四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题3分，共45分)
阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填在横线上。
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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 lather was placed in prison for debts.And，being the oldest male at home，Dickens
worked at a factory.His horrible experience there became the ruel for his future writing.His
father was freed three months later，and Dickens was then sent to school.
From l836 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 Copperlield 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 Coppeffield and Oliver Twist.“Minds，like bodies，will often fall into an ill—conditioned state from too much comfort.”he once wrote.
36.The book that called public attention to Dickens was________.
A.David Copperfield
B.Oliver Twist
C.Tale of Two Cities
D.The Pickwick Papers
答案：D
37.The phrase“shades of”in the last paragraph means________.
A.various shapes of
B.situations of
C.reminders of
D.diffierent experiences
答案：C
38.How did Dickens see his childhood?
A.He felt it a pity that things weren’t in his favour.
B.He feld grateful for it.
C.He chose to forget the bitterness about it.
D.He loved writing about it.
答案：B
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