Question

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。

Mark Twain is someone Americans are taught to love. Older relatives, English teachers and the media always praise him. But when you actually take the time to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you find that his work is more w1. than you could ever imagine.

The novel describes a young boy named Tom sawyer growing up in a small town a2. the Mississippi River. He explores the countryside on a riverboat with his friends, falls in love with girls, starts secret clubs and s3.for treasure. Twain’s idea of childhood is magical--a time of imagination, wonder and, of course, adventure.

More importantly, t4. the eyes of Tom Sawyer, Twain c5. makes fun of US culture. For example, Tom hates going to church, and Twain uses scenes of Tom there to make fun of religion(宗教) and its old traditions.

Twain’s writing is full of these kinds of critical(批判的) points about c6.and politics.

That’s w7.he is so loved in the US-- he wasn’t afraid to state his opinions, and he did so clearly.

He also believed strongly in w8.  right to vote in elections and gave a famous speech on the subject, c9. “Votes for Women”, in 1901.

“Tom was a great hero once more-- the pet of the old, the envy of the y10.,” Twain writes in Tom Sawyer. But he could just as well be describing himself.

Answer

1.wonderful

2.along

3.searches

4.through

5.cleverly

6.culture

7.why

8.women’s

9.called

10.young

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍了美国著名小说家马克吐温的小说《汤姆索娅历险记》和他的作品风格。他从未停止过批判美国的社会和文化。他还强烈相信妇女在选举中应该拥有选举权。

1.句意：你发现他的作品比你想象的还要精彩。

根据所给空前面的“is more”可知，应该填的是形容词，由后文“than you could ever imagine”可知，应该是精彩的，wonderful意为“精彩的”，故填wonderful。

2.句意：这部小说描写了一个名叫汤姆·索耶的小男孩在密西西比河沿岸的一个小镇上长大。

根据所给空前面的“growing up in a small town”和后面的“the Mississippi River”可知，应该是沿着，along意为“沿着”，故填along。

3.句意：他和朋友们一起在河船上探索乡村，爱上女孩，开秘密俱乐部，寻宝。

根据所给空后面的“for treasure”可知，应该是寻宝，search for意为“寻找”，由前文“starts secret clubs and”可知，应该填的是动词的第三人称单数形式，search的第三人称单数形式是searches，故填searches。

4.句意：更重要的是，通过汤姆·索耶的眼睛。

根据所给空后面的“the eyes of Tom Sawyer”可知，应该是通过，through意为“通过”，故填through。

5.句意：吐温巧妙地取笑了美国的文化。

根据所给空后面的“makes fun of”可知，应该填副词修饰动词，由后文“For example, Tom hates going to church, and Twain uses scenes of Tom there to make fun of religion(宗教) and its old traditions”可知，应该是巧妙地，cleverly意为“巧妙地”，故填cleverly。

6.句意：吐温的作品充满了这些关于文化和政治的批评观点。

根据所给空后面的“and politics”可知，应该填的是名词文化，culture意为“文化”，故填culture。

7.句意：这就是为什么他在美国如此受人爱戴——他不怕说出自己的观点，而且说得非常清楚。

根据所给空后面的句子“he is so loved in the US-- he wasn’t afraid to state his opinions, and he did so clearly”以及that’s why意为“那就是……的原因”，故填why。

8.句意：他还强烈地支持妇女在选举中的享有投票权。

根据后文“Votes for Women”可知，应该是妇女的权力，women和right是所属关系，所以要用名词所有格，可数名词变复数，结尾不是以s结尾的单词，变名词所有格时在结尾加’s，故填women’s。

9.句意：1901年发表了一篇著名的演讲，题目是“妇女选举权”。

根据前文“gave a famous speech on the subject”和后文“Votes for Women”可知，应该是被叫做，过去分词作后置定语，called意为“被叫做”，故填called。

10.句意：汤姆又成了一位伟大的英雄—老人的宠儿，年轻人的羡慕。

根据前文“the pet of the old”可知与老年人相对应应该是年轻人，the young意为“年轻人”，故填young。