When he wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain turned to Hannibal. The relationship between Hannibal and Twain began in November 1839, when Twain’s father decided to leave the village in Florida and move east about 35 miles to the somewhat larger and more prosperous Hannibal, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Twain marked his fourth birthday about a week after the family settled there. He showed little promise of becoming a long-term resident. However, because his health was so poor that his parents probably feared he would not survive childhood.
During the family’s first few years in Hannibal, Twain was too young to understand fully the changes going on around him. About the time the family moved into their new home. Twain’s health improved a lot. Instead of having to lead a quiet indoor life, he could roam the streets of Hannibal. Climb the surrounding hills, explore the area’s caves and splash about in local swimming holes. He reveled in his newfound freedom, spending nearly all his free time playing outdoors with the other boys in town and soon becoming a leader.
Twain’s carefree days did not last long, on March 24, 1847, his father died. For the next six years, his brother Henry, and his sister Pamela lived with their mother in the family home. Twain began taking odd jobs after school to bring in extra money. Within a year of his father’s death, he quit school and became an apprentice (學徒) printer, and when his brother Orion bought the Hannibal Journal in 1851, Twain went to work for him as a printer and editorial assistant. The stories he wrote for Orion’s paper, his first publications, taught him that he much preferred writing to typesetting. Thus, when he decided to leave Hannibal in May 1853, he already had an idea of his future career.
小題1: Why did little Mark Twain move and live in Hannibal?
A．Because he wanted to live in a larger and more prosperous city.
B．Because his father brought him there.
C．Because he wanted to wrote his novels there.
D．Because he wanted to become a long-term resident of Hannibal.
小題2: When did Mark Twain become healthy?
A．As soon as he arrived in Hannibal.
B．At the time when his family moved into their old home.
C．After his father died.
D．At the time when his family moved into their new home.
小題3: The last paragraph mainly tells us _________.
A．the happy childhood of Mark Twain
B．how Mark Twain became a famous writer
C．how Mark Twain to earn money to support his family
D．why Mark decided to leave Hannibal

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：本文介紹了馬克吐溫的個人的寫作經(jīng)歷以及其它一些具體的信息。
小題1:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段2,3,4行The relationship between Hannibal and Twain began in November 1839, when Twain’s father decided to leave the village in Florida and move east about 35 miles to the somewhat larger and more prosperous Hannibal, on the banks of the Mississippi River.說明是因為他的父親要搬到那里工作，所以他們才到那里生活。故B正確。
小題2:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段2,3行About the time the family moved into their new home. Twain’s health improved a lot.說明D正確。
小題3:B 主旨大意題。本文介紹了馬克吐溫的個人的寫作經(jīng)歷以及其它一些具體的信息。故B正確。
點評：本文介紹了馬克吐溫的個人的寫作經(jīng)歷以及其它一些具體的信息。本文考查細節(jié)題為主，細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子，再對相關(guān)部分進行分析對比，找出答案。
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