首页
登录
职称英语
In the course of time, Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. He had been active and he
In the course of time, Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. He had been active and he
游客
2024-12-16
27
管理
问题
In the course of time, Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; and when he was confined to the chimney comer he grew grievously irritable. Nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits. This was especially to be remarked if anyone attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill turn. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it.
At last, our curate advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said --" Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered. "
I hoped heartily we should have peace now. It hurt me to think the master should be made uncomfortable by his own good deed. I fancied the discontent of age and disease arose from his family disagreements: as he would have it that it did: really, you know, sir, it was in his sinking frame. We might have got on tolerably, notwithstanding, but for two people, Miss Cathy and Joseph, the servant. By his knack of sermonizing and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. He was relentless in worrying him about his soul’s concerns, and about ruling his children rigidly. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the last.
Certainly, she had ways with her such as I never saw a child take up before; and she put all of us past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day: from the hour she came downstairs till the hour she went to bed, we had not a minute’s security that she wouldn’t be in mischief. Her spirits were always at high-water mark, her tongue always going singing, laughing, and plaguing everybody who would not do the same. A wild, wicked slip she was-- but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish; and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her. She was much too fond of Heathcliff. The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account.
Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children: he had always been strict and grave with them; and Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition, than he was in his prime. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him. She was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most -showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness. How the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. [br] According to the passage, Catherine was all the following EXCEPT
选项
A、kind-hearted.
B、graceful.
C、naughty.
D、vibrant.
答案
B
解析
推断题。第四段第三句指出“A wild,wicked slip…I believe she meant no harm…”,虽然句中提到她眼睛漂亮,笑容迷人,但由wild,wicked slip可以判断,她不是一个举止优雅的女孩儿,故[B]为答案。首句提到“…we had not a minute’s security that she wouldn’t be in mischief”,可见她非常淘气,[C]符合文意;第二句指出“Her spirits were always…everybody who would not do the same.”,选项[D]“精力充沛的”符合文意;第三句“…for when once…you might comfort her”表明她心地善良,[A]符合文意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3876622.html
相关试题推荐
Inthecourseoftime,Mr.Earnshawbegantofail.Hehadbeenactiveandhe
Inthecourseoftime,Mr.Earnshawbegantofail.Hehadbeenactiveandhe
WhatDoActiveLearnersDo?Therearedifferencesbetwee
WhatDoActiveLearnersDo?Therearedifferencesbetwee
WhatDoActiveLearnersDo?Therearedifferencesbetwee
WhatDoActiveLearnersDo?Therearedifferencesbetwee
WhatDoActiveLearnersDo?Therearedifferencesbetwee
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
随机试题
Whatwillhappen?[br][originaltext]F:Uh...Whendoesthepartystart?M:Co
FANATIC:DEVOTION::A、glutton:rapacityB、courtesan:eleganceC、gourmand:insa
Thefirstthingpeoplerememberaboutfailingatmathisthatitfeltlikes
Theyoungmanwastotally______,yetevenhehimselfcouldn’ttellifitisbec
患者女性,45岁,因左侧面颊部皮肤及左侧舌部黏膜发红、起疱3天,伴剧痛来诊。查体
根据有关规定,股权投资基金管理人应及时编制并对外提供真实、完整的基金财务会计报告
在我们的印象中,鞋只是穿在脚上以利于行走的一种物品。虽然一双制作精良、美观大方的
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性:
关于诉讼代理人参加刑事诉讼,下列哪一说法是正确的?A:诉讼代理人的权限依据法律规
开放性气胸急救处理原则是A.立即剖胸探查 B.清创缝合术 C.迅速封闭胸壁创
最新回复
(
0
)