[单项选择]The pen name Mark Twain came from_____

[单项选择]While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, ______ was an admirer of ancient European civilization.
A. Washington Irving
B. Henry James
C. Walt Whitman
D. Jack London

[单项选择]The first writing which made Mark Twain nationally famous was


A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
B. [ B] Life on the Mississippi.
C. The Gilded Age and Innocents Abroad.
D. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

[单项选择]Mark Twain's full literary career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book ______, an account of American tourists in Europe.
A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B. The Gilded Age
C. Innocents Abroad
D. An American Tragedy

[单项选择]What can we infer from Mark Twain's words


A. There are some terrible things in his life.
B. The past is terrible lo be reminded of.
C. Some terrible things may actually happen in his life.
D. Let bygones be bygones.

[单项选择]Mark Twain usually forgot something because he ______.


A. was ill
B. was very busy
C. couldn’t remember anything

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Mark Twain once observed that giving up smoking is easy. He knew, because he’d done it hundreds of times himself, Giving up for ever is a trifle more difficult, apparently, and it is well known that it is much more difficult for some people than for others. Why is this so
Few doctors believe any longer that it is simply a question of will power. And for those people that continue to view addicts as merely "weak", recent genetic research may force a rethink. A study conducted by Jacqueline Vink, of the Free University of Amsterdam, used a database called the Netherlands Twin Register to analyse the smoking habits of twins. Her results suggest that an individual’s degree of nicotine dependence, and even the number of cigarettes he smokes per day, are strongly genetically influenced.
The Netherlands Twin Register is a voluntary database that is prized by geneticists because they allow the comparison of identical twins (who
A. it may have negative effects on related studies.
B. it is unreliable so far.
C. it may provide an excuse for nicotine addicts.
D. it could undermine the anti-smoking movement.

[单项选择]Mark Twain is one of the best American creative writers.
A. productive
B. inventive
C. fanciful
D. ingenious

[单项选择]Mark Twain’s works are characterized by the following except ______.


A. sense of humor
B. egotism
C. jokes
D. tall tales