Question

　　Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He __(1)__ a few naughty（淘氣的）boys who later __(2)__ in his stories. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life __(3)__ the Mississippi（密西西比）.

　　__(4)__ the Civil War（內戰）he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period（時期）__(5)__ him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running（創辦）__(6)__ publishing house（出版社）. But he spent all of it on high living and __(7)__ business.

　　Mark Twain __(8)__ as a“funny man”. But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his __(9)__ helped to shape（塑造）his stories __(10)__ showed the dark side of society（社會）. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.

(1)A．grew	B．grew up
C．grew up with	D．grew up in
(2)A．turned	B．became
C．appeared	D．disappeared
(3)A．on	B．in
C．at	D．for
(4)A．While	B．During
C．For	D．Since
(5)A．made	B．kept
C．served	D．encouraged
(6)A．him	B．himself
C．his	D．his own
(7)A．success	B．successful
C．successfully	D．unsuccessful
(8)A．knew	B．was known
C．was knowing	D．was to be known
(9)A．challenges	B．experiences
C．happiness	D．sadness
(10)A．who	B．where
C．which	D．in which

Answer 1

答案：C;C;A;B;A;D;D;B;B;C
解析：

(1)“成長”用 grow up，“和……一起成長”用 with。 (2)在他的故事中“出現”用動詞 appeared。 (3)“在密西西比河上”用介詞 on。 (4)“在內戰期間”用 during the Civil War。 (5)這一時期的作品使他出名。 (6)“他自己的”his own，own 常與形容詞性物主代詞連用。 (7)由表轉折意義的 but 可知是不成功的生意。 (8)由文意知用被動語態 was known。 (9)他自己的經歷塑造了他的作品。 (10)定語從句，影射黑暗社會一方面的作品。