要一些英语文章RT、要一些有生词的难的400-500字左右的文章、最好是有教育意义的

要一些英语文章
RT、要一些有生词的难的400-500字左右的文章、最好是有教育意义的

先给一篇好了~后面还有~
The Pig with a Wooden Leg
聪明又勇敢的小猪虽然救了农夫一家人的性命,却还是避免不了被吃掉的命运,让我们不由地敬佩它也怜惜它!
A traveler (旅行者) lost his way and got off the highway (大路)to see where he was. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigpens (猪舍) and pigs running in fields. Suddenly, his eye caught something really strange. It looked like a pig with a wooden leg!
He drove up into the farm, where he met the farmer. “Excuse me,” the traveler said. “I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I just had to stop and ask about it. Tell me, is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?” The farmer smiled. “Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He’s the finest pig I’ve ever had — and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig.
“One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I fell down and knocked over a lamp (油灯). That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused (唤醒) me up and got me out. “There is no question about it — that night old Caesar saved all our lives. You know that I’m not going to forget it too easily.”
“Why,” the traveler said, “this is amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg?
The farmer laughed and said, “Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”
阅读理解带题~
1)After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary’s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid—hours becomes minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Week ends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.
For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit(提交) articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated. If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.
But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged(融合) with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node(波节) on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms(症状). We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.
What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has becomes avoidance(逃避), a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.
At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I’d never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. “Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline”, CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over, and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.
1. Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes _______.
A. unreal B. unbearable
C. misleading D. not understandable
2. What does the last paragraph mean?
A. Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange.
B. She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work.
C. She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather.
D. She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program.
3. What is the author’s attitude to the computer?
A. At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it.
B. She likes it because it is very convenient.
C. She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.
D. She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world.
4. The underlined phrase “coming back out of cave” probably means _______.
A. going back to the dreaming world
B. coming back home from the outside world
C. bringing back direct human
D. getting away from living a strange life
【答案与解析】本文是作者对自己长时间对着电脑的生活的描述.
1. D.细节题.根据My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen可知答案为D.
2. D.推断题.根据The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials 可知她有时打开电视,听到节目的声音只是使自己得到放松,故答案D.
3. A.推断题.文中第1,2段描述作者对电脑开始还是喜欢的,再根据But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as thought I’ve merged with my machines, taking data in可知答案为A.
4. C.句意理解题.根据And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult可知答案为C.
2)The Same Story, Different Reports
Belton and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday- makers and other tourists(观光者).
Last August there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper, The Belton Post:
FIRE AT SEABREEZE
Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Belton’s first hotel fire for five years.
The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one.
ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
Last night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.
What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel last August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes—we know that firemen went to the hotel.
Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”?
1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?
A. Belton and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.
B. A fire broke out one night in Sea breeze Hotel last summer.
C. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.
D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.
2. Which of the following are probably facts?
a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.
b. A cigarette started the fire.
c. An old lamp started the fire.
d. The fire broke out at night.
e. There has never been a fire in Canfield.
A. b and c B. a and d
C. c and e D. a and c
3. The Canfield Times used the headline (标题) like this in order to make its readers think _______.
A. hotels in Belton often catch fire
B. hotels in Belton don’t often catch fire
C. this was the second fire at the Sea breeze Hotel
D. Belton was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe
4. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Belton Post by saying that _______.
A. the bedroom lamps were very old at the Sea breeze Hotel
B. the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place
C. the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things
D. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years
【答案与解析】本文介绍两个海滨城市旅游业发达,游客甚多,但其中一个城市发生火灾,在两个城市的报纸中出现了两篇内容不同的报道.
1. C.主旨大意题.由原文 It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident 得出答案.
2. B.概括题.阅读全文可知能够成为事实的有：是在旅馆的卧室里发生的(there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton),两段报道的开头都是 last night,故可知答案为B.
3. A.转换理解题.用another fire 作标题意为“另外一次火灾”,这样可以使读者认为其旅馆火灾频繁发生,以使自己城市的旅游业更具有竞争力.
4. C.事实细节题.从 firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture( too…to…=太…而不能…)可知答案为C.
3)Rules for the University Entrance Examination
●You must be at the examination center ten minutes before the examination starts. If you are more than ten minutes late, you may not enter the examination center. The examination takes place at the same time in different states.
●You must have proof of your name and grade as well as official examination number. Show these when you come to the examination center.
●Depending on which examination you are taking, you may bring certain items into the examination center. Mathematics examinations may allow you to use electronic calculators (计算器). Other sub­jects may allow you to use dictionaries and other reference material. Please read the notes sent with your timetable carefully.
●You must bring your own pencils. None will be provided for you. The following items are not allowed in the examination center: walkmans and radios, head sets, any food or drink, schoolbags, electronic equipment (unless specifically permitted for various subjects), and mobile phones.
●Once in the center, you must sit at the desk with your examination number on it. When you sit down, place your examination number at the top comer of your desk.
●You must remain silent during the examination. You must not disturb other people who are taking the test.
●If you need a drink or toilet break, you should raise your hand and wait for the supervisor (监督者) to speak to you. You will be given water or the supervisor will take you to the bathroom. You are not allowed to talk with anyone during the break.
●You must write your answers in the official answer sheet. Your supervisor will provide extra paper if you wish to make notes.
●You may leave the examination room at any time if you do not plan to return. If you finish early and want to leave, please move well away from the examination center.
●The supervisor will warn you fifteen minutes, five minutes and one minute before the end of the ex­amination. When the supervisor says that the time is up, you must put down your pencil and wait at your desk until you paper is collected.
1. What kind of examination are these rules probably for?
A. A local exam.
B. A final exam.
C. A college exam.
D. A national exam.
2. What are you allowed to have with you when you take mathematics examination?
A. Related material.
B. Proof of yourself.
C. A cell phone.
D. A dictionary.
3. What should you do if you finish the test early and want to get a better result?
A. Take some notes carefully.
B. Leave the room immediately.
C. Remain in your seat and check again.
D. Raise your hand to inform your teacher.
4. What can be provided for you during the exam?
A. Pencils. B. Food and drink. C. Extra paper. D. Calculators.
【答案与解析】本文讲的是大学入学考试(高考)的一些规则.
1. D.细节题.由第一条最后一句The examination takes place at the same time in different states.是“全国性”的考试.
2. B.推断题.由第二段可知无论参加哪科考试都要带准考证,考数学也应如此.
3. C.推断题.假如你很早的完成了试题并且想得到一个好的分数,我们通常的做法是要仔细检查.在解答此题的时候,可以使用排除法.
4. C.细节题.由第八段可知.
4)I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room-if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood(情绪) had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.(www.nmet168.com)
56. Why did the author shout at the telephone?
A. He was mad at the telephone.
B. He was angry with his agent.
C. He was anxious about his wife.
D. He was impatient with the secretary.
57. What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?
A. She said nothing.
B. She shouted at him.
C. She called the agent.
D. She threw the phone away.
58. What made the author laugh?
A. His own behavior.
B. His wife’s suggestion.
C. His changeable feelings.
D. His wife’s sweet kiss.
59. What does the underlined word “antics” refer to?
A. Smart words.
B. Unusual actions.
C. Surprising looks.
D. Anxious feelings.
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