38. A. turned                B. wrote                C. appeared           D. disappeared

37. A. became              B. worked with      C. grew up with     D. saw

36. A. 1835                B. 1853                 C. 1836                 D. 1863

Mark Twain    45    as a “funny man” , but in fact, he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his bad   46  helped to shape his stories   47   showed the dark side of society. He died an old man of 75 in 1910.

? Yes. It        by a famous painter in 1865.

       A. paints               B. is painted                 C. was painted              D. painted

(二)完型填空（共12分, 每小题1分）

通读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30,   36    , in a small town in Florida, in the USA. He    37    a few naughty boys who later    38    in his stories. When Twain was twelve, his father died, and he   39    to work, first as a printer, then on a riverboat. Those years on the boat went into his book “Life    40    the Mississippi.”

   41    the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used “Mark Twain” as his pen name. The stories he wrote in his period    42    him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running    43    publishing house. But he spent all the money on high living and    44    businesses.

35.     ? What a beautiful picture! 

34.     ? Is that Jack speaking?

? Sorry , he isn’t in right now. He        the cinema with his aunt.

A. has been to        B. has gone to        C. have been to             D. have gone to

33.  I want to know        the day after tomorrow.

       A. what he will do                                     B. what will he do

       C. what he did                                                 D. what did he do

32.  I heard the teachers           about your new school bag yesterday.

       A. talk                         B. talks                        C. talked               D. to talk

31.   Mum , I’m thirsty. Will you please give me some        ?

       A. pencils                     B. water                       C. cake                         D. books