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1、CharlesDickens(1812-1870),thegreatnineteenthcenturyEnglishnovelist,wasbornnearPortsmouth.Hisfatherranheavilyintodebtandwhenhewastwelve,hehadtogoandworkinafactoryformakingbootpolish.Theonlyformaleducationhereceivedwasatwo-yearschoolingataschoolforpoorchildren.Infact,hehadtoteac
2、hhimselfallheknew.Heworkedforatimeasjuniorclerkinalawyer’soffice.Afterthat,he?workedasareporterinthelawcourts,andlaterinparliament,forLondonnewspapers.Hiscareerasawriteroffictionbeganin1833withshortstoriesandessaysinperiodicals,andin1837hiscomicnovelThePickwickPapersmadehimthe
3、mostpopularauthorathistimeinEngland.Hewasagreatobserverofpeopleandtheirplacesbecausehewasattractedbylifeandconditionsinmid-nineteenthcenturyLondon.Hewrote19novelsallhislifeandinmanyofthem,DickensgavearealisticpictureofallclassesofEnglandsociety,showingdeepsympathyforthepoorand
4、unfortunate,exposingtheinjusticeandinhumanityofthebourgeoisie(資產階級).ManyofhisnovelslikeOliverTwist,DavidCopperfield,NicholasNickleby,GreatExpectations,ATaleofTwoCitiesandsoondrewattentiontotheunsatisfactorysocialconditionsthatexistedinEnglandoverahundredyearsago.Dickenscritici
5、zedcapitalist(資本主義)societyfromthepointofviewofbourgeoishumanism.Hewishedtoseeimprovementinthelivingconditionsofthepoor,butfailedtofindanyeffectivemeanstoachievethatend.36.Dickensonlyreceivedalittleformaleducationbecause_______.?A.hewantedtoteachhimselfB.hewantedtoworkandmadeal
6、otofmoney?C.hewastoopoortoaffordanymoreformaleducationD.hewantedsomeworkingexperiencestobeanovelist37.AccordingtoDickens,thesocietyathistimeinEnglandwas_______.?A.just?????????B.poor???C.comfortable??????D.unsatisfying38.WhichofthefollowingnovelmadeDickensthemostpopularwritera
7、thistimeinEngland?A.OliverTwist??????B.ThePickwickPapers??C.ATaleofTwoCities????D.GreatExpectations39.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingaboutDickensisTRUE?A.Hedidn’tgotoschoolatall.?B.Heonlywroteaboutpoorpeopleandshoweddeepsympathyforthem.C.Hebegantowritefictionswhenhew
8、as21yearsold.D.Hefoundsomeeffectivewaystoimprovethelivingcond
