Unit8 Have you read Treasure Island yet单元话题拓展阅读-2023-2024学年八年级下册英语单元快速提分把关练（人教版）

Unit8 Have you read Treasure Island yet? 单元话题拓展阅读把关练 一、单元话题拓展阅读思维导图 二、单元话题拓展阅读把关练 一、阅读理解 Mark Twain: father of American literature On the night of Nov 30, 1835, a boy named Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, US. Many years later, the world would know this boy as Mark Twain. Mark Twain is one of the greatest US writers of all time. Some people even call him the father of American literature. Like many US writers of his day, Twain had little school education. As a teenager, he worked as a printer. Later, he worked as a riverboat pilot, miner and freelancer for newspapers. These experiences gave him wonderful writing material. Mark Twain is considered the greatest humorist of his age. His jokes go to the roots of human nature. In 1873, Twain released a book called The Gilded Age. The book made fun of the very wealthy people of the time. Besides humor, Twain developed a unique writing style that was very American. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885 in the US) describes the adventures of a boy, Huck Finn, and a black slave, Jim. Twain used dialects in the novel, making the character’s speech sound like real Americans: using local dialects, newly invented words, and regional accents. Twain’s writing style has influenced many writers. “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” Ernest Hemingway wrote in 1935. In 1910, Twain died of heart disease. But his brilliance keeps on shining to this day. 1．Mark Twain was born in________. A．1830 B．1873 C．the UK D．the US 2．Mark Twain’s________ gave him wonderful writing material. A．educational experiences B．working experiences C．family D．teachers 3．Mark Twain released the book The Gilded Age in________. A．1835 B．1873 C．1885 D．1935 4．Mark Twain used dialects in his novel to________. A．extensive English B．enable readers to understand C．make the character’s speech sound like real Americans D．make the character’s speech sound like real British 5．Mark Twain died of________. A．heart dise