美加分校四年级英语趣味阅读

           班级:___________         姓名:___________      计时:_______________

                                  Breakfast or lunch?    

It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.'

'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.

'What are you doing?' she asked.

'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.

'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!'

New words and expressions 生词和短语

until prep. 直到                         outside adv. 外面

ring v. （铃、电话等）响                aunt n. 姑，姨，婶，舅母

repeat v. 重复

用括号里单词的正确形式填空

1. I am looking out of my window. I can see some children in the street. The children (            ) (play) football. They always (       ) (play) football in the street. Now a little boy (        ) (kick) the ball. Another boy (          ) (run) after him but he can not catch him.

将括号里的单词放入句中正确的位置。

1. She answers my letters. (rarely)

2. We work after six o’clock. (never)

3. The shops close on Saturday afternoon. (always)

4. Do you go to work by car? (always)

5. Our teacher collects our copybooks. (frequently)

6. We spend our holidays abroad. (sometimes)

7. I buy gramophone records. (often)

8. Do you buy gramophone records? (ever)

阅读理解

1. (      ) When Aunt Lucy telephoned

(a) the writer was asleep.            (b) the writer was still in bed.

(c) the writer had already got up.      (d) the writer was having lunch.

2. (      )  Aunt Lucy was surprised because

(a) the writer was having lunch.      (b) it was one o’clock.

(c) it was late.                    (d) the writer was having breakfast at lunch time.

3. He sometimes (      ) in bed until lunch time.

(a) stay    (b) is staying    (c) stays     (d) staying

4. He stayed in bed until lunch time. He went (      ) bed late last night.

(a) in      (b) into        (c) to        (d)at

5. He doesn’t get up early on Sundays. He gets up (      ).

(a) late     (b) lately      (c) slowly    (d) hardly

6. (      ) did aunt Lucy come? By train.

(a) When    (b) How     (c) Why      (d) Where

7. The writer can’t see aunt Lucy (      ). He’s having breakfsat.

(a) still      (b) now     (c) often      (d) always

8. He (      ) out of the window and saw that it was raining.

(a) looked    (b) saw     (c) remarked   (d) watched

9. Jast then, the telephone rang. It rang (      ).

(a) at once    (b) immediately    (c) again    (d) at that moment

10. She was his aunt, so he was her (      ).

(a) son      (b) grandson       (c) nephew   (d) niece

11. Breakfast is the first (      ) of the day.

(a) food     (b) dinner         (c) lunch     (d) meal

12. Aunt Lucy said,‘Dear me’because she was (      ).

(a) angry    (b) surprised       (c) tired      (d) pleased

 

Please send me a card  请给我寄一张明信片

    Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

 

New words and expressions 生词和短语

send  v. 寄，送

postcard  n. 明信片

spoil  v. 使索然无味，损坏

museum  n. 博物馆

public  adj. 公共的

friendly  adj. 友好的

waiter  n. 服务员，招待员

lend  v. 借给

decision  n. 决定

whole  adj. 整个的

single  adj. 唯一的，单一的

 

Note on the text  课文注释

1 a few words,几句话。

2 lent me a book中，lent是“借出”的意思。我们常说lend sb. sth 或lend sth to sb.。borrow是“借入”的意思，常用的结构是borrow sth.或borrow sth. from sb.

 

Supplementary Written Exercises  补充书面练习

Comprehension 理解

1 The writer ___________.

(a)doesn’t like buying postcards     (b)doesn’t like receiving postcards

(c)doesn’t like writing postcards    (d)doesn’t like postcards

2 What was the writer’s ‘big decision’?

(a)He decided to write postcards to his friends. (b)He decided to spend the whole day in his room.

(c)He decided to buy a lot of postcards.         (d)He decided not to write a single card.

Structure 句型

3 Last week he went to Italy. He was _________ Italy last summer.

(a)at         (b)to         (c)in         (d)on

4 ____________ him a few words of Italian? The writer.

(a)Who taught      (b)Who did teach     (c)What did he teach    (d)Whom did he teach

5 He was a friendly waiter. He spoke to the writer _________.

(a)friend        (b)as friends      (c)like friends    (d)in a friendly way

6 The writer __________ a few lines, but he didn’t understand a word.

(a)reads           (b)read          (c)red         (d)reading

7 He spent the whole day in his room. He was in his room _________ day.

(a)the hole         (b)the all          (c)all            (d)all of

Vocabulary 词汇

8 A waiter usually works in a __________.

(a)public garden      (b)shop      (c)restaurant     (d)private house

9 The waiter lent him a book. He _______ a book from the waiter.

(a)lent      (b)borrowed     (c)took     (d)stole

10 On the last day he made a big decision. It was the _______ day of his holiday.

(a)final      (b)end     (c)latest       (d)bottom

11 He made a big decision. He _________.

(a)thought about it   (b)made up his mind  (c)changed his mind   (d)made a wish

12 He didn’t write a single card. So he __________.

(a)wrote only one   (b)didn’t write even one  (c)wrote just one  (d)wrote all the cards except one