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JaneAustenafamousEnglishwriterwasbornatSteventonHampshireonDecember16

1775anddiedonJuly181817.Shebeganwritingearlyinlifealthoughtheprejudicesofhertimesforcedhertohaveherbookspublishedanonymously(匿名).

ButJaneAustenisperhapsthebestknownandbestlovedofBath'smanyfamouslocalpeopleandvisitors.Shepaidtwolongvisitshereduringthelastfiveyearsoftheeighteenthcenturyandfrom1801to1806Bathwasherhome.HerdeepknowledgeofthecityisfullyseenintwoofhernovelsNorthangerAbbeyandPersuasionwhicharelargelysetinBath.ThecityisstillverymuchasJaneAustenknewitkeepinginitsstreetsandpublicbuildingsthewell-orderedworldthatshedescribedsowellinhernovels.NowthepleasureoflearningJaneAusten'sBathcanbeenhanced(增强)byvisitingtheJaneAustenCentreinGayStreet.HereinaGeorgiantownhouseintheheartofthecityyoucanfindoutmoreaboutBathinJaneAusten'stimeandtheimportanceofBathinherlifeandwork.

TheCentrehasbeensetupwiththehelpandguidanceofmembersoftheJaneAustenSociety.AfteryourvisittotheCentreyoucanlookroundtheattractiveshopwhichoffersahugecollectionofJaneAustenrelatedbookscardsandmanyspeciallydesignedgifts.JaneAustenquizzesareofferedtokeepthechildrenbusy.

YoucanalsohavewalkingtoursofJaneAusten'sBathwhichisagreatwaytofindoutmore

aboutJaneAustenanddiscoverthewonderfulGeorgiancityofBath.Thetourlastsaboutoneandahalfhours.TheexperiencedguideswilltakeyoutotheplaceswhereJanelivedwalkedand

shopped.

56.JaneAustenpaidtwolongvisitstoBath________.

A.inherearlytwenties B.inherearlyteens

C.inherlatetwenties D.inherlateteens

57.WhatcanwelearnaboutBathfromthepassage?

A.BathhasgreatlychangedsinceJaneAusten'sdeath.

B.ThecityhaschangedasmuchasJaneAustenknewit.

C.BathremainsalmostthesameasinJaneAusten'stime.

D.NochangeshavetakenplaceinBathsinceJaneAusten'stime.

58.Theauthorwritesthispassageinorderto________.

A.attractreaderstovisitthecityofBath