Question

【题目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835-April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the 【1】 for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and 【2】 articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his 【3】 story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into 【4】 Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned 【5】 from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.

Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he 【6】 in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its 【7】 and imprecision. Following these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers 【8】 overcame his financial troubles. Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so.

Twain was born 【9】 after a visit by Halley’s Comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it, too. He died the day after the comet returned. He 【10】 himself as the “greatest American humorist of his age”, and William Faulkner called Twain “the father of American literature”.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】B

【3】H

【4】G

【5】J

【6】A

【7】K

【8】I

【9】C

【10】E

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了马克吐温的生平历史。

【1】

考查名词。句意：吐温在密苏里州的汉尼拔长大，那里是《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》和《汤姆·索亚历险记》的发生地。分析句子，划线前的定冠词修饰名词充当动词provide的宾语。分析句意，马克吐温成长的地方是后面两部小说的发生地。故选F项。

【2】

考查动词。句意：在印刷学徒期结束后，他当了一名排字工，并为他的哥哥Orion Clemens的报纸撰稿。分析句意，此处需填动词和and前面的动词work构成并列关系。根据划线后提到了“报纸文章”可知，此处应填“投稿”。故选B项。

【3】

考查形容词。句意：1865年，他的当矿工期间写了幽默故事《卡拉韦拉斯的著名跳蛙》。分析句子，此处需填入形容词来修饰划线后的名词。在根据前句提到马克吐温是幽默小说家，故此处写的应是“幽默小说”。故选H项。

【4】

考查形容词。句意：这部短篇小说引起了国际上的关注，甚至被翻译成古典希腊语。分析句子，划线处需填入形容词来修饰后面的“希腊语”。备选项中剩余D和G为形容词。根据语义，此处表示“古典希腊语”。故选G项。

【5】

考查名词。句意：他在散文和演讲中的机智和讽刺赢得了评论家和同行的赞扬，他是总统、艺术家、实业家和欧洲皇室的朋友。分析句子，划线部分应填入名词充当动词earn的宾语。根据前文提到他的短篇小说引起了国际上的关注，同时划线后还提到了他成为很多重要人物的朋友。故此处应该表示得到了很多人的赞扬。故选J项。

【6】

考查动词。句意：虽然吐温从写作和演讲中赚了很多钱，但他投资的风险却损失了很多钱。分析句子，此处需填入动词来充当he的谓语。根据划线后面提到的“损失很多钱”可知，这是因为“投资”导致的。故选A项。

【7】

考查名词。句意：但他投资的企业却损失惨重，尤其是佩奇排字机，一种机械排字机，由于其复杂性和不精确性而失败。分析句子，此处需填入名词和and后面的“不精确”构成并列一同被its修饰。分析句意，投资佩奇排字机失败的原因是因为它的复杂性和不精确性。故选K项。

【8】

考查副词。句意：在这些财务挫折之后，他通过破产申请保护债权人，在亨利·哈特尔斯顿·罗杰斯的帮助下，他最终克服了财务困难。分析句子，划线前提到他破产了，划线后一句提到他全额偿付破产前的所有债权人。说明在朋友的帮助之下，他最终克服了财务困难。故选I项。

【9】

考查副词。句意：吐温出生在哈雷彗星造访之后不久，他预言自己也会和哈雷彗星一起消失。分析句子，划线后提到的预言在下一次哈雷彗星再次到来的第二天就应验了。由此可知，他是在哈雷彗星造访之后不久出生的。故选C项。

【10】

考查动词。句意：他自封为“当时最伟大的美国幽默家”。分析句子，此处需要用动词来充当谓语。根据句意，马克吐温认为自己是那个时代最伟大的美国幽默家。establish oneself as 译为 确立自己作为……。是固定搭配，故选E项。