西安市第一中学2011-2012学年度第一学期高三年级(12)

西安市第一中学2011-2012学年度第一学期高三年级英语试题及答案

A．Google was accused of cheating its users. B．Google users are all affected by the settlement C．Google often sent a message to its users throughout the world D．Googles’ Street View mapping service is questioned by federal regulators

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。

A．The secret of the writer’s success B. A write with enduring popularity

C. Well-received creation to encourage Brits D. The insight into human nature

E. Writing styles in different stages F. The story appreciate for school students

Charles Dickens is often thought of as one of England’s great writers. Yet for many his language is old-fashioned and his story plots often improbable. Why, Dickens, out of so many other great English writers, has made the list? How then to explain Dickens’s enduring popularity? ’s insistence that every child studies a Dickens novel at school. Alongside Willian Shakespeare, Charles Dickens is a compulsory (必读的)writer on every English literature school reading list. His stories, though often over-long by today’s standard,are superbly written moral tales. They are filled with colorful characters.

But what makes his books stand out from other English writers is his insight into human nature. Dickens, like Shakespeare, tells us truths