(Module 3)

READING AND VOCABULARY

外研版 高二（上）

(P22) Read the text and number the events in the

order they happen.

d.Huck and Jim see the

steamboat.

b.Huck and Jim climb onto the

steamboat.

g.Jim runs back to the raft.

a.Huck sees three men in a cabin.

f.The tall man is pointing a gun at the man on the floor.

e.Huck and Jim take away the men’s boat.

c.The short man suggests leaving the man on the floor.

h.Huck has a plan.

Questions for paragraph 1

1.What was the weather like that night?

The rain _______________poured down

2. What did they see as they were sailing down the river?

Steamboat

3. What did they do then?

They __________ straight

towards the steamboat.

sailed

Questions for paragraphs 2-5

1. What did Huck want to do?

He wanted to_________ over and climbed on to the steamboat.

paddle

2.What did they hear after they got on the steamboat?

“ Oh please boys, don’t kill me! I won’t tell anybody”

Questions for Paragraphs 6-8

1.What did the men on the steamboat do with another man?

The tall man…..

The short man…..

2. How did they decide to kill him?

They left him in the steamboat

which will ________ in a

couple of hours.

sink

Questions for Paragraph 9-11

1. What did Huck decide to do after he heard they would leave the man on the steamboat?

He ____________ along the deck, found him.

crawled

2. What was the idea Huck told to him?

To find their boat and take it away.

3.Why did Huck feel bad about what he had done?

He didn’t want all three men to die.

(P23) Activity4 Find words in the passage which mean:

1.to rain heavily pour down

2. something which protects you from bad weather

a shelter

a raft

panic4. to lose control because you are frightened

3.a sort of flat boat usually made from tree trunks

5. the feeling of being interested in something and wanting to know more

curious

6. to tell someone

you are going to

cause them harm

threaten

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

1.jump 2. running

3. flown 4.walk

5.climbed 6.paddled

7.sail 8. crawl

Read the passage again and answer the questions.

1.c 2. b 3.a 4. a