WhatdoTomSawyerandjumpingfrogshaveincommon?Storiesabout...

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What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man: Mark Twain. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain was his pen name. When Twain was four, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, lying on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was attracted greatly with life along the river—the steamboats, the big wooden boats, and the people who worked on them.

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of Twain’s best-loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days. There’s also a fence-painting competition to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this competition comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It’s a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he persuades them to paint with him for fun, and they all join in the “fun”. By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!

Although the story of Tom Sawyer is not true, it’s based on facts. If you go to Hannibal, you’ll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain’s boyhood home.

56. Mark Twain created Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs ______.

A. at the age of four B. in the same book

C. on the steamboats D. in different stories

57. The sentence “…the fence has three coats of paint!” means ______.

A. all of Tom’s friends wear three coats

B. the fence has been painted three times

C. three new coats are hanging on the fence

D. they have drawn three coats on the fence

58. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The white fence Tom once painted still exists there.

B. People hold various events to celebrate National Day.

C. Twain benefited greatly from his childhood experiences.