Question

【题目】 Mark Twain is an American writer and speaker whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

Mark Twain was his pen name, a term originally used by Misisipi River sailors to indicate(表示) the depth of water measured on the waterway.

His family was so poor that Mark Twain did not receive much teaching. His father died when he was very young. He had to learn all that he could from the people whom he met. Mark Twain wrote a large number of works throughout his life, covering novels, plays, prose, poetry and other aspects. His representative works include The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and so on.

In terms of content, his works criticize(批判) unreasonable phenomena or the ugliness of human nature, express the writer's strong sense of justice(正义) and care for the ordinary people as a typesetter and sailor; in terms of style, experts and readers generally agree that humor and satire(讽刺) are the characteristics of his writing.

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature. Most of his works have been translated into Chinese.

【1】"Mark Twain" was a name of _________.

A.a bookB.a famous American writer

C.a river in AmericaD.a large ship

【2】Why didn't Mark Twain get much education?

A.Because he wanted to learnt by himself.

B.Because his father didn't want to send him to school.

C.Because his family was very poor.

D.Because there were no school at that time.

【3】From this passage, we cannot know __________.

A.Mark Twain's real nameB.Mark Twain's representative works

C.Mark Twain's deathD.Mark Twain's writing style

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【解析】

文章大意：作者通过这篇文章主要向我们介绍了马克·吐温的生平事迹，从童年的生活到写作生涯都做了细致的描写。

【1】

细节理解题。根据文章“Mark Twain is an American writer and speaker whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. ” 马克·吐温是一位美国作家和演说家，他的真名是塞缪尔·兰霍恩·克莱门斯。可知，马克·吐温是美国著名作家，故答案为B。

【2】

细节理解题。根据文章“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” 他的家庭很穷，马克·吐温没有受过多少教育。他父亲在他很小的时候就去世了。他必须向他遇到的人学习他所能学到的一切。可知当塞缪尔还是个孩子的时候，他没有受过多少教育，因为这个家庭很穷；故答案为C。

【3】

理解判断题。根据文章内容可知，我们可以知道马克·吐温的真名、马克·吐温的代表作和马克·吐温的写作风格。无法知道马克·吐温之死，故答案为C。