MarkTwain，an American writer, published mo

题目内容：

MarkTwain，an American writer, published more than 30 books, hundreds of

short stories and essays and gave lectures around the world throughout his career.

MarkTwainleftschoolwhenhewastwelve.Hehadlittleschooleducation.Thou

ghhehadlittleschooleducation,hebecamethemostfamouswriterofhistime

.Hemademillionsofdollarsbywriting.HisrealnamewasSamuelLanghorneCl

emens,butheisbetterknownallovertheworldasMarkTwain,hispenname.

MarkTwainwasbornin1835andhewasnotahealthybaby.Infact,hewasnot

expectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter.Butwithhismother'stendercare,

hemanagedtosurvive.Asaboy,hecausedmuchtroubleforhisparents.Heuse

dtoplayjokesonallofhisfriendsandneighbors.Hedidn'tliketogotosc

hool,andheconstantlyranawayfromhome.Healwayswentinthedirectionof

thenearbyMississippi.Hewasnearlydrownedninetimes.Afterhisfather'sd

eathin1847,Marktwainbegantoworkforaprinter,whoonlyprovidedhimwit

hfoodandclothing.Then,heworkedas ariver-boatpilot(领航

员)andlaterjoinedthearmy.Butshortlyafterthathebecameaminer.Duringt

hisperiod,hestartedtowriteshortstories.Afterwardshebecameafull-time

writer.

In1870,MarkTwaingotmarried.Intheyearsthatfollowedhewrotemanybooks

includingTomSawyerin1876,andHuckleberryFinnin1884,whichmadehimfam

ous,andbroughthimagreatfortune.Unfortunately,MarkTwaingotintodebts

inbadinvestments（投资）andhehadtowrite

largenumbersofstoriestopaythesedebts.In1904,hiswifediedandthenon

eoftheirchildrenpassedaway.Attheageof70,hishairwascompletelywhite.

Heboughtmanywhitesuitsandneckties.Heworenothingbutwhitefromheadto

footuntilhisdeathonApril21,1910.

小题1: When Mark Twain was a little baby,.

A．his mother thought he would die

B．he was as active as other boys

C．he was not strong enough

D．he was always in hospital小题2: In his childhood,.

A．Mark Twain learned a lot at school

B．Mark Twain often went swimming with other boys

C．Mark Twain often played games with other boys

D．Mark Twain’s mother often worried about his safety小题3: In order to make a living, Mark Twain .

A．often ran away from home.

B．first worked for a printer.

C．wrote stories in the beginning.

D．joined the army after he worked in a mine.小题4: In the later years of his life, Mark Twain.

A．continued writing until his death.

B．wrote many stories and earned a lot of money.

C．must have been very sad because he lost his wife and one of his children.

D．lent too much money to others.

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:C

答案解析：

本文介绍了马克吐温的生平事迹，从童年的生活到写作生涯都做了细致的描写。

小题1:细节题：从第三段的句子：MarkTwainwasbornin1835andhewasnotahealthybaby.可知马克吐温小时候不是很强壮，答案是C

小题2:细节题：从第三段的句子：MarkTwainwasbornin1835andhewasnotahealthybaby.可知妈妈很担心他的安全。选D

小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：After his father's deathin 1847, Mark twain began to work foraprinter,whoonlyprovidedhimwithfoodandclothing.可知为了谋生他做印刷工。选B

小题4:细节题：从最后一段的句子： In 1904, his wife died and then one of theirchildren passed away. Attheageof70,his hair was completely white.可知因为妻子和一个孩子的死去让他很难过。选C

点评：本文介绍了马克吐温的生平事迹，从童年的生活到写作生涯都做了细致的描写。本文要求考生理解文章的主旨，通过不同人的不同观点，找出文章的特定的写作态度，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。