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Mark Twain was a great American 1 . He was also a famous speaker. Many people liked to listen to his 2 . One day Mark Twain was going to a small town 3 his writing. 4 he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes (蚊子) in the town. Mark Twain said, “ 5 I don’t think the mosquitoes will come to visit me. After he 6 the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiter felt very sorry about that. “ I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are 7 mosquitoes in our town,” he said. Mark Twain , however, 8 a joke, saying to the waiter, “ the mosquitoes are very 9 . They know my 10 number. They didn’t come to the wrong room.”
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
题目分析：这篇短文主要描述了美国著名作家马克吐温在一个小镇上住旅馆，遇到蚊子的故事。
小题1:根据常识可知马克吐温是一位著名的美国作家，故选A，作家。
小题2:联系上文，他也是一位著名的演讲家，可知许多人喜欢听他的演讲。Talk可用作名词“演讲”，故选C。
小题3:短语辨析。A.为……感谢；B.因为，由于；C.和……友好相处；D.参加。结合语境可知他由于他的作品要去一个小镇，故选B。
小题4:联系下文，可知指的是在他动身之前，故选D，在……之前。
小题5:联系下文，我认为蚊子不会来拜访我。可知他认为没关系，故选A，没关系。
小题6:动词辨析。Arrive一般不和介词to搭配使用；get to为非正式用于；reach为及物动词，不需要介词。联系下文，可知指的是他到达这个镇上后，故选A。
小题7:短语辨析。too much太多，修饰不可数名词；much too太；too many太多，修饰可数名词复数；many too无此用法。联系上文，可知此处指的是有许多蚊子，蚊子为可数名词，故选C。
小题8:联系下文，可知他开了一个玩笑。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态。选D。
小题9:联系下文，他们知道我的房间号码，可知此处意思是这些蚊子非常聪明，故选C，聪明的。
小题10:联系下文，可知此处指的是房间号码，故选B，房间。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当做单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。