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1、华维学校2013届高三英语阅读专项训练（2）2012-10-17Austen’swordsliveontodayWHENJaneAusten(1775-1817)wrotehernovelsinEngland,shewaswritingaboutaworldthatmostofuswouldnotrecognize.ButtodayAusten’sbooksareingreaterdemandthanever.Inthelast10years,fiveofhersixnovelshavebeenma
2、deintoHollywoodfilms,whileherbookscontinuetobebest-sellers.SowhyisAustenstillpopular?RichardJenkyns,aprofessorofEnglishatOxfordUniversity,arguesthathernovelsstillappealtopeoplebecausetheyfocusonissuesthatareasrelevanttodayastheywerewhenshewrotethem.Her
3、novelsareaboutwomentryingtofindaperfecthusband,butalsoexploreissuessurroundingmarriage,friendshipsandthefamily.“Thestoriesarefairlytimeless.Theyareabouthumaninteraction(互动)whichweareallfamiliarwith,”Jenkynssays.ThemostfamousbookAustenwroteisPrideandPre
4、judice,alovestoryaboutElizabethBennettandMrDarcy.Atfirstthesetwodonotgeton.Theyeventuallyfallinlove,butmuststillovercomeopposition(反对)totheirrelationshipfromtheirfamilies.AllofAusten’sbooksareeasytoread,makingthempopularwithchildrenandadults,buttheywor
5、kondifferentlevelssopeoplecantakewhattheyneedfromthem,authorKateHenrysays.“Youcanchoosetoseethepoliticsandfeminism(男女平等主义)inthem,butifyoudon’twanttotakeonthoseissuesyoucanturnablindeyetoit,”shesays.Austenisoftenhailed(赞扬)asthegreatestromancewriterinthe
6、Englishlanguage,soitissurprisingsheremainedunmarried.“Maybeshewastoomuchofaromantic,waitingfortheperfectman,”KateHenrysays.1.Whatisthepointofthisarticle?A.TodescribetheimpactofJaneAusten’sworks.B.TopromoteJaneAusten’snovelsamongteenagers.C.Toanalyzewhy
7、JaneAusten’snovelshavesuchalastingappeal.D.TointroducehowJaneAusten’spersonallifeinfluencedhernovels.2.Accordingtotheauthor,whatmadeJaneAusten’sworkssopopular?a.Herbooksareeasytoreadandunderstand.b.Mostofthemhaveahappyending.c.Peoplecanstillrelatetothe
8、mtoday.d.Theyaremostlyaboutromanticloveandfamilylife.e.Theytellhowfemalescansucceedinamale-dominatedsociety.A.a,b,c B.a,c,d C.c,d,e D.b,c,e3.WhatdoesKateHenrymeaninthesecond-to-lastparagraph?A.Youcanno
