閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
In the era of high-tech today, face-to-face conversation is dying.
The New York Times published an article recently that shows great   36  for the “death of conversation”. It   37  that while technology such as cell phones, e-mails, and Internet posting makes us feel more   38  than ever, they’re also driving us away from people around us.
Users get final connectivity   39  the price of   40  face-to-face conversation. Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are   41  to a different way of being “alone together”.
Actually,   42  text messages or writing micro-blogs allows us to   43  thoughts. But bits and pieces of online cannot   44  a “real conversation.” Lan Guo, 19, a freshman English major from Changsha University, said that she would like to hear people’s tone of voice and see their faces in a conversation. “The give and take of   45  in a conversation sharpens our minds.” she said. She also mentions that   46  ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and   47  people.
Turkle mentioned the popular   48  of “I share, therefore I am.” among this generation. Liu Xuan, a young writer from Taiwan and psychology graduate from Harvard University, thinks it’s an attitude   49  by most young people. They are   50  busy creating or polishing their online persona (網(wǎng)絡(luò)人格) that they forget how to live a   51  life. 
However, experts remind us that it’s   52  to blame mobile technology. Chen Chen, a sociology expert at China Youth & Children Research Center, points out that   53  is still owners of tools who’re avoiding personal contact. We take advantage of these devices to hide ourselves from others. Texting messages or calling may be a(n)   54  to avoid contact with others, such as having eye contact. “Only by strengthening conversation can we understand each other.   55  throwing away the mobile phones is not a solution.” she said.
小題1:
A．regretB．respectC．a(chǎn)ngerD．support
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)dvisesB．speaks C．suggestsD．talks
小題3:
A．receivedB．connectedC．sharedD．separated
小題4:
A．withB．forC．inD．a(chǎn)t
小題5:
A．havingB．riskingC．sacrificingD．continuing
小題6:
A．relatedB．committedC．limitedD．a(chǎn)ccustomed
小題7:
A．sendingB．gettingC．readingD．taking
小題8:
A．changeB．exchangeC．explainD．develop
小題9:
A．indicateB．replaceC．coverD．involve
小題10:
A．ideasB．lettersC．chancesD．gifts
小題11:
A．imaginingB．joiningC．buryingD．a(chǎn)ttaching
小題12:
A．interviewingB．introducingC．recognizingD．meeting
小題13:
A．feelingB．conceptC．imageD．truth
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)daptedB．confirmedC．handledD．a(chǎn)dopted
小題15:
A．soB．tooC．veryD．quite
小題16:
A．realB．colorfulC．dailyD．meaningful
小題17:
A．importantB．necessaryC．unfairD．uncomfortable
小題18:
A．thatB．thisC．it D．one
小題19:
A．problemB．excuseC．strategyD．explanation
小題20:
A．EventuallyB．HardlyC．ApproximatelyD．Simply

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:D
小題13:B
小題14:D
小題15:A
小題16:A
小題17:C
小題18:C
小題19:B
小題20:D

本篇通過(guò)現(xiàn)代科技——手機(jī)、網(wǎng)絡(luò)等在為人們溝通提供便利的同時(shí)，也使得許多年輕人遭遇溝通危機(jī)，與周?chē)岁P(guān)系日漸疏遠(yuǎn)這一問(wèn)題，展開(kāi)議論，是手機(jī)等技術(shù)之錯(cuò)，還是現(xiàn)代人之過(guò)?
小題1:A從下文的“death of conversation”推斷應(yīng)該是為此而感到遺憾(regret)。《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》近日發(fā)表的一篇文章表達(dá)了對(duì)“溝通對(duì)話(huà)被扼殺”的惋惜之情。respect尊敬；anger氣憤；support支持。
小題2:C下文是該篇文章說(shuō)明的內(nèi)容。該篇文章說(shuō)明……。advise 與suggest都有“建議”的意思，后面跟賓語(yǔ)從句時(shí)，從句中謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用should+原形動(dòng)詞，其中“should”可以省略。但是“suggest”還有“說(shuō)明、暗示”等意思，這時(shí)后面的賓語(yǔ)從句謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞則不受此限制。本句中“suggest”真是“說(shuō)明”的意思。speak和talk都是“說(shuō)、說(shuō)話(huà)”的意思，不符合上下文語(yǔ)境。
小題3:B上文所提到的通訊工具和方式都與“聯(lián)系” (connected)有關(guān)系。received接受；shared分享；
separated 分隔。該篇文章說(shuō)明，手機(jī)、e-mail和網(wǎng)絡(luò)帖子等科技在為人們溝通提供了前所未有的便利的同時(shí)，也使得我們疏遠(yuǎn)了身邊的人。
小題4:D at the price of為固定搭配意為“以……為代價(jià)”。其余三個(gè)介詞與“the price of”搭配都是不規(guī)范的用法。
小題5:C 根據(jù)上文的敘述我們可以推斷：讓人們以犧牲(sacrificing)面對(duì)面的交流為代價(jià)。having有；B risking 冒險(xiǎn)；continuing繼續(xù)。
小題6:D be accustomed to sth./doing sth.習(xí)慣于(做)某事；人們已習(xí)慣了這種“一起孤獨(dú)”的新感受。be related to與……有關(guān)系；be committed to獻(xiàn)身于，致力于；be limited to被限制在……上，限于。
小題7:A sending 無(wú)論站在己方還是對(duì)方，“發(fā)信息，寫(xiě)博客”都是同一方向的輸出手段去交流，而“發(fā)信息，寫(xiě)博客”也已成為了現(xiàn)代人已俗成的表達(dá)方式。getting得到；reading閱讀；taking帶走。
小題8:B人們發(fā)送短信息寫(xiě)微博讓我們交流(exchange)思想。change變化；explain解釋?zhuān)籨evelop發(fā)展。
小題9:B聯(lián)系上下文。雖然短信和網(wǎng)絡(luò)能讓我們交流思想，但是它們并不能真正代替(replace)面對(duì)面的交流。indicate表明，標(biāo)示，指示，象征，暗示，預(yù)示；cover覆蓋，遮蔽，采訪(fǎng)，報(bào)導(dǎo)，涉及，包括；involve
包含，使參與，牽涉，圍繞，纏繞。
小題10:A人們?cè)凇癱onversation”中交流的應(yīng)該是思想“ideas”。交談中思想上的施與受能夠磨礪我們的心智。Letters信函，信件；chances  機(jī)會(huì)，可能性；gifts禮物。
小題11:C bury sb. in...讓某人專(zhuān)注于……。同時(shí)她也提到，完全專(zhuān)注于手機(jī)世界之中，會(huì)減少我們的與陌生人交談并結(jié)識(shí)朋友的機(jī)會(huì)。Imagining想象；joining參加；attaching貼上，系，附上。
小題12:D meeting強(qiáng)調(diào)與陌生人展開(kāi)交談及與人們見(jiàn)面的機(jī)會(huì)，而非介紹/辨認(rèn)/采訪(fǎng)/人的機(jī)會(huì)。
interviewing面試，訪(fǎng)問(wèn)，會(huì)見(jiàn)；introducing介紹；recognizing認(rèn)出。
小題13:B concept 指年輕人中很流行的一種理念“我分享，故我存在”，而非感覺(jué)(feeling)、真相(truth) 或映像(image)等。
小題14:D adopted意為“所持有的，所采取的”。畢業(yè)于哈佛大學(xué)心理學(xué)專(zhuān)業(yè)的臺(tái)灣青年作家劉軒認(rèn)為，這是大部分年輕人所持有的一種心態(tài)。adapted適應(yīng)的，適應(yīng)不同情況(或環(huán)境)的，改編的，改寫(xiě)的；confirmed確認(rèn)的，批準(zhǔn)的；證實(shí)的；handled被處理的。
小題15:A so...that句型。他們?nèi)绱嗣τ趧?chuàng)建并完善個(gè)人的網(wǎng)絡(luò)人格，以至于忘了如何去過(guò)一種真實(shí)的生活。too太；very        非常；quite相當(dāng)，十分。
小題16:A real指真正現(xiàn)實(shí)的人生，而非豐富多彩的/日常的/有意義的人生。colorful豐富多彩的；daily每天的；meaningful有意義的。
小題17:C unfair縱觀整段談到的是造成人們回避正常見(jiàn)面交往的責(zé)任,在于使用這些現(xiàn)代技術(shù)設(shè)備的人，而非技術(shù)本身，故選C。important重要的；necessary必要的；uncomfortable不舒服的。
小題18:C這是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句，強(qiáng)調(diào)“owners of tools”來(lái)自中國(guó)青年研究中心的社會(huì)學(xué)專(zhuān)家陳晨指出，畢竟是這些通訊設(shè)備的使用者正在回避人際交往。其余三個(gè)是this為指示代詞. it和one都是代詞，它們都不能用來(lái)引導(dǎo)強(qiáng)調(diào)句。
小題19:B excuse發(fā)信息或打電話(huà)也許是回避諸如有目光交流一類(lèi)的正面接觸的一種“借口”，而不是一種正當(dāng)?shù)睦碛桑╮eason）或采取的策略(strategy)，也不是對(duì)此做法的一種解釋?zhuān)╡xplanation）
小題20:D Simply 簡(jiǎn)單的/只是扔掉手機(jī)一類(lèi)的東西不是解決問(wèn)題的辦法，是針對(duì)目前的現(xiàn)狀，這里不是強(qiáng)調(diào)經(jīng)過(guò)一番過(guò)程后的結(jié)果“最終（Eventually）而扔掉手機(jī)”。我們借助這些設(shè)備，將自己隱藏起來(lái)，不讓他人看到。短信或電話(huà)或許已成為了我們回避與他人進(jìn)行眼神交流等接觸方式的借口�！拔覀冎挥邢嗷ダ斫獠拍芗訌�(qiáng)對(duì)話(huà)交流。僅僅是丟棄這些移動(dòng)設(shè)備并非解決之道�！彼f(shuō)。Hardly幾乎不；Approximately近似地，大約。
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Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture, I decided to buy a bicycle. Great weather accompanied my great buy. I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home.
My first ride home was orderly (守秩序的). To be safe, I stayed with a “pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times. I didn’t want to get hit. So I took the ride carefully.
Crossing the streets was the biggest problem. It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States. The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.
I finally made it home. The feeling on the bicycle was amazing. The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful. I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people. Biking made me feel alive.
小題1: According to the author, why are bicycles still popular in China today?
A．Because they are traditional and safe.
B．Because they are convenient and inexpensive.
C．Because they are colorful and available.
D．Because they are fast and environment friendly.
小題2: The author decided to buy a bicycle because he intended ______________.
A．to ride it for funB．to use it for transport
C．to experience local skillsD．to improve his riding skills
小題3: How did the author feel about his street crossing?
A．It was boring.B．It was difficult.
C．It was lively.D．It was wonderful.
小題4: Which of the following best describes the author’s biking experience?
A．The author enjoyed showing off his biking skills.
B．The author was annoyed by the air while riding.
C．The author was praised by the other bikers.
D．The author took great pleasure in biking.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad．I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia．On the night we arrived, we discovered that "our family" was living in a trailer（活動(dòng)房車(chē)） that was in poor conditions．A crew had been wolfing on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced．
We decided the only reasonable solution was to bridle a new house – something unusual but necessary under these circumstances．The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen．
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family's three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Expecting toys and other gadgets that children suavity ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, "I just want a bed．"
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats．That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift．On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding．
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise．We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning．
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us．Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway．
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"
"A pillow," he replied．
"What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask
"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it," I answered softly．Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow．
"Oh．．．that's soft," he said, hugging it tightly．
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, "Do you have a pillow?"
We know exactly what he means．
小題1:The author's first volunteer project was             .
A．working on a poor trailer
B．helping a poor family
C．donating beds and bedding
D．dealing with a housing problem
小題2:On hearing Josh's answer, the author was shocked because           .
A．the family lived in a trailer
B．Josh didn't know what a bed was
C．Josh expected to get some toys
D．The boys had no bed to sleep in
小題3:By "We could hardly contain ourselves．", the author means that they all
A．felt confused B．felt excited with joy
C．couldn't help laughingD．failed to keep the secret
小題4:From the passage, we can learn that what Eric had never seen before is         .
A．a(chǎn) trailerB．a(chǎn) bed
C．a(chǎn) pillowD．a(chǎn) truck
小題5:From the last two paragraphs, the author's father means that
A．what the author wants to get may be unnecessary
B．the author should not waste money on small things
C．the author should do more volunteer work for the poor
D．what he will buy is not what the author wants but a pillow

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
It was a dark day, one of depression, sorrow and anger. As I climbed out of the   36   , after witnessing my time in the 100 yard freestyle, I did not feel like speaking to anyone. I saw the bright smiles of swimmers who had just   37 a best time.   38   , I had failed. Or at least that is what I thought at the time.
I was lying on my cool bed when an idea   39  me. Success is the   40  to go from failure to failure without losing your   41  . At practice the next day, I told my swimming teammates about my goal time and they all either laughed or replied with a   42  similar response like, “You can’t do it” or “Probably not”. Believe it or not, these are the responses that make my goal   43 .
Finally came the day when I had to   44  to myself and others that with     45    there is no limit to your achievements.
With the starting gun   46  , I dived with perfect form into the pool. I felt the cool water running   47  my back. I swam like a fish, bouncing off each    48   at the wall as if it was a spring board. On the   49  turn, I came back to the wall with every piece of strength I had. I   50  the final wall with my fingertips and I knew that I had swum the   51  race.
I had done it! I had achieved my best time! Joy filled my   52  like water does a cup. I saw the   53  on all of my friend’s face as I   54  out of the pool; their jaws dropped to the ground. I began to laugh and gave them the thumbs up.
I have   55  in life that having belief in yourself opens all gates. Never forget that anything the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.
小題1:
A．pondB．seaC．poolD．river
小題2:
A．madeB．a(chǎn)chievedC．reachedD．realized
小題3:
A．OtherwiseB．HoweverC．BesidesD．Overall
小題4:
A．occurredB．brokeC．cameD．hit
小題5:
A．opportunityB．a(chǎn)ctionC．causeD．a(chǎn)bility
小題6:
A．enthusiasmB．interestC．strengthD．friendship
小題7:
A．somehowB．somewhatC．a(chǎn)nyhowD．a(chǎn)nywhere
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)vailableB．reasonableC．reliableD．a(chǎn)chievable
小題9:
A．promiseB．provideC．presentD．prove
小題10:
A．considerationB．ImpressionC．beliefD．desire
小題11:
A．setting outB．going offC．breaking outD．getting off
小題12:
A．throughB．a(chǎn)boveC．a(chǎn)crossD．to
小題13:
A．turnB．jumpC．struggleD．shoot
小題14:
A．nextB．previousC．veryD．last
小題15:
A．pushedB．reachedC．gotD．touched
小題16:
A．wholeB．perfectC．firstD．best
小題17:
A．heartB．head C．mindD．mood
小題18:
A．expressionsB．emotionsC．feelingsD．responses
小題19:
A．ranB．climbedC．stoodD．jumped
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)cquiredB．dreamedC．learnedD．Remembered

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Several years ago, we moved into the apartment where we live now. When my friends helped me move in, the downstairs neighbors began to  36 about the noise. I could do  37 about it. After all, noises are unavoidable(不可避免的).How can anyone move in  38 .
Still  39 ,the complaints continued on a daily basis—well after the first day. We walked “too loudly”down the stairs, we laughed too often, we opened and closed the door too many times…They had many  40 to complain.
Nobody can stand the endless complaints and quarrels. I soon learned that they had  41 the last few families who lived above them by the same way. So I had the information I needed and I tried to  42  every situation carefully.
I tried to walk in  43 to avoid any possible noises. Whenever they called  44 came to the door with a complaint, no matter how unreasonable, I simply listened. From their confused expressions, I could imagine that they had never expected to get a   45 attitude from me.
Of course, it was hard to keep calm but my sister and I  46 . I told my sister that we were going to be pleasant and  47 them to change their attitude to neighbors. I explained to her that they probably felt  48 in their lives because they are common people.   49 , they were always looking for a   50 to show their power so that nobody could look down upon them. I continued smiling and greeting them as I saw them, much to their  51 .On more than one occasion(不止一次), I ended up  52 them. They thanked me before they left.
Unexpectedly, the next time I saw them, they all smiled and  53 friendly. We had a short but pleasant  54 . Ever since then, they’ve been very pleasant neighbors, and we’ve become good  55 .
小題1:
A．worryB．talkC．careD．complain
小題2:
A．everythingB．nothingC．somethingD．a(chǎn)nything
小題3:
A．quietlyB．quicklyC．suddenlyD．slowly
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)ngrierB．lessC．betterD．worse
小題5:
A．purposesB．timesC．reasonsD．persons
小題6:
A．come acrossB．driven offC．knocked intoD．taken in
小題7:
A．treatB．a(chǎn)llowC．keepD．a(chǎn)ccept
小題8:
A．fashionB．troubleC．doubtD．peace
小題9:
A．butB．soC．orD．a(chǎn)s
小題10:
A．funnyB．positiveC．gentleD．satisfying
小題11:
A．continuedB．decidedC．beganD．stopped
小題12:
A．orderB．a(chǎn)skC．forbidD．encourage
小題13:
A．stupidB．powerlessC．unfortunateD．dangerous
小題14:
A．BesidesB．ThereforeC．OtherwiseD．However
小題15:
A．taskB．chanceC．challengeD．job
小題16:
A．surpriseB．worryC．tasteD．expect
小題17:
A．frustratingB．a(chǎn)nnoyingC．helpingD．joining
小題18:
A．soundedB．feltC．phonedD．looked
小題19:
A．discussionB．quarrelC．conversationD．journey
小題20:
A．friendsB．workmatesC．partnersD．classmates

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel. And he surely deserves additional praise: the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism.
I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War. H. B. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is only the most famous example. These early stories dealt directly with slavery. With minor exceptions, Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely. He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story.
Again and again, in the postwar years, Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race. Consider the most controversial, at least today, of Twain’s novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn, Twain’s most widely read tale. Once upon a time, people hated the book because it struck them as rude. Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums (貧民窟).” More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim, the escaped slave, and many occurences of the word nigger. (The term Nigger Jim, for which the novel is often severely criticized, never appears in it.)
But the attacks were and are silly—and miss the point. The novel is strongly anti-slavery. Jim’s search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic. As J. Chadwick has pointed out, the character of Jim was a first in American fiction—a recognition that the slave had two personalities, “the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual: Jim, the father and the man.”
There is much more. Twain’s mystery novel Pudd’nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day. Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior (低等的) to whites, especially in intelligence, Twain’s tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth. A slave gave birth to her master’s baby and, for fear that the child should be sold South, switched him for the master’s baby by his wife. The slave’s lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slave-holding class. The master’s wife’s baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.
The point was difficult to miss: nurture (養(yǎng)育), not nature, was the key to social status. The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice—manner of speech, for example— were, to Twain, indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.
Twain’s racial tone was not perfect. One is left uneasy, for example, by the lengthy passage in his autobiography (自傳) about how much he loved what were called “nigger shows” in his youth—mostly with white men performing in black-face—and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them. Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality. His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.
Was Twain a racist? Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln. If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the “wisdom” of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error. Lincoln, who believed the black man the inferior of the white, fought and won a war to free him. And Twain, raised in a slave state, briefly a soldier, and inventor of Jim, may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century.
小題1: How do Twain’s novels on slavery differ from Stowe’s?
A．Twain was more willing to deal with racism.
B．Twain’s attack on racism was much less open.
C．Twain’s themes seemed to agree with plots.
D．Twain was openly concerned with racism.
小題2:Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its ______.
A．target readers at the bottom
B．a(chǎn)nti-slavery attitude
C．rather impolite language
D．frequent use of “nigger”
小題3:What best proves Twain’s anti-slavery stand according to the author?
A．Jim’s search for his family was described in detail.
B．The slave’s voice was first heard in American novels.
C．Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture.
D．Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent.
小題4:The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that ______.
A．slaves were forced to give up their babies to their masters
B．slaves’ babies could pick up slave-holders’ way of speaking
C．blacks’ social position was shaped by how they were brought up
D．blacks were born with certain features of prejudice
小題5:What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to?
A．The attacks.B．Slavery and prejudice.
C．White men.D．The shows.
小題6:What does the author mainly argue for?
A．Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism.
B．Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln.
C．Twain’s works had been banned on unreasonable grounds.
D．Twain’s works should be read from a historical point of view.

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