第 1 页共 6 页课时跟踪练(一) Warming Up & Reading — Pre-readingⅠ.阅读理解AWhat do Tom Sawyer and Jumping Frogs have in common? Stories about both of them werecreated 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 fascinatedwith (使„„入迷) life along the river — the steamboats, the giant lumber ( 木头) rafts, and thepeople who worked on them.The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one ofTwain's best loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer isone of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by eventsheld during National Tom Sawyer Days, which originated in the late1950s and became national in the 1960s. Children enter their frogs in thejumping contest during National Tom Sawyer Days. There 's also a fencepainting contest to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this contestcomes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of thehouse he lives in. It 's a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friendswalk by, he makes them believe that it's fun to paint, and they join in the “fun”. By the end of theday, 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 toHannibal, 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·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 ofte...
