首页
登录
职称英语
Passage Three A bus took him to the West End, where, among the crazy col
Passage Three A bus took him to the West End, where, among the crazy col
游客
2023-11-24
4
管理
问题
Passage Three
A bus took him to the West End, where, among the crazy coloured fountains of illumination, shattering the blue dusk with green and crimson fire, he found the cafe of his choice, a tea-shop that had gone mad and turned Babylonian, a white palace with ten thousand lights. It towered above the older buildings like a citadel, which indeed it was, the outpost of a new age, perhaps a new civilization, perhaps a new barbarism; and behind the thin marble front were concrete and steel, just as behind the careless profusion of luxury were millions of pence, balanced to the last halfpenny. Somewhere in the background, hidden away, behind the ten thousand lights and acres of white napery and bewildering glittering rows of teapots, behind the thousand waitresses and cash-box girls and black-coated floor managers and temperamental long-haired violinists, behind the mounds of cauldrons of stewed steak, the vanloads of ices, were a few men who went to work juggling with fractions of a farthing, who knew how many units of electricity it took to finish a steak-and-kidney pudding and how many minutes and seconds a waitress (five feet four in height and in average health) would need to carry a tray of given weight from the kitchen lift to the table in the far corner. In short, there was a warm, sensuous, vulgar life flowering in the upper storeys, and a cold science working in the basement. Such was the gigantic tea-shop into which Turgis marched, in search not of mere refreshment but of all the enchantment of unfamiliar luxury. Perhaps he knew in his heart that men have conquered half the known world, looted whole kingdoms, and never arrived in such luxury. The place was built for him.
It was built for a great many other people too, and, as usual, they were all there. It steamed with humanity. The marble entrance hall, piled dizzily with bonbons and cakes, was as crowded and bustling as a railway station. The gloom and grime of the streets, the raw air, all November, were at once left behind, forgotten; the atmosphere inside was golden, tropical, belonging to some high mid-summer of confectionery. Disdaining the lifts, Turgis, once more excited by the sight, sound, and smell of it all, climbed the wide staircase until he reached his favourite floor, where an orchestra, led by a young Jewish violinist with wandering lustrous eyes and a passion for tremolo effects, acted as a magnet to a thousand girls. The door was swung open for him by a page; there burst, like a sugary bomb, the clatter of cups, the shrill chatter of white-and-vermilion girls, and, cleaving the golden, scented air, the sensuous clamour of the strings; and, as he stood hesitating a moment, half dazed, there came, bowing, a sleek grave man, older than he was and far more distinguished than he could ever hope to be, who murmured deferentially:" For one, sir? This way, please. " Shyly, yet proudly, Turgis followed him. [br] Which of the following statements about the second paragraph is NOT true?
选项
A、The cafe appealed to most senses simultaneously.
B、The cafe was both full of people and full of warmth.
C、The inside of the cafe was contrasted with the weather outside.
D、It stressed the commercial determination of the cafe owners.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3214771.html
相关试题推荐
PASSAGEFIVEIndirecttaxesanddirecttaxes.第3段第1句明确指出,任何税制基本上都可以分为直接税和间接税,题目中的m
PASSAGEFOUR[br]WhatdidMr.Galili’smovingfromAmsterdamtoGroningenturn
PASSAGEONE[br]WhatdoesMrNasheedthinktobetheconditionofelectionshol
PASSAGETHREE[br]WhatwastheappearanceofBEATLESregardedas?Anoutstanding
PASSAGETWO[br]Whatdoes"odious"inthelastparagraphmean?Extremelyunpleas
PASSAGETWO[br]WhatwasStephen’sfeelingstowardsMaggie?Intenselove.倒数第2段第3
PASSAGEONE[br]Inmanypeople’view,what’sthemaincauseofmen’saggressive
PASSAGEFOURHeshowspityaboutit.从原文最后三段作者对那不勒斯曾经的辉煌和那不勒斯现在的没落的对比,可以体会出作者对这一城市
PASSAGETHREE[br]WhatmainlyaccountedfortheunemploymentinSeptember2005?
PASSAGETHREE[br]Whatdoes"atrioofcrises"(thesecondparagraph)mean?Crises
随机试题
[originaltext]"CharlieGriffin’sBritishpigwasinmypotatoesagain!"bel
Whichofthefollowingwasaresultofthewildfire?[originaltext]Afast-mo
John’sparentsinsistedthathe(study)______art.(should)study约翰的父母坚持让他学艺术。有
当胎儿后肩入盆时,将后肩向侧上旋转,协助胎头同方向旋转,当后肩旋转至前肩位置时娩
A.青霉素 B.红霉素 C.四环素 D.螺旋霉素 E.甲砜霉素性病性肉芽
以秒表检查气导听力时选用的指标是A.秒表的声强 B.听到秒表声持续的时间 C
A.浮肿、少尿、血尿、蛋白尿 B.浮肿、少尿、血尿、高血压 C.浮肿、少尿、
左图给定的是正方体纸盒的外表面,下面哪一项能由它折叠而成? A.如上图所示
把下面的六个图形分为两类,使每一类图形都有各自的共同特征或规律,分类正确的一项是
王某从某师范院校毕业后,被某校聘为数学教师。一年后,其所教班级的数学成绩明显下降
最新回复
(
0
)