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    Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November30,1835,in a small town in Florida, the USA. He 56 a few naughty boys who later 57 in his stories. At the age of 12,his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on arrival boat. Those years on the boat went into his book "Life 58 the Mississipi." 59 the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period 60 him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing lecturing and running 61 publishing house. But he spent all of it on high living and 62 business. Mark Twain 63 as a "funny man". But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his 64 helped to shape his stories 65 showed the dark side of society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910. 56.A.grew B. grew up C. grew up with D. grew up in 57.A.turned B. became C. appeared D. disappeared 58.A.on B. in C. at D. for 59.A.While B. During C. For D. Since 60.A.made B. kept C. served D. encouraged 61.A.him B. himself C. his D. his own 62.A.success B. successful C. successfully D. unsuccessful 63.A.knew B. was known C. was knowing D. was to be known 64.A.challenges B. experienced C. happiness D. sadness 65.A.who B. where C. which D. in which 【查看更多】

     

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    Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
    　　 One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes（蚊子） in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
    After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
    　　Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
    　　But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
    【小题1】That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

    A．to see one of his friends
    B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing
    C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
    D．to see one of his relatives
    【小题2】The waiters felt sorry because _____.
    A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain
    B．their hotel was too small
    C．the room was not very clean
    D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room
    【小题3】All the people present laughed heartily because _____.
    A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room
    B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number
    C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
    D．Mark Twain made a joke
    【小题4】From the story we know _____.
    A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
    B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
    C．Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night
    D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

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    Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

    　　 One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes（蚊子） in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

    After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

    　　Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

    　　But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

    1.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

    A．to see one of his friends

    B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing

    C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

    D．to see one of his relatives

    2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

    A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain

    B．their hotel was too small

    C．the room was not very clean

    D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

    3.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

    A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

    B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

    C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

    D．Mark Twain made a joke

    4.From the story we know _____.

    A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

    B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

    C．Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

    D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

     

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    　　"Mark Twain" was the name used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) when he wrote books. His father was a lawyer, but a poor one, who lived at Florida, Missouri. The family was so poor that Samuel did not receive much teaching. He had to learn all that he could from the people whom he met. His father died when he was very young, and then there was even less money than before.
    　　Many of the men in this part of America worked in the ships on the great River Mississippi, and he did this himself at one time (1857).
    　　Where did he find the name "Mark Twain"? It came from the great river itself. It was part of one of the cries used by men who worked in the ships. When a man called "By the mark twain!"  he meant that the river was "two marks deep" there, that is to say, six feet deep ( "Twain" is an old form of the work "Two".) Samuel Clemens often heard these words when he was young, and he used them as a penname all his life.
    　　During his work on the Mississippi he met travelers of all kinds, and this helped him a great deal when he started to write. But the number of travelers became smaller when war started in America in 1861. Many of the great ships on the river stopped work. Samuel left then and went to Nevada with his brother, who was at that time Governor of Nevada. There, near the town of Carson, Samuel became a gold miner, but he never made much money at the time. He soon saw that life in the gold mines was not for him. He also tried writing for the newspapers in Nevada, and this seemed more hopeful. He found that he could write.
    　　He went to Europe in 1867 and visited France and Italy. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon, and two years later he was spending nearly all his time writing. Among his books is his own story (1908).
    　　He is now always known as Mark Twain, and many people do not even know that his family name was Clemens. He traveled in America and in England, and went to Oxford in 1907. He was one of  the great American writers of the time, and could make his readers laugh – a thing which few writers can do. He died in 1910.
    【小题1】"Mark Twain" was _________.

    A．a famous American writerB．name of a book
    C．a great river in AmericaD．a large ship
    【小题2】As a child, Samuel did not get much education because _________.
    A．his father died too early
    B．the family was very poor
    C．he disliked school very much
    D．he could learn what he liked from the people he met
    【小题3】 What gave him a great deal when he started writing? _______
    A．His poor childhoodB．The Mississippi river
    C．All kinds of travelers he met D．His brother
    【小题4】 We can infer from the passage that ________.
    A．Samuel loved writing from his early age
    B．Samuel did not love writing at the beginning
    C．his writings to the newspaper were successful
    D．his brother encouraged him to write more
    【小题5】According to the writer of the passage, a good writer could _________.
    A．write a lot for his readers
    B．make a lot of money for his family
    C．cause his readers to laugh
    D．travel everywhere he wanted

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    Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour（幽默感）. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

    　　   One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

       　　After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few（许多） mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

       　　Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

       　　But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

    1..That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

         A. to see one of his friends

         B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing

         C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

         D. to see one of his relatives

    2.. The waiters felt sorry because _____.

         A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain

         B. their hotel was too small

         C. the room was not very clean

         D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

    3.. All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

         A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

         B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

         C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

         D. Mark Twain made a joke

    4.. From the story we know _____.

         A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

         B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

         C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

         D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

     

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    　　Mark Twain and Chauncey M．Depew once went abroad on the same ship．When the ship was a few days out they were both invited to a dinner, and when speech-making time came, Mark Twain had the first chance．He spoke twenty minutes and made a great hit．Then it was Mr.Depew's turn．“Mr. Toastmaster and Ladies and Gentlemen,”said the famous speaker as he rose,“Before this dinner Mark Twain and myself made an agreement to trade speeches．He had just delivered(发表)my speech, and I thank you for the pleasant manner in which you received it．I regret to say that I have lost the notes of his speech and can not remember anything he was to say．”

    　　Then he sat down, and there was much laughter．

    (1)

    What did Mark Twain and Chauncey M．Depew go abroad for?

    [　　]

    A．

    They were going to make important speeches．

    B．

    They were going to have important dinner．

    C．

    They were going to attend an important meeting．

    D．

    The writer of the passage didn't tell us about it．

    (2)

    From the first paragraph, we can see that, on the ship ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    Mark Twain made a well-liked speech

    B．

    Mark Twain was not pleased with his own speech

    C．

    the listeners thought that Mark Twain's speech was well worth listening to but it was too long

    D．

    Mark Twain was happy to get the first chance to speak

    (3)

    From this passage, we can see that Chauncey M．Depew ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    was a famous speaker but had a poor memory

    B．

    lost the notes of the speech but made a wonderful speech

    C．

    was a famous speaker indeed

    D．

    felt unhappy because Mark Twain broke his promise

    (4)

    What did the listeners think of the speech made by Chauncey M. Depew?

    [　　]

    A．

    His speech was more interesting than Mark Twain's．

    B．

    His speech was less interesting than Mark Twain's．

    C．

    His speech was a wonderful speech made in a funny way．

    D．

    His speech was not a speech but a laughing matter．

    (5)

    The best title for the passage is ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    Mark Twain and Chauncey M. Depew

    B．

    Funny Speeches

    C．

    An Agreement to Trade Speeches

    D．

    I Cannot Remember Anything He Wanted to Say

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