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Notes on the text课文注释

1 air one's views on…，作“对……发表意见”讲。

2 be attached to，喜爱，喜欢。

3 persist in doing sth，坚持做某事。

4 free from dust，一尘不染。

5 Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army ofservants…句中的preside over是“统辖”、“指挥”的意思。由于她雇用过许多仆人，人数之多已可称作一支队伍(army);而由于她不断解雇又不断雇用，因此这支队伍在一定程度上也就变得无形了。

6 refer to them as，把他们称作……。

7 what was…, an enlightened policy，算得上是一项开明政策。in that是书面用语，作“因为”、“既然”讲。

8 While she always criticized…，

while作“虽然”讲，引导让步状语从句;to the end of her days，直到她去世前。

Multiple choice questions

多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1 In the days when the writer used to visit‘The Gables’ ______ .

a.his aunt would employ a great many servants whenever she invited guests

b.he always found the house spotlessly clean新概念英语学习软件

c.he never stayed long enough to learn the names of the servants

d.his aunt was hard to please if her staff only worked an eight-hour day

2 Bessie was made responsible for the domestic staff ______ .

a.as a result of her hard work

b.because she was loyal to my aunt

c.because she had such good qualifications

d.because my aunt trusted her

3 When the pudding crashed on the table, Aunt Harriet was horrified ______ .

a.to see how weak Bessie had become during her absence

b.because the guests all found the incident very amusing

c.because the pudding was not up to Bessie's usual standard of cooking

d.because it was only then that she realized how drunk Bessie was

4 After Bessie's dismissal, Aunt Harriet ______ .

a.still hoped to find a servant who would please her in every respect

b.was so disillusioned by Bessie that she gave up entettaining lavishly

c.found a great many bottles of wine in Bessie's wardrobe

d.could not understand how so many bottles had disappeared from her cellar

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