This is a book written ________ Mark Twain.A....

This is a book written ________ Mark Twain.

A. with　　 B. in　　 C. by　　 D. to

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—I ______ a famous book by Mark Twain this weekend.What about you?

—I'll go shopping with my mother.

A. buy　　 B. bought

C. am buying　　 D. am going to buy

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The__________of the great book, the Adventure of Tom Sawyer,is Mark Twain.

A. theme　　 B. price

C. owner　　 D. writer

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Ma Yan is not really a writer, but this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. Ma Yan’s diary tells us about Ma’s life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. However, she is brave and wants to go to school very much.

Her mother gave her diary to a reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjiashu in 2001. Now, Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and China.

Ma Yan is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to drop out of school twice. She had to stop going to school the first time, because her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school while her two brothers could stay.

“I want to study,” Ma Yan wrote in her diary. “Why can boys study but girls can’t? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever.”

Ma Yan loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.

“My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge(知识). Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don’t want that kind of life,” Ma Yan said.

After her story became known, many students sent money to her. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. “Then, I can find poor kids like me, and help them,” she said.

1.Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and________.

2.Why did Ma Yan leave school for the first time?

3.Ma Yan wants to study because she wants to ________.

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One of the best-known American writers is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, whose pen-name is Mark Twain. Born in 1835, Twain grew up in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. Like many other boys of his day, Twain dreamed of becoming a pilot(舵手) of a river boat in order to travel along the river happily. His early life in the river town was written into his two most famous books, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

As a young man Twain held many jobs. He was a printer, a gold miner, and for a long time, he was a pilot of a river boat. During his pilot days, he changed his name into Mark Twain. When he travelled by boat, he began to write down what he saw along the river and what he talked with the local people. Finally, Twain became a famous writer. His works were sold out in America and Europe, and were translated into many languages, including Chinese, Japanese and French. Twain’s style of writing was simple and direct. He liked to write about important things in a humorous style.

1.Samuel Langhorne Clemens _______________ .

A. is the best-known American writer

B. never left the town of Hannibal, Missouri

C. is the hero of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer

D. used Mark Twain as his pen-name

2.Many boys of that time __________________ .

A. wanted to work on a river boat

B. just wanted to be passengers on the Mississippi

C. wanted to become writers

D. wished to become friends of Mark Twain.

3.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain was probably about　　　　 .

A. boys’ life of his day B. the life of a river boat pilot

C. the life in a river town D. Twain’s travel on riverboats

4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. Mark Twain’s early life in a river town was not happy.

B. Mark Twain’s dream to be a pilot of a river boat never came true.

C. Europeans showed great interest in Mark Twain’s writings.

D. Mark Twain’s books could hardly be understood for his style.

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One of Mark Twain's classic novels is The Adventures(冒险)of Tom Sawyer. It is set in a small American town in the 19th century. The people in this town are very traditional(传统的)and live a quiet life.

The story is about a boy called Tom Sawyer, who lives with his aunt Polly. He is often in trouble with his aunt. Aunt Polly is very kind, but Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.

Tom is different from the other children in the town. He loves adventure. He does a lot of bad things, but he never really hurts anyone. He tries very hard not to go to school, and often jumps out of his bedroom window at night to meet his friends. He is very clever. One day, Aunt Polly asks him to do some painting, and he manages to get all the boys in the town to do the work for him by inventing a new painting game. It is these little stories that make readers want to keep reading the novel, but it is the adventures that are the most important part of the book.

Tom's best friend is Huck Finn, a boy who has no home. In one adventure, they spend the night outside, and they see a man kill another man in the dark. Later in the book, Tom, Huck and another boy decide to leave the town because they think that life there is too boring. They run away to an island in the middle of a river. They make fires, catch fish and sleep under the stars. They also make a boat to travel up and down the river. Without seeing the boys for days, the people in the town think that they have died. One day, when Tom comes back to his aunt's house to leave a letter saying that he is not dead, he hears his aunt talking about his funeral(葬礼).Then Tom has an idea. On the morning of their funeral, the boys run back into town and attend their own funeral before telling everyone that they are still alive.

1.Tom Sawyer is a boy who often 　　　　 .

A. does some painting　　 B. spends nights on an island

C. takes adventures　　 D. hurts his aunt and other people

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Tom Sawyer likes his aunt Polly very much because she is kind to him.

B. Tom Sawyer tries very hard in school and makes many friends there.

C. Tom Sawyer forces all the boys in the town to do the painting for him.

D. Tom Sawyer attends his own funeral without telling his aunt before it.

3.What do you think the passage is?

A. A news story.　　 B. A book review.　　 C. An interview.　　 D. A leaflet.

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I _____ this book _____ that one, and I found this one is thicker.

A. compare; with 　　　　　　 　 B. compare; to

C. compared; with　　 　　　　　 D. compared; to

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New Books this month

1.The Long Night was written by_______.

A. David Reilly　 B. Maha

C. Joanna　　     D. Marcie Jacom

2.The story of Hard Work happened in_______.

A. Australia　　 B. Thailand

C. India　　     D. England

3.From the passage we can see Tina is_______.

A. a doctor　　     B. a film star

C. a writer     D. a college student

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---Who _______ the book _______?

　　　 --- It was written by Lu Xun.

A. is …written by　　 B. did ,write　　 C.　 was, written　 D. was, written by

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I have read some of　 Mark Twain’s__________.

A. work　　 B. jobs　　 C. magazine　　 D. works

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