SAT阅读练习题:Reading Comprehension Test 3_SAT阅读

SAT阅读练习题:Reading Comprehension Test 3

　　She arrived in England in a shattered state of health. The hardships and the ceaseless efforts of the last two years had　undermined her nervous system; her heart was affected; she　suffered constantly from fainting-fits and terrible attacks of utter　25 physical prostration. The doctors declared that one thing alone　would save her - a complete and prolonged rest. But that was also　the one thing with which she would have nothing to do. She had　never been in the habit of resting; why should she begin now?

　　Now, when her opportunity had come at last; now, when the iron　30 was hot, and it was time to strike? No; she had work to do; and,　come what might, she would do it. The doctors protested in vain;

　　in vain her family lamented and entreated, in vain her friends　pointed out to her the madness of such a course. Madness? Mad -possessed - perhaps she was. A frenzy had seized upon her. As

　　35 she lay upon her sofa, gasping, she devoured blue-books, dictated　letters, and, in the intervals of her palpitations, cracked jokes. For　months at a stretch she never left her bed. But she would not rest.

　　At this rate, the doctors assured her, even if she did not die, she　would become an invalid for life. She could not help that; there　40 was work to be done; and, as for rest, very likely she might rest ...