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【题目】Mark Twain was 【1】 (bear) in Florida 【2】 November 30th, 1835. He was 【3】 (bring) up in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. He is 【4】 (good) known for his novels set in his boyhood world on the river, such 【5】 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain loved the river so much 【6】 even his pen name is about the river. “Twain” is 【7】 old word for “two”. The phrase “mark twain” means that the water is two fathoms deep. The author’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Mark Twain was a 【8】 (success) writer. His works and speeches made people laugh. However, his 【9】 (late) life was not a happy one.Two of his daughters died.His wife died in 1904 after a long 【10】 (sick).Some critics think Mark Twain’s later works were more serious because of that.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】born

【2】on

【3】brought

【4】best

【5】as

【6】that

【7】an

【8】successful

【9】later

【10】sickness

【解析】本文为介绍说明文。文章介绍了著名作家马克吐温的生平。

【1】考查词性转化。句意：马克吐温出生于佛罗里达州。be born“出生”。故填born。

【2】考查介词。表示在哪一天，用介词on。故填on。

【3】考查动词语态。此处指“他被抚养长大”，应使用过去分词构成被动语态。故填brought。

【4】考查副词最高级。句意：他最为人知的是以他的河边少年世界为题材的小说。此处修饰过去分词known，应使用副词形式，well的最高级是best。故填best。

【5】考查词组搭配。such as“例如”为固定搭配词组。故填as。

【6】考查固定句型。so…that…“如此……以至于……”。句意：马克吐温如此喜欢这条河，以至于甚至连他的笔名都与这条河有关。故填that。

【7】考查不定冠词。此处表泛指“一个旧词”。old是以元音音素开头的词，应使用不定冠词an。故填an。

【8】考查词性转化。此处修饰名词writer，意为“成功的作家”，应使用形容词。故填successful。

【9】考查词性转化。句意：然后，他后来的生活并不快乐。later“后来的”。故填later。

【10】考查词性转化。句意：他妻子在久病后于1904去世。根据空前不定冠词a可知，此处应使用名词单数形式。故填sickness。