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Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep, so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. “I’ll probably protest(表示不满)loudly when you try to wake me up,” he said to the conductor, “but do not take any notice, just put me off the train anyway.”
Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night-time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him.“I have never been so angry in all my life,” Mark Twain said.
The conductor looked at him calmly. “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon,” he said.
【小题1】Who’ s Mark Twain?  ______________

George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a   1.  （贫穷的） family. He had to start work when he was only 2.    （八）. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time  3.  （学习）about engines. And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studied each piece 4.  （仔细地）. Soon he became a very good worker   5.  （虽然）he could not read or write. He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked along way to have 6.    （功课） from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth   7.  （生日）, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George   8.   （发明） many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among 9. （他们）. Today when we take trains from one place to 10. （另一个）,we’ll think of this great man —George Stephenson.

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George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engines. On holidays, he often took engines into pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write.

He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young teacher.

On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we will think of this great man—George Stephenson.