题目内容
Mark Twain worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat, taking passengers up and
down the Mississippi, the great river ___flows from the north of the US near the Canadianborder.
- A.as
- B.what
- C.which
- D.who
试题分析：考查定语从句。Which指代先行词river在定语从句中做主语；故C正确。
考点：考查定语从句
点评：定语从句的关键在于分析句子成分，如果句子很完整就使用冠词副词；如果句子中缺少主语，宾语，表语或者定语则使用关系代词。
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As a boy ,Mark Twain caused much trouble for his parents . He used to play practical jokes on all his friends and neighbors .The nature of his jokes often led to violence. He hated to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi .He liked to sit on the bank of the river for hours at a time and just gaze at the mysterious island and the passing boats. He learned many things about the river during those days. He learned all about its history and unusual people who rode up and down it . He never forgot those scenes and those people .He later made them part of the history of America in the books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain received his genius （天才）from his mother . Obviously he didn’t get it from his father . He once stated that he had never seen a smile on his father’s face .On the other hand, his mother had the rare ability to say humorous things. The same ability made Mark Twain an extremely humorous public speaker.
【小题1】Because of the nature of his jokes when he was a child , Mark Twain would
| A．ran away from school |
| B．cause his parents to quarrel with others |
| C．get into trouble with his friends and neighbors |
D．like to sit on the bank of the Mississippi River |
| A．Mark Twain’s father was a cruel man |
| B．Mark Twain never attended school on time |
| C．Mark Twain often went boating in the nearby river |
| D．Mark Twain’s mother was something of a humorist |
| A．the Mississippi and the people riding on it | B．his friends and neighbors |
| C．his school life | D．his parents |
| A．his practical jokes | B．his father’s seriousness |
| C．the history of the Mississippi | D．his mother’s genius for humor |
Samuel Clemens, _____ Mark Twain, became a famous American writer.
|
A．was known as |
B．known as |
C．was known for |
D．known for |