小学生经典阅读英语短文100篇

小学生经典阅读：英语短文100篇

Passage1.Woodpecker

Therearemanyappletreesinagarden.They'regood

friends.Onedayanoldtreeisill.Therearemanypests

inthetree.Leavesofthetreeturnyellow.Theoldtree

feelsverysadandunwell.Anothertreesendsforadoctor

forhim.Atfirst,theysendforapigeon,butshehasno

ideaaboutit.Thentheysendforanoriole,andshe

can'ttreattheoldtreewell.Thentheysend

forawoodpecker.Sheisagooddoctor.Shepecksa

holeinthetreeandeatslotsofpests.Atlasttheold

treebecomesbetterandbetter.Leavesturngreenand

green.

Passage2.ABusyDaygive

TodayisSunday!OnSundays,Iusuallyplaytheflute.

Myfatherusuallyreadsthenewspaper.Mymotherusually

cleansthehouse.Buttodaymymotherisinbed.Sheis

ill.Myfatherhastodothehousework.Now,heiscleaning

thehouse."Sam,canyouhelpme?n"Yes,Dad!”Now,we'

rewashingthecar.Where'smysister,Amy?Sheisplaying

myflute.Whataluckygirl!

Passage3.Thedogandhisreflection

Onedayadogwithapieceofmeatinhismouthwas

crossingaplankoverastream.Ashewalkedalong,he

lookedintowater,andhesawhisreflection.He

thoughtthiswasanotherdogcarryingapieceofmeat.And

hefelthewouldliketohavetwopieces.Sohesnappedat

thereflectioninthewater,andofcourse,asheopened

hismouth,thepieceofmeatdisappearedquickly.

Passage4.Anhonestboy

Tonyissevenyearsold.Heisanhonestandpoliteboy.

Oneday,itwasSunday.Tony,hissisterandhismother

stayedathome.HewaswatchingTVandhissisterwas

readingbooks.Hismotherwaswashingclothes.Justthen,

hisfathercamebackwithabagofpears.Tonylikespears

verymuchandhewantedtoeatone.Uismothergavehimfour

andsaid,"Let'ssharethem.uWhichpeardoyouwant,

Tony?”askedhismother.uThebiggestone,mum."What?”

saidhismother,“Youshouldbepoliteandwantthe

smallestone.”"ShouldItellaliejusttobepolite,

mum?”

Passage5.Abirthdayparty

TodayisSusan'sbirthday.Sheisnineyearsold.Her

friendsareinherhomenow.Thereisabirthdaypartyin

theevening.Look!Maryislisteningtothemusic.AndTom

isdrinkingorangejuice.JackandSamareplayingcards

onthefloor.LilyandAmyarewatchingTV.Someoneis

knockingatthedoor.It'sHenry.Hebringsabigteddy

bearforSusan.Theteddybearisyellow.Susanisvery

happy.Allthechildrenarehappy.Theysingabirthdaysong

forSusan.

Passage6.TheFarmerandtheSnake

Itwasacoldwinterday.Afarmerfoundasnakeonthe

ground.Itwasnearlydeadbycold.TheFarmerwasakind

man.Hepickedupthesnakecarefullyandputitunderthe

coat.Soonthesnakebegantomoveanditraiseditsmouth

andbitthefarmer."Oh,Mygod!”saidthefarmer,"I

saveyourlife,butyouthankmeinthatway.Youmustdie.”

Thenhekilledthesnakewithastick.Atlasthedied,too.

Passage7.TwoYoungTrees

Twoyoungtreesarestandingonthetopofthehill.

TheirnamesareTimandAlan.

Oneday,it'ssunnyandwarm.Somebirdsaresinging

inthetrees.Thewindblows,andthetreesaretalking.

“Whatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup?''asksTim.

'Tmnotsure.IthinkIwanttobeachairoradesk.”

answersAlan,“MaybeIwanttobeatoyboxorabaseball

bat.Ilikechildren.”"Whatdoyouwanttobewhenyou

growup?”asksAlan."Me?”saysTim,“Ijustwantto

beatree.Iwanttobeahouseforbirdsandspiders.I

wanttohavemanyapples.Andwhenit'ssunnyandhot,

peopleandanimalscanstandunderme.

Passage8.Hongkongisaniceplace

HongKongisaniceplace,especiallyinsummer.July

isahotmonthinHongKong.Butit'sanexcellenttime

forswimming.ThereisabeautifulbeachatRepulseBay（浅

水湾）.Togetthere,youcantakeabusfromCentral.Lots

ofpeoplegotothebeachonSundaysandSaturdays.Butif

（如果）yougoonaweekday,itwillbenotsocrowded（拥

挤的）.VisitorstoHongkongneedpassports护照.But

peoplefrommanycountriesdonotneedvisas.Hongkongis

aniceplaceforholiday.Therearemanyshops.

Passage9.Water

Waterisveryimportantforlivingthings生物.Without

water,theremustbenolifeontheearth.Alltheplants

andanimalsneedwatertodrink,tocookfoodandtoclean

ourselves.Waterisneededinfarms,factories,offices,

schools,familiesandmanyotherplaces.

Waterisfoundinseas,riversandlakes.Itcanbefound

everywhereintheworld,anditalsocanbefoundinthe

air.

Passage10.Twins'Bedroom

Thisisthetwins'bedroom.Itisaniceroom.Thetwo

bedslookthesame.ThisbedisLily,sandthatoneisLucy'

s.Thetwinshaveonedeskandtwochairs.Theirclock,

booksandpencil-boxesareonthedesk.Theirschoolbags

arebehindthechairs.Someniceflowersareonthedesk.

Somenicepicturesareonthewall.Isthereakite?Yes,

it'sunderLily,sbed.Thebedroomisverynice.

Passage11.Dogs

Oneoftheanimalsthathelppeoplealotisthedog.

Insomecountries,dogspullwagons马车.Inthecoldnorth,

dogspullsleds.Thereareotherwaysthatdogshelpus,

too.Policemenusethemtolookformissingpeople.

Soldiersusethemtocarrylettersandmedicine.Onfarms,

dogstakecareofsheepandkeeptheminthefields.Atnight,

theytakethesheephome.Dogshelptheblindwithwork.

Somedogsaregoodandkind.Somedogsaregoodatanother

skill.

Passage12,TheBestJob工作

Bettyisalazygirl.Shedoesn'tstudyhard,andshe

doesn'thelphermotherwiththehousework,either."What

areyougoingtobewhenyougrowup,Betty?”Motherasks.

“You'retoolazy.Nojobwilleverfityou.”"ButIknow

one,“saysthegirl,"I'mgoingtobeFatherChristmas,,,

“YouwanttobeFatherChristmas?vMotherissurprised,

“Butwhy?”"Becauseheworksonlyonedayinawholeyear.”

Passage13.ACleverMonkey

Alittlemonkeypicksupapumpkinandwantstotake

ithome.Butthepumpkinistoobig.Themonkeycan,ttake

ithome.Suddenlyheseesapandaridingabiketowardshim.

Hewatchesthebike."1haveagoodidea.Icanrollthe

pumpkin.Itlikesawheel."Soherollsthepumpkintohis

home.Whenhismotherseesthebigpumpkin,sheissurprised

andsays,“Howcanyoucarryithome?”Thelittlemonkey

answersproudly,“1can,tliftit,but1canrollit.”

Hismothersmilesandsays,“Whatacleverboy!”

Passagel4.WhatAreStarsLike?

Haveyoueverwonderedaboutthestars?Insomeways,

starsarelikepeople.Theyareborn.Theygrowold.And

theydie.Astarisbornfromdustandgas.Slowlythedust

andgasmakeaball.Theballgetsveryhot.Thenitstarts

togiveofflight.Theyoungstargrowsintoagiant.Many

yearsgoby.Theolderstarbeginstogetsmallagain.At

lastitslightgoesout.Thestar'slifeisover.

Passage15.RadioandTelevision

Radioandtelevisionareverypopularintheworld

today.MillionsofpeoplewatchTV.Perhapsmore

peoplelistentotheradio.

TheTVismoreusefulthantheradio.OnTV

wecanseeandhearwhatishappeninginthe

world.However,radioisn'tlost.Itisstillwith

us.Andlistenersarebecomingmore.That'sbecausea

transistorradioisn'tlost.Itisstillwithus.

Itisveryeasytocarry.Youcanputoneinyourpocket

andlistentoitonthebusoryourbikewhenyougotowork.

Passage16.It'scoolbehindyou

It'stwoo'clockintheafternoon.Thesunis

shinningandit'sveryhot.Nancyhastomeet

hermotheratthetrainstation.

Nowshe'swalkinginthestreet.Therearenotreesand

she'sfat.Soshefeelsveryhot.Butshedoesn'tfind

aboywalkingjustbehindher.Andshemeetsafriendand

says“hello“tohim."Who'stheboybehindyou?”asks

theman.Nowsheseestheboy.Sheisangryandasks,“Why

areyouwalkingbehindme,boy?”"There'snoshadein

thestreet,youknow.answerstheboy."It'scool

behindyou,Ithink.

Passage17.Father'sHobby

MydadworksfromMondaytoFridayinabank,heuses

thecomputertocountmoney.Hisjobisvery

importantinthebank.

Dadisalsobusyathome.Atweekendshecooks

dinner.UsuallyhecooksItalianfood.OnSundayshemakes

fivepiecesofpizza.Sometimeshecookschickenand

makesChinesefood.Mymumwatchesandhelpshim.Ihelp

mydad,too.Iwashthedishes.

Manypeoplethinkitisstrangeforamantocook.But

mydadenjoyshishobby.Cookingrelaxeshim.Heisa

weekendcook.

Passage18.1don'tthinkso

Jackisagoodboybuthedoesn'tliketousehishead.

Heoftensayssomethingwithouthinking.Itmakesothers

unhappy.

Mr.Blackteachesmathinaschool.He'soldnowand

helikeschildren.OntheFridayMr.Blackdoesn7tgoto

work,becausehe'sillinahospital.AndJack'smother

willseehimafterdinner."Iwanttobetherewith

you."saysJack."You'rearudeboy.Ican,ttake

youthere.'sayshismother."Don'tworry,mum.Iwon'

tdothatagain.Pleasebelieveme."saysJack.Inthe

hospital,Jacksaysnothingatfirst.Whenthey're

leaving,hesaystoMr.Black,uYoulookfine.The

doctorsaysyou'regoingtodie,butIdon'tthinkso.”

Passage19.Sevendaysinaweek

Thereareaboutfifty-twoweeksinayear.

Andtherearesevendaysineachweek.The

firstdayofaweekisSunday.Theotherdaysofaweek

betweenSundayandSaturdayareMonday,Tuesday,

WednesdayThursdayandFriday.Mondayisthe

secondday,Tuesdayisthethirdday,Wednesdayisthe

fourthday,Thursdayisthefifthday,and

Fridayisthesixthday.What'sthelastday?Do

youknow?

Passage20.MyspecialFriend

IhaveafriendintheU.S.HisnameisDonAdams.I

knowhimverywell,butIhavenevermethim.

Wewritetoeachotherallthetime.Myletters

areveryshort.Itisstillhardformeto

writeinEnglish.IreceivedaletterfromDon

yesterday.Itmakesmeveryhappy.Heiscoming

tomycountryforavisitnextsummer.Wearegoing

toseeeachotherforthefirsttime.

Passage21.ADayinMyLife

Myfamilylivesonthisstreet.Inthemorning,my

fathergoestoworkandallthechildrengotoschool.My

mothertakesustoschooleveryday.Shedoesthehousework.

Shealwayshasherlunchathome,andseesherfriendsin

theafternoon.Intheeveningallthechildrencome

homefromschool.Theyalwaysgethomeearly.My

fathergoeshomefromworkandheisoftenlate.After

suppermytwobrothersandIdoourhomework.Wegotobed

atten.

Passage22.TheSea

Whatdoknowaboutthesea?Somepeople

haveseenitbutothershavenJt.Thesealooksbeautiful

onafinesunnydayanditcanbeverytoughwhenthereis

astrongwind.Whatotherthingsdoyouknow

aboutit?Ofcourse,theseaisverylarge.Intheworld

thereismoreseathanland.Ifyouhaveswuminthesea,

youknowthattheseaissalty.Riverscarrysaltfrom

thelandintothesea.Someplacesofthesea

aresaltierthantheotherplaces.Doyouknowthe

DeadSea?Itissosaltythatyoucan'tsinkwhenyou

areinthewater!Andfishcannotliveinit!

Passage23.AGoodYoungPioneer

LiHuaisaYongPioneer.Heisgoingtothepark.Now

heiswaitingforabus.Suddenlyhefindsa

watchontheground.Heaskssomepeople,Whosewatch

isit?”Butthewatchisn,ttheirs.Sohegivesthewatch

toapoliceman.

NowLiHuagetsonthebus.Ueissittingnearthe

window.Anoldwomangetsonthebus.Shehasnoseat.So

hestandsupandsays,“Hereisaseatforyou,Granny.

Pleasesithere”

Passage24.Seahorse

Thereareallkindsofhorsesintheworld.Butoneof

themyoucan'tride.Itdoesn'tliveonland,butinthe

sea.Itlooksliketheheadofhorse.Sothepeoplecall

itseahorse.Infact,theseahorseisasmall

fish.Itlikestoliveinwarmwater.Aseahorsestands

upinthewaterwhenitswims.

Fatherhorsecarriestheeggstokeepthemsafeinitspouch

Whentheeggsarehatched,thebabyhorsesswimaway.

Passage25.ACatandaBird

Therearethreetreesnearthehouse.Thereisabig

tree,andtwosmalltrees.

Inthebigtreethereisabird.Canthebirdsing?Yes,

itcan.What'sunderthebigtree?It'sacat.

“Iwantsomefood,“thinksthecat."Bird,mygoodfriend,

Comehere!It'stimetoplaygames“saysthecat.

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

me!Goodbye!"Look!Thebirdisflying!

Passage26.AFlyingFox

Aflyingfoxisnotafoxatall.Itisabat.Butthis

batlookslikeafox.Aflyingfoxisverybig.Itlikes

toeatfruit.Sometimestheflyingfoxiscalledfruitbat.

Theflyingfoxfliesintofruittrees.Thenthebateats

allthefruit.Sofruitfarmersdonotliketheflyingfox.

Passage27.FlyingBirds

Birdsdon'tflyhighupinthesky.Theairistoothin.

Itishardforbirdstobreatheinthinair.

Thinairdoesn'tholdthemup.

Birdsflynearthegroundsothattheycanseewherethey

are.Thebirdslookforplacestheyknow.Thentheydonot

getlost.Somebirdsflysolowovertheoceanthatthewaves

oftenhidethem.Manybirdsflyalongdistanceinthe

springandautumn.

Passage28.Air

Airisallaroundus.Itisaroundusaswewalkand

play.Fromthetimewewerebornairisaroundusonevery

side.Whenwesitdown,itisaroundus.Whenwegotobed,

airisalsoaroundus.Weliveinair.Wecanlivewithout

foodorwaterforafewdays,butwecannotliveformore

thanafewminuteswithoutair.Wetakeinair.Whenweare

workingorrunningweneedmoreair.Whenweareasleep,

weneedlessair.Weliveinair,butwecannotseeit.We

canonlyfeelitwhenitismoving.Movingairis

calledwind.Howcanwemakeairmove?Hereisoneway.Hold

anopenbookinfrontofyourface,closeitquickly.What

canyoufeel?Whatyoufeelisair.

Passage29.Clocks

TherearemanyclocksintheBrown,shouse.Theyare

indifferentrooms.Abigclockstandsinacornerofthe

sittingroom.Itisavery,veryoldclock,butitstill

keepsgoodtime.Mr.Brownwindsitonceaweek.

Passage30.Swimming

Swimmingisagoodsport.It'spopular.Peoplelike

swimmingbecausethewatermakespeoplefeelcool.Butif

theyswiminawrongplace,itisverydangerous.These

years,somepeoplediedwhentheywereenjoyingthemselves

inwaterandmostofthemwerestudents.Summerholidaywill

bethereagain.Iwanttogiveyousomeadvice.First,don'

tgetintothewaterwhenyouarealone.Second,don'tget

intothewaterifthereisaNoswimmingsign.Third,you

shouldbecarefulinthewater.Ifyourememberthese,

swiniiningwillbesafeandit'sgoodforyourhealth.

Passage31.Amissingtiger

WeusedtohaveacatcalledTiger.Hewasabeautiful

tabbywithagreatdealofcharacter.Hewasanatural

hunter,andverysoonnomousedaredtoshowitsfacein

ourhouse.

UnfortunatelyTigeralsousedtocatchalotofbirdsand

thismadehimveryunpopularwithsomeoftheneighbors.

Ondayday,justafterhissecondbirthday,Tiger

disappeared.Perhapshewasrunoverbyacar,foratthat

timewelivednearabusystreet.Althoughweoffereda

reward,weneverdiscoveredwhathadhappenedtohimand

weneversawhimagain.

Passage32.Jim

Jimgetsupat6：30.Hishomeisnearhisschool.He

leaveshomeat7：30.Theybeginclassat8：00.He

haslunchathome.Afterlunchheplaysgameswithhis

classmates,intheafternoon,Jimhasthreeclasses.He

leavesschoolat4：30.

Passage33.AChineseBoy

I'maChineseboy.MynameisChenDong.Iamtwelve.

Ihavetwosisters.MysistersandIareallstudents.

Myfatherisateacher.HeisaChineseteacher.Heteaches

inNo.19MiddleSchool.Mymotherisateacher,too.She

teachesEnglishintheNo.11MiddleSchool.

Passage34.Jim'sFamily

Apictureisonmydesk.ThisisapictureofJim's

family.ThemanisJim'sfather.AwomanisbehindJim.

Sheishismother.Theyareteachers.Agirlisinthe

picture,too.SheisJim'ssister.Hernameis

KateGreen.Jimandhissisterareinthesame

school.Buttheyaren'tinthesamegrade.They

lookliketheirmother.TheyareEnglish.

Passage35.OurHouse

Ourhomeisneartheschool.Wehaveahouse.Itisa

goodhouse.Thehousehasthreerooms.Oneisalivingroom.

Theothertwoarebedrooms.Inthelivingroomthereis

atableandsixchairs.Therearesomeflowerson

thetable.Thereisagardeninfrontofthehouse.Ourhouse

isn'tbig,butwelikeit.

Passage36.OurMonitor

ThisisLin.SheisfromBeijing.Shestudiesveryhard.

Inclassshecananswertheteacher'squestions

veryquickly.Linlovesherclassmatesandoftenhelps

themwiththeirlessons.Everybodysayssheisaverygood

monitor.

Passage37.Mybedroom

Thisismybedroom.Therearetwowindowsinit.Near

thewindowtherearesomeredflowers.Amapof

Chinaisonthewall.Youcanseefourshoesandabasketball

undermybed.Therearetrousersandacoatonthebed.Many

schoolbooksareonmydesk.Andtherearethree

lightsinmybedroom.Oneisonmydesk,andtheother

twoarenearmybed.

Passage38.APieceofmeat

Adoghasalargepieceofmeatinhis

mouth.Nearthewaterhelooksdownandseeshimselfinthe

water.Hethinksitisanotherdog.Thatdoghasalsoalarge

pieceofmeatinhismouth.Hesaystohimself,“Iwant

togethismeat.ThenIcanhavetwopieces."He

openshismouthtobarkandhismeatgoesdownintothe

water.

Passage39.OurClassroom

Ourclassroomisbrightandclean.Butitisnotbig.

Therearetwenty-threedesksandchairsinit.Theyarenew.

There'sabigdeskinfrontoftheclassroom.It1sfor

ourteachers.Therearefivepicturesontherightwall.

There'samapoftheworldandamapofChina

ontheleftwall.

Besidethewindowthere,sabookshelf.Therearemany

booksonit.Ourclassroomisverynice.Wehave

lessonshere.Welikeourclassroom.

Passage40.Ourschool

Thisisourschool.Therearemanyclassroomsinit.

Thereareeighthundredstudentsandsixty一nine

teachersinourschool.Therearemanytreesandflowers

init.Alltheteachersandstudentslikeourschoolvery

much.

Wecometoschoolatseven.Wehavefourclassesinthe

morningandtwointheafternoon.

Ourclassroomisbigandclean.Wehavelessonshere.

Wedoourhomeworkathome.Allthestudentsstudyhard.

Passage41.AHoliday

It'sfinetoday.Tomandhisfamilyareatapark.The

maninwhiteishisfather.Heisstandingbythelakeand

lookingattheboats.Thewomaninblueishismother.She

issittingonthegrass.BesidehismotherisAlice,his

sister.Sheiseatingcake.Theparkisbig,andthereare

manytreesandflowersinit.Theyarehavingagoodtime.

Passage42.AnOldMouse

Anoldwomanhasacat.Thecatisnowveryold.She

cannotrunfast,andshecannotbite.Onedaytheoldcat

seesamouse,shejumpsandcatchesthemouse.Butshe

cannotbiteit.Sothemousegetsoutofhermouthand

runsaway.

Thentheoldwomanisveryangrybecausethecatcannot

killthemouse.Shebeginstobeatthecat.Thecatsays

toher,"Don'tbeatme.Befriendly

tome.WhenIwasyoung,Ididgoodworkforyou.”

Passage43.Ahungryfox

Ahungryfoxisfromaforest.Hearrivesatavillage.

Hewantstofindsomefood.Hecomestoahouseandpulls

thedoor.Butitlocked.Heseesthereisaheninside.

“HelloI'11cometovisityou,“hetellsthehen."I

knowthatyouareill.Comeoutandletmetakeyour

temperature.”"Thankyou,“saysthehen."Ihave

aheadache.ButifIcomeout,youwillkillme.”

Passage44.HelpEachOther

Look!Kateisflyingabirdkite.Oh,herkiteisin

thetree.Anditisbroken.Shecan'tclimbupthe

tree.LiLeiandJimarecominghere.LiLeiishelping

her.Heisgettingthekitefromthetree.Buthecan't

getdown.JimishelpingLiLei.LiLeiisjumpingtothe

wall.Theyaregettingdownfromthewall.Kate,Jim,and

LiLeiaremendingthekiteunderthetree.Theyaregood

friends.

Passage45.TheWeather

TheweatherinShanghaiisnotalwaysgood.Inwinter

itisoftencoldandwet.Insummeritisveryhot.Spring

isverybeautiful.Itisnotverycold,butwehavealot

ofraininspring.Autumnisthebestseason.Thedaysare

clearanddryanditissunnyandwarmallthetime.The

weatherinShanghaiissometimeswarmerthaninBeijing.

ButinsummeritiscoolerinBeijingthaninShanghai.

Passage46.What'sHappening?

Itisinautumn.Ayoungmancomestoaforest.He'

swalkingbesidetheforest.Onhisrightisariver.On

hisleftistheforest.Suddenlyheseestwogreeneyes

lookingathimfromthetrees.Atigerisgettingreadyto

jumponhim.

Whatdoeshedo?Hemustjumpintotheriver.Intheriver

thereisabigcrocodile.Itsmouthisverybig.Theyoung

mancloseshiseyes.Thetigerjumpsoverhim.Andthe

youngmanopenshiseyes.Nowthetigerisinthe

mouthofthecrocodile.

Passage47.Kangaroos

TherearemanykangaroosinAustraliaandnotonlyin

zoos.Youcanseethemeverywhereoutsideof

thecitiesandtowns.Whentheywanttohavearest

ontheirtails,kangaroosarealsoverygoodatlooking

aftertheirbabies,motherkangarooskeeptheirbabiessafe

int