Charles Dickens：A Man of Demonic Energy

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阅读理解

1. What inspires Dickens' mind to write so many famous works？

A. His memories of unacceptable childhood experience.

B. His father's pathologically irresponsible with money.

C. His poor education experience and his poor family.

D. His demonic energy about sporting and walking.

2. According to the second paragraph， we know

A. Dickens often went on a trip to forget his work

B. Dickens loved his children too much to write his books

C. Dickens worked so hard that he was thought to be a superman

D. Dickens only wrote one book or one journalism at a time

3. How many newspapers and magazines were started by Dickens according to the passage？

4. What attitude does the author hold about Dickens？

A. Admiration.

B. Anger.

C. Mercy.

D. Disappointment.

5. From the last sentence， we know John Stuart Mill _______.

A. thought highly of Dickens' demonic energy

B. disliked Dickens' demonic appearance

C. ignored Dickens' writing ability

D. admired Dickens' special face

答案與解析

1.A。细节理解题。根据文章第一段提到“The fuel that fed the furnace of Dickens' mind was his memories of his poor childhood”（狄更斯的童年生活很糟糕，对这段生活的记忆犹如燃料一般，点燃了他思想的火炉）。可知A正确。

2.C。推理判断题。根据第二段首句提到“Dickens grew up to be a man of demonic energy：it's like he was bitten by a radioactive scrivener that gave him superpowers.”（狄更斯长大后，成为一个拥有恶魔般旺盛精力的人：他好像被一个拥有放射性能量的抄写员咬了一下，从此被赋予了超能力），以及下文提到他会同时写两本书，一本又一本，马不停蹄地工作，可知C正确。

3.D。细节理解题。根据文章第三段提到“He founded and ran newspapers and magazines without seeming to notice it-Master Humphrey's Clock，The Daily News，Household Words，All the Year Round.”（狄更斯还无心插柳地创办并经营过一些报刊，比如《汉普雷老爷的钟》《每日新闻》《家常话》和《一年四季》）可知。

4.A。作者态度题。根据文章第二段作者提到“As a working writer who，like Dickens，writes novels and journalism，I can only read about his output with awe.”（虽然我和狄更斯一样，也是一个写小说和新闻报道的职业作家，可面对他的高产，我只有肃然起敬的份）可知。

5.A。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“John Stuart Mill said he had'a face of dingy blackguardism irradiated with genius.”（约翰·斯图亚特·穆勒曾说狄更斯“长了一张无赖的臭脸，却散发出天才的光芒”）可知A正确。

难句分析

1. As a working writer who， like Dickens， writes novels and journalism，I can only read about his output with awe.作为一个同样写小说和新闻报道的职业作家，对于狄更斯的高产量，我只能表示敬畏。

who引导定语从句，而且是被插入语like Dickens隔开。

2. The weird energy that possessed him comes through in contemporary descriptions of Dickens， of which there are some eloquent ones-Dickens was fortunate in his describers. John Stuart Mill said he had“a face of dingy blackguardism irradiated with genius.”他同时代的人在描述他的时候无一不会提及他身体里的这种古怪的能量，其中不乏生动有趣的描述——在那些人口中，狄更斯是幸运的。约翰·斯图亚特·穆勒就说他有着“一张无赖却散发着天才光芒的脸”。

这里有两个句子，都是复合句。第一句中that possessed him为限制性定语从句，修饰the weird energy；后面of which there are...ones为非限制性定语从句，先行词为descriptions。第二句则是包含了一个宾语从句，省略了that。