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1、CharlesDickens(1812-1870),thegreatnineteenthcenturyEnglishnovelist,wasbornnearPortsmouth.Hisfatherranheavilyintodebtandwhenhewastwelve,hehadtogoandworkinafactoryformakingbootpolish.Theonlyformaleducationhereceivedwasatwo-yearschoolingataschoolforpoorchildren.Infact,hehadtoteac
2、hhimselfallheknew.Heworkedforatimeasjuniorclerkinalawyer’soffice.Afterthat,he workedasareporterinthelawcourts,andlaterinparliament,forLondonnewspapers.Hiscareerasawriteroffictionbeganin1833withshortstoriesandessaysinperiodicals,andin1837hiscomicnovelThePickwickPapersmadehimthe
3、mostpopularauthorathistimeinEngland.Hewasagreatobserverofpeopleandtheirplacesbecausehewasattractedbylifeandconditionsinmid-nineteenthcenturyLondon.Hewrote19novelsallhislifeandinmanyofthem,DickensgavearealisticpictureofallclassesofEnglandsociety,showingdeepsympathyforthepoorand
4、unfortunate,exposingtheinjusticeandinhumanityofthebourgeoisie(资产阶级).ManyofhisnovelslikeOliverTwist,DavidCopperfield,NicholasNickleby,GreatExpectations,ATaleofTwoCitiesandsoondrewattentiontotheunsatisfactorysocialconditionsthatexistedinEnglandoverahundredyearsago.Dickenscritici
5、zedcapitalist(资本主义)societyfromthepointofviewofbourgeoishumanism.Hewishedtoseeimprovementinthelivingconditionsofthepoor,butfailedtofindanyeffectivemeanstoachievethatend.36.Dickensonlyreceivedalittleformaleducationbecause_______. A.hewantedtoteachhimselfB.hewantedtoworkandmadeal
6、otofmoney C.hewastoopoortoaffordanymoreformaleducationD.hewantedsomeworkingexperiencestobeanovelist37.AccordingtoDickens,thesocietyathistimeinEnglandwas_______. A.just B.poor C.comfortable D.unsatisfying38.WhichofthefollowingnovelmadeDickensthemostpopularwritera
7、thistimeinEngland?A.OliverTwist B.ThePickwickPapers C.ATaleofTwoCities D.GreatExpectations39.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingaboutDickensisTRUE?A.Hedidn’tgotoschoolatall. B.Heonlywroteaboutpoorpeopleandshoweddeepsympathyforthem.C.Hebegantowritefictionswhenhew
8、as21yearsold.D.Hefoundsomeeffectivewaystoimprovethelivingcond
