Unit 3 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津上海版（试用本） 英语八年级下册

Unit 3 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津上海版（试用本） 英语八年级下册 一、阅读理解 April 1st is a day on which, in some countries, people try to play jokes on others. If one succeeds in joking with somebody, one laughs and says, “April Fool”, and then the person who has been joked with usual laughs, too. One April 1st, a country bus was going on a countryside road. The road was so small and not so straight that the driver had great trouble in driving along. When the bus slowed down and stopped, he quickly turned his key again and again, looking very worried, but nothing happened. Then he turned to the passengers with an unhappy look on his face and said, “This poor bus is getting old and it isn’t going as well as it used to. There is one thing to do if we want to get home before dark. I shall count three, and on the word ‘three’, I want you all to lean forward(前倾) suddenly as hard as you can. That should get the bus started again. Now, all of you lean back as far as you can in your seats and get ready.” The passengers all followed the drivers’ words. They leaned back all at once and waited quietly for the drivers number counting. Then the driver turned to his front and asked whether they were ready. The passengers hardly had enough breath to answer “yes”. “One! Two! Three!” counted the driver. The passengers all leaned forward suddenly and the bus started up at a great speed. The passengers breathed more easily and began to smile with joy. But their smiles turned to surprise and then big laughter when the driver cried, “ April Fools”. 1．On one April Fool’s Day, a driver was driving on a ________. A．crowded street B．countryside road C．wide city road D．straight highway 2．The driver turned his key again and again, looking very worried, in order to ________. A．start the bus again so that the passengers could get back home to before dark B．show to the passengers how difficult it was for him to drive on such a bad road C．tell the passengers that the bus was getting old but could still run well eno