Charles Babbage is generally considered ______ the first computer.

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 writer 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

1. ____________

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?

2. _____________

One reason undoubtly is the British government’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.

3. ______________

But what makes his books stand out from other English writers is his insight into human nature. Dickens, like Shakespeare, tells us truths about human behavior that are as true to citizens of the 21st century as they were to his readers in the 19th century. Readers have returned to Dickens’s books again and again over the years to see what he has to say about readers’ own time.

4. _______________

The BBC adapted one of his less well-known novels, Little Dorrit, into a popular television drama that introduced many Brits to the novel for the first time. A dark story about greed and money, it was the perfect story to illustrate the bad times. No surprise then that it was Dickens Britons turned to, during the economic crisis last year, to make sense of world rapidly falling apart.

5. _______________

Readers of the 19th and early 20th century usually prized Dickens’s earlier novels for their humor and pathos(悲痛). While recognizing the virtues of these books, critics today tend to rank more highly the later works because of  their formal coherence and acute perception(洞察力) of the human condition. For as long as Dickens’s novels have something to say to modern audiences, it seems likely that he will remain one of Britain’s best loved writers.

Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland

An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria （NGV）, Australia

10 June—12 August 2009

Venue（地点）   The Ian Potter Centre

Admission     Free entry

Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland — the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experience all kinds of things .At that time, Blackman’s wife was suffering form progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations, often disheartened by various events, was similar to his wife’s experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.

Illustrator Workshop

Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects.

Dates Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am—1pm

Venue Gas Works Arts Park

Wonderful World

Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit.

Date  Sunday 24 June, 11am—4pm

Venue Exhibition Space, Level 3

Topsy- Turvy

Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened.

Dates　Sunday 8,15,22,29 July ,and Tuesday 24—Friday 27 July ,12noon—3pm

Venue Theatre, NGV Australia

Drawing Workshop

Distortions of scale (比例失真) can make artworks strange but interesting.Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world, then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking.

Date Friday 27 July, 10:30am—3pm

Venue　Foyer, Level 3

1.Charles Blackman’s paintings come from _______.

2.Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?

3.To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to _______.

4.Activities concerning children’s books are to be held _______.

Charles Babbage is generally considered______-the first computer.

          A. to invent   B .inventing   C. to have invented   D. having invented

Charles Blackman:Alice in Wonderland

An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria(NGV),Australia

10 June-12 August 2007

Venue(地点)                The Ian Potter Centre

Admission                    Free entry

Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful paintings of dreams.In 1956,he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland—the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole,meets a lot of funny characters and experiences all kinds of things.At that time,Blackman’s wife was suffering from progressive blindness.The story of Alice moving through the strange situations,often disheartened by various events,was similar to his wife’s experiences.It also reflected so much of his own life.All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.

Illustrator Workshop

Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration(插图).The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques,workshop exercises and group projects.

Dates Sunday 17 June&Sunday 5Aug,10 am-1pm

Venue Gas Works Arts Park

Wonderful World

Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day,including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit.

Date Sunday 24 June,11 am-4 pm

Venue Exhibition Space,Level 3

Topsy-Turvy

Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box.Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you.Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened.

Dates Sunday 8,15,22,29 July,and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July,12 noon-3pm

Venue Theatre,NGV Australia

Drawing Workshop

Distortions of scale(比例失真)can make artworks strange but interesting.Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world,then experiment with scale in your own drawings.More information upon booking.

Date Friday 27 July,10:30 am-3 pm

Venue Foyer,Level 3

Charles Blackman’s paintings come from         .

A.his admiration for Lewis Carroll

B.his dream of becoming a famous artist

C.his wish to express his own feelings

D.his eagerness to cure his wife’s illness

Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?

A.Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World.

B.Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop.

C.Wonderful World and Topsy-Turvy.

D.Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop.

To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings,you should go to         .

A.Exhibition Space,Level 3                               B.Gas Works Arts Park

C.Theatre,NGV Australia                                  D.Foyer,Level 3

Activities concerning children’s books are to be held         .

A.on June 24,2007                                           B.on July 15,2007

C.on July 27,2007                                            D.on August 5,2007