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Comprehension

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Aª² 1ª² Being a pious Christian, she had a deep respect and boundless love for God, hoping that God would bless and save her whole family. Now that there was an opportunity for the soul of her nephew to be saved, she couldn't help feeling excited. She was looking forward to the special meeting for children, unable to hide her eagerness.

2ª² She told him that he could see and hear and feel Jesus in his soul when he was saved. Jesus would come to him and the child would see a light and feel different inside. Being a child of twelve, he believed her and waited in great earnest for Jesus to come into his life.

3ª² The writer purposely describes the members of the congregation in detail ¡ª the old black women wearing plaits, and weatherª²beaten old men; ¡°weatherª²beaten¡± indicates their rich experience of life. Since they believed in God and they said the same things about Jesus, the child didn't think it could be untrue. The writer is suggesting that the power of other people to make a person do what they believe is right is often irresistible.

4ª² 1) It is first mentioned by the child's aunt in the second paragraph, as an idea presented by his aunt in the process of trying to convince him of the importance of being saved.

2) In the fifth oneª²sentence paragraph the child was waiting to see Jesus.

3) It is repeated in the seventh paragraph, when the child was still waiting and longing to see Jesus.

4) It it repeated again in the eleventh paragraph, this time as an indirect accusation of hypocrisy, since Jesus didn't punish Westley for telling a lie.

5) The last time it is repeated is in the last paragraph, when it ends up in Langston's selfª²revelation of and regret over his dishonesty, and it helps to express his distress about having been disillusioned.

5ª² He believed that many old people certainly knew better ¡ª that God would come into his life. He felt he had to wait patiently to see Jesus in spite of the heat, the crowd, and the earnest entreaties of some of the members of the congregation. As he hadn't seen Jesus, he didn't want to lie and say he had, for he was basically an honest boy.

6ª² The lessons he learned were£º

1) He couldn't resist the power to do what a great many people thought he should. People, old and young, men and women, all believed in the existence of almighty God; he had to do what they expected of him and sit on the mourner's bench to be saved and say Jesus had come.

2) If he didn't want to hold everything up, and if he wanted to save further trouble, he had better lie. The proverb ¡°Honesty is the best policy¡±, he learned, did not always apply.

3) Religion was not what he wanted. He couldn't and wouldn't believe in his aunt and God any more since he had been deceived and forced to tell a lie.

7ª² He was saved from sin in an ironic sense. He was compelled to commit a sin (ie, to lie) in order to be ¡°saved from sin¡±.

Bª² Reference version£º

1ª² Every night for weeks, the priests gave sermons, and people sang songs in praise of God, worshipped God and shouted for joy. Some sinners who had never showed signs of shame or repentance were saved from sin and the number of the members of the church increased rapidly. 2ª² The clergyman spoke on religious matters to the congregation. His speech was marvellously regular and melodious; it was a mixture of the low sounds of pain, grief and suffering, loud and happy as well as lonely cries, and horrible pictures of the world sinners go to when they die. 3ª² The whole building shook with all the praying and singing.

4ª² All the people attending church service prayed only for me; their praying became one strong and powerful sound of pain and suffering.

5ª² The whole church became a sea of great joy.

6ª² When everything became quiet again, during a respectful silence, which was broken only by several people saying ¡°Amen¡± extremely joyfully and happily, all the children were given blessings by the minister in the name of God.

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Comprehension

1ª² F (People were pleased because he was not only honest but also a good businessman.)

2ª² F (In fact, they were greatly interested in others' business. For example, George Williams and Clyde Ballard's wife listened to others' telephone calls on the party line.)

3ª² F (George also spoke ill of him. For example, he said, ¡°Well, I always said that Sam Billings was the biggest crook that ever lived in the town of Androscoggin.¡±)

4ª² F (Florida was to the South of Androscoggin.)

5ª² T

6ª² F (No one told him of the things that had been said against him.)

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Comprehension

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GUIDED WRITING

Sentence Combination

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Gossip can be gracious and kindly and as often affected by good will as by rancour.

Try to imagine, for instance, a village where there is no gossip. Every citizen in it is, to use a common expression, minding his own business, never caring to see what anyone else is doing. In such a place, there would probably be no charities, no getting together, no luncheon clubs, no sewing bees, no Rotary, no Parentª²Teacher Associations, and in fact, no local news, for news is nothing but verified gossip.

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