高二英语外研版选修七课时阅读训练 十二 Module 3 Period 4.pdf

2019年4月课时阅读训练十二

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CharlesDickenswasbornin1812.Hewasthe1ofaclerkina

governmentoffice.WhenCharleswasstillalittleboy,hisfatherwas

senttoprisonfor2.Inthosedays,menwho3quitesmall

amountshadtostayin4untilthedebtwaspaid.

WhenCharleswas12,hehadtoworkinafactory.Theonlyformal

educationhe5wasatwo-yearschoolingataschoolfor6children.

Hiscareerasa7ofnovelsbeganin1833withshortstoriesand

essays(散文)inperiodicals,andin1837,whenhewas25,hisshort

storieswere8intothenovelThePickwickPapers,whichmadehim

themost9authorofhistimeinEngland.

CharlesDickenshad10oftheunhappylifeofmanypoorpeople.

Inyearsofhardworkinvarious11jobs,Charlesmetmanypeople,

youngandold,richandpoor,happyand12.Hehadunusual

energyandunusualpowersofobservation.

Dickens’13weremuchbetterormuchworsethantheywouldbe

inreallife.ThenovelsofDickensare14oflife,observation,and

energy,andhisownenergyseemed15.Manyofhisnovelslike

OliverTwist,DavidCopperfield,GreatExpectations,16

attentiontotheunsatisfactorysocialconditionsthatexistedinEngland

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overahundredyearsago.Dickenswaslovedbythebroadmassofthe

people.

ATaleofTwoCitiesisoneofhisfamousnovels.Itwas17in

1859.InthisnovelDickensgivesavividdescriptionoftheFrench

BourgeiosRevolutionthat18in1789.

Hissuddendeathin187019thousandsofpeoplewhowere

waitingforhisnextbook.Instead,theyboughtandweptover(为……