7．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 35miles 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．
33．Why did little Mark Twain move and live in Hannibal？C
A．Because he wanted to live in a larger and more prosperous city．
B．Because he wanted to wrote his novels there．
C．Because his father brought him there．
D．Because he wanted to become a long-term resident of Hannibal．
34．When did Mark Twain become healthy？B
A．As soon as he arrived in Hannibal．
B．At the time when his family moved into their new home．
C．After his father died．
D．At the time when his family moved into their old home．
35．The last paragraph mainly tells usB．
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．
分析 本文介紹了馬克吐溫的個人的寫作經歷以及其它一些具體的信息．
解答 33．C，細節題．根據第一段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C正確．
34．B，細節題．根據第二段About the time the family moved into their new home．Twain's health improved a lot．說明他家搬去新家后，他的健康狀況有所好轉，故B正確．
35．B，主旨大意題．本文介紹了馬克吐溫的個人的寫作經歷以及其它一些具體的信息．故B正確．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩、準．
