六级冲刺备考阅读练习9
<p> <span word="You">You</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="astonished">astonished</span>,<span word="Holmes">Holmes</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="smiling">smiling</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="expression">expression</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="shall">shall</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="see">see</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mans">mans</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="originally">originally</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="empty">empty</span> <span word="attic">attic</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="furniture">furniture</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="choose">choose</span>: <span word="A">A</span> <span word="fool">fool</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lumber">lumber</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="across">across</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="jumbled">jumbled</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="things">things</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="difficulty">difficulty</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="laying">laying</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="elastic">elastic</span> <span word="walls">walls</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="distend">distend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="extent">extent</span>. <span word="Depend">Depend</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="before">before</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="importance">importance</span>, <span word="therefore">therefore</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="useless">useless</span> <span word="facts">facts</span> <span word="elbowing">elbowing</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="ones">ones</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Solar">Solar</span> <span word="System">System</span>!<span word="I">I</span> <span word="protested">protested</span>.</p><p> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deuce">deuce</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="me">me</span>? <span word="he">he</span> <span word="interrupted">interrupted</span> <span word="impatiently">impatiently</span>.</p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="companion">companion</span> <span word="munched">munched</span> <span word="silently">silently</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="toast">toast</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="articles">articles</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pencil">pencil</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heading">heading</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="naturally">naturally</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p> <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="somewhat">somewhat</span> <span word="ambitious">ambitious</span> <span word="title">title</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Book">Book</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Life">Life</span>,<span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="observant">observant</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="accurate">accurate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="systematic">systematic</span> <span word="examination">examination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="way">way</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="remarkable">remarkable</span> <span word="mixture">mixture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="shrewdness">shrewdness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="absurdity">absurdity</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="reasoning">reasoning</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="intense">intense</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deduction">deduction</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="far">far</span>-<span word="fetched">fetched</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="exaggerated">exaggerated</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="momentary">momentary</span> <span word="expression">expression</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="twitch">twitch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="muscle">muscle</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="glance">glance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fathom">fathom</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mans">mans</span> <span word="inmost">inmost</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>. <span word="Deceit">Deceit</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="impossibility">impossibility</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="trained">trained</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="observation">observation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="conclusions">conclusions</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="infallible">infallible</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="propositions">propositions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Euclid">Euclid</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="startling">startling</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="uninitiated">uninitiated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="processes">processes</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="necromancer">necromancer</span>.</p>
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