Mark Twain. True/False/Not Stated: 1) Mark Twain was the original name of the author of Tom Sawyer. 2) He was often ill in his childhood. 3) His house was on the bank of the Mississippi River. 4) His uncle was very cruel to his slaves. 5) The impressions of his early days became the basis for many of the writer’s books. 6) Samuel graduated from the university. 7) He was a printer and then a reporter. 8) He got his pen name as a writer after the person he loved. 9) Mark Twain travelled to thirty countries. 10) “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” are among famous works of the world literature for children.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст о Марке Твене и укажите, верны ли утверждения (True), неверны (False) или информация не дана (Not Stated).

1. False. Mark Twain was his pen name; his real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. (Марк Твен — его литературный псевдоним; настоящее имя — Сэмюэл Лэнгхорн Клеменс.)
2. False. The text says that he was often sick as a boy, not that he was often ill throughout his childhood. (В тексте сказано, что в детстве он часто болел, но не сказано, что он часто болел всё детство.)
3. Not Stated. The text says that he spent much time playing along the Mississippi River, but does not say that his house was on its bank. (В тексте сказано, что он много играл у реки Миссисипи, но не сказано, что его дом стоял на берегу.)
4. Not Stated. The text mentions slave beatings and murder on the farm but does not say that his uncle was cruel to his slaves. (В тексте упомянуты избиения рабов и убийство на ферме, но не говорится, что его дядя жестоко обращался со своими рабами.)
5. True. His experiences and impressions from his early days became the basis for many of his books. (Впечатления ранних лет стали основой многих его книг.)
6. False. He did not go to university. (Он не учился в университете.)
7. True. He became a printer’s assistant and later continued his printing work; afterwards he worked as a reporter. (Он стал помощником печатника, позднее продолжил работать в типографии, а затем работал репортёром.)
8. False. He chose his pen name after a phrase used by boatmen on the Mississippi River, not after a person he loved. (Он выбрал псевдоним по выражению, которым пользовались лодочники на Миссисипи, а не в честь любимого человека.)
9. Not Stated. The passage describes his travels but gives no number of countries. (В тексте рассказывается о его путешествиях, но число стран не указано.)
10. True. The text says these books made his name famous with children and teenagers. (В тексте сказано, что эти книги прославили его среди детей и подростков.)