As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He’s very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other   31  in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked   32 . He was an actor.
Maybe it’s interesting to hear that and that’s  33  his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted  34  part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them   35 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful   36 __.Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He   37  it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write   38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was  39  a story. But what a pity! We’ll never know _40_ it ended.

【小题1】
A.citiesB.countriesC.townsD.villages
【小题2】
A.readingB.writingC.actingD.playing
【小题3】
A.whatB.howC.whenD.why
【小题4】
A.the nextB.nextC.next toD.next time
【小题5】
A.tooB.as wellC.as well asD.also
【小题6】
A.bookB.storyC.playD.film
【小题7】
A.hatedB.enjoyedC.wantedD.shamed
【小题8】
A.asB.whileC.untilD.since
【小题9】
A.drawingB.singingC.writingD.making
【小题10】
A.what B.how C.whoD.which

Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poem(诗歌)by heart. Some people have  51 memories and can only  52 things that they have said again and again.
The  53 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down  54  street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on  55 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns  56 language by remembering what he hears  57 he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign countries and they seem  58 two languages as  59 as one. In school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages  60 students have little time  61  it and they are busy with other subjects as well.
A man’s mind is quite like a camera but it 62 photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo  63 a camera there is much work  64  before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends.  65  the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.

【小题1】
A.wonderfulB.betterC.poorD.badly
【小题2】
A.speakB.studyC.knowD.remember
【小题3】
A.niceB.beautifulC.famousD.kind
【小题4】
A.anyB.someC.manyD.the
【小题5】
A.everyB.eachC.bothD.all
【小题6】
A.herB.hisC.one’sD.their
【小题7】
A.whenB.sinceC.ifD.as soon as
【小题8】
A.to keep B.to getC.to learnD.to take
【小题9】
A.badlyB.hardC.easilyD.happily
【小题10】
A.becauseB.whyC.whatD.when
【小题11】
A.likeB.forC.toD.in
【小题12】
A.leavesB.takesC.getsD.receives
【小题13】
A.inB.byC.withD.through
【小题14】
A.to doB.to haveC.to startD.to stay
【小题15】
A.InB.OnC.WithD.As

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English writer teaches us a lot about life

    Charles Dickens is a great British writer in the 19th century. Most of his books are still popular even today.

    In 1812, Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. Dickens didn't like playing with other boys when he was a little child, but he loved reading books. Childhood was not easy for Dickens. He began to work at a factory at the age of 12. Every day, he spent 10 hours washing bottles and cleaning shoes.

    When Dickens was 16, he became a reporter for a newspaper. During that time, Dickens wrote his first book, The Pickwick Papers. The book came out in 1836-37 and made Dickens rich and famous. His hard times were at an end.

    Most of Dickens' books are about the difficulties of living in Victorian England. The characters(人物)in his books are often children. They usually live a hard life in a boarding(寄宿)school, or have to work in a factory at a young age.

    However, Dickens' works are all about hope. He wrote sad and dark stories, but they are always filled with humor(幽默). And most of his stories have happy endings, as with A Christmas Carol. It is about a selfish man. He finds love and friendship after looking back on his life one Christmas Eve.

1.Where was Dickens from?

2.Was life difficult for Dickens when he was a child?

3.What made Dickens rich and famous?

4.What do the children in his books usually do?

5.Why does the writer say "Dickens' works are all about hope."?

 

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