Many years ago，when I was working as a volunteer(志愿者)at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Lisa. The poor little girl had a very serious disease and was dying. The doctor had done his best but no medicine really worked. The only chance to save

John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill. He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five. He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five. He thought, "It's a little bit earlier. I'll wait for a moment. It's good t

Reuben, a 12-year-old boy, saw something in a shop window. But the price—five dollars—was far beyond his means. He couldn’t ask his parentsthe money. His father made a living throughin Bay Roberts. His mother, Dora, tried hard to feed and clothe their fiv

Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756 and died on December 5 th, 1791. (1)When he was three, he often had lessons with his elder sister. His father took him through many different countries, where he played music for lots of people.But some people didn’t

Michelle Obama is the first lady of America. She visited China on March 20th, 2014. When she met the president Xi, she wore a red dress. She said her red dress is always ready for the important moment. Do you know she is also the first lady of fashion Ame

My name is Sam. I joined a club called “passing help” last month . Now let me tell you why I joined it.One evening this May, on my way home my old car broken down(出故障). It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride(搭便车), but there was no car . It w

It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see morethan a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to run and were standing by the side of theroad. People were trying to find their way about on foot but were l

Once there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by, found the socks, and decided to try them on. They fit so w

Peter didn’t know why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving. One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.” “Per

I found out one time that doing a favor (关心)for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand.

MANY 15-year-olds don’t know what they want to be when they grow up. Abby Harris knows she wants to become an astronaut and isn’t letting anything stop her.According to Harris’ Internet blog, Astronaut Abby, she has wanted to be the first astronaut to wal

It's not easy to be an astronaut's son. Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he's so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was class monito

In the city of Chicago I met a man I will never forget. He drove a bus that ran from downtown to the edge of the city. Each night I watched him. As the passengers got on the bus, he smiled at each one. It was fun to see how many passengers forgot their tr

Last night, I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving ____.At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. I was ____ on the road by now, but as I c

People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before he was sent away, the boy was the student in his class. He was at the top in every exam.But the boy changed after home and studying in the boarding school. His grades started t

Today ,I want to tell you a story about something I did when I was 14 years old. I made some friends in schoolthey turned out to be bad. They were some boys who stole（偷盗）and sold them. Whenever we were stealing a bike , a boy named John would break the lo

Long long ago, in a small, lonely village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog heard of this place and decided to pay a _________. He ran all of his way with a happy heart. When he _________, he jumped happily u

Have you ever heard of Teddy bears? Teddy bears were invented by accident. In 1902, American president Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt was hunting (打猎) in the forest with several of his friends. Almost everyone had successfully shot (射中) an animal, but the pre

An old woman has two large pots, one on each end of a pole（扁担）. She carried the pole with the pots（壶）____ her neck.One of the pots had a crack（裂缝）in it while the other pot was perfect and always filled a full pot of water. At the end of the long ___ from

Wang Yani was born in 1975.Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an.Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as he painted,which made him laugh.One day,Yani painted lines on her father’s painting.He got .At that time sh

任务型阕读：阅读下面的短文，然后根据要求完成短文后面的题目。The New York City Marathon was started by a man named Fred Lebow. It began in 1970 as a small, unimportant race. Only 127 people ran, and just 55 0fthem finished. They ran around Central Park four times. Few people watched th

A small man ih his wheelchair gently makes his way into Line 2 subway. He pulls out his microphone, MP3 player and speaker. He clears his and smiles uncomfortably. “I’m always a bit nervous when I get started,” he says in a quiet . For now, Gao Xiaowei si

Christian Bucks may be young, but he sure knows how to be a good friend. When the York, Pennsylvania, second-grader noticed that some of his schoolmates didn’t have anyone to play with during the break time, he came up with a way to help them. He suggeste

Our world is full of rules. Everyone needs to obey them. Butyour idea about your school rules? Now many students like to talk about the rules that they have. At their school, theywear uniforms every day. The problem is that all the students think the unif