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 4, 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 Country 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 fact. If you go to Hannibal,, you'll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.

1.Mark Twain created Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs .

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

C. in different stories D. on the steamboats

2.The fence-painting competition comes from .

A. Mark Twain's suggestion

B. a story in Jumping Frog

C. the life of people in boats

D. a scene in Tom Sawyer

3.The sentence "the fence has three coats of paint!" means that" ".

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

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