2025年衡水職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析

2025年衡水職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)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、IadviseyoutogotoanEnglishcorner（）youcanimproveyourlisteningandspeaking.(1分)A、sothatB、eventhoughC、whetherD、assoonas正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查目的狀語從句。句意為：“我建議你參加英語角，以便能提高你的聽說能力?！眘othat意為“因此；這樣”,引導(dǎo)目的狀語從句。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知后句是前句的目的，所以用sothat,故選A。

2、—Arethereanyclothesintheshop?—____

(1分)A、Yes,thereis.B、No,thereisn’t.C、No,therearen’t.D、Yes,therearen’t.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意：商店里有衣服嗎？肯定回答是Yes,thereare.否定回答是No,therearen’t.所以選C

3、Wemustgetupearly（）wecancatchthefirstbustoschool.(1分)A、sothatB、assoonasC、evenifD、aslongas正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查目的狀語從句。句意為：“我們必須早點(diǎn)起床，以便能趕上第一班公交車去學(xué)校?！眘othat意為“因此；這樣”,引導(dǎo)目的狀語從句。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，后句是前句的目的，所以用sothat來引導(dǎo)目的狀語從句。故選A。

4、Whenhesawaticketontheground,hestopped____.

(1分)A、topickitupB、pickitupC、pickingupitD、pickupit正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析當(dāng)他看到地上有張票時(shí)，他停下來撿了起來。stoptodosth停下來做某事(停下來去做另一件事情)，stopdoingsth停止做某事(停止手上正在做的事情)。

5、Whydoyouwantanewjob（）you'vegotsuchagoodonealready?(1分)A、thatB、whereC、whichD、when正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

6、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15空填（）。(1分)A、hard-workingB、skilledC、seriousD、wise正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。hard-working意為“努力的”;skilled意為“技巧純熟的”;serious意為“嚴(yán)重的”;wise意為“明智的”。形容詞wise和learned構(gòu)成并列結(jié)構(gòu)。此處指閱讀使我們更聰明博學(xué)。故選D。

7、Howmany________arethereinyourbedroom?

(1分)A、lightingB、lightsC、lightD、lightly正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析howmany多少（后面加名詞復(fù)數(shù)）。本句翻譯：你的房間里面有多少盞燈？

8、______isevenmoreimportantisthatwaterbegantoappearontheearth’ssurface.

(1分)A、WhetherB、ThatC、WhatD、Which正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C

9、—________doeshelikeblue?—Becausehelikesthesky.

(1分)A、WhatB、WhenC、WhyD、How正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析為什么他喜歡藍(lán)色？因?yàn)樗矚g天空。what什么；when什么時(shí)候；why為什么；how怎樣。

10、Nowadays,scientistsareworkinghardtofindabestwayoftreatingaddictions__________drugs.

(1分)A、ofB、inC、onD、to正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查介詞搭配。Addiction與介詞to連用，表示對…上癮；該詞的形容詞短語beaddictiveto…沉溺于…句意：現(xiàn)在科學(xué)家正在努力找到治療吸毒上癮的最好的方法。考點(diǎn)：考查介詞搭配點(diǎn)評：由同一個(gè)詞根組成的不同的詞都是和同一個(gè)介詞連用，在英語中這是很常見的消息。在平時(shí)要加強(qiáng)識記和辨析、

11、Guangdongis_________thesoutheastofChina.

(1分)A、inB、onC、toD、at正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析在表示方位時(shí),in表示A地在B地范圍之內(nèi);to表示A地在B地范圍之外，即二者之間有距離間隔。on表示A地與B地接壤、毗鄰;at表示在一個(gè)點(diǎn).句意:廣州在中國的東南部.廣州在中國范圍內(nèi),故選A?？键c(diǎn)：英語中方位的表達(dá)

12、Wildanimalsareourfriends.Weshouldn'tkillthem（）foodorclothing.(1分)A、inB、withC、aboutD、for正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查介詞。句意為：“野生動物是我們的朋友，我們不應(yīng)該為食物或衣服而殺了它們?！备鶕?jù)句意可知是表示目的，所以應(yīng)該用目的介詞for。故選D。

13、Halfofthefruit（）bad.(1分)A、areB、hasC、isD、have正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C

14、材料It'softensaidthatyoucanjudgeapersonbylookingatwhat'sontheirbookshelves.Well,whenIaskedmyselfthisquestionafewyearsago,Imadea(n)（1）discovery.Prettymuchallthe（2）onmybookshelveswerewrittenbyBritishauthors,andtherewasalmostnothingintranslationfromother（3）.Whatashame!So,Idecidedtolaunchmy（4）readingproject.

ButhowcouldIfindbooksfrommuchoftherestoftheworld?Ihadtoaskfor（5）.SoinOctober2011,Istartedmyblog,and(6)ashortappealonline.Withinhours,peoplebeganto（7）.Atfirst,itwasfriendsandcolleagues.Thenitwasfriendsoffriends.Andsoon,itwas（8）.

Fourdayslater,Igota(n)（9）fromawomancalledRafidahinKualaLumpur.Shesaidshelovedmyproject,（10）ifshecouldgotoherlocalEnglish-languagebookshopandchoosemyMalaysianbookandpostittome.Iaccepted（11）,andafewweekslater,apackage（12）containingnoone,buttwobooks—Rafidah'schoicefromMalaysia,andabookfromSingaporethatshehadalso（13）forme.Atthetime,Iwas（14）thatastrangermorethan6,000milesawaywouldgotosuchlengthstohelpsomeoneshewouldprobablynever（15）

ButRafidah'skindness（16）tobethepatternforthatyear.Timeandagain,peoplewentoutoftheir（17）tohelpme.Andbooksoftencamefrom（18）sources.Awriterevenemailedmeanunpublishedtranslationofhisnoveltome,allowingmetobecomeoneofthe（19）peopleevertoreadthatbookinEnglish.

Thatyear,thankstokindstrangersfromthefour（20）oftheworld.Ireadbooksfromover100countries第11空填（）。(1分)A、cautiouslyB、unwillinglyC、enthusiasticallyD、intentionally正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查副詞詞義辨析。cautiously意為“謹(jǐn)慎地”;unwillingly意為“不情愿地”;enthusiastically意為“熱情地”;intentionally意為“有意地”。此處指作者對Rafidah的提議表示樂意接受，所以是熱情地接受。故選C。

15、—Lucy,didyoufinishyourhomework?—（）,Ifinisheditanhourago.(1分)A、No,Ididn'tB、Yes,IdidC、No,Ihaven'tD、Yes,Ihave正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查一般疑問句的肯定回答。句意為：“----Lucy,你寫完作業(yè)了嗎?------是的，寫完了。我一小時(shí)前寫完的?！备鶕?jù)“Ifinisheditanhourago.”可知用肯定回答，且含有助動詞did的一般疑問句，要用助動詞回答。故選B

16、--Howareyoudoing,Daisy?

--（）.thankyou.(1分)A、I'mOKB、I'm

a

teacherC、I'dlovetoD、I'mcoming正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析I’mOK我很好；I’mateacher我是一個(gè)老師；I’dloveto我樂意；I’mcoming我來了。

句意：你還好嗎？黛西。——我很好，謝謝你。結(jié)合語境可知選A?？键c(diǎn)：情景交際

17、材料Manyyearsago,abigearthquakehitAmerica,killingover30,000people.Afather（1）hiswifesafelyathomeandrushedtothe（2）wherehissonwassupposedtobe,（3）todiscoverthatthebuildingwasasflatasapancake.

Seeingthis,herememberedthe（4）hehadmadetohisson,“Nomatterwhathappens,I'llalwaysbethereforyou!”Tearsbeganto（5）hiseyes.Ashelookedatthepileof（6）thatoncewastheschool,itlooked（7）,buthekeptrememberinghiswordstohisson.

Hebegantoconcentrate（8）wherehehad（9）hissontoclassbefore.Remembe-ringhisson's（10）hadbeenintherightbackcorneroftheteachingbuilding,herushedthereandstarteddigging（11）theruins.

Hekeptdigginganddigging.Hourslater,other（12）parentstriedtopullhimoff（13）hadbeenhisson'sclassroom,saying,“It'stoolate!They'realldead!”

Butthefatherkeptdiggingforhisson.Thefirechief（14）andsaid,“Firesarebreakingout.You'rein（15）.Gohome.”Hearingthis,theAmericanfather,（16）verytirednow,askedpolitely,“Areyougoingtohelpme?”

Hewenton（17）.Hedugfor8hours…12hours…24hours…36hours…then,inthe38thhour,heheardhisson's（18）.Hescreamedhisson'sname,“ARMAND!”Andheheardhissonshoutback,“Dad?!It'sme,Dad!Itoldtheotherkidsnottoworry.Itoldthemthatifyouwere（19）you'dsaveus.Youpromisednomatterwhathappened,you'dalwaysbethereforme!Youdid(20),Dad!”第3空填（）。(1分)A、hardlyB、mainlyC、surprisinglyD、only正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查副詞詞義辨析。hardly意為“幾乎不”;mainly意為“主要地”;surprisingly意為“驚奇地”;only意為“僅僅”。onlyto意為“沒想到會……”。故選D。

18、（）atthedoorbeforeentering,please.(1分)A、KnockedB、ToknockC、KnockingD、Knock正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查祈使句。句意為：“進(jìn)門前請敲門?！逼硎咕湟脛釉~原形開頭，主語you通常不表現(xiàn)出來。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，本句為祈使句。故選D。

19、材料It’sbeenoverayearsinceCOVID-19firstappearedandtheviruscontinuestobeaprobleminmanypartsoftheworld,scientistshaverealizedthedevelopmentofvaccines(疫苗)isasolutiontothepandemic.

Aglobalefforttovaccinateasmanypeopleaspossiblewouldbeneeded,sincevaccinestypicallytakeyearstodevelop.OnDec2,2020,thefirstCOVIDvaccine,thePfizervaccine,wasapproved(批準(zhǔn))byUKhealthdepartment.However,thesevaccinesmustbestoredatverylowtemperatures,whichisnotpossibleeverywhere.Inresponse,ChinesecompanieslikeSinopharmandSinovachavedevelopedvaccinesthatcanbekeptatnormaltemperatures.Now,vaccinesarebeingrolledoutallovertheworld,withmillionsofpeoplebeingvaccinatedeveryday.InChina,285millionvaccinedoses(劑量)hadbeengivensofar.Meanwhile,theUShasgivenout247milliondoses.TheUKnowstandsat50milliondoses.Althoughtherehavebeenrumors

aboutvaccinesbeingunsafe,mostofpeopleseemtorealizetheimportanceofvaccinationforbuildingmassimmunity(群體免疫)inordertostopthevirusfromspreading.Theworldhascometounderstandthatthevaccineswillprotectus.Therefore,sharingvaccineshasbecomeakeyfactorofstayingsafeandhealthyworldwide.Unfortunately,noteveryonecangetthevaccineyet.Childrenbelowtheageof16can’tbevaccinatedbecausetheyhavenotyetbeentestedonthem.

Thosewhohaveahistoryofvaccineallergies(過敏)shouldn’tgetit,either.Inparagraph4,theunderlinedword‘‘rumorsprobablymeans______.

(1分)A、謊言

B、謠言C、建議

D、騙局

正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

20、材料Thereareavarietyoftechniquesthatcanbeusedtobringaboutsuccessinselling.Hereareafewthatareoftenmentionedby（1）salespeople.

1.Findoutwhatyourcustomer'srealwantsandneedsare.Listenastheytellyouwhattheyareinterestedin.

2.Knowallabout（2）andwhatitcandoforyourcustomer.Product（3）isa“must”inpersonalselling（4）itcreatescustomerconfidence,buildsenthusiasm,andmakesthesituationmore（5）.Layemphasisontheunique（6）ofyourproductoverothers.

3.Takeaconfidentattitudein（7）yourproduct.Itismore（8）whenthesalespersonsays,“MayIhelpyou?”thanwhenheorshesays“Youwouldn'tliketoseeourmodel,wouldyou?”

4.（9）yourselftodealwithobjections.Ifthecustomersaysthepriceistoohigh,you（10）reply,“Yes,theprice（11）alittlehigherthanyouplanned.However,actuallyyou'll（12）moneybecauseofhighqualityofthisproduct.”

（13）whathappens,don'tdisagreewithyour（14）whenheorshesaysthepriceistoohigh.

5.Usepraise（15）.

第(10)選（）(1分)A、oughtto

B、might

C、haveto

D、needto正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

21、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15空填（）。(1分)A、dutyB、trialC、breakD、strike正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查名詞詞義辨析。duty意為“義務(wù)”;trial意為“試驗(yàn)”;break意為“休息”;strike意為“罷工”。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第一句中的“hissistercamehomefromtheuniversityonholiday”可知，此處指她在回家休假期間。故選C。

22、TheGreensdecided____forawalkinthepark.

(1分)A、goB、goesC、goingD、togo正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析本題考查decide用法decidetodosth決定去做某事.故選D

23、材料Todaywasaveryimportantday.Franceplayed（1）Senegal(塞內(nèi)加爾)intheopeningmatchoftheWorldCup.Soccerfanswerevery（2）watchingthematchonTV.Toourgreatsurprise,Francewas（3）.

Todayfootballhasbecomevery（4）inChinaaftera（5）wait,“ChinaisintheWorldCupforthefirsttime,（6）weshouldsupportthem!”Saidsomepeople.Inourschoolmanystudentsenjoy（7）it.My（8）andIoftengotothefootballfieldafterclass.

Thisafternoontherewasa（9）footballmatchinourschool.（10）teamplayedagainstNo.1MiddleSchool,（11）theywereallverybigandstrong,itwasa（12）gamebetweenthetwoteamswiththeresult0-0lasttime.Todayourschoolplayedmuch（13）.

Inthefirsthalfofthematch（14）teamkickedagoal,butinthesecond,LiMingfromourschoolkickedagoal.Wewon1-0,atlast.I'mso（15）.Ican'tgettosleeptonight.

第(11)選（）(1分)A、44-day

B、44-week

C、44-month

D、44-year正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

24、Mr.Smithisconsidering______acomputer,whichisconsidered______agreathelpinhisworkandstudy.

(1分)A、tobuy;tobeB、buying;tobeC、tobuy;beingD、buying;being正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析Smith考慮買一臺電腦，這被認(rèn)為對他工作學(xué)習(xí)是很大的幫助。答案一定是B。considerdoingsth是考慮做某事；Example:Ourcompanyisconsideringexpandingtrade.公司正考慮擴(kuò)大業(yè)務(wù)。beconsideredtobe是固定搭配，意思是“被認(rèn)為是”

25、材料DicklivedinEngland.OnedayinJanuaryhesaidtohiswife,“I'mgoingtoflytoNewYorknextweekbecauseI'vegotsomeworkthere.”“Whereareyougoingtostaythere?”hiswifeasked.“Idon'tknowyet.”Dickanswered.“Pleasesendmeyouraddressfromthereinatelegram,”hiswifesaid.“Allright,”Dickanswered.

HeflewtoNewYorkonJanuary31standfoundanicehotelinthecenterofthecity.Heputhisthingsinhisroomandthenhesenthiswifeatelegram.Heputtheaddressofhishotelinit.

Intheeveninghedidn'thaveanywork,sohewenttoacinema.Hecameoutatnineo'clockandsaid,“NowI'mgoingbacktomyhotelandhaveanicedinner.”

Hefoundataxiandthedriversaid,“Wheredoyouwanttogo?”ButDickdidn'trememberthenameandaddressofhishotel.

“Whichhotelaremythingsin?”hesaid,“AndwhatamIgoingtodotonight?”Butthetaxidriverdidnotknow.SoDickgotoutandwentintoapostoffice.Therehesenthiswifeanothertel-egram,andinithewrote,“Pleasesendmemyaddressatthispostoffice.”WheredidDickstayinNewYork?（）(1分)A、Intheoffice.B、Inahotel.C、Inarestaurant.D、Athisfriend'shouse.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“HeflewtoNewYorkonJanuary3lstandfoundanicehotelinthecenterofthecity.”可知，他住在市中心的一個(gè)旅館中。故選B。

26、HeisgoodatEnglish,____weallknow.

(1分)A、thatB、as,C、whomD、which正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查固定用法。句意：他擅長英語，我們都知道。asweallknow是固定用法，意思是我們都知道，所以選B。

27、-Who's（）boyinyellow,doyouknow?-Oh.HeisTom.Heis（）activeboy.(1分)A、a;theB、a;anC、the;anD、the;a正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查冠詞。句意為：“----你知道那個(gè)穿黃色衣服的男孩是誰嗎?--哦，他是Tom。他是一個(gè)活潑的男孩?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指。第一個(gè)空特指那個(gè)穿黃色衣服的男孩，所以用the;第二個(gè)空泛指一個(gè)活潑的男孩，且active是以元音音素開頭的單詞，所以用an。故選C。

28、材料MargaretPorterisaviolinistandmusicteacher.Accordingtoher,thebestagetostartlearningtheviolinisbetweenthreeandsix.Shesays,“It'sthetimewhenyouarelearningabouttheworld.”Margaret,wholivesinLondon,likestotakepupilsatthreeandfour,However,shehasmadelotsofexceptions(例外)forfive-year-olds.Shestartedteachingtheviolinin1972andshetaughtherchildren'sfive-year-oldschoolfriendsatfirst.

Margaret'spupilshavegrouplessons.Eachgrouphasabouttwelvepupilsandeachlessontakesanhour,oncehalfamonth.Eachpupilalsohasoneindividual(一個(gè)人的)lessonaweekwithher.Parentshavetoattendtheclasses.Itisimportantthattheparentstakeanactiveinterestinthelessons.

InMargaret'sopinion,it'simportantforonetoknowwhymusicsoundsthewayitdoes.With-outknowingit,onecan'tbecomeagreatmusicianatall.Sofromtheearliestlessons,pupilsinherclasslearntoplaybyear.Theydonoteventrytoreadmusicuntiltheyhavebeenplayingforseveralyears.Margaretsaysthathermethodisnotmeanttoproducegreatviolinists.Shealwayssuggeststhatpupilswhoperformverywellshouldleaveandstudytheviolinusingmoretraditionalmethods.WhatwillMargaretprobablysaywhensheintroducesherclassestoparents?(1分)A、Therearegroupviolinlessonsforyourchildren—nomorethan5incachgroup.B、Learntoplaytheviolinwithyourchildren—2lessonsaweek.C、Youwillhavetowatchyourchildrenlearntoplaytheviolin.D、I'lllookafteryourchildrenwhileyoulearntheviolin.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后兩句“Parentshavetoattendtheclasses.Itisimportantthattheparentstakeanactiveinterestinthelessons.”可知，父母必須參與課堂，父母對課程感興趣很重要，所以父母必須觀看孩子學(xué)習(xí)演奏小提琴。故選C。

29、從下列選項(xiàng)中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)。（）d(u)ty(1分)A、d(u)gB、ref(u)seC、p(u)tD、d(u)ring正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析duty[?dju?ti]A.dug[d?ɡ]B.refuse[r??fju?z,?refju?s]C.put[p?t]D.during[?dj??r??]故選B.

30、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,andthishelpedhimagreatdealwhenhestarted