Q: CHAPTER XXIII

CHECK TO THE QUEEN

How long they stood thus, heart to heart, they themselves could never have said. The sound of many voices in the near distance roused them from their dream. Ursula started in alarm.

"Holy Virgin!" she exclaimed under her breath, "if it should be the Queen!"

But Wessex held her tightly, and she struggled in vain.

"Nay! then let the whole Court see that I hold my future wife in my arms," he said proudly.

But with an agitated little cry she contrived to escape him. He seemed much amused at her nervousness; what had she to fear? was she not his own, to protect even from the semblance of ill? But Ursula, now fully awakened to ordinary, everyday surroundings, was fearful lest her own innocent little deception should be too crudely, too suddenly unmasked.

She had so earnestly looked forward to the moment when she would say to him that she in sooth was none other than Lady Ursula Glynde, the woman whom every conventionality had decreed that he should marry, and whom--because of these conventionalities--he had secretly but certainly disliked.

Her woman's heart had already given her a clear insight into the character and the foibles of the man she loved. His passion for her now, sincere and great though it was, was partly dependent on that atmosphere of romance which his poetical temperament craved for, and which had surrounded the half-mysterious personality of exquisite, irresistible "Fanny."

Instinctively she dreaded the rough hand of commonplace, that ugly, coarse destroyer of poetic idylls. A few hastily uttered words might shatter in an hour the mystic shrine wherein Wessex had enthroned her. She had meant to tell him soon, to-morrow perhaps, perhaps only after a few days, but she wished to find her own time for this, when he knew her inner soul better, and the delicate cobwebs of this great love-at-first-sight had fallen away from his eyes.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is embracing?
2. Is Ursula ready to stop?
3. is Wessex?
4. Why does she want free?
5. Who is she worried might be coming?
6. Does Wessex care?
7. Does she get free?
8. What's making her nervous?
9. How does Wessex feel about her fears?
10. Are they planing to get married?
11. How does that make Wessex feel?
12. Would their marriage be the traditional thing to do/
13. Is she thinking that maybe he doesn't like her?
14. What has she gotten a good picture of?
15. What kind of love is he feeling?
16. What does she think might get shattered?
17. When does she want to talk to him about it?
18. What are the possible days she might talk to him?
19. What does she want him to learn about
20. Where are they standing?
A: 1. Ursula and Wessex
2. yes
3. no
4. she hears people
5. the Queen
6. no
7. yes
8. her deception might be unmasked.
9. amused
10. yes
11. proud
12. yes
13. yes
14. his character
15. ove-at-first-sight
16. the mystic shrine
17. in her own time for
18. tomorrow or a few days
19. her inner soul better
20. unknown
Q: What is the hottest topic at your school? In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School, it's money. The school had an activity called "making a living" recently. About 800 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students were divided into 112 teams. They went out to make money by selling things. What did they choose to sell? Some sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo baskets. Huqi's team decided to sell educational books in front of the Children Activity Centre. They thought parents would like to buy books for their children. But unfortunately , they came across urban management officers . The officers asked them to leave. "We played hide-and-seek with the officers for the whole morning," said Hu. "Finally we gave up and moved to other place. Wang Yongyi and her team sold ice cream in a square. They didn't meet any officers. But few people were interested in what they were selling. The team then put up a board saying the money was to help the "Project Hope" for country kids. It worked. More people came to their stall. A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were luckier. They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 yuan and getting back 80 yuan. "It was not easy to make the money," said Meng. "Some people just looked. Others just tasted but didn't buy. Now I know how hard it is for our parents to earn the money we need to lead happy lives."

Answer the following questions:
1. Where were books sold?
2. Where?
3. Who sold them?
4. Where did they go to school?
5. Were there 100 students?
6. How many?
7. Were they all in one group?
8. How many were they divided in to?
9. Who gave them trouble?
10. how?
11. Did they stay anyhow?
12. Doing what?
13. With whom?
14. Who sold ice cream?
15. Were they doing well?
16. What did they do about that?
17. Did that help?
18. Were foreigners greedy?
19. How much did they give?
20. What was a popular item that day?
21. Did they take long to get rid of?
22. How many were sold?
23. Did they make a good amount?
A:
1. educational
2. Children Activity Centre
3. Huqi's team
4. Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School
5. No
6. About 800
7. No
8. 112 teams
9. urban management officers
10. asked them to leave
11. During the morning they stayed.
12. played hide-and-seek
13. urban management officers
14. Wang Yongyi and her team
15. No
16. put up a board saying the money was to help the "Project Hope"
17. Yes
18. No
19. 100 yuan
20. cakes
21. four hours
22. all their cakes
23. Yes