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.

答案：36-39 CDBC　

B

Mobile phone has become a problem for middle school students. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

Mobile phones used among children have become a problem for school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.

Mary Blue, an official, said mobile phone is a distraction (分心的事) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from study.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phone, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

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

37. According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was _______.

A. just 　 　　　　　B. poor 　　　 　　C. comfortable 　　　 　　　D. unsatisfying

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

70.What is the purpose of writing this passage?

　 A. To teach the young people how to hold their feelings and thoughts.

　 B. To indicate the importance of an unforgettable experience.

　 C. To recall the experience of fishing.

　 D. To tell people to create beauty and harmony.

答案：67----70 BCBD

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A

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.

69.The author would probably agree that we should________.

　 A. send our anger to other people　　　　　　　 　B. share our happiness with other people

　 C. complain about the misfortune in our lives　　　 D. hide our feelings and never express them to others

68.What does the author want to say by telling us his unforgettable experience?

　 A. We cannot control our feelings that disturb others

　 B. We shouldn’t keep in touch with other people.

　 C. What we think and do can influence others’ lives.

　 D. It’s difficult to keep a good relationship with other people.

67.The author’s grandfather took him/her to the fish pond to_______.

　 　 A. go fishing together　　 　　　　　　　　B. teach him/her a meaningful truth of life

　 　　 C. play a fun game with the author　　 　　　 D. correct his/her wrong doings

66.What may be talked about in the paragraph that follows the last paragraph?

A. How do earthquakes worry people?　　　 B. What will people do to prepare for earthquakes?

C. How can we save people when earthquakes happen?　　 D. How do earthquakes happen?

答案：63---66CBAB　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D

　 I once had an unforgettable experience that has influenced and directed the way I think and act now.

　 　 When I was about seven years old, my grandfather took me to a fish pond on a farm and told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone. “You may create lots of circles in your life, but the waves that come from those circles will disturb the peace of all your fellow people,” he said thoughtfully. “Remember that your circle may touch many other circles, meaning that your thoughts or actions may disturb others’ lives. You are responsible for what you put in your circle. You will need to live in a way that allows the good or peace that comes from your circle to be sent to others. At the same time, the anger or jealousy(嫉妒) coming from your circle also spread to other circles. You are responsible for both.”

　 　 That was the first time I had realized that each person’s inner peace or discord(不和谐) can flow out into the world. If we are filled with inner conflict(冲突), doubt or anger, we cannot create world peace. We spread the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever circles are inside us, they are spreading into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.

65. According to the passage, which of the following is Not true?

A. The stronger the earthquake is , the more people are killed.

B. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly.

C. Earthquakes may cause fires.

D. People still don’t know how to tell when an earthquake will come.