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months—I had no thought of staying longer than that. I meant to see all I could that was new and strange, and then hurry home to business. I little thought that I would not see the end of that three-month pleasure excursion for six or seven uncommonly long years!”)) that the narrator's stay was????????

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A less exciting than he had expected. B much longer than he had planned. C more pleasurable than he had anticipated. D more dangerous than he had expected.

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QUESTION 8 OF 11

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question???

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A lines 34–37 (“Not . . . apiece”)(“Not much packing up was necessary, because we were going in the overland stage from the Missouri frontier to Nevada, and passengers were only allowed a small quantity of baggage apiece.”) B lines 38–40 (“I only . . . that”)(“I only proposed to stay in Nevada three months—I had no thought of staying longer than that.”) C lines 40–41 (“I meant . . . business”)(“ I meant to see all I could that was new and strange, and then hurry home to business.”) ????

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Exercise 3This passage is excerpted from Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the 55Seven Gables. Originally published in 1851. In this scene, set in the American Colonies when they were still governed by England, Colonel Pyncheon holds a party at his home for a visiting English dignitary.Line5101520253035404550One inauspicious circumstance there was, which awakened a hardly concealed displeasure in the breasts of a few of the more punctilious visitors. The founder of this stately mansion—a gentleman noted for the square and ponderous courtesy of his demeanor, ought surely to have stood in his own hall, and to have offered the ?rst welcome to so many eminent personages as here presented themselves in honor of his solemn festival. He was as yet invisible; the most favored of the guests had not beheld him. This sluggishness on Colonel Pyncheon's part became still more unaccountable, when the second dignitary of the province made his appearance, and found no more ceremonious a reception. The lieutenant-governor, although his visit was one of the anticipated glories of the day, had alighted from his horse, and assisted his lady from her side-saddle, and crossed the Colonel's threshold, without other greeting than that of the principal domestic.This person—a gray-headed man, of quiet and most respectful deportment—found it necessary to explain that his master still remained in his study, or private apartment; on entering which, an hour before, he had expressed a wish on no account to be disturbed.\taking the servant aside, \lieutenant-governor? Summon Colonel Pyncheon at once! I know that he received letters from England this morning; and, in the perusal and consideration of them, an hour may have passed away without his noticing it. But he will be ill-pleased, I judge, if you suffer him to neglect the courtesy due to one of our chief rulers, and who may be said to represent King William, in the absence of the governor himself. Call your master instantly.\\perplexity, but with a backwardness that strikingly indicated the hard and severe character of Colonel Pyncheon's domestic rule; \and, as your worship knows, he permits of no discretion in the obedience of those who owe him service. Let who list open yonder door; I dare not, though the governor's own voice should bid me do it!\\governor, who had overheard the foregoing discussion, and felt himself high enough in station to play a little with his dignity. \that the good Colonel came forth to greet his friends; else we shall be apt to suspect that he has taken a sip too much of his Canary wine, in his extreme deliberation which cask it were best to broach in honor of the day! But since he is so much behindhand, I will give him a remembrancer myself!\Accordingly, with such a tramp of his ponderous riding-boots as might of itself have been audible in the remotest of 6065707580the seven gables, he advanced to the door, which the servant pointed out, and made its new panels reecho with a loud, free knock. Then, looking round, with a smile, to the spectators, he awaited a response. As none came, however, he knocked again, but with the same unsatisfactory result as at ?rst. And now, being a tri?e choleric in his temperament, the lieutenant-governor uplifted the heavy hilt of his sword, wherewith he so beat and banged upon the door, that, as some of the bystanders whispered, the racket might have disturbed the dead. Be that as it might, it seemed to produce no awakening effect on Colonel Pyncheon. When the sound subsided, the silence through the house was deep, dreary, and oppressive, notwithstanding that the tongues of many of the guests had already been loosened by a surreptitious cup or two of wine or spirits.\governor, whose smile was changed to a frown. \that our host sets us the good example of forgetting ceremony, I shall likewise throw it aside, and make free to intrude on his privacy.\He tried the door, which yielded to his hand, and was ?ung wide open by a sudden gust of wind that passed, as with a loud sigh, from the outermost portal through all the passages and apartments of the new house. It rustled the silken garments of the ladies, and waved the long curls of the gentlemen's wigs, and shook the window-hangings and the curtains of the bedchambers; causing everywhere a singular stir, which yet was more like a hush. A shadow of awe and half-fearful anticipation—nobody knew wherefore, nor of what—had all at once fallen over the company.QUESTION 1 OF 11Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from????????????????A the unusual behavior of a single character to a general sense of mystery. B the characterization of the party guests to the actions of the host. C a celebration …… 此处隐藏：8243字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……