河北省武邑中学2016年高一英语下册暑假作业题19.docxVIP

姓名 班级学号 完成日期 家长签字 暑假作业16 一阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） A Mark Twai n was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to liste n to him , because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time. One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes蚊子）in the town and told him that he' d better not go there. Mark Twain waved his hand and said, “It matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don k they will ' t thin come to visit me. ” After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the stati on. He went into his room, but whe n he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “ I ' very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town. ” One of them said to him. Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “ The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn ' t come into the wrong room. ” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily. But that ni ght Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him duri ng the whole ni ght. That day Mark Twai n went to the tow n . to see one of his friends because he wan ted to do somethi ng there for his writi ng because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there to see one of his relatives The waiters felt sorry because . they did someth ing wrong to Mark Twa in their hotel was too small the room was not very clea n there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twa in ' s room All the people prese nt laughed heartily because . the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn ' dome into the wrong room the mosquitoes knew Mark Twa in ' s room nu mber Mark Twai n gave the waiters som