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19. Why do people all over the world enjoy reading this novel?
A) Because it is a mixture of hilarity and imaginations
B) Because the novel was previously liked by the author’s own children
C) Because stories about small-town lives impress everybody
D) Because the author described his own childhood in it
20. According to the passage, what is the fact proving that Samuel Clemens wrote this novel about himself?
A) Mark Twain lived in a small town.
B) The events in the story happened in 1850s.
C) The writer had a friend in his life who had habits as Huck has in the story.
D) There was a cave full of bats near the place where Samuel lived.
21. What does the word ENDURING in bold mean?
A) pressing B) fascinating C) valuable D) immortal
22. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A) The best story in American Literature exaggerated B) Mark Twain is a well-known story writer
C) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and his friend D) A wonderful story about Twain’s youth


In current times, it is known that lightning has a very scientific cause. Generally, within a storm cloud, friction from water and ice-laden clouds creates a negative charge at the bottom of the cloud. When that charge grows too great for the air to hold it back, it is united with a positive charge from the Earth, creating a channel of electricity that flows between the two points. The charge remains invisible as it moves towards the ground until it meets the charge rising from the ground. Once they meet, a fifty thousand degree current superheats the air around the channel resulting in an explosion of sound known as thunder. In fact, very recently it has been discovered that occasionally the positive charges appear at the bottom of the cloud, which are then met by negative charges from earth.
23. Which of the following can be best title for this passage?
A) How does the thunder cause the lightning? B) What does the lightning originate from?
C) Lightning changes the current of the wind D) The energy which is rising from the ground causes the lightning