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  3. Blake had been in very low water for months--almost under water part of the

Blake had been in very low water for months--almost under water part of the

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问题      Blake had been in very low water for months--almost under water part of the time--due to circumstances he was fond of saying were no fault of his own; and as he sat writing in his room on "third floor back" of a New York boarding-house, part of his mind was busily occupied in wondering when his luck was going to mm again, ①
     It was his room only in the sense that he paid the rent. Two friends, one a little Frenchman and the other a big Dane, shared it with him, both hoping eventually to contribute something towards expenses, but so far not having accomplished this result. ② They had two beds only, the third being a mattress they slept upon ih turns, a week at a time. Occasionally, when dinner failed them altogether, they swallowed a little raw rice and drank hot water from the bathroom on the top of it, and then made a wild race for bed so as to get to sleep while the sensation of false repletion was still there, for sleep and hunger are slight acquaintances as they knew. Fortunately all New York houses are supplied with hot air, and they only had to open a grating in the wall to get a plentiful, if not a wholesome amount of heat.
     Though loneliness in a big city is a real punishment, as they had severally learnt to their cost, their experiences, three in a small room for several months, had revealed to them horrors of quite another kind, and their nerves had suffered according to the temperament of each. ③But, on this particular evening, as Blake sat scribbling by the only window that was not cracked, the Dane and the Frenchman, his companions in adversity, were in wonderful luck. They had both been asked out to a restaurant to dine with a friend who also held out to one of them a chance of work and remuneration. They would not be back till late, and when they did come they were pretty sure to bring in supplies of one kind or another. For the Frenchman never could resist the offer of a glass of absinthe, and this meant that he would be able to help himself plentifully from the free-lunch counters, with which all New York bars are furnished, and to which any purchaser of a drink is entitled to help himself and devour on the spot or carry away casually in his hand for
consumption elsewhere.④ Thousands of unfortunate men get their sole subsistence in this way in New York, and experience soon teaches where, for the price of a single drink, a man can take away almost a meal of chip potatoes, sausage, bits of bread, and even eggs. The Frenchman and the Dane knew their way about, and Blake looked forward to a supper more or less substantial before pulling his mattress out of the cupboard and turning in upon the floor for the night. In the daytime he was a reporter on an evening newspaper of sensational and lying habits. His work was chiefly in the police courts; and in his spare hours at night, when not too tired or too empty, he wrote sketches and stories for the magazines that very rarely saw the light of day on their printed and paid—for sentences. On this particular occasion he was deep in a most involved tale of a psychological character, and had just worked his way into a sentence, or set of sentences, that completely baffled and muddled him. [br] When Blake encountered difficulty, he tended to______.
选项 A、reflect on his mistake
B、find an excuse for what happened
C、blame others for what happened
D、think about when he would have good luck
答案 B
解析 事买细节题。由Blake定位至首段，首句指出BlaKe had been in very low Water for months—almost under water part Of the time—due to circumstances he was fond of saying were no fault of his own，这里的saying were no fault of his own说明遇到问题时，Blake从来不说自己错了，排除选项A ；但此处并没有说他责备其他人，选项C 无依据，只有B “找借口”可以概括他从来不认为是自己的错。故为答案。最后一部分 his mind was busily occupied in wondering when his luck was going to turn again是说这次他在思考如何转运，并不能得出他每次都这样做，排除D 。
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