At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and

题目内容：

At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life，and he obviously knew it.

"You may wonder, Sir Percival,”said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released (免除）from my promise to many you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father's wishes too much.”

His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.

"No, if we are going to withdraw. (退出）from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine.

“Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?^’

"A reason that is very hard to tell you," she answered. "There is a change in me.”

His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.

"What change?" he asked, trying to appear calm.

“When the promise was made two years ago,” she said, ⁴⁴ my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”

“I wish you to understand, “Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow mc to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive mc and keep my secret."

‘I will do both those things, “he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.

"I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage, “she added quietly.

“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you, ” he said.

小题1:How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?

A．Angry.

B．Calm.

C．Nervous.

D．Excited.小题2:We can learn from the passage that .

A．Laura had once promised to marry Percival

B．Laura's father wished to end her marriage

C．Percival had been married to Laura for two years

D．Percival asked to be released from the marriage小题3:The passage is probably taken out of .

A．a novel

B．a report

C．a diary

D．an essay

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:A

答案解析：

小说节选——记叙类

【文章大意】本文是一部小说的节选，讲述的是一位女士和一位男士已经在父母的安排下订婚， 但是男士自己感觉心里对婚姻有一些不敢肯定，于是晚上来找女士谈话，最后对婚姻男士说出了自己的心里话，并做出肯定的回答。

小题1:推理判断题。根据第三段His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.可知当时Percival看到Laura的时候非常的紧张nervous。

小题2:推理判断题。根据第二段中的be released from my promise to marry you可推知他们两个曾经有过婚约，A项正确。

小题3:推理判断题。根据文章的开头和结尾很显然这是一部小说的节选片段，A项最合理。

【长难句解析】

At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face.

在11点整，Percival先生敲响门并进入房间，脸上带着一种焦虑和担心。

本句中含有with的复合结构做伴随状语。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。