2018年浙江高考英语答案解析.pdf

2018年高考浙江卷英语解析 第二部分 阅读理解 A In 1812,theyear CharlesDickenswasborn,therewere 66novelspublishedin Britain. Peoplehadbeenwritingnovelsfor acentury—most expertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinson Crusoein 1719—butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally.The steam-poweredprintingpress wasstill in itsearly stages;theliteracy （识字） ratein Englandwasunder 50%.Manyworksof fiction appearedwithout thenamesoftheauthors,oftenwith somethinglike“By alady.”Novels, forthemostpart,werelookedupon assilly,immoral,orjustplainbad. In 1870,when Dickensdied,theworldmournedhim asitsfirstprofessionalwriter and publisher,famousandbeloved,whohadled an explosion inboththepublication ofnovelsand theirreadership andwhosecharacters— from Oliver TwisttoTiny Tim— wereheldup asmoral touchstones.Today Dickens’greatnessisunchallenged.Removinghim fromthepantheon （名人 堂） ofEnglish literaturewouldmakeabout asmuch senseastheLouvre selling offtheMona Lisa. How didDickensget tothetop?For allthefeelingsreadersattach to stories,literature isa numbersgame,andthetest oftime isextremely difficulttopass.Some 60,000novelswere publishedduringtheVictorian age,from 1837to1901;today acasualreadermight beableto nameahalf-dozen ofthem.It’spartly truethatDickens’styleofwriting attracted audiences from allwalksoflife.It’spartly thathiswritingsrodeawaveof social,politicaland scientific progress.But it’salsothatherewrotethecultureofliteratureandputhimself atthecenter.Noone will everknow whatmix oftalent,ambition,energy andluckmadeDickenssuch adistinguished writer.But asthe200th anniversary ofhisbirth approaches,it ispossible— andimportant for our own culture—tounderstandhowhemadehimselfalasting one. 21. th Which ofthefollowingbest describesBritishnovelsin the 18 century? A. Theywere difficulttounderstand. B. Theywerepopular amongtherich. C. Theywere seen asnearl