初中英語初升高各地閱讀
初中英語課外閱讀材料
初中課外閱讀英語不僅能擴充我們的知識面，還能幫助我們積累詞彙句型，下面是我分享的適合初中生的英語閱讀材料，歡迎大家閱讀!
初中英語閱讀材料【1】
There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.
What to do
In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.
What to wear
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
_______________
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.
初中英語閱讀材料【2】
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (頑童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated (猶豫).
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned around with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (殘疾的.) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
初中英語閱讀材料【3】
When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying “I love you”. I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. “Does your mom love you?” “Of course,”they answered.
“How do you know ?”was my logical question. They responded that their mons cooked and always told them what they were doing wrong to show their caring. I was stunned .So mon’s cooking and criticzing read out as “I love you ”. “Then how do you say ‘I love you ’to her?” They agreed that getting good grades, followed by god jobs would be how they showed their love.
I come from a culture where most people are expressive enough, so I repeated these queries in classes over time. Graally, I began to get different response. Some of them had exchanged those sentiments with their moms.
One of my favorite stories of change came from a girl. When she came home from university, her mother met her at the door and hugged(擁抱)her. This had never happened before, but her mom said, “Now that you have gone I have more time to myself. I noticed that in some places mothers and children hug each other and I decided it was a good idea and that I would begin hugging you.”
In my family we all say “I love you” a lot .While it is true that we often say the words without having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a blessing we give each other. Those three little words carry a world of meaning ,even when said as a greeting, but most especially if they are the last words we say to or hear from those we love.
初中英語閱讀材料【4】
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;『貳』 初中英語閱讀題目加答案
On New Year』s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the trees. In Spain, the New Year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve O』clock comes, people start eating the grapes. In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year』s Eve. This food id said to bring long life Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji(富士山).There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the New Year.
( )1.This story is about New Year』s Eve in_______
A Italy B Spain C Japan D All of the above
( )2.People in Spain welcome New Year by _______after twelve .
A eating grapes B eating noodles
C throwing the old things D watching the sunrise.
( )3. People in both Spain and Japan _______ to bring in the New Year.
A throw things away B get together C eat some food D climb a mountain
( )4.Japanese climb Mount Fuji to _______
A look at the stars B look for New Year』s wishes
C see the sun coming up D have a rest
( )5.The people in _______ hope to get long life from their New Year』s food
A Japan B China C Spain D Italy
我給你翻譯一下:
在新年的前一夜(在中國叫除夕,在美國叫聖誕前夜,在別的國家就各不一樣了!)，義大利的人們扔掉所有的舊東西。因此在聖誕樹上就會有椅子、床、衣服和盤子。在西班牙，新年則來得更安靜一些。晚上，人們相聚在樹下，每個人都拿著一袋葡萄。當午夜12點的鍾聲敲響，人們就開始吃葡萄。在日本，人們在新年的前一夜吃面條，他們認為面條是一種可以讓人們長命百歲的食物。在第二天的凌晨，有些人相約攀登富士山，他們在那裡觀看新年的第一次日出。
1. 這個故事是關於____的新年前夕。
A.義大利 B. 西班牙 C. 日本 D.以上所有
2. 西班牙的人們在午夜12點以後____來迎接新年。
A.吃葡萄 B.吃面條 C. 扔掉舊東西 D. 看日出
3. 西班牙和日本的人們都____來歡迎新年。
A. 扔掉舊東西 B. 相聚在一起 C. 吃一些東西 D.爬山
4.日本人登富士山是為了____
A. 看星星 B. 尋找新年的祝福 C. 看日出 D.休息一下
5. ____的人們希望吃他們的新年食物可以長命百歲。
A. 日本 B. 中國 C. 西班牙D. 義大利
所以答案是：DACCA
『叄』 提高初中英語閱讀能力的六種方法
還在為初中英語學習感到煩躁嗎?如何可以貫通老師上節課所說的知識?現在小編將分享三個秘訣,讓您的英語學習更輕松!
3.可以放棄過於復雜和長的句子,有些學生對寫作要求較高,一般來說,他們會學會使用長而復雜的句子,並且需要使用正確的語句,但如果不是特別清楚的語法的使用,建議不要這樣寫.
以上就是初中英語學習的技巧,希望這些內容可以幫助到你.
『肆』 初中英語專項訓練閱讀理解的內容介紹
閱讀理解作為中考英語中的重頭戲，一直是考生關注的重點。這部分可以說是詞彙、語法、句型等內容的綜合載體，在中考試卷中佔有很大比重，因此在復習中更應重點關注。
「閱讀理解」顧名思義，就是對要閱讀的語言材料進行有條理、有目的的分析，也就是我們所說的「帶著問題讀」，從而加深理解。要求考生在理解所給的語言材料的基礎上完成問題，這是考查考生閱讀能力重要的有效的手段。
本書分為以下五個部分：
第一部分：考綱解讀
考試大綱是中考命題的基準，深層理解考試大綱可以使考生更加容易把握中考命題脈絡，了解命題趨勢。全書仔細研究歷年全國各地區真題並結合了新課標的最新理念，對考綱的「綱」「目」要點和考點進行了100%的覆蓋；幫助考生明確復習的方向、做題的目的、考試的依據，以提高應試能力。
第二部分：考點精講
從中考考查的知識點出發，結合各文體所考查的不同重點、難點，全面分析中考的命題動向，考查要點及命題規律特徵，構建完善的知識體系。並根據各種題型提供相應解題策略。
第三部分：理性閱讀
介紹正確的閱讀方法，提示一些閱讀誤區，以便同學們掌握正確的學習方法，為答題作好准備。
第四部分：真題精練
本部分匯集了近三年全國各地區中考真題，並按照不同題材進行分類。講解內容緊扣熱點和難點，避免了泛泛而談。每道習題基本反映了一個知識點。同時，通過真題中典型試題的練習，使考生快速達到准確掌握、自如運用的境界，提高實戰能力。
第五部分：預測模擬題
「Practice makes perfect」，在最後我們設置了大量預測模擬題。它們都是經過我們嚴格篩選的。典型性更強，命題方式更科學，導向性更明確，使考生在演練中提高，在實踐中掌握，為考生的備戰提供自測和強化平台。
該書以前瞻性的課程理念和方法引領初中英語閱讀理解方向，理清攀習思路，是中學英語教師、中考學生以及有志提高英語水平的讀者必備的優秀教輔用書。
『伍』 求30篇初中英語閱讀理解
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In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called 「Dream(夢幻) World Cups 」in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗幟)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will have games there.
Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makeds more and more people interested in football Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.
1. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.
A. Many football fans B. a very good team C. many football player D. a big playground
2. The next World Cup will be held in_______.
A. 2006 B. 2007 C. 2005 D. 2004
3. From the passage ,in the picture children drew many things except_________.
A. people playing football B. pictures of some football stars C. a sunny sky D. flowers
4. In 「Dream World Cup」,the children drew the flags of some countries______. </P< p>
A. to show their love for their owe country
B. to tell the people their stories
C. to show their good wishes for the football teams
D. to show their new ideas about football
5.Many teenagers owe the pictures of some football stars because______.
A. they are interested in football B. they are football fans
C. they think their favourite players are great D. all of A,B and C
（B）
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artis .So he invented a very simple camera (照相機).He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of hia garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (攝影術) was in 1837. That year, Daguere, another Frenchman ,took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly ,even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre』s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them ,for example, some in the United States worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many picture of gread people .The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photod were nor just cooies of the real world .They showed and feelings,like other kinds of art.
6. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________
A. his business B. his house C. his garden D. his window
7. The Daguerrotype was____________. </P< p>
A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture C. a kind of camera D. a photographer
8. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840j, he had to__________.
A. watch lots of films B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities D. take many films and something else with him.
9. Mathew Brady______________.
A. was very lifelike B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong D. took many pictures of moving people
10. This passage tells us_____________.
A. how photography was developed B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world D. how to use different cameras
（C）
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽車)
A small car can hold(容納)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(擁擠). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents』 home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
11. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
A. a motor car B. a motor home C. a motorbike D. a big truck
12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
A. sold their old house B. moved to their grandparents』 house
C. built a new place for a van D. sold their second car
13. A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
A. a baby B. much money C. more than two children D. interest in vans
14. Americans usually use motor homer____________.
A. to travel with all the family members of holiday
B. to do some shopping with all the family members
C. to visit their grandparents at weekends
D. to drive their children to school every day
15. Motor homes have become popular because___________.
A. they can take people to another city when people are free
B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
C. some people think motor homes are cheap
D. big families can put more things in motor homes
（D）
Surtsey was born in 1963.Scientists saw the birth of this island. It began at 7.30 a.m. on 14th November. A fishing boat was near Iceland. The boat moved under the captain's（船長）feet. He noticed a strange smell. He saw some black smoke. A volcano（火山）was breaking out. Red-hot rocks, fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom（底部）of the sea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 meters high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th November. Scientists flew there to watch. It was exciting. Smoke and fire were still rushing up. Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. The sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky. Surtsey grew and grew. Then it stopped in June 1967.It was 175 meters high and 2 kilometers long. And life was already coming to Surtsey. Plants grew. Birds came. Some scientists built a house. They want to learn about this young island. A new island is like a new world.
16. Surtsey is ______.
A. an island not far from Iceland B. a new volcano
C. a fishing boat D. a place in Iceland
17. Scientists flew there ______.
A. to watch the birth of the island B. to save the fishing boat
C. to learn about the island D. to build a house
18. When did scientist fly there to watch?
A. Before the volcano broke out. B. As soon as the volcano broke out.
C. About four days after the volcano broke out. D. After the volcano stopped rushing up.
19. Put the following sentences in correct order.
a. The captain found the boat was moving. b. A new island appeared in the sea.
c. Fire, smoke and rocks were seen rushing up. d. A fishing boat was near Iceland.
e. The island grew quickly.
A. d-a-c-b-e B. a-b-c-d-e C .a-b-e-c-d D. b-e-d-a-c
20. The best title of this article is ________.
A. A new island B. The birth of an island
C. A new world D. Scientists discovered Surtsey
(E)
On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon（氣球）.They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope（繩子）,and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight（重量）.It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!
21. Three men flew in balloon ________.
A. for nearly 1,800 kilometers B. to another city
C. to visit Poland D. more than a century ago
22. The metal box was used for ________.
A. carrying the bags of sand『 』 B. keeping drinking-water
C. carrying ropes of the basket D. changing weight
23. When the balloon went up higher, ________.
A. the temperature of the balloon began to fall B. They saw the sun go down
C. They made a hole in the basket with their knives
D. They could see a black hole on the ground
24. The balloon landed ________.
A. in London B. on the sea C. on a lake D. in a foreign country
25. Which of the following is NOT true?________
A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.
B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.
C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.
D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.
答案：
1．B 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．D 6． C 7．B 8．D 9．B 10． A 11．B 12．D 13． C 14．A 15． B 16.A 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.B 21.A 22.D 23.A 24.D 25.B
『陸』 初中英語課外閱讀材料
初中英語課外閱讀材料
.閱讀是運用語言文字來獲取信息、認識世界、發展思維，並獲得審美體驗與知識的活動。它是從視覺材料中獲取信息的過程。視覺材料主要是文字和圖片，也包括符號、公式、圖表等。下面是我精心整理的初中英語課外閱讀材料，歡迎大家分享。
參考翻譯
樹林里有兩個山羊村。來自上村莊和下層村莊的山羊彼此不喜歡。有一天，一隻山羊從上村和下村在一個獨木橋上相互往來。獨木橋
兩只山羊在打架以先被抓住。從下村的山羊說，「因為我第一次來到這里，我應該先過橋。」
頑強地，從上村的山羊說：「對不起，但我是第一個到達的。我先過橋!」兩只山羊都不肯讓步。
「唷!唷!」他們戰斗的對接彼此的角。」我決不讓步。「我也不屈服!」兩只山羊一直走到最後。戰斗的時候，他們的喇叭最終被對方糾纏住了。
在那一刻，從上村的山羊錯過了他的步驟。於是另一隻山羊也滑下懸崖。兩只山羊被粗糙的流水沖走了，漂走了。咩咩!救救我!」兩只山羊從橋上摔下來，因為他們不向另一隻屈服。
;『柒』 求初中英語閱讀300篇 文章 （原文+翻譯）1~30篇
Today life is much beet than before .Vision phone is used in some provinces. Maybe it will be used in every family.People can have an examination about their health without a doctor or a nurse in the room.Now some people do some shopping at home.
And how about out ecation? There have been more ecational progrsms on the radio, on TV or on the tnternet .Some children live verly far away from their schools, more and more of them don't need to go to school every day now.They can study at home.Teachers teach them on the lnternet.
In the future, each family will have a robot.Robots will help people will their houseworh. In some years people can have a trip on the moon and some people can live under the sea in hot summer.
『捌』 初中英語課外閱讀推薦
1.《獅子，女巫和衣櫥》小孩子看到的是奇怪又生動的故事；大人們看到的是從冒險經歷中的傳奇和神話的秘密。
2.《老人與海》這雖然是一個故事簡單、篇皮族亮幅不大的作品，但含義豐富，很多教師把它作為英雄主義教育的教材。
3.《時間的皺紋》三個怪孩子的故事，寫給孩子，也寫給大家。
6.《小王子》不僅贏得了兒童讀者，而且作品凝練的語言滲透了作者對人類及人類文明深邃的思索。它所表現出的諷刺與幻想，真情與哲理，使之成為法國乃至世界上最為著名的一部童話小說。
7.《黑駿馬》本書是一部十九世紀下半葉轟動歐洲文壇的穗埋經典兒童小說。《黑駿馬》在歐美常銷不衰，喚醒一燃寬代又一代讀者去理解所有不會說話的動物。
『玖』 初中英語閱讀短文
初中英語閱讀短文
適合初中學生閱讀的短文有哪些呢?下面我為大家准備了初中的英語閱讀短文，希望大家喜歡!
初中英語閱讀短文一：The Road To Happiness幸福之道
It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuing money, which often succeed.
So it is with happiness. If you pursue it by means of drink, you are forgetting the hang-over. Epicurus pursued it by living only in congenial society and eating only dry bread, supplemented by a little cheese on feast days.
His method proved successful in his case, but he was a valetudinarian, and most people would need something more vigorous. For most people, the pursuit of happiness, unless supplemented in various ways, is too abstract and theoretical to be adequate as a personal rule of life. But I think that whatever personal rule of life you may choose it should not, except in rare and heroic cases, be incompatible with happiness.
There are a great many people who have all the material conditions of happiness, i.e. health and a sufficient income, and who, nevertheless, are profoundly unhappy. In such cases it would seem as if the fault must lie with a wrong theory as to how to live. In one sense, we may say that any theory as to how to live is wrong.
We imagine ourselves more different from the animals than we are. Animals live on impulse, and are happy as long as external conditions are favorable. If you have a cat it will enjoy life if it has food and warmth and opportunities for an occasional night on the tiles. Your needs are more complex than those of your cat, but they still have their basis in instinct. In civilized societies, especially in English-speaking societies, this is too apt to be forgotten.
People propose to themselves some one paramount objective, and restrain all impulses that do not minister to it. A businessman may be so anxious to grow rich that to this end he sacrifices health and private affections. When at last he has become rich, no pleasure remains to him except harrying other people by exhortations to imitate his noble example.
Many rich ladies, although nature has not endowed them with any spontaneous pleasure in literature or art, decide to be thought cultured, and spend boring hours learning the right thing to say about fashionable new books that are written to give delight, not to afford opportunities for sty snobbism.
If you look around at the men and women whom you can call happy, you will see that they all have certain things in common. The most important of these things is an activity which at most graally builds up something that you are glad to see coming into existence.
Women who take an instinctive pleasure in their children can get this kind of satisfaction out of bringing up a family. Artists and authors and men of science get happiness in this way if their own work seems good to them.
But there are many humbler forms of the same kind of pleasure. Many men who spend their working life in the city devote their weekends to voluntary and unremunerated toil in their gardens, and when the spring comes, they experience all the joys of having created beauty.
The whole subject of happiness has, in my opinion, been treated too solemnly. It had been thought that man cannot be happy without a theory of life or a religion. Perhaps those who have been rendered unhappy by a bad theory may need a better theory to help them to recovery, just as you may need a tonic when you have been ill. But when things are normal a man should be healthy without a tonic and happy without a theory.
It is the simple things that really matter. If a man delights in his wife and children, has success in work, and finds pleasure in the alternation of day and night, spring and autumn, he will be happy whatever his philosophy may be. If, on the other hand, he finds his wife fateful, his children's noise unenrable, and the office a nightmare; if in the daytime he longs for night, and at night sighs for the light of day, then what he needs is not a new philosophy but a new regimen----a different diet, or more exercise, or what not.
Man is an animal, and his happiness depends on his physiology more than he likes to think. This is a humble conclusion, but I cannot make myself disbelieve it. Unhappy businessmen, I am convinced, would increase their happiness more by walking six miles every day than by any conceivable change of philosophy.
道德家們常說：幸福靠追求是得不到的。只有用不明智的方式去追求才是這樣。蒙特卡洛城的賭徒們追求金錢，但多數人卻把錢輸掉了，而另外一些追求金錢的辦法卻常常成功。追求幸福也是一樣。如果你通過暢飲來追求幸福，那你就忘記了酒醉後的不適。埃畢丘魯斯追求幸福的辦法是只和志趣相投的人一起生活，只吃不塗黃油的麵包，節日才加一點乳酪。他的辦法對他來說是成功的，但他是個體弱多病的人，而多數人需要的是精力充沛。就多數人來說，除非你有別的補充辦法，這樣追求快樂就過於抽象和脫離實際，不宜作為個人的生活准則。不過，我覺得無論你選擇什麼樣的生活准則，除了那些罕見的和英雄人物的例子外，都應該是和幸福相容的。
很多人擁有獲得幸福的全部物質條件，即健康的身體和豐足的收入，可是他們非常不快樂。就這種情況來說，似乎問題處在生活理論的錯誤上。從某種意義上講，我們可以說任何關於生活的理論都是不正確的。我們和動物的區別並沒有我們想像的那麼大。動物是憑沖動生活的，只要客觀條件有利，它們就會快樂。如果你有一隻貓，它只要有東西吃，感到暖和，偶爾晚上得到機會去尋歡，它就會很快活。你的需要比你的貓要復雜一些，但還是以本能為基礎的。在文明社會中，特別是在講英語的社會中，這一點很容易被忘卻。人們給自己定下一個最高的目標，對一切不利於實現這一目標的沖動都加以克制。生意人可能因為切望發財以致不惜犧牲健康和愛情。等他終於發了財，他除了苦苦勸人效法他的好榜樣而攪得別人心煩外，並沒有得到快樂。很多有錢的貴婦人，盡管自然並未賦予她們任何欣賞文學或藝術的興趣，卻決意要使別人認為她們是有教養的，於是他們花費很多煩人的時間學習怎樣談論那些流行的新書。這些書寫出來是要給人以樂趣的，而不是要給人以附庸風雅的機會的。
只要你觀察一下周圍那些你可稱之為幸福的男男女女，就會看出他們都有某些共同之處。在這些共同之處中有一點是最重要的：那就是活動本身，它在大多數情況下本身就很有趣，而且可逐漸的使你的願望得以實現。生性喜愛孩子的婦女，能夠從撫養子女中得到這種滿足。藝術家、作家和科學家如果對自己的工作感到滿意，也能以同樣的方式得到快樂。不過，還有很多是較低層次的快樂。許多在城裡工作的人到了周末自願地在自家的庭院里做無償的勞動，春天來時，他們就可盡情享受自己創造的美景帶來的快樂。
在我看來，整個關於快樂的話題一向都被太嚴肅的對待過了。過去一直有這樣的看法：如果沒有一種生活的理論或者宗教信仰，人是不可能幸福的。也許那些由於理論不好才導致不快樂的人需要一種較好的理論幫助他們重新快活起來，就像你生過病需要吃補葯一樣。但是，正常情況下，一個人不吃補葯也應當是健康的;沒有理論也應當是幸福的。真正有關系的是一些簡單的事情。如果一個男人喜愛他的妻子兒女，事業有成，而且無論白天黑夜，春去秋來，總是感到高興，那麼不管他的理論如何，都會是快樂的。反之，如果他討厭自己的妻子，受不了孩子們的吵鬧，而且害怕上班;如果他白天盼望夜晚，而到了晚上又巴望著天明，那麼，他所需要的就不是一種新的理論，而是一種新的生活——改變飲食習慣，多鍛煉身體等等。
人是動物，他的幸福更多的時候取決於其生理狀況而非思想狀況。這是一個很庸俗的結論，然而我無法使自己懷疑它。我確信，不幸福的商人與其找到新的理論來使自己幸福，還不如每天步行六英里更見效。
初中英語閱讀短文二：If the Dream is Big Enough如果夢想足夠大
I used to watch her from mykitchenwindow, she seemed so small as she muscled her way throughthecrowd of boys on the playground. The school was across thestreetfrom our home and I would often watch the kids as theyplayedring recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stoodout fromthem all.I remr the first day I saw her playing basketball.
I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids.Shemanaged to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into thenet.The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.I begantonotice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.Shewould practice dribbling and shooting over and overagain,sometimes until dark.
One day I asked her why she practicedsomuch. She looked directly in my eyes and without a momentofhesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way Icango is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I decided thatifI were good enough, I would get a scholarship.
I am going toplaycollege basketball.
I want to be the best. My Daddy told me ifthedream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Then she smiledandran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen overandover again.
Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined.Iwatched her through those junior high years and into highschool.Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.One day inhersenior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled inherarms.
I walked across the street and sat down in the coolgrassbeside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,”came asoft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at5’5”she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—muchless offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreamingaboutcollege.She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tightenas Isensed her disappointment.
I asked her if she had talked to herdadabout it yet.She lifted her head from her hands and told methather father said those coaches were wrong. They just didnotunderstand the power of a dream. He told her that if shereallywanted to play for a good college, if she truly wantedascholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — herownattitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, thefactsdon’t count.”The next year, as she and her team went totheNorthern California Championship game, she was seen by acollege recruiter.
She was indeed offered a scholarship, a fullride, toa Division I, NCAA women’s basketball team. She was goingto getthe college ecation that she had dreamed of and workedtoward forall those years.It’s true: If the dream is big enough,the factsdon’t count.
我以前常常從廚房的窗戶看到她穿梭於操場上的一群男孩子中間，她顯得那麼矮小。
學校在我家的街對面，我可以經常看到孩子們在下課時間打球。盡管有一大群的孩子，但我覺得她跟其他的孩子截然不同。
我記得第一天看到她打籃球的情景。看著她在其他孩子旁邊兜來轉去，我感到十分驚奇。她總是盡力地跳起投籃，球恰好越過那些孩子的頭頂飛入籃筐。那些男孩總是拚命地阻止她，但沒有人可以做得到。
我開始注意到她有時候一個人打球。她一遍遍地練習運球和投籃，有時直到天黑。有一天我問她為什麼這么刻苦地練習。她直視著我的'眼睛，不加思索地說:“我想上大學。只有獲得獎學金我才能上大學。我喜歡打籃球，我想只要我打得好，我就能獲得獎學金。我要到大學去打籃球。我想成為最棒的球員。我爸爸告訴我說，心中有目標，風雨不折腰。”說完她笑了笑，跑向籃球場，又開始我之前見過的一遍又一遍的練習。
嘿，我服了她了——她是下定了決心了。我看著她這些年從初中升到高中。每個星期，她帶領的學校籃球代表隊都能夠獲勝。
高中那會兒的某一天，我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里。我穿過街道，坐到她旁邊的清涼的草地上。我輕輕地問出什麼事了。“哦，沒什麼，”她輕聲回答，“只是我太矮了。”原來籃球教練告訴她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她幾乎是沒有機會到一流的球隊去打球的——更不用說會獲得獎學金了——所以她應該放棄想上大學的夢想。
她很傷心，我也覺得自己的喉嚨發緊，因為我感覺到了她的失望。我問她是否與她的爸爸談過這件事。
她從臂彎里抬起頭，告訴我，她爸爸說那些教練錯了。他們根本不懂得夢想的力量。他告訴她，如果真的想到一個好的大學去打籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎學金，任何東西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不願意。他又一次跟她說：“心中有目標，風雨不折腰。”
第二年，當她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時，她被一位大學的招生人員看中了。她真的獲得了獎學金，一個全面資助的獎學金，並且進入美國全國大學體育協會其中一隊女子甲組籃球隊。她將接受她曾夢想並為之奮斗多年的大學教育。
是的，心中有目標，風雨不折腰。
;『拾』 初中英語閱讀材料
初中英語閱讀材料
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【成為積極的思考者 決心和毅力必不可少】
Positive thinking is a significant element of happiness. In order to become a positive thinker, determination and consistency are important. The first thing to know about positive thinking is that everyone can do it. With certain cognitive and behavioral modifications, we can all become positive thinkers. Another important factor is that being a positive thinker does not mean you become numb to anything that is not working properly in your life or is negative -- it just means that you approach life and face challenges with a healthier outlook.
正面思考是幸福的重要組成部分。要想成為一個積極的思考者，決心和毅力必不可少。首先你要知道，每個人都能成為積極思考者。只要改善一定的認知和行為，我們都可以做到。另外一個很重要的因素就是：你不需要對那些不是很完美的事情麻木不仁或是帶有悲觀的色彩——只是說人生和挑戰你都要積極的對待。
To become a positive thinker, these may help you:
要想成為一個積極的思考者，下面這些也許能幫到你：
1. Change your self-monitoring:
改變自我監督
Instead of selectively attending to negative events, focus on the positive ones. Then pay attention to the delayed consequences of your behavior rather than the immediate ones. For example, if a job is not going like you want, focus on the fact that you have a job and how you can take your time to make the situation better.
與其選擇做那些消極的事情，不如集中做些積極的吧。然後看看你的行為之後的效果。不是立竿見影的那種。比如，如果工作不是很喜歡，就記住你有一份工作的事實，專注如何能把情況變得好點。
2. Change your self-evaluation:
改變自我評價：
Challenge any inaccurate internal attributions and see if you compare your behavior to standards that are excessively rigid and perfectionistic. If so, change these and be reasonable with your comparisons. For example, if you constantly compare your weaknesses with other peoples' strengths, then switch this and compare yourself with those who are doing poorer than you as well. Overall, people who focus more on their strengths than their weaknesses but at the same time are aware of their weaknesses have a healthier self-evaluation result.
探究那些內部失敗的原因，看看自己的行為是否是沒有達到嚴格完美的標准。如果是，就改掉那些標准，接受自己目前的不足。比如如果你總是把自己的缺點和別人的優點作比較，那麼換一下，也和那些做的沒有你好的人比一比吧。一般來說，人們都會更關注他們的強項而非弱點，但同時他們也會意識到缺點會有更健康的自我評價結果。
3. Change your self-reinforcement:
改變自我獎勵機制：
If you have low rates of self-reward and high rates of self-punishment when it comes to certain aspects of your life, then you want to modify this. For example, think more of how far you've come, how hard you've worked, acknowledge yourself for it and then see how much further you want to go.
如果你對自己獎勵很少懲罰很多，而這似乎已成為一種慣性時，是時候改變一下了。比如，多想想你已經達到哪些成就，多麼努力地工作，獎勵一下自己，然後看看你還能走多遠。
4. Draw conclusions with evidence:
根據事實得出結論：
Look at the evidence, look at the events, look at patterns and don't base your conclusions on assumptions. For example, don't just assume someone will cheat you because they look like or in some ways act like an ex you didn't get along with. Look at other elements to see if there is any evidence for your assumption.
根據事實得出結論：看看事實，看看事件，看看形式，千萬別把結論基於猜想上。比如，不要因為某些人看起來像在騙你或是表現的讓你覺得不怎麼舒服，就認為他們的確在騙你。看看有沒有其他證據能證實你的觀點吧。
5. Don't:
別把事情過分個人化：
The majority of how people interact with you is e to their own personality, strengths, and baggage and does not have as much to do with you. Pay attention to how to differentiate between different interaction signals. For example, instead of immediately getting frustrated because the waitress was a little late attending to you, think that maybe she is having a really tough day or too may tables to take care of.
大部分時候人們如何和你交往都取決於他們的個性、能力和精神狀態，和你其實沒多大關系。注意如何區分不同的交際信號。比如，與其為遲來的服務生感到生氣，不如換位思考，想想他今天心情不好，或者實在是太忙了吧。
6. Don't do "either/or" thinking:
別做選擇題
Black and white thinking based on perfectionistic thought is counterproctive. Every time a thought pops up and has words like "should" or "must," challenge it. For example, instead of saying "this should be done this way," say something like, "I prefer it this way but I am sure there are other ways to do and am willing to be open.
基於完美的'非黑即白想法反而會讓你達不到預期的效果。每次出來一個想法，有著類似於“應該”“必須”這樣的字眼，那麼不妨改變一下吧。比如與其說“應該這么去完成”，不如說“我喜歡這個方法，但是我覺得肯定會有更好的方法能達到我們預期的效果。”
7. Don't do emotional reasoning:
不要太情緒化
This is a belief based on feeling alone without any rational thinking behind it. For example, you don't like such and such but you don't have any logical reason for not liking them.
沖動是魔鬼，這句話的確是是真理。例如，你總是沒來由的不喜歡一些東西。
8. Challenge your "what if" thoughts:
改變那些“假使......”的想法：
When faced with too much fear about a situation, imagine the worst case scenario and visualize a solution for it, then let go of fear. This way, you will be prepared for anything and your fear would not block you from being open and creative to different solutions. For example, if you are constantly worried about losing your job up to a point where it is creating a lot of anxiety and fear and is effecting your performance and your happiness negatively, then think of losing your job, visualize how you will handle it, find solutions in your mind and then let go of the thought and the fear attached to it.
遇到太多的恐慌，想想最糟糕的的情況吧，設想一下那樣的場景，然後把恐懼丟到腦後。這樣你就算是做足了准備，恐懼感也不會再阻礙到你對於不同情景的創造力。例如，如果你總是擔心失業，十分的焦慮和害怕，甚至影響到了你的表現和幸福，那麼就想想如果你真的失業了，你會如何處理，自己想一想解決方案，然後就果斷拋棄這些消極的想法和恐懼吧。
At the end, positive thinkers are better problem solvers and have better interactions. In addition to that, people who are positive thinkers are happier and more satisfied with their life.
最後，積極思考者都更善於解決問題，更好的與人交際。除此之外，那些積極思考者會更開心更知足。
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