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英语小说阅读理解
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
(
资
本
主
义
)
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.
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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