He pretended to consider it. "I’d much rather go to Chillon with you." "With me?" she asked without a shadow of emotion. She didn' t rise blushing, as a young person at Geneva would have done; and yet, conscious that he had gone very far, he thought it possible she had drawn back. "And with your mother," he answered very respectfully. But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. "I guess mother wouldn ' t go-for you" she smiled. "And she ain' t bent on going, anyway. She don' t Like to ride round in the afternoon." After which she familiarly proceeded: "But did you really mean what you said just now-that you' d like to go up there?" Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the above excerpt is taken. B. From their conversation, do you know where Miss Daisy Miller and the man want to go? C. Briefly comment on Miss Daisy Miller' s character.
【正确答案】：A: HENRY JAMES IS THE AUTHOR AND THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL IS DAISY MILLER.B: FROM THEIR CONVERSATION, MISS DAISY MILLER AND THE MAN WANT TO GO ON AN EXCURSION TO AN OLD CASTLE.C: MISS DAISY MILLER BECOMES THE AMERICAN GIRL IN EUROPE, A CELEBRATED CULTURAL TYPE WHO EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW WORLD. HOWEVER, INNOCENCE, THE KEYSTONE OF HER CHARACTER, TURNS OUT TO BE AN ADMIRING BUT A DANGEROUS QUALITY AND HER DEFIANCE OF SOCIAL TABOOS IN THE OLD WORLD FINALLY BRINGS HER TO A DISASTER IN THE CLASH BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES.
【题目解析】：教材499页。A. 本题选自詹姆斯的《黛西.米勒》。B. 该选篇选自该书的第一部分，黛西只身一人与温特伯恩一起远足去一个古堡。C. 黛西.米勒小姐是在欧洲的美国姑娘的形象，是美国精神的代表。她的天真是令人羡慕而又具有危险性质。她对欧洲社会禁忌的公然藐视最终给她带来了两种文化冲突的灾难。
