【正确答案】：
A. THE STORY OPENS WITH THE TITULAR HEROINE, JANE EYRE, A PLAIN LITTLE ORPHAN.
B. THIS NOVEL SHARPLY CRITICIZE THE EXISTING SOCIETY, E.G. THE RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY OF CHARITY INSTITUTIONS, THE SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION JANE EXPERIENCES.
C. THE SUCCESS OF THE NOVEL IS ALSO DUE TO ITS INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH NOVEL THE FIRST GOVERNESS HEROINE JANE EYRE.
D. IT IS AN INTENSE MORAL FABLE AT THE SAME TIME. JANE, LIKE MR. ROCHESTER, HAS TO UNDERGO A SERIES OF PHYSICAL AND MORAL TESTS TO GROW UP AND ACHIEVE HER FINAL HAPPINESS.
【题目解析】：本题考查《简爱》受欢迎以及历史地位重要的原因。作答时可从主人公，小说内容，社会意义以及其他方面来介绍这部小说成功的原因所在。A. 故事以主人公简·爱——一个平凡的小孤儿开始。 B. 这部小说尖锐地批判了现存的社会，如慈善机构的宗教虚伪，简所经历的社会歧视。 C. 小说的成功还得益于其对英国小说第一个家庭女教师简·爱的介绍。 D. 这同时也是一个强烈的道德寓言。简·爱和罗切斯特先生一样，必须经历一系列的身体和道德上的考验，才能长大，最终获得幸福。