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We learnt from the passage that Twain's most famous book...
A) reflects the actual author's knowledge of the river geography.
B) was written in 1857 to realize his old ambition.
c) is about efforts to learn languages during the next four years after apprenticeship.
d) had no direct relation to Samuel Clemens's own life.


482. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain- was an American author and humorist. Among his writings are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel Adventures of I Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “The Great American Novel". After several years of wandering around in the eastern part of the United States, supporting himself as a printer and with his writing, Samuel Clemens returned to the Mississippi River to realize his old ambition of becoming a steamboat pilot. In 1857, after 18 months apprenticeship, he earned his pilot's license, and for the next four years he steamed up and down the Mississippi getting to know the name and position of every feature on the river. In addition, he learnt the special language used on the steamboats, where the phrase "mark twain-' meant the water was deep enough to be safe. He used his knowledge of the river and his experiences there later when he wrote his most famous novel. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" under his pen name, Mark Twain.
According to the text, Mark Twain, ...
a) had no desire to wander around the world but had to.
b) spent all his life as an author and printer studying the western part of the US.
c) after a number of years, finally succeeded in implementation of the desire he had in the days of old.
d) learnt all possible languages while wandering round the world.


483. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain- was an American author and humorist. Among his writings are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel Adventures of I Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “The Great American Novel"
After several years of wandering around in the eastern part of the United States, supporting himself as a printer and with his writing, Samuel Clemens returned to the Mississippi River to realize his old ambition of becoming a steamboat pilot. In 1857, after 18 months apprenticeship, he earned his pilot's license, and for the next four years he steamed up and down the Mississippi getting to know the name and position of every feature on the river. In addition, he learnt the special language used on the steamboats, where the phrase "mark twain-' meant the water was deep enough to be safe. He used his knowledge of the river and his experiences there later when he wrote his most famous novel. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" under his pen name, Mark Twain.