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
All her life, Mrs Foster had had an almost pathological fear of missing a train, a plane, a boat, or even a theater curtain. In
All her life, Mrs Foster had had an almost pathological fear of missing a train, a plane, a boat, or even a theater curtain. In
admin
2014-01-09
62
问题
All her life, Mrs Foster had had an almost pathological fear of missing a train, a plane, a boat, or even a theater curtain. In other respects, she was not a particularly nervous woman, but the mere thought of being late on occasions like these would throw her into such a state of nerves that she would begin to twitch. It was nothing much—just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye, like a secret wink—but the annoying thing was that it refused to disappear until an hour or so after the train or plane or whatever it was had been safely caught.
It was really extraordinary how in certain people a simple apprehension about a thing like catching a train can grow into a serious obsession. At least half an hour before it was time to leave the house for the station, Mrs Foster would step out of the elevator all ready to go, with hat and coat and gloves, and then, being quite unable to sit down, she would flutter and fidget about from room to room until her husband, who must have been well aware of her state, finally emerged from his privacy and suggested in a cool dry voice that perhaps they had better get going now, had they not?
Mr Foster may possibly have had a right to be irritated by this foolishness of his wife’s, but he could have had no excuse for increasing her misery by keeping her waiting unnecessarily. Mind you, it is by no means certain that this is what he did, yet whenever they were to go somewhere, his timing was so accurate—just a minute or two late, you understand—and his manner so bland that it was hard to believe he wasn’t purposely inflicting a nasty private little torture of his own on the unhappy lady. And one thing he must have known—that she would never dare to call out and tell him to hurry. He has disciplined her too well for that. He must also have known that if he was prepared to wait even beyond the last moment of safety, he could drive her nearly into hysterics. On one or two special occasions in the later years of their married life, it seemed almost as though he had wanted to miss the train simply in order to intensify the poor woman’s suffering.
Assuming(though one cannot be sure)that the husband was guilty, what made his attitude doubly unreasonable was the fact that, with the exception of this one small irrepressible foible, Mrs Foster was and always had been a good and loving wife. For over thirty years, she had served him loyally and well. There was no doubt about this. Even she, a very modest woman, was aware of it, and although she had for years refused to let herself believe that Mr Foster would ever consciously torment her, there had been times recently when she had caught herself beginning to wonder.
The word "foible"(para. 4)can be replaced by______.
选项
A、nervousness
B、loyalty
C、weakness
D、kindness
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/sMcO777K
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
KingdomofWonders,________in1995inFremont,Calif.,becameanindustrylegendfortwotoys:atalkingbearandaray-gunga
ThenewPersonalDigitalAssistancecontainedalarge________ofinformationaboutanindividuallife.
Inthepopularmind,theInternetistherealizationoftheglobalvillage,wheretheflowofinformationandideasisunimpeded
Modernindustrialsocietygrantslittlestatustooldpeople.Infact,suchasocietyhasasystemofbuilt-inobsolescence.The
Thelistofthingsweneedtothinkaboutwhichwillbe________byclimatechangeisendless.
Since2008,therehavebeenmoreandmorefamouspeopleintheactingprofessionwhosenamebecomes"smelly",andwhoselifeand
ThisweektheBBC______FamilyWanted—acampaigntoraiseawarenessofadoptionandfostering.
Theuniversitytrainingenablesagraduatetoseethingsastheyare,togorighttothepoint,todisentanglea______ofthought
Thenewaccessibilityoflandaroundalmosteverymajorcity______anexplosionofrealestatedevelopmentandfueledwhatwekno
Thingswentwellforherduringherearlylifebutinhermiddleageher________seemedtochange.
随机试题
下列句子,出自律诗的一项是()。
A.关节剧痛,部位固定B.关节重着而痛,关节肿胀C.关节疼痛,游走不定D.红肿热痛,筋脉拘急E.关节肿大,僵硬变形痛痹的特征为
1岁以后儿童完成计划免疫复种的第一个疫苗是
女,31岁。咳嗽、咳脓痰、间断咯血10年。近5天来受凉后咳痰加剧伴咯血。该患者最可能的诊断是()
根据心力衰竭开始发生的部位与淤血部位,心力衰竭可分为______、______和______。
在登记账簿时,每记满一页时,下列不正确的操作为()。
在市场经济条件下,贷款利率水平主要取决于()。
如图所示,两个接触面平滑的铅柱压紧后悬挂起来,下面的铅柱不脱落,主要原因是()。
“三军可夺帅也,匹夫不可夺志也”说的是()
Themanbehindthisnotion,JackMaple,isadandywhoaffectsdarkglasses,homburgs(翘边帽)andtwo-toeshoes;yethehasbecomes
最新回复
(
0
)