本书主要适用于四年级学生英语阅读素养及阅读理解能力的培养。书中共收录适合当代小学生英语阅读训练短文118篇，选材内容有人物故事、学习、日常生活、体育运动、动植物、兴趣爱好、健康饮食、季节与天气、节假日、幽默与笑话等。短文材料新颖，内容丰富，语言地道，趣味性强，既有利于激发小学生的阅读兴趣，又有助于培养其阅读理解能力。
本书既可作为老师及家长引导下的学生“自主训练”，也可作为四年级学生英语教学的课后习题，是一本不可多得的好书。

高翠华（笔名：高梓彤），毕业于北京第二外国语学院，从事英语教育及相关工作近16年，熟悉并深入研究中小学各阶段英语教材、新概念、剑桥国际英语、KET与PET等多种英语教材及国际英语考试。工作之余，最大爱好就是阅读各类优秀的中英文书籍，撰写文章。英语阅读让平凡的生活变得多姿多彩。

Passage1-7
Passage 1 Leo
Passage 2 Little Strange
Passage 3 Eating a Worm
Passage 4 I'm Blueman
Passage 5 Monster Tommy
Passage 6 Uncle Richard
Passage 7 Time Waits for No One
Passage8-14
Passage 8 What Do You Want to Be?
Passage 9 Melor Seeds
Passage 10 Never Deposit Your Money in the Bank
Passage 11 David's Dream
Passage 12 A Math Class
Passage 13 A Telephone Call
Passage 14 Mr Green and Tommy
Passage15-21
Passage 15 Sports Meet
Passage 16 Shoes and Feet
Passage 17 In the Emergency Room
Passage 18 Insomnia
Passage 19 A Tough Woman and Thief
Passage 20 An English Class
Passage 21 Balzac and the Thief
Passage22-28
Passage 22 Who's the Most Important?
Passage 23 Eating Habits
Passage 24 When
Passage 25 Jane
Passage 26 Jack
Passage 27 Not Very Well
Passage 28 Precious Friendship
Passage29-35
Passage 29 Hobbies
Passage 30 The Country Life
Passage 31 Camping
Passage 32 The Nurse
Passage 33 The Red Fairy
Passage 34 How-to Grow Taller
Passage 35 Cauliflower
Passage36-42
Passage 36 My Favorite Book
Passage 37 The Apple of One's Eye
Passage 38 The Smartphone
Passage 39 Table Manners
Passage 40 Duster Cloth
Passage 41 Pasting Couplets
Passage 42 Baseball
Passage43-49
Passage 43 An Unforgettable Holiday
Passage 44 Canned Yellow Peach
Passage 45 My Homework
Passage 46 A Pun Robot
Passage 47 Mother Earth
Passage 48 The Expedition to the North Pole
Passage 49 Chocolate
Passage50-56
Passage 50 The Rainbow and the Sun
Passage 51 Duckling
Passage 52 Wish List
Passage 53 Baozi and-Xiaolongbao
Passage 54 Deng Yaping
Passage 55 Losing Weight
Passage 56 Pandas
Passage57-63
Passage 57 Garbage Sorting
Passage 58 Time
Passage 5g Computer
Passage 60 Grandparents
Passage 61 Coffee and Cola
Passage 62 Fishing
Passage 63 My Computer
Passage64-70
Passage 64 Shopping
Passage 65 Cough
Passage 66 Good Habits
Passage 67 My New Friend Bruce
Passage 68 Asking for a Leave
Passage69 Polo
Passage 70 A Grouch
Passage71-77
Passage 71 Self-discipline
Passage 72 A Moonlight Clan
Passage 73 The Rabbit and the Restaurateur
Passage 74 The Story of Bao Gong
Passage 75 Camera Eye
Passage 76 Birthday Gifts for Mummy
Passage 77 The Panda and the DigitalCamera
Passage 78-84
Passage 78 Cattle in India
Passage 79 Mosquito
Passage 80 Smoke Less
Passage 81 Beijing
Passage 82 Crossing the Road
Passage 83 Wisdom Teeth
Passage 84 Hair Cut
Passage85-91
Passage 85 Keeping Fit
Passage 86 Hide-and-Seek
Passage 87 The Magic Composition
Passage 88 Memories of Childhood
Passage 89 Hoarding
Passage 90 The Focus Effect
Passage 91 Before or After a Meal
Passage92-98
Passage 92 Why Are You Late?
Passage 93 Tooth Decay
Passage 94 Goubuli Steamed Stuffed Bun
Passage 95 A Happy Saturday
Passage 96 NutEents
Passage 97 In Germany
Passage 98 The Poor Instant Noodles
Passage99-105
Passage 99 Rock Climbing
Passage 100 Confucius
Passage 101 Calling the Roll
Passage 102 Surstromming
Passage 103 Waiting for the Snow
Passage 104 Sun Kang
Passage 105 Animals Spend the Winter
Passage106-112
Passage 106 It's the Apple's Fault
Passage 107 A Film and a Fish
Passage 108 I Don't Want to Be a Reader
Passage 109 The Ice Cream Waits for Nobody
Passage 110 The Violin Case
Passage 111 The Dishwater
Passage 112 India
Passage113-118
Passage 113 Philanthropist
Passage 114 TheMosquitoes with Torches
Passage 115 It's All Glasses' Fault
Passage 116 Sports
Passage 117 The Twin Brothers
Passage 118 The School Sports Meet