Unit 3 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 沪教牛津版 英语八年级下册

Unit 3 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津深圳版 英语八年级下册 一、阅读理解 “Dear Abby”. With these two words, millions of letters are about the writer’s worries, seeking (寻求) an answer to many problems. People send the letters to Abigail Van Buren, one of the most welcome social advice givers in the United States. The newspaper advice column (专栏) Dear Abby appears in more than 1000 newspapers, and over the years has tried to give answers to people looking for help with such topics as troublesome (让人烦心的) children, work, problems about health and so on. There is another “agony aunt” advice columnist (专栏作家) in the United States who is also popular and successful. Her name is Ann Landers, and she is also one of the most popular newspaper columnists in the world. Are these two famous advice columnists in competition? The funny fact behind their work is that they are twin sisters. “Dear Abby” is in fact Pauline Friedman. Her twin sister, Esther Friedman, is known as Ann Landers. They were born in Sioux City, Iowa on July 4, in 1918. In 1955, Esther Friedman took over (接管) the Ann Landers advice column in the Chicago-Sum newspaper, and kept the columnist’s name even when she served in another newspaper later. Inspired by Esther’s example, in 1956, her twin sister Pauline called the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and said she felt she could do a better job than the Ann Landers advice column. The editor asked for some examples of the columns and said he would look at them. The rest is history. 1．Both Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers are ________. A．newspaper reporters B．newspaper advice columnists C．advice seekers D．Chicago-based writers 2．According to the passage, Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers ________. A．worked for the same newspapers B．thought they were much better than each other C．were born on the same day D．started as advice columnists the same year 3．What can we infer from the passage? A．Dear Abby did a better job than the Ann Landers advice column. B．People can read Dear Abby co