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A) require the use of different organs even when the same sound is produced
B) were the ones spoken in the major countries of the world
C) belong to the same language family
D) include at least some of the 34 sounds he had noted
E) consist of exactly the same sounds
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 realise his old
ambition of becoming a steamboat pilot. In 1857, after 18 months apprenticeship, he earned his pilot's
licence, 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.
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