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A introduce a new character and setting to the story. B show the resulting impact of the rumor Julius started. C add a surprising twist to the story. D create a sense of suspense for the outcome of the prank.

QUESTION 5 OF 11

The conversation between Julius and Dan serves mainly to????????

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A show how bored Julius is with the inhabitants of Valley View. B provide a context for the relationships in the community. C demonstrate Dan’s gullibility when it comes to rumors. D establish why Julius’ story was so widely accepted.

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QUESTION 6 OF 11

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

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A lines 3–5 (“He . . . repeatedly”)(“He had not succeeded in \??

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B lines 33–34 (“Julius . . . countenance”)(“Julius delivered himself of this tremendous lie with a transparently earnest countenance.”) C lines 45–49 (“Young Thomas . . . them”)(“Young Thomas was a con?rmed bachelor of ?fty, and Adelia Williams was forty; they were not supposed to be even well acquainted, as the Everetts and the Williamses had never been very friendly, although no open feud existed between them.”) D lines 50–52 (“Nevertheless . . . further”)(“Nevertheless, in view of Julius's circumstantial statements, the amazing news must be true, and Dan was instantly agog to carry it further.”) QUESTION 10 OF 11

Eben’s comments in lines 66–70 (“Ah . . . wife”) (“\off like that, Tom,\I was glad to hear it, although I was mighty surprised. I never thought of you and Adelia. But she's a ?ne little woman and will make you a capital wife.””) primarily indicate that he????????

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A disagrees strongly with Thomas. B ?nds the rumor to be funny. C believes that Thomas is lying. D feels unsurprised by the match.

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QUESTION 11 OF 11

It can be inferred that Tom is \????????

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A feels exasperated by Julius’ tendency to gossip. B believes Adelia doesn’t want to marry him. C is agitated that he is the subject of a rumor. D has too many errands to run in Valley View.

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QUESTION 7 OF 11

In the passage, Dan is characterized as someone who is????????

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A honest. B foolish. C stubborn. D distrustful.

QUESTION 8 OF 11

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

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Exercise 355This passage is excerpted from Kate Chopin, \originally published in 1899.Line5101520253035404550\Robert, coming out on the porch where she was. Of course Edna would like to hear Mademoiselle Reisz play; but she feared it would be useless to entreat her.\She likes you. She will come.\to one of the far cottages, where Mademoiselle Reisz was shuf?ing away. She was dragging a chair in and out of her room, and at intervals objecting to the crying of a baby, which a nurse in the adjoining cottage was endeavoring to put to sleep. She was a disagreeable little woman, no longer young, who had quarreled with almost every one, owing to a temper which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others. Robert prevailed upon her without any too great dif?culty.She entered the hall with him during a lull in the dance. She made an awkward, imperious little bow as she went in. She was a homely woman, with a small weazened face and body and eyes that glowed. She had absolutely no taste in dress, and wore a batch of rusty black lace with a bunch of arti?cial violets pinned to the side of her hair.\she requested of Robert. She sat perfectly still before the piano, not touching the keys, while Robert carried her message to Edna at the window. A general air of surprise and genuine satisfaction fell upon every one as they saw the pianist enter. There was a settling down, and a prevailing air of expectancy everywhere. Edna was a tri?e embarrassed at being thus signaled out for the imperious little woman's favor. She would not dare to choose, and begged that Mademoiselle Reisz would please herself in her selectionsEdna was what she herself called very fond of music. Musical strains, well rendered, had a way of evoking pictures in her mind. She sometimes liked to sit in the room of mornings when Madame Ratignolle played or practiced. One piece which that lady played Edna had entitled \was a short, plaintive, minor strain. The name of the piece was something else, but she called it \heard it there came before her imagination the ?gure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore. . . His attitude was one of hopeless resignation as he looked toward a distant bird winging its ?ight away from him.Another piece called to her mind a dainty young woman clad in an Empire gown, taking mincing dancing steps as she came down a long avenue between tall hedges. Again, another reminded her of children at play, and still another of nothing on earth but a demure lady stroking a cat.The very ?rst chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs. Pontellier's spinal column.It was not the ?rst time she had heard an artist at the piano. Perhaps it was the ?rst time she was ready, 606570perhaps the ?rst time her being was tempered to take an impress of the abiding truth.She waited for the material pictures which she thought would gather and blaze before her imagination. She waited in vain. She saw no pictures of solitude, of hope, of longing, or of despair. But the very passions themselves were aroused within her soul, swaying it, lashing it, as the waves daily beat upon her splendid body. She trembled, she was choking, and the tears blinded her.Mademoiselle had ?nished. She arose, and bowing her stiff, lofty bow, she went away, stopping for neither thanks nor applause. As she passed along the gallery she …… 此处隐藏：7709字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……