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     At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered,with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life,and he obviously knew it.

“You may wonder,Sir Percival,” said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released (免除 ) from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father's wishes too much.

His face relaxed a little,but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.

    ‘‘ No,if we are going to withdraw (退出) from our planned mamage,it will be because of your wish,not mine. ”

    “Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?”

    “ A reason that is very hard to tell you,M she answered. ” There is a change in me.

His face went so pale that even his lips lost their colour. He turned his head to one side.

    “What change?”he asked,trying to appear calm.

   “ When the promise was made two years agoshe said, “my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me,Sir Percival,if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”

    ‘‘ I wish you to understand ,” Laura continuedthat I will never see this person again,and that if you leave me,you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret. ”

   “I will do both those things,” he said. Then he looked at Laura,as if he was waiting to hear more.

   “I think I have said enough to give'you reason to withdraw from our marriage,”she added quietly.

   “No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you,”he said.

（   ）1. How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?

   A. Angry. B. Calm. C. Nervous. D. Excited.

2. We can learn from the passage that .

   A. Laura had once promised to marry Percival

   B. Laura's father wished to end her marriage

   C. Percival had been married to Laura for two years

   D. Percival asked to be released from the marriage

3. The passage is probably taken out of .

   A. a novel   B. a report   C. a diary   D. an essay

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. A1. C解析:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的 第一句話“整11點的時候Sir Percival 敲門并進來了，臉上滿是焦慮和擔心” 以及第三段的“他的一只腳不停地踢地 毯”及第七段的“他的臉色變得如此蒼 白，以致嘴唇?jīng)]了血色”可知，在Sir Percival和Laura的會面過程中Sir Percival —直很緊張 ，故選 C 項 nervous“緊 張的”。

A項angry“生氣的”在文中沒 有體現(xiàn)，B項calm“冷靜的”以及D項 excitec‘興奮的”也與文中Sir Percival 的表現(xiàn)不符，故排除。

2. A 解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第九段 “當兩年前做出這一承諾的時候……” 可知“ Laura曾經(jīng)答應嫁給Percival”， 故A項正確;根據(jù)第二段中“如果我免 除嫁給你的承諾的話，我就不問你了。 我非常尊重我父親的意愿”可知“Laura 的父親希望Laura嫁給Percival ,而不 是免除婚約”，故排除B項；“ Laura只 是兩年前答應嫁給Percival,而不是已 經(jīng)結(jié)婚兩年”，故排除C項；再根據(jù)全 文特別是文章的最后一段“你說了足 夠多的話使得娶你成為我一生當中最 寶貴的愿望”可知“Percival不想免除 婚約”，故D項錯誤。

3. A解析:推理判斷題。這篇文章記敘的是一對青年男女Sir Percival和Laura 的見面，符合小說的寫作風格，且既無 前因，也無后果，應該是摘自小說的一 部分。A項！iovel“小說”;B項report “報道”，側(cè)重新聞方面;C項diary“曰 記，日志”，通常以第一人稱記敘;D項 essay “雜文，小品文，散文，隨筆”。