甘肃省会宁县第二中学2017-2018学年第一学期高二12月考英语试卷（扫描版，无答案）

2017年下学期会宁二中高二英语月考测试卷 第一部分: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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项 A It was in the Victorian Era(维多利亚时期) that the novel became the leading fom of literature in English. Most writers were more concerned to meet the tastes of the middle class. The best known works of the period included the works of Charles Dickens and the bronte sisters and others Charles Dickens came on the literary scene in the 1830s. Dickens wrote vividly about London life and the struggles of the poor. Most of his works were written in a very humorous style, which was popular with readers of all classes The Bronte sisters were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. They began to write from early childhood. In 1846 they published the first book at their own expense as poets: however, their book attracted little attention, selling only two copies. Then the sisters umed to writing novels, each producing a novel in the following year. e rsrm/ An interest in rural matters and the changi