Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was travelling 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(列车员) 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(冷静地). “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon,” he said.
1.Mark Twain wanted to sleep because ________.
A.he was tired B.he was hungry
C.he was a lazy man D.he liked sleeping
2.He wanted to wake up ________.
A.in France B.in America
C.on the train D.in Dijon
3.Heavy sleeper means ________.
A.a person who was not easily to sleep B.a person who was not easily to wake up
C.a person who liked to protest D.a person who was calm
4.When he woke up, the train got to ________.
A.Dijon B.London
C.Paris D.New York
5.From the conductor's word at the end of the passage we know ________.
A.the conductor forgot Mark Twain's word
B.Mark Twain's word made the conductor angry
C.the train didn't stop at Dijon
D.the conductor made another American angry
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Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was travelling 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(列车员) 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(冷静地). “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon,” he said.
1.Mark Twain wanted to sleep because ________.
A.he was tired B.he was hungry
C.he was a lazy man D.he liked sleeping
2.He wanted to wake up ________.
A.in France B.in America
C.on the train D.in Dijon
3.Heavy sleeper means ________.
A.a person who was not easily to sleep B.a person who was not easily to wake up
C.a person who liked to protest D.a person who was calm
4.When he woke up, the train got to ________.
A.Dijon B.London
C.Paris D.New York
5.From the conductor's word at the end of the passage we know ________.
A.the conductor forgot Mark Twain's word
B.Mark Twain's word made the conductor angry
C.the train didn't stop at Dijon
D.the conductor made another American angry
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Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories
Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, of a Virginian family. He was 1. b______ up in Hannibal, Missouri. At the2. a_____ of 12,his father died ,he became a printer .To make a 3.l______, he wrote for his brother's newspaper. He later worked as a licensed Mississippi river-boat pilot though he was very 4.y______.
No one knew the 5.e_____ date when Twain left for California, and worked in San Francisco as a reporter. He visited Hawaii as a correspondent for The Sacramento Union, publishing letters on his trip and giving lectures. He set out on a world tour, traveling in France and Italy. His experiences were recorded in 1869 in The Innocents Abroad, which made him famous 6.a______ the world.
The success as a writer made him rich enough to 7.m_____ the beautiful girl Olivia Langdon in 1870. They moved next year to Hartford. Twain continued to lecture in the United States and England. Between 1876 and 1884 he published several masterpieces, Tom Sawyer (1881) and The Prince And The Pauper (1881).He became a 8.s______ writer.
In the 1890s Twain lost most of his earnings in financial speculations and in the failure of his own publishing firm. To recover from the bankruptcy, he started a world lecture tour. Twain toured New Zealand, Australia, India, and South Africa. He wrote many 9.w______ such as The Tragedy Of Pudd'head Wilson (1884), Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc (1885), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and the travel book Following The Equator (1897).They were translated into many 10.l______ later.
He died on April 21, 1910
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Mark Twain was an American writer. He liked to tell funny stories, and he also liked to play jokes. One day, a friend of his lost his wallet and asked Twain to pay his train ticket for him.
Twain said, "I'm sorry, but it happens that I have very little money with me.I don't have enough money to buy two tickets."
The friend was very sad.
"But," said Twain, "You can get on the train with me and, when the conductor comes through the train to collect (收) the tickets, you can hide under my seat." The friend agreed to this plan. But when the conductor came through the train, Twain gave him two tickets. One is for himself and the other is for his friend under the seat.
Then in a loud voice, so that everyone in the train could hear him easily, Twain explained (解释), "My friend is a very strange man. When he rides on a train, he doesn't like to sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the floor under the seat."
Of course, everybody then looked at the poor man under the seat and laughed at him.
1.Who used to write funny short stories?
A. Lu Xun B. Mark Twain C. Shakespeare D. Luo Guanzhong
2.Mark Twain was _________.
A. a great German writer B. a great American writer
C. a great English writer D. a great American lawyer
3.______ lay on the floor under the seat instead of sitting on the seat.
A. Mark Twain B. The conductor C. A stranger D. A friend of Mark Twain's
4.A friend asked Twain to buy train ticket for him because _________.
A. he lost his wallet
B. he had very little money and could not pay the ticket.
C. Twain owed his money, and then he wanted to get it back.
D. he did not want to pay the ticket himself.
5.Which of the following is right?
A. Twain bought only one ticket for himself.
B. Twain bought two tickets.
C. Twain did not ask his friend to get on the train.
D. Twain asked his friend to take his seat.
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Mark Twain was an American writer. One day he went to a city by train. He wanted to see one of his friends there. He was a very busy man, so he usually forgot something.
When he was on the train, the conductor asked him for his ticket. Mark Twain looked for the ticket here and there, but he couldn’t find it. The conductor knew Mark Twain. She said. “Show me your ticket on your way back. And if you can’t find it, it doesn’t matter.”
“Oh, thank you!” said Mark Twain. “But I must find the ticket. If I can’t find it, how can I know where I’m going?”
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）
1.Mark Twain usually forgot something because he was very busy.
2.Mark Twain didn’t want to show his ticket to the conductor.
3.The conductor didn’t know Mark Twain.
4.Mark Twain bought a ticket before he got on the train.
5.Mark Twain remembered where he was going.
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Mark Twain was an American writer. One day he went to a city by train. He wanted to see one of his friends there. He was a very busy man, so he usually forgot something.
When he was on the train, the conductor asked him for his ticket. Mark Twain looked for the ticket here and there, but he couldn’t find it. The conductor knew Mark Twain. She said. “Show me your ticket on your way back. And if you can’t find it, it doesn’t matter.”
“Oh, thank you!” said Mark Twain. “But I must find the ticket. If I can’t find it, how can I know where I’m going?”
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）
1.Mark Twain usually forgot something because he was very busy.
2.Mark Twain didn’t want to show his ticket to the conductor.
3.The conductor didn’t know Mark Twain.
4.Mark Twain bought a ticket before he got on the train.
5.Mark Twain remembered where he was going.
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---Do you know Mark Twain？
---Yes .2hHe is a great writer of America. And he ____the name Mark Twain and became famous in the _______a e1教育名师原创作品
A. takes, 1860s B. took ,1860s
C. Took,1860 D. Takes,1862s
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Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.
Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favorite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man gets a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.Hemingway’s father was a fan of _____.
A. books B. sports C. music D. art
2.The Old Man and the Sea was published(出版) in _____.
A. 1852 B. 1899
C. 1952 D. 1989
3.The old man doesn’t get a fish until the _____ day.
A. fifteenth B. eightieth
C. eighty-fourth D. eighty-fifth
4.What does the old man do when he can’t get a fish?
A. He has to look for food somewhere else.
B. He doesn’t give up fishing.
C. He doesn’t fish any more.
D. He has nothing to do.
5.What can we learn from the old man?
A. When we are in trouble, we should not give up.
B. When we want to fish, we can get a big fish.
C. We can do everything well because we are young.
D. We can live a better life if we like fishing.
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As you know, the great American writer Jack London was often in need of money when he began writing his books. He worked hard but it didn’t help him.
Once he promised (允诺) a New York magazine to write a story for it, but he was busy at that time and could not keep his promise. The boss (老板) of the magazine wrote letters to Jack London several times to ask him to send the story. At last he went to Jack London’s room and left a note (字条) .
“Dear Jack London, if I don’t get the story in twenty-four hours, I’ll come to your room and kick (踢) you downstairs, and I always keep my promise.”
Jack London read the note and answered, “Dear Dick, if I could do my work with my feet like you, I could keep my promise, too.”
1.Jack London ___________ when he began to write his books.
A. had much money
B. didn’t have enough money
C. didn’t worry about money
D. didn’t need any money
2.Why couldn’t Jack London write a story for a New York magazine as he promised?
A. Because he didn’t have money.
B. Because he was too busy.
C. Because he didn’t like the boss.
D. Because he didn’t feel well.
3.The boss of the magazine wrote letters to ___________, Jack London.
A. the writer B. the boss
C. his friend D. the officer
4.The boss of the magazine wrote letters to Jack to __________ the story.
A. send B. ask for C. give D. tell
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The boss didn’t meet Jack London when he came to the room.
B. The boss left a note in Jack London’s room.
C. Jack London wanted to do his work with his feet.
D. The boss asked Jack London to finish the story in twenty-four hours.
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Lu Xun was one of the most famous in China.
A.actors B.players C.writers D.scientists
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The famous British writer Charles Dickens was born ______ February, 1812.
A.at B.on C.in D.to
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