【正文】 ss said to her, “Miss Smith, w_____________ does a man’s hair bee gray before his beard (胡子) does?”Mary laughed and laughed, “I don’t know. Helen, do you know?”“I don’t know, e_____________, Miss Smith.” said Helen, “but it h_____________ to my father.” The o_____________ children in the class laughed when they heard this.Then a boy said , “I know, Miss Smith! A man’s hair bees gray f_____________ because it’s sixteen years o________________ than his beard.”答案because, teaching, enjoyed, girls, why, either, happened, other, first, older新譯林7BUNIT5英語課外趣味閱讀及練習題課外趣味閱讀同義詞趣味巧辨析anything but, nothing but, all but, none but這些短語均由代詞加前置詞but(除開)構(gòu)成，但含義各不相同。anything but ：(=not at all, by no means, never)表示“決不，根本不”。nothing but ：(=only)表示“只不過，除了……以外什么也沒有”。all but ：(=almost, nearly)表示“幾乎，差一點”。none but ：(=no one except)表示“只有；除……外誰也不”。幽默故事“I39。m sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy39。s tooth .” “Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!” “Yes ，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .” “對不起，夫人，為您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元?！?“20美元！為什么？不是說好只要4美元。” “是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四個病人嚇跑了?！?TWO： Teacher：We all know that beat causes an object to expand an cold cauese it to contract. Now，can anyone give me a good example? John：Well ，in the summer the days are long，and in the winter the days are short. 老師：我們都知道熱脹冷縮的道理。現(xiàn)在，誰給我舉個例子？ 約翰：嗯，在夏天天都長，在冬天天都短。練習題（一）　　Hello. I’m Meg. I’m 12 years old. I have a brother and a sister. My brother is 9 and my sister is only 4 years old. I like hamburgers and salad. My brother likes tomatoes and my sister likes ice cream. We have a small sports collection. We all like tennis. Today is my mother’s birthday. Today is January 21st. There’s a big birthday cake on the table. How much is it? Do you know? It’s 7 dollars. Come to my mother’s birthday party and have some cake.　　根據(jù)短文選擇最佳答案。1. How old is Meg’s brother? A. 12. B. 4. C. 9.2. What does Meg like? A. Salad. B. Tomatoes. C. Ice cream.　　3. Does Meg’s sister like tennis? A. Yes, they do. B. Yes, she does. C. Yes, he does.4. When is her mother’s birthday? A. January 21st. B. January 31st. C. February 21st.　　5. How much is the cake? A. $12. B. $9. C. $7.6. Where is the birthday cake? A. On the TV. B. On the table. C. On the sofa.答案CABACB（二）I’m going to see a movie with my friends this weekend. We love seeing movies, but we all like different kinds. I like to see thrillers and science fictions, my friend Sam loves action movies and edies and my best friend, Lee, loves a good romance. Because we like different kinds of movies, it can be difficult to choose(選擇)one to see. So we usually take turns (輪流)to choose the movie. It’s my turn to choose this weekend, so we’re going to see Harry Potter Ⅱ, a new movie. It’s number one at the box office, and everyone is saying what a great movie it is. I can’t wait! many kinds of movies does the writer talk about in the story? A. Six B. Five C. Four PotterⅡis ___ movie right now. A. a boring B. a popular C. an action　　 do the writer and his friends choose which movie to see? _____　　A. They like different kinds of movies. B. They let Lee choose which movie to see.　　C. They take turns to choose a movie to see.　　 is the main idea(中心意思)of the story? ____　　A. Choosing which movie to see can be difficult. B. It’s a good thing to see movie Harry Potter Ⅱ. C. Everyone likes the new movie Harry Potter Ⅱ.答案 BBCA（三）It was a r________________ day. I was on my way home. I hadn’t been back for weeks.When I got home, to my s_________________, I found my mother wasn’t busy doing her housework as she u________________ to be. She was reading i______________. And I saw some books on her desk . Some years ago, there were no books in my home except my textbook. I took one of the books from the desk. It was about h____________ to raise chicks. At supper time, my father came home. After supper he told me he was going to learn English because he w____________ to run chicken farm. He said that he must learn something more from foreign countries. He also told me that one could do n_______________ without knowledge. It was late. The light in my parents’ room were still o_____________. I was l______________ in bed. l________________ to the drops of rain outside, as if they were saying, “ You must study harder than before.”答案rainy, surprised, used, instead, how, wanted, nothing, on, lying, listening新譯林7BUNIT6英語課外趣味閱讀及練習題課外趣味閱讀同義詞趣味巧辨析appear, look, seem這些動詞均有“看起來，好像是”之意。appear ：指從感觀印象看似乎是如此，但有時著重指因視野、觀點限制而產(chǎn)生的歪曲印象。look ：指從樣子看起來，側(cè)重通過視覺而建立的印象。seem ：多指從主觀印象或個反應得出的看法。appear, emerge, show, loom這些動詞均有“出現(xiàn)”之意。appear ：強調(diào)公開露面，被看見。emerge ：側(cè)重緩緩出現(xiàn)的過程。show ：語氣較強，強調(diào)“露出來”。loom ：指朦朧出現(xiàn)，好像從霧中浮現(xiàn)出來一樣。幽默故事The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly two hours. then he started again, and said he:Let me ask the evolutionist a question if we had tails like a baboon, where are they? I39。ll venture an answer, said an old lady. We have worn them off sitting here so long.. 教進化論的老師已經(jīng)滔滔不絕地講了快兩個小時，他的話題又來了：“讓我向進化論者提個問題——如果我們曾經(jīng)像狒狒那樣長著尾巴，那么現(xiàn)在尾巴到哪里去了？” “我來試試看，”一位老太太說。 “該是我們在這里坐這么久把它們磨掉了吧。”練習題（一）　Do you know from what English people get their family names? Finish the sentences after you read the story. 你知道英國人的姓是怎么來的嗎?閱讀下面的短文，完成句子。 (2 min. 107 words )　　Everyone has a family name. But what does it mean? From what do family names e?　　First, some family names e from the place of their homes. If a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England people’s names may be Wood, Lake, because they live near the wood or lake.　　Second, family names e from a person’s job. If a person is a cook, he may be Cook.　　Third, many people get their family names from their father’s given name. If you hear the name “Jackson”, you know that he is the son of