大學英語短篇閱讀理解集錦
大學英語作為高校的一門基本公共課程,是我國高等 教育 課程體系中的重要組成部分。下面是我帶來的優美大學英語美文閱讀，歡迎閱讀!
優美大學英語美文閱讀篇一
April Showers Bring May Flowers
From the golden-tipped fields of mid-west America to the ancient kingdoms ofverdant(青翠的) Palestine, there is a happy truth to be shared with all who would take heed. In more recent times, this truth has been expressed as: April showers bring May flowers. This is a truth that promises light bursting from darkness, strength born from weakness and, if one dares to believe, life emerging from death.
Farmers all over the world know the importance and immutability(不變，永恆性) of the seasons. They know that there is a season to plant and a season to harvest; everything must be done in its own time. Although the rain pours down with the utmost(極度的) relentlessness, ceasing all outdoor activities, the man of the field lifts his face to the heavens and smiles. Despite the inconvenience, he knows that the rain provides the nourishment his crops need to grow and flourish. The torrential rains(暴雨) in the month of April, give rise to the glorious flowers in the month of May.
But this ancient truth applies to more than the crops of the fields; it is an invaluable message of hope to all who experience tragedy in life. A dashed relationship with one can open up the door to a brand new friendship with another. A lost job here can provide the opportunity for a better job there. A broken dream can become the foundation of a wonderful future. Everything has its place.
Remember this: overwhelming(壓倒性的) darkness may enre for a night, but it will never overcome the radiant(光芒四射的) light of the morning. When you are in a season of sorrow, hang in there, because a season of joy may be just around the corner…
優美大學英語美文閱讀篇二
Three passions三種激情
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither(到處) , in a wayward(任性的，不規則的) course, ove r a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy(狂喜，入迷) –ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness--that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the colnfathomable(深不可測的) lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what- at last- I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have tried to apprehend(理解) the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flu. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate(回想，反響) in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
優美大學英語美文閱讀篇三
Being humble
If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff(小艇) , even though he be a bad-tempered man he will not become very angry.
But if he sees a man in the boat, he will shout at him to steer(控制，駕駛) clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again, and yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because there is somebody in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty, he would not be shouting, and not angry.
If you can empty your own boat crossing the river of the world,
no one will oppose you, no one will seek to harm you....
Who can free himself from achievement, and from fame, descend and be lost amid the masses of men?
He will flow like Tao, unseen, he will go about like Life itself with no name and no home.
Simple is he, without distinction. To all appearances he is a fool.
His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing, has no reputation.
Since he judges no one, no one judges him.
Such is the perfect man:
His boat is empty.
…
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass(屍體，殘骸) out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
B. 大學經典英語美文摘抄閱讀
教學中,充分利用經典美文資源,挖掘經典美文中的想像因素,運用仿寫、改寫、續寫等方法,引導學生學習經典美文中的想像技巧,進一步提高學生的習作想像力。我精心收集了大學經典英語美文，供大家欣賞學習!
大學經典英語美文篇1
重生 Reborn
Who are you? It’s the most elemental question in the world, but one that is not always easy toanswer. We tend to answer this question by naming roles that we fulfill, which were writer,boyfriend, son, entrepreneur, etc.
你是誰?這是世界上最基本的，但又總是難回答的問題。我們試圖憑借清數自己扮演的角色來回答這個問題，如作家，男友，兒子，企業家等等。
It makes sense, because these are the roles that others see us fulfilling every day. In the worldwe operate in, we need to market ourselves as this or that role so that others know how torelate to us. But these are actually things that we do rather than what we are.
這點似乎合情合理，因為我們每天都在履行這些角色，別人都看在眼裡。在我們經營的世界裡，我們需要以這種或那種角色將自己推銷出去，以便別人知曉如何與我們產生聯系。這些確實是我們在做的事情，然而這些卻無法詮釋我們究竟是誰。
Most religions and spiritual belief systems teach that we are not our bodies, though we inhabitthem and identify with them through the course of a lifetime. Nor are we our minds, though weuse our minds and intelligence to guide us in our daily interactions.
大多數宗教和精神理念體系教誨我們不屬於肉體，盡管我們以肉體形式存在，且終其一生都與肉體剪不斷理還亂。我們也不屬於思想，盡管我們使用思想和智慧指導日常交往。
When we identify with these things we cannot accept their loss through physical illness, injury,or death.
當我們認為人等同於肉體和思想，就會無法接受由身體疾病，傷痛或死亡帶來的損失。
Whether you believe that some part of us survives our physical death or not, it’s easy to seethat when we identify with the roles that we fulfill, it becomes very difficult to accept it whenthose roles must change.
不論你是否相信人的某個部分可以永恆，如果我們將自己等同於我們扮演的角色的話，一旦這些角色必須改變，接受改變是非常困難的，這點顯而易見。
When we lose our job or must change careers, when we go through a divorce or whensomeone who helps define a role goes away or dies, who are we then?
當我們失業，需要換工作，當我們歷經離婚，亦或幫我們定義角色的某人離開或死亡，到那時我們又是誰呢?
There’s no single answer to this question. For some, there may be a realization that you existoutside of the body and self that you think of as “you” and that you will continue to “be” nomatter what roles you shed or even when you shed your physical body.
這個問題答案不是唯一的。對一些人來講，或許存在某種意識，就是你存在於肉體和自身之外，你認為的自己，不論你自己角色如何轉換，甚至你卸下肉體的軀殼，你終將繼續是你。
For others, it may be more a matter of considering the purpose of the roles you fulfill. Theirpurpose may seem more like a lesson on the road to fulfilling your life’s purpose.
對於其他人來講，這或許屬於認清自己扮演角色目的事情了。各種角色的目的更像人生路上的一堂課程，以此來實現人生的意義。
For example, you may believe that each role allows you to learn more about yourself andothers, or that each role is a way for you to manifest and offer love to others ring yourlifetime.
例如，你或許相信每種角色使你更加地了解自己和他人，亦或，每種角色在你生命中讓你向他人證明並奉獻了自己的愛。
In this case, when one of the roles you fulfill comes to an end—whether through separation ordeath or other means—you may need to consider that perhaps you’ve fulfilled the role. Maybethat’s all that was being asked of you.
此種情況下，當過你扮演的角色中，某個角色告終—不論是離別或死亡或其他原因引起的—你或許需要這樣考慮，你已經完滿了這個角色。或許你能做的已經不遺餘力了
If that’s the case, then it’s time to let go of that role and move on. As long as you are alive,there will always be new roles to fulfill if you are open to the possibilities they represent.
如果事已如此，是時間放手繼續前行了。只要一息尚存，如果你不將機會拒之門外，新的角色將接踵而至。
Life is all about change.
生命在於改變。
Change is seldom easy or comfortable, but when we don’t let go and allow life to flow the wayit’s going, we miss out on opportunities to grow, learn, and have new adventures.
改變不是那般簡單，而令人舒適的。然而，如果我們不放手，不能讓生活順其自然，我們終將逝去成長，學習及新鮮的冒險機遇。
大學經典英語美文篇2
傷心時不必獨處
There are times when we are faced with illnesses, disorders, disabilities some type of tragedythat causes us to lose contact with ourselves and the world in which we live. Our happinessbegins to fade and our heart begins to grow heavy. This affects the way we think, live, feel andthe way we look at life.
有時候我們會遭遇疾病，混亂， 殘疾等一些災難，這些災難會暫時使我們迷失自我，並與這個我們賴以生存的世界失去聯系。我們的快樂開始褪卻，我們的內心開始變得沉重。這一切影響著我們的思維，生活，感情以及對待生活的方式。
None of us can be happy all the time. During times of tragedy, it is natural and even beneficialto be sad, but not to hold unhappy, anger or any negative emotion that takes control. Wemust heal ourselves emotionally and spiritually.
沒有人始終都保持著快樂。當身處災難時，悲傷是自然的，也是非常有益的。但不要讓不愉快，憤怒或任何消極的情緒操控你的生活。我們必須從情緒上和精神上治癒我們心靈上的創傷。
Talk with optimistic and encouraging people for they bring a sense of hope into the world, anew meaning to life. They help you see past the clouds on a glooming day，they bring sunlighteveryday.
去和積極樂觀的人們聊聊天，因為他們帶給世界一線希望，帶給生活新的意義。他們會幫助你在陰郁的天氣里抹去烏雲，讓你的每天都是晴天。
Happiness is when you are with people who love you for who you are, this is the true meaningof love and friendship. Each day you are reborn with love and joy when you realize that youhave people by your side that care.
當你和真正關愛你的人在一起時，這才是快樂，同時這也是愛與友誼的真正含義。每天當你意識到有人在你身邊關愛著你時，你便和愛與喜悅一起重生。
大學經典英語美文篇3
of Nature in Men
論人的天性
Nature is often hidden; sometimes overcome; seldom extinguished. Force maketh nature more violent in me return: doctrine and discourse maketh nature less importune: but custom only doth alter and sube nature. He that seeketh victory over his nature, let him not set himself too great, nor too small tasks: for the first will make him dejected by often failings; and the second will make him a small proceeder, though by often prevailings.
天性常常是隱而不露的，有時可以壓伏，而很少能完全熄滅的。壓力之於天性，使它在壓力減退之時更烈於前;但是習慣卻真能變化氣質，約束天性。凡是想征服自己底天性的人，不要給自己設下過大或過小的工作;因為過大的工作將因為常常失敗的原故而使他灰心;而過小的工作，雖然能使他常常成功，但是將使他成為一個進步甚小的人。
And at the first, let him practise with helps, as swimmers do with bladders, or rushes: but after a time, let him practise with disadvantages, as dancers do with thick shoes. For it breeds great perfection, if the practice be harder then the use. Where nature is mighty, and therefore the victory hard, the degrees had need be; first to stay and arrest nature in time; like to him, that would say over the four and twenty letters, when he was angry: then to go less in quantity; as if one should, in forbearing wine, come from drinking healths, to a draught at a meal: and lastly, to discontinue altogether. But if a man have the fortitude, and resolution, to enfranchise himself at once, that is the best; optimus ille animi vindex, laedentia pectus vmcula qui rupit, dedoluitque semel.
還有，在起始的時候他應當用些幫忙的事務來練習，就好象學游泳的人用浮胞和葦筏一樣;但是過了些時候以後，他應當與困難相搏以為練習，就好象舞蹈家之穿著厚鞋練習一樣。因為，假如練習比實用還難，那麼其結果就更為完美了。凡是天性甚強，因之不容易克服的地方，其克服的工夫就必須如此方可：第一，在時間方面要阻止天性，不要放縱，就好象有的人在生氣的時候默誦24個字母底名字以抑怒氣的一樣;這段工夫做到了，然後在量底方面應該減少，就好象要戒酒的人，從引觴互祝減到每餐一飲一樣;最後，才可以完全戒絕，但是假如一個人有那種毅力和決心，能夠一舉而解放自己，那是最好的：最能堅持靈魂底自由的人，就是那掙斷磨胸的鎖鏈，一舉而永免受罪的人。
Neither is the ancient rule amiss, to bend nature as a wand, to a contrary extreme, whereby to set it right: understanding it, where the contrary extreme is no vice.
還有古人底遺訓說應當把天性屈到相反的另一極端去，好象一根桿杖似的，以便它再反過來的時候可以適中，這句話也是不錯的;不過我們須要明白，此處所謂的另一極端當然要不是惡德才行。
Let not a man force a habit upon himself, with perpetual continuance, but with some intermission. For both the pause reinforceth the new onset; and if a man that is not perfect be ever in practice, he shall as well practise his errors, as his abilities; and ince one habit of both: and there is no means to help this, but by seasonable intermissions.
一個人不可強給自己加上一種不斷的繼續的習慣，而應當稍有間歇。因為一則這種休息或間歇可以援助新的嘗試;二則，假如一個德行不完全的人永遠繼續練習的話，他不僅練習了他底優點，連謬誤也一定要練習了，並且使優點與謬誤將同具一種習慣。這種情形，沒有別的補救之策，除了用合時的間歇和休止。
But let not a man trust his victory over his nature too far, for nature will lay buried a great time, and yet revive, upon the occasion or temptation. Like as it was with Aesop's damsel, turned from a cat to a woman; who sat very demurely, at the board's end, till a mouse ran before her. Therefore let a man either avoid the occasion altogether, or put himself often to it, that he may be little moved with it A man's nature is best perceived in privateness, for there is no affectation; in passion, for that puttefh a man out of his precepts; and in a new case or experiment, for there custom leaveth him.
但是一個人也不可過於相信他對於自己底天性底勝利，因為天性能夠長期潛伏著，而到有了機會或誘惑的時候復活起來。就好象《伊索寓言》中的貓變的女子一樣，她坐在餐桌底一頭，坐得端端正正地，可是有一隻小鼠在她面前跑過的時候，她就不如此了。因此一個人應當或者完全躲避這種機會，或者常常與這種機會接觸，以便少被牽動。人底天性在私生活里最易看出，因為在那種生活里是沒有虛飾的;在熱情里也最易看出，因為熱情使人把平日的教訓忘了;在一種新的事情或嘗試之中也最易看出，因為在這種情形里是無慣例可援的。
They are happy men, whose natures sort with their vocations; otherwise they may say, multum incola fuit aruma mea, when they converse in those things, they do not affect In studies, whatsoever a man commandeth upon himself, let him set hours for it: but whatsoever is agreeable to his nature, let him take no care for any set times: for his thoughts will fly to it of themselves; so as the spaces of other business, or studies, will suffice. A man's nature runs either to herbs, or weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.
凡是天性與職業適合的人是有福的人;反之，那些從事於他們本不想做的事業的人，他們可以說：“我底靈魂曾久與天性不合之事物周旋”。在學問方面，一個人對於與他底天性不合而勉強去學的學科，應當有固定的時間;但是凡是與天性相合的學科，那就不必有什麼規定的時間;因為他底思想會自己作主，飛到那方面去的;只要別的事情或學科所剩下來的時間足夠研究這些學問就行。一個人底天性不長成葯草，就長成莠草;所以他應當以時灌溉前者而芟除後者。
C. 大學英語美文摘抄帶翻譯閱讀
美文是新文學領域最亮麗的一方新土地,具有可意會難言說的韻味。本文是大學英語美文摘抄帶翻譯，希望對大家有幫助!
大學英語美文摘抄帶翻譯：生命就是小甜餅
One of my patients, a successful busines *** an, tells me that before his cancer he would bee depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was "having the cookie." If you had the cookie, things were good.
我有一位病人，他是一個成功的商人，告訴我，在他患癌症之前，凡事如果沒有確定下來他就憂心忡忡。對他而言，幸福是「擁有小甜餅」。
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
如果你擁有了小甜餅，一切都一帆風順。如果你沒有小甜餅，生活就一文不值。
Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other times, it was the new car, the biggest contract, the most prestigious address.
不幸的是，小甜餅總是不斷變換著，有時是金錢，有時是權力，有時是慾望。在其他時候，它是一輛新車、一份數額最大的合同、或者一個享有聲望的通訊地址。
A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid.
在他被診斷出患有前列腺癌的一年半之後，他坐在那裡，悲天憫人地搖著頭，說：「長大以後，我好像就不知道怎樣生活了。
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
當我給我兒子一個小甜餅時，他心花怒放。如果我拿走甜餅或者是小甜餅碎了，他就悶悶不樂。
But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It's taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long.
不同的是，他只有兩歲半，而我已經 43 了。我花了這么長的時間才明白小甜餅並不能使我長久感到幸福。
The minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying to take it away from you.
從你擁有小甜餅的那一刻，它就開始破碎，或者你就開始擔心它會破碎，抑或你開始擔心別人拿走它。
You know, you have to give up a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you.
為了守護你的小甜餅，為了防止它破碎或者確定別人不會從你手中奪走它，你不得不放棄許多東西。
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
你忙於不讓自己失去它，甚至沒有時間享受它。
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
擁有小甜餅並不是生活的全部內容。」我的病人笑著說癌症已經改變了他。
For the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. "
不論他的生意是否一帆風順，不論他在打高爾夫球時是輸是贏，他有生以來第一次感到幸福。
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
「兩年前，癌症問我『什麼重要?什麼才真正的重要?』對，生命重要。
Life. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie; it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the time?" He pauses thoughtfully. "Damn, I guess life is the cookie."
生命。生命，無論如何你擁有生命。有小甜餅也罷，沒有小甜餅也罷，幸福與小甜餅並非息息相關，而是與生命的存在有關。可是，時光一去不復返，誰又能讓時光倒流呢?」他停頓了一下，若有所思，說：「該死，我覺得生命就是那塊小甜餅」。
大學英語美文摘抄帶翻譯：人如孤島
How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have e to, ringed about by milesof water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones.
島嶼是多麼奇妙啊!它處在一望無際之中，四周海水圍繞， 沒有橋梁相通，沒有電纜相連，更無電話可打。
An lsland from the world and the world's life. Islands is time, like this short vacation of mine.
我來的小島就是 這樣一個地方，它遠離塵世，不見喧囂。小島是時間的孤島，就 像我的這次短期假期。
The past and the future are cut off: only the present remains.
在這里，過去和未來都被隔斷，只有現時 依然存在。
One lives like a child or a saint in the immediacy of here and now.
一個人，或是像個孩子：或是像個聖人，現在便實 實在在地在這里活著。
Every day, every act, is an island, washed by time and space, and has an island's pletion.
每一天、每一個動作其實都是一個小島，經受著時間和空間的沖刷，像小島一樣完美。
People, too, bee like islands in such an atmosphere, self-contained, whole and serene;respecting other people's solitude, not intruding on their shores, standing back in reverncebefore the miracle of another indivial.
人在這種環境下也變成了小島，獨立自主，完整安詳，尊重他人的孤獨，不踐踏他 人的海岸半步，畢恭畢敬地在他人的奇跡面前靠後站。
"No man is an island," said John Donne. I feel we are all islands--in a mon sea.
「沒有人 會是小島。」約翰?多恩說過。我卻認為每個人都是公共海域的 小島。
We are all, in the last *** ysis, alone.
歸根結底，我們都是孤獨的。
And this basic state of solitude is not something we have any choice about.
這種孤獨的基本狀態由不得 我們選擇。
It is , as the poet Rilke says, "not something that one can take or leave".
奧地利詩人里爾克曾經說道：「由不得我們帶走或是 放棄。」
We are solitary. We may delude ourselves and act as though this were not so, yes, even tobegin by assuming it."Naturally," he goes on to say,"we will turn giddy."
雖然身心孤獨，但是我們都欺騙自己，假裝事實並非如 此。里爾克還說，「我們很自然就會弄得頭暈目眩。」
We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family,friends, and movies should fail, there is still the radio or television to fill up the void.
今天的人們都非常害怕孤獨，所以極力避免它。當與家人 和朋友相處或是看電影都無法消除孤獨的時候，我們就用聽廣播 和看電視來填補空白。
Women, who used to plain of loneliness, need never be alone any more.
女人們曾經埋怨孤獨，現在想孤獨也辦不 到。
We can do our housework with soap-opera heroes at our side. Even day-dreaming was morecreative than this; it demanded something of oneself and it fed the inner life.
她們可以一邊做家務一邊看肥皂劇。做白日夢都顯得更有創 造力，它需要人們具有一些東西，而且能夠豐富內心生活。
Now instead of planting our solitude with our dream bolssoms, we choke the space withcontinuous music, chatter and panionship to which we do not even listen.
我們 本該用白曰夢的似錦繁花來種下一片孤獨，但卻用連續不斷的音 樂、喋喋不休、吵嚷的同伴來把孤獨的空間堵死。
It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is no inner music to take itsplace. We must relearn to be alone.
這其實僅僅是 _個填補空缺的問題，一旦暄鬧消失，便不再有內心的音樂來填 補空缺。我們要重新學會孤獨。
大學英語美文摘抄帶翻譯：一直走在陽光里
Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush bluegrass. Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight sun.
多年的風雨毀壞了古老的風車。車輪已經銹了，倒了，靜靜地躺卧在茂盛的六月禾叢中。在落日的襯托下，曾經散發著生氣的風車如今如聳立的尖塔般冰冷、生硬。
I hadn『t walked across our old farm in fifteen years. Yet the sensations came flooding back. I could *** ell the freshness of new mown alfalfa. I could feel the ping of the ice cold summer rain, and the sun『s sudden warmth on my wet shoulders when it reappeared after a brisk July thunderstorm.
我已經有十五年沒有走過我們的農場了。然而，那些感覺又洶涌而至。我彷彿聞到了新割的苜蓿的清新氣息，感覺到了冰冷夏雨敲打在身上，還有七月的雨後陽光照射在溼漉漉的身上驟然傳來的暖意。
Rain or shine, I used to walk this path each day to see Greta. She always made me *** ile, even after Sis and I had just had a big squabble. I would help Greta with her chores. Then we would visit over a generous helping of her delicious homemade chocolate cookies and ice cream. Being confined to a wheel chair didn『t stop Greta from being a fabulous cook.
無論雨天或晴天，我曾經天天沿著這條小徑去探望葛麗塔。即使我剛和姐姐大吵了一場，她也總能使我舒懷微笑。我會幫葛麗塔做些家務。然後，我們會大快朵頤，品嘗她親手做的巧克力曲奇餅和冰淇淋。以輪椅代步並不妨礙她成為一名出色的廚師。
Greta gave me two of the greatest gifts I『ve ever received. First, she taught me how to read. She also taught me that when I forgave Sis for our squabbles, it meant I wouldn『t keep feeling like a victim. Instead, I would feel sunny.
Mr. Dinking, the local banker, tried to foreclose on Greta『s house and land after her hu *** and passed away. Thanks to Pa and Uncle Johan, Greta got to keep everything. Pa said that it was the least he could do for someone talented enough to teach me to read!
在葛麗塔的丈夫去世後，當地的銀行家丁肯先生曾經要收取她抵押給了銀行的房子。幸虧有爸爸和約翰叔叔的幫忙，葛麗塔才保住了一切。爸爸說，對一位聰明得能教會我認字的人，這只是他力所能及的一件小事!
Soon folks were ing from miles around to buy Greta『s homemade cakes, pies, breads, cookies, cider, and ice cream. Hank, the grocery store man, came each week to stock his shelves and bring Greta supplies.
很快，方圓數英里的人們都來買葛麗塔做的蛋糕、餡餅、麵包、曲奇餅、蘋果酒和冰淇淋。每周，雜貨店老闆漢克都會給她送來材料，並從她那裡進貨。
Greta even had me take a big apple pie to Mr. Dinking who became one of her best customers and friends. That『s just how Greta was. She could turn anyone into a friend!
葛麗塔甚至讓我給丁肯先生送去一個大蘋果餡餅。他也成為了她的顧客和朋友。這就是葛麗塔。她可以把任何人都變成朋友!
Greta always said, "Dear, keep walking in sunshine!" No matter how terrible my day started, I always felt sunny walking home from Greta『s house-even beneath the winter starlight.
葛麗塔常說：「親愛的，記得要走在陽光里!」 每天，不管一開始怎麼糟糕，從葛麗塔的小屋走回家時，即使是披著冬夜的星光，我都會感覺心情舒暢。
I arrived at Greta『s house today just after sunset. An ambulance had stopped a few feet from her door, it『s red lights flashing. When I ran into the old house, Greta recognized me right away.
這天，太陽剛下山我就來到葛麗塔家了。她門前幾尺外已然停著一輛救護車。車上的紅燈閃爍不停。當我沖入那所舊房子時，葛麗塔立刻認出了我.
She *** iled at me with her unforgettable twinkling blue eyes. She was almost out of breath when she reached out and softly touched my arm. Her last words to me were "Dear, keep walking in sunshine!"
她沖我微微一笑，令人難忘的那雙藍眼睛閃著光芒。當她伸手輕撫我的手臂時，她已經奄奄一息了。她最後對我說的話是：「親愛的，記得要走在陽光里!」
I『m sure that Greta is walking in the brightest sunshine she『s ever seen. And, I『m sure that she heard every word I read at her memorial service.
我肯定葛麗塔此時正漫步在她所見過的最明媚的陽光里。我也肯定她聽見了我在她的追悼儀式上所念的每一個字。
I chose a beautiful verse by Leo Buscaglia. It『s one that Greta taught me to read many years ago…
我選了利奧·巴斯卡格里亞的一首優美的詩，正是那首葛麗塔多年前教我念的詩。
"Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter『s frost and chill, summer『s warmth is in them still."
「愛能歷久常新。華發或會失去原有的光彩。雙頰或會日顯消瘦黯淡。然而，有愛的心中，從無寒冬霜冰，只有夏之溫熱。」
D. 大學簡單英語故事閱讀
生活 故事 是一種常見的故事類型，這類故事真實生動、貼近民眾的生活，在河南廣泛流傳，其主人公豐富多彩，是大眾喜聞樂見的一種文學樣式。我分享大學簡單 英語故事 ，希望可以幫助大家!
大學簡單英語故事：When I Retire...
It was 10 p.m. Fritz said good night to his wife. She was watching TV. He went to bed. Tomorrow was a big day. It was his last day of work. Thirty years with the federal government. Thirty years of flying out of town for weeks on end. Thirty years of interviews, meetings, and heavy briefcases. Tomorrow it would all be over. Not that he didn’t like it. He had enjoyed his career.
Fritz felt blessed. His father had had a tough life as an unskilled laborer. Whenever Fritz was a bit discouraged or upset, he thought about his overworked and underpaid father. He thanked God for his own good life, and for the fact that he had been able to make his dad’s last years comfortable.
His two children were married and had their own careers. His wife Paige kept busy with, among other things, her bridge club. She had tried to get him interested in bridge, but without success. Fritz was content with his own Friday night poker group.
Friday morning, he went to work for the very last time. Those who knew him well would miss him. Fritz was a genuinely nice guy. He never had a bad word to say about anyone. Some people might have thought he was a little ll, but he was intelligent, a hard worker, and a team player. He had taken only three weeks of sick leave in 30 years.
A small group took him out to lunch. When he returned from lunch, the whole office gathered around for cake, ice cream, a farewell card, and a few short speeches. They presented him with various going-away gifts, including a big, paperback US atlas. It listed all the motels, campgrounds, national parks, tourist spots, and other information to help guide a leisurelytraveler throughout the good old USA. He had told his friends that he and Paige were going to spend a couple of years visiting all the places that he never had gotten to explore while there on business. As a final gift, his supervisor told him to take the rest of the day off.
Paige’s car wasn’t in the driveway when he got home. She was probably shopping for some traveling clothes. Maybe she was out arranging a dinner at a restaurant that evening for just the two of them. That would be nice.
But something was wrong. When he hung up his jacket, he saw that the bedroom closet was half empty. Paige’s clothes were gone. Her shoes were not on the closet floor. Confused, he looked around the bedroom.
He saw an envelope on the lamp stand. Inside it were two pieces of paper. One notified him of a divorce proceeding. The other was a hand-written note from Paige. “I’m so sorry,” it began. She said that her lawyer had told her to wait until today. If she had sought divorce a year earlier, like her boyfriend had suggested, she would not have been able to qualify for 50 percent of Fritz’s pension. She hoped that he would find it in his heart to forgive her. She felt terrible about this, she wrote, because “you’ve been so good to me. But I can’t ignore my own heart.”
Fritz sat immobile on the edge of the bed. Her note was in his hand; her words were burning in his brain.
Maybe an hour later, the phone rang. He picked it up on the fifth ring. It was Bob, wondering if Fritz was going to play poker later that night.
大學簡單英語故事：Check Your Bags
Adrian’s favorite store was the $1 Store. This store had everything, from fresh proce to birthday cards to gasoline additives. Everything was one dollar. Usually, he got very good deals; occasionally, he got ripped off.
A few days ago, Adrian bought six packages of ink for his printer. Then he found a deal on better ink at the local computer store. So Adrian went back to the $1 Store to exchange the ink for some other items.
He put the ink into a plastic bag and tied it up. When he entered the store, he immediately showed the bag to a clerk and told her that he was returning some items. She looked at him but said nothing. There were about ten people in her line. She was obviously very busy. Not knowing exactly what to do, Adrian put the bag into a push-cart and started shopping.
He was midway through shopping when a female employee suddenly stopped him. “Sir,” she said sternly, “you are not allowed to carry a plastic bag of items around in this store. What’s in this bag? Show me what’s in the bag!”
Adrian was taken aback. There was no need for her to yell. He opened the bag and showed her the six packages of ink. “I’m returning these to exchange for some other items,” Adrian said.
“You should have left the bag with the clerk when you entered this store. Let me see your receipt!” the employee demanded.
Adrian was embarrassed. He felt like a shoplifter. He looked around to see if anyone was paying attention. He showed her the receipt.
“Perhaps in the future you’ll learn how to follow store policy. Leave this bag here with the clerk. You can have your receipt and bag back when you check out.”
By the time Adrian had finished shopping and exchanged the items, he was angry. How dare she treat him like a criminal? He went looking for her. He wanted an apology. He found her in the proce section and asked what her name was. She mumbled something. He asked her again, and this time he heard “Ursula.”
“Ursula what?” he asked. She yelled at him, “Ursula!” and stormed away.
When Adrian got home, he called the store’s corporate headquarters. This rude employee was about to lose her job, he said to himself. He described his unpleasant experience to a customer service representative. She was sympathetic. “Our employees are taught to be polite. We will not tolerate such behavior. Give me your phone number and I will call you back.”
Two days later, Adrian received a phone call from the representative. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but there’s no one at that store named Ursula. Can you describe her? I’ll find out who she is. I assure you, we do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate lying to customers.”
By this time, Adrian had calmed down. He didn’t really want the employee to lose her job. He told the representative to forget about it.
大學簡單英語故事：Get Me a Caffe Latte
On Friday afternoon a judge sentenced lawyer Mickey Mantle to 24 hours in jail for contempt. Mantle had just won a lawsuit against a man who had struck Mantle’s client. The client had accidentally spilled a diet soda onto the defendant’s new sneakers, so he broke the client’sjaw. The judge sentenced the defendant to two years in jail for assault and battery. But after handcuffing the defendant, the sheriff’s deputy also handcuffed Mantle. “What the heck do you think you’re doing?” Mantle shouted.
“Sorry. Judge’s orders,” replied the deputy, as he escorted Mantle and the defendant out of the courtroom. “She said to throw you in jail overnight for contempt of court.” Because the judge had already left the courtroom, Mantle had no one to protest to.
Mantle and the convicted man were put in the back of the same van and driven five miles to the city jail. When they were taken out of the van, Mantle had a black eye and a bloody nose. He told the deputy that the defendant had head-butted him. The defendant called Mantle a liar. He told the deputy that Mantle had gone flying when the van made a sharp turn and banged his face on the defendant’s knee.
The deputy took Mantle to the jail emergency room. Mantle couldn’t believe what was going on. He was a respected lawyer about to spend the night in jail with violent criminals, some of whom he’d helped to convict. He’d be lucky to get out alive. And all because of a stupid cup of coffee.
Mantle was in jail because he had displeased Judge Brown. Brown had asked Mantle to bring her a caffe latte from Moonbucks on Mantle’s way back from lunch. Mantle had had previous run-ins with Brown. He didn’t like Brown, and refused to be her errand boy. When Mantle returned from lunch, she asked him where her coffee was. Mantle said, “They ran out. They said to come back tomorrow.”
E. 英語閱讀理解帶翻譯10篇精選大全
英語閱讀理解帶翻譯10篇：給予
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. 「Wasn』t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?」 I said yes. 「Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don』t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.」
像大多數人，我長大看待生命是一個過程獲得。直到我在30月底，我作出這一重要發現：給予，距離使我們的生活如此更令人興奮的。您不必擔心如果缺乏資金。這是我嘗試讓-消失。如果一個主意，可以改善窗口顯示一個閃爍附近商店給我，我的步驟，並提出上述建議的倉庫保管員。一發現我付出，離開是，它幾乎是不可能放棄任何沒枝在這個世界上，沒有耐虧得到回報，盡管返回往往在一個意想不到的形式。一個星期天上午，當地郵局作了重要特別的遞送信件到我家裡，但給我在我的辦公室。我寫了一份說明郵政的贊賞。一年多後，我需要一個後Office中的一個新的業務，我開始。我被告知的窗口，沒有框的左邊，我的名字將不得不在很長的等候名單。當我正准備離開，郵政出現在門口。他聽到我們的交談。 「是不是你，我們該信中寫道昌察神：一年前為客戶提供一份特別的遞送到您的家? 」我說是的。 「嘿，你肯定將會有一個盒子在這個郵政局如果我們要取得一個適合您。你不知道什麼樣的信，這意味著給我們。我們通常會只是投訴。 題目的答案：ACBCD，題目不祥。
英語閱讀理解帶翻譯10篇：電視節目
Television gives the American people a wide variety of programs from early morning until late at night. Operas, orchestral performances, chamber music and jazz concerts are often presented on television. So most of the leisure at home is used for watching television. Many Americans are so fond of their TV programs that they often have cold luncheon in front of their receiving sets. Television has given people newer and deeper understanding of history, art, music, literature, the ballet, the theater, the discoveries of modern science and the wonders of the universe. Television viewers pay no tax or charges for receiving programs on their sets. The cost of the programs is paid chiefly by those who are given the opportunity to advertise their goods or services ring the commercial breaks.
美國人從清晨直到深夜都能看到形形色色的電視節目。電視屏幕上經常播放歌劇、管弦樂、室內音樂和爵士音樂演奏。所以家庭中大部分空閑時間都花在看電視上。許多美國人酷愛電視節目，經常在電視機前邊看電視邊吃冷餐。電視使人們對歷史、藝術、音樂、文學、舞劇、戲劇、現代科學的新發現和宇宙的奧妙有較新和較深切的了解。電視觀眾看電視節目既不用繳稅，也不必付款，節目費用主要是由那些藉此為其商品和服務做插播廣告的人支付的。
英語閱讀理解帶翻譯10篇：籃球
Interest in basketball in the United States peaks around three big championship events in the spring: the college championships for men and women in late March or early April and the professional playoffs that climax in June.
But that』s only organized basketball. Informally, the game has been learned by generations of American youths on city playgrounds and schoolyards, on lonely baskets put up in backyards of rural homes and on the driveway basketball courts of countless suburban homes. Here, playing on teams, going one-on-one against a single opponent or just shooting the ball hour after hour alone, some of the finest basketball players have developed their skills to incredible levels.
But as brilliant as some players may be, basketball requires coaching to teach athletes skills they are deficient in and to blend a group of indivials into a team. Styles of coaching vary. Some coaches favor an extremely disciplined game with each player having a specific role while others are more inclined to let their players dictate the style of play.
美國人對籃球的興趣在春季三大錦標賽期間達到高潮。這包括三月底或四月初舉行的大學男籃錦標賽和大學女籃錦標賽，以及在六月份進入決賽高潮的職業籃球賽。
上面說的只是有組織的正式比賽。在市內的運動場和學校的操場上，在農舍後院的簡易籃球筐下，或是在無數市郊住宅的自家車道上劃出的籃球場上，一代代的美國青少年的學習打籃球。一批秀的籃球選手，就是在這種隊與隊的對抗，單與單的較量，或是一個人數小時的投籃練習中，練就一身出神入化的球技的。
盡管有些球員很有天賦，籃球運動還是需要有教練指導的，幫助球員學習他們掌握欠佳的技術，並把一個個球員熔合成一個隊，教練的風格各異。有些教練部署嚴謹，隊員各司其職;有的則傾向於讓隊員去決定比賽的打法和風格。
英語閱讀理解帶翻譯10篇：生命之堅持
Some people insist that only today and tomorrow matter. But how much poorer we would be if we really lived by that rule! So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten. So much of what we hope to do tomorrow never happens.
The past is the bank in which we store our most valuable possession: the memories that give meaning and depth to our lives. Those who truly treasure the past will not bemoan the passing of the good old days, because days enshrined in memory are never lost. Death itself is powerless to still a remembered voice or erase a remembered smile. And for one boy who is now a man, there is a pond which neither time nor tide can change, where he can still spend a quiet hour in the sun.
一些人堅持認為只有今日與明日最重要。可要按這條規則來生活的話，我們將會變得更加可憐。今天我們所做之事有多少是瑣碎無功的，很快就被人遺忘.又有多少我們明天要為之事將會成為泡影。 過去是一所銀行。我們將最可貴的財富——記憶珍藏其中，這些記憶賦予我們生命的意義和厚度。真正珍惜過去之人不會為美好時光逝去而哀嘆。那些珍藏於記憶的時光是永遠不會消失的。死亡本身也無法止住記憶中的聲音，或擦除記憶中的微笑。對於已經長大成人的小男孩來說，那兒將會有一個池塘。它不會因時間和潮汐而改變，可以讓他大繼續在陽光下享受靜謐的時光。
英語閱讀理解帶翻譯10篇：任教印象
The main impression growing out of twelve years on the faculty of a medical school is that the No.1 health problem in the U.S. today, even more than AIDS or cancer, is that Americans don』t know how to think about health and illness. Our reactions are formed on the terror level.
We fear the worst, expect the worst, thus invite the worst. The result is that we are becoming a nation of weaklings and hypochondriacs, a self-medicating society incapable of
distinguishing between casual, everyday symptoms and those that require professional attention.
Early in life, too, we become seized with the bizarre idea that we are constantly assaulted by invisible monsters called germs, and that we have to be on constant alert to protect ourselves against their fury. Equal emphasis, however, is not given to the presiding fact that our bodies are superbly equipped to deal with the little demons and the best way of forestalling an attack is to maintain a sensible life-style.
在醫學院任教十二年來，我獲得的主要印象是，當今美國頭號健康問題——一個比艾滋病或癌症更為嚴重的問題——是美國人不知道如何去認識健康與疾病。我們的反應是驚恐萬狀。我們怕最壞的事，想著最壞的事，而恰恰就召來了最壞的事。結果 ，我們變成了一個孱弱不堪，總疑心自己有病的民族，一個分不清哪些是日常偶發症狀，哪些是需要治療的症狀，而自己擅自用葯的社會。
我們年輕的時候還染上了一種奇怪的觀念：一種肉眼看不見的叫做細菌的小妖怪在不斷向我們進攻，我們必須長備不懈地保護自己不受其傷害。然而，對另一個重要事實，我們卻未能給予同樣的重視，那就是，我們的身體裝備精良，足以對付這些小妖怪，而且防止妖怪進攻的途徑就是保持合理的生活方式。
英語閱讀理解帶翻譯10篇：讀書之樂
Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the author's or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his.
Every book stands by itself, like a one-family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are separate, together they all add up to something; they are connected with each other and with other cities. The same ideas, or related ones, turn up in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature, but with different solutions according to different writings at different times.
Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody tells you "ought" to read, you probably won't have fun. But if you put down a book you don't like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a good time--and if you become as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder, or more gentle, you won't have suffered ring the process.
讀書是愉悅心智之事。在這一點上它與運動頗為相似:一個優秀的讀者必須要有熱情、有知識、有速度。讀書之樂並非在於作者要告訴你什麼，而在於它促使你思考。你跟隨作者一起想像，有時你的想像甚至會超越作者的。把自己的體驗與作者的相互比較，你會得出相同或者不同的結論。在理解作者想法的同時，也形成了自己的觀點。
每一本書都自成體系，就像一家一戶的住宅，而圖書館里的藏書好比城市裡千家萬戶的居所。盡管它們都相互獨立，但只有相互結合才有意義。家家戶戶彼此相連，城市與城市彼此相依。相同或相似的思想在不同地方涌現。人類生活中反復的問題也在文學中不斷重現，但因時代與作品的差異，答案也各不相同。
如果你希望的話，讀書也能充滿樂趣。倘若你只讀那些別人告訴你該讀之書，那麼你不太可能有樂趣可言。但如果你放下你不喜歡的書，試著閱讀另外一本，直到你找到自己中意的，然後輕輕鬆鬆的讀下去，差不多一定會樂在其中。而且，當你通過閱讀變得更加優秀，更加善良，更加文雅時，閱讀便不再是一種折磨。
F. 大學英語閱讀理解及答案
大學英語閱讀理解及答案
對於大學英語閱讀，學會速讀和略讀很重要，一個字一個字的去看很花時間。下面是我分享的.大學英語閱讀理解練習題，希望能幫到大家!
大學英語閱讀理解及答案【1】
Swimming is one of those activities that can be learned early in life. Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. It's wise to be afraid, to recognize true danger. Young ones understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.
To really benefit from swimming, every swimmer should learn, as soon as possible, these four basic strokes; butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, and crawl. I feel that one of these-the breaststroke-is different from the others, since some young swimmers use this stroke naturally, without any training.
In swimming there are certain rules every swimmer should follow:
1. Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, don't risk drowning by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself , with no life guards or friends with you, you may get into trouble.
2. Don't go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know enough not to swim too far from the bank or the beach, Showing off by doing dangerous tricks is no good. Swim safely and you will continue to swim and alive.
3. Don't smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body; good lungs are part of it.
4. Work at any activity that builds muscles.
9. Little children can learn to swim as soon as _____.【 B 】
A. they can talk
B. they start walking
C. they have no fear of the water
大學英語閱讀理解及答案【2】
Americans spend their free time in various ways.
America is a country of sports—of hunting, fishing and swimming, and of team sports like baseball and football. Millions of Americans watch their favorite sports on television. They also like to play in community orchestras(管弦樂隊),make their own films or recordings, go camping ,visit museums, attend lectures, travel, garden, read, and join in hundreds of other activities. The people also enjoy building things for their homes, sewing their own clothes, even making their own photographs. They do these things for fun as well as for economy.
But as much as Americans enjoy their free time, the country is at the same time a"self-improvement" country. More than 25 million alts continue their ecation, chiefly by going to school in the evening, ring their own free time, at their own expense. Added to the time spent on personal activities, Americans a1so devote a great amount of their time to the varied needs of their communities. Many hospitals, schools, libraries, museums, parks, community centers, and organizations that assist the poor depend on the many hours citizens devote to these activities, often without any pay. Why do they do it?
There are several answers. The idea of cooperating and sharing responsibility with one another for the benefit of all is as old as the country itself.
When the country was first founded in 1776,it was necessary for the settlers to work together to live. They had crossed dangerous seas and risked all they had in their struggle for political and religious freedom. There remains among many Americans a distrust of central government. People still prefer to do things themselves within their communities, rather than give the government more control.
Sometimes people offer their time because they wish to accomplish something for which no money is paid, to do something that will be of benefit to the entire community. It is true that some people use their leisure because they are truly interested in the work; or they are learning from the experience.
No matter what the reason is, hundreds of thousands of so called leisure hours are put into hard, unpaid work on one or another community need.
13. This passage is mainly about ________ . 【 B 】
A. why America is a country of sports
B. how Americans spend their free time
C. why America is a "self-improvement" country
14. The writer mentions the foundation of the country in order to indicate ________.【 C 】
A. the early history of America
B. the American people's determination to live
C. the reason for Americans' willingness to cooperate and share responsibility
15.Which of the following best explains the meaning of the underlined word “leisure"【 C 】
A. work time B. energy C. spare time
16.What can we infer from the text【 A 】
A. The first settlers left their hometown for political and religious reasons.
B. Many Americans don′t trust the central government.
C. American people enjoy building things for their homes just for fun.
大學英語閱讀理解及答案【3】
Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a
sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.
Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle.
The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream,
realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this
way.
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.
To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(無意識的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had ring the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have
forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.
1.According to the passage, Elias Howe was________.【 C 】
A. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep
B. much more hard-working than other inventors
C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked
2.The problem Howe was trying to solve was________.【 A 】
A. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle
B. how to design a needle which would not break
C. where to put the needle
3.Thomas Edison is spoken of because________.【 B 】
A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine
B. he got some of his ideas from dreams
C. he was one of Howe’s best friends
4.Dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves” because___.【 A 】
A. strange images are used to communicate ideas
B. images which have no meaning are used
C. we can never understand the real meaning
大學英語閱讀理解及答案【4】
The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the
twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would
probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would
expect to live a further twenty years, ring which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer
children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of
children ,her work is lightened by household appliances(家用電器)and convenience foods.
This important change in women’s way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’ s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age ,and though
women tend to marry younger ,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more after wads, return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the ties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them.
5.We are told that in an average family about 1990________.【 D 】
A. many children died before they were five
B. the youngest child would be fifteen
C. seven of eight children lived to be more than five
D. four or five children died when they were five
6. When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother________.【 D 】
A. would expect to work until she died
B. was usually expected to take up paid employment
C. would be healthy enough to take up paid employment
D. was unlikely to find a job even if she is now likely
7. Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to ________.【 D 】
A. marry so that they can get a job
B. leave school as soon as they can
C. give up their jobs for good after they are married
D. continue working until they are going to have a baby
8. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ________.【 C 】
A. stay at home after leaving school
B. marry men younger than themselves
C. start working again later in life
D. marry while still at school
;G. 超短篇英語閱讀理解題
第一篇：
David is eight. One day his friend Rose says to him, "This Sunday is my birthday. Can you come to my birthday party?" David says, "Yes."
On Sunday, David asks his mother if he can go to the party. His mother says, "Yes, you can go, but you must be polite. Don't ask for any food. They will give you some." "All right, Mum." David answers and he goes to Rose's house on his bike.
There are lots of kids at the party. They play together for some time, and then Rose's mother gives them some food, but she forgets David. He waits and waits and then he takes his plate up and asks, "Do you want a nice clean plate?"
( ) 1. Whose birthday is it? .
A. Rose's B. David's C. Rose's mother's
( ) 2. The birthday party is in .
A. Rose's house B. David's house C. Rose's school
( ) 3. David goes to the party .
A. by car B. by bike C. by bus
( ) 4. David is Rose's .
A. friend B. classmate C. brother
( ) 5. Who gives David food at the party?
A. Rose B. Rose's mother C. No one
第二篇：
Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills. The people there were all poor.
One night it was very dry and windy.
When everybody was asleep, Peter suddenly heard some noise. It came out from the kitchen (廚房). He got up and walked to the kitchen. He found that the wood beside the stove (火爐) was burning . There was no water tap (水龍頭) in the house , so he could not put out (撲滅) the fire . He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house. Then he ran out of his house and knocked on the doors of many houses to wake the people up. They all left their houses quickly.
At last the fire was put out by the firemen. Many houses were burnt. But nobody was burnt in the fire.
1.Peter lived with his______. [ ]
A.sisters
B.brothers
C.uncles
D.parents
2.One night he found that______ beside the stove was burning. [ ]
A.the table
B.the wood
C.the door
D.the window
3.______, so he could not put out the fire. [ ]
A.Everybody was asleep
B.He couldn't shout loudly
C.The kitchen was very big
D.there was no water tap in the house
4.Peter knocked on the doors of many houses______. [ ]
A.to wake the people up
B.to get some water
C.to find his classmates
D.to visit them
5.______hurt in the fire. [ ]
A.People in other houses were
B.Peter's parents were
C.Nobody was
D.Peter was
H. 大學英語閱讀理解
1.C
2.C
3.A
4.A
5.C
個人理解，僅供參考。。