My favourite great book is The adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in a quiet street of St. Petersburg, Missouri. He’s a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures(冒险). He runs away with his friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave and finally they find a box of gold.
My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his town funeral. He hides and watches for a time and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive.
Tom is the hero of the story, but there are another important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him . Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom’s best friend and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.
The theme of the story is about children growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished(惩罚)for bad behavior.
Why do I think The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it’s only a story. Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on--read it! I know you’ll enjoy it, too.
1.Where does Tom run away with his friends?
A.To a quiet street. B.To a small town.
C.To an island. D.To a forest.
2.Who is the bad man in the story?
A.Huck Finn. B.Injun Joe.
C.Becky. D.Polly.
3.How did people feel when Tom appeared at his town funeral?
A.They were surprised and pleased.
B.They were surprised and sad.
C.They were worried and excited.
D.They were frightened and happy
4.The whole book is mainly about __________ .
A.freedom and social rules
B.children’s bad behavior
C.the growth of young children
D.strangers in American small towns
5.The writer writes the article to ___________ .
A.tell us to read the book
B.tell us how popular the book is today
C.tell us when Mark Twain wrote the story
D.tell us why the story sounds very real
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1.It’s Friday afternoon, so you can go to _________ .
A.visit the museum B.play soccer
C.play basketball D.read children’s story
2.If children want to watch new films, they should go to ________.
A.16 Yangtze Road B.89 North Street
C.106 Green Street D.99 Brick Road
3.If you dial(拨号) 66387901, you can __________ .
A、ask for some hotel information
B.do some shopping
C.have a good time
D.order fast food in a restaurant
4.Lily’s father is ill. She should dial __________ .
A.800--120--9847 B.79210583 C.68787451 D.96725643
5.You can not get any information about _________ .
A.looking for a hotel B.doing eye exercises
C.eating fast food D.taking a taxi
The first chocolate was eaten by people in South America hundreds years ago. In those days, the people didn’t really eat chocolate. They used the coca bean(可可豆) to make a chocolate drink and they enjoyed it very much. Many years later, the coca bean was brought to other countries and people came to love the taste of chocolate.
In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop in British. One of the things he sold was chocolate drink. In 1831, he opened a factory to make chocolate drink. He wanted to encourage people to drink chocolate instead of other drinks. A few years later, a man called Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate bars(条状巧克力), and so for the first time people had the chance to eat chocolate instead of only drinking it. But at that time chocolate was very expensive and only the rich people could buy it. Later, as more and more chocolate bars were produced and sold, it became cheaper.
However, at first only plain chocolate (a kind of chocolate without milk and with very little sugar) was produced and sold. Milk chocolate came later and this was made by adding milk to the chocolate. The first milk chocolate bar was made in Cadbury’s factory in 1897. Their most famous chocolate, Cadbury’s Milk Bar, was made in 1905. It has been the most popular chocolate in Britain and around the world for over 100 years. The Cadbury factory is still in Britain and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the world. Every year, thousands of visitors visit the factory in order to see how chocolate is made.
1.Hundreds of years ago, people first began to drink chocolate in __________.
A、South America B.South Africa
C.Britain D. Australia
2.John Cadbury opened a factory to make chocolate drink in ________.
A.1824 B.1831 C.1897 D.1905
3.People had the chance to eat chocolate instead of drinking it for the first time _______ .
A、when chocolate was cheaper.
B.when more and more chocolate was produced
C.when John Cadbury started to make chocolate drink
D.when Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate bars
4.At first, not many people bought chocolate _________ .
A.because it was expensive
B.because people didn’t like the taste
C.because they wanted to have other drinks
D.because there was no chocolate sold in the shops
5.Cadbury’s Milk Bar _________ .
A.was first made in 1897
B.is a kind of plain chocolate
C.is famous neither in British nor in America
D.is popular not only in British but also around the world
Would you like to go to the cartoon show with me?
It sounds like fun, ________ I’m too busy.
A.so B.or C.for D.but
What kind of house would you like?
I’d like __________ with a garden in front of ______ .
A.it; one B.one; one C.one; it D.it; it
The fruits are _______ , because they were picked from the trees just now.
A.fresh B.cheap C.big D.healthy
