英语阅读小短文练习

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英语阅读小短文练习

  阅读英语小故事短文,能激发学习英语的兴趣,为了帮助大家,小编分享了一些英语小短文练习,希望能帮到大家!

英语阅读小短文练习

  成就伟大科学家的秘密

  A young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German scientist , what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again . Einstein was very annoyed  . He did not say anything ,but wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.

  “What does this mean ?” asked the young man .

  “A means “ success”” explained the old scientist . “X stands for hard work ,Y for good method (方法) and Z Z means stop talking and get down to work.”

  1. The young man _________.

  A. wanted to meet Einstein

  B. wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein

  C. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of success

  D. wanted to be a student of Einstein

  2. In Einstein’s opinion the secret of success was ________.

  A. to work with great energy (精力,活力)

  B. to study hard day and night

  C. to learn from great scientists

  D. to raise (提出) questions as many as you could

  3. “Y” stands for _______.

  A. hard work B. great energy C. great success D. good manner(方法)

  4. The word “annoyed” means ________.

  A. angry B. sad C. lovely D. glad

  5. Einstein was a man who ______

  A. liked to talk with young people

  B. liked to help others

  C. liked to make friends with young people

  D. liked to work , but didn’t like to talk

  答案:CBDAD

  二战的故事

  The story happened during the Second World War(战争).An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun , his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights . The old man was very sad . he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living .

  It was a very cold winter night . The old man couldn’t go to sleep . He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen . He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.

  Once he came to a village , but the villages were all poor and couldn’t give him anything . He was too hungry to go to another village . He thought hard and found a way . He came to a police station and called out , “Hitler is a foolish pig (希特勒是蠢猪)!"

  Out came an old policeman at once . He took the old man into a room , gave him some bread and a cup of tea . Then he said , “Don’t say in our village , sir !”

  “I’m sorry, sir.” Said the old man . “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown .”

  “No, no , sir.” The policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hometown !”

  1. The old man was ___________.

  A. a German B. a French

  C. an Australian D. an Englishman

  2. The old man was sad because ________.

  A. his three sons all died during the war

  B. His three sons had to join the army

  C. He had no food or clothes

  D. He lived in the small town alone

  3. The old man got up and ran in his room to ________.

  A. keep healthy

  B. Forget he was sad and hungry

  C. Make him warm

  D. Find a way to forget he was hungry

  4. The old man shouted outside the police station because______

  A. he hated Hitler very much

  B. he hoped the policeman could help him

  C. he wanted to make the policemen angry

  D. he thought the he would be given some food in prison (监狱)

  5. Which statement is true?

  A. The old policeman hated Hitler , too

  B. The old policeman found that the old man his best friend

  C. The old policeman would send the old man in prison

  D. The old policeman liked Hitler better than pigs

  答案:AACDA

  丢失的火车票

  One day he went on a long way alone. Before he left home,his wife said,Now you have all these things. You need them on your way. Take care of your things on the way.He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.

  About an hour later,the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said,Will you please show me your ticket?The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he could not find it. He was very worried. I cant find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train,said the old man.

  I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right,you dont have to buy another ticket,said the conductor kindly. But the old man still(仍然) looked worried and said sadly,You dont know why Im worried. If I dont find my ticket,I cant remember my station. Where am I going?

  1. The old man bought a ticket _______.

  A. after he got on the train

  B. before he got on the train

  C. when the conductor told him to buy one

  D. when he found he had no ticket with him

  2. About an hour later,the conductor began _______.

  A. to buy the tickets

  B. to look for the tickets

  C. to check(检查) the tickets

  D. to show the tickets

  3. The conductor told the old man that he didnt need to buy another ticket because _________.

  A. the man was very old

  B. he thought the old man had no money with him

  C. the old man showed him the ticket

  D. he believed the old man

  4. The old man still looked worried because _________.

  A. he couldnt get on the train.

  B. he lost his ticket and a lot of money

  C. he thought his wife would get angry with him

  D. he forgot where he was going

  5. Which of the following(下列) is right?

  A. The old man went on the trip with his wife

  B. The old man didnt find his ticket

  C. The conductor was also an old man

  D. The old man had to buy another ticket

  答案:BCDDB

  屠夫和狗

  It was Mondy. Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

  Considering that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher (person whose job is selling meat), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”

  Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

  At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

  The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (* people who buy something from a shop).

  But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

  Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

  6. Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite .

  A. cruelly B. fairly C. kindly D.unfriendly

  7. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it .

  A. might do it much harm. B. could do it much good

  C. would help the butcher D. was worth many pounds

  8. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .

  A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs Smith

  B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

  C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

  D. until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith

  9. From its experence, the dog found that .

  A. only the paper with Mrs Smith’s words on it could bring it meat

  B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

  C. Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

  D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

  10. At the end of the story, you’ll find that .

  A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

  B. the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more

  C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

  D. the butcher found himself cheated (* act in a way that is not honest) by the clever animal

  答案:CBADD

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