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1、ReadingTest65MINUTES,52QUESTIONSTurntoSection1ofyouransvWtoanswerthequestionsinthissection.三DIRECTIONSEachpassageorpairofpassagesbelowisfollowedbyanumberofquestions.Afterreadingeachpassageorpair,chsethebestanswertoeachquestionbasedonwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassageorpassagesandinanyaccompanyinggrap
2、hics(suchasatableorgraph).Line20Questions1-11arebasedonthefollowingpassages.ThispassageisfromNathanielHawthorne.TheBlithedaleRomance,0ri9inallypublishedin1852.Five-and-twentyyearsago.attheepochofthisstory,theredweltinoneoftheMiddleStatesamanwhomweshallcallFauntleroy;amanofwealth,andmagnificenttastes
3、,andprodigalexpenditure.Hishomemightalmostbestyledapalace;hishabitskintheordinarysense,princely.Hiswholebeingseemedtohavecrystallizeditselfintoanexternalsplendor,wherewithheglitteredintheeyesoftheworld,andhadnootherlifethanuponthisgaudysurface.Hehadmarriedalovelywoman,whosenaturewasdeeperthanhisown.
4、Buthisaffectionforher,thoughitshowedlargely,wassuperficial,likeallhisothermanifestationsanddevelopments;hedidnotsotrulykeepthisnoblecreatureinhisheart,aswearherbeautyforthemostbrilliantornamentofhisOUtWardstate.Andtherewasborntohimachild,abeautifuldaughter.:whomhetookfromthebeneficenthandOfGodwithno
5、justsenseofherimmortalvalue,butasamanalreadyrichingemswouldreceiveanotherjewel.Ifhelovedher,itwasbecausesheshone.AfterFaunderoyhadthusspentafewemptyyears,coruscatingcontinuallyanunnaturallight,thesourceofitwhichwasmerelyhisgoldbegantogrowmoreshallow,andfinallybecameexhausted.Hesawhimselfinimminentpe
6、riloflosingallthathadheretoforedistinguishedhim;and.consciousofnoinnateworthtofallbackupon,herecoiledfromthiscalamitywiththeinstinctofasoulshrinkingfromannihilation.Toavoidit.wretchedman!orrathertodeferit,ifbutforamonth,aday,oronlytoprocurehimselfthelifeofafewbreathsmoreamidthefalseglitterwhichwasno
7、w依哥hisowithinever.hemadehimselfguiltyofacrime.30Itwasjustthesortofcrime,growingoutofitsartificialstate,whichSoCiety(unlessitshouldchangeitsentireconstitutionforthismansunworthysake)neithercouldnoroughttopardon.Moresafelymightitpardonmurder.Fauntleroysguiltwasdiscovered.Hcfled;hiswifepenshed,bythenec
8、essityof35herinnatenobleness,initsalliancewithabeing$0ignoble:andbetwixthermothersdeathandherfathersignominy,hisdaughterwasleftworsethanorphaned.TherewasnopursuitafterFauntleroy.Hisfamilyconnections,whohadgreatwealth,madesucharrangements40withthoseWhomhehadattemptedtowrongassecuredhimfromtheretribut
9、ionthatwouldhaveovertakenanunfriendedcriminal.Thewreckofhisestatewasdividedamonghiscreditors:Hisname,inaverybriefspace.WaSforgottenbythemultitudewhohadpasseditsodiligentlyfrommouthto45mouth.Seldom,indeed,wasitrecalled,evenbyhisclosestformerintimates.Norcouldithavebeenotherwise.Themanhadlaidnorealtou
10、chonanymortalsheart.Beingamereimage,anopticaldelusion*createdbythesunshineofprosperity,itwashislawtovanishintotheshadowofthe50firstinterveningcloud.Heseemedtoleavenovacancy;aphenomenonwhichlikemanyothersthatattendedhisbriefcareer,wentfartoprvetheillusivenessofhisexistence.Not,however,thatthephysical
11、substanceofFauntleroyhaj,!lymeltedintovapor.Hehadflednorthwardtothe55NwEpg!andmetropolis,andhadtakenuphisabode,underanthhame,inasqualidstreetorcourtoftheolderportionofthecity.Therehedweltamongpoverty-strickenwretches,sinners,andforlorngoodpeople,Irish,andwhomsoeverelsewereneediest.Manyfamilieswerecl
12、usteredineachhouse60together,abovestairsandbelowtinthelittlepeakedgarrets,andevenintheduskycellars.ThehousewhereFauntleroypaidweeklyrentforachamberandaclosethadbeenastatelyhabitationinitsday.Anoldcolonialgovernorhadbuiltit,andlivedthere*longago,andheldhisleveesinagreat65roomwherenowslepttwentyIrishb
13、edfellows;anddiedin:Fauntleroyschamber,whichhisembroideredandwhite-wiggedghoststillhaunted.Tatteredhangings,amarblehearth,traversedwithmanycracksandfissures,arichlycarvedoakenmantelpiece,partlyhackedawayforkindling-:70stuff,astuccoedceiling,defacedwithgreat,unsightlypatchesofthenakedlaths,suchwasthe
14、chambersaspect,asif,withitssplintersandragsofdirtysplendor,itwereakindofpracticalgibeatthispoor,ruinedmanofshow.75Atfirst,andatirreguhrIntervals,hisrelativesallowedFauntleroyalittlepittanceWstainlife;notfromanylove,perhaps,butlestpovertyshouldcompelhim,bynewoffences,toaddmoreshametothatwithwhichheha
15、dalreadystainedthem.Butheshowednotendencyto80furtherguilt.Hischaracterappearedtohavebeenradicallyjchanged(astindeed,fromitsshallowness,itwellmight)byhismiserablefate;or,itmaybe,thetraitsnowseeninhimwereportionsofthesamecharacter,presentingitselftnanotherphase.Insteadofanylongerseekingtolivein85thesi
16、ghtoftheworld,hisimpulsewastoshrinkintothenearestobscurity,andtobeunseenofmen,wereitpossible,:evenwhilestandingbeforetheireyes.Hehadnopride;itwasalltroddeninthedust.Noostentation;forhowcoulditsurvive,whentherewasnothingleftOfFauntleroy,90savepenuryandshame!Hisverygaitdemonstratedthathewouldgladlyhavefadedoutofview,andhavecreptaboutinvisibly,forthesakeofshelteringhimselffromtheirksomenessofahumanglance.Hardly*itwas