第4节记叙文题组训练一1话题：人物介绍难度：★★建议用时：7分钟CharlesDickensisprobablythebest-knownand，tomanypeople，thegreatestEnglishnovelistofthe19thcentury.Asamoralist，satirist，andsocialreformer，DickenscraftedcomplexplotsandstrikingcharactersthatcapturethepanoramaofEnglishsociety.DickenswasborninPortsmouth，onEngland’ssoutherncoast.HisfatherwasaclerkintheBritishnavypayoffice—arespectableposition，butwithlittlesocialstatus.Hispaternalgrandparents，astewardandahousekeeperpossessedevenlessstatus，havingbeenservants，andDickenslaterconcealedtheirbackground.Dickens’mothersupposedlycamefromamorerespectablefamily.YettwoyearsbeforeDicken’sbirth，hismother’sfatherwascaughtstealingandfledtoEurope，nevertoreturn.Thefamily’sincreasingpovertyforcedDickensoutofschoolatage12toworkinWarren’sBlackingWarehouse，ashoe-polishfactory，wheretheotherworkingboysmockedhimas“theyounggentleman”.Hisfatherwasthenimprisonedfordebt.Thehumiliations(耻辱)ofhisfather’simprisonmentandhislaborintheblackingfactoryformedDickens’greatestwoundandbecamehisdeepestsecret.Hecouldnotconfidethemeventohiswife，althoughtheyprovidetheunacknowledgedfoundationofhisfiction.Soonafterhisfather’sreleasefromprison，Dickensgotabetterjobasanerrandboyinlawoffices.HetaughthimselfshorthandtogetanevenbetterjoblaterasacourtstenographerandasareporterinParliament.Atthesametime，Dickens，whohadareporter’seyefortranscribing(转录)thelifearoundhimespeciallyanythingcomicorodd，submittedshortsketches(短篇作品)toobscuremagazines.Thefirstpublishedsketch，ADinneratPoplarWalkbroughttearstoDickens’eyeswhenhediscovereditinthepagesofTheMonthlyMagazine.Fromthenonhissketches，whichappearedunderthepenname“Boz”inTheEveningChronicle，earnedhimamodestreputation.SoonafterSketchesbyBozappeared，apublishingfirmapproachedDickenstowriteastoryinmonthlyinstallments，asabackdropforaseriesofwoodcutsbythethen-famousartistRobertSeymour，whohadoriginatedtheideaforthestory.Withcharacteristicconfidence，DickenssuccessfullyinsistedthatSeymour’spicturesillustratehisownstoryinstead.Afterthefirstinstallment，Dickenswrotetotheartistandaskedhimtocorrectadrawingwhich，Dickensfelt，wasnotfaithfulenoughtohisprose.Seymourmadethechange，wentintohisbackyard，andexpressedhisdispleasurebycommittingsuicide.Dickensandhispublisherssimplypressedonwithanewartist.Thecomicnovel，ThePosthumousPapersofthePickwickClub，appearedseriallyin1836and1837，andwasfirstpublishedinbookformin1837.TherunawaysuccessofThePickwickPapers，asitisgenerallyknowntoday，securedDickens’fame.TherewerePickwickcoatsandPickwickcigars，andtheplump，spectacledhero，SamuelPickwick，becameanationalfigure.AfterPickwick，Dickensplungedintoableakerworld.InOliverTwist，hetracesanorphan’sprogressfromtheworkhousetothecriminalslums(贫民区)ofLondon.NicholasNickleby，hisnextnovel，combinesthedarknessofOliverTwistwiththesunlightofPickwick.ThepopularityofthesenovelsconsolidatedDickensasanationallyandinternationallycelebratedmanofletters.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。描述了狄更斯的家庭背景、成长经历和主要作品等。1.Dickens’familybackgroundhadthefollowingeffectsonhimEXCEPTthat.A.heformedanoddpersonalityB.itcastashadowonhisheartC.hehadtodropoutofschoolD.ithadhisdignitythreatened答案A解析细节理解题。A项文中没有提到，但B、C、D三项涉及的内容在文中第二段中都提及了。2.WhichofthefollowingworkssecuredDickens’reputati...
