Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he got. He thought for a long time before answering and then said, "Yes, it was at school. I can remember 1 about it. Schoolboys in those days never 2 teachers and never took care of thing of the school. They often damaged their desks. There was a(n) __3 in our school that anybody who damaged his desk with a pencil or knife would be beaten before the 4 school or have to pay five dollars." "One day, I damaged my desk in some 5 . I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it __6 be too bad to have our face lost in front of the whole school. He 7 to give five dollars to hand over to the teacher. But before giving me the money he took me upstairs and give me a beating." "But as I had had one beating and wasn't afraid of it any 8 , I decided I would take __9 beating at school and 10 the dollars. So that was what I did. That was the first money I ever got."
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
题目分析：本文的主要内容是：马克吐温被问及自己第一次挣到钱是在什么时候。他回忆说当时学校有一个规定，破坏课桌的学生或者交五美元罚款或者挨打。马克吐温的父亲给了他五美元让他交给学校，打了他一顿。由于他已经挨过一次打，不再害怕挨打，所以他把五美元留下，在学校又挨了一次打。
小题1: 这里想表达我记得一切，something某事 anything 任何事everything一切 nothing没有事情，故选C。
小题2:根据and never took care of thing of the school. They often damaged their desks.可知那时候孩子们不尊敬老师，respected尊敬，故选D。
小题3:根据I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school，故选D。
小题4: 根据 My father said it would be too bad to have our face lost in front of the whole school，故选A。
小题5: 根据 There was a(n) rule in our school that anybody who damaged his desk with a pencil or knife would be beaten before the whole school or have to pay five dollars."
可知是用一些方法，method方法， in some way在某种程度上，故选B
小题6:这是一个宾语从句，主句是一般过去时，所以从句要使用相应的过去时态，从句用过去将来时，故选B。
小题7: 这里想表达他同意给我五美元，agreed同意permitted准许 accepted接受 screamed尖叫，故选A。
小题8:这里想表达我已经挨过一次打，不再害怕挨打，any more,再，又，故选C。
小题9:这里想表达我决定在学校再挨一次打，another又一个，故选A。
小题10:根据So that was what I did. That was the first money I ever got."可知这里想说把五美元留下，keep保留，故选B。
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