ThesuccessofPickwickPapersmadeDickensverypopular.Hesuddenlyfoundhimselfattwenty-fourthemostfamousnovelistofhisday.Busyashissociallifewasheworkedontwonovelsatthesametime—OliverTwistandPickwickPapers.HewasparticularlyproudofPickwickwhichwasahugesuccessandwasregardedasacomedymasterpiece.“IfIweretoliveahundredyearsandwritenovelsineachIshouldneverbesoproudofanyofthemasIamofPickwick.”
IthasbeensaidofDickensthathegripped(控制)theimaginationofhisreadersbecausehisimaginationgrippedhimself.Thepeopleinhisworksweresorealthattheycouldmakehimlaughorcry.WhenwritingOliverTwisthesaidthathecouldnotrestuntilFaginthewrongdoerhadbeenhanged.
Dickens’smarriagetoCatherineHagarthwithwhomhehadninechildrenendedunhappilyin1858.Hestartedtotravelaboutgivingreadingsofhisworks.Hisinterestintheatregavehisnovelsthequalitiesthatmadethemsuitableforreadingaloudonthestage.AtiringtraveltotheUnitedStatesaffectedhishealth.OnJune91870whenhewasworkingonanewnovelhediedashehadwished.Hesaidhewantedtodieworking.
1.ItseemsclearthatDickensbecameafamousnovelist______.
A.becauseofhissocialwork
B.withthesuccessofPickwick
C.becausehewaswritingtwonovelsatthesametime
D.whenhebegantogivereadingsofhisworks
2.AccordingtothispassageweknowthatDickens______.
A.wasonlyinterestedinwritingnovels
B.didn’tlikeOliverTwist
C.wishedtoliveahundredyearsandwritethreenovelsineach
D.didn’tthinkhecouldwriteabetternovelthanPickwickPapersinhislife
3.AsanovelistDickens______.
A.wasfullofimagination
B.foundithardtosatisfyhisreaders
C.alwayswroteaboutrealpeopleinlife
D.wroteworksaccordingtohisreader’simagination
4.FromthepassagewecanseethatFaginmustbe______.
A.apersoninreallife
B.acharacterinOliverTwist
C.acharacterinPickwickPapers
D.oneofDickens’works
5.Whichofthefollowingistrue?
A.DickenshadalwaysenjoyedhismarriagetoCatherineHa