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1．Disease，poverty，hate，love-Charles Dickens'stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age．Two hundred years on，his stories still speak volumes across the world，proving that Dickens'legacy（遗产）was far greater than just"great-literature"．
February 7marks the 200^th anniversary of the writer's birthday．To mark this date，BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world．Let's take a look at two of them．
A White Christmas
Dickens is described as"the man who invented Christmas"-not the religious festival，but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today．
In the early 19^th century，Christmas was barely worth mentioning，according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt．The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day-unthinkable in the West nowadays，when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off．
Many people believe that Dickens'popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come．In his classic novel，A Christmas Carol，he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas，but also painted a picture of glowing warmth-"home enjoyments，affections and hopes"．
In his biography of Dickens，Peter Ackroyd wrote："Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas．"
"Dickens"poverty（贫穷）
Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London．He helped popularize the term"red tape" to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy（官僚作风） in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society．
"Dickensian"has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty．In 2009，when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain，she did not use words like"terrible"or"horrific"，but rather described it as"life mirroring the times of Dickens"．

8．The article is mainly aboutB
A．a brief introduction to Charles Dickens
B．Charles Dickens'influence on the world
C．the characters in Charles Dickens'stories
D．Charles Dickens'achievements in literature
9．Why is Dickens called"the man who invented Christmas"？C
A．Because he created both religious and culture festival．
B．Because all his novels have something to do with Christmas．
C．Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations．
D．Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas．
10．According to the article，the phrase"red tape"refers toD．
A．rules or procedures that are required to accomplish a task
B．a situation in which poor members of society are hurt．
C．conflict between people in power and weaker people
D．pointlessly time-consuming official procedures
11．We can learn from the passage thatB．
A．Dickensian is widely used to describe the Christmas
B．Charles Dickens'novels reflect the true life at his age
C．Every person can take three days off for Christmas
D．The theme of Charles Dickens'stories is about poverty．

7．There is a wonderful story about Jimmy Durante，one of the great singers．（61）Asked（ask）to be a part of a show for some old World WarⅡsoldiers，he told them he was very busy and he could afford only a few minutes，（62）but he would come if they wouldn't mind his singing one short song and immediately leaving for his next appointment．Of course，the show's director agreed（63）happily （happy）．
But when Jimmy got on stage，something surprising happened．He went through（64）the short song and then stayed．The applause grew louder and louder and he kept （65）staying （stay）．Pretty soon，he had been on stage（66）forfifteen，twenty，and then thirty minutes．One of his assistants behind the stage stopped him and said，"I thought you had to go after a few minutes．What happened？"Jimmy answered，"I did have to go，but I can show you the reason why I stayed．You can see for（67）yourself（you） if you look at the front row．"In the front row were two men，both of （68）whomhad lost an arm in the war．One had lost his right arm and the（69）other had lost his left．Together，they were able to clap，and that was exactly what they （70）were doing （do），loudly and cheerfully．

6．Congratulations （祝贺），you have won the first place in the debating competition．

5．Liu Yang is the firstfemale （女性的） space astronaut in China．

4．He's veryexperienced （有经验的） in looking after animals．

3．Can you find ourposition （位置） on the map？

2．The housebelongs （属于） to my uncle．

1．Our nation is wealthier and morepowerful（强大的，有力量的） than ever before．

19．When I saw the big snake，Ipanicked（恐慌，惊慌） and did not know what to do．

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