题目内容
He met his previous teacher ________ at abroad.
- A.by any chance
- B.by the chance
- C.by chance
- D.by a chance
试题分析:考察固定搭配。固定搭配by chance偶然,偶尔;其余三项都不是固定搭配。句意:他在船上偶然遇见了自己以前的老师。故C正确。
考点:考察固定搭配
点评:固定搭配是学习语言的重要环节。要掌握好英语,记忆相当数量的词组是必不可少的。英语中的每一个词组,不仅表达一定的概念,具有一定的词汇意义,而且在语音、拼法、语法等方面都有自己的特点。在学生学习英语的过程中,单词、词组记忆是基础。解答这类题目,关键是理解题干意思以及各选项词组的意思,可以像数学中的代入法一样,依次把各个选项意思放入句子中进行比较,不难选出正确答案。
“Mark Twain” was the name used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835~1910) when he wrote books.His father was a lawyer,but a poor one,who lived in Florida,Missouri.The family was so poor that Samuel did not receive much teaching.He had to learn all that he could from the people whom he met.His father died when he was very young,and then there was even less money than before.
Many of the men in this part of America worked in the ships on the great Mississippi River,and he did this himself at one time (1857).
Where did he find the name “Mark Twain”? It came from the great river itself.It was part of one of the cries used by men who worked in the ships.When a man called “By the mark twain!” he meant that the river was “two marks deep” there,that is to say,six feet deep ( “Twain” is an old form of the word “Two”.) Samuel Clemens often heard these words when he was young,and he used them as a pen name all his life.
During his work on the Mississippi he met travelers of all kinds,and this helped him a great deal when he started to write.But the number of travelers became smaller when war started in America in 1861.Many of the great ships on the river stopped work.Samuel left then and went to Nevada with his brother,who was at that time Governor of Nevada.There,near the town of Carson,Samuel became a gold miner,but he never made much money at the time.He soon saw that life in the gold mines was not for him.He also tried writing for the newspapers in Nevada,and this seemed more hopeful.He found that he could write.
He went to Europe in 1867 and visited France and Italy.In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon,and two years later he was spending nearly all his time writing.Among his books is his own story (1908).
He is now always known as Mark Twain,and many people do not even know that his family name was Clemens.He traveled in America and in England,and went to Oxford in 1907.He was one of the great American writers of the time,and could make his readers laugh—a thing which few writers can do.He died in 1910.
【小题1】“Mark Twain” was .
A.a famous American writer |
B.name of a book |
C.a great river in America |
D.a large ship |
A.his father died too early |
B.the family was very poor |
C.he disliked school very much |
D.he could learn what he liked from the people he met |
A.His poor childhood. |
B.The Mississippi River. |
C.All kinds of travelers he met. |
D.His brother. |
A.Samuel loved writing from his early age |
B.Samuel did not love writing at the beginning |
C.his writings to the newspaper were successful |
D.his brother encouraged him to write more |
A.write a lot for his readers |
B.make a lot of money for his family |
C.cause his readers to laugh |
D.travel everywhere he wanted |