阅读理解MarkTwainasyouknowwasfamousinhisdayasapublicspeaker.Inhispublicspeecheshealwayslikedtotellfunny(可笑的)stories.Healsolikedtolistentofunnystoriesandtoplayjokesonhisfriends.O

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　　Mark Twain as you know was famous in his day as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny (可笑的) stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and to play jokes on his friends. One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare(费用)for him.

　　“But I don't have enough money to pay both your fare and mine.”Mark Twain said. The friend did not know what to do.

　　“We can do this.” said Mark Twain “We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to check the tickets you can hide under my seat. ”

　　Later however when the conductor came to check the tickets Mark Twain gave him two tickets - one for his friend and one for himself. Then he explained in a loud voice.

　　“My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train he doesn't like to sit on the seat. He prefers to lie on the floor under the seat.” Of course everyone on the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly.

(1) The friend asked Mark Twain to buy a ticket for him because ________.

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A．his wallet was stolen

B．his money was lost

C．he was too poor to buy one

(2) Mark Twain told his friend he couldn't buy him a ticket because ________.

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A．he wanted to play a joke on him

B．he didn't have enough money

C．he didn't find his wallet either

(3) When the conductor came to check the tickets the friend ________.

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