Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Charles Dickens, a great English writer, was born in 1812, at Portsmouth. His father was a clerk. His mother (21) ___________ care of her children. But Charles didn't live long at Portsmouth. When he was 4 years old, the family moved to Chatham. In this town Charles went to school (22) ___________ he learned to read. The boy liked literature very much. In 1821 ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Charles Dickens, a great English writer, was born in 1812, at Portsmouth. His father was a clerk. His mother (21) ___________ care of her children. But Charles didn't live long at Portsmouth. When he was 4 years old, the family moved to Chatham. In this town Charles went to school (22) ___________ he learned to read. The boy liked literature very much.

In 1821 the Dickens family came to London. They had very little money and (23) ___________ a very poor life. Mr. Dickens was in debt and so he found himself in prison. Charles was the oldest out of eight children and he got a job at a factory. His work was very difficult, later he took a job at a lawyer's office and began to write (24) ___________ for newspapers. Soon he became a reporter.

In 1833 Charles Dickens published his first book "Pickwick papers". It became very (25) ___________ and made him famous. Then many other books came, Charles Dickens died in 1870.