六年级小升初英语专项复习讲与练-[第45讲] 阅读步步高（八） 人教版（word版，含答案）.docx

阅读步步高
Three Turtles
Three turtles decided to have a cup of coffee. Just as they got into the cafe, it started to rain.
The biggest turtle said to the smallest one, "Go home and get the umbrella."
The little turtle replied, "I will, if you don't drink my coffee.""We won't," the other two promised.
Two years later the big turtle said to the middle turtle, "Well, I guess he isn't coming back, so we might as well drink his coffee."
Just then a voice called from outside the door, "If you do, I won't go."
Once two hunters went hunting in the forest.One of them suddenly fell down by accident. He showed the whites of his eyes and seemed to have stopped breathing. The other hunter soon took out his mobile phone to call the emergency center for help.
The operator said calmly:"First, you should make sure that he is already dead." Then the operator heard a gunshot from the other end of the phone and next he heard the hunter asking:"What should I do next?"
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The First Detective
Who was the first modern detective: Sherlock Holmes? Hercule Poirot? Actually it was someone very few people have heard of: a Frenchman called Francois-Eugene Vidocq.
Vidocq was born on 24 July 1775. He was always getting into trouble, so his family made him join the army when he was 17. Unfortunately, things didn’t get any better: at the age of 20, Vidocq went to prison fo