2021年12月大学英语六级阅读练50篇36：密西西比河上的舵手

PAGEPAGE12021年12月大学英语六级阅读精练50篇36:密西西比河上的舵手英语六级阅读理解精炼第36篇，练习密西西比河上的舵手，含有六级阅读练习题，参考译文，答案等内容。供正在准备英语六级考试的学习者参考学习。36.betterknownasmarktwaintheremarkablemanwenttoalog-cabinschooluntilhewastwelveyearsold.thatwastheendofhisformaleducation.inspiteofthis,hebecamethemostfamousliteraryfigureofhisgeneration.marktwainwasborninasmallmissourivillagenearthemississippiriver2in1835.atthattime,andrewjackson3wasthepresidentofthecountry.abrahamlincolnwasstillayoungfarmlaborerinillinois.thefirstrailroadhadbeenbuiltsevenyearsbefore.theindustrialrevolutionwasathand.4theeconomiccollapseofamericanprosperity,calledthepanicof1837,stilllayahead.thiswasalsotheliteraryperiodlatercalledthe“newenglandrenaissance”marktwainwasnotahealthybaby.infact,hewasnotexpectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter.butwithhismother’stendercare,hemanagedtosurvive.hehadbeenborninatinytwo-roomcabin.eightpeoplelivedtogetherthere.hehadfourbrothersandsisters.aslavegirllivedwiththemtoo.asaboy,marktwaincausedmuchtroubleforhisparents.heusedtoplaypracticaljokesonallofhisfriendsandneighbors.thenatureofhisjokesoftenledtoviolence.hehatedtogotoschool,andheconstantlyranawayfromhome.healwayswentinthedirectionofthenearbymississippi.hewasfascinatedbythatmightyriver.helikedtositonthebankoftheriverforhoursatatimeandjustgazeatthemysteriousislandsandthepassingboatsandrafts.hewasnearlydrownedninedifferenttimes.helearnedmanythingsabouttheriverduringthosedays.helearnedallaboutitshistoryandtheunusualpeoplewhorodeupanddown5it.heneverforgotthosescenesandthosepeople.helatermadethempartofthehistoryofamericainhisbookstomsawyerandhuckleberryfinn6.阅读自测Ⅰ.thisisthesummaryofthepassage.trytofillintheblankswithproperwords:marktwainwasborninasmallvillagenearthe__________riverin1835.hewasnotahealthybaby,sohewasnotexpectedtolive__________thefirstwinter.thankstohismother’s__________care,hemanagedtosurvive.hehasbeenborninatinytwo-room__________.__________peoplelivedtogetherthere.hehad__________brothersandsistersandagirllivewiththemtoo.whenhewasaboy,heusedtoplay__________jokesonhisfriendsandneighbors.hehatedtogotoschoolbutwas__________bythemightyriver.helearnedallaboutitshistoryand__________theunusualpeoplewhorode__________and__________it.laterinhisworkstomsawyerandhemadethempartofamericanhistory.Ⅱ.quizzes:1.whathasfoureyes(Ⅰ)butcannotsee2.itissaidthatriverisricherthananyotherthings.why参考答案Ⅰ.mississippi/through/tender/cabin/