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Amongtheannoyed,undermorenormalcircumstances,wouldhavebeenChiefInspectorDouglasPelham,headofthelocalpoliceforce.Butattheheightofthatweek'

sstorm,whent

hewindbroughtdowneventhematurewalnuttreeinhisgarden,Pelhamhadinfactbeeninnofitstatetonotice.Alargeandhealthyman,hehadforthefirsttimeinhislifebeenseriouslyillwithanattackofbronchitis.

Whenhefirstcomplainedofanachingheadandtightnessinhischest,hiswife,Molly,hadtriedtopersuadehimtogotothedoctor.Convincedthatthepoliceforcecouldnotdowithouthim,hehad,asusual,ignoredherandattemptedtocarryonworking.Predictably,thoughhewouldn'

thavelistenedtoanyonewhotriedtotellhim

so,thishadtheeffectoffogginghismemoryandshorteninghistemper.

Itwasonlywhenhiscolleague,SergeantLloyd,tooktheinitiativeanddrovehimtothedoctor'

sdoorthathefinallygavein.Bythattime,hedidn'

thavethestrengthlefttoarguewithher.Innotimeatall,shewastakinghimalongtothechemist'

stogethismedicineandthenhometohisunsurprisedwifewhosenthimstraighttobed.

WhenMollytoldhim,ontheThursdaymorning,thatthewalnuttreehadbeenbroughtdownduringthenight,Pelhamhadn’tbeenabletotakeitin.OnThursdayevening,hehadaskedweaklyaboutdamagetothehouse,groaned（含糊不清地说）thankfullywhenheheardtherewasnone,andpulledthesheetsoverh

ishead.

Itwasn'

tuntilSaturday,whenthemedicinetookeffect,histemperaturedroppedandhegotup,thatherealisedwithashockthatthelossofthewalnuttreehadmadeapermanentdifferencetotheappearanceoftheliving-room.ThePelhams'

largehousestoodinasizeablegarden.Ithadnotcomecheap,butevensoPelhamhadnoregretsaboutbuyingit.Theleafygardenhadcreatedanimpressionofprivacy.Now,though,thestormhadchangedhisoutlook.

Previously,theviewfromtheliving-roomhadfeaturedthehandsomewalnuttree.Thishadnotdarkenedtheroombecausetherewasalsoawindowontheoppositewall,butithadprovidedinterestingpatternsoflightandshadethathidthetruestateofthewornfurniturethatthefamilyhadbroughtwiththemfromtheirprevioushouse.

Withthetreegone,theroomseemedcruellybright,itswornfurnishingsexposedinalltheirshabbiness.Andtheviewfromthewindowdidn’tbearlookingat.Thetallhousenextdoor,previouslyhiddenbythetree,wasnowthere,dominatingtheoutlookwithitsunattractivepurplebricksandexternalpipes.Itseemedtohaveagreatmanyupstairswindows,allofthemwatchingthePelhams'

everymovement.

“Doesn’titlookterrible?

”Pelhamwhisperedtohiswife.

ButMolly,standinginthedoorway,soundedmorepleasedthandismayed.“That'

swhatI’vebeentellingyoueversincewecamehere.Wehavetobuyanewsofa,whateveritcosts.”

6.WhyweresomepeopleinBrackhamannoyedafterthestorm?

A.Nomarketcouldbeheld.B.Thepolicehaddonelittletohelp.

C.Thetownlookeddifferent.D.Fallentreeshadnotbeenremoved.

7.Inthethirdparagraph,whatdowelearnaboutChiefInspectorPelham’sgeneralattitudetohiswork?

A.Hefindsitextremelyannoying.B.Неissurethatheplaysanimportantrole.

C.Неconsidersthesystemsarenotclearenough.

D.Hedoesnottrustthedecisionsmadebyhissuperiors.

8.WhataspectofthePelhams’furnituredoes“shabbiness”inparagraph8describe?

A.itscondition.B.itscolour.C.itsposition.D.itsdesign.

9.Asaresultofthestorm,thePelhams’living-room_____.

A.waspleasantlylighterB.feltlessprivate

C.hadabetterviewD.wasinneedofrepair

10.WhydidMollysoundpleasedbyherhusband’scomment?

A.Itprovedthathewaswellagain.B.Sheagreedaboutthetree.

C.Shethoughthemeantthesofa.D.Itwaswhatsheexpectedhimtosay.

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AGermanstudysuggeststhatpeoplewhoweretoooptimisticabouttheirfutureactuallyfacedgreaterriskofdisabilityordeathwithin10yearsthanthosepessimistswhoexpectedtheirfuturetobeworse.

Thepaper,publishedthisMarchinPsychologyandAging,examinedhealthandwelfaresurveysfromroughly40，000Germansbetweenages18and96.Thesurveyswereconductedeveryyearfrom1993to2003.

Surveyrespondents（受访者）wereaskedtoestimatetheirpresentandfuturelifesatisfactiononascaleof0to10,amongotherquestions.

Theresearchersfoundthatyoungadults（age18to39）routinelyoverestimatedtheirfuturelifesatisfaction,whilemi