Question

 It's known that Charles Dickens is a great English writer. He is well-known not only in British, 1 in many other countries around the world. But do you know he was both a 2 and an actor?

Maybe it's 3 to hear that and that's why his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories 4 were very popular. His 5 first appeared in a magazine, in parts, so people always wanted to read the next 6  He wrote a lot of stories, and most of them are popular. Some of his stories were

7  into films and plays. For example，Oliver Twistbecame a famous musical play, and Great Expectationswas a wonderful 8

  Dickens had a 9 life when he was young. His family was poor,and he had to work in a factory near his home at the age of 12. He didn't like it，but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth in 1836. He went on to write 10 he was 68 years old. In 1870，he passed away when he was writing a story. But we won't know what's the story's end！

(   ) 1. A. so    B. and

       C. but    D. or

(   ) 2. A. teacher    B. writer

       C. worker    D. farmer

(   ) 3. A. interesting    B. interested

       C. boring    D. bored

(   ) 4. A. what    B. which

       C. who    D. where

(   ) 5. A. drawings    B. friends

     C. stories    D. plays

(   ) 6. A. story    B. play

      C. person    D. part

(   ) 7. A. made    B. make

      C. used    D. use

(   ) 8. A. opera    B. part

       C. film    D. work

(   ) 9. A. happy    B. hard

      C. different    D. interesting

(   ) 10. A. until    B. when

       C. after    D. while

Answer 1

1. C not only ... but (also) …不但......而且……這一結(jié)構(gòu)中also可以省去。

2. B由下文可知，狄更斯既是作家又.是演員。

3. A眾所周知狄更斯是作家，可上文說也是演員，人們會對這感興趣。

4. B先行詞為物，故關(guān)系代詞用which。

5. C他的小說首先出現(xiàn)在雜志上，而且是連載的。

6. D   與上一句in parts相口乎應(yīng)。

7. A be made into…意為"被制成... "_.

8. C 與上文中Some of his stories weremade into films and plays.中的films 相對應(yīng)。

9. B  由下文可知，他童年生活過的很艱苦。

10. A他一直寫作到68歲時，68歲那年也就是狄更斯離世的那一年。