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1、课时阅读训练十Period2ReadingandVocabulary要点讲解课Ⅰ.阅读理解AJANEAUSTEN(1775—1817)isoftenregardedasthegreatestEnglishwomannovelistonthestrengthofhersixcompletednovels.Knownparticularlyfortheirsocialcomedyandaccuratedescriptionofhumanrelationships,theyarestillaswidelyreadtodayastheyhaveeverbeen.Asthese
2、venthchildofacountrypriest(牧师),JaneAustenwasbornon16December1775atSteventoninHampshire.Herfather,theReverendGeorgeAusten,wasanintelligentandsensitivemanwhoencouragedJaneinherloveofreading.FromanearlyageshewasfamiliarwiththeworksofHenryFielding,SirWalterScott,SamuelRichardson,FannyBurney
3、andthepoetGeorgeCrabbe.Herearlyattemptsatwritingincludeburlesques(滑稽作品)ofpopularromances.Whenherfatherretiredin1801thefamilymovedtoBath,whichwaslatertofeatureinhernovelNorthangerAbbey(publishedin1818).Afterhisdeathin1805thefamilymovedfirsttoSouthamptonandthenin1809toChawtoninHampshire,w
4、hereJaneAustenisknowntohavewrittenherlastthreenovels:MansfieldPark(1814),Emma(1815)andPersuasion(alsopublishedin1818).Althoughherothernovelswerewrittenmuchearlier,itwasnotuntil1811thatSenseandSensibilitywasfirstpublished.PrideandPrejudice,whichfollowedin1813,featuresJaneAusten’sownfavou
5、ritehero,ElizabethBennet.Surroundedbyherlivelyandwarmfamilyandwhollyburiedherselfinherwritingandhousework,JaneAustenledalifeoftenknownforitslackofevents.Shedid,however,attractseveraladmirersandevenacceptedaproposalofmarriagefromoneadmirer—onlytochangehermindthefollowingmorning.JaneAuste
6、n’sindependentlifeoftenseemsreflectedinhernovels,whichseemtodisplaytheworldinminiature(缩影).SirWalterScottpraisedJaneAustenfor“thatuniquetouchwhichmakesordinarycommonplacethingsandcharactersinteresting”,whileWilliamSomersetMaughamclaimedthatshehadathercommand“themostpreciousgiftanovelist
7、canpossesstokeepthereaders’interest”.JaneAustendiedin1817.【语篇概述】简·奥斯汀因为她的六本小说被人们称为英国最伟大的女小说家。文章主要介绍了简·奥斯汀的生平事迹。1.Theunderlinedword“touch”inthethirdparagraphisclosestinmeaningto“ ”. A.style B.contact C.taste D.attitude【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据最后一段倒数第二句内容可知,沃尔特·斯科特伯爵赞扬简·奥斯汀,是因为她那独一无二的
