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Charles


Dickens


(1812-1870),


the


great


nineteenth


century


English


novelist,


was


born


near


Portsmouth.


His


father


ran


heavily into debt and when he was twelve,


he


had


to


go


and


work


in


a


factory


for


making


boot


polish.


The


only


formal


education


he


received


was


a


two-year


schooling at a school for poor children. In


fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He


worked


for


a


time


as


junior


clerk


in


a


lawyer’


s office. After that, he


worked as a


reporter


in


the


law


courts,


and


later


in


parliament,


for


London


newspapers.


His


career


as


a


writer


of


fiction


began


in


1833


with short stories and essays in periodicals,


and


in


1837


his


comic


novel


The


Pickwick


Papers made him the most popular author


at his time in England.


He was a great observer of people and their


places because he was attracted by life and


conditions


in


mid-nineteenth


century


London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and



in


many


of


them,


Dickens


gave


a


realistic


picture


of


all


classes


of


England


society,


showing


deep


sympathy


for


the


poor


and


unfortunate,


exposing


the


injustice


and


inhumanity of the bourgeoisie (


资产阶级


).


Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David


Copperfield,


Nicholas


Nickleby,


Great


Expectations,


A


Tale


of


Two


Cities


and


so


on


drew


attention


to


the


unsatisfactory


social


conditions


that


existed


in


England


over a hundred years ago.


Dickens


criticized


capitalist


(






)


society from the point of view of bourgeois


humanism. He wished to see improvement


in


the


living


conditions


of


the


poor,


but


failed to find any effective means to achieve


that end.


36.


Dickens


only


received


a


little


formal


education because _______.


A. he wanted to teach himself


B.


he


wanted


to


work


and


made


a


lot


of


money



C.


he


was


too


poor


to


afford


any


more


formal education


D. he wanted some working experiences to


be a novelist


37. According to Dickens, the society at his


time in England was _______.


A.


just



B.


poor



C.


comfortable



D. unsatisfying


38.


Which


of


the


following


novel


made


Dickens the most popular writer at his time


in England?


A. Oliver Twist


B. The Pickwick Papers


C.


A


Tale


of


Two


Cities


D.


Great


Expectations


39. According to the passage, which of the


following about Dickens is TRUE?


A. He didn’t go to school at all.



B.


He


only


wrote


about


poor


people


and


showed deep sympathy for them.


C. He began to write fictions when he was


21years old.


D. He found some effective ways to improve



the living conditions of the poor.



答案:


36-39 CDBC









Amber ,


16,


has


been


in


four


foster- care


homes


(寄养家庭)


in


two


years.


Now she is getting a makeover


(精心打扮)


at the mall to be filmed in a television


station


in


Boise,


Idaho,


which


may


help


her


find


a


permanent


family


that


does


the


ordinary


things


families


do




go


on


picnics,


eat out, and watch movies together.


Ten


years


ago,


teenagers


such


as


Amber


were


so


hard


to


place


with


adoptive


families


that


hardly anyone tried. If you talked about


finding


a


home


for


an


older


child,


that


meant


the kid was 7 or 8. But today, people are


increasingly


willing


to


adopt


those


who


are


9


years


old


or


older,


and


most


experts


believe the phenomena will continue.



Of


course,


the


teens


often


need


as


much


encouragement


and


advice


as


the


future


parents


do.


In


St.


Louis,


Missouri,


Project


Teen Plus provides a support group to help


teenagers


talk


about


their


fears


and


doubts


about being adopted, for many of them have


lived


in


institutions


so


long


that


they


have


no idea what life in a family is like. And


teens


often


have


mixed


feelings


about


joining


a



new


family.


Many


teens


in


foster


care are worried that being adopted means


having to reject their birth families. One


adoption


expert


suggests


finding


out


the


reasons


for


teenagers’


resistance


and


offering the choice of remaining in touch


with


their


birth


families


after


entering


adoptive homes.


The


key


to


success


seems


to


be


careful


preparation and patience of both the teen


and


the


family.


So


a


teenager


usually


spends


six


to


nine


months


with


a


future


family


before an adoption is finally decided. For



example,


a


couple


decided


to


open


their


home


to Michael, 17. For ten months, the couple


and the boy struggled to get to know and


accept


one


another.


But


Michael’s


18th


birthday


brought


about


change.


The


big


event


was not only his first birthday with his


adoptive family but also the first time he


had


ever


been


given


birthday


gifts


and


a


cake.


For


Michael’s


new


parents,


the


rewards


have


been


great.


“You’re


not


just


helping


someone


else,”


says


Father.


“You’re


making a decision to grow as a fami


ly.”




67. The purpose of mentioning Amber in the


first paragraph is ___________.


A. to show the readers the ordinary things


families do


B. to help Amber find a permanent family to


adopt her


C.


to


introduce


the


topic


of


teenager


adoption to readers


D.


to


indicate


that


teenager


girls


are


eager


to be film stars

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