27．make up one's mind下定决心

28．warn sb.of sth.警告某人某事

29．set out to do sth.开始做某事

30．force sb.to do sth.迫使某人做某事

Ⅳ.完成句子(共5小题；每题6分，满分30分)

31．Mark Twain，who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer，was no exception.写了《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》和《汤姆·索耶历险记》的马克·吐温也不例外。

32．He left school early，and as an adolescent，determined to make his fortune in South America，set off from his home in Hannibal，Missouri，for New Orleans.

他很早就离开了学校，作为一名青少年，怀着到南美洲去发财致富的决心，从家乡密苏里州汉尼拔出发去了新奥尔良。

33．He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket only to find that there were no boats for South America.

他身无分文来到新奥尔良，却发现那里没有开往南美洲的船只了。

34．He wanted to take a boat to the Amazon，where he thought he could get rich quickly.

他想乘船去亚马逊河，他认为在那里他很快就会富起来。

35．Forced to change his plans，he worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat...

迫不得已他只好改变了计划，在一艘汽船上当了好几年领航员......

Ⅰ.True(T) or False(F)．

1．Seldom do the lives of writers resemble the lives of the characters they create.(　F　)

2．"Mark Twain" was a call used by sailors on the Mississippi to warn passengers that they were coming into shallow water.(　F　)

3．Mark Twain lived an adventurous life.(　T　)

4．At last，Mark Twain reached the Amazon.(　F　)

5．Now Mark Twain is regarded as the greatest writer in America.(　F　)

Ⅱ.Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1．Mark Twain's real meaning is .

A．watermark two

B．Mark Twain's workmate

C．a warning for too deep water

D．Samuel Clemens