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1、CharlesDickens(1812-1870),thegreatnineteenthcenturyEnglishnovelist,wasbornnearPortsmouth.Hisfatherranheavilyintodebtandwhenhewastwelve,hehadtogoandworkinafactoryformakingbootpolish.Theonlyformaleducationhereceivedwasatwo-yearschoolingataschoolforpoorchi
2、ldren.Infact,hehadtoteachhimselfallheknew.Heworkedforatimeasjuniorclerkinalawyer’soffice.Afterthat,he workedasareporterinthelawcourts,andlaterinparliament,forLondonnewspapers.Hiscareerasawriteroffictionbeganin1833withshortstoriesandessaysinperiodicals,a
3、ndin1837hiscomicnovelThePickwickPapersmadehimthemostpopularauthorathistimeinEngland.Hewasagreatobserverofpeopleandtheirplacesbecausehewasattractedbylifeandconditionsinmid-nineteenthcenturyLondon.Hewrote19novelsallhislifeandinmanyofthem,Dickensgaveareali
4、sticpictureofallclassesofEnglandsociety,showingdeepsympathyforthepoorandunfortunate,exposingtheinjusticeandinhumanityofthebourgeoisie(资产阶级).ManyofhisnovelslikeOliverTwist,DavidCopperfield,NicholasNickleby,GreatExpectations,ATaleofTwoCitiesandsoondrewatt
5、entiontotheunsatisfactorysocialconditionsthatexistedinEnglandoverahundredyearsago.Dickenscriticizedcapitalist(资本主义)societyfromthepointofviewofbourgeoishumanism.Hewishedtoseeimprovementinthelivingconditionsofthepoor,butfailedtofindanyeffectivemeanstoachi
6、evethatend.36.Dickensonlyreceivedalittleformaleducationbecause_______. A.hewantedtoteachhimselfB.hewantedtoworkandmadealotofmoney C.hewastoopoortoaffordanymoreformaleducationD.hewantedsomeworkingexperiencestobeanovelist37.AccordingtoDickens,thesocietyat
7、histimeinEnglandwas_______. A.just B.poor C.comfortable D.unsatisfying38.WhichofthefollowingnovelmadeDickensthemostpopularwriterathistimeinEngland?A.OliverTwist B.ThePickwickPapers C.ATaleofTwoCities D.GreatExpectations39.Accordi
8、ngtothepassage,whichofthefollowingaboutDickensisTRUE?A.Hedidn’tgotoschoolatall. B.Heonlywroteaboutpoorpeopleandshoweddeepsympathyforthem.C.Hebegantowritefictionswhenhewas21yearsold.D.Hefoundsomeeffectivewaystoimprovethelivingcond
