Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers ’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end,detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces. ”
What tone does the quoted passage set for the whole story?
【正确答案】：
THIS PASSAGE SETS THE MOOD OF MELANCHOLY. THE SCENE IS DRAB, DESOLATE AND LIFELESS.
【题目解析】：引文给人一种压抑，抑郁的感觉，场景单调，荒凉，毫无生气。
