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
外语
Many trees in the Brackham area were brought down in the terrible storms that March. The town itself lost two great lime trees f
Many trees in the Brackham area were brought down in the terrible storms that March. The town itself lost two great lime trees f
admin
2014-01-09
30
问题
Many trees in the Brackham area were brought down in the terrible storms that March. The town itself lost two great lime trees from the former market square. The disappearance of such prominent features had altered the appearance of the town centre entirely, to the annoyance of its more conservative inhabitants.
Among the annoyed, under more normal circumstances, would have been Chief Inspector Douglas Pelham, head of the local police force. But at the height of that week’s storm, when the winds brought down even the mature walnut tree in his garden, Pelham had in fact been in no fit state to notice. A large and healthy man, he had for the first time in his life been seriously ill with an attack of bronchitis.
When he first complained of an aching head and tightness in his chest, his wife, Molly, had tried to persuade him to go to the doctor. Convinced that the police force could not do without him, he had, as usual, ignored her and attempted to carry on working. Predictably, though he wouldn’t hiave listened to anyone who tried to tell him so, this has the effect of fogging his memory and shortening his temper.
It was only when his colleague, Sergeant Lloyed, took the initiative and drove him to the doctor’s door that he finally gave in. By that time, he didn’t have the strength left to argue with hjer. In no time at all, she was taking him along to the chemist’s to get his prescribed antibiotics and then home to his unsurprised wife who sent him straight to bed.
When Molly told him, on the Thursday morning, that the walnut tree had been brought down during the night, Pelham hadn’t been able to take it in. On Thursday evening, he had asked weakly about damage to the house, groaned thankfully when he heard there was none, and pulled the sheets over his head.
It wasn’t until Saturday, when the antibiotics took effect, his temperature dropped and he got up, that he realised with a shock that the loss of the walnut tree had made a permanent difference to the appearance of the living-room. The Pelhams’ large house stood in a sizeable garden. It had not come cheap, but even so Pelham had no regrets about buying it. The leafy garden had created an impression of privacy. Now, though, the storm had changed his outlook.
Previously, the view from the living-room had featured the handsome walnut tree. This has not darkened the room because there was also a window on the opposite wall, but it had provided interesting patterns of light and shade that disguised the true state of the worn furniture that the family had brought with them from their previous house.
With the tree gone, the room seemed cruelly bright, its worn furnishings exposed in all their shabbiness. And the view from the window didn’t bear looking at. The tall house next door, previously hidden by the tree, was now there, dominating the outlook with its unattractive purple bricks and external pipes. It seemed to have a great many upstairs windows, all of them watching the Pelhams’ every movement.
"Doesn’t it look terrible?" Pelham croaked to his wife.
But Molly, standing in the doorway, sounded more pleased than dismayed. "That’s what I’ve been telling you ever since we came here. We have to buy a new sofa, whatever it costs. "
Why were some people in Brackham annoyed after the storm?
选项
A、The town looked different.
B、The police had done little to help.
C、No market could be held.
D、Fallen trees had not been removed.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/KqcO777K
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Aftermanyyearsofaccomplishmentsandgloryinthefiledofbusinessandfinance,hishugebusinessisnowontherocksandhi
Butthat’sexactlywhatitfacedaftertheSovietUnioncollapsed.Livingconditionsslid,TBcasesroseandbudgetfundswither
Hehasspentalotoftimetohelp______accurateinformationabouttheissuetolocalteachers.
Shehaslivedina______formorethan20yearssinceherhusbandwaskilledinanaircrash.
DoctorGrayconcededthatforascholartoquestionglobalwarmingcanputhisnextfederalgrantin______peril.
Itwasaone-linechatreplyfromanAncestryDNAcustomer-servicerepthatrippedCatherineSt.Clair’slife.At57,shewasher
Socialcontrolreferstosocialprocesses,plannedorunplanned,bywhichpeoplearetaught,persuaded,orforcedtoconformto
感谢校长先生的盛情邀请和贵校的热情接待,能前来参加贵校宏大的百年校庆,是我的荣幸。我谨代表来自各国诸大学所有的客人,也以我个人的名义,向校长先生、全体教员和同学表达我们最为热烈的祝贺,祝愿贵校“苟日新、又日新、日日新!”在11世纪,由于人类文明的
A、Lessthan6%.B、Morethan6%.C、Morethan3%.D、Lessthan3%.C根据题干对数字信息的要求找到原文有关部分“...theproportionofsuchbombsusedrose
Britain’sSystemofEducationTheBritishCommonwealthincludesaquarteroftheworld’spopulationinone-sixthoftheworld
随机试题
公民、法人或者其他组织认为行政机关和行政机关工作人员的具体行政行为侵犯其合法权益的,可以自知道该具体行政行为之日起()内提出行政复议申请;但是法律规定超过此期限的除外。
使大腿后伸的肌是
导致药源性肠炎,赤痢样大便的药组是()。
(2008年)运动流体的压强()。
开标时,应当作为无效投标文件的情形是( )。
承包人在收到工程的接收证书后( )天内,应向工程师送交竣工报表(一式六份),该报表应附有按工程师批准的格式所编写的证明文件。
行政处罚的追究时效从违法行为发生之日起计算,违法行为有连续或者继续状态的,从行为终了之日起计算。下列关于连续状态的说法中,正确的是()。
资料一威远公司早期是C国一家IT金融服务企业。最近几年,由于IT金融行业的竞争愈演愈烈,威远公司在IT金融服务业中的利润空间不断收窄,面临着很大的压力。2010年,威远公司总经理王涛开始为公司寻找转型的出路。一次他到国外旅游,在下榻的酒店中第一
创业板市场门槛较低,注重企业的发展潜力。()
下面关于钓鱼的说法中,主要意思为“根据不同地形地貌选择钓位”的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)