Mark Twain was a great American    1  . He was also a famous speaker. Many people liked to listen to his   2  .
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town  3  his writing.  4  he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes (蚊子) in the town. Mark Twain said, “  5  I don’t think the mosquitoes will come to visit me.
After he   6   the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiter felt very sorry about that.  “ I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are    7   mosquitoes in our town,” he said.
Mark Twain ,  however,   8  a joke, saying to the waiter, “ the mosquitoes are very   9  . They know my    10   number. They didn’t come to the wrong room.”
小題1:
A．writerB．singerC．painterD．a(chǎn)stronaut
小題2:
A．to talkB．talkingC．talkD．talks
小題3:
A．thank forB．because ofC．get on withD．take part in
小題4:
A．AfterB．In front ofC．Since D．Before
小題5:
A．It doesn’t matter. B．I’m sorry for that.C．Good idea.D．You’re welcome.
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)rrived at B．a(chǎn)rrived toC．get toD．reached in
小題7:
A．too muchB．much too C．too many D．many too
小題8:
A．makesB．has madeC．was makingD．made
小題9:
A．cleanB．clearC．clever D．happy
小題10:
A．hotelB．room C．hospital D．bed

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:A
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:C
小題10:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了美國著名作家馬克吐溫在一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上住旅館，遇到蚊子的故事。
小題1:根據(jù)常識(shí)可知馬克吐溫是一位著名的美國作家，故選A，作家。
小題2:聯(lián)系上文，他也是一位著名的演講家，可知許多人喜歡聽他的演講。Talk可用作名詞“演講”，故選C。
小題3:短語辨析。A.為……感謝；B.因?yàn)椋捎�；C.和……友好相處；D.參加。結(jié)合語境可知他由于他的作品要去一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)，故選B。
小題4:聯(lián)系下文，可知指的是在他動(dòng)身之前，故選D，在……之前。
小題5:聯(lián)系下文，我認(rèn)為蚊子不會(huì)來拜訪我。可知他認(rèn)為沒關(guān)系，故選A，沒關(guān)系。
小題6:動(dòng)詞辨析。Arrive一般不和介詞to搭配使用；get to為非正式用于；reach為及物動(dòng)詞，不需要介詞。聯(lián)系下文，可知指的是他到達(dá)這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)上后，故選A。
小題7:短語辨析。too much太多，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；much too太；too many太多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；many too無此用法。聯(lián)系上文，可知此處指的是有許多蚊子，蚊子為可數(shù)名詞，故選C。
小題8:聯(lián)系下文，可知他開了一個(gè)玩笑。結(jié)合語境可知本句描述的是過去發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，故用一般過去時(shí)態(tài)。選D。
小題9:聯(lián)系下文，他們知道我的房間號(hào)碼，可知此處意思是這些蚊子非常聰明，故選C，聰明的。
小題10:聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是房間號(hào)碼，故選B，房間。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇短文內(nèi)容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯(lián)系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯(lián)系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當(dāng)修改。個(gè)別小題可以當(dāng)做單獨(dú)的詞義辨析題來做，先區(qū)分詞義，結(jié)合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。
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