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1、三立教育www.sljy.com新SAT阅读真题二 Exercise2 ThispassageisexcerptedfromL.M.Montgomery,“TheGossipofValleyView,”originallypublishedin1910. ItwasthefirstofApril,andJuliusBarrett,agedfourteen,perchedonhisfather'sgatepost,watchedruefullythelowdescendingsun,andcountedthatdaylost.Heha
2、dnotsucceededin"fooling"asingleperson,althoughhehadtriedrepeatedly.Oneandall,oldandyoung,ofhisintendedvictimshadbeentoowaryforJulius.Hence,Juliuswasdisgustedandreadyforanythinginthewayofastratagemoraspoil. TheBarrettgateposttoppedthehighesthillinValleyView.Juliuscouldse
3、etheentiresettlement,from"Young"ThomasEverett'sfarm,amiletothewest,toAdeliaWilliams'sweather-greylittlehouseonamoonriseslopetotheeast.HewasgazingmoodilydownthemuddyroadwhenDan Chester,homewardboundfromthepostoffice,cameridingsloppilyalongonhisgreymareandpulledupbytheBarr
4、ettgatetohandapapertoJulius.Danwasayoungmanwhotooklifeandhimselfveryseriously.Heseldomsmiled,neverjoked,andhadaWashingtonianreputationforveracity.Danhadnevertoldaconsciousfalsehoodinhislife;heneverevenexaggerated. Julius,beholdingDan'ssolemnface,wasseizedwithaperfectlyi
5、rresistibledesireto"fool"him.AtthesamemomenthiseyecaughtthedazzlingreflectionofthesettingsunonthewindowsofAdeliaWilliams'shouse,andhehadaninspirationlittleshortofdiabolical."Haveyouheardthenews,Dan?"heasked. "No,whatisit?"askedDan.三立教育www.sljy.com "Idunno'sIoughttotelli
6、t,"saidJuliusreflectively."It'skindofafamilyaffair,butthenAdeliadidn'tsaynotto,andanywayit'llbeallovertheplacesoon.SoI'lltellyou,Dan,ifyou'llpromisenevertotellwhotoldyou.AdeliaWilliamsandYoungThomasEverettaregoingtobemarried."Juliusdeliveredhimselfofthistremendousliewitha
7、transparentlyearnestcountenance.YetDan,credulousashewas,couldnotbelieveitallatonce."Gitout,"hesaid. "It'strue,'ponmyword,"protestedJulius."AdeliawasuplastnightandtoldMaallaboutit.Ma'shercousin,youknow.TheweddingistobeinJune,andAdeliaaskedMatohelphergetherquiltsandthings
8、ready." JuliusreeledallthisoffsogliblythatDanfinallybelievedthestory,despitethefactthatthepeoplethuscou