regarded as a thinking and independent person, rather than as a weak female．

Charlotte Bronte wrote three other novels．The first one, The Professor, was not published until 1857, after her death．Shirley（1849）is set among the labour riots of the early 1800s．Villette（1853） the most popular of the three, is based on Charlotte's unhappy experiences as a governess in Brussels．

8．The underlined word"autobiographical"in paragraph 3 most probably means _______．

A．popular B．likely to cause sympathy

C．relating to her own life D．concerning female issues

9．We can infer from the passage that _______．

A．the three sisters were badly treated by their step-mother

B．The three Bronte sisters were brought up in Ireland

C．Haworth was suffering high unemployment at the time of the three Bronte sisters

D．writing was not intended for women in the 19th century in Britain

10．In many readers' eyes, Rochester, _______．

A．acted too rudely towards Jane B．did not deserve to be Jane's husband

C．was too bad to be truthful D．should be Jane's master as well as her husband

11．What will probably be discussed in the coming paragraphs of this passage?

A．The other two sisters' works． B．Charlotte Bronte's life in Brussels．

C．What is talked about in the novel, Villette． D．Why their novels outweighed (超过)their poems．

Given Australia's size and the fact that early settlements were far apart, Australian society is remarkably homogeneous (同种的). The way of life in the major cities and towns is much the same, however many miles divide them. It takes a sharp ear to tell the differences between regional accents.

However, there is some difference in lifestyle between people in the city and