“I do not write bitterly or angrily: for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,” he once said. His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career. There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

　　Like the author, all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success. “Minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,” he once wrote. On June 9th, 1870, aged 58, Dickens died, leaving one unfinished work．The words on his tombstone read: “He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering and the oppressed, and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world.”

　　53．The book that first called public attention to Dickens was ______.

　　A．the Pickwick Papers

　　B．Oliver Twist

　　C．Tale of Two Cities

　　D．David Copperfield

　　54．The underlined word “shades” in the passage means “_____”.

　　A．symbols

　　B．examples C．D．reminders

　　55．How did Dickens see his childhood?

　　A．He felt grateful for it．

　　B．He felt it a pity that things weren’t in his favor．

　　C．He loved writing about it．

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