Reading passages

308-It is clear from the passage that by using "Visible Speech" , ------ .
A) the sounds of almost every known language could be reproduced 
B) subjects could be approached with scientific thoroughness 
C) a language spoken by the whole world has been created 
D) people who spoke different languages were able to communicate with each other 
E) scholars were able to learn more about the languages spoken by their ancestors 
 
309 -One can conclude from the passage that the languages studied by Melville --- .
A) require the use of different organs even when the same sound is produced 
B) were the ones spoken in the major countries of the world 
C) belong to the same language family 
D) include at least some of the 34 sounds he had noted 
E) consist of exactly the same sounds 
After several years of wandering around in the eastern part of the United States, 
supporting himself as a printer and with his writing, Samuel Clemens returned to the 
Mississippi River to realise his old ambition of becoming a steamboat pilot. In 1857, after 

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18 months apprenticeship, he earned his pilot's licence, and for the next four years he 
steamed up and down the Mississippi getting to know the name and position of every 
feature on the river. In addition, he learnt the special language used on the steamboats, 
where the phrase "mark twain" meant the water was deep enough to be safe. He used his 
knowledge of the river and his experiences there later when he wrote his most famous 
novel. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" under his pen name, Mark Twain. 
310 -It is obvious from the passage that Samuel Clemens ---- .
A) became close friends with Mark Twain when they were working as steamboat pilots 
B) is the name of the hero in Mark Twain's most famous novel 
C) was one of the most enthusiastic apprentices of Mark Twain 
D) told Mark Twain his experiences as a steamboat pilot 
E) is the actual name of the author known as Mark Twain