高级英语 1 答案 (外研社;第三版;张汉熙主编)(8)

答案(课后练习)

through his boyhood which seems eternal and Tom Sawyer is famous for his free roam of the country and his adventure in one summer which seems never to end. The youth and summer are eternal because this is the only age and time we knew them. They are frozen in that age/season for all readers.

2. His work on the boat made it possible for him to meet a large variety of people. It is a world of all types of characters.

3. All would reappear in his books, written in the colorful language that he seemed to be able to remember and record as accurately as a phonograph.

4. Steamboat decks were filled with people who explored and prepared the way for others and also lawless people or social outcasts such as hustlers, gamblers and thugs.

5. He took a horse-drawn public vehicle and went west to Virginia, following the flow of people in the gold rush.

6. Mark Twain began to work hard as a newspaper reporter and humorist to become well known locally.

7. Those who came pioneering out west were energetic, courageous and reckless people, because those who stayed at home were the slow, dull and lazy people.

8. That's typical of California.

9. If we relaxed, rested or stayed away from all this crazy