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　　Popular British author, Charles Dickens'(1812－1870)family could hardly make ends meet．They could only afford to send one of their six children to school．Dickens was not that child．His parents chose to send a daughter, who had a talent for music, to an academy．

　　His father was placed in prison for debts．And, being the oldest male at home, Dickens worked at a factory．His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing．His father was freed three months later, and Dickens was then sent to school．

　　From 1836 to 1837, he wrote a series of stories．Thus the Pickwick Papers came into being, which brought fame to him．His works are Oliver Twist, Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and Hard Times．

　　“I do not write bitterly or angrily, for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,”he once said．

　　His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career．There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist．“Minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,”he once wrote．

(1)

The book that called public attention to Dickens was ________．

[　　]

A．

the Pickwick Papers

B．

Oliver Twist

C．

Tale of Two Cities

D．

David Copperfield

(2)

The phrase“shades of”in the last paragraph means ________．

[　　]

A．

various shapes of

B．

situations of

C．

different experiences

D．

reminders of

(3)

How did Dickens see his childhood?

[　　]

A．

He felt grateful for it．

B．

He felt it a pity that things weren't in his favor．

C．

He loved writing about it．

D．

He chose to forget the bitterness about it．

答案：1．A;2．D;3．A;
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