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once a joke was played on him.
One day Mark Twain was invited(被邀请)to give a talk in a small town. At
lunch he met a young man,one of his friends.
The young man said that he has an uncle with him. He told Twain that his
uncle never laughed or smiled,and that nobody and nothing was able to make his
uncle smile or laugh.
"You bring your uncle to my talk tonight,"said Mark Twain."I'm sure I can
make him laugh"
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began
to speak. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh.
But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories,but the
old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funny stories. Finally he stopped.
He was tired and quite disappointed(失望的)．
Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had
happened.
"Oh,"said his friend."I know that old man. He's been deaf(聋)for years."
B. others
C. old men
D. Americans
B. a young man's uncle
C. a young girl
D. a deaf
B. talked
C. laughed
D. ate
B. near the door
C. at the back
D. in the front
B. tired
C. angry
D. sleepy
1835, Clemens grew up in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. As did many other young people
of his day, Clemens dreamed of traveling on riverboats and of someday becoming a riverboat pilot. He used
his memories (记忆) of the life of a river town in his two most famous books, Huckleberry Finn and Tom
Sawyer.
As a young man, Clemens held many jobs. He was a printer (印刷工), a gold miner (矿工) and a riverboat
pilot. During his pilot days, he used the name Mark Twain. This was a term used on the river to mean that
the water measured (测量) 2 fathoms (英寻), or 4 meters (nearly 12 feet), which was deep enough for safe
passage.
Finally Twain became a successful writer. He traveled a great deal, writing and speaking. He became very
popular both in the United States and in Europe.
Twain's style of writing was simple and direct. Among the things that he wrote about were superstitious
(迷信的) people and people who were really fool. He used his unusual gift for humor (幽默) to write about
many things of importance.
( )1. This article as a whole is about a riverboat pilot.
( )2. Mark Twain worked as a pilot all the time before he became a successful writer.
( )3. Mark Twain knew much about the Mississippi.
( )4. It is very difficult to understand Mark Twain's works.
( )5. Huckleberry Finn is a book about the life of the Mississippi River.
Mark Twain’s First Money
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned．
He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school．I can remember everything about it ．School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks．There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school．”
“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school．My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school．He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher．But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating．”
“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars．So that’s what I did．That was the first money I ever earned．”
1.Mark Twain earned his first money _________．
A．when he was a pupil B．when he became a writer
C．when he taught at a school D．when he was beaten by his father
2.The school made the rule so that they could_____．
A．teach the students well B．give the students a beating
C．keep the desks and chairs well D．ask the students for more money
3.Mark Twain’s father______．
A．was happy to give him the money
B．got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school
C．said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news
D．agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money
4.Mark Twain was beaten_______．
A．at home B．only by his father C．at school D．both at school and at home
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Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He grew up with a few naughty boys who later appeared in his stories. Perhaps you are familiar with some of his books, as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then a pilot on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life on the Mississippi.
During the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period made him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on his high living and unsuccessful business.
Mark Twain was known as a world-wide famous writer and a humorist, which means funny man. But in fact, he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his experiences helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of the society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910. (200)
1.What did Mark Twain do when he was 12?
2.Did Mark Twain write himself and his friends in his stories?
3.When did Mark Twain become famous?
4.What is Mark Twain’s writing style?
5.What does the passage mainly tell us and what does the writer think of Mark Twain?
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Mark Twain’s First Money
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned．
He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school．I can remember everything about it ．School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks．There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school．”
“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school．My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school．He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher．But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating．”
“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars．So that’s what I did．That was the first money I ever earned．”
【小题1】Mark Twain earned his first money _________．
| A．when he was a pupil | B．when he became a writer |
| C．when he taught at a school | D．when he was beaten by his father |
| A．teach the students well | B．give the students a beating |
| C．keep the desks and chairs well | D．ask the students for more money |
| A．was happy to give him the money |
| B．got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school |
| C．said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news |
| D．agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money |
| A．at home | B．only by his father | C．at school | D．both at school and at home |