超星 - U4 Text A Sentence Interpretation

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Choose the answer that correctly interprets the sentence from the text.But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines. (Para. 8)

A. But I think medicine loses half of its power to cure if my patient loses her will to live on.
But if my patient starts thinking of who would come to her funeral procession, I think she would only have a 50% chance to live on.

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There goes another. ... That leaves just four. (Para. 16)

Another day is gone . ... Only four days remain.
B. Look, another leaf has fallen. ... Only four leaves are left on the ivy vine.

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I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old miner. I'll not be gone a minute. (Para. 17)

A. I must go and ask Behrman to come up and sit as my model while l paint the old miner. I will be back a minute.
B. I will ask Behrman to get up and be my model for the old miner. I will leave you alone a minute.

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...he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at softness in any one, and who regarded himself as guard dog to the two young artists in the studio above. (Para. 18)

A. ...he was a hard-hearted little old man, who enjoyed making fun of soft-hearted people and acted as protector of Sue and Johnsy.
B. ...he was a fierce-looking little old man, who looked down upon people's weakness and thought he should protect Sue and Johnsy.

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Behrman, in his old blue shirt, took his seat as the miner on an upturned kettle for a rock. (Para. 21)

A. Behrman wore his old blue shirt. He sat on a rock shaped like an upturned kettle, for Sue to paint.
Behrman, wearing his old blue shirt and sitting on an upturned kettle, served as Sue's model for the miner sitting on a rock.

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