Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth.Finances were a constant concern for his family.The expenses of having a large family were too much for his father's salary.In fact, when Charles was just four months old, the family moved to a smaller home to cut expenses.

At a very young age, despite his family's financial situation, Charles dreamed of becoming a gentleman.However, when he was 12, it seemed his dream would never come true.He suffered a lot.Charles' education was unplanned, but he supplemented it with constant reading, particularly of the eighteenthcentury novels in his father's small library.He was poorly clothed, ill fed, forced to live in the cheapest place.

Also,12yearold Charles was removed from school and sent to work at a factory to help support the family.Charles was deeply marked by these experiences.This childhood poverty, although unknown to his readers until after his death, would be a heavy influence on Dickens' later views on social reform and the world he would create through his fiction.He knew those kinds of feelings.He was lost at that time when he worked hopelessly in the factory.That period was so bitter to the sensitive boy.When he was a successful, happy man, he could not look back upon it without tears in his eyes.

Luckily the situation improved within a year.Charles was released from his duties at the factory.

小题1:As a boy, Charles Dickens' dream was __________.

A．to be a writer

B．to be a gentleman

C．to work in a factory

D．to support his family小题2:Charles Dickens was removed from school because __________.

A．he didn't like to go to school at all

B．he caused much trouble at school

C．he had to make money to support the family

D．he liked reading in his father's small library小题3:What greatly affected Charles Dickens when he was young?

A．His constant reading.

B．His family's frequent move.

C．His leaving school to work.

D．His father's salary.小题4:What can we know about Charles Dickens?

A．He received a good education when young.

B．He felt confused when working in the factory.

C．He worked in the factory for many years.

D．He started to work in the factory in 1826.