For several days I （Jane Eyre） saw little of Mr.Rochester.One evening，I was invited to talk to him after dinner.There was a smile on his lips，and his eyes were shining brightly.As I was looking at him，he suddenly turned around and asked me， "Do you think I'm handsome，Miss Eyre？"
   The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it： "No，sir."
   "Ah.jye.ai are really unusual!You look like a quiet，serious little person，but you can be almost rude."
   "Sir，I'm sorry.I shouldn't have given an immediate answer to such a question about appearances；I should have said that beauty doesn't matter，or something like that."
   "No，you shouldn't!I see，you criticize my appearance，and then you stick a sly penknife under my ear!You have honesty and feeling.There are not many girls like you.Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance（抵消）your few good points."
   I thought to myself that he might have too.He seemed to read my mind，and said quickly，"Yes，you're right.I have plenty of faults.I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one，and have never found the right path again.I might have been as good as you，and perhaps wiser.I am not a bad man，take my word for it，but I have done wrong.It wasn't my character，but circumstances that were to blame.Why do I tell you all this？Because you're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to，because you're sympathetic and you give them hope."
   "Don't be afraid of me，Miss Eyre，" he continued." You don't relax or laugh very much，perhaps because of the effect Lowood has had on you.But in time you will be more natural when you're with me，and laugh，and speak freely.You're like a bird in a cage.When you get out of the cage，you'll fly very high.Good night."

（1）The passage wants to tell us that

A

A

.
A．Mr.Rochester tries to communicate more with Miss Eyre
B．Mr.Rochester is a man who has bad temper
C．Miss Eyre is critical of Mr.Rochester
D．Miss Eyre appreciates Mr.Rochester very much
（2）Why did Mr.Rochester say "and then you stick a sly penknife under my ear" in paragraph 5？

B

B

A．Because Jane had offered some unnecessary explanations.
B．Because Jane had intended to be more critical of Mr.Rochcster.
C．Because Jane had regretted having talked to him.
D．Because Jane had intended to kill him with a knife.
（3）From what Mr.Rochester told Miss Eyre，we can conclude that he wanted to

C

C

.
A．tell her all his troubles
B．tell her his life experience
C．change her opinion of him
D．change his circumstances
（4）Mr.Rochester sounded

D

D

at the end of the passage.
A．rude
B．cold
C．friendly
D．encouraging