Unit 4 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津译林版 英语八年级下册

Unit 4 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津译林版 英语八年级下册 一、阅读理解 One day, a woman bought a parrot(鹦鹉)from a pet store. However, the woman decided to send the parrot back to the store the next day. “This bird doesn’t talk.” she told the pet store owner. “Does he have a mirror?” the owner asked. “Parrots enjoy watching themselves in it.” So the woman bought one and left. The next day, she came back, saying that the bird still didn’t say anything. “How about a ladder (梯子)? Parrots love ladders,” the owner said. The woman bought a ladder and left. But the next day, she went back a third time. “Does your parrot have a swing? No? Well, once he starts swinging, he’ll talk a lot happily,” the owner said. The woman then bought a swing and left. When she walked into the store the next day, she began to cry and said sadly, “The parrot died.” The pet store owner was surprised at what she said. “What? I’m sorry. Tell me, did he ever say anything?” he asked. “Yes, right before he died,” the woman answered in a low voice, he asked me weakly, “Don’t they sell any food at that pet store?” Sometimes we forget what’s really necessary in life. We sometimes have lots of things to do at once, but we forget to do with the most important things first. We have to remember to “feed the parrots” in our lives. 1．The passage most probably comes from the ________ column (专栏) in a magazine. A．science B．sports C．story D．health 2．The parrot died because ________. A．he couldn’t fly in the sky like others B．he couldn’t enjoy himself in the mirror C．the woman gave him nothing to eat D．the woman was angry and killed him 3．The story follows the order of ________. a. the woman went back to the store               b. the store owner gave her advice c. the woman bought a parrot from a store          d. the parrot asked a question and died A．a-c-d-b B．b-a-c-d C．c-a-b-d D．d-c-a-b 4．The woman went back to the store for ________ times. A．one B．two C．three D．four Near my home there is a field with two horses. From a dista