for his art education."表明，Bronte姐妹想资助Branwell学习美术。

　　2．We know from the text that________.

　　A．Jane Eyre was published in 1847

　　B．Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all

　　C．the Bronte sisters received a good education

　　D．Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writings

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。文章第四段最后两句话表明，姐妹三个在1847年各出了一本书，而Jane Eyre就是其中之一。因此正确答案为A项。

　　3．Which of the following was published after the death of its writer?

　　A．Shirley.　　　　　　 B．Villette.

　　C．Agnes Grey D．The Professor.

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。由最后一段可知，Charlotte死于1855年。由第四段可知，她的著作The Professor是在1859年出版的。因此正确答案应为D项。

　　4．What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?

　　A．Their novels interested few publishers.

　　B．None of them had more than two books published.

　　C．None of them lived longer than 40 years old.

　　D．Emily was the least successful of the three.

　　解析：选C　推理判断题。Charlotte出生于1816年，死于1855年；Emily生于1818年，死于"had a book published in 1847""a short while after the publication of the book"；Anne生于1820年，死于1849年。经计算可知，姐妹三个都没有活过40岁。

　　B

　　The chance of a snowy holiday season in most American cities is practically impossible this year, so any festive atmosphere to be enjoyed will have to be the imaginary sort. Luckily, there are books for that.

　　The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

　　Any reader of fairy tales knows Andersen's responsible for the snowy scenes in The Snow Queen, the story of children Kay and Gerda, who must face the goddess­like woman who controls all snowflakes after Kay is kidnapped.

　　Family Life by Akhil Sharma

　　It's a beautiful yet tragic novel about an Indian family immigrating to America, only to face entirely new hardships. Sharma's novel isn't entirely set in the wintertime, but his poetic descriptions of winter weather as lovely yet isolating make it a great choice for a December read.

　　Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Go ahead and give up the movie adaptation that has been produced recently and read or re­read