Oneofthebest-knownAmericanwritersisSamuelLanghorneClemenswhosepen-nameisMarkTwain.Bornin1835TwaingrewupintheMississippiRivertownofHannibalMissouri.LikemanyotherboysofhisdayTwaindreamedoftravelingonriverboatsandofbecomingariverboatpilot(舵手)someday.HeusedhismemoriesofthelifeoftherivertowninhistwomostfamousbooksHuckleberryFinnandTomSawyer.
AsayoungmanTwainheldmanyjobs.Hewasaprinteragoldminerandforalongtimehewasariverboatpilot.Duringhispilotdaysheadopted(采用)thenameMarkTwain.Thiswassomethingusedbytheboatmentomeanthewatermeasuredtwofathomsortwelvefeetwhichwasdeepenoughforsafepassage.
FinallyTwainbecameafamouswriter.HetraveledagreatdealwritingandspeakingandwasverypopularbothintheUnitedStatesandinEurope.
Twain’sstyleofwritingwassimpleanddirect.Amongthethingshewroteaboutweresuperstitious(迷信的)peopleandpeoplewhowereeasilyfooled.Heusedhisunusualgiftforhumortowriteaboutmanythingsofimportance.
SamuelLanghorneClemens_____________________.
A.isthebest-knownAmericanwriter
B.neverleftthetownofHannibalMissouri
C.istheheroofHuckleberryFinnandTomSawyer
D.usedMarkTwainashispen-name
Manyboysofthattime_________________________.
A.wantedtobecomewriters
B.wereanxioustoworkonariverboat
C.justwantedtobepassengersontheMississippi
D.wishedtobecomefriendsofMarkTwain.
HuckleberryFinnwrittenbyMarkTwainwasprobablyabout_________.
A.boys’lifeofhisday
B.thelifeofariverboatpilot
C.thelifeofarivertown
D.Twain’stravelonriverboats
AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Fathomwasaunitusedbyboatmentomeasurethedepthofthewater.
B.PeoplecouldbeeasilyamusedbyMarkTwain’swriting.
C.EuropeansshowedlittleinterestinMarkTwain’swritings.
D.MarkTwain’sbookscouldbeeasilyunderstoodforhisstyle.