英语阅读理解

Afewminutesbeforesixo’clock,Mr.Smithbegantoleave.Hewasabouttostartthecarwhenagunman(持枪者)

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upfromthebackseat.He

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aguntoMr.Smith’shead,“DrivemetoParis!”heshouted.

“Allright”Mr.Smithanswered.Hestartedtheengine(发动机),pulledawayfromthesideofthestreetand

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down.Being81yearsold,heknewhecouldnot

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thegunman.Heknewheneededhelp.Wherewerethepolice?Ashedrove

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eachcrossing,helookedupanddownthesidestreets,hopingtomeetapolicecar.Buthecouldsee

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.“Justmyluck,”hethought.“IfIwas

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toofast,therewouldbeapolicecaroneverycorner.”

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hepushedhisfootdownontheaccelerator,andthecarran

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faster.“Whatareyoudoing?”shoutedthegunman.“Keepingoffthepolice.”Mr.Smithanswered.“IthoughtIsawapolicecar

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there.”

Heranredlights,drovewrongonone-waystreets.Onthetwo-waystreets,hedroveonthewrong

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oftheroad.Notoneofthepolicemensawhim.AgainMr.Smith’splanwasnotworking.Hehadtotrya

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plan.

He

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acornerandsawthepolicestationinfront.Thenhedrovehiscarasfastashecouldtowardsthepolicegate.Thecarhitapolicemotorbikedownandstopped.Mr.Smithshouted,“Help!

Help!”Thenhe

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backtograbtheman’sgun.Atthesametimethepolicemenheardthe

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andquicklycaughtthegunman.

LongagotherewasapoorfarmercalledFred.Fredandhiswife,Dorislived

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togetherintheirsmalloldhouse.Onewinternight,theLuckFairy(仙女)visitedthem.

“Fred,you’rea

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farmer.I’dliketogiveyouawish,”saidtheLuckFairy.

“Awish?”SaidFred.

FredandDorissmiledateachother.ThenFredsaid,“Thankyou,LuckFairy.We’revery

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andhappy.”

“

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we’reold,westillworkinthefieldeveryday,”saidDoris.

“Youwokveryhardbutyou

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verylittlemoney.Wouldyoulikesomegoldcoins”askedtheLuckFairy.

“Ohno,mydearLuckFairy.We’repoor.Butwehave

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foodtoeat.”RepliedFred.

“Youcanusethegoldcointobuysomeclothes.Thewinterhereisverycold,”saidLuckFairy.

“Thoughwehaven’tgot

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clothes,we’vegotenough,”saidDoris.

“Well,whataboutanicenewhouse?”AskedLuckFairy.

“Thankyou,butI

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mysmalloldhouseverymuch.I’velivedheresinceIwasborn.Idon’t

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anewhouse,”saidFred.

“You’requitedifferentfromotherpeople.Ilikeyouverymuch,”saidtheLuckFairy.“IwishyouhappinessandLuckforever.”ThentheLuckFairy

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andnevercameback.

Athousandyearsago,HongKongwascoveredbyathickforest.Asmoreandmorepeoplecameto

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inHongKong,thesetreeswerecutdownandburnt.Nowthereis

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forestleft,thoughtherearestillsomesmallareas(地方)coveredwithtrees.Wecallthesewoods.

Elephants,tigersandmany

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animalswerelivinginthethickforest.WhenpeoplecametoliveinHongKong,the

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begantodieout.Earlyfarmersgrewriceand

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pigsandchickensinthevalleys.Theycutdownthetreesandburntthem.Theyneeded

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tokeepthemselveswarminwinter,tocooktheirfoodandtokeepawaythedangerousanimals.Elephantsquicklydisappeared(消失)becausetherewasnotenoughfoodforthem.

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didmostofthewolvesandtigers.Monkeysandmanyotheranimalssoon

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inthesameway.

YoumightthinkthattherearenolongeranyanimalsinHongKong

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inthezoos.Therearestillabout36differentanimals

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there.OneofthemostinterestingofHongKong’sanimalsisthebarkingdeer.Thesearebeautifullittleanimals

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arichbrowncoatandawhitepatch(补丁)underthetail.Theylooklikedeer

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buttheyaremuchlikeadog

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.InHongKongthebarkingdeerhasonlyarealenemy(敌人)—

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.Peoplehunttheselittleanimalsthoughitisillegal(违法的).Therearenownotmanybarkingdeerleft.Soitisimportant

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peopletoprotect(保护)wildanimals.

ManyofyouarestudyingEnglishandyoumaybe

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whyitissodifficulttolearn.It’sactuallynottoodifficulttolearn

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youknowsome

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aboutthelanguageandculturethatitreflects(反映).PerhapsthefirstthingyouneedtoknowaboutEnglishisthatitismadeupofseveralotherlanguages

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French,German,Latin,GreekandAngloSaxon.Inaddition,therearewords

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SpanishinEnglishandmanyAmericanIndianwordsandnames,evensomeChineseandJapanese

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canbefoundintheEnglishlanguage.Thisborrowingofwords

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otherlanguagesis

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ofthekeyreasons

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someofthedifficultiesthatpeoplemeetwith(遇到)

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theyarelearningEnglish.

1.LESLIEandTONY,twolowermiddle-classbachelors,arebosomfriends.世上到底有没有不败的爱情招数？2.Nothingintheworldisflawlessandperfect世上没有十全十美的东西。3.There'snoformidableobstaclesintheworld.世上没有无法逾越的障碍。4.Thereisnothingunconquerableunderthesun.世上没有不可征服的东西。5.Nolivingmanallthingscan.[谚]世上没有万能的人。6.therearenogreatergiversthanthosewhogivethemselves.世上没有完全意义上的献身者。7.It'sanillwindthatblowsnobodyanygood.世上没有对人人都不利的事。8.Thereisnodestitutesituationbutdespairperson.世上没有绝望的处境，只有对处境绝望的人。9.Thereinthisworldhasnodespairingcircumstances,onlyhavingadespairingpersontothecircumstances.世上没有绝望的处境，只有对处境绝望的人。10.Thereisnohopelesssituationthatisinsurmountablebutpeoplewithasloughofdespond.世上没有绝望的处境，只有对处境绝望的人。11.Noarmyintheworldisorganizedwithoutastructure.世上没有不靠结构而建立起来的军队。12.No,nothinghasthepowertopartmefromyou.不，世上没有任何力量能将我俩分离。13.Tuckthekiddiesinatnightandtellthemthis:Nobodyisperfect.找一个晚上好好地告诉你的小孩：世上没有人是完美的。14.Theirdampdraftyhousewasscarcelyhabitable.他们潮湿透风的屋子不宜住人。15.TheVirgingroupchairmansaid:"Wehavenosuper-hero.Wehaveonlyourowningenuitytofa