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11．Samuel Langhor ne Clemens，more commonly（46）known（know） as Mark Twain，was born on November 30，1835 in Florida．Twain is considered（47）thegreatest author and humorist of the 19th-century American literature （文学）．
In 1839 the Clemens family moved to Hannibal，Missouri，on the Mississippi River where he was brought（48）up．Like many authors of his day he had little formal education．His education came from the print shops and newspaper offices（49）where/in whichhe worked as a youth．In 1853 Twain left Hannibal to travel．On a trip to New Orleans he persuaded a riverboat pilot（50）to teach（teach） him his skill．By the spring of 1859 Twain was a licensed riverboat pilot．
After a（n）（51）unsuccessful（success） attempt at gold and sil ver mining he joined the staff of a newspaper in Virginia City，Nevada．He first wrote under the pen name Mark Twain in 1863．
He continued to travel as a reporter for various newspapers，and in 1869 his travel letters from Europe（52）were collected（collect） into the popular book The Innocents Abroad．Between 1873 and 1889 he wrote seven novels（53）including（include） his Mississippi River books．（54）AsTwain's life and career progressed he lost much of the humorous style of his earlier years．What was expressed more and more in his later works was（55）thathuman beings are selfish．Even so Twain is best remembered as a great humorist．

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分析 本文主要介绍Samuel Langhorne Clemens以笔名Mark Twain出名，简短地介绍了他的一生，即成长，工作和作品的风格．

解答 46．known 考查固定搭配．be known as意为"以…著称"，此处more commonly known as Mark Twain作定语．
47．the 考查冠词．greatest是形容词最高级，其前要加定冠词the．
48．up 考查固定搭配．bring up意为"教育，养育（孩子）"，是固定搭配．
49．where/in which 考查定语从句．分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词the print shops and newspaper offices表示地点，要用关系副词where或in which．
50．to teach 考查动词不定式． persuade sb．to do sth．意为"说服某人做某事"，用动词不定式作宾语补足语．
51．unsuccessful 考查形容词．attempt是名词，其前要用形容词修饰，根据句意：在金银矿作一了次不成功的尝试后，他成为了一家报社的职员．应是"不成功的尝试"．
52．were collected 考查动词时态和语态．letters与collect之间是动宾关系，且时间状语in 1869表示过去时间，要用一般过去时的被动语态，主语letters是复数，助动词用were．
53 including 考查现在分词．novels与include之间是动宾关系，要用现在分词短语including his Mississippi River books作定语修饰novels．
54．As 考查连词．前后两个单句要用连词连接，as在此处是"随着"之间．
55．that 考查连词．was后接表语从句，因从句意思是完整的，用连接词that．

点评 在一篇200词左右的语篇（短文或对话）中留出10处空白，部分空白的后面给出单词的基本形式，要求考生根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式，所填写词语不得多于3个单词．要做好语法填空题，理解短文是解题的前提，扎实的词汇、句型和语法知识是基础，英语国家的背景知识是必要的补充．考生须灵活运用语法知识，如单词词性、单词时态、名词单复数、连接词、代词、冠词等判断各空白处应填写的内容．答完后，还要通读全文，核对所填单词形式是否正确，是否符合语境．