SSAT 阅读真题1.pdf

微博: @前沿力拓教育 网址： 电话：4006663554 前沿教育独家资料 1 SSAT/SAT/TOEFL 培训专家 Passage 1 There were moments of waiting. The youth thought of the village street at home before the arrival of the circus parade on a day in the spring. He remembered how he had stood, a small thrillful boy, prepared to follow the band in its faded chariot. He saw the yellow road, the lines of expectant people, and the sober houses. He particularly remembered an old fellow who used to sit upon a cracker box in front of the store and pretend to despise such exhibitions. A thousand details of color and form surged in his mind. Someone cried, Here they come! There was rustling and muttering among the men. They displayed a feverish desire to have every possible cartridge ready to their hands. The boxes were pulled around into various positions and adjusted with great care. The tall soldier, having prepared his rifle, produced a red handkerchief of some kind. He was engaged in knitting it about his throat with exquisite attention to its position, when the cry was repeated up and down the line in a muffled roar of sound. Here they come! Here they come!” Gun locks clicked. Across the smoke-infested fields came a brown swarm of running men who were giving shrill yells. They came on, stooping and swinging their rifles at all angles. A flag, tilted forward, sped near the front. 1. In the first paragraph, the youth is primarily concerned with (A) reliving a fond childhood memory (B) describing a turning point in his life. (C) preparing for the upcoming battle. (D) planning his day at the circus. (E) watching a soldier tie a handkerchief. 2. What is meant by the exclamation Here they come! in line 12? (A) A band in a chariot is approaching. (B) The circus is coming to town (C) The enemy soldiers are advancing (D) A group of men selling handkerchiefs is on its way. (E) The youths family is arriving to save him. 3.