誠實是一種光榮的美德，下面有小編整理的關於誠信的英語閱讀材料，歡迎大家閱讀!
Patrick Johnson，an artist for the Washington Post，found some treasure in his new house一一35，000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had car and house payments(貸款)in his head, he still decided to return all of the money to the previous(先前的)owner of the house, Mr. Williams. Would you have done the same?
Just hours after he had bought the house，Patrick came into the small house，where he was planning to lay out his tools and hang things up. He looked up and noticed a little hole in the wall. He didn't know what it was inside， so he walked towards the wall. It was very dark inside，but an old box caught his eye.
“I caught the thing，it was heavy. I thought it might be some pieces of wood，”he said. Actually it was not. It was filled with lots of dollar bills. But he and his wife knew they had to return the money to Mr. Williams.
“I've got two boys and we teach them to be honest and to do what is right. I knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again.”Patrick said to his wife.“So I thought we would do something honest with it. It's been a great thing for us and our kids.”
34. Patrick decided to return the money to .
A. his wife B. the bank C. their sons D. Mr. Williams
ick found the box
A. outside the small house B. in his wife's room
C. in the hole of the wall D. among his tools
36. Patrick thought there might be in the box when he found it.
A. 35,000 dollars B. some pieces of wood
C. many famous pictures D. some expensive treasures
ick and his wife returned the money at last because
A. they didn't need the money at all
B. their children liked money very much
C. they wanted to teach their children to be honest
D. the previous owner of the house asked them to do so
【考點】人物故事類閱讀.
【分析】翻譯：帕特里克.約翰遜，為華盛頓郵報的藝術家，他在他的新房子發現了一些寶藏一一35000美元在一個沒有人能看到它的地方.雖然他有車，他還揹負著房貸，他還是決定把所有的錢還給先前房子的主人iams，你能做到嗎?
就在他買下房子的幾個小時後，帕特里克走進了小房子，在那裡他打算把工具和一些東西掛起來，他抬頭注意到牆上有一個小洞，他不知道里面是什麼東西，於是他朝牆壁走去，裡面很黑，但有一箇舊箱子.
“我拿起那個箱子，它很重.我想這可能是幾塊木頭，”他說.其實不是.這裡面裝了大量的鈔票.但他和他的妻子知道他們要把錢歸還iams.
“我有兩個男孩，我教他們要誠實，要做正確的事情.我知道這是一個教育機會，我不會錯過.”帕特里克對他的妻子說.“所以我認為我們要做一些誠實的事.這對我們和我們的孩子都是一件偉大的事情.”
【解答】34.D. 由Although he had car and house payments(貸款)in his head，he still decided to return all of the money to the previous(先前的)owner of the house，iams可知他決定把所有的錢還給iams，故選：D.
35.C.由He looked up and noticed a little hole in the didn't know what it was inside，so he walked towards the was very dark inside，but an old box caught his eye.可知他在牆上的一個小洞裡發現的箱子，故選：C.
36.B.由I thought it might be some pieces of wood，”he said.可知當他發現時他認為可能是幾塊木頭，故選：B.
37.C. 由 knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again.”Patrick said to his wife.“So I thought we would do something honest with 's been a great thing for us and our kids.”可知他們想教孩子要誠實，故選：C.
【點評】首先理解問題，然後帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關的句子，並理解大意，最後仔細斟酌，選出答案，並核對.
國中英語閱讀理解【2】What can we learn from the special, very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible?
Lesson 1: Ways of creative thinking are needed
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways of thinking. They think standard ways of teaching might stop people from being creative and having new ideas.
Lesson 2: The answer might not be what you expect
Find your answers from facts — not start with an expectation of what you will find. Stephen Jacobsen from Northwestern University believed what he was taught: that water on Earth came from icy comets(彗星) or planets which hit into Earth.
However, by studying a special rock, he discovered that it acts like a sponge(海綿). This suggests that Earth's water may have come from inside, driven to the surface to form the oceans, by geological activity.
“I had a pretty hard time making others believe it,” he said. “But thinking about the fact that you may the first person to see something for the first time doesn’t happen very often. When it does, it’s amazing.”
Lesson 3: A little luck goes a long way
