题目内容
Mark Twain, like you know, was famous in his days as the public speaker. He always liked to
play joke on his friends. One day, the one of his friends lost their wallet and asked him to buy a
train ticket for him. “But I don’t have enough money to pay both your ticket and mine,” Mark
Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do. “Let’s do this, “ Mark Twain saying, “You can
get off the train and when the conductor comes to check the ticket you can hide under my seat.”
Later, however, when the conductor comes to check the ticket, Mark Twain gave him two
tickets-----one for him and the other for his friend.
1.like 改成 as, 2.the 改成a, 3. joke 改成 jokes, 4. 去掉the(one of), 5. their 改成his
6.pay后加for, 7.saying 改成said, 8.off 改成on, 9.comes 改成came, 10.him改成himself
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As a boy ,Mark Twain caused much trouble for his parents . He used to play practical jokes on all his friends and neighbors .The nature of his jokes often led to violence. He hated to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi .He liked to sit on the bank of the river for hours at a time and just gaze at the mysterious island and the passing boats. He learned many things about the river during those days. He learned all about its history and unusual people who rode up and down it . He never forgot those scenes and those people .He later made them part of the history of America in the books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain received his genius (天才)from his mother . Obviously he didn’t get it from his father . He once stated that he had never seen a smile on his father’s face .On the other hand, his mother had the rare ability to say humorous things. The same ability made Mark Twain an extremely humorous public speaker.
【小题1】Because of the nature of his jokes when he was a child , Mark Twain would
A.ran away from school |
B.cause his parents to quarrel with others |
C.get into trouble with his friends and neighbors |
D.like to sit on the bank of the Mississippi River |
A.Mark Twain’s father was a cruel man |
B.Mark Twain never attended school on time |
C.Mark Twain often went boating in the nearby river |
D.Mark Twain’s mother was something of a humorist |
A.the Mississippi and the people riding on it | B.his friends and neighbors |
C.his school life | D.his parents |
A.his practical jokes | B.his father’s seriousness |
C.the history of the Mississippi | D.his mother’s genius for humor |
Samuel Clemens, _____ Mark Twain, became a famous American writer.
A.was known as |
B.known as |
C.was known for |
D.known for |