新SAT官方阅读60篇literature - 图文(7)

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Exercise 555This passage is excerpted from Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days. Originally published in 1873.Line5101520253035404550The mansion in Saville Row, though not sumptuous, was exceedingly comfortable. The habits of its occupant were such as to demand but little from the sole domestic, but Phileas Fogg required him to be almost superhumanly prompt and regular. On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting his successor, who was due at the house between eleven and half-past.Phileas Fogg was seated squarely in his armchair, his feet close together like those of a grenadier on parade, his hands resting on his knees, his body straight, his head erect; he was steadily watching a complicated clock which indicated the hours, the minutes, the seconds, the days, the months, and the years. At exactly half-past eleven Mr. Fogg would, according to his daily habit, quit Saville Row, and repair to the Reform1.A rap at this moment sounded on the door of the cosy apartment where Phileas Fogg was seated, and James Forster, the dismissed servant, appeared.\A young man of thirty advanced and bowed.\your name is John?\\Passepartout, a surname which has clung to me because I have a natural aptness for going out of one business into another. I believe I'm honest, monsieur, but, to be outspoken, I've had several trades. I've been an itinerant singer, a circus-rider, when I used to vault like Leotard,2 and dance on a rope like Blondin.3 Then I got to be a professor of gymnastics, so as to make better use of my talents; and then I was a sergeant ?reman at Paris, and assisted at many a big ?re. But I quitted France ?ve years ago, and, wishing to taste the sweets of domestic life, took service as a valet here in England. Finding myself out of place, and hearing that Monsieur Phileas Fogg was the most exact and settled gentleman in the United Kingdom, I have come to monsieur in the hope of living with him a tranquil life, and forgetting even the name of Passepartout.\\recommended to me; I hear a good report of you. You know my conditions?\\\\drawing an enormous silver watch from the depths of his pocket.\\\mention the error. Now from this moment, twenty-nine 60minutes after eleven, a.m., this Wednesday, 2nd October, you are in my service.\Phileas Fogg got up, took his hat in his left hand, put it on his head with an automatic motion, and went off without a word.Passepartout heard the street door shut once; it was his new master going out. He heard it shut again; it was his predecessor, James Forster, departing in his turn. Passepartout remained alone in the house in Saville Row.1A private members’ club in London2A French acrobat3A French tightrope walker and acrobatQUESTION 1 OF 10Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from???????????????? A a description of one character to an illustration of that character’s interactions with another character. B a characterization of the upper classes to an exposure of problems with the social order. C a depiction of a particular place and time to a prediction about one man’s future. D opinions held by an employer to the views asserted by a potential employee. QUESTION 2 OF 10The narrator describes the circumstances under which James Forster was ?red most likely in order to???????????????? A emphasize the standards that Phileas Fogg demands from his employees. B demonstrate the unfairness of Phileas Fogg’s methods. C represent social conditions that Phileas Fogg perpetuates. D show Phileas Fogg’s random acts of cruelty. QUESTION 3 OF 10In paragraph two (lines 10–17(“Phileas Fogg was seated squarely in his armchair, his feet close together like those of a grenadier on parade, his hands resting on his knees, his body straight, his head erect; he was steadily watching a complicated clock which indicated the hours, the minutes, the seconds, the days, the months, and the years. At exactly half-past eleven Mr. Fogg would, according to his daily habit, quit Saville Row, and repair to the Reform.*”)), the narrator characterizes Mr. Fogg as someone who???????????????? A lacks friends and unwillingly spends most of his time in solitude. B has become jaded and predictable after time spent in the military. C has high standards for both comportment and punctuality. D becomes bored easily because of his lack of interests. QUESTION 4 OF 10As used in line 22(“ advanced”), “advanced” most nearly means???????? A promoted. B approached. ???????????????????????????? …… 此处隐藏：2664字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……