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【题目】综合填空

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories

Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, of a Virginian family. He was 【1】 b______ up in Hannibal, Missouri. At the【2】 a_____ of 12,his father died ,he became a printer .To make a 【3】l______, he wrote for his brother's newspaper. He later worked as a licensed Mississippi river-boat pilot though he was very 【4】y______.

No one knew the 【5】e_____ date when Twain left for California, and worked in San Francisco as a reporter. He visited Hawaii as a correspondent for The Sacramento Union, publishing letters on his trip and giving lectures. He set out on a world tour, traveling in France and Italy. His experiences were recorded in 1869 in The Innocents Abroad, which made him famous 【6】a______ the world.

The success as a writer made him rich enough to 【7】m_____ the beautiful girl Olivia Langdon in 1870. They moved next year to Hartford. Twain continued to lecture in the United States and England. Between 1876 and 1884 he published several masterpieces, Tom Sawyer (1881) and The Prince And The Pauper (1881).He became a 【8】s______ writer.

In the 1890s Twain lost most of his earnings in financial speculations and in the failure of his own publishing firm. To recover from the bankruptcy, he started a world lecture tour. Twain toured New Zealand, Australia, India, and South Africa. He wrote many 【9】w______ such as The Tragedy Of Pudd'head Wilson (1884), Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc (1885), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and the travel book Following The Equator (1897).They were translated into many 【10】l______ later.

He died on April 21, 1910

Answer 1

【答案】

【小题1】brought

【小题2】age

【小题3】living

【小题4】young

【小题5】exact

【小题6】around

【小题7】marry

【小题8】successful

【小题9】works

【小题10】languages

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了马克·吐温的生平事迹，12岁的时候，父亲去世了，他成了一名印刷工人，自己做过船工，给报社写过稿子，后来他成了一名作家，他的作品被翻译成许多钟语言。

【小题1】brought句意：他被抚养在密苏里州的汉尼拔。这里是短语bring up抚养，句子的主语与动词之间是被动关系，故答案为：brought。

【小题2】age句意：12岁的时候，父亲去世了，他成了一名印刷工人。短语at the age of 12在12岁的时候，故答案为：age。

【小题3】living句意：为了谋生，他给他哥哥的报社写稿子。短语make a living 谋生。故答案为：living。

【小题4】young句意：尽管他很年轻，他做为一名认可的密西西比河的船员。though引导的是让步状语从句。was是系动词，后跟形容词，故答案为：young。

【小题5】exact句意：没有人知道马克·吐温去加利福尼亚的确切时间。这里date是名词，所以用形容词来修饰，故答案为：exact。

【小题6】around句意：他的经历被收入到《傻子出国记》，这使他在全世界很出名。短语around the world全世界，故答案为：around。

【小题7】marry句意：作为一名作家他非常富有在1870年与伦敦的Olivia结婚了。enough to +动词原形故答案为：marry。

【小题8】successful句意：他成了一名成功的作家。空格后是名词，所以应该用形容词，故答案为：successful。

【小题9】works句意：他写了许多作品。因为前面有many，所以应该用复数形式，故答案为：works。

【小题10】languages句意：后来它们被翻译成许多语言。空格前有many，所以用名词的复数形式，故答案为：languages。