Huck is my name, Huckleberry Finn. The story started when my best friend Tom Sawyer and I found $12,000 in a cave. That money made us rich. We got $6,000 each. Judge Thatcher, an important man in St. Petersburg, put it in the
bank, and we could get a dollar of interest(利息) a day.
Then a kind old lady called Douglas invited me to live with her because I didn't have a family or a home. My mother died a long time ago, and then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was a violent(暴力的) man especially when he drank a lot, which was most of the time, and he often beat me. I was scared of him. I didn't go to school like the other boys of my age. I lived on the streets and in the woods.
My life changed after I lived with Douglas. She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table. But then her sister Miss Watson arrived. She brought her black slave(奴隶) Jim with her. I liked Jim but I didn't like Miss Watson very much. She often shouted at me.
Douglas sent me to school every day. I didn't like going there at first because learning was very difficult. But when I could read and write a bit, I didn't mind going.
The months passed and winter came. The weather got cold. One morning I woke up and there was snow on the ground. On my way to school I saw some footprints outside Douglas's house. There was a cross on the heel(脚后跟) of the left one. My heart jumped. Only one person wore boots with a cross on the left heel! Pap!
"He's heard about my
▲
," I thought. "And he wants it!"
That night I went to see Jim. Jim had a magic ball made of animal hair. There was a spirit inside the ball that could answer people's questions about the future.
—Adapted from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(
D
)12. How did Huck get the money which was put in the bank?
A. His father gave it to him.
B. His mother left it to him before she died.
C. Douglas gave it to him.
D. He and Tom Sawyer found it in a cave.
(
C
)13. How did Huck feel about the life with Douglas?
A. He hated his new life.
B. He didn't mind his new life.
C. He felt satisfied with his new life.
D. He wanted to get away from his new life.
(
D
)14. 创新考法·语篇逻辑 Which word can be put in "
▲
"?
A. life
B. spirit
C. secret
D. money
(
B
)15. Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
①Douglas sent Huck to school.
②Huck's mother died.
③Douglas invited Huck to live with her.
④Douglas read stories to Huck.
A. ③②④①
B. ②③④①
C. ③④②①
D. ②④③①
