[单项选择]Scobie liked to have his telescope in bed because ______.
A. he enjoyed looking at the passers-by, even if he could see the sea
B. he refused touching it and looking through it at the wall
C. he refused to accept the fact that he could not see the sea
D. he enjoyed looking at the passers-by, even if he could not see the sea

[单项选择]Scobie liked to have his telescope in bed because _______.
A. he enjoyed looking at the passers-by, even if he could see the sea.
B. he refused touching it and looking through it at the wall.
C. he refused to accept the fact that he could not see the sea.
D. he enjoyed looking at the passers-by, even if he could not see the sea.

[单项选择]Scobie thoroughly enjoyed his present life and _______.
A. told many exciting and true stories about his past.
B. told many stories about his past that the author did not believe.
C. was the hero in stories told on many different continents.
D. refused to talk about his parents, his early life or his adventures.

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This is the weather Scobie loves. Lying in bed he touches his telescope lovingly, turning a wistful eye on the blank wall of rotting mud-bricks which shuts off his view of the sea.
Scobie is getting on for seventy and still afraid to die; his one fear is that he will awake one morning and find himself dead--Lieutenant-Commander Scobie, O. B. E.. Consequently it gives him a severe shock every morning when the water-carriers shriek under his window before dawn, waking him up. For a moment, he says, he dares not open his eyes. Keeping them fast shut (for fear they might open on the heavenly host) he gropes along the cake-stand beside his bed and grabs his pipe. It is always loaded from the night before and an open matchbox stands beside it. The first whiff of tobacco restores both his composure and his eyesight. He breathes deeply, grateful for reassurance. He smiles. He gloats. Then, drawing the heavy sheepskin which serves him as a bed-cover up to his ears, he sings a litt
A. he enjoyed looking at the passers-by, even if he could see the sea
B. he refused touching it and looking through it at the wall
C. he refused to accept the fact that he could not see the sea
D. he enjoyed looking at the passers-by, even if he could not see the sea