After the tall dark girl came to know Doctor Reefy it seemed to her that she never wanted to leavehim again. She went into his office one morning and without her saying anything he seemed toknow what had happened to her.
In the office of the doctor there was a woman, the wife of the man who kept the bookstore inWinesburg. Like all old-fashioned country practitioners, Doctor Reefy pulled teeth, and the womanwho waited held a handkerchief to her teeth and groaned. Her husband was with her and whenthe tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman's white dress. The tall dark girl did not pay any attention. When the woman and the man had gone the doctorsmiled. "I will take you driving into the country with me," he said.
For several weeks the tall dark girl and the doctor were together almost every day. Thecondition that had brought her to him passed in an illness, but she was like one who hasdiscovered the sweetness of the twisted apples, she could not get her mind fixed again upon theround perfect fruit that is eaten in the city apartments. In the fall after the beginning of heracquaintanceship with him she married Doctor Reefy and in the following spring she died. Duringthe winter he read to her all of the odds and ends of thoughts he had scribbled on the bits ofpaper. After he had read them he laughed and stuffed them away in his pockets to become roundhard balls
1.According to the story Doctor Reefy’s life seems very __________.
A. eccentric B. normal C. enjoyable D. optimistic
2.The story tells us that the tall dark girl was in the family way. The phrase “in the family way” means____________.
A. troubled B. Pregnant C. twisted D. cheated
3.Doctor Reef lives a ___________ life.
A. happy B. miserable C. easy-going D. reckless
4. The tall dark girl’s marriage to Doctor Reef proves to be a _____ one.
A. transient B. understandable C. perfect D. funny
5. Doctor Reef’s paper balls probably symbolize his ______.
A eagerness to shut himself away from society
B suppressed desire to communicate with people
C optimism about life
D cynical attitude towards life
参考谜底：
A B B A B