《新概念英语 阅读理解补充材料 1》

Contents1

（Part One）1

1．A Thoughtful Boy1

2．“A Good Boy”3

3．The Catching of a Thief5

4．Is It Very Expensive?8

5．George Washington and His Hatchet10

6．The First Money Mark Twain Earned14

7．A Clever Boy17

8．Sylvia Greenwood s Childhood19

9．How to Do It Politely?23

10．Which Is More Important?27

11．A Sad Story30

12．Giving Way32

13．The Clockmaker and the Timekeeper34

14．A Cure for a Headache37

15．Planting Garlic39

16．When a Hotel Was on Fire?42

17．The Smell and the Shadow45

18．Beautiful Hands49

19．The Lion and the Mouse52

20．The Wisdome of a Fox54

21．The Three Axes57

22．Professor Forgetmuch61

23．What a Pencil Can Do?63

24．If He Knew66

25．Ali and His Donkeys70

26．Two Tramps and the President73

27．A Porier Or a Policeman75

28．Looking for the Ring77

29．A Passenger80

30．Going to the Cinema83

31．What Will You Do?86

32．Study as Lenin Studied89

33．George Bernard Shaw91

34．How Napoleon Crossed the Alps?95

35．Galileo s First Discovery99

36．The Story of Dr.Drew101

37．Night in New York105

38．Money Problem109

39．Fleet Street112

40．Speaker Corner in Hyde Park114

41．White House116

42．Number118

43．Water120

44．Fire Making123

45．How to Put out a Fire?126

46．The Sky129

47．How the Weather Is Made by Heat?131

48．Can People Really Make Rain?133

49．Air Pressure136

50．The“Dog Days”138

51．Helicopter140

52．Making Cars143

53．Energy146

54．The Riches in the Ocean148

55．Blood to Save Lives151

56．Sneezing Champion154

57．The First Postage Stamp156

58．Are Bats Really Blind?159

59．The Meaning of Meetings163

60．On Reading166