摘要:英文文本 A fantasy First listen and then answer the question. Why was the Ambassador particularly lucky? When the Ambassador or Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock. He looked pal[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 Future champions First listen and then answer the question. What kind of race do the children compete in? Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 What's for supper? First listen and then answer the question. What kind of fish are they? Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 A slip of the tongue First listen and then answer the question. Who made the only funny joke that evening and why? People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one. Whe[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 Monster or fish? First listen and then answer the question. What was the monster called? Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. Though people have often lau[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 Escape First listen and then answer the question. Why did the prisoner attack the driver? When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the bushes. Working rapi[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 The Crystal Palace First listen and then answer the question. How many people visited the Great Exhibition of 1851? Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteeth century was the[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 A successful operation First listen and then answer the question. Did the doctors find out how the woman died? The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation.[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 SOS First listen and then answer the question. How did the woman get help? When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 The record-holder First listen and then answer the question. Did the boy go where he wanted to? Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hour[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 A car called bluebird First listen and then answer the question. What mistake was made? The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 A famous clock First listen and then answer the question. Has Big Ben ever gone wrong? When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 But not murder! First listen and then answer the question. Do you think that the writer passed his driving test? Why? I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I had been[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 Sweet as honey! First listen and then answer the question. What was 'sweet as honey' and why? In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a l[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 She was not amused First listen and then answer the question. Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception? Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and if very popular at parties.[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 After the fire First listen and then answer the question. What was the danger to the villages after the fire? Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could g[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 Trouble with the Hubble First listen and then answer the question. What is the special importance of a telescope in space? The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 The future First listen and then answer the question. Does what Madam Bellinsky said come true? At a village fair, I decided to visit a fortune-teller called Madam Bellinsky. I went into he[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 In or out? First listen and then answer the question. Why did Rex run away? Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and dark. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would[阅读全文]

摘要:英文文本 A blessing in disguise? First listen and then answer the question. Why does the vicar refuse to cut down the tree? The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a 'cursed tree'. Because[阅读全文]