Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep, so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. “I’ll probably protest(表示不滿)loudly when you try to wake me up,” he said to the conductor, “but do not take any notice, just put me off the train anyway.”
Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night-time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him.“I have never been so angry in all my life,” Mark Twain said.
The conductor looked at him calmly. “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon,” he said.
小題1:Who’ s Mark Twain?  ______________
A．A French writer. B．A famous artist.
C．An American writer.D．A traveler.
小題2:Mark Twain wanted to sleep because_________.
A．he was tired B．he was hungry
C．he was a lazy man D．he liked sleeping
小題3:When he woke up, the train got to______.
A．Dijon B．London C．Paris D．New York

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
本文講述的是馬克吐溫的一次延誤下火車的經(jīng)歷。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第一行可知。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第二行可知。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二行可知。
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