麦琪的礼物英语阅读及答案【汇集20篇】

Speaking of reading, thats and I have a deep love! In reading, I learned a lot of knowledge, understand a lot of truth. I have benefited a lot from!

When I was a child, no matter I like it or not, my mother always told me before you go to bed a bedtime story ", and "reading" with me. Gradually, I will love the book, Ive always wanted to own to read a book.

Slowly, I have reached the age of the kindergarten. This time, I began to try to read some picture books, at this time, I understand a lot of sense from the picture books, learned a lot of knowledge. Also, my mother gave me booked child illustrated, I always look fondle admiringly. Once, I was watching the childrens illustrated, mother cried, I eat dinner, but I did not even hear listen to, continue to see their childrens illustrated, after a while, mother cant wait, came over and asked me to eat, I just dream again wake up, go to the dinner table.

Pretty soon, I was in primary school, my mother is in the post office gave me a book "we love science", "small Copernicus", "scientific inquiry" and other books, also borrowed a lot of books in the library, also bought me a lot of good books online! For me, I also often habitually study good books in the home, soon, I will put a lot of books to drill through, during this period, I have mastered a lot of knowledge, such as the nature of the book: I know the growth of the tree is to start from the top, paper, up to seven times, the candles in the water also can burn, friction in the application of life, etc.; The history books: let me know the history of five thousand years of Chinese civilization, know the four great inventions in ancient China, and know a lot of celebrity anecdotes, know the "water can carry the boat, also swallows" profound truth; Read literature books: let me understand a lot of human reason, be kind, be love, be grateful, be tolerant to others, to persevere, be brave.

Because a lot of reading, but also let me learn better. Math, I can quickly understand the question, seize the key points, clever problem solving; Do Chinese reading questions, because of the large amount of reading, I rarely lose points on it. Composition is my strengths, my composition is often happy, as my class! When writing blog, because of large amount of reading, writing articles is often recommended.

Now, I have become a veritable little bookworm, reading, nature will grow with me.

说起阅读，那可是和我有着很深的缘分呢!在阅读中，我学到了很多知识，懂得了很多道理。使我受益匪浅!

小时候，不管我喜欢不喜欢，妈妈总会在睡觉前给我讲一个“睡前故事”，还和我一起“读书”。渐渐的，我就喜欢上了书本，一直想自己去看书。

慢慢地，我已经到了上幼儿园的年龄了。这个时候，我开始尝试着去读一些绘本了，这个时候的我，从绘本中明白了很多道理，懂了很多知识。而且，妈妈还给我订了《幼儿画报》，我看起来总是爱不释手。有一次，我正在看《幼儿画报》，妈妈大声喊我吃饭，我却连听都没听见，继续看自己的《幼儿画报》，过了一会儿，妈妈等不及了，走过来让我去吃饭，我这才梦如初醒般的，走到了饭桌上。

很快，我上小学了，妈妈就在邮局给我订了《我们爱科学》、《小哥白尼》、《科学探索》等书，也在图书馆里借了很多书，还在网上给我买了很多好书!我呢，也经常习惯性地钻研家里的好书，很快，我就把很多书都钻了个透，在这期间，我掌握了大量的知识，比如看科普类的书：我知道了树是由顶端开始生长的、纸张最多可以折七次、蜡烛在水里也可以燃烧、摩擦力在生活中的应用等;看历史方面的书：让我知道了中华五千年的文明历史、知道了我国古代的四大发明、知道了很多的名人趣事、知道了“水可载舟，亦可覆舟”的深刻道理;看文学方面的书：让我懂得了很多做人的道理、做人要善良、要有爱心、要懂得感恩、对他人要宽容、做事要持之以恒、要勇敢等。

因为大量的阅读，还让我的学习更优秀。做数学题时，我能很快的读懂题意，抓住关键点，巧妙解题;做语文的阅读题时，由于阅读量大，我很少在这上面失分。作文就更是我的强项，我的作文常被作为班里范文呢!在写博客的时候，因为阅读量大，写出的文章时常被推荐。

现在，我已经成为了一只名副其实的小书虫，阅读呢，自然将伴着我成长。

Reading has many benefits, in the world of this book, many hidden secrets, there are many things we dont know. I will talk about the benefits of reading now!

Remember since third grade, I especially love to read reference books. Such as "cpaing", "cc" lu, a lot of trouble in the ma small jump ", "fairy tale" and so on. They are deeply attracted me, I couldnt put it down on them, they there are many good story, fantasy, legends, experienced things, a book! Is the sea of knowledge, it with the childrens ship, step by step. When it reaches a destination, just cant help cheering! When to another destination, and cheered, so had been go forward rowing. A book is like a tree full of fruit tree of knowledge, you have to eat a fruit will get some knowledge, you keep eating fruit, knowledge have been long in your body, you more and more knowledge I have!

Hiding a book, some we dont know something, you dont read it, just do not know collected Taoist scriptures with some what, as long as you read it, it will make friends with you. A book, a "longevity nut", as in help us to extend the meaning of reading. Shakespeare said: "the book is the nourishment of the world." The more you read, be cheerful note movement.

Reading a book! A book full of human soul all beautiful!

读书有很多好处,在这书的世界里，藏着许多秘密，有很多事情我们还不知道。现在我就说说读书的好处吧!

记得从三年级的时候起，我就特别爱读课外书。比如《皮皮鲁》、《鲁西西》、《淘气包马小跳》、《童话故事》之类什么的。它们深深吸引着我，我对它们爱不释手，它们里面有许多好故事，一些幻想、传说、经历过的事情，一本书!就是知识的海洋，它带着孩子们的船，一步一步的划。当它达到一个目的地的时候，就会情不自禁地欢呼!在达到另一个目的地的时候，又欢呼起来，就这样一直勇往直前的划着。一本书也像一棵长满知识的果树，你吃了一个果就得到了一些知识，你不停地吃果，知识就不断在你身上长，你懂的知识就越来越多了!

一本书，藏着我们一些不知道的东西，你不读它，就不知道藏着一些什么，只要你读它，它就和你交朋友了。一本书，一棵“长生果”，像在帮我们延长读书的意义。莎士比亚说：“书籍是全世界的营养品。”你读书越多，好比是欢快音符的乐章。

读书吧!书装满了人类灵魂的全部美丽!

a present for teachers day

today is september 10. it is teachersday. xiao hua has been ill in bed for more than a week. her teacher comes to her home to give her lessons after school every day. in order to show their respect, xiao hua and her mother decide to give the teacher a present.they make a big red flower. when the teacher arrives, xiao hua presents the flower to the teacher. she fastens it to the breast of her teacher s jacket, and says "happy teachers day" to her. the teacher expresses her thanks and sets down to give her lessons. xiao huas mother pours a glass of water for the teacher and puts a lamp on the table.

教师节的礼物

今天是9月10日教师节。小华已得病一周多了，每天放学后她的老师都来到她家给她补课。为了表示对老师的尊敬，小华和她妈妈决定送给老师一件礼物。她们自制了一朵大红花。当老师到的时候，小华把它送给了老师，亲自把花钉在老师的胸前，并说道：“祝您教师节快乐。”老师感动极了，于是坐下来给她补课。小华的妈妈亲自为老师沏了一杯茶，然后又拿了一盏灯放在了书桌上。

[教师节的礼物英语作文

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

The worlds environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss. If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog(烟雾)to global climate change, from the felling(砍伐)of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement. The surprise is how good things are, not how bad.

After all, the worlds population has more than tripled during this century, and world output has risen hugely, so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 , the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty, toxic and dangerous.

But they dont. The reasons why they dont, and why the environment has not been ruined, have to do with prices, technological innovation, social change and government regulation in response to popular pressure. That is why todays environmental problems in the poor countries ought, in principle, to be solvable.

Raw materials have not run out, and show no sign of doing so. Logically, one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big, and man is very ingenious. What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and, in response, people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find ways to use less of the materials, or looked for a new substitute. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real terms during the century. The same is true for food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do, assisted by new farming and crop technology. The long-term trend has been downwards.

[英语阅读理解作文

When I read a grade a class, I was having fun with students, suddenly saw sitting on the seat Zhang Yuezheng absorbed in reading a book. Im surprised, ran to ask her: "Zhang Yue, why we are all in play, youre reading a book?" Zhang Yue no reply.

The second class, I once again see Zhang Yue sitting quietly reading position. I ran to repeat a sizable once had said, and this time Zhang Yue finally spoke, she said: "because reading can let us learn a lot of extra-curricular knowledge, can make our mind to move up, turn up." Zhang Yue words, I also think reading is a very good thing, since then I became like Zhang Yue love reading. In second grade, I and Zhang Yue were named as the "king" reading by the teacher!

Because Zhang Yue, I had the very big change, I now is becoming more and more love reading, book knowledge let me open horizon, enrich my mind, every day I swim in the ocean of knowledge. I must get to read this good habit to stick to it!

在我读一年级的一次下课的时候，我正在和同学们玩得开心，突然看见张越正坐在位子上专心致志地看书。我很奇怪，跑上前去问她：“张越，为什么我们都在玩，你却在看书呢?”张越没有吭声。

第二次下课时，我又一次看到张越一个人坐在位置上安安静静地看书。我跑上前去，重复了一次第一次说过的话，这一次张越终于开口说话了，她说：“因为看书可以让我们学到很多课外知识，可以让我们的脑子动起来、转起来啊。”听了张越的话，我也觉得看书是一件非常好的事情了，从那时起我就变得和张越一样爱看书了。二年级的时候，我和张越都被老师评为了“读书大王”了呢!

因为张越，我有了很大的改变，我现在变得越来越爱看书了，书本上的知识让我开阔了眼界，充实了我的大脑，我每天在知识的海洋中遨游。我一定要把读书这个好习惯坚持下去!

In this modern materialistic world, the majority of people are in hot pursuit of material gains, and money is considered the most valuable thing of all, which, personally speaking, is quite superficial. As far as I am concerned,readingis much more valuable than anything else, for it can benefit us in many ways. The old saying, “to open a book is always beneficial” vividly shows how valuable reading is.

Firstly, it goes beyond doubt that reading is a very important way to gain knowledge. Reading is like travelling, the process of which enables you to experience the colorful world and enlarge your eyes scope. By reading history books, you can understand how a regime prospers or collapses, helping you draw useful lessons and develop more wisdom. By reading books of science, you can keep yourself informed in the field of scientific endeavors, thus appreciating how science creates wonders. In a word, reading can enrich your knowledge and get whatever information you need.

In addition, you can get mental encouragement from reading and improve yourself in all aspects. For instance, the stories of well-known people in books help turn an aimless person into an ambitious one, setting up a short or long-term goal for himself. If the daily troubles make you feel desperate, then you will be mentally stroked and encouraged by reading how famous people such as Beethoven made miracles in the face of insurmountable difficulties. Books are a great source of mental encouragement, giving you motives to move forward.

Finally, reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It increases our joy when we are in high spirits, and lessens our sorrow when we are discouraged. Reading will always bring us enjoyment and satisfaction. Good books also serve as gentle companions or faithful friends that will never betray us. While reading, we don’t feel lonely. Books are ready to give us whatever we need such as knowledge, friendship and encouragement.

To sum up, reading is undoubtedly beneficial to you. To open a book is like opening a door, through which you will enter a museum, where all man-made wonders and unique wisdoms are available for you to appreciate; to open a book is like opening a window, through which you can enjoy fresh air、blue sky and wonderful natural landscapes , making you feel refreshed

在这个现代唯物主义的世界,大多数人在炎热的追求物质财富,和金钱被认为是最有价值的东西的,就个人来说,是相当肤浅的。就我而言,读书比任何其他更有价值,因为它可以我们在很多方面获益。俗话说,“打开一本书总是有益”生动地展示了如何有价值的阅读。

首先,它超越怀疑阅读是一个非常重要的方式来获得知识。阅读是喜欢旅行的过程,使您体验到丰富多彩的世界,扩大你的眼睛。通过阅读历史书,你可以了解一个政权繁荣或崩溃,帮助你得出有用的经验和开发更多的智慧。通过科学的读书,可以让自己了解领域的科学努力,因此升值如何科学创造奇迹。总之,阅读可以丰富你的知识和得到任何你需要的信息。

此外,你可以得到精神的鼓励阅读和提高自己在各方面。例如,著名的人的故事书帮助把一个漫无目的的人变成一个雄心勃勃的人,为自己建立一个短期或长期目标。如果日常烦恼让你感到绝望,那么你将会精神上抚摸,鼓励通过阅读名人如贝多芬如何制造奇迹的不可逾越的困难。书是一个伟大的精神鼓励,给你动机前进。

最后,读好书是生活中最大的乐趣之一。它增加我们的快乐当我们情绪高涨,和减少我们的悲伤当我们气馁。阅读总是给我们带来快乐和满足。好书也作为温和的同伴或忠实的朋友,永远不会背叛我们。在阅读时,我们不感到孤独。书是准备给我们任何我们需要如知识、友谊和鼓励。

总之,阅读无疑是有益的。打开一本书就像打开一扇门,通过它你将进入博物馆,所有人造奇迹和独特的智慧可供你欣赏,打开一本书就像打开一个窗口,通过它你可以享受新鲜的空气,蓝色的天空和奇妙的自然景观,使你感到舒畅

I at ordinary times is a person in a reading, mom and dad let me reading Im worried, but I read a book, Mr Ba jins "home", I was in love with reading.

The math book, to expand my thinking ability, make I can say will be "little smart"; Chinese book, let me more love, the good word we to improve my ability of reading by; English book, you can make me communicate with foreigners fluently, without language barriers; History books, is I and zu chongzhi, account, Copernicus, napoleon... To the intimate contact again and again; Naturally, I became good friends and nature; Moral character and society, that I know of a person, and have the public spirit; Science books, that I again and again to get a little experiment and a truth; A document that I learned good word, we enjoy the happy, so as to improve the writing ability.

The romance of The Three Kingdoms in sentient beings to guan yu, zhang fei of crude and refined, ingenuity, cao cao and so on, they deduced a legendary story after another.

"Journey to the west" has seventy-two sun wukong, simple and honest funny pig eight quit, seemingly brutish but not much sand monk, they suffered wringer on the way to obtain buddhist scriptures.

Now there are more and more books I read, the knowledge is becoming more and more rich, I was more and more like to read books!

我平时是一个不爱读书的一个人，爸爸妈妈让我读书我就发愁，但我读了一本书——巴金先生的《家》，是我爱上了读书。

数学书，使我拓展思维能力，使我变成能说会算的“小灵通”;语文书，让我更喜欢了，里面的好词好句使我的阅读能力提高;英语书，可以使我流利的和外国人交流，无语言障碍;历史书，是我和祖冲之、李世民、哥白尼、拿破仑……来了一次又一次的亲密接触;自然书，使我和大自然成了好朋友;品德与社会，使我知道做人的道理，还有要有公德心;科学书，使我在一次又一次的小实验中得到一个又一个道理;作文书，使我学到好词好句，欣赏到范文，从而提高了写作能力。

《三国演义》中有有情有意的关羽，粗中有细的张飞，聪明机灵的曹操等等，他们演绎了一个又一个传奇故事。

《西游记》有七十二变的孙悟空，憨厚搞笑的猪八戒，看似凶恶但又不厉害的沙僧，他们在西天取经的路上遭受了九九八十一难。

现在我读的书越来越多，知识也越来越丰富，我真是越来越喜欢读书了!

readingcan make us roam in the ocean of knowledge, I am very fond of reading.

Every time after school, I walk while thinking, "read yesterday? The book in there? Well... left... right, right? Right! Second row seventh on the right." The thought that can read a book, I am very happy, want to get home soon. I just came back home a voracious reading, often back too monographs and forget to do my homework, until it grew dark, I was reluctant to put down the book, open the exercise books. When do the car, because I often read a book and sat to the terminal. The book I have ever seen, there are many "five thousand years" "one thousand nights" the young big world... Every day I swim in the sea of books, go to the piranha, go to ancient savage, went to the alien to see building... Now, my belly ink also has a few barrels!

After reading can let a person growth knowledge, I also read more books!

看书可以让我们遨游在知识的海洋里，我就十分喜欢看书。

每一次放学时，我就边走边想：“昨天读到了什么地方?那本书放在了那里?恩....左边...不对，右边?对!右边第二排第七个。”一想到可以看书了，我就特别高兴，想马上就到家。一回到家里我就如饥似渴地看书，常常回因为太专著而忘了做作业，直到天色渐渐暗了下去，我才恋恋不舍地放下书，打开作业本。每当做车时，我也常常因为看书而一直坐到终点站。我看过的书有许多《上下五千年》《一千零一夜》《少年大世界》....每一天我都畅游在书的海洋里，去看食人鱼、去远古看野人、去外星看建筑.....现在，我的肚子里的墨水也有几桶了!

看书可以让人增长知识，我以后还要读更多的书!

Many people like to read books, I also like reading, the book brings us a lot of fun, also let us understand a lot of truth. Gorky once said that books are the steps of human progress, book is also the source of my courage. Book is the sea, and I am a fish, swim freely in the sea; Book is the sky, and Im a bird, fly in the sky happily.

Since I was young, I like reading, I cant read, can only see some picture books, and often let mother read it to me. In elementary school, I often is not holding a fairy tale book, is carrying a copy of a document. Over time, I like reading books, no matter what, I will watch carefully. So, I know sleep, a lot of knowledge from the book, also understand a lot of sense, from the book, we also accumulated a lot of good words. My composition level increase a lot. Im more like to read books, to see whether the book for a while before sleep every night.

From these things, I know reading is indispensable to everyone. I dont know how to express my love of reading. As long as a free, I drilled into the fairy tale world. And the Snow White and the seven dwarfs together; Cinderella and sometimes together; And sometimes, and Peter pan roam freely in the sky; And when dumbo waiting and looking forward to its mother, sometimes...

When free, I would walk into the composition and the house, to see their life and fun, think about how to enrich the life, the rich world. In a word, reading group bring you lots of fun, will enrich your life, your world. I like to read books, because I have given up a lot of knowledge and truth, I want to say to everyone loudly: "I love reading, the book has its own gold room."

许多人都喜欢读书，我也一样喜欢读书，书带给了我们人类许多乐趣，也让我们懂得了许多道理。高尔基说过，书是人类进步的台阶，书也是我勇气的源泉。书就是大海，而我是小鱼，在大海中自由自在地遨游;书就是天空，而我是小鸟，在天空中愉快地飞翔。

我从小就喜欢读书，那时候我不识字，只能看一些有图画的书，也常常让妈妈读给我听。上小学以后，我时常不是抱着一本童话故事书，就是拿着一本作文书。久而久之，我喜欢上了读书，不管是什么书，我都会认真地看。就这样，我从书中知睡道了许多知识，也从书中明白了许多道理，也积累了不少好词、好句。我的作文水平一下子提高了好多。我也更加喜欢读书了，每天晚上觉前都要看一会书。

从这些事情中，我知道了读书是每个人不可缺少的。我不知道该如何表达我对读书的热爱。只要一有空，我就钻到童话世界里去了。和白雪公主、七个小矮人在一起;有时又和灰姑娘在一起;又有的时候和小飞侠在天空中自由自在地遨游;还有时和小飞象在等待和盼望着它的妈妈，有时……

有空时，我又会走进作文屋里，去看一看他们的生活和趣事，想一想如何丰富生活、丰富世界。总之，读书会给你带来许多乐趣，会丰富你的生活，丰富你的世界。我喜欢读书，因为我从学到了很多的知识和道理，我想对每个人大声说：“我爱读书，书中自有黄金屋。”

《麦琪的礼物》是美国短篇小说大师欧·亨利作品的选集。书中，社会上那些巧取豪夺，坑蒙拐骗，利欲熏心，尔虞我诈的上流人物，得意之徒们的丑恶行径，被揭露无遗。通过他们的种种表现，形象逼真，不拘一格地向读者展现了文明社会的黑暗与滑稽本质，弱肉强食与天良丧尽的现实，并喻示在金钱万能，唯利是图的生存环境中，人性的异化和畸变。

然而在众多对丑恶人性的描写之中，也不乏许多使人肃然起敬的小人物，让人对荒诞，滑稽的故事漠然一笑之后，感慨万千。留给我印象最深的是《麦琪的礼物》这篇文章，它让我真正领略到了人性的魅力。

有些人认为钱是万能的，有了钱就拥有了一切，但我一直坚信真挚的感情是无价的。即使你有千百万，那也换不来真正的感情。或许金钱让你获得一些感情，但那些都是虚伪的。当你不再拥有万贯金钱时，虚伪的感情便会破裂，最终留给你的是万分痛苦。

《麦琪的礼物》就是因为金钱而引发的一系列故事。一对夫妻因为想给对方买一件圣诞礼物而舍弃了自己的心爱之物。可惜最后彼此的礼物却都失去了使用价值，但他们都得到了人世间最宝贵的礼物彼此的真情。我认为他们是幸福的，虽然他们很穷，生活拮据，但在他们心中，金钱并不重要，重要的是对方的真情，只要拥有它，他们感到比有钱的富翁幸福百倍。

换一个角度来看，假如小说中女主人公德拉家财万贯，即使她买了昂贵礼物也看不出真情所在，杰姆也就不会感到那么幸福了。德拉美丽的头发，杰姆珍贵的金表，两样各自引以为自豪的东西都失去了。他们本来想让对方更加美丽，却使礼物失去了使用价值，然而他们更加感到幸福。正像作者所说：在所有馈赠礼物的人当中，他们两个是最聪明的。我想，在一切接受礼物的人当中，他们也是最幸福的。许多人都会羡慕这对夫妻。

也许，有些人会对此不屑一顾，无法理解他们的做法。假如万贯家财和一份真挚的感情同时放在你面前，你会选哪一样呢?我会毫不犹豫地选择那份感情，因为真挚的感情是无价的!我相信真心的付出终会有真诚的回报，拥有真情才能拥有幸福。

[麦琪的礼物读后感作文

As we all know, books, especially the classical, present the precious accumulation of wisdom and knowledge beyond the limitation of time or space, from which we can enjoy numerous anecdotes, get to know exotic culture and tradition, experience the legendary and miraculous life of our idols and make ourselves better men day by day.

Nevertheless, people, especially the young, seem to have stored those classical books merely on the shelf for an unbelievably long time, which can be attributed to various factors. On the one hand, modern people have to cope with the quick pace and unavoidable stress of their work or life; therefore, they can hardly devote time to reading books. On the other hand, people tend to be more material-oriented involving their social status, amount of wealth or prospects of getting promotion, which eclipse the important benefits from reading classical books.

To me, it is essential for most undergraduates to read certain classical books, especially ones filled with life-long motivation and sagacious thoughts, which may not guarantee them short-term returns but will bring them far-reaching reward.

我们都知道,书籍,尤其是古典音乐,现在宝贵的智慧和知识积累超越时间和空间的限制,我们可以享受大量的轶事,了解异国的文化和传统,我们偶像的传奇和奇迹的生活经验,让自己更好的男人。

然而,人,尤其是年轻人,似乎仅仅存储那些经典的书籍在书架上的难以置信的长时间,可以归因于多种因素。一方面,现代人们不得不应付工作的快节奏和不可避免的压力或生活;因此,他们几乎不能花时间去读书。另一方面,人们更倾向于物质至上涉及他们的社会地位、财富或得到晋升的前景,eclipse重要受益于阅读经典书籍。

对我来说,这是必要的对于大多数大学生读一些经典书籍,特别是由终身动机和睿智的思想,也不能保证他们短期的回报,但会带来深远的奖励。

Reading is very important in our life. We can get knowledge through reading. It can not only open our minds but also make us more intelligent. Besides, reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.

Textbooks, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of reading materials can help us know more about the outside world and help us grow into an excellent person.

Im planning to read at least 5 books in the coming holiday. And Ill spend more time reading every day in my senior high school life. Reading makes a full man! Lets start reading now.

吉姆茫然地走在大街上，一抬头看到店铺门口的装潢和圣诞树，无比失落地叹了一口气，想起她那美丽的妻子德拉，吉姆心情越来越沉重。吉姆在百老汇前张望着，那橱窗里有一套纯玳瑁做的发梳，边上镶着珠宝，煞是引人注目。德拉是多么想要这套发梳啊！吉姆眼前又浮现了德拉那褐色瀑布般的秀发，想到德拉看到这套发梳后惊喜若狂的表情，他推门进去了。

吉姆怀着激动的心情，闯进了这家店铺，柜台前的店员立马挂上了官方的微笑，但是当他看到穿着单薄的白衬衫、面色激动地吉姆后，眼里满是质疑和不屑。吉姆率先开口道：“橱窗里的那套发梳多少钱？”“五十三美元。”店员的回答狠狠地给他浇了一盆冷水，吉姆哆嗦着手伸向自己的裤兜，那里有他省下来的八元五角七，他省吃俭用，每天早上仅喝一瓶酸奶省下来的钱，他把这些钱又数了一遍，仍然是八元五角七。他把这些钱紧紧攥在手里，支支吾吾地问道：“我能不能、能不能先给您八元五角七？等我有钱了就来把剩下的补上！”店员没有回应，只是用鄙夷的眼神看着他。吉姆看懂了店员的意思，脸上顿时黯然失色，不知所措地站在原地。突然，吉姆似乎想到了什么，他把手伸进袖口里，反复地摸着那块他最珍贵的金表，咬了咬牙，走出了店铺。

“这个表可以卖多少钱？”吉姆对当铺老板询问道。“五十美元。”老板回答道。吉姆下定决心，把那块金表递给了老板，看着自己的手腕，略有迟疑又激动地接过了那五十美元，飞奔向百老汇买下了那套发梳。

吉姆迫不及待地冲向家里，急切地想看到德拉欣喜的样子，但是当他看到短发的德拉时，他瞬间就懵了，不知道怎么把这套发梳拿出手。德拉含羞笑道：“别那么看我亲爱的，我只是把头发剪掉给你换了礼物而已。”吉姆尴尬地笑了笑，掏出一个小包，放在桌上，说“你只要打开它，就知道刚才我为什么那么看你了。”德拉打开后，抑制不住地开心地尖叫起来，过了好一阵才抬起泪水迷蒙的双眼，摊开掌心，一条简约、镂刻着花纹的白金表链躺在那里，德拉抹掉眼泪，激动地说：“把表给我，我要看看它配在表上的样子。”吉姆倒在睡椅上，微微发笑。“德尔，”他说，“让我们把圣诞礼物放在一边，它们实在太好了，目前尚不宜用。我卖掉金表，换钱为你买了发梳。现在，你做肉排吧。”

There were three of them. There were four of us, and April lay on the campsite and on the river, a mixture of dawn at a damp extreme and the sun in the leaves at cajole. This was Deer Lodge on the Pine River in Ossipee, New Hampshire, though the lodge was naught but a foundation remnant in the earth. Brother Bentleys father, Oren, had found this place sometime after the First World War, a foreign affair that had seriously done him no good but he found solitude abounding here. Now we were here, post World War II, post Korean War, Vietnam War on the brink. So much learned, so much yet to learn.

Peace then was everywhere about us, in the riot of young leaves, in the spree of bird confusion and chatter, in the struggle of pre-dawn animals for the start of a new day, a Cooper Hawk that had smashed down through trees for a squealing rabbit, yap of a fox at a youngster, a skunk at rooting.

We had pitched camp in the near darkness, Ed LeBlanc, Brother Bentley, Walter Ruszkowski, myself. A dozen or more years we had been here, and seen no one. Now, into our campsite deep in the forest, so deep that at times we had to rebuild sections of narrow road (more a loggers path) flushed out by earlier rains, deep enough where we thought wed again have no traffic, came a growling engine, an old solid body van, a Chevy, the kind I had driven for Frankie Pike and the Lobster Pound in Lynn delivering lobsters throughout the Merrimack Valley. It had pre-WW II high fenders, a faded black paint on a body youd swear had been hammered out of corrugated steel, and an engine that made sounds too angry and too early for the start of day. Two elderly men, we supposed in their seventies, sat the front seat; felt hats at the slouch and decorated with an assortment of tied flies like a miniature bandoleer of ammunition on the band. They could have been conscripts for Emilano Zappata, so loaded their hats and their vests as they climbed out of the truck.

"Mornin, been yet?" one of them said as he pulled his boots up from the folds at his knees, the tops of them as wide as a big mouth bass coming up from the bottom for a frog sitting on a lily pad. His hands were large, the fingers long and I could picture them in a shop barn working a primal plane across the face of a maple board. Custom-made, old elegance, those hands said.

"Barely had coffee," Ed LeBlanc said, the most vocal of the four of us, quickest at friendship, at shaking hands. "Weve got a whole pot almost. Have what you want." The pot was pointed out sitting on a hunk of grill across the stones of our fire, flames licking lightly at its sides. The pot appeared as if it had been at war, a number of dents scarred it, the handle had evidently been replaced, and if not adjusted against a small rock it would have fallen over for sure. Once, a half-hour on the road heading north, noting it missing, wed gone back to get it. When we fished the Pine River, coffee was the glue, the morning glue, the late evening glue, even though wed often unearth our beer from a natural cooler in early evening. Coffee, camp coffee, has a ritual. It is thick, it is dark, it is potboiled over a squaw-pine fire, it is strong, it is enough to wake the demon in you, stoke last evenings cheese and pepperoni. First man up makes the fire, second man the coffee; but into that pot has to go fresh eggshells to hold the grounds down, give coffee a taste of history, a sense of place. That means at least one egg be cracked open for its shells, usually in the shadows and glimmers of false dawn. I suspect thats where "scrambled eggs" originated, from some camp like ours, settlers rushing west, lumberjacks hungry, hoboes lobbying for breakfast. So, camp coffee has made its way into poems, gatherings, memories, a time and thing not letting go, not being manhandled, not being cast aside.

英语作文阅读：AnEmptyBox

Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the familys only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"

As he opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.

But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared. "Dont you know, young lady, " he said harshly, "when you give someone a present theres supposed to be something inside the package!"

The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: "Daddy, its not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."

The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.

There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

英语作文阅读：HappinessEquateswithFun

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.

Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful inpiduals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness".

But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, profound loneliness.

The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.

英语作文阅读：TodayisaGift

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room‘s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end.

They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn‘t hear the band - he could see it in his mind‘s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

英语作文阅读：IsPackingImportanttoYou

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young mans name embossed in gold.

Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his fathers important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.

With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealers name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… "PAID IN FULL".

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we dont realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

英语作文阅读：TheBabyEagle

Once upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff overlooking a beautiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals, scurrying about enjoying their lives.

The baby eagle liked the nest. It was the only world he had ever known. It was warm and comfortable, had a great view, and even better, he had all the food and love and attention that a great mother eagle could provide. Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food. She was like a god to him, he had no idea where she came from or how she worked her magic.

The baby eagle was hungry all the time, but the mother eagle would always come just in time with the food and love and attention he craved. The baby eagle grew strong. His vision grew very sharp. He felt good all the time.

Until one day, the mother stopped coming to the nest.

The baby eagle was hungry. "Im sure to die," said the baby eagle, all the time.

"Very soon, death is coming," he cried, with tears streaming down his face. Over and over. But there was no one there to hear him.

Then one day the mother eagle appeared at the top of the mountain cliff, with a big bowl of delicious food and she looked down at her baby. The baby looked up at the mother and cried "Why did you abandon me? Im going to die any minute. How could you do this to me?"

The mother said, "Here is some very tasty and nourishing food, all you have to do is come get it."

"Come get it!" said the baby, with much anger. "How?"

The mother flew away.

The baby cried and cried and cried.

A few days later, "Im going to end it all," he said. "I give up. It is time for me to die."

He didnt know his mother was nearby. She swooped down to the nest with his last meal.

"Eat this, its your last meal," she said.

The baby cried, but he ate and whined and whined about what a bad mother she was.

"Youre a terrible mother," he said. Then she pushed him out of the nest.

He fell.

Head first.

Picked up speed.

Faster and faster.

He screamed. "Im dying Im dying," he cried. He picked up more speed.

He looked up at his mother. "How could you do this to me?"

He looked down.

The ground rushed closer, faster and faster. He could visualize his own death so clearly, coming so soon, and cried and whined and complained. "This isnt fair!" he screamed.

Something strange happens.

The air caught behind his arms and they snapped away from his body, with a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced. He looked down and saw the sky. He wasnt moving towards the ground anymore, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.

"Huh?" he said. "What is going on here!"

"Youre flying," his mother said.

"This is fun!" laughed the baby eagle, as he soared and ped and swooped.

"Yes it is!" said the mother.

[英语作文阅读：The Three Fishermen

碎片阅读的好处

Many people read on digital devices like cell phones and e-books. The fast pace of life leaves many people no time to sit and read a whole book, so making use of fragmented time to read is sure to be a trend. Fragmented reading has its advantages. People can get hold of large amounts of information, knowledge, and entertainment in a short time. Digital reading is faster and more interactive than traditional deep reading.

Fragmented reading makes it harder for people to reflect on what they read. People may not bother to remember facts because they know they can always just search for answers online. It is important to read quality books in a deeper way, even if that means forcing yourself to do so. We read not only for knowledge and for practical use, but also for spiritual satisfaction.

[高考英语作文话题:碎片阅读的好处

Reading is my hobby. While reading, I can get a lot of happiness. When Im free, I often read some famous books. Books are my best friends that always keep me a good company. They often give me powers. Through reading, I can enlarge my eyes as well as widen my heart. Through reading, I become more and more knowledgeable.

读书是我的爱好。读书时，我可以得到很多的快乐。当我有空时，我经常读一些名著。书是我最好的朋友，它们总是好好陪着我。他们给了我力量。通过阅读，我开阔了视野也让我的心变宽了。通过阅读，我变得越来越知识渊博。

My favorite books are Readers and VOA. Readers cover the knowledge of culture, literature, and history, so I can benefit a lot by reading it. VOA can let me know the foreign countries better. Thanks to VOA, my oral English is improving day by day.

我最喜欢的书是读者和美国之音。读者覆盖了文化，文学，历史知识，所以我可以通过阅读受益匪浅。美国之音，可以让我更好的了解国外。由于美国之音，我的英语口语日益提高了。

This is my good habit that I will keep it forever.

这是我会一生都保持的好习惯。

①专家是近年来的一个流行名词，凡受高等教育的人都希望能成专家。专家的时髦性可说是今日学术界的最大流弊。学问分门别类，除因人的精力有限之外，乃是为求研究的便利，并非说各门之间真有深渊相隔。学问全境就是一种对于宇宙人生全境的探讨与追求，各门各科不过是由各种不同的方向与立场去研究全部的宇宙人生而已。政治学由政治活动方面去观察人类的全部生活，经济学由经济活动方面去观察人类的全部生活。但人生是整个的，支离破碎之后就不是真正的人生。为研究的便利，不妨分工;但我们若欲求得彻底的智慧，就必须旁通本门以外的知识。各种自然科学对于宇宙的分析，也只有方法与立场的不同，对象都是同一的大自然界。在自然科学的发展史上，凡是有划时代的贡献的人，没有一个是死抱一隅之见的人。如牛顿或达尔文，不只精通物理学或生物学，他们各对当时的一切学术都有兴趣，都有运用自如的理解力。他们虽无哲学家之名，却有哲学家之实。他们是专家，但又超过专家;他们是通人。这一点总是为今日的一些专家或希望作专家的人所忽略。

②假定某人为考据专家，对某科的某一部分都能详述原委，作一篇考证文字，足注能超出正文两三倍;但对今日政治经济社会的局面完全隔阂，或只有幼稚的观感，对今日科学界的大概情形一概不知，对于历史文化的整个发展丝毫不感兴趣。这样一个人，只能称为考据匠，若恭维一句，也不过是专家而已。又如一个科学家，终日在实验室与仪器及实验品为伍，此外不知尚有世界。这样一个人，可被社会崇拜为大科学家，但实际并非一个全人，他的精神上之残废就与身体上之足跛耳聋没有多少分别。

③再进一步。今日学术的专门化，并不限于科门之间，一科之内往往又分化为许多的细目，各有专家。例如一个普通所谓历史专家，必须为经济史专家，或汉史专家，甚或某一时代的经济史专家，或汉代某一小段的专家。太专之后，不只对史学以外的学问不感兴味，即对所专以外的史学部分也渐疏远，甚至不能了解。此种人或可称为历史专家，但不能算为历史家。片段的研究无论如何重要，对历史若真欲明了，却非注意全局不可。

④今日学术界所忘记的，就是一个人除作专家外，也要作人，并且必须作人。一个十足的人，在一般生活上讲，是全人，由学术的立场讲，是通人。我们时常见到喜欢说话的专家，会发出非常幼稚的议论。这就是因为他们只是专家，而不是通人，一离本门，立刻就要迷路。他们对于所专的科目在全部学术中所占的地位完全不知，所以除所专的范围外，若一发言，不是幼稚，就是隔膜。

⑤学术界太专的趋势与高等教育制度有密切的关系。今日大学各系的课程，为求专精与研究的美名，舍本逐末，基本的课程不是根本不设，就是敷衍塞责，而外国大学研究院的大部课程在我们只有本科的大学内反倒都可以找到。学生对本门已感应接不暇，当然难以再求旁通。一般的学生，因根基的太狭太薄，真正的精通□谈不到，广泛的博通□无从求得;结果各大学每年只送出一批一批半生不熟的智识青年，既不能作深刻的专门研究，又不能正当地应付复杂的人生。近年来教育当局与大学教师，无论如何的善于自辩自解，对此实难辞咎。抗战其间，各部门都感到人才的缺乏。我们所缺乏的人才，主要的不在量，而在质。雕虫小技的人才并不算少。但无论作学问，或是作事业，所需要的都是眼光远大的人才。

⑥要作学问，二十岁前后是最重要的关键，这正是大学生的在校时期。品格、风趣、嗜好，大半要在此时来作最后的决定。此时若对学问兴趣立下广泛的基础，将来的工作无论如何专精，也不致于害精神偏枯病。若在大学期间，就造成一个眼光短浅的学究，将来若要再作由专而博的功夫，其难真是有如登天。今日各种的学术都过于复杂深奥，无人能再望作一个活的百科全书的亚里士多德。但对一门精通一切，对各门略知梗概，仍当是学者的最高理想。二十世纪为人类有史以来最复杂最有趣的时代，今日求知的机会也可谓空前;生今之世，而甘作井底之蛙，岂不冤枉可惜?因为人力之有限，每人或者不免要各据一井去活动，但我们不妨时常爬出井外，去领略一下全部天空的伟大!

1.第①段中死抱一隅之见的人是指__________________。(2分)

2.下列对第③段中画线句的作用分析错误的一项是___(3分)

A.表明作者在这之前已经从另外一个方面或角度论证了自己的观点。

B.过渡到下文从学科内部细分的现状这一角度论证专家要注意全局。

C.提示下文对专家在学科研究中要注重全局的论证深入了一个层次。

D.强调作者对历史专家与历史家的区分，进一步反对只专一门。

3. 第⑤段中作者认为造成学术界太专的趋势的原因是_____________________________。(2分)

4. 联系上下文，为第⑤段画线句选项填空，简述理由。 (3分)

(1)也 更 (2)既 又

选项___ 理由：____________________________________________________________________

5. 联系全文，概述培养通人的重要性。( 5分)

______________________________________________________________________________

6.从下列人物中任选一位，分析他为什么是通人。(不超过45字)(4分)

鲁迅 朱光潜 马克思 爱因斯坦

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参考答案：

(一)(17分) 1.(2分)只关注自己的研究方向、方法与立场的人(程度1分，关注点1分) 2.(3分)D 3. (2分)大学轻基本课程，求专精与研究的美名(一点1分) 4. (3分)(2) 真正的精通与做深刻的专门研究照应，广泛的博通与正当地应付复杂的人生照应，根据后者的并列关系可以判定：作者主张要广泛的博通，真正的精通虽然程度较深，却不是作者要强调的，据此判断。(选项1分，答对一点理由即得2分) 5. ( 5分)培养通人，有利于追求学问的全境，有利于做一个十足的人，有利于青年的长远发展，也符合二十世纪的时代需求。(一点1分，两点3分，三点4分) 6.(4分)马克思在政治经济学、哲学领域有杰出贡献，在数学等领域也有独到发现，所以他是通人。(一点2分，两点3分)

Mature, dynamic and honest. 思想成熟、精明能干、为人诚实。

A stable personality and high sense of responsibility. 个性稳重、具高度责任感。

Bright and aggressive. 反应快、有进取心。

Mature, self-motivated and strong interpersonal skills.思想成熟、上进心强，并具极丰富的人际关系技巧。

Energetic, and fashionable 精力旺盛、思想新潮。

With a pleasant mature attitude. 开朗成熟。

Highly-motivated and reliable person with excellent health and pleasant personality. 上进心强，为人可靠，身体健康，性格开朗。

Positive with bright mind. 头脑积极、灵活。

Elegant and with nice personality. 举止优雅、性格好。

Active, creative and innovative. 思想活跃、有首创和革新精神。

Strong determination to succeed．有获得成功的坚定决心。

Young, bright, energetic with strong career ambition.年轻、聪明、精力充沛，并有很强的事业心。

[描述自己性格英语作文

People have to spend so many years to go to school before they can be independent and earn money. We are told that reading books is good for us, but the fact is that we may find many bosses go to work in the early age and they don’t read many books. In fact, reading books doesn’t mean the person can make a lot of money, but reading books can broaden a person vision.

Books provide us all kinds of knowledge, we can see the different sceneries, reading the books is like traveling to different places. What’s more, we can considerate things in different viewpoints. When we face difficulties, we will treat them in the peaceful way, we won’t lose our way, because we believe things will change one day, we have hope in our hearts. Reading books makes us have a good attitude towards life.

My mother is a teacher, so she pays special attention to my education. Before I went to primary school, she bought me a lot of novel books. I remembered that when the hot movie Harry Porter came out, she bought me the novel the other day. I was so surprised and read these books quickly. Thanks to my mother, she cultivated my interest to read successfully. I keep reading books every day, even though I was busy with my homework, I would take out the books to read some chapters before I went to sleep. Reading these books helps me a lot. I am good at writing and it broadens my vision. I can give my own opinion and other students admire me. Now I start to read the classic novel. Reading makes me happy and find my world.

我妈妈是一名教师，所以她特别重视对我的教育。在我上小学之前，她给我买了很多小说。我记得，当热门电影《哈里波特》出来的时候，第二天她就给我买了这本小说。我很惊讶，同时也很快看完了。感谢我的妈妈，她成功地培养了我对阅读的兴趣。我坚持每天读书的习惯，即使作业任务很繁重，我都会在睡觉之前拿书出来看一会。看这些书给我的帮助很大。我擅长写作，而且视野也拓宽了。我可以给出自己的见解，其他同学也佩服我。现在我开始看古典小说，阅读使我快乐，我找到了属于自己的世界。

[良好的阅读习惯高中英语作文

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