Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passag
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the
Mark Twain, who wrote the story we're going to read, traveled quite a lot often because circumstances, usually【B1】______circumstances, forced him to, He was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 years old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal but that isn't true. After his father died when he was about 12, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left, so he could【B2】______more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on【B3】______newspapers and then got a job as a river【B4】______on the Mississippi.Twain loved this job and many &his books show it. The river job didn't last, however, because of the【B5】______of the Civil War. Twain, was in the【B6】______Army for just 2 weeks and then he and his whole【B7】______went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain【B8】______for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer.【B9】______
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