After his speech, the audience wondered if his good intentions would become realities or whether they would be just（) promises.

Mark Twain, as we all know, was a world-famous writer. He was best known for having created the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. But in his lifetime, Mark Twain wasal most as famous as a public speaker as he was as a writer. In l866，Mark Twain was an unknown reporter. He wrote travel articles for newspapers and had not published any major work. Later that year, Mark Twain travelled to Hawaii. While he was on the island, he wrote about his adventures for newspapers in California. His writings drew public interest. After he got back,Mark Twain was invited to give a speech about his experiences in Hawaii. His sudden popul ari tyshocked him. He wrote about his first speech in his book Roughing It:“ I felt sofrightened...I pretended to be il1. ”However, that first speech was a great success. Hundredsf public speeches across California were then arranged. They all focused on Mark Twain’ sadventures in Hawaii.Twain did not read from his writings when he gave a speech. He always had his audience in mind and carefully prepared for each of his speeches. Mark Twain was not aprofessional entertainer, but he tried to entertain his audience. He talked about the customs and habits in Hawaii in an amusing way. As his curtain fell， Mark Twain jokingly apologized for having so many people spend time listening to him“ But I need the money!”he would say.The audience would always give Mark Twain a big round of applause. People loved his humour so much that no matter where he went, he could fill a lecture hal1. After his l866 speech tour,Mark Twain published The Innocents Abroad, a book about his travels in Europe. Slowly, his fame grew across the United States. By l872， Mark Twain had become tired of doing lecture tours. He hoped that he would soon be able to retire from having to give these speeches.However, his public appearances greatly helped his book sales, so he returned to the stage again and again. Mark Twain didn’t stop giving speeches until the late l890s.

（1）According to the article, it was the two characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn thatmade Mark Twain known by the world.

（2）We can learn from the article that before his first speech, Twain felt worried.

（3）According to the article, Twain' s speeches were amusing and popular.

（4）According to the article, Twain' s book The Innocents Abroad is mainly about his speechtours around the world.

（5）According to the article, Twain didn' t stop giving publlic speeches, because he was highly paid.

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