2017中考英语阅读理解训练：Charles Dickens

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　　Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in one of the small towns of England.

　　When Dickens was nine years old， his father found a job in London and the family moved there.Later on his father was put in to prison(监狱)for owing(负债)。His mother could not supply(供应) enough food to him and his younger brothers and sisters.He had to do something for his family.He did some housework and looked after his brothers and sisters.Their life

　　was hard，so he could not go to school.

　　Only until his father was out of prison ，could Charles go to school.At that time he was already twelve.But he did not finish school.Two years later he began to work in a factory.

　　And he was a journalist(记者)and wrote for newspapers.The future writer often went to the library to read books.He read a lot.Then，at the age of twenty-two，Dickens began to write

　　and he wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life.Dicken s died over a hundred years

　　ago，but people are still reading his books with great interest.

　　Questions：

　　1.What was Charles Dickens?

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　　2.How long did Dickens live in his hometown?

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　　3.Why couldn't Dickens go to school?

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　　4.When did Dickens begin to work?

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　　5.Where did Dickens read a lot?

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