Section Ⅰ Warming Up & Reading—Pre­reading

Look at the pictures and answer some questions： 1．What do you know about the American writer Mark Twain？Have you read any of his works? 答案：略

2．Do you know the following great works? 答案：略

3．Can you say sth.about these great writers? 答案：略

Scan the text and then choose the best answer according to the text. 1．Why did the brothers make a bet? A．They wanted to make fun of Henry. B．They wanted to rob Henry of some money. C．To see whether a man could survive with a million pound bank note a month in London. D．They wanted to make Henry their son­in­law. 答案：C

2．Henry came to Britain for the first time in his life______. A．to find a better life B．to make an adventure C．all by accident D．to find the two brothers 答案：C

3．Why did Henry’s eyes stare at the leftovers on the brothers’ table? A．Because he had never seen such a nice dinner. B．Because he wanted to help them clean the table. C．Because he was very hungry. D．Because he was angry. 答案：C

4．Why was Oliver so happy when hearing Henry say he had no money? A．Because they could do something good for him. B．Because they were interested to find so poor a man. C．Because they could show off their bank note to him. D．Because they finally found the right person for their bet. 答案：D

5．How did Henry feel when he got a letter from the brothers? A．Angry.　　　　　　　　 B．Hopeful. C．Surprised. D．Worried. 答案：C

1．Read the text and then answer the following questions. (1)Where does Henry Adams come from？Does he know much about London? 答案：Henry comes from San Francisco. No，he doesn’t know London at all.

(2)Why did he land in Britain? 答案：He was sailing out of the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.

2．Read the text and put the following statements in the correct order according to the development of the story. (1)(　　)　　A．Henry promises not to open the letter until one and a half hours later. (2)(　　) B．Henry introduces himself to the two rich brothers. (3)(　　) C．The two rich brothers give a letter with a bank note in it to Henry.

(4)(　　) D．The two rich brothers invite Henry to their big and beautiful house. (5)(　　) E．Henry wanders on the streets of London，hungry and alone. (6)(　　) F．Henry decides to accept the money. (7)(　　) G．Henry is unwilling to accept the money，for he just wants to have an honest job. 答案：EDBCGFA

3．Read the text and try to write down the main idea of the text. The text is a story about a(n)______businessman who is lost in London but is______enough to be invited to a big house by two rich brothers and______an envelope with a million pound bank note in it by them who have made a bet. 答案：American；fortunate/lucky；given

Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. The million pound bank note Before Henry coming to London A month ago，Henry 1.____out of the bay. He was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was 2.______by a ship. He earned his 3.______by working unpaid，which 4.____his appearance. When Henry He landed in Britain 5.______. He lost his way,6.______on the 7.______. He went to the American 8.______to 9.______help. How Henry’s luck changed Two 10.______brothers made a bet. Henry was 11.______to enter their house. Henry was given the letter with a million pound bank note.

答案：1.sailed　2.spotted　3.passage　4.accounted for 5．by accident　6.wandering　7.pavement　8.embassy 9．seek　10.wealthy　11.invited

1．What can we learn from this story? 答案：We shouldn’t judge people by appearance. Money is everything in the capitalist society.

2．Suppose you get a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets(彩票)and become a millionaire(百万富翁)．What will you do with the money? 答案：略