It's known that Charles Dickens is a great English writer. He is well-known not only in British, 1 in many other countries around the world. But do you know he was both a 2 and an actor?

Maybe it's 3 to hear that and that's why his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories 4 were very popular. His 5 first appeared in a magazine, in parts, so people always wanted to read the next 6  He wrote a lot of stories, and most of them are popular. Some of his stories were

7  into films and plays. For example，Oliver Twistbecame a famous musical play, and Great Expectationswas a wonderful 8

  Dickens had a 9 life when he was young. His family was poor,and he had to work in a factory near his home at the age of 12. He didn't like it，but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth in 1836. He went on to write 10 he was 68 years old. In 1870，he passed away when he was writing a story. But we won't know what's the story's end！

(   ) 1. A. so    B. and

       C. but    D. or

(   ) 2. A. teacher    B. writer

       C. worker    D. farmer

(   ) 3. A. interesting    B. interested

       C. boring    D. bored

(   ) 4. A. what    B. which

       C. who    D. where

(   ) 5. A. drawings    B. friends

     C. stories    D. plays

(   ) 6. A. story    B. play

      C. person    D. part

(   ) 7. A. made    B. make

      C. used    D. use

(   ) 8. A. opera    B. part

       C. film    D. work

(   ) 9. A. happy    B. hard

      C. different    D. interesting

(   ) 10. A. until    B. when

       C. after    D. while

A：Jack, I hear that you've just come back from Beijing. 1 

B：Oh, it's fantastic. It is one of the most interesting places I have ever seen. 

A: 2

B：I went to many places，but Fm interested in the Great Wall most. 

A：Could you tell me something about it? 

B：Well，it is one of the greatest wonders of the world. 

A：3 Tell me some more about it. 

B： 4 It's about 4，000 miles long and it looks wonderful.

A; 5

B：It's about 2，600 years old.

A.   Where did you go?

B.   How old is it?

C.   How high is it?

D.   When did you go there？

E.   Sounds interesting！

F.    How do you like it?

G.   It was built by the first emperor of China.

1._________ 2._______  3._________

4._______ 5,       

(   ) 10. ―The fireplace     well in your room just now. It's warm now.

     ―Thanks，Dad！
A. fixed    B. was fixed

C. fixes    D. is fixed

(   ) 9.——Mom,I have got the first      in the writing competition.

     —Congratulations！
A. fear    B. pride

C. leader    D. prize

(   ) 8.—When did the Second World War____ ？

     —In 1939.

A. break into    B. break down

C. break out    D. break up

(   ) 7.——Which do you like better, playing football or basketball?

     —_______ ，  I prefer going swimming today.

A. Both    B. Either

C. Neither    D. All

(   ) 6. ―Marie Curie is a great scientist in the world.

    ―Yes. She     the Nobel Prize twice in her lifetime.

A. won    B. beat

C. lost    D. defeat

(   ) 5. With the development of society, more and more people have      computers.

A. plenty    B. private

C. proud    D. patient

(   ) 4. ―When shall we go to the fashion show?

    ―Either Saturday or Sunday      OK. I'm free this weekend.

A. was    B. were

C. is    D. are

(   ) 3. ―Why didn't you buy the phone?

     —It costs_________ 3,000yuan.I don't take enough money with me.

A. as many as    B. as much as

C. as little as    D. as less as