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1、三立教育www.sljy.com新SAT閱讀真題二 Exercise2 ThispassageisexcerptedfromL.M.Montgomery,“TheGossipofValleyView,”originallypublishedin1910. Itwasthe?rstofApril,andJuliusBarrett,agedfourteen,perchedonhisfather'sgatepost,watchedruefullythelowdescendingsun,andcountedthatdaylost.Hehadnotsucceededin"fooling"asing
2、leperson,althoughhehadtriedrepeatedly.Oneandall,oldandyoung,ofhisintendedvictimshadbeentoowaryforJulius.Hence,Juliuswasdisgustedandreadyforanythinginthewayofastratagemoraspoil. TheBarrettgateposttoppedthehighesthillinValleyView.Juliuscouldseetheentiresettlement,from"Young"ThomasEverett'sfarm,amilet
3、othewest,toAdeliaWilliams'sweather-greylittlehouseonamoonriseslopetotheeast.HewasgazingmoodilydownthemuddyroadwhenDan Chester,homewardboundfromthepostof?ce,cameridingsloppilyalongonhisgreymareandpulledupbytheBarrettgatetohandapapertoJulius.Danwasayoungmanwhotooklifeandhimselfveryseriously.Heseldoms
4、miled,neverjoked,andhadaWashingtonianreputationforveracity.Danhadnevertoldaconsciousfalsehoodinhislife;heneverevenexaggerated. Julius,beholdingDan'ssolemnface,wasseizedwithaperfectlyirresistibledesireto"fool"him.Atthesamemomenthiseyecaughtthedazzlingre?ectionofthesettingsunonthewindowsofAdeliaWilli
5、ams'shouse,andhehadaninspirationlittleshortofdiabolical."Haveyouheardthenews,Dan?"heasked. "No,whatisit?"askedDan.三立教育www.sljy.com "Idunno'sIoughttotellit,"saidJuliusre?ectively."It'skindofafamilyaffair,butthenAdeliadidn'tsaynotto,andanywayit'llbeallovertheplacesoon.SoI'lltellyou,Dan,ifyou'llpromi
6、senevertotellwhotoldyou.AdeliaWilliamsandYoungThomasEverettaregoingtobemarried."Juliusdeliveredhimselfofthistremendousliewithatransparentlyearnestcountenance.YetDan,credulousashewas,couldnotbelieveitallatonce."Gitout,"hesaid. "It'strue,'ponmyword,"protestedJulius."AdeliawasuplastnightandtoldMaallab
7、outit.Ma'shercousin,youknow.TheweddingistobeinJune,andAdeliaaskedMatohelphergetherquiltsandthingsready." JuliusreeledallthisoffsogliblythatDan?nallybelievedthestory,despitethefactthatthepeoplethuscou