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学利网 学科网原创，让学司更易！ JP.ZXXK.COM 学科网精品频道全力推荐 选择必修Book3Unit3 Back to the past B卷·综合能力提升练 (时间：90分钟满分：120分) 第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。 y The Friends of Charles Dickens Dickens was bomn in 1812.His father,a clerk in the navy pay office,was thrown into debtors'prison.The miserable treatment of children and the institution of the debtors'jail became topics of several of Dickens's novels. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) Wilkie Collins was the son of the painter William Collins.He was born in London and lived in Italy and France as a child.Although twelve years younger than Dickens,Wilkie became one of Dickens's best friends.He was a popular novelist who developed the mystery novel style.The Moonstone is one of his best.He and Dickens wrote No Thoroughfare. John Elliotson(1791-1868) Elliotson was Dickens's family doctor for many years and thus they became good friends Elliotson was an early advocate for the use of the stethoscope(听诊器).He also believed in the use of acupuncture(针灸). Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Poe was an American author best known for his poems and short fiction.The Fall of the House of Usher and The Murders in the Rue Morgue are two of his most popular works.Dickens and Poe's friendship began in Philadelphia while Dickens was on his first tour of the United States.They talked about literature and seemed to enjoy one another's company.However,two years later Poe broke off the relationship because he was angry about an article on American poetry.The article was written by Thackeray,but Poe believed that Dickens was behind the article William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) William Makepeace Thackeray was a novelist.His best-known work is Vanity Fair.He was also a friend of Charles Dickens.While Dickens and Thackeray were friends,the relationship wasn't always smooth.They had 1 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 学科网 学科网原创，让学司更会易！ JP.ZXXK.COM 学科网精品频道全力推荐 several serious quarrels.One quarrel involved Dickens siding with Edmund Yat