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1、....新SAT阅读真题二 Exercise2 ThispassageisexcerptedfromL.M.Montgomery,“TheGossipofValleyView,”originallypublishedin1910. ItwasthefirstofApril,andJuliusBarrett,agedfourteen,perchedonhisfather'sgatepost,watchedruefullythelowdescendingsun,andcountedthatdaylost.He
2、hadnotsucceededin"fooling"asingleperson,althoughhehadtriedrepeatedly.Oneandall,oldandyoung,ofhisintendedvictimshadbeentoowaryforJulius.Hence,Juliuswasdisgustedandreadyforanythinginthewayofastratagemoraspoil. TheBarrettgateposttoppedthehighesthillinValleyVi
3、ew.Juliuscouldseetheentiresettlement,from"Young"ThomasEverett'sfarm,amiletothewest,toAdeliaWilliams'sweather-greylittlehouseonamoonriseslopetotheeast.HewasgazingmoodilydownthemuddyroadwhenDan Chester,homewardboundfromthepostoffice,cameridingsloppilyalongonh
4、isgreymareandpulledupbytheBarrettgatetohandapapertoJulius.Danwasayoungmanwhotooklifeandhimselfveryseriously.Heseldomsmiled,neverjoked,andhadaWashingtonianreputationforveracity.Danhadnevertoldaconsciousfalsehoodinhislife;heneverevenexaggerated. Julius,behol
5、dingDan'ssolemnface,wasseizedwithaperfectlyirresistibledesireto"fool"him.AtthesamemomenthiseyecaughtthedazzlingreflectionofthesettingsunonthewindowsofAdeliaWilliams'shouse,andhehadaninspirationlittleshortofdiabolical."Haveyouheardthenews,Dan?"heasked. "No,w
6、hatisit?"askedDan.专业.... "Idunno'sIoughttotellit,"saidJuliusreflectively."It'skindofafamilyaffair,butthenAdeliadidn'tsaynotto,andanywayit'llbeallovertheplacesoon.SoI'lltellyou,Dan,ifyou'llpromisenevertotellwhotoldyou.AdeliaWilliamsandYoungThomasEverettarego
7、ingtobemarried."Juliusdeliveredhimselfofthistremendousliewithatransparentlyearnestcountenance.YetDan,credulousashewas,couldnotbelieveitallatonce."Gitout,"hesaid. "It'strue,'ponmyword,"protestedJulius."AdeliawasuplastnightandtoldMaallaboutit.Ma'shercousin,y
8、ouknow.TheweddingistobeinJune,andAdeliaaskedMatohelphergetherquiltsandthingsready." JuliusreeledallthisoffsogliblythatDanfinallybelievedthestory,despitethefactthatthepeoplethuscoupledtogetherinprospect
