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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:推理判断题。根据第一段的 第一句话“整11点的时候Sir Percival 敲门并进来了，脸上满是焦虑和担心” 以及第三段的“他的一只脚不停地踢地 毯”及第七段的“他的脸色变得如此苍 白，以致嘴唇没了血色”可知，在Sir Percival和Laura的会面过程中Sir Percival —直很紧张 ，故选 C 项 nervous“紧 张的”。

A项angry“生气的”在文中没 有体现，B项calm“冷静的”以及D项 excitec‘兴奋的”也与文中Sir Percival 的表现不符，故排除。

2. A 解析：细节理解题。根据第九段 “当两年前做出这一承诺的时候……” 可知“ Laura曾经答应嫁给Percival”， 故A项正确;根据第二段中“如果我免 除嫁给你的承诺的话，我就不问你了。 我非常尊重我父亲的意愿”可知“Laura 的父亲希望Laura嫁给Percival ,而不 是免除婚约”，故排除B项；“ Laura只 是两年前答应嫁给Percival,而不是已 经结婚两年”，故排除C项；再根据全 文特别是文章的最后一段“你说了足 够多的话使得娶你成为我一生当中最 宝贵的愿望”可知“Percival不想免除 婚约”，故D项错误。

3. A解析:推理判断题。这篇文章记叙的是一对青年男女Sir Percival和Laura 的见面，符合小说的写作风格，且既无 前因，也无后果，应该是摘自小说的一 部分。A项！iovel“小说”;B项report “报道”，侧重新闻方面;C项diary“曰 记，日志”，通常以第一人称记叙;D项 essay “杂文，小品文，散文，随笔”。