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Mark TwainMark Twain (whose real name was Samuel Clemens) was born in Missouri and grew up close to the banks of the Mississippi River. Clemens started out as a printer, setting type in Iowa, New York City, Philadelphia, and other cities. Clemens then turned to piloting a steamboat on the Mississippi River until the American Civil War. In 1861, Clemens served briefly as a soldier in the Confederate（联盟）army. Later that year, Clemens moved to Nevada and began writing articles as a newspaper reporter.
In 1863, Clemens began signing his articles with the pseudonym（笔名）Mark Twain. In 1865, Twain finished his first story,“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, which became an instant hit.
In 1870, Twain married Olivia Langdon, and they later moved to Hartford, Connecticut. Some famous writings followed, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) , A Tramp Abroad (1880) , The Prince and the Pauper (1882) , A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court(1889) .
Twain's masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) remains an icon（偶像）of American literature.
Later works include Puddn' head Wilson(1894) , Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc(1896) , and the short story “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”(1899) .
In his later years, Twain became a celebrity, becoming known for wearing white suits wherever he went.
Although known primarily as a humorist during his life, scholars now regard his work as some of the best and most authentic（可信的）in American literature. His portraits of pre-civil war America, and his use of spoken language in his novels dominate（占优势）Twain's legacy（遗产）.
(1)Mark Twain's masterpiece is ________ .
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A．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B．A Tramp Abroad
C．The Prince and the Pauper
D．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(2)Mark Twain became a famous person in his later years for ________ .
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A．his works
B．his humor
C．spoken language
D．wearing white suits wherever he went
(3)The underlined word“hit”in the second paragraph means ________ .
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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.
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A．was known as |
B．known as |
C．was known for |
D．known for |