人教八年级上册一二单元阅读理解和七选五专项练习（无答案）

八年级英语（上）Units1-2专项训练（二） 一、阅读理解（60）。 A篇 Mark Twain，the famous American writer, liked to play jokes（玩笑） on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited (被邀请) to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man , one of his friends. The young man said that he has an uncle with him. He told Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh. “You bring your uncle to my talk tonight, ”said Mark Twain. “I’m sure I can make him laugh. ”That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh. But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories，but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed (失望的). Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened. “Oh,” said his friend. “I know t