题目内容
Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens, is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in the 19th century.
The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to 36 the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.
The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of 37
and crime. He suffered enormous pain, 38 hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I 39 the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered 40 and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me 41 is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs Maylie and Rose and 42 a new life.
How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive pain 43 pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information 44 in the novel by Dickens --- he believed that goodness could conquer 45 difficulty.
Goodness is to human what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly 46 person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, “ The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” He who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do 47 to both the people he has helped and himself.
36. A. open B. exploit C. expose D. cover
37. A. honor B. poverty C. glory D. imagination
38. A. such like B. for example C. such as D. for instance
39. A. looked down upon B. made an apology for
C. played a joke on D. felt sorry for
40. A. relationship B. kindness C. carelessness D. devil
41. A. mainly B. most C. mostly D. best
42. A. began B. launched C. set D. changed
43. A. bear B. remain C. hold D. maintain
44. A. contained B. implied C. imported D. added
45. A. every B. some C. little D. much
46. A. gracious B. worthless C. modest D. earnest
47. A. harm B. damage C. good D. justice
36---40 CBCDD 41---45 BABBA 46---47 BC
解析:
这是一篇《雾都孤儿》读后感。作者分析了主人公的生活经历,最后得出结论:施舍于己于人便是施舍于己。正如谚语所说的“送人玫瑰,手有余香”。
重点词语链接:
be thrown into… 被投入…
be shocked by… 对…感到吃惊
to one’s relief 使某人欣慰的是
on the contrary 相反
be grateful to 感激
get gratified from 得到满足
36. C 根据本句句子结构, 此处动词应当与前面的并列动词 reveal“揭露” 同义,expose表示满意 “揭露,揭穿”,符合语境。open打开;exploit开发;cover覆盖。
37. B 根据and crime 可知,要选的词应与crime同类,再根据下文的hunger可推测,应用poverty表示“贫穷”。honour恐惧;glory荣耀;imagination想象。
38. C such as 后多接同类并列的几个名词,不接句子; for example和for instance同义,它们后面常接句子,有时后面可接一个名词。
39. D 此处用feel sorry for表示“同情”。look down upon轻视;make an apology for道歉;play a joke on戏弄。
40. D 根据语境可知,此处应该是与goodness意义相反的词,因此只能用devil,表示 “邪恶”。kindness好心; carelessness粗心;relationship关系。
41. B 此处表示的意义为 “最吸引我的东西”,其原级形式为much,因此最高级为most。
42. A 此处表示 “开始了新的生活”, 故选C。
43. B 根据下文的形容词pure可知,此处应用系动词,并且有“保持 ”的意思,故用remain。
44. B 此处为“暗含”之义,故用imply。contain含有;import进口;add添加。
45. A 善行能战胜一切困难。用every表示“所有的,一切的”。some某些,little很少,much很多。
46. B 由上文 “一个没有善行的人”推断用worthless,表示 “无价值的,无用的”。且下文中的“He who is with…and useful person”也有提示。gracious亲切的;earnest真挚的;modest谦逊的。
47. C 根据上下文语境可知,此处表示 “对……有好处”,用。do justice to公平对待,适当处理。
Misery and setbacks are not always as terrible as one imagines. Hard times can offer new ways of looking at life that would otherwise never be known. And, if you are a writer, this can be the source of much of your success.
Popular British author, Charles Dickens' (1812-1870)family could hardly make ends meet. They could only afford to send one of their six children to school. Dickens was not that child. His parents chose to send a daughter, who had a talent for music, to an academy. Then at the age of 12, Dickens' life took another turn for the worse.
His father, a clerk, was placed in prison for unpaid debts. And, being the oldest male left at home, Dickens took up work at a factory. His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing. His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money. Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837, he wrote a monthly series of stories. Thus the Pickwick Papers, came into being, which brought fame to the 23-year-old man.
Throughout his career, Dickens covers various situations in his novels. He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist, the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities, and social reform in Hard Times. He also wrote David Copperfield, a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
“I do not write bitterly or angrily: for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,” he once said. His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career. There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author, all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success. “Minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,” he once wrote. On June 9th, 1870, aged 58, Dickens died, leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read: “He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering and the oppressed, and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world.”
【小题1】The book that first called public attention to Dickens was ______.
A.the Pickwick Papers | B.Oliver Twist |
C.Tale of Two Cities | D.David Copperfield |
A.various shapes of | B.situations of |
C.different experiences of | D.reminders of |
A.He felt grateful for it. |
B.He felt it a pity that things weren’t in his favor. |
C.He loved writing about it. |
D.He chose to forget the bitterness about it. |
A.to enjoy it | B.to hate it |
C.not to abandon yourself to it | D.to work hard for it |