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Mark Twain was born on November 30th, 1835, 1 a small slave-holding village in the Mississippi(密西西比河). After his father's 2 in 1847, he began learning the skill3 books. At this early 4 he was already reading the funny stories 5 at the time and began to develop 6 style(风格) of writing. In 1851,his 7 brother became a publisherand the boy started to work 8 him. At fifteen Mark Twain had his first article 9 , and at sixteen, his first story. In 1856, the young man started 10 the Mississippi River,on a trip 11 South America. But he 12 so interested in river boat life that he decided 13 a steamboat pilot(领航员).
The Civil War put an end to his career 14 a river pilot, and in 1860 he 15 his brother on a trip to the west 16 they hope 17 rich by searching for gold.Unsuccessful in his business,Twain turned 18 funny stories. In 1867, his first collection of stories 19 , 20 instantly made him famous. The same year,Twain visited 21 , Italy, Greece and Turkey. A full-length book was the result of his 22 .
Twain 23 writing 24 his death in 1910. He wrote dozens ofbooks all his life. But nothing that he wrote reached the heights of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which 25 in 1884.
1. | A. within | B. of | C. on | D. in | [ ] |
2. | A. death | B. died | C. dead | D. dying | [ ] |
3. | A.f printing | B. of print | C. print | D. printing | [ ] |
4. | A. period | B. age | C. time | D. moment | [ ] |
5. | A. popular | B. writing | C. ompleted | D. seen | [ ] |
6. | A. himselfs | B. his own's | C. his own | D. himself | [ ] |
7. | A. older | B. old | C. elder | D. oldest | [ ] |
8. | A. for | B. to | C. on | D. besides | [ ] |
9. | A.ublished | B.publishing | C. to publish | D. to be published | [ ] |
10. | A. on | B. down | C. round | D. in | [ ] |
11. | A. to | B. from | C. till | D. owards | [ ] |
12. | A. became | B. get | C. went | D. turned | [ ] |
13. | A. becoming | B. to become | C. to do | D. doing | [ ] |
14. | A. acting as | B. work as | C. as | D. like | [ ] |
15. | A. went | B. helped | C. joined in | D. joined | [ ] |
16. | A. to which | B. then | C. where | D. on which | [ ] |
17. | A. to get | B. getting | C. to make | D. making | [ ] |
18. | A. to write | B. write | C. writing | D. to writing | [ ] |
19. | A.was appeared | B. printed | C. came out | D. published | [ ] |
20. | A. which | B. that | C. as | D.or which | [ ] |
21. | A. France | B. the France | C. French | D. the French | [ ] |
22. | A. work | B. journeys | C. voyage | D. flight | [ ] |
23. | A. went on | B. continued | C. set out | D. kept out | [ ] |
24. | A. until | B. to | C. before | D.after | [ ] |
25. | A. came up | B. became out | C.was published | D. happened | [ ] |