单项选择题
Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk about Mark Twain, a well-known American writer.
Mark Twain, who wrote the story we are going to read, traveled quite a lot, often because circumstances, usually financial circumstances, forced him to. He was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and moved to Hannibal, Missouri, with his family when he was about four 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 that he could earn more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on various newspapers and then got a job as a river pilot on the Mississippi. Twain loved this job and many of his books show it. The river job didn’t last however, because of the outbreak of the Civil War. Twain was in the Confederate army for just two weeks, and then he and his whole company went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California, Twain prospected for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer. When that happened, Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe. Twain didn’t travel much the last 10 years of his life and he didn’t publish much either. Somehow his travels, even when forced, inspired his writings. Like many other popular writers, Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from the wealth and diversity of his own personal experiences.
A. His stories were inspired by his travels.
B. His travels prevented him from writing.
C. He traveled in order to relax from the pressures of writing.
D. He traveled around in order to publicize his writings.