四级阅读练习80详细解析(编辑修改稿)

四级阅读练习80详细解析(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

t if ul new house i n t he count r y. Wor k on i t had begun bef or e m y sist er l ef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n m y let er, I t ol d her t hat she coul d stay wi t h us. The house has many l ar ge r ooms and t her e is a l ovel y gar den. It i s a ver y m oder n house, so i t l ooks st range t o some people. It m ust be t he onl y m oder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It coul d be worse 不幸中之万幸 I ent er ed the hotel manager39。 s off i ce and sat down. I had just l ost amp。 50 and I f elt ver y upset .39。 I l ef t the m oney i n my r oom ,39。 I sai d, 39。 and it39。 s not t here now.39。 The m anager was sympat heti c, but he coul d do nothi ng. 39。 Ever yone39。 s l osi ng m oney t hese days, 39。 he sai d. He st ar ted t o plai n about thi s wicked worl d but was i nt er rupt ed by a knock at the door. A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t cont ai ned amp。 5o. 39。 I found t hi s out si de t hi s gentl eman39。 s r oom39。 she sai d. 39。 Wel, 39。 I sai d t o t he m anager , 39。 t her e is sti l som e honest y in t his wor l d !39。 lesson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英国人讲的是英语吗。 I ar ri ved in London at last . The r ail way st ati on was bi g, bl ack and dark. I di d not know t he way to m y hot el, so I asked a port er. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul l y, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, however , coul d not underst and m e。 I r epeated m y questi on sever al ti mes and at l ast he under stood. He answer ed m e, but he spoke neit her sl owl y nor cl earl y. 39。 I am a f or ei gner,39。 I said. Then he spoke slowl y, but I coul d not underst and him . My t eacher never spoke Engli sh l i ke t hat ! The port er and I l ooked at each ot her and sm il ed. Then he sai d som ethi ng and I underst ood i t. 39。 You39。 l l soon l ear n Engli sh!39。 he sai d. I wonder . I n Engl and, each m an speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engl i sh understand each ot her , but I don39。 t under st and them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit i cs 最佳美术评论家 I am an art st udent and I pai nt a l ot of pi ct ures. Many peopl e pr etend t hat t hey under st and m oder n art . They al ways tel you what a pict ur e i s 39。 about39。 . Of cour se, m any pi ct ures arc not 39。 about 39。 anyt hi ng. They ar e just pr et t y pat ter ns. We li ke t hem i n t he same way t hat we li ke pret y curt ai n m at er i al. I t hink t hat young chi l dr en oft en appr eci at e modern pi ct ures bet er t han anyone el se. They noti c e m ore. My si st er i s only seven, but she al ways t el l s m e whet her my pi ct ures ar e good or not. She cam e i nt o m y room yester day. 39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 she asked. 39。 I39。 m hangi ng t hi s pict ur e on t he wal l,39。 I answered. 39。 I t 39。 s a new one. Do you l ike i t ?39。 She l ooked at i t cri ti cal y f or a m oment.39。 I t39。 s al l ri ght ,39。 she sai d, 39。 but i sn39。 t i t upsi de down ?39。 I l ooked at it agai n. She was r i ght ! It was! Lesson27 A wet ni ght 雨夜 Lat e in t he aft er noon, t he boys put up t heir t ent i n t he m iddle of a f i el d. As soon as t hi s was done, t hey cooked a m eal over an open f ir e. They wer e al hungr y and t he food sm elt good. Aft er a wonderf ul m eal , t hey t ol d stori es and sang songs by t he cam p fi r e. But som e ti me l at er it began t o r ai n. The boys f el t t ir ed so t hey pet out t he fi re and cr ept i nt o t heir t ent . Thei r sl eepi ng bags wer e warm and f or t abl e, so t hey al sl ept soundl y. I n the mi ddl e of t he ni ght , t wo boys woke up and began shouti ng. The t ent was f ul l of wat er! They al l eapt out of t hei r sl eepi ng bags and hurr ied outsi de. It was r aini ng heavil y and they f ound t hat a str eam had f or med i n t he f i el d. The str eam wound it s way acr oss t he f i el d and then fl owed ri ght under their t ent ! Lesson28 No parki ng 禁止停车 Jasper Whi t e is one of those rar e peopl e who bel i eves in ancient m yt hs. He has j ust bought a new house i n t he cit y, but ever si nce he m oved i n, he has had tr oubl e wit h m ot ori st s. when he r etur ns hom e at ni ght, he al ways f i nds t hat som eone has parked a car out si de his gate. Because of this, he has not been abl e t o get his own car i nt o his gar age even once. Jasper has put up39。 No Par ki ng39。 si gns outsi de hi s gat e, but t hese have not had any ef f ect. Now he has put an ugly st one head over t he gat e. I t is one of t he ugli est f aces I have ever sen. I asked him what i t was and he t ol d me t hat i t was Medusa, the Gor gon. Jasper hopes that she wi l l t urn motor ists t o stone. But none of them has been t urned t o stone yet ! Lesson29 Taxi ! 出租汽车。 Captain Ben Fawcet t has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new ser vice. The 39。 t axi39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer oplane cal led a 39。 Pi l at us Por ter 39。 . This wonderf ul pl ane can car y seven passenger s. The m ost surpri sing t hi ng about i t, however , i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water , or even on a ploughed fi eld. Capt ain Fawcet 39。 s fi rst pasenger was a doctor who f lew f r om Bi rm ingham to a lonely vi l age i n t he Welsh mountai ns. Since t hen, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own pasenger s to many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on anot her occasion, he landed in a deser ted car par k. Capt ain Fawcet has just r efused a str ange r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man wanted to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sland in the At lanti c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t did not take him because the t ri p was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足t her e, he wi l f ly t o Pert h. My brot her has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞 Mr James Scott has a gar age in Si lbur y and now he has j ust bought another gar age in Pi nhur st . Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbu。