Module 7 任务型阅读练习 2023-2024学年外研版英语九年级上册

Module 7 Great books 任务型阅读练习 A One of the best-known American writers is Samuel Clemens, whose pen name is Mark Twain. Born in 1835, Clemens grew up in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. As did many other young people of his day, Clemens dreamed of traveling on riverboats and of someday becoming a riverboat pilot. ②He used his memories (记忆) of the life of a river town in his two most famous books, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. As a young man, Clemens held many①________. He was a printer (印刷工), a gold miner (矿工) and a riverboat pilot. During his pilot days, he used the name Mark Twain. This was a term used on the river to mean that the water measured (测量) 2 fathoms (英寻), or 4 meters (nearly 12 feet), which was deep enough for safe passage. 　　 Finally Twain became a successful writer. He traveled a great deal, writing and speaking. ③他在美国和欧洲都变得非常受欢迎。 Twain's style of writing was simple and direct. Among the things that he wrote about were superstitious(迷信的) people and people who were really fool. He used his unusual gift for humor (幽默) to write about many things of importance. 任务一：判断正(T)误(F) ( )1.Mark Twain worked as a pilot all the time before he became a successful writer. 任务二：在①处填写恰当的单词，使句子完整。 2. ①________　 任务三：将文中画线句子②翻译成汉语。 3. __________________________________________________ 任务四：将文中画线句子③翻译成英语。 4. __________________________________________________ 任务五：回答问题。 5. What’s the book Huckleberry Finn about? __________________________________________________ B Trouble and the New Kid is an interesting book. It is the third book by Cate Whittle. If your children are interested in dragons, fantasies (幻想作品) and all around funny books, they'll love the book. Nina is the new kid at school. She isn't like any of the other kids at school. Nina is tidy and smart. She doesn't really like make­believe stories. So when Georgia tries to tell Nina about her friend, the dragon Trouble, Nina rolls (转动) her eyes and says “Hmmph”. Even after their other classmat