ToefliBTPracticeTest

TPO12WritingNo.ofQuestions:2BeginTestTime:approx.60minutes

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readingYouhave3minutestoreadthepassage.Clicktobeginreadingnow.JaneAusten(1775-1817)isoneofthemostfamousofallEnglishnovelists,andtodayhernovelsaremorepopularthanever,withseveralrecentlyadaptedasHollywoodmovies.Butwedonothavemanyrecordsofwhatshelookedlike.Foralongtime,theonlyacceptedimageofAustenwasanamateursketchofanadultAustenmadebyhersisterCassandra.Howeverrecentlyaprofessionallypainted,full-lengthportraitofateenagegirlownedbyamemberoftheAustenfamilyhascomeupforsale.AlthoughtheprofessionalpaintingisnottitledJaneAusten,therearegoodreasonstobelievesheisthesubject.First,in1882,severaldecadesafterAustensdeath,Austensfamilygavepermissiontousetheportraitasanillustrationinaneditionofherletters.Austensfamilyclearlyrecognizeditasaportraitoftheauthor.So,foroveracenturynow,theAustenfamilyitselfhasendorsedtheclaimthatthegirlintheportraitisJaneAusten.Second,thefaceintheportraitclearlyresemblestheoneinCassandrassketch,whichweknowdepictsAusten.Thoughsomewhatamateurish,thesketchcommunicatesdefinitedetailsaboutAustensface.EventhoughtheCassandrasketchisofanadultJaneAusten,thefeaturesarestillsimilartothoseoftheteenagegirlinthepainting.Theeyebrows,nose,mouth,andoverallshapeofthefaceareverymuchlikethoseinthefull-lengthportrait.Third,althoughthepaintingisunsignedandundated,thereisevidencethatitwaspaintedwhenAustenwasateenager.ThestylelinksittoOziasHumphrey,asocietyportraitpainterwhowasthekindofprofessionalthewealthyAustenfamilywouldhire.Humphreywasactiveinthelate1780sandearly1790s,exactlytheperiodwhenJaneAustenwastheageofthe