英语2018年高三试卷英语考试时间:____分钟题型阅读理解简答题书面表达总分得分阅读理解(本大题共小题,每小题____分,共____分
)第一节(共10小题;每小题2
5分,满分25分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑
AIn1812,theyearCharlesDickenswasborn,therewere66novelspublishedinBritain
PeoplehadbeenwritingnovelsforacenturymostexpertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinsonCrusoein1719butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally
Thesteam-poweredprintingpresswasstillinitsearlystages;theliteracy(识字)rateinEnglandwasunder50%
Manyworksoffictionappearedwithoutthenamesoftheauthors,oftenwithsomethinglike“Byalady
”Novels,forthemostpart,werelookeduponassilly,immoral,orjustplainbad
In1870,whenDickensdied,theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher,famousandbeloved,whohadledanexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirreadershipandwhosecharactersfromOliverTwisttoTinyTimwereheldupa