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Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He grew up with a few naughty boys who later appeared in his stories. Perhaps you are familiar with some of his books, as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then a pilot on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life on the Mississippi.

    During the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period made him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on his high living and unsuccessful business.

    Mark Twain was known as a world-wide famous writer and a humorist, which means funny man. But in fact, he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his experiences helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of the society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.  (200)

1.What did Mark Twain do when he was 12?

2.Did Mark Twain write himself and his friends in his stories?

3.When did Mark Twain become famous?

4.What is Mark Twain’s writing style?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us and what does the writer think of Mark Twain?

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.He began to work.

2.Yes, he did.

3.During the Civil War.

4.Humorous but serious. He wrote his stories to show the dark side of society in humorous (funny) way.

5.He introduces Mark Twain and he thinks he was a famous writer and a humorist.

試題分析：這篇短文為我們介紹的是著名的美國作家Mark Twain的生平事跡。Mark Twain寫了很多著名的小說，他的經(jīng)歷豐富，是一名偉大的作家，也是一個很幽默的人。

【解析】

1.由文章中At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then a pilot on a river boat.可知，馬克吐溫12歲的時候，他的父親去世了，他就開始工作，先是做印刷工，然后在船上當(dāng)引航員。

2.根據(jù)文章中He grew up with a few naughty boys who later appeared in his stories.可知，Mark Twain和一群淘氣的孩子一起長大，這些孩子后來都出現(xiàn)在了他的小說中。

3. 根據(jù)文章中During the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period made him famous and popular可知，在內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間，他用Mark Twain做筆名寫了一些小說，這一時期的小說使他出名了。

4.根據(jù)文章最后一段的內(nèi)容可知，Mark Twain 是一個幽默的人，但是對生活的態(tài)度是認真的，他的經(jīng)歷塑造了他的寫作風(fēng)格，幽默，嚴(yán)肅，用幽默的方式來展示社會黑暗的一面。

5.通讀全文可知，這篇短文為我們介紹了著名作家Mark Twain 的生平經(jīng)歷，他的性格，他的小說，他的寫作風(fēng)格等。作者認為Mark Twain 是一名偉大的作家，也是一個很幽默的人。

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