitthetarget?”话，就说：“你们俩个人的话都不对。没有弓，发不出箭，没有箭，怎么能射中目标呢？”Thereupon,themangoodatarcheryaskedthemtotakeouttheirbowandarrow.Thenheshowedthemhowtoshootatthetargetwith

8、abowandanarrow.说完后，会射箭的人还叫他们把弓和箭都拿出来，射箭给他们看。Nowtheyunderstood:Abowwontdowithoutanarrownoranarrowwithoutabow.Theycomplementeachother.他们这才明白：弓不能离开箭，箭也离不开弓，两者相辅相成。同义词趣味巧辨析judgement,discrimination,sense这些名词均含“识别力，判断”之意。judgement:指经过训练或磨练或凭经历而得到辨别或判断事物的能力或品质。discrimination:来。sense:指不带幻想或感情、偏见地观察事物，并能作出明智

9、、公平的选择与决定。jump,leap,spring,hop,bound,skip这些动词均有“跳，跳跃”之意。jump:是普通用词，指用双脚向上跳，向下跳，或在同一平面上跳到有一定距离的某一点上，或跳过。leap常可与jump有时含突然的意味。spring:更强调有力和弹跳的运动。hop:指单脚短跳或双足猛力的动作。也指小鸟、青蛙等的跳。bound:多指向前向上或向下跳跃、奔跳。skip:指两脚交替轻地跳或跨的动作。中学重难知识点回顾Up短语4checkup检查cheerup鼓舞，使高兴drawup起草getmixedup混乱，混淆buildup建立，增强lookup查出makeup虚构，弥

10、补mixup糊涂，混淆showup出现，露面tospeedup加快速度stirup激起，鼓动breakup分裂，打碎takeup占据，吸收chewup嚼碎tearup撕碎，取消chopup剁碎，砍碎cutup切碎smashup击毁up还有“结束，一点也不剩”的意思：beup时间到giveup放弃，投降letup停止burnup完全烧尽buyup全部买尽eatup吃光waitupfor熬夜等人stayup熬夜keepupholdup耽搁stand（经受）up经得住stand（坚持）upfor坚持，支持“到达，达到”也是up的常见含义练习题（一）Hello,everyone.Becauseofth

11、ehighrateofschoolviolence（暴力）insomeareas,teenagerssafetybecomesaseriousproblems.WeareplanningtosetupanorganizationnamedSchoolWatchtomakesurethatstudentshaveasafeschoolenvironment.Pleasebepartofourplan!WhatisSchoolWatch?SchoolWatchisavolunteerprojectinourschool.Ithelpsusstopviolenceandimprovethequali

12、tyofschoollife.Itwillkeepyourselfandyourschoolmatessafe.TheothermembersofSchoolWatchcareforyouandyourclassroomandyoudothesameforthem.Isitforeveryone?AnybodycanbecomeamemberofSchoolWatchbecauseeveryonehassomethingtooffer.Whatelsecanitdo?SchoolWatchmakesitpossibleforusnotonlytohelpeachotherbutalsotoma

13、kefriendswitheachother.Somemembersmayofferstohelpschoolmateswhohaveproblemswiththeirhomework.WhoistheSchoolWatchOurschoolwilllookfortheSchoolWatcherandgivehimorherlotsofprizes.Youcouldbetheone!Howdoyoustart?Tobepartofthisplan,theonlythingyouneedtodoistotalktothedirectoroftheplaninyourgrade.Ifyouwant

14、togetmoreinformation,checktheofficialwebsiteatwww,.()51.ThemembersofSchoolWatchareprobablyA.teenagersB.parentsC.policeman()52.SchoolWatchcanhelpitsmembersA.savetheenvironmentB.organizesportsactivitiesC.improvethequalityofschoollife.()53.AnyonecanbecomeamemberofSchoolWatchbecauseA.everyonemayhaveprob

15、lemsB.everyonecangivehelptoothersC.everyoneneedtomakesomefriends()54.IfyouwanttobeamemberofSchoolWatch,youshould.A.checkthewebsiteB.begoodatyourschoolworkC.talktothedirectoroftheplaninyourgrade()55.TheBestSchoolWatcherwillgetalotofprizesfromeveryyear.A.theschoolB.thewebsiteC.theorganization答案ACBAA（二

16、）“Whoneedsashoppingmall(购物中心)ifyouhaveTaobao?”saysWangLin,28,awriterinBeijing.Taobao,Chinaslargestonlineshoppingsite（网上购物网站）,hasbecomeanimportantpartofWangLinslife.ShespendslotsofmoneyonTaobao.AgrowingnumberofChineseInternetuserslikeWanghavefoundthejoysofonlineshopping.Mostonlineshoppersarestudentso

17、ryoungworkers.Morewomenshoponlinethenmen.Clothingandhome-useproducts（产品）arethemostpopularonline.Itwasreportedthatmorethan250billion（十亿）yuanwasspentononlineshoppinglastyear,80%throughTaobao.Taobaomeans“lookingfortreasure”inChinese.PeoplecanfindalmosteverythingtheyneedonTaobao,fromclothestobooks,fromc

18、andiestoDVDplayers.Youmayquestionthesecurityofonlineshopping,WangLinsaid,“”Itsverysafeandconvenient(便利的).Unlessyoureceivetheproductsfromthesellersandaresatisfiedwiththem,theshopownerwillnotgetthemoney.Youcanalsogetyourmoneybackifyouwanttoreturntheproducts.”51.Whatarethemostpopularonline?A.Candlesand

19、DVDplayersB.Clothesandbooks.C.Clothingandhome-useproducts.52.Taobaois_.A.ashoppingmallB.anonlineshopperC.anonlineshoppingsite53.Mostonlineshoppersare_.A.youngB.oldC.babies54.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“security”mean?A质量B安全C信誉55.Whichisthebesttitle（标题）ofthepassage?A.WangLinslife.B.OnlineshoppinginChina

20、.C.Shoppingonlineisnotsafe.答案CCABB（三）Mr.Evanslivesinacity.Hewasamath1threeyearsago.Hetaughtwellandhisstudents2him.Sohedecidedtoworkinthemiddleschoolallhislife.Butanaccident3everything.Onespringhetookhisclassto4aplaceofinterest.Thechildrensawalotof5thingsandhadagoodtimethere.Butontheirwaytoschool,the

21、ir6hitbyatruckbecausetheyoungdriverwasdrink.Fivestudents7andmorethanhalfofthechildrenwerebadly_8intheaccident.Hedidntknowhowithadhappenedandwas_9itandafterhecameoutofhospital,helefttheschoolandbecamea_10.Hetriedhisbesttostopthedriversbreakingthetrafficrules.Heworkedhardandwasstrictwiththedrivers.Sot

22、heyareafraidofhim.inOneafternoonitwasveryhot.Mr.Evanswas11.Hewasstandingatinthecrossingandwatchingthetraffic.Suddenlyhesawa_12_rushingtowardsthecrossing.Itransofastthatitalmosthitaman_13abike.Hestoppeditatonceandsawagirlit.“14yourlicencetome,madam,”saidMr.Evans.Thegirlpassedherbagontohimandsaid,“Ple

23、aselookforitinit15.Icantseeanythingwithoutglasses.”1.A.workerB.teacherC.doctorD.farmer2.A.likedB.wishedC.helpedD.answered3.A.beatB.wonC.lostD.changed4.A.buildB.breakC.visitD.find5.A.pleasureB.dangerousC.safeD.interesting6.A.busB.trainC.carD.ship7.A.leftB.livedC.diedD.fell8.A.hotB.hurtC.touchedD.stop

24、ped9.A.sadaboutB.afraidofC.worriedaboutD.pleasedwith10.A.soldierB.policemanC.booksellerD.cleaner11.A.inthehorneB.athomeC.ondutyD.intheoffice12.A.runnerB.policemanC.playerD.car13.A.ridingB.sellingC.buyingD.making14.A.ThrowB.ShowC.LendD.Write15.A.youB.IC.yourselfD.myself答案1.B.上文说：他教得好。推断：他是个老师。2.A.从上句

25、推断：他教得好，学生当然喜欢他。3.D.从下文发生的交通事故使他不做老师改当警察来推断，故选change。4.C.他带学生参观。5.D.下文说：他们玩得痛快。推断：看到许多有趣的事。6.A.car学生们外出参观坐bus。7.C.车祸中五名学生死了。8.B.车祸中半数学生受伤。9.A.事故大，老师当然难过。10.B.老师深恶痛绝司机的违章，故离开学校，当了警察。11.C.这天埃文斯当班。12.D.从上下文判断，这是一辆轿车。13.A.这里谈到的交通。14.B.埃文斯要看她的驾驶证。15.C.那女司机要他自己看。（四）TheUnitedStatescoversalargepartoftheNorth1_continent(洲),whenthislandfirstbecameanation.After2itsfreedom(自由)fromEngland,ithas13states.EachofthestateshadastarontheAmericanflag(旗子).Asthenation3,newstateswereforme