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【題目】Mark Twain was 【1】 (bear) in Florida 【2】 November 30th, 1835. He was 【3】 (bring) up in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. He is 【4】 (good) known for his novels set in his boyhood world on the river, such 【5】 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain loved the river so much 【6】 even his pen name is about the river. “Twain” is 【7】 old word for “two”. The phrase “mark twain” means that the water is two fathoms deep. The author’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Mark Twain was a 【8】 (success) writer. His works and speeches made people laugh. However, his 【9】 (late) life was not a happy one.Two of his daughters died.His wife died in 1904 after a long 【10】 (sick).Some critics think Mark Twain’s later works were more serious because of that.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】born

【2】on

【3】brought

【4】best

【5】as

【6】that

【7】an

【8】successful

【9】later

【10】sickness

【解析】本文為介紹說明文。文章介紹了著名作家馬克吐溫的生平。

【1】考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。句意：馬克吐溫出生于佛羅里達(dá)州。be born“出生”。故填born。

【2】考查介詞。表示在哪一天，用介詞on。故填on。

【3】考查動詞語態(tài)。此處指“他被撫養(yǎng)長大”，應(yīng)使用過去分詞構(gòu)成被動語態(tài)。故填brought。

【4】考查副詞最高級。句意：他最為人知的是以他的河邊少年世界為題材的小說。此處修飾過去分詞known，應(yīng)使用副詞形式，well的最高級是best。故填best。

【5】考查詞組搭配。such as“例如”為固定搭配詞組。故填as。

【6】考查固定句型。so…that…“如此……以至于……”。句意：馬克吐溫如此喜歡這條河，以至于甚至連他的筆名都與這條河有關(guān)。故填that。

【7】考查不定冠詞。此處表泛指“一個舊詞”。old是以元音音素開頭的詞，應(yīng)使用不定冠詞an。故填an。

【8】考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。此處修飾名詞writer，意為“成功的作家”，應(yīng)使用形容詞。故填successful。

【9】考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。句意：然后，他后來的生活并不快樂。later“后來的”。故填later。

【10】考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。句意：他妻子在久病后于1904去世。根據(jù)空前不定冠詞a可知，此處應(yīng)使用名詞單數(shù)形式。故填sickness。