READING NO. 2

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     One day, Tom Sawyer was angry with Aunt Polly. He met his friend Joe. "I'm running away, Joe. Do you want to come with me?"

 "Where are you going?"

     "Oh, I don't know. Down the river, I guess."

     "Yes, I'll go with you and let's find Huck. He'd like to go, wouldn't he?"

     In a few hours the three boys were on their way to see the world. They found an old boat near the river bank(岸). They sailed(航行) to an island(島) not far from the bank.

     "We should make this our camp," said Huck.

     "Yes, and we can go back to our houses and get food when we need it."

     "Only in the middle of the night," said Tom. "We don't want anybody to see us."

     For three days they played Indians and many other games. They cooked over a fire and slept on the ground. But slowly they began to miss their homes.

     "I think we should go home," said Joe.

     "I guess we should, shouldn't we?" said the others.

     Everyone in the town thought the boys had died in the river. The people met in the church(教堂). Everyone was very sad. The preacher(牧師) spoke about the three wonderful(美好的) boys. He said many good things about them. Just then he looked up and his eyes grew wide(寬) with surprise. Everyone turned to see the three "dead" boys coming in.

_______  1. What does it mean to run away?  (1. To leave home without telling others.

                      2. To camp on an island.    3. To run when leave home. 

4. To run at one's home.)

_______  2. How did the three boys get to the island?

                    (1. By boat.       2. They ran.       3. On foot.      4. They swam.)

_______  3. What did the boys do on the island?  (1. They played Indians.   2. They

 went to the church.  3. They often swam in the river.    4. They didn't

do anything.)

_______  4. Who decided to go home first?    (1. No one did.      2. Huck did.    

                      3. Joe did.        4. Tom did.)

_______  5. The people in town thought the boys had died (1. in the river    2. on the

 island  3. in the street   4. in the classroom).

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