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1、In1812,theyearCharlesDickenswasborn,therewere66novelspublishedinBritain.PeoplehadbeenwritingnovelsforacenturymostexpertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinsonCrusoein1719-butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally.TheSteampoweredprintingpresswasstillinitsearlystages；theIiteraCy（识字）rateinEnglandwasunder50%.Manyworksof
2、fictionappearedwithoutthenamesoftheauthors,oftenwithsomethinglike“Byalady,z,Novels,forthemostpart,werelookeduponassilly,immoralorjustplainbad.In1870,whenDickensdied,theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher,famousandbeloved,whohadledanexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirrea
3、dershipandwhosecharactersfromOliverTwisttoTinyTimwereheldupasmoraltouchstones.TodayDickens,greatnessisunchallenged.RemovinghimfromthePantheon（名人堂）ofEnglishliteraturewouldmakeaboutasmuchsenseastheLouvresellingofftheMonaLisa.HowdidDickensgettothetop?Forallthefeelingsreadersattachtostories,literatureis
4、anumbersgame,andthetestoftimeisextremelydifficulttopass.Some60,000novelswerepublishedduringtheVictorianage,from1837to1901；todayacasualreadermightbeabletonameahalfdozenofthem.ItspartlytruethatDickens,styleofwritingattractedaudiencesfromallwalksoflife.It,spartlythathiswritingsrodeawaveofsocial,politic
5、alandscientificprogress.Butitsalsothatherewrotethecultureofliteratureandputhimselfatthecenter.Noonewilleverknowwhatmixoftalent,anbition,energyandluckmadeDickcnssuchadistinguishedwriter.Butasthe200thanniversaryofhisbirthapproaches,itispossibleandimportantforourownculturetounderstandhowhemadehimselfal
6、astingone.21. WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesBritishnovelsinthe18thcentury?A.Theyweredifficulttounderstand.B.Theywerepopularamongtherich.C.Theywereseenasnearlyworthless.D.Theywerewrittenmostlybywomen.22. DickensiscomparedwiththeMonaLisainthetexttostress.A.hisreputationinFranceB.hisinterestinmoderna
7、rtC.hissuccessinpublicationD.hisimportanceinliterature23. Whatistheauthor*spurposeinwritingthetext?A.Torememberagreatwriter.B.TointroduceanEnglishnovel.C.Toencouragestudiesonculture.D.TopromotevaluesoftheVictorianage.浙江A1. Date vt.确定年代2. Robinson Crusoe n.鲁宾逊漂流记3. Professi onal Iyadv.专业地;内行地4. steam
8、 power蒸汽动力;蒸汽能5. printing press 印刷机7. works n.作品；工厂9. looked upon as 把看作是11. immoral adj.不道德的；13. mourn v.哀悼;忧伤;服丧6. early StageS 初级阶段8. fiction n.小说；虚构,编造;谎话10. silly adj.愚蠢的12. plain bad 极坏的14. professional adj.专业的；n.专业人员;15. publisher n.出版者,出版商;发行人16. beloved adj.心爱的;挚爱的n.心爱的人17. publication n.出版
9、；出版物；发表18. readership n.读者人数；读者们19.beheldupas被展示为；被推举为20.touchstonen.试金石；（检验）标准21. unchallengedadj.不成问题的；未引起争论的22.sellOff廉价出清1存货）23. attachtovt.依附，附属24.numbersgame数字游戏25. testoftime时间的考验26.someadj.某个；大约；27. casualadj.随便的；非正式的；28.allwalksofIife各行各业；各界人士29. rideawave乘浪前行；借助某事从中收益30.distinguishedadj.著名
10、的；卓著的；高贵的31.lastingadj.持久的；永恒的32.worthlessadj.无价值的；不值钱的；卑微的1. In1870,Dickensdied,theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher,famousandbeloved,hadledanexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirreadershipandwhosecharacters-from01iverTwisttoTinyTimwereheldupasmoraltouchstones.2. ItfspartlytrueDickens,styleofwritingattractedaudiencesfromallwalksoflife.It,spartlythathiswritings（ride）awaveofsocial,politicalandscientificprogress.Butitsalsothathe(rewrite)thecultureofliteratureandputhimselfatthecenter.1.whenwho2.thatroderewrote
