Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, rile USA. He 1 a few naughty boys who later 2 in his stories. At the age of 12, his father died. and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book “Life 3 the Mississipi”. 4 the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period 5 him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running 6 publishing house. But he spent all of it on high living and 7 business. Mark Twain 8 as a “funny man”. But in fact he took a serious view of fife. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his 9 helped to shape his stories 10 showed the dark side of society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.

　　Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He __(1)__ a few naughty（淘气的）boys who later __(2)__ in his stories. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life __(3)__ the Mississippi（密西西比）.

　　__(4)__ the Civil War（内战）he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period（时期）__(5)__ him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running（创办）__(6)__ publishing house（出版社）. But he spent all of it on high living and __(7)__ business.

　　Mark Twain __(8)__ as a“funny man”. But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his __(9)__ helped to shape（塑造）his stories __(10)__ showed the dark side of society（社会）. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.

We asked thirty young people ____2____ fourteen and eighteern．We asked them ____3____ they usually spent on their computers in a week，but we were ____4____ in what they used the computers ____5____．

The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours，with ____6____ user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user about five hours．

All the children said they usually used computers ____7____ ．Fourteen children told us they did some word-processing(文字处理) ____8____ ．Only two of them said computer ____9____ their lessons，and eight people told us they kept addresses and phone numbers ____10____．Only three people said they were learing to make computer programmes and nobody looked up databases(数据库)．None of them used computers for any other use．

The ____11____ show that computers ____12____ by most young people as ____13____ than game machines．The only other great uses are for word-processing and keeping address lists．____14____ ，though computers are common in the homes of young people，they have not yet become ____15____ in everyday life．

1． (　)A．used by　　   B．given to　　  C．made for　　    D．bought by

2． (　)A．among　　    B．between　　 C．for　　　　　　  D．about

3． (　)A．how long away  B how much moneyC．how much time  D．how often

4． (　)A．busy　　　　   B．better　　   C．careless　　　　 D．interested

5． (　)A．for　　　　    B．on　　　　  C．about　　　　   D．to

6． (　)A．high　　　　   B．higher　　   C．the higher　　   D．the highest

7． (　)A．to read　　　　 B．to show　　  C．to play games    D．to manage house

8． (　)A．at times　　    B．as usual　　  C．at last　　　　   D．in no time

9． (　)A．encouraged　　 B．expressed　　 C．served　　　　  D．attracted

10． (　)A．in their minds  B．on their computersC．in their note-booksD．in their desk notes

11． (　)A．problems　　 B．results　　    C．sceneries　　    D．informations

12． (　)A．regard　　   B．have regarded   C．will regard　　   D．are regarded

13． (　)A．a little more   B．a little　　    C．more　　　　    D．a bit

14． (　)A．More or less   B．From then on    C．By the way　　   D．It seems to us that

15． (　)A．wonderful    B．popular　　　　 C．useful　　　　  D．expensive