2025年重慶信息技術職業(yè)學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調整）一、單選題(共50題)1、從下面單詞中找一個括號部分讀音不同的單詞。（）(1分)A、dr(i)veB、s(i)zeC、g(i)veD、n(i)ce正確答案選項：參考答案：C2、____themotherwascookinginthekitchen,thebabyfellasleepinthechair.

(1分)A、SinceB、WhileC、BecauseD、Once正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析since自從；while當…時；because因為；once一次.故選B3、在下列各組單詞中，找出字母讀音wh不同于其他三個的選項（）

(1分)A、whatB、whenC、whereD、who正確答案選項：參考答案：D4、---Howaboutthepairnexttothis?---I'mafraidit's（）foritseemstwoinches.(1分)A、toolongerB、toolongC、solongerD、solong正確答案選項：參考答案：A5、—Doyouletyourkidstravelaloneatnight?—______!

(1分)A、ForgetitB、GoaheadC、AbsolutelynotD、Atanytime正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析

考查交際用語。A不必在意；B好啊，行??；C絕對不會；D在任何時候。根據常識可知選C。句意：——你會讓你的孩子在晚上獨行嗎？——絕對不會！故C正確?？键c：考查交際用語6、Hisnewcellphoneislost.Heforgot_______heputit.

(1分)A、thatB、whyC、whereD、which正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析他新手機丟了，他忘記把它放哪里了。where引導地點狀語從句。7、Thecomputeronthedeskis（）.(1分)A、twinsB、thetwin'sC、thetwinsD、thetwins'正確答案選項：參考答案：D8、—Thankyouforthelovelyevening.—You’rewelcome._____.I’dbeenlookingforwardtoseeingyou.

(1分)A、HaveagoodtimeB、PleasehelpyourselfC、ThankyouforcomingD、Nicetomeetyou正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查交際用語。AHaveagoodtime玩得開心；BPleasehelpyourself請自便；CThankyouforcoming謝謝你能來；DNicetomeetyou遇見你很高興。句意：—謝謝你組織的如此精彩的晚會?！豢蜌猓兄x你能來，我一直期待著見到你。后者是主人，對于客人的到來表示感謝。故C項正確。9、Theoldladyhasbeen（）fortwoweeksandher（）madehersonlosehimself.(1分)A、died;deadB、died;deathC、dead;deathD、dead;die正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查形容詞和名詞。句意為：“那個老太太去世兩周了，她的死亡讓她的兒子很消沉?！眃ie為短暫性動詞，在完成時中跟一段時間狀語fortwoweeks連用時，要用延續(xù)性動詞bedead;death為名詞，形容詞性物主代詞her修飾名詞death。故選C。10、材料Computer

programmer

David

Jones

earns(gets)￡35,000ayear,designingnewcomputergames,yethecannotfindabankpreparedtolethimhaveachequecard.

（1）,hehasbeentoldtowait（2）twoyears,untilheis18.

The16-year-oldboyworksforasmall（3）inLiverpool,（4）theproblemofmostyoungpeopleofhisageisfindingajob.David'scompanyreleases(發(fā)行)twonewgamesfortheexpanding(擴展)homecomputermarketeachmonth.

ButDavid'sbiggestheadacheiswhattodo（5）hismoney.（6）hissalary,gotbyinvesting(投資)newprogramswithin（7）schedules，withbonus(獎金)paymentsandprofit-sharing(分紅)，hecannotdriveacar，orobtaincreditcards.

DavidgothisjobwiththeLiverpool-basedcompanyfourmonthsago.“Igotthejobbecausethepeoplewho（8）thecompanyknewIhadalreadywrittensome

（9）,”hesaid.

“Isuppose￡35，000soundsalotbutactuallythat'sbeingpessimistic(悲觀的).Ihopeitwill（10）tomorethanthatthisyear.”Hespendssomeofhismoney

（11）recordsandclothes,andgiveshismother￡20aweek.Butmostofhissparetimeisspentonworking.“（12）,computingwasnotpartofmystudiesat（13）,”hesaid,“ButIhadbeenstudyingitinbooksandmagazinesforfouryearsinmysparetime.IknewwhatIwantedtodoandnever（14）stayingonatschool.Mostpeopleinthisbusinessarefairlyyoung,anyway.”

Davidadded,“IwouldliketoearnamillionandIthinkearlyretirementisapossibility.Youneverknowwhenthemarket（15）disappear.”

第(13)選（）(1分)A、home

B、university

C、school

D、college正確答案選項：參考答案：C11、材料Youneedalotof（1）ifyou’rewaitingforanew（2）andyouneedafew（3）whose

phonesyoucan（4）aswell.Fortunately,Ihad（5）.Decembercameand（6）,buttherewas（7）signofphone.Iwenttothecompany’sofficetoask

aboutit.“TheytoldmeI’dhaveaphone（8）December,”Isaid（9）.“（10）?”theassistantasked.“OhIremember.Theytriedtocontactyoubutfailed.Sorryaboutthat.”Iamstillusingmyoldphone.第（9）選()

(1分)A、quicklyB、anxiouslyC、angrilyD、happily正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查副詞。根據上下文內容可知，句意為我憤怒地說。12、Collectingstamps（）boring,Ithink.(1分)A、areB、isC、beD、am正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“我認為集郵是無聊的?！眴蝹€的動名詞短語作主語謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。故選B。13、“Alltheexercises（）beforeclass.”theheadteachersaid.(1分)A、mustbehandedB、hastobehandedinC、mustbehandedinD、musthandin正確答案選項：參考答案：C14、WhenIwasyoung,myparentstaughtme________olderpeoplekindly.

(1分)A、treatsB、totreatC、treatedD、treat正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：當我小的時候，我的父母教我要善待老年人?？疾閯釉~不定式。treats第三人稱單數(shù)；totreat動詞不定式；treated過去式或過去分詞；treat動詞原形。teachsbtodosth.“教某人做某事”，固定搭配，故選B。15、Doingexerciseeveryday（）goodforourhealth.(1分)A、areB、isC、wasD、were正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“每天做鍛煉對我們的健康是有好處的?！备鶕湟饪芍摼潢愂龅氖强陀^事實，應用一般現(xiàn)在時，所以排除C和D;單個的動名詞短語作主語時謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。故選B。16、Thereare（）onthetable.(1分)A、twocupsofteasB、twocupofteaC、twocupsofteaD、twocupof正確答案選項：參考答案：C17、--（）.oryouwillbelate.(1分)A、HurryupB、FastC、StandinlineD、Don'tcrowd正確答案選項：參考答案：A18、TheiceandsnowinHarbinisbeautiful,soeverywinter_____touristscomehere.

(1分)A、5millionB、millionsofC、millionofD、twomillions正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析固定搭配milionsof意為“數(shù)以百萬計的”;million和具體數(shù)詞連用時，其后不加“s”，也不加介詞of。19、JohnhitBob（）.(1分)A、inthefaceB、onhisfaceC、infaceD、bytheface正確答案選項：參考答案：A20、Myfatheris________thecinema________themoment.

(1分)A、at；inB、at；atC、in；inD、in；by正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析atthecinema看電影,atthemoment意思是現(xiàn)在、此刻；當時；那時21、Ican’tfindmydictionarynow.Tommusthavetakenitbymistake,______?

(1分)A、mustn’theB、doesn’theC、didn’theD、hasn’the正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析

考查反義疑問句。句意：我現(xiàn)在找不到我的字典。湯姆一定是弄錯了，難道不是他嗎？根據語境可知此句的反義疑問句要根據前句的musthavedone來判斷，must此處表示肯定推測，所以反義疑問句不根據must來判斷，要根據原句表達的意思來判斷。根據原句意思可知此處表示已經錯拿了，所以用hasdone，現(xiàn)在完成時，所以助動詞為has，所以D正確。22、Heis_____thatwealllikehim.

(1分)A、suchfamousafootballstarB、asofamousfootballstarC、soafamousfootballstarD、suchafamousfootballstar正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查結果狀語從句?！皊o+adj+a/an+n.”結構和“such+a/an+adj+n.”結構與that一起構成結果狀語從句；由此判斷，so后面接“形容詞+不定冠詞+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞”，所以排除B、C；such后接“不定冠詞+形容詞+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞”，所以排除A，故選D。23、---Whenshallwemeetagain?---Makeit（）dayyoulike.It'sallthesametome.(1分)A、oneB、anyC、anotherD、some正確答案選項：參考答案：B24、-Shallwestartrightnow?Ourtrainleavesinhalfanhour.-_____!I’llfinishpackinginaminute.

(1分)A、HangonB、HangupC、KeeponD、Keepaway正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查交際用語。AHangon請稍等；別掛斷；BHangup掛斷電話；CKeepon繼續(xù)，別放棄；DKeepaway遠離..，避開；句意：-我們現(xiàn)在就可以，好嗎？火車半小時以后離開。-請稍等，我馬上就打包整理好了。根據句意可知后者請求對方稍等片刻。故A項正確。25、—Annhasmadegreatprogressrecently.—（）and（）(1分)A、Sohasshe;sohaveyouB、Sohasshe;soyouhaveC、Soshehas;soyouhaveD、Soshehas;sohaveyou正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查倒裝句和強調句。句意為：“----Ann最近有了很大的進步?！_實是這樣，你也一樣?！薄癝o+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞+主語”,表示前面提出的某一肯定的情況也同樣適應于后者；“So+主語+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞”,表示“某人或事物確實如此”,是對上文所講事實的肯定和強調。根據“Annhasmadegreatprogressrecently.”可知含有助動詞has,所以用“Soshehas”表示確實是這樣，而用“sohaveyou”表示你也一樣。故選D。26、—TodayBeijingDuckisserved!Anumberofstudents___________inthedininghall.—Letmesee.Thenumberofthem_________about400.

(1分)A、are;isB、is;areC、are;areD、is;is正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意:-今天桌上有北京烤鴨!餐廳里有若干學生。-讓我想想。學生的數(shù)目大約是四百。考查主謂一致。前一句anumberofstudents意為“許多學生”，表示復數(shù)意思，第一空格be動詞用are;第二空格前的主語thenumberofthem意為他們的數(shù)量表示單數(shù)，be動詞用is，故選A。27、Whydoyouwantanewjob（）you'vegotsuchagoodonealready?(1分)A、thatB、whereC、whichD、when正確答案選項：參考答案：D28、—CanIhelpyou?-Yes,please.Ineedapairof（）(1分)A、shoesB、TshirtC、sweaterD、bags正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查名詞辨析。句意為：“---需要幫忙嗎?——是的，我需要一雙鞋?！盿pairof后的名詞常是由兩個部分組成的物品，只能用復數(shù)形式。故選A。29、從下列選項中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項。（）ev(e)nt(1分)A、s(e)ctionB、d(e)liverC、r(e)pairD、d(e)velop正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析event[??vent]section[?sek?n]發(fā)音相同，其他選項e發(fā)??音。30、Mr.Smith________Chinesefortwoyears.He’smuchbetteratitnow.

(1分)A、learns

B、waslearning

C、haslearned

D、willlearn正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：史密斯先生學漢語已經兩年了。他現(xiàn)在做得好多了。考查現(xiàn)在完成時。根據“fortwoyears”可知，強調時間的延續(xù)，用現(xiàn)在完成時，故選C。31、—Iforgottoregisterforthecourses.I’monedaylateandmostoftheclassesarefull.WhatshallIdo?—________Youcan’tdoanythingaboutthat.

(1分)A、Takeyourtime.B、Pooryou!C、Sowhat?D、Noway!正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查交際用語。句意：我忘記選課了。我遲了一天，絕大多數(shù)課程都滿了，我還可以做什么？——真可憐，你什么都做不了。ATakeyourtime.慢慢來；BPooryou!真可憐；CSowhat?那又怎樣？DNoway!沒門。根據后文Youcan’tdoanythingaboutthat.可推知，前一句應該表示對別人的同情，故選B。32、Thecruelbossmadethoseworkers___fourteenhourseveryday。

(1分)A、workingB、toworkC、WorkedD、work正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析Makesomebodydosomething固定搭配33、Thereissomuch（）thatIcan'tstandit.(1分)A、soundB、noiseC、voiceD、noises正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查名詞辨析。句意為：“有太多噪音以至于我不能忍受了。"much修飾不可數(shù)名詞，所以排除D;根據“Ican'tstandit”可知應該是太多的噪音了，所以排除A和C。故選B。34、﹣Mom，I'llstayintoaccompanymygrandpathisevening．﹣________!

(1分)A、WithpleasureB、NevermindC、SuityourselfD、Itdepends正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查情景交際。句意：﹣﹣媽媽，今晚我留下來陪爺爺。﹣﹣﹣隨你便；按自己的意愿行事。A.Withpleasure

非常愿意；BNevermind

沒關系；CSuityourself

隨你便；按自己的意愿行事；DItdepends

視情況而定。根據句意可知，說話者告訴媽媽她的意愿（今晚我留下來陪爺爺），因此媽媽應該是在表明態(tài)度：隨你便；按自己的意愿行事，也即同意（她留下來陪爺爺）。因此C項符合語境，故選C。35、材料Micklivedinthecountry,andhehad（1）garden.He（2）vegetables,andhehadsomenice,fat（3）,too.Hesoldtheeggsandthemeat,andgotalotof（4）fromthem.

Hisneighbourhadabiggarden,（5）,andhealsohadvegetablesandnice,fatchickensinit.Therewasawirefencebetweenthe（6）butitwasveryold,andthechickensoftenfoundholesinitandwentthrough.

NowMickwantedanewfencebetweenhisgardenandhis（7）soMr.Biggscametobuildit.Micksaidtohim,“Pleasemakethefenceoutofstrongwood.AndIwantahole（8）it.Makeitbigenoughformychickenstogetintomyneighbour'sgardenand（9）hisvegetables,buttoo（10）forhistogetintomineandeatmine.”

第(4)選（）(1分)A、joy

B、money

C、food

D、holes正確答案選項：參考答案：B36、It’simportant___us____breakfasteveryday.

(1分)A、of;tohaveB、for;tohaveC、in;haveD、with;have正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：對我們來說每天吃早餐是很重要的。本題考查固定句式。It'simportantforsb.todosth.：對某人來說做某事是重要的，為固定句式；for:對…來說，為介詞，后加人稱代詞時需用賓格；us:我們，賓格；havebreakfast:吃早餐，have在這里作"吃，動詞＂；在此句式中應用不定式todo代入，tohavebreakfast;故選B37、材料

Abugfliesbyaplant.Thisplanthasaprettyredflower.Thebugsmellssomethingwonderful.Soitgoescloserandclosertotheflower.Thenitseessomeleavesontheplant.Theyarelongandgreenandgoodtoeat,butlookstrange.Theyarefoldedtogether.Thebugfliesoverandsitsonone.(Oops!That'stheendofthebug.)

Thispoorbughaslandedonaplantthateatsbugs!Meat-eatingplantsusetrickstotrapbugs.

Somehaveprettyflowers.Theytooksoniceandsmellsosweetthatbugsflyrightintotheplants.Butthereisnowaytheycangetout.Theplantkeepsthebugthere.Itusesthebugasfood.That'showtheplantlives.

Therearemanykindsofplantsthateatbugs.Eachplanthasatricktocatchthem.Ononeplanttheleavessnaptogetherwhenthebuglandsonthem.Otherplantshavestickyleaves.Theseleavesrollupwiththebugsstuckinsidethem,suchasthepitcherplant.

Onekindofplanthaslittlehairsonitsleaves.Theyholdanythingthatcomesalongsothatitcannotgetaway.Thentheleavescloseuponthefood.

Youcankeepaplantlikethisinyourhome.Don'tworry.Youwon'thavetocatchbugstofeedit.Justgotoaflowerstore.Youeangetspecialfoodthere.Ifnot,youcanjustgiveitbitsofmeat.

Themainreasonfortheendofthebugwhichhappenstolandonsuchastrangeplantisthat___.(1分)A、

it

gets

hurt

and

can't

fly

againB、

it

likes

eating

sweet

thingsC、

the

plants

on

which

it

lands

will

eat

itD、

it

is

fond

of

landing

on

beautiful

flowers正確答案選項：參考答案：C38、Heisthetalleststudentinourschool，________？

(1分)A、isheB、isn’titC、isn’theD、doesn’the正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析他是我們學校最高的學生，不是嗎？反意疑問句，陳述句是肯定，附加疑問句用否定；前面有be動詞，后面也用be動詞，且人稱和主語保持一致。39、材料Eric:Hi!Maria!There'safootballmatchdowntowntonight.（1）

Maria:Oh,I'dloveto,butIcan't.

Eric:That'stoobad.Thenwhatareyoubusywith?

Maria:Nothingmuch.（2）Ihavetostayathome.

Eric:Why?Whathappened?

Maria:Well,doyouremembermyfamilyrule?（3）ButlastnightIcamebackafterhalfpastten.

Eric:Yourparentsmusthavebeenveryangry!

Maria:Yes,that'swhyI'mnotallowedtogooutforthenextweek.（4）Thismorningmyalarmclockdidn'tgooff,soIwenttoschoollate.

Eric:Oh,no.（5）

Maria:Yes,Idid.Iexplainedtherewassomethingwrongwithmyalarmclock,buttheteachersaiditwasn'tagoodreasontomissatest,andshewouldn'tallowmetodoitlater.

Eric:Youdidhaveabadmorning,第（3）空填（）(1分)A、Iwasn'tallowedtogooutafterten.B、Wouldyouliketowatchitwithme?C、There'ssomethingworse.D、ButIcan'tgooutanywhereforaweek.E、Didn'tyouhaveabigmathstestthismorning?F、Myparentsshouldallowmetogooutmoreoften.G、Ihavetogethomebyteno'clockeverynight.正確答案選項：參考答案：G40、Areyougoingforapicnic________Sunday?

(1分)A、atB、onC、inD、with正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析你打算在周日野餐嗎？在具體的某一天前用介詞on。41、His（）leftathisfriend'shome.(1分)A、belongingswereB、belongingswasC、belongingshaveD、belonginghas正確答案選項：參考答案：A42、材料TianwuhasclimbedHuashanmorethan3,000timesinthepastdecade.Heisa（1）,transportinggoodsuptheslopesonhisback,foraliving.Butheismost（2）,forhisdisability:Hehasonlyonearm.

He（3）hisleftarminanaccidentin1992atthecoalmine.Withtwoyoungchildrenandparentsto（4）,hewasworkingovertimethatdaywhenapulleybrake（5）.Afterthatheopenedastore,butitwentbankruptfromtoomany（6）sales.（7）hishardwork,hewasleftwithnothingbutdebts.ThenheheardaboutbearersforHuashanMountainfromafriendandthoughtitwouldbean（8）job.

Hisfirstjobwasto（9）30kilogramsofgoodstoHighLadder.Hehadacompanionwho（10）mid-way,buthefinishedhisjobwith（11）paininhisknees.Butashe（12）experiencethroughtheyears,hehasdevelopedhisown（13）forclimbingthemountain.

Nowhecarries60kilogramsofgoodsupthemountaineveryday—1kilogrammorethanhisownbodyweight.（14）,hemakesthreetofourtripseachdaytoandfrom.“I（15）eachstepverycarefullyandhaveneverhadanyaccidentinthepast10years.”Hesaid.

Beingabearerisatiresomeanddulljobinmanypeople'sminds,butheenjoyshimself.Heap-preciatesandremembersthecalligraphy（16）intherocksandcopiesthem.Hisfavoriteoneis,“Thoughheavysnowfallsdownonverdant(青翠的)pines,thepinesstillstand（17）?！盚eoncesaid,“I'dliketostayherebecausethemountainpaysmyhardwork（18）。”

“Idon'tlament(對……感到悲痛)formy（19）daysandwillnotfearthefuture,”Hesaid.Thepainstakingjobhasgivenhimastrong（20）第6空填（）。(1分)A、casualB、creditC、chainD、constant正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查語境理解。casual意為“隨便的”;credit意為“信用；信譽”;chain意為“鏈”;constant意為“連續(xù)發(fā)生的；不變的”。creditsales是固定表達，意為“賒銷”,根據wentbankrupt可知，是因為賒銷太多才破產了。故選B。43、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(懷孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第15空填（）。(1分)A、thankedB、thoughtC、praisedD、remembered正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞詞義辨析。thanked意為“感謝”;thought意為“想”;praised意為“表揚”;remembered意為“記起”。此處指這位老太太記著Joe。故選D。44、Afterlisteningtotheteacher'sadvice,Tony（）playingcomputergamesandstartedtospendmoretimeonhisstudies.(1分)A、gaveupB、tookupC、madeupD、liftedup正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查動詞短語。句意為：“在聽完老師的建議后，Tony放棄了玩電腦游戲開始花更多的時間學習?！眊iveup意為“放棄”。根據“startedtospendmoretimeonhisstudies”可推測Tony是放棄了電腦游戲。故選A。45、

Themirrorsarecontrolledbyacomputerthatdirectsthemtoturnalongwiththesunthroughoutthe______andtocloseduringwindyweather.

(1分)A、dayB、NightC、monthD、year正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查名詞詞義辨析。A.day白天；B.night夜晚；C.month月；D.year年。根據文章可知，太陽光出現(xiàn)在白天，故選A。46、Royisagreatdancer.Hedances________thanothers.

(1分)A、beautifullyB、morebeautifullyC、lessbeautifullyD、mostbeautifully正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：羅伊是個很棒的舞者。他比別人舞跳得漂亮?？疾楦痹~比較級。根據than可知，此處用副詞beautifully的比較級，結合Royisagreatdancer.可知，他是好的舞者，所以跳得更好。故選B。47、Mr.Greenwithhislittleson（）atthegatenow.(1分)A、waitB、iswaitingC、arewaitingD、havewaited正確答案選項：參考答案：B48、材料

“MarkTwain”wasthenameusedbySamuelLanghomeClemens.Hewasbornin1834anddiedin1910.Hisfatherwasalawyer,butaverypoorone.ThefamilywassopoorthatSamueldidnothavemuchschooling.Hehadtolearnallthathecouldfromthepeoplehemet.HisfatherdiedwhenSamuelwasveryyoung,andthentherewasevenlessmoneythanbefore.

ManyofthemeninthispartofAmericaworkedintheshiponthegreatRiverMississippi,andhedidthishimselfatonetime.Wheredidhegetthename“MarkTwain”?Itcamefromthegreatriveritself.Itwasactuallypartofthecriesusedbymenworkingintheship.Whenamanshoutedtohisfellowworkers“Bythemarktwain!”,hemeantthattheriverwas“twomarksdeep”there.Samueloftenheardthesewordswhenhewasyoung,andheusedthemasapennameallhislife.

DuringhisworkontheMississippihemettravelersofallkinds,andthishelpedhimagreatdealwhenhestartedwriting.Whenthewarstarted,SamuelleftthereforNevadawithhisbrother.Later,hebecameagoldminer,buthenevermademuchmoneyatthetime.Hesoonsawthatlifeinthegoldmineswasnotforhim.HethentriedwritingforthenewspapersinNevada,andthisseemedmorehopeful.Hefoundthathecouldwrite.

SamuelwenttoEuropein1867andlatergotmarriedthere.Hethenspentmostofhistimewriting.HeisnowalwaysknownasMarkTwain,andmanypeopledonotevenknowthathisfamilynamewasClemens.HebecamethegreatestAmericanwriterofthetime,becausehecouldmakehisreaderslaugh—athingwhichfewwriterscando.

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