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1、Section1Questions1-10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.ThispassageisadaptedfromEdithWharton,TheHouseofMirth,originallypublishedin1905.42/42Seldenpausedinsurprise.IntheafternoonrushoftheGrandCentralStationhiseyeshadbeenrefreshedbythesightofMissLilyBart.ItwasaMondayinearlySeptember,andhewasreturningtohisw
2、orkfromahurrieddipintothecountry;butwhatwasMissBartdoingintownatthatseason?Ifshehadappearedtobecatchingatrain,hemighthaveinferredthathehadcomeonherintheactoftransitionbetweenoneandanotherofthecountry-houseswhichdisputedherpresenceafterthecloseoftheNewportseason;butherdesultoryairperplexedhim.Shestoo
3、dapartfromthecrowd,lettingitdriftbyhertotheplatformorthestreet,andwearinganairofirresolutionwhichmight,ashesurmised,bethemaskofaverydefinitepurpose.Itstruckhimatoncethatshewaswaitingforsomeone,buthehardlyknewwhytheideaarrestedhim.TherewasnothingnewaboutLilyBart,yethecouldneverseeherwithoutafaintmove
4、mentofinterest:itwascharacteristicofherthatshealwaysrousedspeculation,thathersimplestactsseemedtheresultoffar-reachingintentions.Animpulseofcuriositymadehimturnoutofhisdirectlinetothedoor,andstrollpasther.Heknewthatifshedidnotwishtobeseenshewouldcontrivetoeludehim;anditamusedhimtothinkofputtinghersk
5、illtothetest.“Mr.Selden—whatgoodluck!”Shecameforwardsmiling,eageralmost,inherresolvetointercepthim.Oneortwopersons,inbrushingpastthem,lingeredtolook;forMissBartwasafiguretoarresteventhesuburbantravelerrushingtohislasttrain.Seldenhadneverseenhermoreradiant.Hervividhead,relievedagainstthedulltintsofth
6、ecrowd,madehermoreconspicuousthaninaball-room,andunderherdarkhatandveilsheregainedthegirlishsmoothness,thepurityoftint,thatshewasbeginningtoloseafterelevenyearsoflatehoursandindefatigabledancing.Wasitreallyelevenyears,Seldenfoundhimselfwondering,andhadsheindeedreachedthenine-and-twentiethbirthdaywit
7、hwhichherrivalscreditedher?“Whatluck!”sherepeated.“Howniceofyoutocometomyrescue!”42/42Herespondedjoyfullythattodosowashismissioninlife,andaskedwhatformtherescuewastotake.“Oh,almostany—eventosittingona
