eyed cynic: The man who became Mark Twain born Sammuel Langhorne 6 Clemens and he arranged across the nation for more than a third of his life. 7. digesting the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. He adopted his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms of water---a navigable deep. 8 His popularity is tested by the fact that more than a score of his books 9 remain out of print, and translations are still read around the world 10. Part V Paraphrase(20%) 1. little donkeys thread their way among the throngs of people 2. The few Americans and Germans seemed just as inhibited as i was 3. I thought somehow I had been spared 4. the prospect of a good catch looked bleak 5. which means we are silencing thousands of songs we have never even heard 6. To come to the question another way 7. Let redouble our exertions, and strike with united strength while life and power remain 8. Mark Twain digested the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer 9. The case erupted round my head. 10. Spectators paid to gaze at it and ponder whether they might be related. Part VI Reading Comprehension(20%) Directions: There are five passages in this section. read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Passage 1 During the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution gained momentum. While there were mass dislocations of people, and laborers were not treated kindly the net effect over time was to increase the demand for labor. The aged were not given special attention, except through the poor Laws and the poorhouses and asylums developed under those laws. This same pattern carried over to America. Respectable American opinion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries held that there was work for all who would work, and personal or family charity for those who could not includ ing the displaced aged The fact that, periodically at least, there were conditionseyed cynic: The man who became Mark Twain born Sammuel Langhorne 6.________________ Clemens and he arranged across the nation for more than a third of his life, 7. _______________ digesting the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. He adopted his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms of water --- a navigable deep. 8. _______________ His popularity is tested by the fact that more than a score of his books 9. ______________ _ remain out of print, and translations are still read around the world. 10. ______________ Part V Paraphrase (20%) 1. little donkeys thread their way among the throngs of people. 2. The few Americans and Germans seemed just as inhibited as I was. 3. I thought somehow I had been spared. 4. the prospect of a good catch looked bleak 5. which means we are silencing thousands of songs we have never even heard 6. To come to the question another way 7. Let redouble our exertions, and strike with united strength while life and power remain. 8. Mark Twain digested the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. 9. The case erupted round my head. 10. Spectators paid to gaze at it and ponder whether they might be related. Part VI Reading Comprehension (20%) Directions: There are five passages in this section. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Passage 1 During the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution gained momentum. While there were mass dislocations of people, and laborers were not treated kindly, the net effect over time was to increase the demand for labor. The aged were not given special attention, except through the Poor Laws and the poorhouses and asylums developed under those laws. This same pattern carried over to America. Respectable American opinion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries held that there was work for all who would work, and personal or family charity for those who could not, including the displaced aged. The fact that, periodically at least, there were conditions