Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
Summarize the story of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in about 100 words, and comment on the theme of the novel.
Huck escapes from a lonely cabin where he has been punished by his father. He meets Jim,a run-away slave, and they start down the river on a raft. After several adventures, the raft is hit and they are separated. Huck is saved and later he discovers Jim. They set out again,giving refuge to a gang of frauds. Then he finds that Jim has been sold by the “King”・ He and Tom try to rescue Jim. In the rescue* Tom is shot and Jim is recaptured. Later,Tom reveals that the rescue is necessary only because he wants the adventure of it. At last, Huck is safe because his father dies. The theme of the novel is to expose the pre- Civil War American society. It presents a sample of the small town world of America and a survey of the social world from the bank of the river that runs through the heart of the country. (p482 )
