Many of the stories written by Mark Twain
take place in Hannibal, Missouri. The small wooden house where he lived as
a boy still stands there. Next to the house is a wooden fence. It is
the kind described in Twain's book, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,"
published in1876.
In that story, Tom has been told to paint
the fence. He does not want to do it. But he acts as if the job is
great fun. He tricks other boys into believing this. His trick is so
successful that they agree to pay him money to let them finish his
work. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is considered one of the
best books about an American boy's life in THE the1800s.
Tom Sawyer's good friend is Huckleberry, or
"Huck," Finn. Mark Twain tells this boy's story in "The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Huck is a poor child, without a
mother or home. His father drinks too much alcohol and beats him.
Huck's situation has freed him from the
restrictions of society. He explores in the woods and goes
fishing. He stays out all night and does not go to school. He smokes
tobacco.
Huck runs away from home. He meets
Jim, a black man who has escaped from slavery. They travel together on a
raft made of wood down the Mississippi River. Huck describes the
trip: "It was lovely to live on the raft. Other places seem so
cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and
comfortable on a raft... Sometimes we'd have that whole river to ourselves
for the longest time... We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and
we used to lay on our backs and look up at them---. “
1.From the second paragraph we learn Tom Sawyer is a ______ boy.
A. kind
B. smart C. clumsy D.
honest
2.The reason why Huck runs away from home is that ______.
A. his family is
poor
B. he wants to find a friend live with
C. there’s no warn in his
home D. he loves nature and likes to adventure
3. The underlined word “restrictions” can be replaced by _____.
A. limits B.
prohibition C. forces D. rules
4.Why did Huck feel comfortable living in a raft? Because _____.
A. Huck made the raft by
himself B. Huck could eat fresh food here
C. Huck could have the river
there D. Huck likes to be free
5.The stories of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and “The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” are probably _____.
A. completely
imaginary
B. according Mark Twain’s experiences
C. Mark Twain’s autobiography(自传) D. records from
his last generation
