Mark Twain, a famous American writer and speaker, spent his boyhood along the Missisiippi
英语试题 05-09
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mark Twain, a famous American writer and speaker, spent his boyhood along the Missisiippi River, and three of his most famous ___41___ (novel) describe people along this great river. The author loved the river so much ___42___ even his pen name came from the river. Being poor, Twain ___43___ (leave) school at the age of twelve and looked for work. Over the next two decades he worked as a printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier and a newspaper reporter ___44___(support) the family. ___45___was said that his first successful story was about jumping frog contest. And his works became ___46___(extreme) famous for the description of common people and the way they talked, especially for his humor. As ___47___ result, he became very rich with his works. However, the last years of his life ___48___(fill) with sad events: the deaths of his wife and children, the loneliness and the ___49___ (lose) of much money. For these, his writings lost most of their humor and became sad like him. Yet he is still regarded ____50____ one of the best known in the world.
【答案】41. novels
42. that 43. left
44. to support
45. It 46. extremely
47. a 48. were filled
49. loss 50. as
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。简单介绍了著名作家马克·吐温的生平。
【41题详解】
考查名词单复数。句意：而且他三篇最著名的小说描述的是这伟大河流附近的人们。空的前面修饰的数量词是三本，所以名词应该用复数形式。故填novels。
【42题详解】
考查结果状语从句。句意：作者如此的喜爱这条河以至于甚至他的笔名都来自这条河。结果状语从句结构“so…that，如此……以至于。”故填that。
【43题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：因为贫穷，吐温12岁的时候离开了学校并开始找工作。马克·吐温12岁的时候，可知时间是过去，动词用一般过去式。故填left。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：在接下来的二十多年里，为了养活家人，他当过印刷工人，河船驾驶员，士兵，记者。为了养活家人，他做过许多工作，此处to do 不定式作目的状语。故填to support。
【45题详解】
考查代词it作形式主语。句意：据说他的第一个成功的故事是关于跳蛙比赛。that引导的主语从句在后边，it作形式主语。“it was said that…”据说……。故填It。
【46题详解】
考查词性转换。句意：然后他的作品因为对普通人民的描述和他们说话的方式而变得极其有名。副词修饰形容词，修饰形容词famous，extreme需要转换成副词形式。故填extremely。
【47题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：因此，他变得非常富有，因为他的作品。固定搭配：因此“as a result”。故填a。
【48题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：然而他生命的最后几年充满了悲伤的事。固定搭配“be filled with”充满；故填were filled。
【49题详解】
考查词性转化。句意：妻子和孩子的死亡，孤独和大量金钱的损失。定冠词修饰名词，动词lose需转化成名词形式。故填loss。
【50题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：然而他仍然被视为世界上最有名的人之一。短语“be regarded as”被视作；是固定搭配。 故填as。
Mark Twain, a famous American writer and speaker, spent his boyhood along the Missisiippi River, and three of his most famous ___41___ (novel) describe people along this great river. The author loved the river so much ___42___ even his pen name came from the river. Being poor, Twain ___43___ (leave) school at the age of twelve and looked for work. Over the next two decades he worked as a printer, a riverboat pilot, a soldier and a newspaper reporter ___44___(support) the family. ___45___was said that his first successful story was about jumping frog contest. And his works became ___46___(extreme) famous for the description of common people and the way they talked, especially for his humor. As ___47___ result, he became very rich with his works. However, the last years of his life ___48___(fill) with sad events: the deaths of his wife and children, the loneliness and the ___49___ (lose) of much money. For these, his writings lost most of their humor and became sad like him. Yet he is still regarded ____50____ one of the best known in the world.
【答案】41. novels
42. that 43. left
44. to support
45. It 46. extremely
47. a 48. were filled
49. loss 50. as
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。简单介绍了著名作家马克·吐温的生平。
【41题详解】
考查名词单复数。句意：而且他三篇最著名的小说描述的是这伟大河流附近的人们。空的前面修饰的数量词是三本，所以名词应该用复数形式。故填novels。
【42题详解】
考查结果状语从句。句意：作者如此的喜爱这条河以至于甚至他的笔名都来自这条河。结果状语从句结构“so…that，如此……以至于。”故填that。
【43题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：因为贫穷，吐温12岁的时候离开了学校并开始找工作。马克·吐温12岁的时候，可知时间是过去，动词用一般过去式。故填left。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：在接下来的二十多年里，为了养活家人，他当过印刷工人，河船驾驶员，士兵，记者。为了养活家人，他做过许多工作，此处to do 不定式作目的状语。故填to support。
【45题详解】
考查代词it作形式主语。句意：据说他的第一个成功的故事是关于跳蛙比赛。that引导的主语从句在后边，it作形式主语。“it was said that…”据说……。故填It。
【46题详解】
考查词性转换。句意：然后他的作品因为对普通人民的描述和他们说话的方式而变得极其有名。副词修饰形容词，修饰形容词famous，extreme需要转换成副词形式。故填extremely。
【47题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：因此，他变得非常富有，因为他的作品。固定搭配：因此“as a result”。故填a。
【48题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：然而他生命的最后几年充满了悲伤的事。固定搭配“be filled with”充满；故填were filled。
【49题详解】
考查词性转化。句意：妻子和孩子的死亡，孤独和大量金钱的损失。定冠词修饰名词，动词lose需转化成名词形式。故填loss。
【50题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：然而他仍然被视为世界上最有名的人之一。短语“be regarded as”被视作；是固定搭配。 故填as。
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