A. 英語文章閱讀理解5篇
In the early 1990s,the word」 Internet」 was strange to most people. But today, Internet has become a useful tool for people all over the world. Maybe Internet has been the greatest invention in the field of
communication in the history of mankind（人類）Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. We can e-mail our friends and they can read the e-mails within a minute.Giving all kinds of information is probably the biggest advantage of the Internet. We can use search engines to find the information we need. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will give us a list of suitable websites to look at.We can enjoy a lot on the Internet by downloading games, visiting chat rooms or surfing （瀏覽）websites.There
are some games for free. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat now. We can also listen to music and see films.Now ,there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking ,job finding and ticket buying. We can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds of goods. Sometimes we can find something that is quite good but very cheap.
26.How many main advantages of the Internet are talked about in the passage?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
27.What fact doesn』t the passage provide?
A. We can find almost anything we want to know on the Internet.
B. Some games on the Internet are free.
C. We can buy most things we need on the Internet.
D. Goods on the Internet are more expensive than those in real shops.
28.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?
A. Online Shopping
B. Exchanging Information on the Internet
C. The Advantages of the Internet
D. Surfing the Websites on the Internet
答案: BDC
（2010.四川省自貢市 第 三部分 閱讀理解B 滿分10分）
You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience study here.In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn』t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Conmecticut.When I first studied English, I was told to say, 「I am fine.」 when people say 「How are you ?」But in the US,I found that people say, 「I am good.」 or 「I am tired.」
One day ,someone greeted me with 「What』s up ?」It ,made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn』t know what to say.Since then, I have discovered more and more differencesbetween Chinese and US cultures.To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan. However ,in China ,girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or 「whiter.」I also surprised by how hard-working .US students are .In China, schoolwork is almost everything ,so we study
hard and that』 it. But here,a 「good」 student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.The kids here are so talented ,I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
61.According to the writer, textbook English is _________everyday English.
A. quite different from B. the same as C. more difficult than
62.What does the word 「tan 」in the sixth paragraph mean in Chinese?
A曬黑 B曬白 C 能量
63.A good US student spends his/her time ________.
A. only in doing homework
B. only on sports or music
C. on studies ,sports or music and public work
64.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The writer is now in US.
B. American girls love to have white skin.
C.US students are talented and hard-working.
65.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. My Own Travel in the US
B. My Studying in the US
C. My Opinion about the US
答案:AACBB
B. 找一篇初一的英語閱讀文章，不要太長或太短，難度適中
Your Passport(護照) Please!
Mr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a threeweek holiday in France.
Usually he wears a beard(留胡須). Since it has been hot there, he has taken
it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.\$
An office looks at the photo for a moment, and says: "Will you excuse me?
Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the
photo to a second office, and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks
at the passport and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr
Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman
with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the
kind of man ..."
Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him,
and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr Hill answers,
in surprise, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so.
I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."
1. Mr Hill ____.
A. has just come back from the airport.
B. is on his way to Paris.
C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.
D. has been in France for three weeks
#D
2. Mr Hill ____.
A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo
B. grew a beard while he was on holiday
C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face
D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.
#C
3. The first officer is sure ____.
A. Mr Hill stole the painting
B. he has seen the face in the photo before
C. he knows the second officer's face
D. a man without a beard stole the painting
#B
4. The second officer says that ____.
A. Mr Hill stole the painting
B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English
C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting
D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.
#D
C. 英語閱讀文章
小學英語英語閱讀
(一)
My name is Wang Ling. I『m a girl. I』m twelve. I』m in Class Three. Grade One, My nother and my father are teachers. Miss Gao is my English teacher. I think she is twenty – five. She is a good teacher. I like her.
( )1.Wang Ling is in Class Two, Grade One.
( )2.Her mother is a teacher.
( )3.Miss Gao is her Chinese teacher.
( )4.Miss Gao is twenty – five.
( )5.Wang Ling isn』t a boy.
(二)
Wu Dong has a good friend. His name is Peter. He is from the U.S.A Wu Dong and Peter are in the same class. They go to school five days a week. They stay at home on Sunday and Saturday. Peter likes China and Chinese food. He likes rice cakes very much. At school they play table tennis (乒乓球)after class.
Wu Dong and Peter likes making things. Now they are making a plane. They like flying planes on Sunday morning. Peter speaks English and a little Chinese. Wu Dong speaks Chinese and a little English. They teach each other. (互相)
（ ）、Wu Dong has an American friend.
（ ）2、They go to school from Monday to Friday.
（ ）3、They often fly planes after class.
（ ）4、Wu Dong teaches Peter English and Peter teaches Wu Dong Chinese.
（ ）5、Peter often eats rice cakes because he likes eating them.
（三）
閱讀短文，判斷正誤（對的寫T, 錯的寫F）
This is Billy and his brother』s bedroom. It』s not very big, but it is tidy（整潔）.There are two beds in the room. There is a desk between（在……中間）the beds. There are some books on the desk. Some are English books. Some are Chinese books. There is a phone on the desk, too. There are two chairs beside the desk. One is for Billy, and the other（另一把）is for his brother. There is a map of America on the wall. There is a map of the world on the wall, too. Billy and his brother like their bedroom very much.
True or False:
( ) 1. The bedroom is small, and it』s clean.
( ) 2. There are two desks in the bedroom.
( ) 3. There are some Chinese books on the desk.
( ) 4. There are two maps on the wall.
( ) 5. There isn』t a phone in the bedroom.
( ) 6. The chairs are for Billy and his brother.
（四）
閱讀短文，判斷正誤。（對的寫T, 錯的寫F）
We have a two-month holiday every summer. It starts in July and ends in August. During(在…期間) this summer holiday. I went traveling out of Nanjing with Sue. She is my good friend. We went to Shanghai by boat. We had a good time there. My classmates were all at home. They did their homework and watched a lot of TV. They told me they didn』t like traveling.
（ ）1、The summer holiday starts in June and ends in August.
（ ）2、We took a boat to Shanghai.
（ ）3、We had a lot of fun in Shanghai.
（ ）4、My classmates stayed at home.
（ ）5、My classmates like traveling.
（五）
閱讀判斷正誤，正確的在括弧內填「T」，否則填「F」
Hi, everyone. Here is the weather report. It』s an interesting day today for weather around the country.
Look! It』s sunny in Beijing, but rainy in Jinan. It』s fine and cloudy in Qing. It』s raining in Shanghai. It』s warm in Guangzhou and Fuzhou. It』s cool in Xi』an and Shenyang .It』s cold in Harbin. It』s hot in Shenzhen and Hongkong.
That』s the weather report for today. Thank you for watching.
( )1、The radio is giving the weather report .
( )2、It』s fine in Beijing today.
( )3、You may play volleyball outside in Xi』an.
( )4、You can go to Shanghai today.
( )5、You can go to the park in Fuzhou.
（六）
閱讀判斷正誤，正確的在括弧內填「T」，否則填「F」
Mary is an American school girl. She is ten years old. Now she and her parents(父母) are in Shanghai. Her parents teach English in our school. They are very kind. Mary is a good pupil. She is good at math. She is clever. Now she can speak a little Chinese.
( ) 1 Mary is from America.
( ) Her father is a Chinese teacher.
( ) 3 Mary is in Shanghai now.
( ) 4 She isn』t good at math.
( ) 5 Mary can speak a lot of Chinese
（七）
閱讀判斷正誤，正確的在括弧內填「T」，否則填「F」
Wu Dong has a good friend. His name is Peter. He is from the U.S.A Wu Dong and Peter are in the same class. They go to school five days a week. They stay at home on Sunday and Saturday. Peter likes China and Chinese food. He likes rice cakes very much. At school they play table tennis (乒乓球)after class.
Wu Dong and Peter likes making things. Now they are making a plane. They like flying planes on Sunday morning. Peter speaks English and a little Chinese. Wu Dong speaks Chinese and a little English. They teach each other. (互相)
（ ）1、Wu Dong has an American friend.
（ ）2、They go to school from Monday to Friday.
（ ）3、They often fly planes after class.
（ ）4、Wu Dong teaches Peter English and Peter teaches Wu Dong Chinese.
（ ）5、Peter often eats rice cakes because he likes eating them.
（八）
I'm Fangfang.I live in a village. It's small but beautiful..
Look! That is my house. There are some trees near it. Behind the house
there's a big river. You can see some boats on the river. Many cks are
beside the boats. How lovely! Oh, many flowers are between the trees.
Let's get some to our teachers.
( )1.Fangfang's house is small.
( )2.There's a small river behind the house.
( )3.There are some boats on the river.
( )4.What lovely cks they are!
( )5.Some flowers between the trees are for our English teachers。
（九）
完型填空
Mrs. White__1__in a school. It is Sunday. She has__2__classes. At eight in the morning, she
__3__to a shop and buys a nice dress. She puts it in her bag and then buys__4__cakes for her children. At eleven she__5__home. She wants to put on her new dress, but she__6__find her bag. She calls the shop assistant (售貨員), 「Hello, Mrs. Black. This is Mrs. White. Can you help__7__ find my bag?__8__in your shop.」
「Of course, Mrs. White,」 says the assistant. 「We found three bags here. But which one is__9__?」
「I』m__10__,」 says Mrs. White, 」 I can tell you which one is mine.」
1. A. work B. works C. working D. study
2. A. not B. any C. some D. no
3. A. walks B. go C. walking D. walk
4. A. a piece B. a little C. some D. much
5. A. gets to B. gets C. get D. get to
6. A. can B. don』t C. can』t D. isn』t
7. A. I B. my C. mine D. me
8. A. It』s B. Its C. They』re D. He』s
9. A. you B. your C. mine D. yours
10. A. go B. come C. coming D. coming
（十）
完形填空
younger older of gray glasses
This is a picture ____ my grandmother. She is eighty years old.She has _____ hair and she wears ________ . She loves me very much and I love her very much,too.
WangLin is twelve years old,Jenny is twenty years old and Li Ming is fourteen years old. Wang Lin is ____ than Jenny. Jenny is ____ than Li Ming,but ____ than WangLin.
（十一）
判斷對（T）錯（F）
ZhangLin is a boy. He』s twelve years old. His English is very good.Because his mother is an English teacher. His favouriter clothes is a yellow shirt. It』s very nice. He likes to play foot ball with his friends. He always go to school by bus.On Sundays we offten play and study together. We are good friends.
1. Zhang Lin』s mother is a Chinese teacher. ( )
2. He likes a yellow shirt. ( )
3. He always goes to school by bike. ( )
4. Zhang Lin is twelve years old. ( )
5. He is my good friend. ( )
（十二）
介詞填空
to in of with at on far
1. Look ____ her hair.It』s red.
2. I live _____ China.
3. She goes to work_______ her bicycle.
4. They go _____ a walk after supper.
5. This is a picture _____ my family.
6. I like to play checkers______ my uncle.
7. Do you go to the gym ____ play badminton?
（十三）
閱讀選擇
Li Ming has two good friends from Canada. They are rose and Mike. Their country is very far from China.
They are in the same school,but they are not in the same class(班) .Li Ming and Rose are in Class One. They live in the same building. It is a little far from their school. They ride their bicycles to school and ride home together every day.
( )1.Where are Rose and Mike from?
A. The U.K. B.Canada C.Australia
( )2.Li Ming and Mike are _____.
A.in the same class B.not in the same school
C. not in the same class.
( )3.They live ______.
A. very far from their school B.near their school
C.in one building
4.They go to school and come home ____ every day.
A. by bicycle B.by bus C. by car
（十四）
閱讀判斷對（T）錯（F）
Hello，my name is Jimmy. I』m eleven . I am in Class Five,Grad (年級)Six.Now let me tell you some thing about my family. There are three people in my family. My father my mother and I .My father is a worker and my mother is a worker ,too.And they are both good workers, I am a good student. My father and mother love me very much. I love them very much,too. We have a new car. It』s green. I like it very much.
1.We have an old car. ( )
2.I』m in class six, Grand Five ( )
3.There are three people in my family. ( )
4.My father and mother are both worker. ( )
5.I don』t like our car. ( )
D. 英語閱讀小短文
以下為本人精心解答，還望樓主滿意^_^
1.
What
does
the
monster
in
Loch
Ness
look
like?
It
looks
like
a
dinosaur.
（它看起來像一隻恐龍。）
2.
What
did
Robert
Kenneth
Wilson
do
in
1934?
He
gave
a
newspaper
a
photo
of
the
monster.
（他給了回一家報紙一張這答個怪獸的照片。）
3.
How
did
Christian
Spurling
surprise
everyone?
He
said
the
photo
of
the
Loch
Ness
Monster
was
a
fake.
（他說這張尼斯湖水怪的照片是假的。）
4.
How
are
many
tricks
and
jokes
spread
today?
They
are
spread
using
e-mail.
（它們是通過電子郵件的使用而得以傳播的。）
5.
What
do
you
thank
of
tricks
and
jokes
like
today?
Some
can
be
funny,
but
others
can
cause
trouble.
（一些很有趣，不過另外一些可能會製造麻煩。）
E. 英語閱讀理解文章
做英語閱讀原則：讀的進去，還要跳的出來。要明白文章的結構和作者回的寫作意圖，你就是拿著文答章只管讀，而沒有去思考為什麼這樣寫以及文章結構而造成的。都文章要有整體意識，讀的進去，還要跳的出來。希望能幫到你！
F. 初二十篇英語小短文帶翻譯
My family
I love my family, because I have a happy family. My father is an English teacher. His name is Jacky. He is thirty-eight. He likes playing basketball. What』 my mother job? Is she a teacher? Yes, you』re right! My mother is very kind and nice, she is thirty-seven. My mother is always laborious work. I love my parents! On Saturday and Sunday, I often go to the library and play the piano, My father go to play basketball. Sometimes, we watch TV and listen to music at home. I love my family. Because I』m very happy to live with my parents together!
我的家庭 我愛我的家庭,因為我有一個快樂的家庭. 我的爸爸是一名英語教師,他的名字叫Jacky.他今年38歲.他非常喜歡打籃球.我的媽媽是趕什麼呢?她是一名教師嗎?是的.你說對了!我的媽媽是一個很親切、友善的人,她今年37歲.我媽媽總是勤勞的幹活.我愛我的父母. 在星期六和星期天里,我經常去圖書館和彈鋼琴.我爸爸去打籃球.有時侯,我們都在家看電視和聽音樂. 我愛我家.因為我和爸爸媽媽一起生活得很開心!
My Room
This is my room. Near the window there is a desk. I often do my homework at it. You can see some books, some flowers in a vase, a ruler and a pen. On the wall near the desk there is a picture of a cat. There is a clock above the end of my bed. I usually put my shoe under my bed. Of course there is a chair in front of the desk. I sit there and I can see the trees and roads outside.
我的房間
這是我的房間。 在窗口附近有一張書桌。 我經常在那做我的家庭作業。 您能看有些書，有些花在花瓶里，一把格尺和筆。 在牆壁在書桌有貓的圖片。 有一個時鍾在我的床上的末端。 我通常把我的鞋子放在我的床下。 當然有一把椅子在書桌前面。 我坐那裡，並且我能看外面的樹和路
Skating
Mom bought me a pair of skating shoes at my fifth birthday. From then on, I developed the hobby of skating. It not only makes me stronger and stronger, but also helps me know many truths of life. I know that it is normal to fall, and if only you can get on your feet again and keep on moving, you are very good!
滑冰
媽媽買了我一雙冰鞋鞋子在我的第五個生日。 從那時起，我愛好滑冰。 它不僅使我越來越加強，而且幫助我知道生活許多真諦。 我知道摔倒是正常的，並且，如果只有你能摔倒後再站起來，就是非常好!
The Sea
What do you know about the sea? Some people know about it, but others don』t. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day, the sea is very big. In the world, there is more sea than land. Do you know Hainan Island? It』s really very nice. We can see beaches, trees and the sea. We can swim and visit a lot of beautiful places.
海
你對海知道些什麼？ 某些人知道關於它，但其他不。 海看起來美麗在一個美好的晴天，海是非常大的。 在世界上，比土地有更多海。 您是否知道海南島？ 那非常好。 我們能看海灘、樹和海。 我們可以游泳和參觀很多美好的地方。
Computers
Computers are changing our life. You can do a lot of things with a computer. Such as, you can use a computer to write articles, watch video CDs, play games and do office work. But the most important use of a computer is to join the Internet.We don』t need to leave home to borrow books from a library or to do shopping in a supermarket.
Computers help us live a more convenient life.
計算機
計算機改變我們的生活。 您能做很多事用計算機。 例如，您能使用計算機寫文章，手錶錄影CDs，戲劇比賽和完成辦公室工作。 但對計算機的最重要的用途是加入Internet.我們不需要離開家去從圖書館借用書或在超級市場做購物。
計算機幫助我們居住更加方便的生活。
Smiling
I think smiling is as important as sunshine. Smiling is like sunshine because it can make people happy and have a good day. If you aren』t happy, you can smile, and then you will feel happy. Someone may say, 「But I don』t feel happy.」 Then I would say, 「Please smile as you do when you are happy or play with your friends happily. You will really be happy again.」
Smiling can let you have more friends.So I say, smiling is like a flower. It will give you happiness.
微笑
我認為微笑是一樣重要的象陽光。 微笑是象陽光，因為它可能使人愉快和有一個早晨好。 如果您不是愉快的，您能微笑，您然後將感覺愉快。 某人也許說， 「但是我不感到愉快」。 然後我會說， 「請微笑，您，當您愉快地是愉快或戲劇與您的朋友。 您真正地再將是愉快的」。
微笑可能讓您有更多朋友。如此我說，微笑是象花。 它將給您幸福。
Sunday
It was Sunday and I didn't have to go to school. I finished my homework the day before. So I decided to help mother do housework. I washed some clothes after I got up. Then I went shopping with a basket. I bought some meat, eggs and some vegetables in the market. After I came back, I started to cook dinner for the whole family. In the evening, I sat at the table and began to write down on my notebook what I had done ring the day.
星期天
它是星期天，並且我沒有必須去學校。 我前一天完成了我的家庭作業。 如此我決定幫助做家事。 在我起來了之後，我洗了一些衣裳。 然後我帶著籃子去購物。 我在市場上買了一些肉、蛋和有些菜。 在我回來了之後，我開始為全家烹調晚餐。 在晚上，我在我的筆記本寫下什麼我白天做了什麼。
春天：Spring
Spring is a delightful season. The temperatures are moderate, and the blooming trees and flowers make the city bright with colors. This is the time when we can begin to wear lighter and more brightly colored clothes and go outdoors more often. Smaller children like to bring their kites out to the spacious square. Also I enjoy going back to the village on this holiday after being in the city for the winter months.
春天是個讓人欣喜的季節.氣溫適中,掛滿綠葉的樹和盛開的花朵給城市增添了明亮的色彩.在這個時節里,我們可以穿上輕便靚麗的衣服經常出門去了.小孩子們則喜歡在廣闊的天空中放風箏.在城裡呆了一個冬天之後,我也喜歡回到村子裡度假.
夏天：
Summer is the great season for all sports in the open air. It is the season for football which is often called the national sport because of its popularity. I usually watch television and read the newspaper reports about the football results of the little leagues. During the summer I like to go to the beach often because it is very close to my home. I usually go there ring the summer vacation to relax after many months in school in the city. I feel very comfortable with the familiar quiet life of the villagers.
夏天是戶外運動最好的季節.這是一個橄欖球的季節,橄欖球由於廣受歡迎被稱為全民運動.我常常看電視,看報紙,從報道中獲得小聯盟橄欖球賽的比賽結果.夏日裡,我喜歡經常去海灘,因為那裡離我家不遠.在城裡的學校呆了幾個月後,暑假我常常去那裡放鬆一下.此處有我很熟悉的村民們的寧靜生活,這讓我倍感舒適.
秋天：Autumn
For me the autumn or fall starts in September when school starts its new term. I usually do some shopping. The mild weather made it very nice to study outside under the trees in a small park close to my house. I like to look up the leaves changing colors from green to red and yellow, and then brown colors. The park also has many bright fall flowers; sometimes I see a small squirrel coming down from the tree to hunt for food on the ground. On the weekends, I sometimes like to fly my kite. Usually on the street corners you can see street peddlers selling warm baked sweet potatoes. This is a nice time of the year.
我覺得秋天是在9月份新學期開始的時候來臨.我常常要去買一些東西.宜人的天氣讓我感覺在離家不遠的小公園的樹下學習是件非常愜意的事.我喜歡抬起頭看蓍枝頭上的樹葉由綠變紅,變黃,然後再變褐.公園里還有許多鮮艷的秋花.有時我會見到小松鼠從樹上跳到地上覓食.在周末,我有時會去放風箏.在街頭的拐角處,常常會有街頭小販在賣烤紅薯.秋天是一年中的好時節.
冬天：Winter
Winter is very cold and windy in most parts of China. I usually look forward to the Spring Festival and the winter holiday when I can go to the south where the climate is warmer ring these holidays. Also, I look forward to seeing my grandparents and my friends. Winter is the time everyone is in a festive mood. In the city, I usually do a lot of reading at home in the winter because of eh cold weather outside.
中國大部分地區的冬天是即冷又有風的。我總是盼望著春節或寒假，到時候我就可以去南方了，當地的氣候在這時會暖和的多。我也盼望著去探望我的祖父母和我的朋友。冬天，每個人都懷著喜慶的心情。在城裡，冬天的時候我經常待在家裡盡情地看書，因為外面的天氣非常的冷。 如果對你有要你一定要評分哦
G. 英語閱讀小文章 電腦游戲對孩子的影響
A: What』s your opinion about children ecation?
B: it is very important for them and parents should prepare everything for them.
A: do you think it is necessary for
parents to prepare computer or some device in their bedroom?
B: of course, it is very important.
Computer is a good tool for children to study. It can stimulatechildren』s creativity
and there are a lot of resources for children to learn.
A: maybe you areright, but I have some concerns about it.
B: so what areyour concerns?
A: computer is agood tool for study, on the other hand , it can be harmful for children,especially for their health. If they spend too much time on computer, theireyesight will be affected and if they sit in front of the computer inactive fora long time, their health will be weakened.
B: that sound reasonable,but parents can do something to avoid it. They can accompany with theirchildren when using computer and remind them of the time.
A: it sounds a good idea. But there are a lot of wonderful things in internet,
I still worrythat the children will be addicted in it. In addition, if they get access to computer too early,they will depend on it too much and lost independence of study.
B: you are exaggerating!
It is not as bad as that. Computeris a necessity of our life. Children must learn to use it
properly. Parents just have to be more careful.
H. 適合初中生閱讀的英語故事小短文
Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love ,the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy -- ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it , next, because it relieves loneliness-- that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world , into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what -- at last -- I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much I have achieved.
Love and knowlidge , so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of lonelines, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
我為什麼活著
羅素
三股簡單而非凡強烈的激情一直控制著我的一生：對愛的渴望，對知識的追求和對人類苦難不堪忍受的憐憫。這三股激情，象陣陣巨風，把我在痛苦的海洋的路途中吹得任意東西，變動無常，直吹到了絕望的邊緣。
我尋求愛，首先是因為它帶來了欣喜若狂之情——欣喜若狂使人如此心醉神迷，我常常願意犧牲我的全部餘生來換取幾小時這樣的歡樂。我尋求愛，其次是因為它能解除寂寞——那種可怕的寂寞，如同一個人毛發悚然地從這世界的邊緣探望令人戰栗的死氣沉沉的無底深淵。我尋求愛，最後是因為在愛的結合中我看到了聖徒們和詩人們所想像的預言中的天堂景象的神秘雛型。這就是我所尋求的東西，雖然它也許似乎是人生所難以得到的美好事物，但這就是——最後——我終於找到的東西。
我懷著同樣的激情尋求知識。我希望理解人們的心。我希望知道星星為什麼發光。我力圖領悟畢達哥拉斯的才能，他的才能使數字支配著不斷變動的事物。在這方面，我只達到了一小部分，並不很多。
愛和知識，盡其可能，遠遠地把人引向九天之上。倡憐憫總是把我帶回到地面上來。痛苦的呼號的回聲在我心裡回盪。受飢挨餓的兒童，在壓迫者折磨下受苦受難的人們，無依無靠而成為自己子女嫌惡的負擔的老人，以及整個孤苦寂寞的世界，窮困與痛苦都在嘲弄著人生，使人們不能過應有的美好生活。我渴望減輕災難禍害，但是我力不從心，我自己也在受苦。
這就是我的一生。我覺得我的一生過得很值得。如果我還有機會的話，我將樂意再度過這樣的一生。
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英語專業八級 ，希望能夠幫到你。
I. 適合初中生閱讀的英語故事小短文
GoodExcuse
好借口
There
was
a
middle-aged
man
who
bought
a
Mercedesconvertible
2000.
有個中年男子買了一輛賓士2000敞篷車。
He
took
off
down
the
road,
flooring
it
up
to
80
mph
and
enjoying
the
wind
blowing
through
what
little
hair
he
had
left
on
his
head.
他開車上路，加速到時速80英里，享受著風兒吹過頭上那頭超短發的快感。
「This
is
great,」
he
thought
and
floored
it
some
more.
「好舒服。」他邊想邊繼續加速。
He
looked
in
his
rearview
mirror
and
sees
a
State
Patrol
behind
him.
這時，他從後照鏡看到後面有個公路警察。
「I
can
get
away
from
him
with
no
problem,」
thought
the
man
and
flew
down
the
road
at
over
100
mph.
「要把他甩掉還不容易。這個人邊想邊加速」到100多英里急馳而去。
Then
he
thought,
「What
am
I
doing?
I』m
too
old
for
this
kind
of
thing,」
and
pulled
over
to
the
side
of
the
road
and
waited
for
the
police
officer.
接著他又想說：「我到底在干嗎？這把年紀實在不適合做這種事。於是把車停到路邊等警」察來。
The
officer
pulled
in
behind
the
Mercedes
and
walked
up
to
the
man.
警察把車停在這輛賓士後面，走到這個人旁邊。
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