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Alice's Adventures in Wondertandis one of the most loved children's books of all time, and many adults
enjoy it as well. It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a magical world
called Wonderland: she has many experiences which seem to change the rules of reasoning or common
sense. The popularity of the book comes from its imagination, interesting story, and art work.
The writer of the book is Lewis Carroll-In fact, Lewis Carroll was not the writer's real name. His real
name was Charles Dodgson. One day, he took a boat ride down the Thames River to have a picnic with
three little girls who were friends of the family. To keep them entertained on the ride, he told them a story
in which Alice, the middle child, was the main character. They enjoyed the story very much.
Charles later wrote the story down under the name
Alice's Adventures Under Groundand gave it to Alice
as a Christmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George MacDnald George read it to his children
and they loved it. George suggested to Charles that he make a book from his story. Charles then wrote more
parts to the story until it was around 35 000 words. It was first printed in 1866, with art work by John
Tenniel, under the name
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book was an immediate success.
One of its first fans was Queen Victoria. She imrnediately requested a collection of all of Lewis Carroll's
works. She was surprised to find that they included many works on math. In fact, Charles Dodgson was a
highly respected mathematician.This can be seen in nmny puzzles and plays on reasoning that appear in his
books and poems.
Since the story was first printed, it has kept selling up to the present day. It has been translated into over
fifty languages and has had several rnovies based on it. The story is even mentioned in the popular 1999 film
The Matrixby the character Morpheus.
1. The passage is mainly about _____.
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A. Charles' family life
B. a girl's adventurous experience
C. a magical world called wonderland
D. the birth of a book and its lasting influences
2. Which of the followiIlg statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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A. The writer published his works under his real name.
B. The character Alice originated from George's child.
C. John contributed partly to the popularity of the book.
D. Charles offered a copy to George for advice.
3. We can learn from the passage that _____.
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A. Queen Victoria asked for a few of Charles' writings
B. Charles had a gift for reasoning and writing
C. Charles had an his works translated into fifty languages
D. The Matrix was based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
4. Which of the following is the right order of the passage?
a. Charles gave his story to Alice as a Christmas present.
b. Charles had a picnic with three little girls on the Thames.
c. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first printed in l866.
d. More parts were added to the story by Charles.
e. The book won a large number of fans.
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A. c-b-a-d-e
B. c-a-b-e-d
C. b-a-d-c-e
D. b-a-c-e-d