专四
During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.
One evening, several days later, I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips, and his eyes were bright, probably with wine. As I was looking at him, he suddenly turned, and asked me, "Do you think
I'm handsome, Miss Eyre?"
The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: "No, sir."
"Ah, you really are unusual! You are a quiet, serious little person, but you can be almost rude."
"Sir, I'm sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn't matter, or something like that."
"No, you shouldn't! I see, you criticize my appearance, and then you stab me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance your few good points."
I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind, and said quickly, "Yes, you're right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one, and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you, and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man, take my word for it, but I have done wrong. It wasn't my character, but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to, because you're sympathetic and give them hope."
It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn't seem to like to finish the talk quickly, as was the case for the first time.
"Don't be afraid of me, Miss Eyre." He continued. "You don't relax or laugh very much, perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me, and laugh, and speak freely. You're like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage, you'll fly very high. Good night."At the beginning Miss Eyre's impressions of Mr. Rochester were all EXCEPT
A．bus
B．sociabl
C．friendl
D．changeabl
【解析】细节推理题。从原文可知，在简·爱(即艾尔小姐，全名Jane Eyre)看来，罗切斯特先生在上午一般是忙于公务，下午是与附近的绅士们应酬。在他们为数不多的几次见面中，罗切斯特先生有时对她很冷淡，有时会对她微笑着点头。所以简．爱对罗切斯特先生的初步印象应该是 “繁忙的，善交际的，多变的”。
【点睛】第l段第2旬的much occupied with business表明busy：接着说下午常有人来拜访，他自己也rode out a great deal、这表明sociable；第2段第l句的sometimes pass me coldly，and sometimes bow and smile及第2句的changes of manner表明changeable。只有friendly没有在文中体现，审题时应注意题干中关键词EXCEPT。
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