作者：聂成军,刘岩
出版社：中国人民大学出版社
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常春藤英语 五级·下(常春藤英语系列)试读：
前言
本册是按照《义务教育英语课程标准》五级要求编写的，适合九年级学生阅读。
本册阅读摘选的文章体裁全面，题材丰富。既有脍炙人口的名著佳作，如Jack London 的The Call of the Wild, Daniel Defoe 的Robinson Crusoe，又有表现现实生活的时事作品，如Yahoo 和Hurricane Katrina；既有著名人物Gandhi 和Mandela 的经典故事，又有中学生耳熟能详的Madonna 和Helen Keller 的介绍；既可以在Vesuvius, The Great Silent Majority 等篇中品尝历史文化，又可以在From Trash to Treasure, The Value of the Time 中了解生活常识。
为了帮助学生轻松阅读，本书针对摘选作品设计了生词释义（Notes）和重点单词考查项目（Read for Words）；为了帮助学生检测阅读效果，设计了阅读理解项目（How Well Did You Read）；为了促进学生写作水平的提高，每篇设计了若干问题，或让学生对篇章主旨提出个人见解，或者续写故事内容，或者对篇章全面梳理（Writing Practice）。
我们相信，通过阅读本书选取的作品，学生们除了习得丰富的英语语言知识外，还能与作者产生美好的共鸣，对人生充满深刻的感悟，获得受益终生的快乐阅读体验！
为方便教师教学和学生阅读，本书精选15篇适合诵读的经典文章提供录音，读者可登录中国人民大学出版社外语分社网站www.crup.com.cn/wy进行下载。此外，为给学生提供更多的学习方便，本书还特别申请了答疑邮箱，读者可以通过以下邮箱与主编取得联系并提出疑问：cctyyz@126.com, cctyy 5 2@126.com, chengzsh@crup.com.cn。刘岩2014年6月于中国人民大学附属中学Lesson 1Micro the Metal Dog (1)Susan Gates
1、On Daniel’s birthday, he woke up and found a big box by his bed. It looked like a kennel??. “A dog!” cried Daniel. He’d wanted a dog for ages. He leapt out of bed and opened the kennel door. There was Micro. He was shiny and silver, with yellow flashing eyes.
2、“That isn’t a real dog,” said Daniel. “I know,” said Mum. “But real dogs aren’t allowed in our flats. Just look what Micro can do.”
3、Mum turned to Micro. “Walk,” she said. Micro stumped across the carpet on stiff, jerky legs. “Bark,” said Mum. Micro opened his metal mouth. Was he barking? It was hard to tell. It was such a soft little sound. “Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip.”
4、“Wag your tail,” said Mum. Micro’s metal tail made a whirring sound as it went one way, then the other. “But I wanted a real dog,” said Daniel. He was deeply disappointed.
5、“Micro’s better than a real dog,” said Mum. “He’s not noisy or messy. He always does what he’s told. Go on. Tell him to do something.”
6、“Go back in your kennel, Micro,” said Daniel. Micro turned round and clunked back into his box. “What a good dog!” said Mum to Micro. “I think you’re the perfect pet.”
7、But Daniel didn’t seem to think so. He said, “Thanks, Mum.” Then he ripped open the rest of his presents.
8、All day and all night, Micro waited. But Daniel played with his other presents. He didn’t take Micro out once. Slowly, inside his dark box, Micro’s eyes lost their brightness.
9、Next morning, as Daniel left for school, Mum called after him, “You’re late, Daniel. WALK FAST!” Alone in his dark box, Micro heard “WALK FAST”. His robot brain started whirring. His little yellow eyes lit up as bright as ever. He came trundling out of his kennel.
10、He raced along on his stumpy legs, across the carpet. He went out through the open glass doors and he only stopped when his red nose hit the balcony. “CLANG!”
11、Daniel’s mum didn’t see him. She was too busy getting ready for work.
12、Micro looked down from the seventh floor. He could see the park, with green trees and grass. He saw people and furry things with four legs running about. Suddenly,Micro’s brain started thinking for itself. “Those are real dogs,” thought Micro.
13、He saw the real dogs running after sticks and balls. “Those real dogs are playing,”
thought Micro. They weren’t shut up and left alone by their owners in dark boxes.
14、His bright eyes glowed like fire. His robot brain whirred again. With every thought, it got more and more clever. Now it was making plans. “I will go down there,”decided Micro, “and I’ll watch the real dogs. I will learn how to be like them. Then Daniel will play with me.” But how could he get to the park? He was high up and the park was a long way down.
15、Micro went back and hid behind the sofa. Then he saw his chance. Daniel’s mum went to work and Micro sneaked out through the door after her. He saw her press a button in the wall. Then she vanished through some sliding doors. His robot eyes flashed. “That is the way down,” he decided.
16、He got up on his back legs. With his metal nose, he pressed the same button.DING! The lift came. Micro walked in. He rode down to the ground floor. The people in the lift with him stared. They looked puzzled, but no one said anything.
17、In the park, Micro peeked out from behind a tree. He saw the dog owners shout,“Come here!” The real dogs took no notice. They ran off. He saw the dog owners shout,“Be quiet!” But the real dogs barked even louder, “RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!”
18、The dogs didn’t do what they were told to do. But their owners still seemed to love them. They patted their heads and scratched them behind the ears.
19、Micro thought, “If I do what real dogs do, Daniel might scratch behind my ears.”Micro knew he still had a lot to learn. So he followed a dog called Scruffy.
20、Scruffy ran into his house like a mad thing, chasing his own tail. Micro stood on his back legs and peeked through an open window. Scruffy chewed the carpet. He drank from the toilet bowl. Then a little girl came in and put her arms round Scruffy’s neck and hugged him.
21、“You’re the best dog in the world,” she said.
22、“I want to be the best dog in the world,” thought Micro, and now he knew how to do it.(781 words)
Exercises
Ⅰ. How well did you read?
1. [Give the reason] Why can’t Daniel get a real dog?
A. Because his mother can’t afford a real dog.
B. Because people are not allowed to keep real dogs in their flats.
C. Because real dogs are hard to feed.
2. [Check the details] What did Micro see from the balcony of the flat?
A. Micro saw some green trees and grass.
B. Micro saw people and real dogs running about.
C. Both A and B.
3. [Draw a conclusion] What did Micro decide to do to make its owner, Daniel, like it?
A. It decided to be cleverer.
B. It decided to play with the real dogs.
C. It decided to learn how to act like a real dog.
Ⅱ. Read for words.
1. Choose one best paraphrase or Chinese meaning for the underlined words.
(1) “He’s not noisy or messy. He always does what he’s told. (Para. 5, Line 1)
A. clean B. dirty C. lovely
(2) He raced along on his stumpy legs, across the carpet. (Para. 10, Line 1)
A. ran quickly B. played a game C. took part in a competition
(3) His bright eyes glowed like fire. (Para. 14, Line 1)
A. 发热 B. 燃烧 C. 闪闪发光
2. Choose one best paraphrase or Chinese meaning for the underlined expressions.
(1) Daniel’s mum went to work and Micro sneaked out through the door after her. (Para. 15, Line 2)
A. went out without being noticed ?
B. ran out?freely
C. rushed out happily
(2) In the park, Micro peeked out from behind a tree. (Para. 17, Line 1)
A. 向外看 B. 仔细看 C.偷窥
(3) He saw the dog owners shout, “Come here!” The real dogs took no notice. (Para. 17, Line 2)
A. paid no attention B. didn’t look C. didn’t care
Ⅲ. Writing practice.
1. When did Daniel get the robot dog?
2. Did Daniel like Micro, the robot dog?
3. What did Micro do the next morning?
4. How did Micro get to the park?
5. What did it learn from the real dog?
6. What did it decide to do after watching the little girl hug a real dog?Lesson 2Micro the Metal Dog (2)Susan Gates
1、Micro went back home. He rode up to the seventh floor in the lift. Daniel’s mum came back from work and he sneaked into the flat behind her.
2、“Why are you out of your box?” said Daniel’s mum, surprised. “Get back into your kennel.” But Micro ran the other way. He opened his metal mouth. “Ruff! Ruff!
Ruff!” he roared, as he’d heard the real dogs do.
3、Daniel’s mum covered her ears, “Shh! What a racket!”
4、Micro barked even louder, “RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!” He rushed round in a circle,chasing his tail, until he was just a silver blur.
5、He jumped up at Daniel’s mum. “Get down!” she said. But Micro took no notice and jumped up even more. With his metal jaws, he chomped great bits out of the carpet.
6、“Stop that, now!” yelled Daniel’s mum. “What’s the matter with you? You’re supposed to be a good dog!”
7、Micro rushed into the bathroom. He stuck his head down the toilet, just as he’d seen Scruffy do. Then he pulled his head out and shook water all over the place.
8、It was the last straw. “I’m not putting up with this!” said Daniel’s mum. “The stupid machine has gone mad!”
9、She grabbed Micro. She took him out of the flat and threw him down the rubbish chute. “Daniel never played with it anyway,” she thought. “He won’t even miss it.”
10、Dented and battered, Micro lay in the dark basement with the rubbish bags. “What did I do wrong?” he thought sadly. “I was only doing what real dogs do.” But, instead of being loved, he’d been thrown out with the rubbish.
11、Mum was right. When Daniel came home from school, he didn’t even notice that Micro was missing. But he did notice the chewed carpet. “Who did that?” he said.
12、Mum said, “That dog! When I came home, it went crazy! It was barking and chasing around in circles. It even stuck its head down the toilet.”
13、Mum went on, “I said, ‘Stop it!’ But it took no notice! Just as if it had a mind of its own!” “Really?” said Daniel. “A mind of its own?”
14、For the first time, he was interested in Micro. He said, “Where is he?”
15、Mum looked a bit uncomfortable. “I threw him down the rubbish chute,” she said.
16、“What!” yelled Daniel. “You threw my dog down the rubbish chute! How could you? He was my birthday present!” Daniel rushed for the door. “Where are you going?” said Mum. “To the basement. To find Micro!” Mum felt really bad now. She called out after Daniel, “I didn’t think you wanted him!”
17、In the basement, Daniel saw a glint of silver among the rubbish bags. “Micro!” he cried.
18、Micro’s eyes lit up. He jumped up and tried to lick Daniel’s face with his metal tongue.
19、Daniel picked him up in his arms and carried him outside. “Stay here,” he said to Micro. But Micro was already racing towards the park. He’d seen Scruffy!
20、With joyful barks, Micro ran to Scruffy on his stumpy, metal legs. His tail was wagging, even though no one had told it to.
21、Daniel watched, amazed. Micro and Scruffy raced around together. They dug holes. They chased seagulls. They were having the time of their lives.
22、Daniel threw a stick. “Fetch, Micro!” he cried. Of course, Micro ran the other way. He fetched back an empty pizza box, and dropped it at Daniel’s feet. Daniel grinned, “You silly dog.” Then Daniel patted Micro’s head. He scratched him behind his shiny, silver ears.
23、“I always wanted a dog,” he said. “And now I’ve got one.”
24、He put his arms around Micro’s metal neck. “I’ve got the best dog in the world.”(631 words)
Exercises
Ⅰ. How well did you read?
1. [Check the details] How did Micro go back home?
A. He went back home in a lift.
B. Daniel’s mother took it home.
C. It ran back home.
2. [Draw a conclusion] Why did Daniel’s mother throw Micro away?
A. Because Daniel didn’t like the dog.
B. Because Micro became a real dog.
C. Because she didn’t like Micro acting like a real dog.
3. [Check the details] Where did Daniel find the robot dog?
A. In the rubbish bag. B. In the basement. C. In the rubbish chute.
Ⅱ. Read for words.
1. Choose one best paraphrase or Chinese meaning for the underlined words.
(1) He opened his metal mouth. “Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!” he roared, as he’d heard the real dogs do. (Para. 2, Line 3)
A. barked with a loud noise??
B. shouted without stopping??
C. ran quickly with a loud noise
(2) Daniel watched, amazed. (Para. 21, Line 1)
A. surprised B. worried C. moved
2. Choose one best paraphrase or Chinese meaning for the underlined expressions.
(1) “Get back into your kennel.” But Micro ran the other way. (Para. 2, Line 2)
A. didn’t follow the order
B. ran out of the room C. ran away
(2) It was the last straw. “I’m not putting up with this!” said Daniel’s mum. (Para. 8, Line 1)
A. 救命稻草 B. 最后的吸管 C. 忍无可忍
(3) “I’m not putting up with this!” said Daniel’s mum. (Para. 8, Line 1)
A. 不张贴它 B. 无法忍受 C. 没有收拾狗窝
Ⅲ. Writing practice.
1. What did Micro do when it went back home?
2. Did Daniel’s mother like what Micro did?
3. What did Daniel’s mother do with the dog?
4. How did Daniel find his robot dog missing?
5. Did Daniel go to the basement to get Micro?
6. What made Daniel like his robot dog?Lesson 3Charlotte’s WebE.B. White
1、“Where’s Papa going with the ax?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
2、“Out to the hog house,” replied Mrs. Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
3、“I don’t see why he needs an ax,” continued Fern, who was only eight.
4、“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
5、“Do away with it?” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?”
6、Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
7、Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern’s sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
8、“Please don’t kill it!” she sobbed. “It’s unfair.”
9、Mr. Arable stopped walking. “Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.”
10、“Control myself?” yelled Fern. “This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand.
11、“Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!”
12、“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
13、Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. A little girl is one thing; a little runty pig is another.”
14、“I see no difference,” replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. “This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.”
15、A queer look came over John Arable’s face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself.
16、“All right,” he said. “You go back to the house and I will bring the runt when I come in. I’ll let you start it on a bottle, like a baby. Then you’ll see what trouble a pig can be.”
17、When Mr. Arable returned to the house half an hour later, he carried a carton under his arm. Fern was upstairs changing her sneakers. The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove.
18、“Put it on her chair!” said Mrs. Arable. Mr. Arable set the carton down at Fern’s place. Then he walked to the sink and washed his hands and dried them on the roller towel.
19、Fern came slowly down the stairs. Her eyes were red from crying. As she approached her chair, the carton wobbled, and there was a scratching noise... Fern looked at her father. Then she lifted the lid of the carton. There, inside, looking up at her was the newborn pig. It was a white one. The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink.
20、“He’s yours,” said Mr. Arable. “Saved from an untimely death. And may the good Lord forgive me for this foolishness.”
21、Fern couldn’t take her eyes off the tiny pig. “Oh,” she whispered. “Oh, look at him! He’s absolutely perfect.”
22、She closed the carton carefully. First she kissed her father, and then she kissed her mother. Then she opened the lid again, lifted the pig out, and held it against her cheek. At this moment her brother Avery came into the room. Avery was ten. He was heavily armed—an air rifle in one hand, a wooden dagger in the other.
23、“What’s that?” he demanded. “What’s Fern got?”
24、“She’s got a guest for breakfast,” said Mrs. Arable. “Wash your hands and face, Avery!”
25、“Let’s see it!” said Avery, setting his gun down. “You call that miserable thing a pig? That’s a fine specimen of a pig—it’s no bigger than a white rat.”
26、“Wash up and eat your breakfast, Avery!” said his mother. “The school bus will be along in half an hour.”
27、“Can I have a pig, too, Pop?” asked Avery.
28、“No, I only distribute pigs to early risers,” said Mr. Arable. “Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one, to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly. Let’s eat!”
29、But Fern couldn’t eat until her pig had had a drink of milk. Mrs. Arable found a baby’s nursing bottle and a rubber nipple. She poured warm milk into the bottle, fitted the nipple over the top, and handed it to Fern. “Give him his breakfast!” she said. A minute later, Fern was seated on the floor in the corner of the kitchen with her infant between her knees, teaching it to suck from the bottle. The pig, although tiny, had a good appetite and caught on quickly.
30、The school bus honked from the road. “Run!” commanded Mrs. Arable, taking the pig from Fern and slipping a doughnut into her hand. Avery grabbed his gun and another doughnut.
31、The children ran out to the road and climbed into the bus. Fern took no notice of the others in the bus. She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig. By the time the bus reached school, Fern had named her pet, selecting the most beautiful name she could think of.
32、“Its name is Wilbur,” she whispered to herself.(959 words)
Exercises
Ⅰ. How well did you read?
1. [Check the details] When Fern knew that her father would kill the little pig, she ______.
A. cried sadly at once
B. called her father and waited for her father at home C. ran outdoors and caught up with her father
2. [Give the reason] Her father took the newborn pig back home mainly because ______.
A. he thought it was worth raising such a pig B. he wanted to keep it as a pet C. he was moved by her daughter’s kindness
3. [Check the details] What did Fern feed to the pig?
A. She fed a doughnut to the pig.
B. She fed some warm milk to the pig.
C. She fed some bread to the pig.
Ⅱ. Read for words.
1. Choose one best paraphrase or Chinese meaning for the underlined words.
(1) “Don’t yell, Fern!” (Para. 6, Line 1)
A. shout B. help C. laugh
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