2017中考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解訓(xùn)練：Charles Dickens

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　　2017中考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解訓(xùn)練：Charles Dickens

　　閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容，回答所提的問(wèn)題。

　　Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in one of the small towns of England.

　　When Dickens was nine years old， his father found a job in London and the family moved there.Later on his father was put in to prison(監(jiān)獄)for owing(負(fù)債)。His mother could not supply(供應(yīng)) enough food to him and his younger brothers and sisters.He had to do something for his family.He did some housework and looked after his brothers and sisters.Their life

　　was hard，so he could not go to school.

　　Only until his father was out of prison ，could Charles go to school.At that time he was already twelve.But he did not finish school.Two years later he began to work in a factory.

　　And he was a journalist(記者)and wrote for newspapers.The future writer often went to the library to read books.He read a lot.Then，at the age of twenty-two，Dickens began to write

　　and he wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life.Dicken s died over a hundred years

　　ago，but people are still reading his books with great interest.

　　Questions：

　　1.What was Charles Dickens?

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　　2.How long did Dickens live in his hometown?

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　　3.Why couldn't Dickens go to school?

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　　4.When did Dickens begin to work?

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　　5.Where did Dickens read a lot?

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　　參考答案：

　　1.從短文內(nèi)容可以看出，他是一個(gè)偉大的英國(guó)作家。應(yīng)回答：He was one of the greatest English writers.

　　2.“When Dickens was nine years old，his father found a job in London and the family moved there.”已經(jīng)告訴我們，他在故鄉(xiāng)生活了九年。該題的答案是：He lived there for nine years.

　　3.Dickens的父親因負(fù)債累累，被關(guān)進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄，他當(dāng)然得干一些家務(wù)事，照看弟弟妹妹。其答案是：He had to do some housework and look after his brothers and sisters at home.

　　4.Dickens在十二歲時(shí)才上學(xué)，兩年后不得不輟學(xué)去工作，他自然是十四歲。故應(yīng)回答：When he was fourteen，he began to work.

　　5.從文章內(nèi)容來(lái)看，他是在圖書(shū)館里看了很多書(shū)的。該題應(yīng)當(dāng)這樣回答：He read a lot in the library.