7．Charles Dickens （1812-1870），the great nineteenth century English novelist，was born near Portsmouth．His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve，he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish．The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children．In fact，he had to teach himself all he knew．He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyer's office．After that，he worked as a reporter in the law courts，and later in parliament，for London newspapers．His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833with short stories and essays in periodicals，and in 1837his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England．
He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London．He wrote 19novels all his life and in many of them，Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of England society，showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate，exposing the injustice and inhumanity of the bourgeoisie．
Many of his novels like Oliver Twist，David Copperfield，Nicholas Nickleby，Great Expectations，A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago．
Dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism．He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor，but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end．
21．Dickens only received a little formal education becauseC．
A．he wanted to teach himself
B．he wanted to work and made a lot of money
C．he was too poor to afford any more formal education
D．he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist
22．According to Dickens，the society at his time in England wasD．
A．just
B．poor
C．comfortable
D．unsatisfying
23．Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England？B
A．Oliver Twist
B．The Pickwick Papers
C．A Tale of Two Cities
D．Great Expectations
24．According to the passage，which of the following about Dickens is true？C
A．He didn't go to school at all．
B．He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them．
C．He began to write fictions when he was 21years old．
D．He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor．
分析 文章介紹了大文豪狄更斯的一生．
解答 21：C 推理題．根據(jù)第一段2，3行His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve，he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish說明他家很窮，讀不起書．故C正確．
22：D 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)第三段第2行drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions和第2段最后兩行，說明那個時候的倫敦社會不公平，是很不令人滿意的．故D正確．
23：B 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)第一段最后一行in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England．說明B正確．
24：C 計算題．根據(jù)His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833和Charles Dickens （1812-1870）他是1812年出生的，1833年開始寫fiction，那么應該是21歲開始的，故C正確．
點評 本文是一個人物故事類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
