1、Module 3 LiteratureSection Introduction&Reading PrereadingStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5返回 返回 返回 1Where did Dickens live between April 1837 and December 1839?2Who opened Dickens House Museum?3Could you tell us several novels written by Dickens?返回 返回 Charles Dickens and his family lived at 48 Doughty
2、 Street between April 1837 exactly a year after his marriage to Catherine and December 1839.This coincided(相巧合)with a period of increased prosperity for the young novelist.The serialization(连载)of The Pickwick Papers was such a success that the move from the rather cramped chambers of the Furnivalls
3、Inn，Holborn was made possible.Doughty Street was at that time a private street,sealed off at both ends by gates which were manned by porters(守门人).Although his 返回 period of residency at number 48 was relatively short compared to his other homes,he published and completed some of his most famous works
4、 there,including The Pickwick Papers,Oliver Twistand Nicholas Nichleby.It was an extremely busy and productive period of his career.Lord Birkenhead opened the Dickens House Museum on June 9th,1925 the front of 48 Doughty Street.Dickens family expanded with his fame，and after his third child was born
5、 in October 1839,he began looking for more spacious accommodation，which by then he could easily afford.返回 A letter describes：“A house of great promise(and great premium)，undeniable situation,and excessive splendor is in view.”This was No.1 Devonshire Terrace,Regents Park,to which the family moved at
6、 the end of 1839.It was demolished in 1959.The Doughty Street house itself came under threat of demolition in 1923，but was saved by the Dickens Fellowship(founded in 1902),who raised the mortgage and bought the freehold(不动产所有权).The house was renovated(修复)and the Charles Dickens Museum(then the Dicke
7、ns House Museum)was opened,under the direction of an independent trust.返回 1.What do you know about Charles Dickens?Do you like reading Dickens novels?Which one do you like best?_参考答案：Charles Dickens,one of the Englands most famous novelists,was born on Feb.7,1812 and died on June 9,1870.Many of his
8、novels take place in London.My favourite one is one of his most popular novels named Oliver Twist.返回 2Match the following novels with their names.ADavid Copperfield BA Tale of Two CitiesCHard TimesDGreat Expectations答案：(1)B(2)D(3)A(4)C返回 Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each par
9、t.1Part 1(Para.1)AOliver was chosen to ask for more food.2Part 2(Para.23)BAll the boys in the workhouse were hungry.3Part 3(Para.413)COliver was hit and locked.答案：1.B 2.A 3.C返回 Choose the best answer according to the passage.1Which of the following is TRUE?AThe room where the boys were fed was large
10、 with pots at two ends.BThe boys never needed to wash their bowls as somebody did that for them.CThe boys slowly starved for three months and were wild with hunger.DFor each meal,the boys could get one bowl of soup and 60 grams of bread.返回 2Why did the boys choose Oliver to ask for more food?ABecaus
11、e he was tall and too hungry.BBecause he was good at telling stories.CBecause he was brave and had rich experience.DBecause his name was picked out after the boys wrote their names on a piece of paper.返回 3We can infer from the passage that _.Athe tall boys father had kept a small cook shopBthe poor
12、suffered a lot and had no right in the old societyCwhen Oliver asked for more,he was immediately locked in a roomDOliver Twist would be put into prison4When Oliver went to ask for more food,his feeling was _.Ahopeful BhappyCdesperate Dexcited返回 5When Oliver asked for more food,the wardens face becam
13、e very pale because he was _.Afrightened by Olivers wordsBastonished at Olivers wordsCvery angry about Olivers wordsDbadly ill 答案：1.C 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.B返回 Fill in the blanks according to the passage.Oliver and a lot of boys lived in the 1.At meal times,each boy was allowed only 2.So the boys in the wor
14、khouse 3.and chose Oliver Twist to ask for more 4.When Oliver did this,5.was so surprised and angry that he hit Oliver 6.The workhouse managers were very 7.and 8.Oliver in a room.A notice was put up to 9.to anyone who would employ him.Everybody believed that Oliver would be 10.workhousewere starvingone bowl of soupfoodon the headthe wardenangrylockedoffer a reward hanged返回 Do you like literature?Whose novels are your favourite?Why?_参考答案：Yes.I like Lu Xuns novels very much,because he created a lot of works of bitter satire.His novels reflect the real society and its disadvantages.
