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[单项选择]Charles Dickens, author, editor and social reformer is known for the vivid picture he painted of life in England in the early 19th century. London was featured in many of his novels. The city of London aroused in him many emotions-love, pity, frustration and excitement. Novels such as Great Expectations , The Old Curiosity Shop, Little Dorrit and A Tale of Two Cities move from the problems of people living in London in the early 1800’s to those of people in cities almost anywhere.
Yet if Dickens were to return to the London of the 1980’s, would he be able to recognise it What would have changed
There is one aspect of London life in the 1800’s which is very noticeable in his novels- a pervading atmosphere of smoky gloom and dirt, of evil smells and grimy decay. Whatever one may think of London air today, with its traffic fumes and occasional smog, the Smoke Abatement Acts of the 19th century and the Clean Air of the 20th century have ensured that Dickens would find the London
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When was Charles Dickens born
A. In 1810.
B. In 1812.
C. In 1814.
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What’s Charles Dickens
A. A scientist.
B. A novelist.
C. A musician.
[填空题]Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he described the conditions under which young children worked in British factories. The conditions Dickens described continue almost (1) today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today (2) of children is limited to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and (3) farms, rather than to large factories.
Girls (4) more from child labor practices than boys. Many of them are forced to start work when they are only ten years old. Although the work they are given to do is often (5) , it is often harmful to their health. (6) , children as young as six years were found to be working in Asian factories, and the children were working from eight to fourteen hours a day in overcrowded and unhealthy working (7) . Sometimes a whole family group is employed, with the (8) going to a parent or
[单项选择]Passage One
Charles Dickens’s last novel and his only mystery, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, was left uncompleted when the novelist died, and its possible ending remains a mystery to this day.
Is there really a body hidden in the crypt of Cloisterham Cathedral near London If so, is it the corpse of young engineering student Edwin Drood Did John Jasper, Drood’s opium-smoking uncle, murder his nephew Of what significance is the late appearance in the story of Dick Datchery, a mysterious figure who is evidently in disguise
Various suggestions have been made as to how Dickens intended to conclude his mystery,and in 1914 there was even a mock trial with John Jasper as the accused. Writer G. K. Chesterton was the judge, and playwright George Bernard Shaw was the foreman of a jury composed of famous authors and lawyers. The jurors brought in a verdict of guilty and Chesterton promptly fined them all for contempt of court!
The most frustrating aspect of forecasting the tale’s
A. written after Dickens’s other novels
B. written sometime before 1914
C. set near London
D. All of the above
[单项选择]Charles Dickens () many wonderful characters in his novels.
A. invented
B. discovered
C. uncovered
D. created
[填空题]In the eyes of us, novels by Charles Dickens are worth (read) ______.
[单项选择]Charles Dickens _____ many wonderful characters in his novels.
A. invented
B. discovered
C. uncovered
D. created
[单项选择]Charles Dickens_________ many wonderful characters in his novels.
A. invented
B. discovered
C. uncovered
D. created