五年级英语同步阅读3,4.docVIP

(1)Fall In the fall, leaves drop to the ground. Many trees have nuts or fruits. Animals may begin to store food. Some birds collect nuts and acorns to store. Other birds fly to a warmer place for the winter. They won’t return until the spring. Days become shorter. Cold weather is coming. The fur of many animals gets thick because they need a thick coat to protect them. People also wear warmer clothing and prepare for winter. In some areas there may be rain or even snow, but in many southern areas it is still warm. Fall is also the time when farmers harvest their crops. People look forward to fall for many reasons. The most important one is that fall is the harvest season. 注释： Nut:干果，acorn:橡树果子，prepare:准备，look forward:盼望，store:存储，fur: 软毛, harvest: 收获 选择正确答案: Which months do you think belong to the fall season? Jun. , Jul. and Aug. B. Dec. , Jan. and Feb. C. Mar. , Apr and May. Animals begin to ______in fall. collect and store food go to a warmer place change fur into thicker one all the above 3. In the fall, the weather becomes_____. A. colder B. warmer C. wet D. dry 4. Fall is also the ______ time. A. harvest B. working C. sleeping D. rest 5. Fall is also called_______. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter (4)A lift A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long. Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates in up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift goes to that floor. It is very fast and easy. Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mother and father carry food up all those stairs? Of cou