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Ever since Jerusha started her college, she began to write letters. Through a series of letters, from freshman to senior in college, she shared her life and study with an unknown gentleman, who never wrote back. Here is the very first letter.
Dear Mr. Kind,
Here I am! I traveled yesterday for four hours in a train. It's a funny experience. I never rode in one
before.
College is the biggest, most confusing place - I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will tell you more
later when I'm feeling less puzzled. Now I want to write a letter first just to get me familiar to you.
It seems strange to be writing letters to somebody you don't know. It seems strange for me to be
writing letters at all - I've never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if they are
not a model kind.
Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to
behave, especially towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be very
respectful.
I have been thinking of you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all
these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to
somebody now, and it's a very comfortable feeling. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my
imaqination has very little to work upon.
There are just three things that I know:
I .You are tall.
II .You are rich.
III. You hate girl.
I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. Only that's rather unpleasant to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but that's unpleasant to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Maybe you won't stay rich all your life; But at least you will stay tall all your life! So I decide to call you Dear
Daddy-long-legs. I hope you won't mind. It's just a private pet name - we won't tell Mrs. Lippett. The
ten o'clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided by bells. We eat and sleep and study by bells. There it goes! Lights out. Good night.
You can see how strictly I obey rules due to my training in the John Grier Home.
Yours most respectfully,
Jerusha Abbott
1. Which of the following is NOT the reason for Jerusha to write the letter to Mr.Kind?
A. To get her familiar to him.
B. To present her thankfulness to him.
C. To share her brand-new college life with him.
D. To apologize to him for not writing letters too often.
2. If Mrs. Lippett learned that the writer calls the man she writes to Daddy-long-legs, she would
probably_____.
A. burst into laughter
B. think it acceptable
C. criticize the writer
D. inform the man
3. By "when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon.", the writer intends to tell us
that_____.
A. the man she writes to is dull and boring
B. she is not familiar with the one she writes to
C. it is not interesting at all to write to a stranger
D. she lacks imagination when it comes to writing a letter
4. Jerusha was probably _____while she worked on the letter.
A. curious
B. light-hearted
C. serious
D. skeptical
