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科目:初中英语 来源:考前百天点拔与千题解答(中考阅读) 题型:050

Mark Twain and the Old Man

  Mark Twain, the famous American writer, liked to play jokes (开玩笑) on others. But once a joke was played on him.

  One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends.

  The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.

  “You bring your uncle to my talk tonight,” said Mark Twain, “I'm sure I can make him laugh.”

  That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh.

  But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories, but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funniest stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.

  Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened.

  “Oh,” said this friend, “I know that old man, He's been deaf (聋) for years.”

1.In this story, a joke was played ________ .

[  ]

A.on Mark Twain himself
B.on the uncle of Mark Twain's friend
C.on a deaf man
D.on a friend of Mark Twain's

2.Mark Twain went to a small town ________ .

[  ]

A.to meet one of his friends
B.to see an old man
C.to give a talk
D.to attend his friend's party

3.When the young man said his uncle never laughed or smiled, Mark Twain ________ .

[  ]

A.believed him
B.didn't believe him
C.was disappointed
D.didn't say anything

4.The old man didn't even smile at Mark Twain's stories because ________ .

[  ]

A.those stories were not funny at all

B.he thought he should keep quiet

C.he had sat far away and couldn't hear clearly

D.he couldn't hear anything at all

5.Mark Twain learned that the old man was a deaf later from ________ .

[  ]

A.the old man's reaction to his stories
B.the young man
C.another friend of his
D.some other people

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科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:050

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  Mark Twain, the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him.

  One day Mark Twain was asked to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man he knew who told him that he had an uncle who never laughed or smiled. The young man told Mark Twain that nobody and nothing could possibly make his uncle smile and laugh.

  “You bring your uncle to my talk tonight,” said Mark Twain, “ I'm sure I can make him laugh.”

  That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the first row. Mark Twain spoke directly(正好地) at the old man. He told some rather interesting stories, which made everyone in the hall laugh. But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain told the most interesting stories he knew. But the old man's face was still a blank. At last Mark Twain stopped. He felt tired and discouraged(失去信心的).

  Some days later, Mark Twain told a friend of his about what had happened. “Oh”, said his friend, “I know that old man. He has been deaf (聋的) for years.”

(1) Which of the following sentences is not true?

[  ]

A. Mark Twain could make everyone laugh except the old man.

B. Mark Twain liked to play jokes on others.

C. Nobody ever played a joke on Mark Twain.

D. Once a young man played a joke on Mark Twain.

(2)The young man Mark Twain met at lunch told him that ________.

[  ]

A. his uncle liked to listen to Mark Twain's talk

B. his uncle could not possibly be made to laugh and smile

C. his uncle never laughed at people

D. nobody and nothing could make his uncle stop laughing or smile

(3) Mark Twain told the young man ________.

[  ]

A. to bring his uncle to lunch

B. to ask his uncle to talk there that night

C. he could make his uncle laugh

D. to sit in the first row with his uncle

(4) Mark Twain's stories made everyone in the hall laugh except ________.

[  ]

A. the old man

B. the young man

C. Mark Twain himself

D. a friend of Mark Twain's

(5) Mark Twain could not make the old man laugh because ________.

[  ]

A. the old man couldn't laugh

B. the old man didn't want to laugh

C. his stories were not interesting enough

D. the old man couldn't hear Mark Twain's stories

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科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:053

  Mark Twain, the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on other people. But once a joke was played on him.

  One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said he had an uncle with him.

  He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.

  “You bring your uncle to my talk tonight,” said Mark Twain. “I'm sure I can make him laugh.”

  That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front row. Mark Twain began to talk. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh. But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories, but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funniest stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.

  Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened.

  “Oh,” said his friend. “I know that old man. He's been deaf for years.”

根据短文内容回答问题,每空限填一词。

(1) What did Mark Twain like to do?

He ________ ________ play jokes on other people.

(2) What did he do one day?

He ________ a ________ in a small town.

(3) What did the young man say about his uncle?

He said that ________ and ________ could make his uncle laugh or smile.

(4) Why did Mark Twain tell so many funny stories?

Because he wanted to ________ the old man ________.

(5) Why didn't the old man laugh or smile?

Because he could ________ ________.

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科目:初中英语 来源:同步题 题型:完形填空

完型填空。
  Mark Twain, the famous writer and speaker, liked to play jokes on others
But once a joke was played       1      him.
  One day, Mark Twain gave a lecture in a small town. At lunch a young man told him that his uncle       2      laughed. Nobody and nothing could make  his
uncle       3     .
  But Mark Twian said he was ___4___ he could make him laugh. He asked
the young man to      5      his uncle to his house. That evening Mark Twain told
some      6      stories. Everyone one laughed,      7      the old man never even
smiled. Mark Twain told funniest stories, but the old man did not laugh,      8     . At last, he stopped. He was very tired.
  Some days later, Mark Twain told a friendof ___9___ about this story, His
friend laughed and said that he knew that old man. He was      10     .
(   )1. A. at     
(   )2. A. always
(   )3. A. laugh  
(   )4. A. afraid
(   )5. A. leave  
(   )6. A. unhappy
(   )7. A. so    
(   )8. A. too    
(   )9. A. theirs
(   )10. A. deaf   
B. on        
B. somethings
B. cry      
B. sorry    
B. carry    
B. terrible  
B. but      
B. either    
B. mine      
B. blind    
C. with    
C. often  
C. speak  
C. sure    
C. bring  
C. sad    
C. and    
C. also    
C. his    
C. alseep  
D. in            
D. never          
D. read          
D. happy          
D. take          
D. interesting    
D. or            
D. already        
D. dead          
D. dead          

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