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课时跟踪练
(
一
) Warming Up & Reading
—
Pre
-
reading
Ⅰ
.
阅读理解
A
What do
Tom
Sa
w
yer
and
Jumping
Frogs
have in common?
Stories about both of them were
created
by one man: Mark Twain. Twain was four years old
when his family moved to Hannibal,
Missouri, located on the west bank of
the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was
fascinated
with
(
使……入迷
) life along the river
—
the steamboats, the giant
lumber (
木头
) rafts, and the
people who worked on them.
The
Celebrated
Jumping
Frog
of
Cala
v
eras
County
is
one
of
Twain
'
s
best
loved
short
stories,
and
The
Ad
v
entures
of
Tom
Sa
w
yer
is
one of his most famous
novels. Both these works are celebrated by events
held
during
National
Tom
Sawyer
Days,
which
originated
in
the
late
1950s and became national in the 1960s.
Children enter their frogs in the
jumping contest during National Tom
Sawyer Days. There
'
s also a
fence
painting contest to see who can
paint the fastest. The idea for this contest
comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in
which Tom has been told to paint the fence in
front of the
house he lives in.
It
'
s a beautiful day, and he
would rather be doing anything else. As his
friends
walk by, he makes them believe
that it
'
s fun to paint, and
they join in the “fun”. By the end of the
day, the fence has three coats of
paint!
Although the story of Tom Sawyer
is a fiction (
虚构的事
),
it
'
s based on facts. If you
go to
Hannibal,
you
'
ll see the white fence,
which still stands at
Twain
'
s boyhood home.
语篇解读：
本文主要介绍了马克
·
< br>吐温的两部作品及汤姆索亚日期间的一些活动。
1
．
Which of the
following statements about Mark Twain is TRUE?
A
．
He was born in
Hannibal.
B
．
He
enjoyed his life in Hannibal.
C
．
He spent most
of his childhood on the Mississippi.
D
．
He often went
rafting (
坐船漂流
) on the
Mississippi with his parents.
解析：
选
B
细节理解题。从第一段第四句
“
Twa
in grew up there and was fascinated with
life along the river ...
”
可知
B
正确。
2
．
Tom Sawyer Days
were created ________.
A
．
about forty
years ago
B
．
in
memory of a great writer
C
．
shortly after
Twain
'
s death
D
．
to improve
kids
'
interest in reading
解析：
选
B
推理判断题。
第二段说全国汤姆索亚日期间会举办不同的活动，
旨在颂扬
这两部作品，由此推理是为纪念这两部作品的作者马克
·
吐温的
。
3
．
Who will win
the fence painting contest?
A
．
Bob, painting
the longest.
B
．
Julia, painting
most carefully.
C
．
Jim, painting
in the newest way.
D
．
John, painting
in the shortest time.
解析：
选
D
推理判断题。由第二段第四句
“
The
re
'
s also a fence painting
contest to see
who can paint the fastes
t.
”
可推知能在最短的时间内漆完篱笆的将获胜，故选
D
。
4
．
From the white
fence at Twain
'
s boyhood
home, we know that ________.
A
．
the story of
Tom Sawyer is based partly on
Twain
'
s
experiences
B
．
the story of
Tom Sawyer is based totally on
Twain
'
s
imagination
C
．
Twain
'
s
old house is painted by the fence painting
competitors
D
．
Twain
'
s
old house is visited by people from all over the
country
解析：
选
A
推理判断题。
至今仍伫立在吐温孩童时期的家外的那片白色篱笆
是用来说
明句首结论的
——
“
Although
the
story
of
Tom
Sawyer
is
a
fiction
(
虚构的事
),
it
'
s
based
on
facts.
”
。因为从上一段可知《汤姆
·
索亚历险记》中有与此相关的情节。
B
Mark Twain, the
famous American writer, liked to play jokes on
others. But once a joke was
played on
him.
One day Mark Twain was asked to
give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a
young man
he knew who told him that he
had an uncle who never laughed or smiled. The
young man told
Mark Twain that nobody
and nothing could possibly 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
first row. Mark Twain spoke directly at
the old man. He told some rather
interesting stories, which made everyone in the
hall laugh. But
the old man never even
smiled. Mark Twain told the most interesting
stories he knew. But the old
man
'
s face was
still a blank. At last Mark Twain stopped. He felt
tired and discouraged.
Some days later,
Mark Twain told a friend of his about what had
happened.
“
Oh
，
”
said his
friend,
“I know that old man. He has been deaf for
years.”
语篇解读：
本文是一
篇记叙文，讲述了幽默大师马克
·
吐温的故事。
5
．
Which of
the following sentences is NOT true?
A
．
Mark Twain
could make everyone in the hall laugh except the
old man.
B
．
Mark
Twain liked to play jokes on others.
C
．
Nobody ever
played a joke on Mark Twain.
D
．
Once a young
man played a joke on Mark Twain.
解析：
选
C
细节理解题。
根据第一段第二句
“
But once a joke was played on him.
”
可知
C
项说法有误。
6
．
The
young man who Mark Twain met at lunch told him
that ________.
A
．
his uncle liked
to listen to Mark Twain
'
s
talk
B
．
his uncle
could not possibly be made to laugh or smile
C
．
his uncle never
laughed at people
D
．
nobody and
nothing could make his uncle stop laughing or
smiling
解析：
选
B
细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句
“
...
nobody
and
nothing
could
possibly
make his uncle smile or laugh.
”
可知答案为
B
。
7
．
Mark Twain told
the young man ________.
A
．
to bring his
uncle to lunch
B
．
to ask his
uncle to talk there that night
C
．
he could make
his uncle laugh
D
．
to sit in the
first row with his uncle
解析：
选
C
细节理解题。由第三段可知马克
·
吐温
让年轻人带他的叔叔来听他的演讲，
到时他会让他叔叔大笑。
8
．
Mark
Twain
'
s stories made
everyone in the hall laugh except ________.
A
．
the old man
B
．
the young man
C
．
Mark Twain
himself
D
．
a
friend of Mark Twain
'
s
解析：
选
A
细节理解题。
由第四段中的
“
But the old man never even smiled ... But
the old
man
'
s
face was still a blank.
”
可知马克
·
吐温没能逗笑这位老人。
C
While a lot of
us may jump to conclusions about our jobs and
careers and perhaps feel a bit
defeated
if
our present
role isn
'
t
exactly
a
dream
performance,
don
'
t
worry.
There
'
s
reason
to
have
hope.
A new study supports the view
that jobs aren
'
t simply a lo
ve-
at-
first-
sight
deal. Rather, they
say that achieving
passion (
激情
) for your work
is something you can develop over time.
Unlike the main way of thinking that
you
'
ll only achieve passion
for
your
work
through
finding
the
right
fit
with
a
line
of
work
—
what
the
researchers call “fit
theory”
，
the
researchers say you can learn to love your
job and find meaning in it gradually
(“develop theory”)
．