驴耳朵国王弥达斯

　　暑假过后，新初三生们迎来了初中最重要的一年——初三。为方便2013年中考考生及家长查询相关信息，出国留学网中考频道特别搜集汇总了中考英语阅读素材以供参考：

　　阿尔特弥斯

　　Apollo drove his golden carriage across the heavens during the day，admired as the sun-god.Artemis also raced across the sky in solemn style at night，respected as the moon-goddess.Sitting in an airy carriage drawn by milk white horses，“the queen of wide air” gave off silver light all over the sleeping world below.Though she remained single all her life，the maiden heart of the goddess was at least for once excited as she saw the beautiful youth Endymion sleeping.

　　She was pure and fair and calm.She was the example of maiden modesty and grace.Just as Apollo represents manly beauty，so Artemis stands for feminine purity and virginity .As their patron goddess she took it as her duty to protect marrying girls and young women in trouble.It was her altar that those maidens turned for love and happiness.

　　The twin sister of Apollo was also the goddess of hunting and wild life .Dressed in a short hunting-suit coming up to the knee and followed by a team of noisy lovely fairy maidens，Artemis had always her bow of pearl and shining arrow with her and travelled in the woods in search of wild animals.When she felt hot and tired she would retire to a spring to take a bath.It was here that young Actaeon accidentally came and suffered cruel treatment at the hands of the goddess.Indeed，the goddesscould be thoroughly heartless and stopped to be lovely as soon as the ba...

　　暑假过后，新初三生们迎来了初中最重要的一年——初三。为方便2013年中考考生及家长查询相关信息，出国留学网中考频道特别搜集汇总了中考英语阅读素材以供参考：

　　拉俄达弥亚

　　When the Greek ships reached the Trojan land at the outbreak of the war，a prophet declared that the first Greek setting foot on the enemy soil was doomed to die .Protesilaus，a Greek chief，seeing that there was a gooddeal of hesitation among his comrades，leapt overboard and fellinstantly，pierced through by Hector's spear .When his wife Laodamia heard of this she was simply inconsolable .She offered rich sacrifice to the gods and begged Zeus to restore herslaughtered lord to her.Moved by her fidelity ，Zeus sent Hermes to escort the shade of Protesilaus back to the upper air tostay with his wife for three hours.Laodamia's joy knew nobounds when she held her slain lord once more in her arms.Protesilaus told her the story of his selfsacrifice，and Laodamiawas happy to become a bride for a second time.However，shegave a sharp cry when she saw Hermes coming at the fixed hourto take Protesilaus back to the lower world.So sad was she at the second parting that she died of grief not long after.The pairwere reunited in Hades.

　　当战争爆发时，段腊般抵达特洛伊地区。一位预言家宣称，第一个踏上敌人土地的段腊人注定会死。一位名叫普洛忒西拉斯的希腊酋长看着同伴踌躇不前，就从船上跳入水中，一瞬时他就倒下了，被海克特的长矛穿透了胸膛。他的妻子拉俄达弥亚听到这个消息，悲痛之心无法得以慰藉。她献给众神丰厚的祭品，哀求宙斯把被杀的丈夫还给她。她的忠贞感动了宙斯。宙斯派海默斯护送普洛忒西拉斯的幽魂回到阳间与他的妻子共度三个小时。她再次拥抱被杀的丈夫。她的喜悦无边无际。普洛忒西拉斯给她讲述了他自我献身的故事。拉俄达弥亚很高兴再做一次新娘。然而，当海默斯预定的时间到来时，普洛忒西拉斯将被带回阴间，她痛苦地叫了一声。对于第二次分别她如此悲痛不堪，以致于不久之后就在痛苦之中死去。他们在冥府之中再次团圆。

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本作文是关于小学六年级的作文，题目为：《驴驴，我爱你！》，欢迎大家踊跃投稿。

2008年6月2日 天气：晴

今天，我特别开心，因为我收到了一份特殊的生日礼物！这是小熊维尼里的一只小驴，是恬雨送给我的。

早上，我刚进班里一会儿，恬雨就提着一个小袋子放在我的桌子上说：“给！”我不知什麽意思，便问：“干什麽呀？”“送给你的生日礼物，打开看看吧！”真没想到，有人还能记起我的生日，我打开袋子一看，哇！是一只小驴，真的好好可爱呦！“thank you！”平时我总觉得我在别人心目中是那麽的不值得别人一看，可令我万分惊喜的是：恬雨竟然还能记起我的生日。谢谢你——恬雨！

这头小驴表情非常天真，背上夹杂着一撮黑亮亮的毛，尾巴上还有一个粉红色的蝴蝶结，可爱极了！我妈妈特别喜欢，我非常想把这个礼物送给我的妈妈，因为在10年前的今天，我的妈妈含着痛苦的表情在人间创造出了我这麽一个小生命。同时，我也要感谢我的妈妈：“您辛苦了！” 恬雨，你送给我的生日礼物，我非常喜欢，但是，以后不要再花那麽多钱了，自己亲手做一份礼物送给我，我比吃了什麽都甜！真的非常感谢你。

“谢谢你，恬雨！”

“妈妈，您辛苦了！”

　　雅思口语素材：古希腊12主神介绍(阿尔忒弥斯)

　　阿尔忒弥斯 (希腊文 Αρτεμιδ;拉丁文 Artemis)，罗马神话中的狄安娜。掌管狩猎，照顾妇女分娩，保护反抗和蔑视爱神的青年男女。曾与孪生兄弟阿波罗一起，杀死迫害其母的巨蟒皮同和羞辱其母的尼俄柏及其子女。在土耳其以弗所，有专为她修筑的亚底米神庙。

　　Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name and indeed the goddess herself was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals". TheArcadians believed she was the daughter of Demeter.

　　In the classical period of Greek mythology, Artemis (Greek: (nominative) Ἄρτεμις, (genitive)Ἀρτέμιδος) was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. In later Hellenistic times, she even assumed the ancient role of Eileithyia in aiding childbirth.

　　Birth

　　Various conflicting accounts are given in Classical Greek mythology of the birth of Artemis and her twin brother, Apollo. All accounts agree, however, that she was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and that she was the twin...

　　达特茅斯学院(http://www.dartmouth.com.cn/)是普及计算机教育的策源地，因为BASIC语言就诞生于此地，人工智能最早的会议在此间开幕，校园网电子邮件也在此校发端并融入师生的教学和日常生活中。前任校长，现在教一年级新生的电脑教授就是电脑BASIC语言的发明人约翰·柯梅尼(John Kemeny)。

　　学生情况

　　达特茅斯学院(http://www.dartmouth.com.cn/)没有选择向大而全的方向发展。学校共有在校生近6000人，其中研究生近1500人。学生来自全美50个州和全世界100余个国家，其中亚裔学生占10%，黑人学生占7%，西裔学生占5%，白人学生占75%。

　　达特茅斯的本科人数是常春藤盟校中最少者之一，只有四千二百多人，本科生人数少就意味着班级小、与教授更能建立起亲密的关系。达特茅斯并不把在学术界名气大小作为是否给教授终身职最重要的考量因素，这在常春藤盟校中相当罕见。像哈佛、耶鲁都是采用明星制度，除非是某个领域的名家，否则不可能成为这些大学的教授。但达特茅斯更为注重的则是教师本人的教育质量。学生们津津乐道许多教授在自己家里开课，边喝咖啡边讨论严肃的学术问题。

　　与其它许多学院不同，达特茅斯学院Dartmouth College的学生对校园伙食评价极高。也许是临近著名的佛蒙特和新罕布什尔州的农牧业区，食品新鲜而富于营养。学院自营的汉诺威旅馆也以美食著称。不过，这里的美国美食是否能满足有些华人学生的“中国胃”，则不敢打保票。

　　学期制度

　　达特茅斯学院(http://www.dartmouth.com.cn/)与其它所有学校大异其趣的又一个别出心裁之处，是它的特殊校历，俗称“达特茅斯计划”。这个计划把全年分成四个学期，每学期十个星期。学生们每年只要上三个学期的课就可以，具体在哪三个学期上可以自己选择，校方唯一的规定是学生们到了三年级时，必须在夏天学期上课。