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单选题He is waiting at the airline ticket counter when he first notices the young woman. She has glossy black hair pulled tightly into a knot at the back of her head—the man imagines it loosed and cascading to her small back—and carries over her shoulder of her leather coat a heavy black purse. She wears black boots of soft leather. He struggles to see her face—she is ahead of him in line—but it is not until she has bought her ticket and turns to walk away that he realizes her beauty, which is pale and dark-eyed and full-mouthed, and which quickens his heart beat.① She seems aware that he is staring at her and lowers her gaze abruptly.
The airline clerk interrupts. The man gives up looking at the woman—he thinks she may be about twenty-five—and buys a round-trip, coach class ticket to an eastern city. His flight leaves in an hour. To kill time, the man steps into one of the airport cocktail bars and orders a scotch and water. While he sips it he watches the flow of travelers through the terminal—including a remarkable number, he thinks, of unattached pretty women dressed in fashion magazine clothes—until he catches sight of the black-haired girl in the leather coat. She is standing near a Travelers Aid counter, deep in conversation with a second girl, a blond in a cloth coat trimmed with gray fur. He wants somehow to attract the brunette's attention, to invite her to have a drink with him before her own flight leaves for wherever she is traveling, but even though he believes for a moment she is looking his way he cannot catch her eye from out of the shadows of the bar. ② In another instant the two women separate；neither of their direction is toward him. He orders a second scotch and water.
When next he sees her, he is buying a magazine to read during the flight and becomes aware that someone is jostling him. At first he is startled that anyone would be so close as to touch him, but when he sees who it is he musters a smile. “Busy place,” he says. She looks up at him—is she blushing?—and an odd grimace crosses her mouth and vanishes. She moves away from him and joins the crowds in the terminal.
The man is at the counter with his magazine, but when he reaches into his back pocket for his wallet the pocket is empty. Where could I have lost it? He thinks．His mind begins enumerating the credit cards, the currency, the membership and identification cards; his stomach churns with something very like fear. The girl who was so near to me, he thinks—and all at once he understands that she has picked his pocket.阅读以上文章，回答题Which of the following about the young woman is CORRECT?

A． She wears long black hai
B． She is too proud to notice the ma
C． She has dark eyes and full lip
D． She is quite tall and sli

参考答案C

解析:文章大意
本文描述了一个男子在机场候机时看到一个美丽的女子，被她吸引，最后发现自己的钱包被她偷走的故事。开篇场景是机场售票处，当男子看到女子时将她仔细打量一番，并具体描述了女子的外貌特征。之后描写男子在机场酒吧候机时坐在酒吧里见到她的情形。第三段写女子与他近距离接触了一下之后就离开了，文章的结尾就是男子发现自己的钱包被偷走了。
长难句注释
1．He struggles to see her face—she is ahead of him in line—but it is not until she has bought her ticket and turns to walk
away that he realizes her beauty，which is pale and dark—eyed and full-mouthed，and which quickens his heart beat．
【分析】本句为并列句。第一个分句为He struggles to see her face；she is ahead of him in line是插入语。第二个分句是强调句式it is not until she has bought her ticket…that he realizes her beauty…；which is pale and dark-eyed and full-mouthed和which quickens his heart beat是beauty的两个定语从句。
【译文】他极力想看到她的脸—她排在他前面—但是直到她买了票，离开售票处时他才意识到她有多美，她那白皙的面庞，乌黑的眼睛以及丰盈的嘴唇都让他心跳加快。
2．He wants somehow to attract the brunette’s attention，to invite her to have a drink with him before her own flight leaves for wherever she is traveling，but even though he believes for a moment she is looking

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