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英语高考卷(全国卷I)含答案

第一部分：听力（此部分省略题目，假设你可进行听力测试）

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

In1812,theyearCharlesDickenswasborn,therewere66novelspublishedinBritain.PeoplehadbeenwritingnovelsforacenturymostexpertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinsonCrusoein1719butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally.Thesteampoweredprintingpresswasstillinitsearlystages;theliteracy(识字)rateinEnglandwasunder50%.Manyworksoffictionappearedwithoutthenamesoftheauthors,oftenwithsomethinglike“ByaLady.”Novels,forthemostpart,werelookeduponassilly,immoralorjustplainbad.

In1870,whenDickensdied,theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher,famousandbeloved,whohadledanexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirreadership.

Thereareseveralreasonsforthepopularityofthenovel.Oneisthatthegrowingpopulationandliteracyratemeanttherewasalargepotentialaudience.Anotherwasthattheinventionofthesteampoweredprintingpressmeantitwaspossibletoproducevastnumbersofbooksatlowcost.Andfinally,novelswereagreatformofentertainmentforanincreasinglybusypopulation,whowantedtoabsorbtheexcitementofthestoryinashorttime.

YetDickensisnotjustasymboloftheVictorianera,heisalsooneofitsgreatestrepresentatives.Hisnovelsarefullofthelifeandenergyofthetime.HecreatedsomeofthemostmemorablecharactersinEnglishliterature.FromthemiserableOliverTwisttothekindheartedMr.Pickwick,fromthecruelFagintothehonestBobCratchit,Dickens’characterstellusagreatdealaboutthesocietyinwhichtheylived.

1.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesBritishnovelsin1812?

A.Theyweredifficulttofind.

B.Theywerepopularamongtherich.

C.Theywereseenasoflittlevalue.

D.Theywerewrittenmostlybywomen.

答案：C

解析：根据第一段“Novels,forthemostpart