Charles Dickens was an English writer. He was...

Charles Dickens was an English writer. He was born in 1812. He created some of the world’s best-known characters and many readers think he is the most important writer of the Victorian era (1837-1901). Some of his famous novels are Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations. Most people in his novels lived in London.

In 1824, Dickens’ father went to prison(监狱) because he couldn’t pay money to someone. In those days, a man’s wife and young children went to prison with him. Charles was 12, so he left school to work in the prison. Life was hard, and a lot of children worked in those days. Dickens’ own experience helped him to write about poor children without a mother or father. Dickens'　 success began with the publication (出版) of The Pickwick Papers in 1836. And his book Oliver Twist is about a boy without father. Important people were more interested in the problems of poor people after reading Dickens’ books.

Dickens’ novels are often very long and he wrote them in different parts for a newspaper each week. His novels have a lot of exciting and sad things in them. He wanted his readers to buy the newspaper every week. And the readers wanted to finish the story! Dickens’ novels are popular because many of his stories are about social(社会的) problems and family life. Dickens was successful in writing and he has been praised by other writers for his style and characters.

1.When was Charles Dickens born?

A. In 1812.　　 B. In 1824.　　 C. In 1836.　　 D. In 1901.

2.Where did Dickens work when he was 12?

A. In the prison.　　 B. At a school.　　 C. On a farm.　　 D. In an office.

3.Dickens’ novels are popular because_______.

A. they have a lot of exciting and sad things

B. they are about social problems and family life

C. he has been praised for his style and characters

D. he is the most important writer of the Victorian era

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Charles Dickens, one of the greatest English writers, was born in 1812 in a small town of England. When he was nine years old, the family moved to London.  There were several younger children in the family. Their life was hard.  So Dickens could not go to school. When Charles went to school, he was already twelve years old.  But he didn't finish school Two years later he began to work. The future Writer often went to the library to read books.  He read a lot. Then Dickens wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life. Dickens died over a hundred years ago, but people are still reading his books with great interest.

判断正误：（Y 或N）

1. Charles Dickens was a great British writer.

2. Dickens began to go to school when he was very young.

3. At the age of fourteen Charles began to work.

4. The future writer bought lots of books to read.

5. Today, people still like the books written

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Charles Dickens(狄更斯) was born in London in 1812. His family was rather poor. Two days after his 13th birthday, Dickens started working in a factory. In his life, he changed several jobs and met all kinds of people. Many of his novels were based on his past experiences. Dickens started writing novels in his early thirties and became successful almost immediately. Oliver Theist, his second novel, came out in 1838 and was very successful. It told a story of a young orphan(孤儿) in the dangerous streets of London. The story has a happy ending—the young boy finds his real parents and a lowing home. Because of this novel, great attention was paid to poor children. Over the next 25 years, Dickens wrote many other popular novels which are still read today. His books are liked by both the American and the British.

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Charles Dickens was born in 1812. His father was a clerk and wasn’t paid much, so the family lived in an old, poor house. Then Mr. Dickens lost his job and went deep into debt(债).

One day, the police showed up and asked Mr. Dickens if he could pay his debts. When Mr. Dickens said he didn’t have enough money, one policeman answered that he had to go to debtor’s prison.

With no one to support them, Mrs. Dickens and the children, except Charles, moved into prison with their father. Even though Charles was only 12 years old, he got a job in a dirty, black shoe polish factory working 12 hour days.

When Mr. Dickens received some money from a relative, he paid his debts and got out of prison. He then got a job as a court reporter.

Charles went back to school. Charles studied hard and learned quickly. He also studied people, paying attention to what they did and why they did it.

After two years, he got a job as a reporter at England’s Houses of Parliament and he found it attractive.

Then one day Dickens decided to be imaginative, and he wrote a story of his own. Every character seemed to be a little like someone he had known. Finally one evening he dropped off his story, under the penname Boz, at The Monthly Magazine office.

A month later Dickens was shouting joyfully, “They printed my story! I’m an author!”

The magazine wanted more and more stories by Boz. Soon Dickens was writing stories about children working in factories, families living in debtor’s prison and poor people being hungry. He made the stories fun to read in high hopes that people would do something about the things that were wrong.

1.Charles Dickens was born in a poor family, wasn’t he?

2.Why was Mr. Dickens sent to debtor’s prison one day?

3.Who helped Mr. Dickens pay the debts and get out of prison?

4.What did Charles Dickens think of his job as a reporter at England’s Houses of Parliament?

5.What were Charles Dickens’ stories about?

They were____________, families living in debtor’s prison and poor people being hungry.

6.What kind of person do you think Charles Dickens was? Give your reasons.

_______________because_____________.

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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 ____ in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked ____. He was an actor. Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's _____ 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 _______. part. He wrote a lot, and most of them were popular. There were films and plays of them ______ Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful ______. Dickens's 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 ______ it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write_______he died. When he died in 1870, he was ______ a story. But what a pity! We'll never know _____it ended.

1.A. cities　　 B. countries　　 C. towns　　 D. villages

2.A. reading　　 B. writing　　 C. acting　　 D. playing

3.A. what　　 B. how　　 C. when　　 D. why

4.A. the next　　 B. next　　 C. next to　　 D. next time

5.A. either　　 B. as well　　 C. as well as　　 D. also

6.A. book　　 B. story　　 C. play　　 D. film

7.A. hated　　 B. enjoyed　　 C. wanted　　 D. imagined

8.A. as　　 B. while　　 C. until　　 D. since

9.A. drawing　　 B. singing　　 C. writing　　 D. making

10.A. what　　 B. how　　 C. who　　 D. which

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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 other31   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 them35 : 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. He37 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was39   a story. But what a pity! We'll never know _40_ it ended.

1.A. cities           B. countries       C. towns          D. villages

2.A. reading         B. writing         C. acting          D. playing

3.A. what           B. how            C. when          D. why

4.A. the next        B. next            C. next to         D. next time

5.A. too            B. as well          C. as well as      D. also

6.A. book           B. story           C. play           D. film

7. A. hated          B. enjoyed         C. wanted         D. shamed

8.A. as             B. while           C. until          D. since

9.A. drawing       B. singing           C. writing        D. making

10.A. what          B. how             C. who          D. which

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阅读与回答问题。

Charles Dickens was born in one of the small towns in England.

When Dickens was nine years old, his father found a job in London and the family moved there. Later on his father was put in to prison(监狱)for owing(负债). His mother could not supply(供应) enough food to him and his younger brothers and sisters. He had to do something for his family, so he could not go to school.　　

Only until his father was out of prison, Charles could go to school. At that time he was already twelve. But he did not finish school. Two years later he began to work in a factory.

And at first he was a journalist(记者)and wrote for newspapers. The future writer often went to the library to read books. He read a lot. Then, at the age of twenty-two, Dickens began to write and he wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life.Dickens died over a hundred years ago，but people are still reading his books with great interest.

1.What was Charles Dickens?

________________________________________________________________________

2.How long did Dickens live in his hometown?

________________________________________________________________________

3.Why couldn't Dickens go to school？

________________________________________________________________________

4. When did Dickens begin to work? (in no more than 4 words)

________________________________________________________________________

5.Where did Dickens read a lot?( in no more than 3 words)

________________________________________________________________________

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The greatest writer Dickens was born with a great memory. He could __________ any street names __________ something that he had known.

A.provide; with B.connect; with C.compete; with

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①Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706. He is remembered as an inventor, writer, statesman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.　 His father was a soap-maker and candle-maker with a large family. At the age of 10, Ben was taken out of school and put to work in the shop. The Franklin family lived near the water, so Ben learned to swim well and row small boats. But all great people were kids once and got into trouble. In writing about his life, Franklin wrote that he was a leader among the boys in his neighbourhood and something led them into troubles.　 There was a salt marsh nearby. Ben decided to build a wharf (码头) there, so that they could stand on it to fish. He showed his friends many stones, which were used for a new house. That evening, when the workmen were gone, he asked his friends to take all the stones away to build their wharf. Soon, Ben and his friends were discovered and several of them were corrected by their fathers.② And though Ben explained the usefulness of the work, his father told him that nothing was useful if he was not honest.　

第一小题判断正误（“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误）；第二小题完成句子；第三小题简略回答；第四小题将文中②处画线句子译成汉语；第五小题对①处画线句子以一个特殊疑问句的形式提问。

1.Ben once worked in a shop.________

2.Franklin wrote he was a leader ______ in his neighbourhood.

3.Who helped the boy to take all the stones away?　 _______________________________________________________________________________

4.___________________________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________________________

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Thomas Hardy was an English author, novelist and poet. He was born on 2 June, 1840 in the east of Dorchester in Dorset in England. His father worked as a builder. Hardy received his first schooling from his mother at home until the age of eight when he went to school for the first time. In 1862, he moved to London tostudy architecture (建筑) at King′s College, London. He did well in studies and was given prizes from the Royal Institute of British

Architects, but he had developed a strong desire for writing by then and decided to take it as a lifetime job.

Thomas Hardy met his wife Emma Lavinia in 1870 in Cornwell while still working as an architect. They finally married in 1874. Though the marriage later became partly unhappy for unknown reasons, her death in 1912 came as a shocking and painful experience to him.

Hardy as a writer is mainly known for his novels. His first novel, The Poor Man and the lady, was written in 1867 and was destroyed when a number of publishing houses refused to publish it. Later, he anonymously(匿名地)published two novels Desperate Remedies and Under the Greenwood Tree in 1871 and 1872. His first success as a writer came in 1873. With the publication of his first important book A Pair of Blue Eyes, which was mainly about the happy days spent with his wife Emma. Another great success was his novel Far from the Madding Crowd. The novel was first published in 1874 and brought him greater success. He next wrote The Return of the Native, published in 1878. Hardy moved with his wife to Max Gate, in a house designed by him where he wrote The Mayor of Caster Bride, published in 1886 followed by The Woodlanders(1887).

In 1927, Hardy fell sick and finally died in January 1928. He was buried beside his wife.

1.Why did Thomas Hardy move to London in 1862?

A. To receive prizes.　　 B. To work as a builder.

C. To make a living by writing.　　 D. To receive further education.

2.What can we know about Thomas Hardy from the text?

A. His father was his first teacher.

B. Emma's death was a big blow to him.

C. He married Emma soon after they met.

D. Emma and he had different tastes in literature.

3.What can we know about A Pair of Blue Eyes?

A. It was Thomas Hardy's best-known novel.

B. It was once refused by many publishing houses.

C. It was Thomas Hardy's sweet memory with Emma

D. It was written in a house designed by Thomas Hardy himself

4.Which of the following order is correct according to the passage?

a. Emma died.

b. The book A Pair of Blue Eyes was published.

c. The couple moved to Max Gate.

d. He received further education in London.

e. He married Emma.

A. edcab　　 B. dbeca　　 C. debca　　 D. edcba

5.What's the passage mainly about?

A. Thomas Hardy and his wife.

B. Thomas Hardy's hard way to success.

C. Thomas Hardy's unhappy family Life.

D. Thomas Hardy and his novels.

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