SAT2016年12月3日真题亚太阅读Testbeginsonthenextpage.Unauthorizedcopyingorreuseofanypartofthispageisillegal.1Questions1-10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.ThispassageisadaptedfromE.M.foster,ARoomwithaviewOriginallypublishedin1908.LucyHoneychurchhasjustreturnedtoEnglandfromItaly.ThesocietyoutofwhichCecilProposedtorescueLucywasperhapsnoverysplendidaffair,yetIwasmoresplendidthanherantecedentsentitledherto.Herfather,aprosperouslocalsolicitor,hadbuilt5WindyCorner,asaspeculationatthetimethedistrictwasopeningup,and,fallinginlovewithhisowncreation,hadendedbylivingtherehimself.Soonafterhismarriage,thesocialatmospherebegantoalter.Otherhouseswerebuiltonthebrowofthat10steepsouthernslope,andothers,again,amongthepinetreesbehind,andnorthwardonthechalkbarrierofthedowns.MostofthesehouseswerelargerthanWindyCorner,andwerefilledbypeoplewhocame,notfromthedistrict,butfromLondon,15andwhomistooktheHoneychurchesfortheremnantsofanindigenousaristocracy.Hewasinclinedtobefrightened,buthiswifeacceptedthesituationwithouteitherprideorhumility.“Icannotthinkwhatpeoplearedoing,”shewouldsay,“butit20isextremelyfortunateforthechildren.“Shecalledeverywhere,hercallswerereturnedwithenthusiasm,andbythetimepeoplefoundoutthatshewasnotexactlyoftheirmilieu,theylikedher,anditdidnotseemtomatter.WhenMr.Honeychurchdied,he25hadthesatisfaction–whichfewhonestsolicitorsdespise-ofleavinghisfamilyrootedinthebestsocietyobtainable.Thebestobtainable.Certainlymanyoftheimmigrantswereratherdull,andLucyrealizedthis30morevividlysinceherreturnfromItaly.Hithertoshehadacceptedtheiridealswithoutquestioning–theirkindlyaffluence,theirinexplosivereligion,theirdislikeofpaper-bags,orange-peel,andbrokenbottles.ARadicaloutandout,shelearnttospeak35withhorrorofSuburbia.Life,sofarasshetroubledtoconceiveit,wasacircleofrich,pleasantpeople,withidenticalinterestsandidenticalfoes.Inthiscircle,onethought,marriedanddied.Outsideitwerepovertyandvulgarityforevertryingtoenter,40justastheLondonfogtriestoenterthepine-woodspouringthroughthegapsintheno...
