首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
自考
An Unwelcome Guest Maggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house. So far as the children were conce
An Unwelcome Guest Maggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house. So far as the children were conce
admin
2019-08-15
48
问题
An Unwelcome Guest
Maggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house. So far as the children were concerned, they had a mystery about him that stirred their imagination. He stirred Maggie’ s anger, however, so that she often said to her husband, " it’ s mercy that brother of yours doesn’ t come oftener".
In fact, James came once a year, unexpectedly, around eight o’ clock in the evening, and he stayed for six hours of close discussion with his brother. His arrival was a signal to the children that their bedtime would be delayed. Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them. He took no notice of them, as if he was unable to see children, at least until the time came for him to go. Instead, after his first greeting and a careless kiss, James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add, "you’ll be getting on with the supper, Maggie". Such was his regard for her.
Maggie paid him back in her own way. She kept the children up, the four of them, to keep her company, she said, but of course they sang and made a noise and broke the endless sound of James’ voice. Very late, they dropped off to sleep in their chairs. Then, when James was about to go, Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left. That gave her some satisfaction, for James, though rich, was mean. He always went home by the last train, just after two o’ clock.
Maggie’ s children secretly stared at their uncle. They could not forget that he had, in their mother’ s words, "lost two wives and taken a third". They wondered about those two unfortunate lost ladies. They asked each other what their fate had been, and if neither could ever be found again. James never brought his third wife with him nor ever mentioned her. The children decided that he must be so frightened of losing her that he never allowed her outside the door.
Her children couldn’ t wait to say goodbye to James because they dropped off to sleep early.
选项
A、TRUE
B、FALSE
C、Not Given
答案
B
解析
题干要求判断是否所有的孩子等不到和James告别因为他们很早就睡着了。第三段讲到,当James要离开时,“Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left”,她会把孩子们叫醒,迫使James给他们四个先令。所以题干是错误的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/J4kR777K
本试题收录于:
英语(一)题库公共课分类
0
英语(一)
公共课
相关试题推荐
ShoppingandHealthManypeoplebelievethatshopping(shop)isabadhabit.However,arecentTimemagazinesuggeststhatth
TheStateFlowerofAlaskaAlaskaisknown(know)asastatethatproduceswildanimalsaswellaskind-heartedpeople.Thes
HowtoImproveaChild’sAppetiteMostchildrenwith【C1】______(health)appetitesarereadytoeatalmostanythingthatiso
FactorsforAmerica’sInventivenessWhataccountsforthegreatoutburstofmajor【W1】______inearlyAmerica—breakthroughssu
AnUnwelcomeGuestMaggiewasverygladthatJameswasnotafrequentvisitortothehouse.Sofarasthechildrenwereconce
TheBestPlacetoBeBornintheWorldLastyear,theEIU(EconomistIntelligenceUnit),asistercompanyoftheEconomist,
Task2A.advertiserB.culturalbarriersC.targetaudiencesD.advertisingdecisionsandbudgetsE.amajorfor
CulturalEstrangement(隔阂)betweenVisitorsandAmericansAreportconsistentlybroughtbackbyvisitorstotheUSishowfrie
Task2A.aChristianpriestB.asecretadmirerorasimplehandmadecardC.theTowerofLondonD.messagesofloveE.st
随机试题
下列属于流水施工基本参数中空间参数的是()
正侧位胸片怀疑纵隔病变,需要加做
盐酸普鲁卡因注射液醋酸可的松注射液
yOz坐标面上的曲线绕Oz轴旋转一周所生成的旋转曲面方程是()。
下列平衡梁的型式中,______是用无缝钢管、吊耳、加强板等焊接而成,可用于吊装排管、钢结构件及中、小型设备。()
会计监督是会计()之一。
有关民事行为的说法,正确的是()。
“太湖三宝”中居第一位的是()。
阅读材料,回答下列问题。材料一:共享单车是指企业在校园、地铁站点、公交站点、居民区、商业区、公共服务区等提供自行车共享服务,是共享经济的新形态。截至2016年底,中国共享单车市场整体用户数量已达到1886万,预计2017年,共享单车市场用户规模将
按照学生的能力、学习成绩或兴趣爱好分为不同组进行教学的组织形式称为()。
最新回复
(
0
)