2017年6月大學(xué)英語六級閱讀理解精煉50篇36密西西比河上的舵手(含答案)

1、2017年6月大學(xué)英語六級閱讀理解精煉50篇36密西西比河上的舵手（含答案）英語六級閱讀理解精煉第36篇，練習(xí)密西西比河上的舵手，含有六級閱讀練習(xí)題，參考譯文，答案等內(nèi)容。供正在準(zhǔn)備英語 六級考試的學(xué)習(xí)者參考學(xué)習(xí)。036. better known as mark twain 1the remarkable man went to a log-cabin school until he was twelve years old. thatwas the end of his formal education. in spite of this, he became the most famou

2、sliterary figure of his generation .mark twain was born in a small missouri village near the mississippi river2 in 1835.at that time, andrew jackson3 was the president of the country. abraham lincolnwas still a young farm laborer in illinois. the first railroad had been built seven yearsbefore. the

3、industrial revolution was at hand. 4 the economic collapse of americanprosperity, called the panic of 1837, still lay ahead. this was also the literary periodlater called the “ new england renaissance ”mark twain was not a healthy baby. in fact, he was not expected to live through thefirst winter. b

4、ut with his mother ' s tender care , he managed to survive. he had beenborn in a tiny two-room cabin. eight people lived together there . he had four brothers and sisters. a slave girl lived with them too. as a boy, mark twain caused much trouble for his parents. he used to play practical jokes

5、on all of his friends and neighbors. the nature of his jokes often led to violence . he hated to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home. he always went in the direction of the nearby mississippi. he was fascinated by that mighty river. he liked to sit on the bank of the river for hours a

6、t a time and just gaze at the mysterious islands and the passing boats and rafts. he was nearly drowned nine different times. he learned many things about the river during those days. he learned all about its history and the unusual people who rode up and down5 it. he never forgot those scenes and t

7、hose people. he later made them part of the history of america in his books tom sawyer and huckleberry finn6.閱讀自測i .this is the summary of the passage. try to fill in the blanks with properwords :mark twain was born in a small village near the river in 1835. he was not ahealthy baby, so he was not e

8、xpected to live the first winter. thanks to hismother s care, he managed to survive . he has been born in a tinytwo-room . people lived together there. he hadbrothers and sisters and a girl live with them too. when he was a boy, he used to play jokes on his friends and neighbors. he hated to go to s

9、choolbut was by the mighty river. he learned all about its history andthe unusual people who rode and it. later in his works tom sawyer and he made them part of american history. quizzes:1. what has four eyes ( i ) but cannot see?2. it is said that river is richer than any other things. why?參考答案i .

10、mississippi / through / tender / cabin / eight / four / slave / practical / fascinatedup / down / huckleberry finnn . 1. mississippi. 2. because on each side of the river, there is one bank.參考譯文密西西比河上的舵手這 位聲名顯赫的人物 12 歲前在一所由原木搭建的小木屋學(xué)校上學(xué) , 他的正規(guī)教育僅 此而已。盡管如此, 他仍成為他那一代最著名的文學(xué)家。馬克吐溫，1835年出生于密蘇里州的一個小村莊，靠近密西

11、西比河。那時，安德 魯杰克遜是這個國家的總統(tǒng)。亞伯拉罕林肯仍是伊利諾斯州的一位年輕的農(nóng)場工人。第一條鐵路七年前就已建成。第一次工業(yè)革命迫在眉睫。美國繁榮經(jīng)濟(jì)的崩潰, 即“ 1837 年大恐慌” , 也即將發(fā)生。這也是后來在文學(xué)史上被稱為“ 新英格蘭文藝復(fù)興”的時期。馬克吐溫從小體弱多病。事實上，誰也沒料到他能活過第一個冬天。然而 ，在母親 的悉心 照料下，他還是活了下來。馬克吐溫出生在一幢僅兩室的狹小木屋里。那屋里擠了 八口人,他有四個兄弟姐妹 , 還有一個女奴和他們一起住。他的馬克吐溫小時候給父母惹了很多麻煩。他老是對他所有的朋友和鄰居制造惡作劇。惡作劇常常招來一頓暴打。 他討厭上學(xué)，還不斷

12、地從家里跑出來，總是朝著附近的密 西西比 河方向走去。馬克吐溫被那條浩瀚壯觀的河流迷住了 ：他喜歡在岸邊一坐幾個小 時，目不 轉(zhuǎn)睛地盯著一個個神秘的島嶼和過往的船只與竹筏。有九次他都差點溺水而亡。在那些日子里，馬克吐溫學(xué)了很多有關(guān)這條河的知識 ，了解了它的歷史和河上來來往往不同尋常的人。他永遠(yuǎn)都忘不了那些景色和那些人。后來，馬克吐溫把那一切作為美國 歷史的一部分寫進(jìn)了他的著作湯姆 索耶歷險記和哈克貝里 費恩歷險記。閱讀導(dǎo)評古老的密西西比河奉獻(xiàn)給馬克吐溫的是永不枯竭的靈感 ，從而令他創(chuàng)作出不朽的作 品。他 不僅為美國文學(xué)開辟了一個新的領(lǐng)域地方色彩文學(xué) ，給人類文學(xué)史庫增添了一 筆寶貴的財富，更對

13、海明威等后來的文人影響深遠(yuǎn)。難怪他被稱為“第一流的美國作家”，“文學(xué)上的林肯”，就連魯迅先生也贊揚他 “是前世紀(jì)（19世紀(jì)）末至現(xiàn)世紀(jì)（20世紀(jì)）初有 名 的幽默家”。閱讀導(dǎo)釋1 .馬克吐溫19世紀(jì)后期美國批判現(xiàn)實主義文學(xué)的卓越代表、杰出的幽默諷刺家。他的本名叫塞繆爾蘭霍恩克萊門斯（samuel langhorne clemens）。馬克吐溫只是 他的筆名。他曾做過水手。筆名源自水手們測量水深時呼喊的術(shù)語?！癿ark twain ”原意為“記下（mark）,兩英尋（twain,兩英尋等于十二英尺）”。在這個深度，領(lǐng)航員就可 以放心地 領(lǐng)航了。于是，塞繆爾就把這一響亮的呼喊聲當(dāng)作自己的筆名以作永

14、久的紀(jì)念。2 .密西西比河，美國主要河流，也是世界上最長的河流之一 ，全長6 020公里，支流遍及從 阿巴拉契亞山脈到落基山脈之間的21個州，流域面積約322萬平方公里，約占美國國土面積十分之四。“密西西比” ，印第安語即“ 大河”，美國黑人愛把它稱為“老人河”。它 素有“百河之父”之稱。3 .安德魯杰克遜（1767 1845）,美國第七任總統(tǒng)，美國歷史上第一位生于“小木屋”的總 統(tǒng)。他粗獷好斗, 綽號“老核桃” , 曾在新奧爾良大敗英軍, 是西部新興勢力的象征。4 . industrial revolution, 工業(yè)革命 , 是 18 世紀(jì) 60 年代從英國開始的產(chǎn)業(yè)革命。詞組 at ha

15、nd 的意思是“ 即將到來 , 即將發(fā)生” , 下文出現(xiàn)的 lay ahead 同它意思相近。同 hand 組成的短 語很多 , 如 : have an open hand （ 慷慨 , 大方 ） ; at close hand （ 在附近 , 在近 處） ; wash one s hands of （ 洗手不干 , 斷絕關(guān)系 ） 。 諺語 “ 人多好辦事” 即 many hands make light work 。5 . 詞組 up and down 不只是字面上“ 上上下下”的意思 , 這里是“ 來來回回 , 往返”的 含義。 這個詞組可作 “沿 ?來回 , 在各處” 解, 如 : his eyes moved up and do