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  Charles Dickens was born in 1812 at Portsmouth. He did not have much schooling. But when he was young, he read many novels(长篇小说) such as Robinson Crusoe. His interest in literature(文学) was aroused(唤起) .

  It was not until 1836 that he became famous. His Pickwick Papers came into being. It is about Mr Pickwick and his three friends. They travel about England and get themselves into a lot of trouble. Mr Pickwick is perhaps the greatest comic figure (滑稽人物) in English literature .

  Dickens wrote a lot of novels, such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities. He also visited America, Italy, Switzerland, Paris, and gave readings from his books to huge crowds(人群) of people .

  Dickens is read and liked by all. In many of his novels we can see Dickens' desire (愿望) to show up some wrong and put it right. His rich experience, including his bitter(辛酸的) early life, was poured out in his novels . Perhaps, there is no other novelist (小说家) in England who is so taken to people' s heart .

  Dickens died in 1870.He had asked that his burial (葬礼) should be quite simple, but the whole nation wanted to give him the highest honour they could. So he was buried in Westminster Abbey. But, as he wished there was nothing on the stone except his name “Charles Dickens”.

1.Charles Dickens is famous for his ________.

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A.fortune
B.experience
C.novels
D.schooling

2.“Pickwick Paper ” in the passage must be the name of a ________.

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A.man
B.book
C.newspaper
D.comic figure

3.Which do you think is the best translation of “to show up some wrong and put it right” in the passage? ________.

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A.揭露某些罪恶,还以公道

B.表演错误,需要改正

C.把错误展品放到右边

D.冤枉了,应给予权利

4.Which is NOT true? ________.

[  ]

A.Dickens' burial was very simple and there was only his name on the grave stone(墓碑)

B.People like Dickens and his novels very much

C.Dickens published his first novel at the age of 24

D.Dickens led a happy life when he was young

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

[  ]

A.Charles Dickens

B.Westminster Abbey

C.the book A Tale of Two Cities

D.Mr Pickwick

答案:C;B;A;D;A
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  Women might have a higher position at work, but at home their careers tend to give way to their husband’s job, with women most likely to quit when both are working long hours, according to a U.S.study.

  Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were more likely to end up quitting their jobs.

  An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 nonprofessionals from dual-earner(双职工)families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week it increased the woman’s possibility of quitting her paid job by 42 percent.Cha said the possibility of quitting increased to 51 percent for professional women whose husbands work 60 hours or more per week, and for professional mothers the possibility they would quit their jobs jumped 112 percent.

  However, it did not significantly affect a man’s possibility of quitting his job if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week, according to the study published in the American Sociological Review in April.For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long hours were negligible, according to the study.

  “As long work-hours introduce conflict between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often solve conflict in ways that prioritize husbands’ careers,”Cha, who used data from the U.S.Census Bureau, said in a statement.“This effect is magnified(突出)among workers in professional and managing occupations, where the criterion of overwork and the culture of looking after children tend to be strongest.The findings suggest that the popularity of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional family pattern-breadwinning men and homemaking women.”

(1)

According to the text, we know that ________.

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A.

men prefer work long hours

B.

women prefer to work outside

C.

men’s careers are unimportant

D.

women are more likely to quit jobs

(2)

The underlined word“negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________.

[  ]

A.

unimportant

B.

limited

C.

different

D.

obvious

(3)

Which statement is true according to the text?

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A.

When there’s conflict between work and family, a husband will give up his work.

B.

Women may still do most of the housework and care for babies or children.

C.

Professional women are more likely to quit the job than professional mothers.

D.

A man’s chance of quitting jobs was influenced if his wife works long hours.

(4)

We can infer from the last sentence that ________.

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A.

all the workers pay more attention to looking after children

B.

overwork may have no influence on dual-earner couples

C.

traditionally, men usually worked to support the family

D.

most dual-earner couples will return to a traditional family pattern

(5)

In which column of China Daily can you find this passage?

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A.

Health

B.

Life

C.

Sport

D.

Entertainment

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