Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835-April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the 【1】 for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and 【2】 articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his 【3】 story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into 【4】 Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned 【5】 from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.

Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he 【6】 in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its 【7】 and imprecision. Following these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers 【8】 overcame his financial troubles. Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so.

Twain was born 【9】 after a visit by Halley’s Comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it, too. He died the day after the comet returned. He 【10】 himself as the “greatest American humorist of his age”, and William Faulkner called Twain “the father of American literature”.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】B

【3】H

【4】G

【5】J

【6】A

【7】K

【8】I

【9】C

【10】E

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章講述了馬克吐溫的生平歷史。

【1】

考查名詞。句意：吐溫在密蘇里州的漢尼拔長大，那里是《哈克貝利·費恩歷險記》和《湯姆·索亞歷險記》的發(fā)生地。分析句子，劃線前的定冠詞修飾名詞充當動詞provide的賓語。分析句意，馬克吐溫成長的地方是后面兩部小說的發(fā)生地。故選F項。

【2】

考查動詞。句意：在印刷學徒期結(jié)束后，他當了一名排字工，并為他的哥哥Orion Clemens的報紙撰稿。分析句意，此處需填動詞和and前面的動詞work構(gòu)成并列關(guān)系。根據(jù)劃線后提到了“報紙文章”可知，此處應(yīng)填“投稿”。故選B項。

【3】

考查形容詞。句意：1865年，他的當?shù)V工期間寫了幽默故事《卡拉韋拉斯的著名跳蛙》。分析句子，此處需填入形容詞來修飾劃線后的名詞。在根據(jù)前句提到馬克吐溫是幽默小說家，故此處寫的應(yīng)是“幽默小說”。故選H項。

【4】

考查形容詞。句意：這部短篇小說引起了國際上的關(guān)注，甚至被翻譯成古典希臘語。分析句子，劃線處需填入形容詞來修飾后面的“希臘語”。備選項中剩余D和G為形容詞。根據(jù)語義，此處表示“古典希臘語”。故選G項。

【5】

考查名詞。句意：他在散文和演講中的機智和諷刺贏得了評論家和同行的贊揚，他是總統(tǒng)、藝術(shù)家、實業(yè)家和歐洲皇室的朋友。分析句子，劃線部分應(yīng)填入名詞充當動詞earn的賓語。根據(jù)前文提到他的短篇小說引起了國際上的關(guān)注，同時劃線后還提到了他成為很多重要人物的朋友。故此處應(yīng)該表示得到了很多人的贊揚。故選J項。

【6】

考查動詞。句意：雖然吐溫從寫作和演講中賺了很多錢，但他投資的風險卻損失了很多錢。分析句子，此處需填入動詞來充當he的謂語。根據(jù)劃線后面提到的“損失很多錢”可知，這是因為“投資”導(dǎo)致的。故選A項。

【7】

考查名詞。句意：但他投資的企業(yè)卻損失慘重，尤其是佩奇排字機，一種機械排字機，由于其復(fù)雜性和不精確性而失敗。分析句子，此處需填入名詞和and后面的“不精確”構(gòu)成并列一同被its修飾。分析句意，投資佩奇排字機失敗的原因是因為它的復(fù)雜性和不精確性。故選K項。

【8】

考查副詞。句意：在這些財務(wù)挫折之后，他通過破產(chǎn)申請保護債權(quán)人，在亨利·哈特爾斯頓·羅杰斯的幫助下，他最終克服了財務(wù)困難。分析句子，劃線前提到他破產(chǎn)了，劃線后一句提到他全額償付破產(chǎn)前的所有債權(quán)人。說明在朋友的幫助之下，他最終克服了財務(wù)困難。故選I項。

【9】

考查副詞。句意：吐溫出生在哈雷彗星造訪之后不久，他預(yù)言自己也會和哈雷彗星一起消失。分析句子，劃線后提到的預(yù)言在下一次哈雷彗星再次到來的第二天就應(yīng)驗了。由此可知，他是在哈雷彗星造訪之后不久出生的。故選C項。

【10】

考查動詞。句意：他自封為“當時最偉大的美國幽默家”。分析句子，此處需要用動詞來充當謂語。根據(jù)句意，馬克吐溫認為自己是那個時代最偉大的美國幽默家。establish oneself as 譯為 確立自己作為……。是固定搭配，故選E項。