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  3. (1) NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daugh

(1) NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daugh

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问题     (1) NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him in various ways; with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded (躲避) the skill of them all; and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour Lady Lucas.
    (2) Her report was highly favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards failing in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley’s heart were entertained.
    (3) "If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield, " said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, "and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for."
    (4) In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet’s visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining, from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and rode a black horse.
    (5) An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred (推迟) it all. Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and consequently unable to accept the honour of their invitation. Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted. She could not imagine what business he could have in town so soon after his arrival in Hertfordshire; and she began to fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he ought to be. Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball; and a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly.
    (6) The girls grieved over such a large number of ladies; but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing that, instead of twelve, he had brought only six with him from London, his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly room, it consisted of only five altogether; Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the oldest, and another young man.
    (7) Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year.
    (8) The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
    (9) Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room; he was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at Netherfield. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves. What a contrast between him and his friend! Mr. Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again. (本文选自 Pride and Prejudice) [br] In Para. 5, the word "disconcerted" probably means________.
选项 A、dissatisfied
B、disappointed
C、uneasy
D、unmindful
答案 C
解析 语义题。文章第五段第三句提到“Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted”，然后在第四句详细说明了班纳特太太的心情：她想象不出来，宾利先生才刚到赫特福德郡，如此短的时间里会在城里有什么事；于是她又开始担心他会东漂西泊，不会像应有的样子定居在内瑟菲尔德庄园。由此可知，班纳特太太非常担心与不安，所以该词与C项uneasy的意思相近，意为“不安的，担心的”，故C为答案。在原文并没有体现选项A“不满意的”和B“失望的”这两种感情，故排除；选项D“漫不经心的，不注意的”明显与原文不符，故排除。
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