四、(2025·扬州市扬州中学期末)阅读表达。
Mark Twain tells a boy’s story in *The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn*. Huck is a poor child, without a mother or home. His father drinks too much alcohol and always beats him.
Huck’s situation has freed him from the restriction of society. He explores in the woods and goes fishing. He stays out all night and does not go to school. He smokes.
Huck runs away from home. He meets Jim, a black man who has escaped from slavery (奴隶制). They travel together on a raft made of wood down the Mississippi River.
Mark Twain started writing *The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn* as a children’s story. But it soon became serious. The story tells about the social evil of slavery, seen through the eyes of an innocent child. Huck’s ideas about people were formed by the white society in which he lived. So, at first, he does not question slavery. Huck knows that important people believe slavery is natural, the law of God. So, he thinks it is his duty to tell Jim’s owners where to find him.
Later, Huck comes to understand that Jim is a good man. He finds he cannot carry out his plan to inform Jim’s owners of his whereabouts (下落). Instead, he decides to help Jim escape. He decides to do this, even if God punished him.
1. Who is the writer of *The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn*?
2. Why does Huck stay out all night?
3. How do Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi River?
4. What does the story *The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn* tell us?
5. Please give a proper title to the passage.
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四、（2025·扬州市扬州中学期末）阅读表达。
马克·吐温在《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》中讲述了一个男孩的故事。哈克是个贫穷的孩子，没有母亲，也没有家。他的父亲酗酒成性，还总是殴打他。
哈克的处境使他摆脱了社会的束缚。他在树林里探险，还去钓鱼。他整夜在外面，也不去上学。他还抽烟。
哈克离家出走了。他遇到了吉姆，一个从奴隶制中逃脱出来的黑人。他们一起乘着木筏顺密西西比河而下。
马克·吐温一开始写《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》时，是把它当作一个儿童故事来写的。但它很快就变得严肃起来。这个故事通过一个天真孩子的视角，讲述了奴隶制这种社会罪恶。哈克对人的看法是由他所生活的白人社会形成的。所以，一开始，他并不质疑奴隶制。哈克知道，重要人物都认为奴隶制是天经地义的，是上帝的律法。所以，他认为自己有责任告诉吉姆的主人去哪里找他。
后来，哈克开始明白吉姆是个好人。他发现自己无法执行把吉姆的下落告知其主人的计划了。相反，他决定帮助吉姆逃跑。即使上帝惩罚他，他也决定这么做。
1. 《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》的作者是谁？
2. 哈克为什么整夜在外面？
3. 哈克和吉姆是如何顺密西西比河而下旅行的？
4. 《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》这个故事告诉我们什么？
5. 请给这篇文章拟一个恰当的标题。
