Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa. He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made up of soldiers from many countries that didn’t want to be ruled by the Romans.
before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers riding huge strong elephants—where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn’t stop them. Hannibal’s soldiers built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some of the elephants did finish the journey.
1. From the passage, Hannibal might live in ____.
A. Algeria B. Italy C. Turkey D. Iraq
2. Hannibal knew that he ____.
A. must have a powerful army to beat the Romans
B. must cross the Alps to win the battle
C. was sure to beat the Romans before crossing the Alps
D. had to break away from the Romans to cross the Alps
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. Before Hannibal’s army crossed the Alps, the Romans were the most powerful people in
the world.
B. The Romans thought it impossible for Hannibal to cross the Alps.
C. Hannibal used the elephant to help cross the Alps because the elephants were good at
walking on mountain paths.
D. Hannibal managed to cross the Alps after all with his army.
4. After reading this passage, we can easily remember a saying____.
A. Where there’s a will, there’s a way
B. Strike while the iron is still hot
C. He who doesn’t reach the Great Wall is not a true man
D. Failure is the mother of success
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
One of the best-known American writers is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, whose pen-name is Mark Twain. Born in 1835, Twain grew up in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. Like many other boys of his day, Twain dreamed of traveling on riverboats and of becoming a riverboat pilot(舵手) someday. He used his memories of the life of the river town in his two most famous books, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
As a young man Twain held many jobs. He was a printer, a gold miner, and for a long time, he was a riverboat pilot. During his pilot days, he adopted(采用) the name Mark Twain. This was something used by the boatmen to mean the water measured two fathoms, or twelve feet, which was deep enough for safe passage.
Finally, Twain became a famous writer. He traveled a great deal, writing and speaking, and was very popular both in the United States and in Europe.
Twain’s style of writing was simple and direct. Among the things he wrote about were superstitious(迷信的) people and people who were easily fooled. He used his unusual gift for humor to write about many things of importance.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens _____________________ .
A. is the best-known American writer
B. never left the town of Hannibal, Missouri
C. is the hero of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
D. used Mark Twain as his pen-name
Many boys of that time _________________________ .
A. wanted to become writers
B. were anxious to work on a riverboat
C. just wanted to be passengers on the Mississippi
D. wished to become friends of Mark Twain.
Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain was probably about _________ .
A. boys’ life of his day
B. the life of a riverboat pilot
C. the life of a river town
D. Twain’s travel on riverboats
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Fathom was a unit used by boatmen to measure the depth of the water.
B. People could be easily amused by Mark Twain’s writing.
C. Europeans showed little interest in Mark Twain’s writings.
D. Mark Twain’s books could be easily understood for his style.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届陕西省高一下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
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 (学徒) 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.
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.
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.
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
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa. He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made up of soldiers from many countries that didn’t want to be ruled by the Romans.
before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers riding huge strong elephants—where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn’t stop them. Hannibal’s soldiers built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some of the elephants did finish the journey.
1. From the passage, Hannibal might live in ____.
A. Algeria B. Italy C. Turkey D. Iraq
2. Hannibal knew that he ____.
A. must have a powerful army to beat the Romans
B. must cross the Alps to win the battle
C. was sure to beat the Romans before crossing the Alps
D. had to break away from the Romans to cross the Alps
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. Before Hannibal’s army crossed the Alps, the Romans were the most powerful people in
the world.
B. The Romans thought it impossible for Hannibal to cross the Alps.
C. Hannibal used the elephant to help cross the Alps because the elephants were good at
walking on mountain paths.
D. Hannibal managed to cross the Alps after all with his army.
4. After reading this passage, we can easily remember a saying____.
A. Where there’s a will, there’s a way
B. Strike while the iron is still hot
C. He who doesn’t reach the Great Wall is not a true man
D. Failure is the mother of success
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科目：高中英语 来源：甘肃省同步题 题型：阅读理解
Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa.
He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans
were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made
up of soldiers from many countries that didn't want to be ruled by the Romans.
before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them
from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could
possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers
riding huge strong elephants-where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting
through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks
down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn't stop them. Hannibal's soldiers
built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them
never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some
of the elephants did finish the journey.
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