题目内容
Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was bom at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously(匿名).
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of
The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's
about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of
shopped.
56.Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.
A.in her early twenties B.in her early teens
C.in her late twenties D.in her late teens
57.What can we learn about Bath from the passage?
A.
B.The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.
C.
D.No changes have taken place in
58.The author writes this passage in order to________.
A.attract readers to visit the city of
B.ask readers to buy Austen's books
C.tell readers about Jane Austen's experience
D.give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society
59.It takes you about one and a half hours________.
A.to get to the Jane Austen Centre in
B.to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts
C.to find a guide to take you to the Centre
D.to look around the city of
56.A
解析:从文章中的She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century可以知道,她去过Bath的时间是18世纪末的后5年,即从1795年可是的,Jane Austen生于1775 年,所以她20岁初头。
57.C
解析: 从文章中可以知道Bath仍然保持了Jane Austen时代的样子,第二段中的The city is still much as…也进行可说明。
58.A
解析:作者介绍了Jane Austen, Bath和它现在的样子。主要的目的是想吸引更多的Jane Austen的读者来参观Bath这个城市的。
59.D
解析: 从文章最后一段中的You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen’s Bath可以知道答案的。
When Jane Austen (1775--1817) wrote her novels in England, she was writing about a 21 that most of us would not recognize.
But today Austen’s books are in great 22 than ever. In the last ten years, five or six novels have been 23 into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be bestsellers. So why is Austen still 24 ?
Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University argued that her novels still 25 people because they 26 the same issues today as they were when she wrote them.
Her novels are about women 27 to find a perfect husband, but also 28 issues surrounding marriages, friendships and the family. “The plots are fairly timeless about human interaction 29 are familiar to us,” Jenkyns says.
The most famous book Austen wrote is Pride and Prejudice, a 30 story between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. At first the two 31 do not get on. They 32 fall in love, but still have to 33 opposition to their relationship from their families.
All of Austen’s books are 34 to read, making them popular with children and adults,
35 they work on different levels so people can take 36 they need from them, author Kate Henry says.
“You can choose to see the politics and feminism(男女平等思想) in them, 37 you don’t want to take on those issues you can turn a blind eye to it,” she says.
38 is often hailed(赞扬) as the greatest romance writer in the English language, so it is surprising she remained 39 . “Maybe she was too much of a romantic, waiting for a 40
man,” Henry says.
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