Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet-八年级下册英语同步分级阅读(人教版)

难度：容易 【语篇来自二十一世纪学生英文报·试题原创】 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. 【导语】本篇是一篇说明文。文章介绍了“美国文学之父”马克吐温的生平以及他创作的经典作品和独特的写作风格。 【单选】 1. Mark Twain was born in ____. A. 1830 B. 1873 C. the UK D. the US 【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“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.”可知，马克吐温出生于美国。故选D。 2. Mark Twain’s ____ gave him wonderful writing material. A. educational experiences B. working experiences C. family D. teachers 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Like many US writers of his day, Twain had little school education ... These experiences gave him wonderful writing material.”可知，马克吐温的工作经