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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 marry 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, "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 me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me 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.

阅读试题

60. How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?

A. Angry. 　　

B. Calm. 　　

C. Nervous. 　　

D. Excited.

61. 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

62. The passage is probably taken out of 　　 .

A. a novel 　　

B. a report 　　

C. a diary　　

D. an essay

参考译文

11点整，珀西瓦尔先生敲门后走了进去，一脸的焦急与担心。他很清楚这次会面将会决定他未来的生活。

劳拉镇静地说：“珀西瓦尔先生，你可能想知道我会不会要求解除你我的婚约。但是我将不会提这个要求。我非常尊重我爸爸的希望。”

他的脸放松了一些，但是他的一只脚仍在踢着地毯。

“不，如果我们将要退出约定的婚姻，那肯定是你的意愿，而不是我的。”

“我？”他吃惊地说：“我有什么理由退婚？”

她说：“有一个难以启齿的理由，那就是我变了。”

他的脸变得如此苍白以至于他的唇都失去了它原本的颜色。他把头转向一边。

试着冷静地问道：“什么改变？”

她说“两年前我们做出承诺的时候，我的爱不属于任何人。珀西瓦尔先生，如果我告诉你它现在属于另一个人，你能原谅我吗？”

劳拉继续说：“我希望你能理解，我不会再见到这个人，而且如果你离开我，那么你也只是让我以一个单身女人的身份了却余生。我所要求的一切只是希望你能原谅我，并替我保守秘密。”

他说：“两件事我都会做到。”然后他看着劳拉，似乎在等着听到更多。

她安静地继续说：“我想我已经说得够多了，足够给你理由退出我们的婚姻了。”

他说：“不，你已经说得足够让娶你成为我生命中最宝贵的愿望了。”

答案解析

60. C 考查细节理解。根据第一段第一句中的"with anxiety and worry in every line of his face"以及第三段的"His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet."可知，他非常紧张。

61. A 考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句中的"if I am going to ask to be released（免除） from my promise to marry you."可知，Laura曾经许诺嫁给Percival。

62. A 考查推理判断。通读全文文可知，这是一篇男女主人公关于婚嫁的对话，通过两个主人公的对话和肢体语言刻画他们的心里活动，故可推知本文出自一部小说。