2025年廣西生態(tài)工程職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)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

2025年廣西生態(tài)工程職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)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(diào)整）一、單選題(共35題)1、材料OnMay22,2021,thewholenationwassaddenedbythenewsthatChinesescientistYuanLongpingdied.

DrYuanLongpingworkedmostofhislifegrowingbetterrice.Asaresultofhisresearch,theChinesepeoplearenolongerworriedaboutgettingstarved.

Hisgreatworkalsohelpedtheworldproducemoreandmorerice.

Yuan,bornonSept.7,1930.Aftergraduating（畢業(yè).)fromSouthwestAgricultureCollege,heworkedasateacheratanagricultureschoolinHunan.

Severalnaturaldisasters（天災(zāi)）hitChinainthe1960s.Yuan,sawmanypeopledieofhungereveryday.Sincethen,hehasresearchedhowtogrowmuchbettercrops.

In1964,hehappenedtofindanaturalhybridrice（雜交水稻）plantthathadgreatadvantagesoverothers.Yuanwasexcitedabouthisdiscovery.Hethenbegantostudythepartsofthisunusualplant.

In1973,

hestartedtodevelopatypeofhybridricespecies（種類）.Itproduced20%morericeperunitthancommonones.Theseeding（種植）wasverysuccessfulinthefollowingyear.ThisprogressmadeChinatheworld’sleaderinriceproduction.

Morethan50%ofChina’stotalricefieldsgrowYuan’shybridspecies.PeoplecallhimtheFatherofHybridRice.

Yuanoncesaidhehadtwodreams—toenjoythecoolunderthericecropstallerthanmenandthathybridricecouldbegrownallovertheworldtohelpsolvethefoodproblemofthewholeworld.WhatcanwelearnaboutYuanLongpingaccordingtothethirdparagraph?______

(1分)A、Hewasbornintoascientist’sfamily.

B、Hewasonceateacheratanagricultureschool.C、HegraduatedfromSouthwestAgricultureCollegein1930.

正確答案選項：參考答案：B

2、—DidyoucallSaraback?-Ididn'tneedto,（）we'llhaveameetingtogethertonight.(1分)A、thoughB、unlessC、becauseD、if正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查原因狀語從句。句意為：“—你給Sara回電話了嗎?—不必了，因為我們今晚要在一起開會。”because意為“因為”,引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，前后兩句話是因果關(guān)系，且前果后因，所以用because來引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。故選C。

3、---Lookat____animal.It’sinteresting.---Whichonedoyoumean?____blackonewithalongtail.

(1分)A、an，TheB、an，AnC、the，TheD、the，An正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析-看看一只動物這很有趣。-你是說哪一個？長尾的黑色的?？疾楣谠~的用法。而根據(jù)題意我們可以看出，問答中的動物都是表示特指，答案是C。

4、Allthepossiblemeans（）toputthewaterpollutionundercontrol.(1分)A、istriedB、hasbeentriedC、willtryD、willbetried正確答案選項：參考答案：D

5、Thereis________bankacrossfromthehospital.

(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、/正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：醫(yī)院對面有一家銀行。考查冠詞。此處泛指“一家銀行”，bank以輔音音素開頭，其前用不定冠詞a。故選A。

6、—Howdidyoulosethesoccermatch?-Wehad____players.Theyhadelevenwhilewehadonlynine!

(1分)A、lessB、betterC、fewerD、more正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析根據(jù)"Theyhadelevenwhilewehadonlynine"可知是兩者之間進行比較，要用形容詞的比較級，根據(jù)"他們有十一名而我們只有九名"可知有更少的運動員，A、less更少的，修飾不可數(shù)名詞，C、fewer，更少的，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，故選C

7、I'dlike（）awordwithyou.(1分)A、hadB、havingC、tohaveD、have正確答案選項：參考答案：C

8、Thereissomething（）youcandoforme.(1分)A、thatB、whichC、whenD、what正確答案選項：參考答案：A

9、Andrew'shonestyandwisdomwillsurelymakehima（）businessman.(1分)A、succeedB、successC、successfulD、successfully正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查形容詞。句意為：“Andrew的誠實和智慧一定會讓他成為一個成功的商人?！眘uccessful為形容詞，意為“成功的”,businessman是名詞，修飾名詞應(yīng)用形容詞successful。故選C。

10、IwishI（）whattodo.(1分)A、knowB、knewC、haveknownD、wouldknow正確答案選項：參考答案：B

11、—Lily,whatdoyouusuallydoafterschool

—I________exercisewithmyfriends.

(1分)A、doB、didC、willdoD、wasdoing

正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：——莉莉，放學(xué)后你通常做什么？——我和我的朋友一起鍛煉?？疾橐话悻F(xiàn)在時。根據(jù)“whatdoyouusuallydoafterschool”可知，時態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時，主語是I，動詞用原形，故選A。

12、材料Iwassaidtobetheworststudentinmyclass,andmyfamilythoughtIwashopeless.Ihadto（1）gradesix.Atthattimeanewteacher,MissSadia,cametoourschool.

Onedayafterclass,she（2）thatIwasstayingaloneduringthelunchbreak.Shecametomeandbegantotalktome.Itwasjusta（3）conversation.Afterthatday,shegavemeparticular（4）anditmademefeelspecial.Istartedtoworkhardbecauseshegavemethefeel-ingthat（5）believedme,andmy（6）startedtoimproveinhersubject.

Monthslater,shemovedintoahousenearmy（7）.Wewouldwalkhometogetherafterschool.Herconstantsupporthelpedme,（8）inmystudies,asIknewshewould（9）mygradesbothinhersubjectandtheothersubjects.Ifinally（10）secondinmyclass.

Then,aftergradesix,shestartedtoslowlydriftaway(疏遠(yuǎn))（11）stillkeptaconstantcheckonme.BythetimeIwasingradeseven,we（12）spoke,butbythenIhadbecomethe（13）inmyclass.WhenIleftmyschool,Iwas（14）withher,assheneveransweredthe（15）whenIcalledher.

ThenIgraduatedandwenttoagooduniversity.Onefineday,ourpaths（16）again.Imetheratawedding.Icouldnot（17）askingher,“Whydidyoustoptalkingtome?”

“Youareacleverboy.Iwantedyoutobeatree（18）onyourownroots,notdependingonothers.NowhereyouareandIfeel（19）ofyou.Youareyourinspirationanddonotneedto（20）ashoulder,”shesaid.Icouldnotsayanything,butIsmiled.I’llalwaysthankher.第8空填（）。(1分)A、generallyB、actuallyC、especiallyD、usually正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查副詞詞義辨析。generally意為“一般地”;actually意為“實際上”;especially意為“尤其”;usually意為“通?！?。根據(jù)下文的“shewould…mygrades”可知，她對作者學(xué)習(xí)上的幫助尤其大。故選C。

13、材料Homeworkisaproblemforstudentsallovertheworld.Asastudent,youhavealotofhome-worktodoeveryday.It'samajorpartofastudent'sschooldays.It'sthebestwaytoreviewwhatyouhavelearnedinclass.Andithelpsyouunderstandimportantconcepts(概念).Luckily,thereareseveralthingsyoucandotomakehomeworklessdifficult.

Besureyouunderstandthehomework

Writeyourhomeworkdowninyournotebookifyouneedto.Don'tbeafraidtoaskquestionsaboutit.It'smucheasiertoasktheteacherduringorafterclassthantotrytorememberlaterthatnight!

Useyourtimeatschool

Manyschoolshavestudyhalls.Itisdesignedtoallowstudentstostudyontheirown.It'smoreinterestingtoplaywithyourfriends.Butthemorehomeworkyoufinishatschool,thelessyou'llhavetodothatnight.

Takeabreak

It'sdifficulttoholdyourattentionfortoolong.Sotakesomebreakswhiledoingyourhome-work.Sittingfortoolongwithoutrelaxingwillmakeyoufeelverytired.Takinga15-minutebreakeveryhourisagoodideaformostpeople.

Makeaplan

Ifyoudon'tfinishyourhomeworkatschool,thinkabouthowmuchyouhaveleft,soyoucan（budget）yourtime.Moststudentshavebetweenlhourand3hoursofhomeworkanight.Ifit'saheavyhomeworkday,you'llneedtospendmoretimeonit.It'sagoodideatomakeahomeworktimetable,especiallywhenyouwanttoenjoysportsorotheractivities.YoushoulddothefollowingthingsEXCEPT（）(1分)A、writingyourhomeworkdowninyournotebookB、tryingtofinishyourhomeworkatschoolC、doinghomeworkwithouttakingabreakD、makingaplanforyourhomework正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Takeabreak部分中第二句“Sotakesomebreakswhiledoingyourhomework.”可知，C項的做作業(yè)期間不休息的表述是錯誤的。故選C。

14、Thestormdelayedus.（）thestorm,wewouldhavebeenintime.(1分)A、ForB、WereitnotforC、ButD、Haditnotbeenfor正確答案選項：參考答案：D

15、Youneedn’t________yourmother.Iwilltakecareofher.

(1分)A、worryB、worriedC、worryaboutD、worriedabout正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析worry是形容人的心情，worryabout是指擔(dān)心什么事情。

16、材料Foodismostimportantforlife.Withoutitmanwoulddieofhunger（1）theneedforfood,manalsohasneedforhousetoprotecthim（2）heatandcold,windandrain.

Thefirstman'shomeswereverysimple.Thesizeandkindofhousesatthattimewerelimited（3）hisbuildingskillandalsobythethingsforhimtouse.Insomeplaces,man'shomewouldbe（4）morethanalargeholeinthesideofahill,withafireatthegatetogivehimlight,tocookfoodandtokeepdangerousanimalsaway.

Butnowin（5）century,housebuildingworkhasbecomeanimportantindustry.Modernsciencemakesitpossibleformantobuildsomanylarge（6）forgovernmentoffices,shops,schools,hotels,hospitals,churches.…

Asthepopulationoftheworldgrows（7）housesofmanykindsareneeded.

Thehousewiththree（8）fortheaveragefamilywouldnotbe（9）foraveryrichfamily.Theaveragefamiliesalsowanttolivecomfortably.Sopeoplearetryingtheirbesttoimprovetheirhouses（10）itisexpensive,Differentkindsofmodernhousesarebeingdesignedandsomeofthemhavebeenbuiltupforrichfamiliestolivein,andalsosomeforaveragefamilies.

第(10)選（）(1分)A、through

B、thought

C、though

D、but正確答案選項：參考答案：C

17、Bytheendofthisweek,we___100emailstoourcustomers。

(1分)A、sentB、havesentC、willhavesentD、willbesent正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意:到本周末，我們將給我們的客戶發(fā)送100封電子郵件了。Bytheendof,到..末，常與完成時連用。Bytheendof+表示將來的時間，句子--般用將來完成時，由句子的時間狀語bytheendofthisweek可知，此句應(yīng)用將來完成時，故此題應(yīng)選C

18、Myfatheroften（）tothegymwithmethoughhehaslotsofworktodo.(1分)A、wentB、hasgoneC、goesD、willgo正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查一般現(xiàn)在時。句意為：“雖然我爸爸有很多工作要做，但他經(jīng)常和我一起去健身房。”根據(jù)often可知句子時態(tài)用一般現(xiàn)在時，gotothegym意為“去健身房”,主語Myfather是第三人稱單數(shù)，所以謂語動詞也要用第三人稱單數(shù)。故選C。

19、-Whydidn'tLucy（）atthemeetingthismorning?-Becauseshe（）studyinglastnightandoversleptthismorning.(1分)A、showup;putupB、lookup;showedupC、stayup;tookupD、showup;stayedup正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞短語和時態(tài)。句意為：“Lucy今天早上為什么沒有出席會議?——因為她昨晚熬夜學(xué)習(xí)，今天早上睡過頭了?！眘howup意為“到場；出席”;stayup意為“熬夜”。根據(jù)“studyinglastnightandoversleptthismorning”可知熬夜了，從而睡過頭了，所以沒有出席會議。故選D。

20、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。（）b(ee)f(1分)A、s(ee)B、b(e)sideC、b(e)stD、b(e)gin正確答案選項：參考答案：A

21、Ican'tfindthepenIwasgiven.Haveyouseen（）?(1分)A、itB、oneC、thisD、that正確答案選項：參考答案：A

22、材料Justinknewtherewasonlyonewayoutofhisneighborhood—basketball.Sohe（1）hard,runningwiththeballlikethe（2）dogswerechasing(追逐)him.Hecoulddefeatanyoftheguysatthe（3）andhesawhiswayoutandheranforit.

OnedaywhenJustinwasplayingbasketball,he（4）hisrightkneebadly.Thedoctorsaidhemightneverplay（5）.Justinwasextremelysad.EverydayJustinjust（6）inbed,watchingTVandeatingpotatochips.Whenhe（7）likeaballoon,hissistercamehomefromtheuniversityonholiday,bringingexciting（8）ofafarawaylandcalledcollege.

Justinwas（9）bythedormstoriesandcampus（10）thatshetold,buthecould（11）believeanyofthem.Itwasasifsheweretellinghimaboutsome（12）landhighabovetheclouds.

Justinwasapretty（13）guy,buthissisterhadawayof（14）himtodothingsthatnobodyelsecould.Sowhileshewashomeduringthe（15）,theystudiedtogether,andtheytalked,andtheyworked,andJustinfelt（16）thanheeverhadbefore.

Afterspendingthose（17）withhissister,Justinrealizedthathedidn'twanttofeelbadforhimselfanymore,andhedidn'twanttoquit.Basketball（18）behisthing,butnowtherewasonly（19）.UsingthestudyskillsJustinhadacquiredfromhissister,hescored（20）ineveryexam.Theuniversitythatheappliedtoacceptedhim.第1空填（）。(1分)A、hitB、studiedC、practicedD、breathed正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析【主旨大意】本文主要講了Justin為了有更好的發(fā)展，他努力練習(xí)打籃球，但在一次練習(xí)中，他右膝受傷嚴(yán)重，只能躺在床上。在難過的時候姐姐給與了他很大的鼓勵，幫他學(xué)習(xí)并最終考上了理想大學(xué)?？疾閯釉~詞義辨析。hit意為“打擊”;studied意為“學(xué)習(xí)”;practiced意為“練習(xí)”;breathed意為“呼吸”。根據(jù)“Justinknewtherewasonlyonewayoutofhisneighborhood—basketball.”可知，籃球是Justin走出去的唯一出路，所以他努力練習(xí)打球。故選C。

23、材料OnemorningRaman,atruemasteroftheartofarchery(箭術(shù)),invitedhisfavoritestudenttowatchadisplayofhisskill.Thestudenthad（1）thismorethanahundredtimesbefore,buthestillobeyedhis（2）

Together,theywentintoanearbywoodandreachedatall.（3）.Ramanpickedaroseflowerand（4）itononeofthebranchesofthetree.He（5）openedhisbagandtookoutthreeobjects:his（6）,anarrowandawhitehandkerchief.

Ramanstoodonehundredpacesfromthespotwherehehadplacedthe（7）.Facinghistarget,he（8）hisstudenttoblindfold(蒙住眼睛)himwiththehandkerchief.Thestudentdidashisteacher（9）.

“Howoftenhaveyouseenmepracticethesportofarchery?”Ramanaskedhim（10）.

“Everyday,”repliedhisstudent.“Andyouhave（11）managedtohittherosefromthreehundredpacesaway.”

Withhiseyescoveredbythe（12）,Ramanplacedhisfeetfirmlyonthegroundand（13）thebowstring(弓弦)withallhisstrength.Aimingattheroseonthe（14）,heletthearrowfly.Thearrowwhistledthroughtheair,（15）itdidnotevenhitthetree,missingthetargetbyafewmeters.

“DidI（16）it?”saidRaman,removingthehandkerchieffrom

hiseys.

“No,youmissed（17）,”repliedthestudent.“Ithoughtyouweregoingto（18）methepowerofthoughtandyourabilitytoperformmagic.”

“Ihave（19）taughtyouthemostimportantlessonaboutthepowerofthought.”repliedRaman.“Whenyou（20）something,concentrateonlyonthat:Noonewilleverhitatargettheycannotsee.”第18空填（）。(1分)A、showB、giveC、offerD、lend正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查動詞詞義辨析。show意為“展示”;give意為“給”;offer意為“提供”;lend意為“借”。此處指學(xué)生本以為老師要給他展示意念的力量和神奇的能力。故選A。

24、Jimspeaks（）EnglishandyoucanspeakChinese（）.(1分)A、good;wellB、well;wellC、well;goodD、good;good正確答案選項：參考答案：A

25、材料Twodaysago,Bob（1）aletterfromhisgirlfriend,Mary.Shewrote,“IwillleaveBeijingforLondonattenonJune3rd.Pleasemeetmeatthe（2）.”

NowBobwasstandingattheairportand（3）someflowers.Hewas（4）becauseMary'splanewasthreehourslate.But（5）knewwhy.Bobwalkedovertothebarattheairportandhadadrink,Hewalkedbacktothegate.Therewasstill（6）news.Hewalkedbacktothebarandhad（7）drink.

（8）,Mary'splanelandedandthepeopleontheplanestartedcomingout.Bobsmiledand（9）Mary.Afteratimehestopped（10）becausethatlastonefromtheplanewasnotMary.

Bobsaidtohimself,“（11）luck!What（12）?”Hewentovertotheinformationdesk.“MynameisBobWaston,”hesaid,“Haveyougotanymessage（13）me?”

“Yes,”saidthegirlstandingthere,“Atelephonemessagefrom（14）.”Withthesewords,shehandedhimapieceofpaper.“Mr.BobWaston,LondonAirport.Sorry,I'llreturnnextSunday.”

Bobthankedthegirlattheairport,gavethe（15）toherandsaidgood-bye.

第(3)選（）(1分)A、about

B、with

C、for

D、at正確答案選項：參考答案：C

26、Therearemanytrees（）oftheroad!And（）ofthetreesisgrowinglargerandlarger.(1分)A、onbothside;anumberB、oneachsides;anumberC、onbothsides;thenumberD、oneveryside;thenumber正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“在馬路的兩邊有很多樹!并且樹的數(shù)量變得越來越多。”一條路有兩邊，所以第一個空格用bothsides。anumberof意為“許多；大量”,后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，作主語時謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式，thenumberof意為“……的數(shù)量”后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，作主語時謂語動詞用單數(shù)。根據(jù)第二個空格后的謂語動詞is可知應(yīng)用thenumberof。故選C。

27、Theartpiecesinthemuseummadeof（）glassareworthwatching.I'dliketobuy（）toaddtothebeautyofmynewhouse.(1分)A、a;itB、/;oneC、a;oneD、/;it正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查零冠詞和代詞。句意為：“博物館里的玻璃藝術(shù)品值得一看。我想買一件來給我的新房子增色?！眎t為人稱代詞，用來指代上文中提到的同一事物；one為不定代詞，代替可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，指同類中的任何一個人或物；根據(jù)madeof可知，其后直接加材料，不需要使用冠詞，所以排除A和C;再根據(jù)句中artpiece可知，此處使用one,表示“眾多藝術(shù)品中的一件”,所以第二個空用one。故選B。

28、材料After20yearsofmarriage,mywifewantedmetotakeanotherwomanoutto（1）.Shesaid,“Iloveyou,butIknowthisotherwomanlovesyoutoo.”

Theotherwomanthatmywifewantedmetovisitwasmymother,whohasbeenawidow(寡婦)for19years,butmybusylifehadmadeitimpossibletovisither（2）.ThatnightIcalledto（3）heroutfordinner.

“What'swrong?Areyouwell?”she'asked.Mymotheristhetypeofwomanwhosuspectsthatalatenight（4）isasignofbadnews.

“Ithoughtthatitwouldbepleasanttospendsometimewithyou,”I（5）.

Shethoughtaboutitforamoment,and（6）.Duringthedinner,wehadanagreeableconversation—（7）extraordinarybutrecenteventsofeachother'slife.

Beforewe（8）,shesaid,“I'llgooutwithyouagain,（9）onlyifyouletmeinviteyou.”

Afewdays（10）,mymotherdiedofaheartattack.It（11）sosuddenlythatIdidn'thaveachancetodoanythingforher.Afewdaysafterthefuneral,Ireceivedanenvelopewithare-ceipt(收據(jù))fromthesameplacewheremotherandIhad（12）.Anattachednote（13）:

“Ipaidthisbill（14）.Iwasn'tsurethatIcouldbethere;butnevertheless,Ipaidfortwo（15）一oneforyouandtheotherforyour（16）.Youwillneverknowwhatthatnightmeantforme.I（17）you,son.”

Atthatmoment,I（18）theimportanceofsayingintime:“ILOVEYOU”.Giveyourfamilythe（19）theydeserve,becausesometimesthingscannotbe（20）till“someothertime”.第2空填（）。(1分)A、directlyB、frequentlyC、rarelyD、exactly正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查副詞詞義辨析。directly意為“直接地”;frequently意為“頻繁地；經(jīng)常地”;rarely意為“罕有；很少”;exactly意為“確切地”。這里指生活忙碌，沒有時間看望母親，所以經(jīng)常去看她變得不可能。故選B。

29、—Excuseme.Couldyoutellmethewaytotherailwaystation?—Gostraighton（）turnrightatthesecondturning.(1分)A、butB、andC、SoD、or正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查連詞。句意為：“——打擾下，你能告訴我去火車站的路嗎?—直走，然后在第二個路口右轉(zhuǎn)?！备鶕?jù)句意可知前后兩個句子是順承關(guān)系，所以用并列連詞and來連接。故選B。

30、Hewantedtoknowhowlong（）there.(1分)A、IhadbeenB、hasIbeenC、IhavebeenD、haveIbeen正確答案選項：參考答案：A

31、材料Readingisofgreatimportance.That'swhyWorldBookDaycameintobeing.WorldBookDay（1）onApril23rdeveryyear,which（2）toencouragepeople,particularlyteenagers,todscoverthe（3）ofreadingsothattheycanfallinlovewithbooks.It'salsothedayto（4）honortothosegreatwriterswhoproducedremarkableworksofliteratureandmadegreat（5）tohumancivilization.

ManycountriescelebrateWorldBookDayandthe（6）isyearlyheldindifferentways.Onthatday,millionsofschoolchildrencanbuybooksatamuch（7）pricethanusualinanybookstoreinEngland,（8）attractsanumberofstudentstofloodintobookstoresfortheycanpaylessmoncytobuythe（9）books.WorldBookDayisalso（10）inChina.Moreandmorepeople（11）intothelibrariesandbookstorestoread（12）books.Mostofthemdomorereadingonthatday,（13）theycanchangetheworldbychangingthemselves（15）reading.

Readingmakesus（15）andlearned.Readinghelpsusfollowthe（16）developmentofscienceandtechnology.Readingenablesustohaveagood（17）ofandhaveabetterunderstandingofforeignculturesand（18）.Readingalsoisoneofthemostimportantwaystolearnforeignlanguages.Weallknowit'sdifficultandalmost19tolearneverythingintheclassroom,yetthewaysEnglishpeoplearelivingandworkingtodaycanbe.（20）byreading.第6空填（）。(1分)A、performanceB、celebrationC、activityD、design正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查名詞詞義辨析。performance意為“表演”;celebration意為“慶?！?activity意為“活動”;design意為“設(shè)計”。根據(jù)下文的“yearlyheldindifferentways”可知，此處指這個慶典每年以不同的方式舉行。名詞celebration與動詞celebrate形成呼應(yīng)。故選B。

32、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,SamuelleftthereforNevadawithhis