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Passage One
Mark Twain was good at telling funny stories. He often went from town to town telling people a lot of i ___1___ things. One day, he was walking down the street of a small town where he was going to g___2___ a lecture(演讲) that evening. A young man came to him and said, "Mr. Twain, I'd like to talk with you for a minute, please. I have an uncle, and I'm very proud of him. The problem is that he never laughs or smiles. Would you please tell me what I can do for him?" "B___3___ your uncle to my lecture this evening, young man. I'm sure that he'll laugh and smile. Don't worry about it." That evening the young man and his uncle s___4___ nearest to Mark Twain. He told some very funny stories, b___5___ the old man didn't smile. Then Mark Twain spoke loudly to them, he told the funniest stories he knew. But there was still no smile on the old man's f___6___. Mark Twain went back to his room quite unhappily. Later Mark Twain told a friend about the story. "Oh!" said the friend. "I k