Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A ], [B], [ C ] and [ D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
11.
[A] The class thought the demonstration was too complex.
[B] Too many students showed up.
[C] The professor didn’t show up.
[D] The professor cancelled it.
12.
[A] Because nine is an odd number.
[B] Because the elevator got stuck.
[C] Because the elevator is too old.
[D] Because there are too many people in the elevator.
13. [A] The rain has stopped.
[B] She wants to soak her clothes.
[C] She is looking for her clothes.
[D] It’s raining heavily.
14. [A] She goes home for lunch.
[B] She spends her time shopping.
[C] She gets interested in what she is reading.
[D] She doesn’t wake up in time.
15. [A] To buy some potatoes.
[B] To pass him some potatoes.
[C] To have some potatoes.
[D] To help him cook some potatoes.
16. [A] It involved a few lunches.
[B] There wcrc free lunches.
[C] There were three lunches.
[D] There were more than free lunches.
17. [A] He decided to continue his project.
[B] He was unable to get sufficient money.
[C] Lack of land prevented his success.
[D] He was successful with his project.
18. [A] Painting the room white.
[B] Buying white furniture.
[C] Waiting the man to decide.
[D] Asking Mr. White for advice.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] In the student recreation center.
[B] In the campus dining hall.
[C] In the university bookstore.
[D] In a classroom.
20. [A] Studying.
[B] Preparing snacks.
[C] Playing cards.
[D] Learning how to play bridge.
21. [A] Miss her card game.
[B] Stay up too late.
[C] Take too heavy a work load next semester.
[D] Neglect her studies to play bridge.
22. [A] He already knows how to play.
[B] He doesn’t like to play games.
[C] He doesn’t have a partner.
[D] He doesn’t have enough free time.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] The effect of the atmosphere on rainfall.
[B] How conditions on earth support life.
[C] How water originated on earth.
[D] A new estimate of the age of earth.
24. [A] The surface of the ocean is expanding.
[B] Volcanic activity is increasing.
[C] The surface of earth contains tons of cosmic dust.
[D] Thousands of comets are colliding with earth’s atmosphere.
25. [A] They are found under the oceans.
[B] They were most active when earth was first formed.
[C] Their emissions created earth’s atmosphere.
[D] Their fumes are mostly water in the state of a gas.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the
passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four
choices marked I A 1, E B ~, E C ~ and I D ~. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.
[A] He was trained as an electronics engineer.
[B] He was trained as a mechanical engineer.
[C] He was trained as a communication engineer.
[D] He was trained as a nuclear engineer.
27.
[A] Fishing and hunting.
[B] He began to show great interest in natural beauty.
[C] Nuclear science.
[D] Amateur radio.
28.
[A] An old friend of his.
[B] His elder brother.
[C] His younger brother.
[D] His younger son.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.
[A] The Bachelor’s degree.
[B] The Associate degree.
[C] The Master’s degree.
[D] The Doctor’s degree.
30.
[A] A technical associate degree.
[B] A degree which is designed for transfer.
[C] A bachelor’s degree.
[D] The last degree one can ever hope to attain.
31.
[A] 120 quarter hours.
[B] 95 quarter hours.
[C] 120 credit hours.
[D] 72 credit hours.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. [A] In 1848.
[B] In 1846.
[C] In 1884.
[D] In 1849.
33. [A] 8,000 people.
[B] 10,000 people.
[C] 80,000 people.
[D] 100,000 people.
34. [A] From the western United States.
[B] From all parts of the country.
[C] From only the east coast of the American Continent.
[D] From San Francisco Bay.
35. [A] Because many settlements were abandoned.
[B] Because there were many gold-hungry sailors.
[C] Because private gold could not be protected by law.
[D] Because everybody raced for California.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分試題在答題卡2上；請在答題卡2上作答。
Mark Twain, who wrote the story we’re going to read, traveled quite a lot often because circumstamces, usually (36) circumstances, forced him to. He was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 years old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal but that isn’t true. After his father died when he was about 12, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left, so he could (37) __________ more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on (38) newspapers and then got a job as a river (39) __ on the Mississippi.
Twain loved this job and many of his books show it. The river job didn’t last, however, because of the (40) __________ of the Civil War. Twain, was in the (41) __ Army for just 2 weeks and then he and his whole (42) __________ went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain (43) __________ for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer. (44) __________ (45) __________ (46) __________
Section A
11．D信息明示題。雖然男士的話較長，但關鍵點在后，即he decided to cancel the class…由此可知，男士沒上地理課的原因是因為教授取消了課程。而男士前面說的很多同學缺席則是教授取消課程的原因，所以D正確。
12．A信息明示題。解答本題的關鍵是理解even(偶數)和odd(奇數)，只要明白這兩個詞的含義，本題就可迎刃而解。女士說電梯只在偶數層停，而第九層是奇數層，所以A正確。
13．D綜合推斷題。男士問女士雨停了沒有，女士回答說她的衣服都濕透了，言外之意是雨下得很大，故選D。
*考點
●soak意為“浸泡；濕透”，常見短語有：soak sth．off/out浸泡以除去某物；soak sb．through使某人全身濕透；soak sth．up吸收某物，此時既可指具體吸收某種物質，也可指抽象地吸收，如：The boy soaks up new knowledge like a sponge．那個男孩像海綿一樣吸收新知識。
14．D綜合推斷題。女士說自己把大部分午飯時間花在圖書館，但那里太安靜以至于她睡著了，由此可以推斷，女士之所以回來遲了是因為睡過了頭，所以D正確。
15．C信息明示題。本題的關鍵是對manage的理解，它在本段對話中相當于have或eat。男士問女士是否再要些土豆，女士回答說自己吃不下了，故選C。
*考點
●manage此處指的不是“經營，管理”，而是“做成(某事)，應付”的意思，如：Despite his disappointment，he managed a smile．盡管很失望，他還是強顏歡笑。
16．B信息明示題。男士說，I said free lunches…由此可知，B正確。解答本題的關鍵是聽清男士說的這句話，以避免three lunches，many lunches的干擾。
17．B信息明示題。男士說自己聽說格林先生陷入財政危機，女士贊成了男士的說法，由此可知，格林先生沒有足夠的資金繼續(xù)他的項目，所以B正確。
18．A建議題。男士說不知該把房間漆成什么顏色，女士建議漆成白色，說白色和家具的顏色很相配，故選A。
*考點
●match此處作動詞，意為“相配，匹配”；它還可作名詞，指“相匹配的人或物，相似或相像的人或物”，如：I’ve found a vase that’s an exact match of the one we already have．我找到一只和我們已有的那只一模一樣的花瓶。
Conversation One
19．B綜合推斷題。女士說This food is terrible．I can’t even finish my dinner．男士說the university could hire a better food service，結合這兩句話可以推斷，對話發(fā)生在食堂，所以B正確。
20．C信息明示題。女士說I’m going over to the student recreation center to play some bridge．接下來男士問You are spending your time on a card game?此可知，女士計劃晚上play bridge(打橋牌)，故選C。
21．D信息明示題。男士說You should be caleful not to play so much that you don’t get your studying done．所以D正確。
22．D信息明示題。男士說I have a pretty heavy workload this semester．I have to spend my evenings studying．由此可知，男士這學期的學業(yè)很重，他晚上也要學習，故選D。
Conversation Two
23．C綜合推斷題。男士在對話開始時提到了海水來自彗星這一新理論，接下來的對話主要就是圍繞該理論展開的，后還引出了海水來自火山這一傳統(tǒng)理論，由此推斷，對話主要與地球上水的來源，特別是海水的來源有關，故選C。
24．D信息明示題。男士說海水來源的新理論是基于近人造衛(wèi)星所拍攝的照片的，宇宙人造衛(wèi)星近探測到，每天有將近四萬顆小彗星與地球外層大氣相碰撞，故選D。
25．D信息明示題。女士指出，地質學者認為火山氣體大多為蒸汽，故選D。
*考點
●fill sth．up意為“填寫，填滿，充滿”，與fill相關的短語還有：fin sb．’s shoes接替某人的工作、職務等；fill in(for sb．)臨時接替某人；fill sth．in除了指“填寫，補充，填滿”以外，還可指“打發(fā)，消磨(時間)”，如：Jack filled in the afternoon watching television．杰克以看電視打發(fā)下午的時間。
Section B
Passage One
文章精要
文章簡單介紹了一個名叫亨利·文森特的人的生活。由于戰(zhàn)爭他在16歲的時候就背井離鄉(xiāng)與家人失散。在他退休之后卻因一個十分偶然的機會終與自己的兄弟重逢。
26．A信息明示題。文章第一段指出,…．Australia, where he was trained as an electronics engineer．由此可知A正確。
27．D信息明示題。文章第二段指出,…being an amateur radio operator，由此可知D正確。
28．C信息明示題。文章第三段指出，…Henry realized that this man was in fact his younger brother，Peter由此可知C正確。
Passage Two
文章精要
文章簡要介紹了四種不同的大學學位，即肄業(yè)學(associate degree)，學士學位(bachelor’s degree)，碩士學4i(master’s degree)和博學位(doctor’s degree)以及獲得這些學位需要花費的大致課時。
29．B信息明示題。文章開頭便指出，…four types of college degrees，starting with the associate degree．由此可知B正確。
30．A信息明示題。文章指出，Not all associate degrees ale designed for transfer．Some are technical degrees which are called terminal degrees，which mean they do not count toward a bachelor’s．由此可知A正確。
31．C信息明示題。文章后指出，The BA(or BS)is 120 credit hours or 185 quarter hours．由此可知C正確。
Passage Three
文章精要
1848年，舊金山附近開始出現(xiàn)“淘金熱”，成千上萬的人涌入加利福尼亞沿岸開始了他們的淘金生涯，“淘金熱”成為美國西部殖民地化的重要組成部分。文章簡要敘述了當年這股“淘金熱”的盛況。
32．A信息明示題。文章開頭就指出，淘金熱始于1848年，故選A。
33．D信息明示題。文章提到Within a year，100，000 people…h(huán)ad reached the coast of California，故選D。
34．B綜合推斷題。文章提到More than half of them had traveled overland across the American continent，由此可以推斷，來淘金的人來自美國各地，故選B。
35．C信息明示題。文章提到…it was a risky business．Law and order broke down…由此可知，淘金危險是因為它不受法律和秩序的保護，故選C。
Section C
文章精要
馬克·吐溫游歷過很多地方，有時候他會一邊旅游一邊工作，而且他的旅行往往會給他帶來寫作的靈感以及對生活的感悟，文章主要介紹了馬克·吐溫的游歷經歷。
36．financial37．earn38．various39．pilot
40．outbreak 41．Confederate 42．company 43．prospected
44．Once that happened Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe．
45．Twain didn’t travel much the last l o years of his life and he didn’t publish much either．
46．Like many other popular writers Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from the wealth and diversity of his own personal experiences．
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A ], [B], [ C ] and [ D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
11.
[A] The class thought the demonstration was too complex.
[B] Too many students showed up.
[C] The professor didn’t show up.
[D] The professor cancelled it.
12.
[A] Because nine is an odd number.
[B] Because the elevator got stuck.
[C] Because the elevator is too old.
[D] Because there are too many people in the elevator.
13. [A] The rain has stopped.
[B] She wants to soak her clothes.
[C] She is looking for her clothes.
[D] It’s raining heavily.
14. [A] She goes home for lunch.
[B] She spends her time shopping.
[C] She gets interested in what she is reading.
[D] She doesn’t wake up in time.
15. [A] To buy some potatoes.
[B] To pass him some potatoes.
[C] To have some potatoes.
[D] To help him cook some potatoes.
16. [A] It involved a few lunches.
[B] There wcrc free lunches.
[C] There were three lunches.
[D] There were more than free lunches.
17. [A] He decided to continue his project.
[B] He was unable to get sufficient money.
[C] Lack of land prevented his success.
[D] He was successful with his project.
18. [A] Painting the room white.
[B] Buying white furniture.
[C] Waiting the man to decide.
[D] Asking Mr. White for advice.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] In the student recreation center.
[B] In the campus dining hall.
[C] In the university bookstore.
[D] In a classroom.
20. [A] Studying.
[B] Preparing snacks.
[C] Playing cards.
[D] Learning how to play bridge.
21. [A] Miss her card game.
[B] Stay up too late.
[C] Take too heavy a work load next semester.
[D] Neglect her studies to play bridge.
22. [A] He already knows how to play.
[B] He doesn’t like to play games.
[C] He doesn’t have a partner.
[D] He doesn’t have enough free time.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] The effect of the atmosphere on rainfall.
[B] How conditions on earth support life.
[C] How water originated on earth.
[D] A new estimate of the age of earth.
24. [A] The surface of the ocean is expanding.
[B] Volcanic activity is increasing.
[C] The surface of earth contains tons of cosmic dust.
[D] Thousands of comets are colliding with earth’s atmosphere.
25. [A] They are found under the oceans.
[B] They were most active when earth was first formed.
[C] Their emissions created earth’s atmosphere.
[D] Their fumes are mostly water in the state of a gas.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the
passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four
choices marked I A 1, E B ~, E C ~ and I D ~. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.
[A] He was trained as an electronics engineer.
[B] He was trained as a mechanical engineer.
[C] He was trained as a communication engineer.
[D] He was trained as a nuclear engineer.
27.
[A] Fishing and hunting.
[B] He began to show great interest in natural beauty.
[C] Nuclear science.
[D] Amateur radio.
28.
[A] An old friend of his.
[B] His elder brother.
[C] His younger brother.
[D] His younger son.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.
[A] The Bachelor’s degree.
[B] The Associate degree.
[C] The Master’s degree.
[D] The Doctor’s degree.
30.
[A] A technical associate degree.
[B] A degree which is designed for transfer.
[C] A bachelor’s degree.
[D] The last degree one can ever hope to attain.
31.
[A] 120 quarter hours.
[B] 95 quarter hours.
[C] 120 credit hours.
[D] 72 credit hours.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. [A] In 1848.
[B] In 1846.
[C] In 1884.
[D] In 1849.
33. [A] 8,000 people.
[B] 10,000 people.
[C] 80,000 people.
[D] 100,000 people.
34. [A] From the western United States.
[B] From all parts of the country.
[C] From only the east coast of the American Continent.
[D] From San Francisco Bay.
35. [A] Because many settlements were abandoned.
[B] Because there were many gold-hungry sailors.
[C] Because private gold could not be protected by law.
[D] Because everybody raced for California.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分試題在答題卡2上；請在答題卡2上作答。
Mark Twain, who wrote the story we’re going to read, traveled quite a lot often because circumstamces, usually (36) circumstances, forced him to. He was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 years old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal but that isn’t true. After his father died when he was about 12, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left, so he could (37) __________ more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on (38) newspapers and then got a job as a river (39) __ on the Mississippi.
Twain loved this job and many of his books show it. The river job didn’t last, however, because of the (40) __________ of the Civil War. Twain, was in the (41) __ Army for just 2 weeks and then he and his whole (42) __________ went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain (43) __________ for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer. (44) __________ (45) __________ (46) __________
Section A
11．D信息明示題。雖然男士的話較長，但關鍵點在后，即he decided to cancel the class…由此可知，男士沒上地理課的原因是因為教授取消了課程。而男士前面說的很多同學缺席則是教授取消課程的原因，所以D正確。
12．A信息明示題。解答本題的關鍵是理解even(偶數)和odd(奇數)，只要明白這兩個詞的含義，本題就可迎刃而解。女士說電梯只在偶數層停，而第九層是奇數層，所以A正確。
13．D綜合推斷題。男士問女士雨停了沒有，女士回答說她的衣服都濕透了，言外之意是雨下得很大，故選D。
*考點
●soak意為“浸泡；濕透”，常見短語有：soak sth．off/out浸泡以除去某物；soak sb．through使某人全身濕透；soak sth．up吸收某物，此時既可指具體吸收某種物質，也可指抽象地吸收，如：The boy soaks up new knowledge like a sponge．那個男孩像海綿一樣吸收新知識。
14．D綜合推斷題。女士說自己把大部分午飯時間花在圖書館，但那里太安靜以至于她睡著了，由此可以推斷，女士之所以回來遲了是因為睡過了頭，所以D正確。
15．C信息明示題。本題的關鍵是對manage的理解，它在本段對話中相當于have或eat。男士問女士是否再要些土豆，女士回答說自己吃不下了，故選C。
*考點
●manage此處指的不是“經營，管理”，而是“做成(某事)，應付”的意思，如：Despite his disappointment，he managed a smile．盡管很失望，他還是強顏歡笑。
16．B信息明示題。男士說，I said free lunches…由此可知，B正確。解答本題的關鍵是聽清男士說的這句話，以避免three lunches，many lunches的干擾。
17．B信息明示題。男士說自己聽說格林先生陷入財政危機，女士贊成了男士的說法，由此可知，格林先生沒有足夠的資金繼續(xù)他的項目，所以B正確。
18．A建議題。男士說不知該把房間漆成什么顏色，女士建議漆成白色，說白色和家具的顏色很相配，故選A。
*考點
●match此處作動詞，意為“相配，匹配”；它還可作名詞，指“相匹配的人或物，相似或相像的人或物”，如：I’ve found a vase that’s an exact match of the one we already have．我找到一只和我們已有的那只一模一樣的花瓶。
Conversation One
19．B綜合推斷題。女士說This food is terrible．I can’t even finish my dinner．男士說the university could hire a better food service，結合這兩句話可以推斷，對話發(fā)生在食堂，所以B正確。
20．C信息明示題。女士說I’m going over to the student recreation center to play some bridge．接下來男士問You are spending your time on a card game?此可知，女士計劃晚上play bridge(打橋牌)，故選C。
21．D信息明示題。男士說You should be caleful not to play so much that you don’t get your studying done．所以D正確。
22．D信息明示題。男士說I have a pretty heavy workload this semester．I have to spend my evenings studying．由此可知，男士這學期的學業(yè)很重，他晚上也要學習，故選D。
Conversation Two
23．C綜合推斷題。男士在對話開始時提到了海水來自彗星這一新理論，接下來的對話主要就是圍繞該理論展開的，后還引出了海水來自火山這一傳統(tǒng)理論，由此推斷，對話主要與地球上水的來源，特別是海水的來源有關，故選C。
24．D信息明示題。男士說海水來源的新理論是基于近人造衛(wèi)星所拍攝的照片的，宇宙人造衛(wèi)星近探測到，每天有將近四萬顆小彗星與地球外層大氣相碰撞，故選D。
25．D信息明示題。女士指出，地質學者認為火山氣體大多為蒸汽，故選D。
*考點
●fill sth．up意為“填寫，填滿，充滿”，與fill相關的短語還有：fin sb．’s shoes接替某人的工作、職務等；fill in(for sb．)臨時接替某人；fill sth．in除了指“填寫，補充，填滿”以外，還可指“打發(fā)，消磨(時間)”，如：Jack filled in the afternoon watching television．杰克以看電視打發(fā)下午的時間。
Section B
Passage One
文章精要
文章簡單介紹了一個名叫亨利·文森特的人的生活。由于戰(zhàn)爭他在16歲的時候就背井離鄉(xiāng)與家人失散。在他退休之后卻因一個十分偶然的機會終與自己的兄弟重逢。
26．A信息明示題。文章第一段指出,…．Australia, where he was trained as an electronics engineer．由此可知A正確。
27．D信息明示題。文章第二段指出,…being an amateur radio operator，由此可知D正確。
28．C信息明示題。文章第三段指出，…Henry realized that this man was in fact his younger brother，Peter由此可知C正確。
Passage Two
文章精要
文章簡要介紹了四種不同的大學學位，即肄業(yè)學(associate degree)，學士學位(bachelor’s degree)，碩士學4i(master’s degree)和博學位(doctor’s degree)以及獲得這些學位需要花費的大致課時。
29．B信息明示題。文章開頭便指出，…four types of college degrees，starting with the associate degree．由此可知B正確。
30．A信息明示題。文章指出，Not all associate degrees ale designed for transfer．Some are technical degrees which are called terminal degrees，which mean they do not count toward a bachelor’s．由此可知A正確。
31．C信息明示題。文章后指出，The BA(or BS)is 120 credit hours or 185 quarter hours．由此可知C正確。
Passage Three
文章精要
1848年，舊金山附近開始出現(xiàn)“淘金熱”，成千上萬的人涌入加利福尼亞沿岸開始了他們的淘金生涯，“淘金熱”成為美國西部殖民地化的重要組成部分。文章簡要敘述了當年這股“淘金熱”的盛況。
32．A信息明示題。文章開頭就指出，淘金熱始于1848年，故選A。
33．D信息明示題。文章提到Within a year，100，000 people…h(huán)ad reached the coast of California，故選D。
34．B綜合推斷題。文章提到More than half of them had traveled overland across the American continent，由此可以推斷，來淘金的人來自美國各地，故選B。
35．C信息明示題。文章提到…it was a risky business．Law and order broke down…由此可知，淘金危險是因為它不受法律和秩序的保護，故選C。
Section C
文章精要
馬克·吐溫游歷過很多地方，有時候他會一邊旅游一邊工作，而且他的旅行往往會給他帶來寫作的靈感以及對生活的感悟，文章主要介紹了馬克·吐溫的游歷經歷。
36．financial37．earn38．various39．pilot
40．outbreak 41．Confederate 42．company 43．prospected
44．Once that happened Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe．
45．Twain didn’t travel much the last l o years of his life and he didn’t publish much either．
46．Like many other popular writers Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from the wealth and diversity of his own personal experiences．