The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was publis...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1885 and is a sequel(续集）to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. At the end of the story, Tom and his best friend Huck found a lot of money in a cave and were allowed to keep it. Huck starts his story by describing what has happened to him since then.

Many people consider Huckleberry Finn to be one of the ‘great American novels’. However, when it first came out it was banned by some libraries and schools. People thought that Huck, a young boy and the main character, wasn’t a good example for children because he lied, stole and used bad language. Later, in the second half of the twentieth century, the novel was criticized for its racist language.

In the novel Twain attacks many of the traditions of the southern states of the USA, through the eyes of the main character, the reader sees and judges the South, its faults and its good qualities.

Several themes run through the story. Perhaps the most important one is slavery, which was finally abolished in all American states in 1865. Another is freedom. Both Huck and Jim want to be free—Jim from slavery and Huck from the society that wants to control him. A third is friendship. The adventures that Jim and Huck share on the river bring them closer together. The fact that Jim is black and a slave is no longer important and they become good friends. Jim helps Huck and Huck helps Jim in return.

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— Have you read the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

— Yeah, it’s truly worth________. It’s________interesting that I’ve read it twice.

A.reading; too B.to read; enough C.reading; so D.to read; such

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Huck is my name, Huckleberry Finn.　 I live in the town of St. Petersburg in the state of Missouri. It is a small town but it is near a very big river called Mississippi. This is a story of a journey that I made down the river on a raft and the adventures I had on the way.

It all started when my best friend, Tom Sawyer and I found $12,000 in a cave. That money made us rich. We got $6,000 each.　 Judge Thatcher, an important man in St.　 Petersburg, put it in the bank, and now we get a dollar a day interest(利息).

Then a kind old lady called Widow Douglas invited me to live with her. Because I haven't got a family or a home. My mother died a long time ago, then my dad, Pap, went away. He was an unkind man especially when he drank a lot, which was, most of the time, and he often beat me. I was afraid of him. I didn't go to school like the other boys of my age. I lived on the streets and in the woods.

My life changed after I lived with the widow(寡妇). She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table.

But then her sister Miss Watson arrived. She brought her black slave Jim with her. I liked Jim but I didn't like Miss Watson very much. She often shouted at me.

"Don't put your feet on the table. Huckleberry! Sit up straight! Why don't you try and behave well, Huckleberry?"

1.What was the relationship between Huckleberry and Tom Sawyer?

A.Friends. B.Relatives. C.Brothers. D.Neighbors.

2.From the passage we can know that ________.

A.Miss Douglas was very kind to Huckleberry

B.Mr. Thatcher was unimportant to Huckleberry

C.Miss Watson was rather patient with Huckleberry

D.Huckleberry's dad was very generous to him

3.What can we Learn about Huckleberry Finn according to the passage?

A.Huckleberry had a happy life with his parents.

B.It was Widow Douglas who helped Huckleberry when he was in trouble.

C.Huckleberry was thankful to Thatcher because he offered a bed to him to sleep in

D.Both Miss Watson and Miss Douglas had a heart full of love.

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阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。

Mark Twain tells a boy’s story in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. Huck is a poor child without a mother or home. His father drinks too much wine and always beats him.

Huck’s situation has freed him from the restriction (约束) of society. He explores in the woods and goes fishing. He stays out all night and does not go to school. He smokes. Huck runs away from home. He meets Jim, a black man who has escaped from slavery (奴隶制). They travel together on a raft (木筏) made of wood down the Mississippi River.

Mark Twain started writing “Huckleberry Finn” as a children’s story. But it soon became serious. The story tells about the social evil (罪恶) of slavery, which is seen through the eyes of a child. Huck’s ideas about people were formed by the white society in which he lived. So, at first, he does not question slavery. Huck knows that important people believe slavery is natural, the law of God. So, he thinks it is his duty to tell Jim’s owerns where to find him.

Later, Huck comes to understand that Jim is a good man. He finds he cannot carry out his plan to tell Jim’s owners of his whereabouts (下落). Instead, he decides to help Jim run away. He decides to do this, even if God punished him.

1.Huckleberry Finn is always beaten by ____________________.

2.Jim is a ____________________ who has escaped from slavery.

3.Huckleberry Finn and Jim travel together down ____________________.

4.The story was first written by Mark Twain as ____________________.

5.Huckleberry Finn decides to help Jim ____________________ at last.

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I'm Huckleberry Finn. It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of me. You will hear a lot about me and my ___________ Tom Sawyer.

Some days ago, Tom and I found a pile of gold that robbers had hidden in a cave.　 ___________ got $6, 000 each. That's a lot of money!

Judge Thatcher put that money in the bank for us and gave us one dollar a ___________ . That's enough for me to spend in one day, but Tom can always think of something to spend money on.

I lived by myself for some time ___________　 my father ran off. I had no idea where he went. But the Widow Douglas took a ___________ on me and took me in to live with her. She thought I didn't behave like a gentleman. She always reminded me of my ___________ . "Huckleberry,　 ___________ behind your ears when washing your face. " "Huckleberry, don't eat with hour fingers, use the knife and the fork ___________ . " "Huckleberry, clean your shoes before you come in. " It seemed that she could never say my　 ___________without some reminder.

And she made me wear new clothes. They were so small that I could ____________ breathe in them. I didn't like the way she was trying to make a ____________　 of me. So I ____________ in my old clothes.

I didn't go far before my best friend Tom found me. "You have to ____________ , " Tom said, "I'm thinking about starting a band of robbers. We need you to be a part of it. Only respectable people can join us. " I didn't much like that plan, ____________ I went back anyway.

The widow cried when she saw me. "Oh, Huck, I was so ____________when I couldn't find you. My poor boy" She put fine clothes back on me.

1.A.brother B.teacher C.friend D.cousin

2.A.I B.He C.We D.They

3.A.day B.week C.month D.year

4.A.if B.unless C.because D.so

5.A.pity B.time C.regret D.notice

6.A.fashions B.impressions C.actions D.manners

7.A.move B.fill C.check D.wash

8.A.otherwise B.instead C.therefore D.especially

9.A.face B.ears C.father D.name

10.A.mainly B.hardly C.truly D.mostly

11.A.lady B.robber C.boy D.gentleman

12.A.ran away B.ran down C.put away D.put off

13.A.come in B.come back C.go out D.go away

14.A.before B.but C.or D.as

15.A.excited B.interested C.satisfied D.worried

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Huck is my name, Huckleberry Finn. The story started when my best friend, Tom Sawyer and I found $12, 000 in a cave. That money made us rich. We got $6, 000 each. Judge Thatcher, an important man in St. Petersburg, put it in the bank, and now we get a dollar a day interest(利息).

Then a kind old lady called Widow Douglas invited me to live with her because I haven't got a family or a home. My mother died a long time ago, then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was a violent(狂暴的)man especially when he drank a lot, which was most of the time, and he often beat me. I was scared of him. I didn't go to school like the other boys of my age. I lived on the streets and in the woods.

My life changed after I lived with the widow(寡妇). She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table. But then her sister Miss Watson arrived. She brought her black slave(奴隶)Jim with her. I liked Jim but I didn't like Miss Watson very much. She often shouted at me.

Widow Douglas sent me to school every day. I didn't like going there at first because learning was very difficult. But when I could read and write a bit, I didn't mind going.

The months passed and winter came. The weather got cold. One morning I woke up and there was snow on the ground. On my way to school. I saw some footprints outside the widow's house. There was a cross on the heel(脚后跟)of the left one. My heart jumped. Only one person wore boots with a cross on the left head! Pap!

"He's heard about my money, "I thought. "And he wants it!"

That night I went to see Jim. Jim had a magic ball made of animal hair. There was a spirit inside the ball that could answer people's questions about the future.

1.How did Huck get the money which was given to Judge Thatcher to put in the bank?

A.Huck's father gives him.

B.Huck's mother leaves the money to him before she dies.

C.Window Douglas gives him.

D.Huck and Tom Sawyer find the money in a cave.

2.How did Huck feel about living with Widow Douglas?

A.He hated his new life. B.He didn't mind his new life.

C.He loved his new life. D.He wanted to get away from his new life.

3.From the passage we can know that ________.

A.Miss Douglas was very kind to Huck B.Mr. Thatcher was unimportant to Huck

C.Miss Watson was rather patient with Huck D.Huck's dad was very generous to him

4.Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

①Widow Douglas sent Huck to school.　　　　　　

②Huck.

③Widow Douglas invited Huck to live with her.

④Widow Douglas read stories to Huck.

A.③②④① B.②③④① C.③④②① D.②④③①

5.What can we learn about Huckleberry Finn according to the passage?

A.Huck had a happy life with his parents.

B.Huck knew Pap wanted to get his money.

C.It was Jim who helped Huck when he was in trouble.

D.Thatcher offered a bed to Huck to sleep in.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (《哈利·波特与密室》) was published in July 1998.

American and British people both speak English. But there are a lot of differences in the ways they speak. J. K. Rowling made some changes for American kids in the Harry Potter books. For example, she used parking lot (停车场) instead of car park.

In October 1998, J. K. Rowling travelled to the United States for the first time to sell her books. At first, J. K. Rowling was worried that American children wouldn’t like her book as much as children in the United Kingdom did. But she was wrong. “When I did public readings,” she said, “they even all laughed in the same places as British children.”

J K. Rowling was surprised that many of the children had already read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The book wasn’t even published in the United States yet. They had ordered the book from England on the Internet because they couldn’t wait.

J. K. Rowling was more successful than she had ever dreamed. In the publishing world, no children’s books had ever been as popular as the Harry Potter books. Even popular children’s book writer Dr Seuss did not sell so many books.

When she returned to America, J. K. Rowling was met by, not just children, but crowds of adults. Why were so many adults reading a book written for children? It is because a really good story attracts people of all ages.

1.What language do American and British people both speak according to Paragraph 2?

A. Chinese. B. English. C. Russian. D. Japanese.

2.In 1998, J. K. Rowling went to the United States ________.

A. for holiday B. for a visit C. to sell her books D. to visit some friends

3.What made J. K. Rowling surprised according to Paragraph 4?

A. American children liked her books

B. American children didn’t like her books

C. British children liked her books.

D. British children didn’t like her books

4.What does Dr Seuss do?

A. A worker. B. An engineer. C. A writer. D. A doctor.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. Only children liked J. K. Rowling’s books.

B. Only adults liked J. K Rowling’s books.

C. Older people aren’t attracted by J. K Rowling’s books.

D. People of different ages are attracted by J. K. Rowling’s books.

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Tom and his best friend, Huck Finn, run away to ________ island in ________ middle of the Mssissippi River.

A.a; / B.an; the C.an; / D.a; the

九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析

Lord of the Flies __________in 1954 although it was not a great success at first.

A.publish B.published C.is published D.was published

九年级英语单选题困难题查看答案及解析

It was the worst day of my professional life. My publisher shut down, and we had no idea if another publisher would take over my novel. In addition, my second novel hadn’t sold as well as the first one. It seemed that I was watching my career going downwards. It was so terrifying.

However, as I shared my fears with my mother, she said something I would never forget: “I would love you if you were a garbage man.” She wasn’t looking down upon garbage men. She was just saying that whatever my job was, she loved me. It was just her honest feeling at that moment, but those simple words are still the ones I use to fight so many of my fears today.

To this day, when I sit down to write every day, I say those words to myself, “I’d love you if you were a garbage man.” I can still feel the selflessness of my mother’s love.

A few years ago, my mother passed away because of breast cancer. It was she who set me on the path of writing a series of children’s books to give strength to my own children. The first two are I’m Amelia Earhart and I’m Abraham Lincoln. In six months, we’ll publish I’m Rosa Parks. For me, this isn’t just a book series. It’s my dream for my own daughter, for my sons, and for all of us who need to see the power and potential (潜力) in each of us.

This series was born also because I was tired of my daughter thinking that reality TV stars were heroes. I tell my kids all the time: That’s fame (名气). Fame is different from being a hero. I wanted my kids to see real heroes who are no different than themselves. For this reason, each book tells the story of the hero when he/she was a kid. We see them as children. So it’s not just Amelia Earhart and Abraham Lincoln being famous; it’s them being just like us.

Look around. We live in a world that desires heroes. Our solution is what my mother taught me with her words: the power of an ordinary person. I can proudly repeat my mother’s words to my kids. They’ll understand how I love them.

1.The author felt terrified because　　　 .

A. he was experiencing a difficult time in his career

B. his mother passed away because of breast cancer

C. he had no idea how to sell his second novel

D. he was given a job as a garbage man

2.What was the author’s understanding of his mum’s words?

A. Mum wanted him to be a garbage man.

B. Mum loved him no matter what he did.

C. Mum was looking down on garbage men.

D. Mum didn’t want him to continue writing novels.

3.What does “themselves” in the fifth paragraph refer to?

A. Real heroes.　　 B. Children’s books.　　 C. The author’s kids.　　 D. Reality TV stars.

4.The author is trying to teach his children to　　　 .

A. respect real heroes　　 B. behave themselves

C. be ordinary people　　 D. realize their own potential

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