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Florence Sephton is 77 and lives in Deganwy, North Wales. She is reading for
Florence Sephton is 77 and lives in Deganwy, North Wales. She is reading for
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Florence Sephton is 77 and lives in Deganwy, North Wales. She is reading for an arts de-gree, "I’m more of a creature to polish my mind than polish my furniture. The house takes second place while I put the studying first. "
"I was very happy at school and had wonderful teaching. I passed the university entrance examination and was ready to go to university but with World War I went into banking. I was paid 1 pound a week. Manchester University kept my place open for three years but I was enjoying the money and the freedom so I turned it down. " Mrs. Sephton is now in the second year of her Open University course and is finding it hard work. She underestimates her ability. "I’m feeling tired more frequently. I can’t do more than an hour’s work at a time. The memory’s shocking. I’m supposed to be revising and I look up notes I did earlier this year and think, ’ Have you read this before?’ So I’m doing it very slowly—one credit a year, so it’ll take six years. "
"At the moment the greatest reward is simply the increase in knowledge—and the discipline. I had an essay failed this week. The professor said I hadn’t answered the question. I’ve been thinking about it all week. I know I haven’t got the facility for essay construction. I just let myself go and get excited. I feel more emotionally than I do mentally. I’m very ordinary really. "
Claiming to be ordinary and lazy, Mrs. Sephton is still working hard daily at her assignments. Mrs. Sephton sees her studies as keeping her fit and independent. "Because of my life I’ve been self-sufficient. It’s not a very nice characteristic. It means I don’t care enough about people. I can’t say I find comfort in what I’ll be learning, so I’ll be interested to see if there’s a life ahead. " [br] When Florence said "I’m more of a creature to polish my mind than polish my furniture" (Line 2, Para. 1) , she meant that______.
选项
A、she was tired of learning
B、she was thirsty for knowledge
C、she was more suitable for doing housework
D、she didn’t have enough time to keep the house clean
答案
B
解析
本题是一道句子含义类问题。问弗洛伦斯说的“I’m more of a creature to polish my mind than polish my furniture.”这句话是什么意思。根据上下文,我们知道老人77岁,家住北威尔士的迪根维,她在攻读文科学位。“我这个人比较注重使智慧闪光而较轻视使家具闪光,家居第二,学习第一。”由此我们可以推知,老人的话的意思是她更渴望学习知识。因此,本题的正确答案应是B。
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