2022九年级英语全册 Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected拓展阅读（新版）人教新目标版.doc

1、阅读文章April Fools Day is supposed to be a day to play jokes on others in hopes of getting a good laugh and making one feel like a fool. However, the April Fools Day of 2016 was quite different for my mom and me. That day my friend Jimmy and I were playing a game. I had dropped down from a bar(横木)many

2、times in the past without ever having a problem, but that day the simple act of dropping to the ground became a nightmare (噩梦). I broke my arm. Jimmys dad heard my crying and rushed out to see what was going on. When he saw the problem, he quickly put me into his truck and went inside to telephone m

3、y mom and let her know he would take me to the hospital. As that day was April Fools Day, Mom was not buying it and really thought all this was a big joke. Mom was finally convinced by Jimmys mom. When she saw me, she broke down in tears because she felt so badshe simply believed this was just a big

4、 trick. I guess one could compare this to the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Since I had played bad tricks before, it was no wonder that my mom didnt believe it. I as well as my mom was made to look like a fool that day. We both learned a valuable lesson. 试着做一做1What happened to the writer on the A

5、pril Fools Day of 2016? AHe dreamed a terrible dream. BHe was hurt by Jimmy. CHe had an accident.DHe fooled his mom with his friend. 2Why did Jimmys dad phone the writers mom? ABecause he wanted to play a joke on her.BBecause he wanted her to go to the hospital to pay the money. CBecause he wanted t

6、o see how deeply she loved her son. DBecause he wanted to inform her of the accident. 3What does the underlined sentence “Mom was not buying it” mean? AShe didnt believe what Jimmys dad said. BShe would not like to pay the money.CShe had no preparation for the bad news. DShe thought her son deserved

7、(应受) it. 4Why did the writer mention the story of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”？ ABecause he thought it was his moms fault.BBecause he had a lesson like that.CBecause he was proud of his story. DBecause he felt he was luckier than that boy. 5From the passage we can infer that _. Athe writers mom didnt ca

8、re much about him Bthe writer was a dishonest person Cthe writer wont pull pranks as before Dthe writer will lose interest in games答案1.C点拨：信息关联法。由第二段最后一句I broke my arm可知。2D点拨：由第三段let her know he would take me to the hospital可知。3A点拨：由第三段Mom was not buying it and really thought all this was a big joke.可知。4B点拨：由文章最后一句We both learned a valuable lesson.可知。5C点拨：总结推理法。从Since I had played bad tricks before, it was no wonder that my mom didnt believe it.及全文来看，作者以后不会再像从前那样搞恶作剧了。