Reading Comprehension Test 50

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Reading Comprehension Test 50

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Question 1
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Enter LORD MAYOR (Sir Roger Otley) and EARL OF LINCOLN
LINC: My Lord Mayor you have 40118sundry times feasted myself, and many courtiers more; Seldom or never can we be so kind to make requital of your courtesy. But, leaving this, I hear my cousin Lacy is much 67505affected to your daughter Rose.
L. MAYOR: True, my good Lord, and she loves him so well that I mislike her boldness in the chase.
LINC: Why, my Lord Mayor, think you it then a shame to join a Lacy with an Otley's name?
L. MAYOR: Too mean is my poor girl for 44751his high birth: 29414Poor citizens must not with courtiers wed, who will in silks arid gay apparel spend more in one year than I am worth by far; Therefore your honour need not doubt my girl.
LINC: Take need, my Lord, advise you what you do: A verier 85487unthrift lives not in the world than is my cousin: for I'll tell you what, 'Tis now almost a year since he requested to travel countries for experience; I furnish'd him with coins, bills of exchange, letters of credit,men to wait on him, solicited my friends in Italy well to respect him but to see the end: Scant had be journey'd, through half Germany, But all his coin was spent, his men cast off, His bills embezzl'd and my 24050jolly coz asham'd to show his bankrupt presence here, become a shoemaker in Wittenberg. A goodly science for a gentleman of such descent! Now judge the rest by this: Suppose your daughter have a thousand pound, He did consume me more in one half-year; And make him heir to all the wealth you have, One twelve month's rioting will waste it all. The seek, my Lord, some honest citizen to wed your daughter so.
L. MAYOR: I thank your lordship. (Aside.) 70992Well, fox, I understand your subtlety. As for your nephew, let your lordship's eye but watch his actions, and you need not fear, for I have sent my daughter far enough. And yet your cousin Rowland might do well how he hath learn'd an occupation: (Aside.) And yet I scorn call him son-in-law.
LINC: Ay, but I have better trade for him; I thank His Grace he hath appointed him Chief colonel of all those companies Muster'd in London and the shires about to serve His Highness in those wars of France. See where he comes.

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The Earl of Lincoln's attitude toward his cousin can best be described as-

A
censoriousness

B
apathy

C
romantic love

D
dislike

E
affection

Solution

Option A is the correct answer, i.e., the Earl is censorious towards his cousin, extremely critical of the latter, of all his ventures. There is little affection between them. Their relation is certainly devoid of romantic love. But it is also not one of complete apathy and dislike. Thus, options B,C,D and E are incorrect.
Question 2
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This passage, from a short story published in $$1978$$, describes a visit to a planetarium, a building in which images of stars, planets, and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.

Inside, we sat on wonderfully comfortable seats that were tilted back so that you lay in a sort of a hammock, attention directed to the bowl of the ceiling, which soon turned dark blue, with a faint rim of light around the edge. There was some splendid, commanding music. The adults all around were shushing the children, trying to make them stop cracking their potato chip bags. Then a man's voice, an eloquent professional voice, began to speak slowly, out of the walls. The voice reminded me a little of the way radio announcers used to introduce a piece of classical music or describe the progress of the Royal Family to Westminster Abbey on one of their royal occasions. There was a faint echo-chamber effect. The dark ceiling was filled with stars. They came out not all at once but one after another, the way stars really do come out at night, though more quickly. The Milky Way galaxy appeared, was moving closer; stars swam into brilliance and kept on going, disappearing beyond the edges of the sky-screen or behind my head. While the flow of light continued, the voice presented stunning facts. From a few light-years away, it announced, the sun appears as a bright star, and the planets are not visible.
From a few dozen light-years away, the Sun is not visible, either, to the naked eye. And that distance-a few dozen light-years-is only about a thousandth part of the distance from the Sun to the center of our galaxy, one galaxy, which itself contains about two hundred billion stars. And is, in turn, one of the millions, perhaps billions, of galaxies. Innumerable repetitions, innumerable variations. All this rolled past my head, too, like balls of lightning. Now realism was abandoned, for familiar artifice. A model of the solar system was spinning away in its elegant style. A bright bug took off from the Earth, heading for Jupiter. I set my dodging and shrinking mind sternly to recording facts. The mass of Jupiter two and a half times that of all the other planets put together. The Great Red Spot. The thirteen moons. Past Jupiter, a glance at the eccentric orbit of Pluto, the icy rings of Saturn. Back to Earth and moving into hot and dazzling Venus. Atmospheric pressure ninety times ours. 23129Moonless Mercury rotating three times while circling the Sun twice; an odd arrangement, not as satisfying as what they used to tell us -that it rotated once as it circled the Sun.57553 No perpetual darkness after all. Why did they give out such confident information, only to announce later that it was quite wrong? Finally, the picture already familiar from magazines: the red soil of Mars, the blooming pink sky. When the show was over I sat in my seat while children clambered over me, making no comments on anything they had just seen or heard. They were pestering their keepers for eatables and further entertainments. An effort had been made to get their attention, to take it away from canned drinks and potato chips and fix it on various knowns and unkowns and 92598, and it seemed to have failed. A good thing, too, I thought. Children have natural immunity, most of them, and it shouldn't be tampered with. As for the adults who would deplore it, the ones who promoted this show, weren't they immune themselves to the extent that they could put in the echo-chamber effects, the music, the solemnity, simulating the awe that they supposed they ought to feel? Awe- what was that supposed to be? A fit of the shivers when you looked out the window? Once you knew what it was, you wouldn't be courting it.

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In para 2, "fix" most nearly means.

A
Focus

B
Prepare

C
Repair

D
Decide

E
Influence

Solution

In line 53, the author says that the adults had made an attempt to divert the children's attention with the planetarium and distract them from potato chips and scanned goods by making them concentrate on the information that the planetarium provided. In this context, the author uses the word 'fix' and we can deduce that it most nearly means focus. Thus A is the answer. The other choices are incorrect as they do not fit the context.
Question 3
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]1. For four days, I walked through the narrow lanes of the old city, enjoying the romance of being in a city where history still lives - in its cobblestone streets and in its people riding asses, carrying vine leaves and palm as they once did during the time of Christ.
2. This is Jerusalem, home to the sacred sites of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. This is the place that houses the church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place where Jesus was finally laid to rest. This is also the site of Christ's crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.
3. Built by the Roman Emperor Constantine at the site of an earlier temple to Aphrodite, it is the most venerated Christian shrine in the world. And justifiably so. Here, within the church, are the last five stations of the cross, the 10th station where Jesus was stripped of his clothes, the 11th where he was nailed to the cross, the 12th where he died on the cross, the 13th where the body was removed from the cross, and the 14th, his tomb.
4. For all this weighty tradition, the approach and entrance to the church are nondescript. You have to ask for directions. Even to the devout Christian pilgrims walking along the Via Dolorosa - The Way of Sorrow - the first nine stations look clueless. Then a courtyard appears, hemmed in by other buildings and a doorway to one side. This leads to a vast area of huge stone architecture.
5. Immediately inside the entrance is your first stop. It's the stone of anointing: this is the place, according to Greek tradition, where Christ was removed from the cross. The Roman Catholics, however, believe it to the spot where Jesus' body was prepared for burial by Joseph.
6. What happened next? Jesus was buried. He was taken to a place outside the city of Jerusalem where other graves existed and there, he was buried in a cave. However, all that is long gone, destroyed by continued attacks and rebuilding; what remains is the massive - and impressive - Rotunda (a round building with a dome) that Emperor Constantine built. Under this, and right in the center of the Rotunda, is the structure that contains the Holy Sepulchre.
7. "How do you know that this is Jesus' tomb?" I asked one of the pilgrims standing next to me. He was clueless, more interested, like the rest of them, in the novelty of it all and in photographing it, than in its history or tradition.
8. At the start of the first century, the place was a disused quarry outside the city walls. According to the gospels, Jesus' Crucifixion occurred' at a place outside the city walls with graves nearby .....'. Archaeologists have discovered tombs from that era, so the site is compatible with the Biblical period.
9. The structure at the site is a marble tomb built over the original burial chamber. It has two rooms, and you enter four at a time into the first of these, the Chapel of the Angel. Here the angle is supposed to have sat on a stone to recount Christ's resurrection. A low door made of white marble, partly worn away by pilgrims' hands, leads to a smaller chamber inside. This is the 'room of the tomb', the place where Jesus was buried.
10. We entered in single file. On my right was a large marble slab that covered the original rock bench on which the body of Jesus was laid. A woman knelt and prayed. Her eyes were wet with tears. She pressed her face against the slab to hide them, but it only made it worse.

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How does Jerusalem still remain the charm of the ancient era?

A
There are narrow lanes.

B
Roads are paved with cobblestones.

C
People can be seen riding asses.

D
All of the above

Solution

The first para describes how history in Jerusalem still lives with aspects of the city - narrow slanes, cobblestone streets, and people riding asses - being the same as they were in the times of Christ. A, B, and C all represent correct answers. Hence, D is the correct choice.
Question 4
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This passage, from a short story published in $$1978$$, describes a visit to a planetarium, a building in which images of stars, planets, and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.

Inside, we sat on wonderfully comfortable seats that were tilted back so that you lay in a sort of a hammock, attention directed to the bowl of the ceiling, which soon turned dark blue, with a faint rim of light around the edge. There was some splendid, commanding music. The adults all around were shushing the children, trying to make them stop cracking their potato chip bags. Then a man's voice, an eloquent professional voice, began to speak slowly, out of the walls. The voice reminded me a little of the way radio announcers used to introduce a piece of classical music or describe the progress of the Royal Family to Westminster Abbey on one of their royal occasions. There was a faint echo-chamber effect. The dark ceiling was filled with stars. They came out not all at once but one after another, the way stars really do come out at night, though more quickly. The Milky Way galaxy appeared, was moving closer; stars swam into brilliance and kept on going, disappearing beyond the edges of the sky-screen or behind my head. While the flow of light continued, the voice presented stunning facts. From a few light-years away, it announced, the sun appears as a bright star, and the planets are not visible.
From a few dozen light-years away, the Sun is not visible, either, to the naked eye. And that distance-a few dozen light-years-is only about a thousandth part of the distance from the Sun to the center of our galaxy, one galaxy, which itself contains about two hundred billion stars. And is, in turn, one of the millions, perhaps billions, of galaxies. Innumerable repetitions, innumerable variations. All this rolled past my head, too, like balls of lightning. Now realism was abandoned, for familiar artifice. A model of the solar system was spinning away in its elegant style. A bright bug took off from the Earth, heading for Jupiter. I set my dodging and shrinking mind sternly to recording facts. The mass of Jupiter two and a half times that of all the other planets put together. The Great Red Spot. The thirteen moons. Past Jupiter, a glance at the eccentric orbit of Pluto, the icy rings of Saturn. Back to Earth and moving into hot and dazzling Venus. Atmospheric pressure ninety times ours. 23129Moonless Mercury rotating three times while circling the Sun twice; an odd arrangement, not as satisfying as what they used to tell us -that it rotated once as it circled the Sun.57553 No perpetual darkness after all. Why did they give out such confident information, only to announce later that it was quite wrong? Finally, the picture already familiar from magazines: the red soil of Mars, the blooming pink sky. When the show was over I sat in my seat while children clambered over me, making no comments on anything they had just seen or heard. They were pestering their keepers for eatables and further entertainments. An effort had been made to get their attention, to take it away from canned drinks and potato chips and fix it on various knowns and unkowns and 92598, and it seemed to have failed. A good thing, too, I thought. Children have natural immunity, most of them, and it shouldn't be tampered with. As for the adults who would deplore it, the ones who promoted this show, weren't they immune themselves to the extent that they could put in the echo-chamber effects, the music, the solemnity, simulating the awe that they supposed they ought to feel? Awe- what was that supposed to be? A fit of the shivers when you looked out the window? Once you knew what it was, you wouldn't be courting it.

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The narrator suggests that the "echo-chamber effects, the music, the solemnity" (para 2) are evidence that.

A
Most adult have feelings of great appreciation of the universe

B
Most adults would rather not attend planetarium shows

C
Contemporary scientists have an inflated view of the importance of their work

D
The show's promoters do not fully appreciate the true nature of the universe

E
The show's promoters understand that children are entranced by special effects

Solution

The author says that the promoters of the show are "immune" to the complexities of the universe, that is they are unappreciative of it, which is why they put in "echo-chamber effects, the music" to create an atmosphere within the planetarium. D is the best answer in this context.
Question 5
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Enter LORD MAYOR (Sir Roger Otley) and EARL OF LINCOLN
LINC: My Lord Mayor you have 40118sundry times feasted myself, and many courtiers more; Seldom or never can we be so kind to make requital of your courtesy. But, leaving this, I hear my cousin Lacy is much 67505affected to your daughter Rose.
L. MAYOR: True, my good Lord, and she loves him so well that I mislike her boldness in the chase.
LINC: Why, my Lord Mayor, think you it then a shame to join a Lacy with an Otley's name?
L. MAYOR: Too mean is my poor girl for 44751his high birth: 29414Poor citizens must not with courtiers wed, who will in silks arid gay apparel spend more in one year than I am worth by far; Therefore your honour need not doubt my girl.
LINC: Take need, my Lord, advise you what you do: A verier 85487unthrift lives not in the world than is my cousin: for I'll tell you what, 'Tis now almost a year since he requested to travel countries for experience; I furnish'd him with coins, bills of exchange, letters of credit,men to wait on him, solicited my friends in Italy well to respect him but to see the end: Scant had be journey'd, through half Germany, But all his coin was spent, his men cast off, His bills embezzl'd and my 24050jolly coz asham'd to show his bankrupt presence here, become a shoemaker in Wittenberg. A goodly science for a gentleman of such descent! Now judge the rest by this: Suppose your daughter have a thousand pound, He did consume me more in one half-year; And make him heir to all the wealth you have, One twelve month's rioting will waste it all. The seek, my Lord, some honest citizen to wed your daughter so.
L. MAYOR: I thank your lordship. (Aside.) 70992Well, fox, I understand your subtlety. As for your nephew, let your lordship's eye but watch his actions, and you need not fear, for I have sent my daughter far enough. And yet your cousin Rowland might do well how he hath learn'd an occupation: (Aside.) And yet I scorn call him son-in-law.
LINC: Ay, but I have better trade for him; I thank His Grace he hath appointed him Chief colonel of all those companies Muster'd in London and the shires about to serve His Highness in those wars of France. See where he comes.

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What can be inferred from the sentence "A goodly science for a gentleman Of such descent!" ?

A
The profession of shoemaker is not appropriate for someone of high birth.

B
Shoemakers often declare bankruptcy.

C
The Earl of Lincoln admires the profession of shoemaker

D
As a shoemaker, the Earl of Lincoln's cousin will make a thousand pounds a year

E
Shoemaking is a scientific occupation.

Solution

Option A is the correct answer. The speaker states that Lacy had failed in his previous occupations and had ultimately resorted to shoe-making. The goodly science is that he had the sense of moving away, for his ancestry didn't suit his present occupation. The statements of options B,C,D and E are incoherent in context to the text. Therefore,they are incorrect.
Question 6
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Georgia was to be married. It was the week before Christmas, and on the last day of the year she would become Mrs. Joseph Tank. She had told Joe that if they were to be married at all they might as well get it over with this year, and still there was no need of being married any earlier in the year than was necessary. She assured him that she married him simply because she was tired of having paper bags waved before her eyes every where she went and she thought if she were once officially associated with him people would not flaunt his idiosyncrasies at her that way. And then Ernestine, her best friend, approved of getting married, and Ernestines ideas were usually good. To all of which Joe responded that she certainly had a splendid head to figure it out that way. Joe said that to his mind reasons for doing things werent 15 very important anyhow; it was doing them that counted.
Yesterday had been her last day on the paper. She had felt queer about that thing of taking her last assignment, though it was hard to reach just the proper state, for the last story related to pork-packers, and pork-packing is not a setting favorable to sentimental regrets. It was just like the newspaper business not even to allow one a little sentimental harrowing over ones exodus from it. But the time for gentle melancholy came later on when she was sorting her things at her desk just before leaving, and was wondering what girl would have that old desk if they cared to risk another girl, and whether the other poor girl would slave through the years she should have been frivolous, only to have some man step in at the end and induce her to surrender the things she had gained through sacrifice and toil.
As she wrote a final letter on her typewriter she did hate letting the old machine go Georgia did considerable philosophizing about the irony of working for things only to the end of giving them up. She had waded through snow drifts and been drenched in pouring rains, she had been frozen with the cold and prostrated with the heat, she had been blown about by Chicago wind until it was strange there was any of her left in one piece, she had had front doors yes, and back doors too slammed in her face, she had been the butt of the alleged wit of menials and hirelings, she had been patronized by vapid women as the poor girl who must make her living some way, she had been roasted by but never mind she had had a beat* or two! And now she was to wind it all up by marrying Joseph Tank, who had made a great deal of money out of the manufacture of paper bags. This from her who had always believed she would end her days in New York, or perhaps write a realistic novel exposing some mighty evil!

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The second paragraph suggests that Georgia believes the proper state (line 19) would be one of

A
excitement

B
wistfulness

C
amusement

D
annoyance

E
relief

Solution

'In line 19, Georgia says that though yesterday was her last day on the paper, it was strange to feel any sentimental regret because her final assignment was regarding pork packers and pork packing. So, she says that it was difficult to reach the "proper state" of sentimentality and wistfulness. In the given context only B fits in.
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Black holes are the most efficient engines of destruction known to humanity. Their intense gravity is a one-way ticket to oblivion, and material spiraling into them can heat up to millions of degrees and glow brightly. Yet, they are not all-powerful. Even supermassive black holes are minuscule by cosmic standards. They typically account for less than one percent of their galaxys mass. Accordingly, astronomers long assumed that supermassive holes, let alone their smaller cousins, would have little effect beyond their immediate neighborhoods. So it has come as a surprise over the past decade that black hole activity is closely intertwined with star formation occurring farther out in the galaxy.

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Which of the following most resembles the relationship between black hole activity and star formation (lines 11-12) as described in the passage?

A
A volcanic eruption on one continent results in higher rainfall totals on another continent.

B
Industrial emissions in one region lead to an increase in airborne pollutants in adjacent regions.

C
A drought in a wilderness area causes a significant loss of vegetation in that area.

D
Decreased oil production in one country results in higher gas prices in oil-dependent countries.

E
Overfishing in a gulf leads to an increase in the population of smaller aquatic organisms.

Solution

Since the black hole activity is closely intertwined with star formation that occurs father out in the galaxy, the relationship most similar to this kind of relationship is that of a volcanic eruption on one continent resulting in higher rainfall totals on another. A is the only option that fits the given context.
Question 8
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Enter LORD MAYOR (Sir Roger Otley) and EARL OF LINCOLN
LINC: My Lord Mayor you have 40118sundry times feasted myself, and many courtiers more; Seldom or never can we be so kind to make requital of your courtesy. But, leaving this, I hear my cousin Lacy is much 67505affected to your daughter Rose.
L. MAYOR: True, my good Lord, and she loves him so well that I mislike her boldness in the chase.
LINC: Why, my Lord Mayor, think you it then a shame to join a Lacy with an Otley's name?
L. MAYOR: Too mean is my poor girl for 44751his high birth: 29414Poor citizens must not with courtiers wed, who will in silks arid gay apparel spend more in one year than I am worth by far; Therefore your honour need not doubt my girl.
LINC: Take need, my Lord, advise you what you do: A verier 85487unthrift lives not in the world than is my cousin: for I'll tell you what, 'Tis now almost a year since he requested to travel countries for experience; I furnish'd him with coins, bills of exchange, letters of credit,men to wait on him, solicited my friends in Italy well to respect him but to see the end: Scant had be journey'd, through half Germany, But all his coin was spent, his men cast off, His bills embezzl'd and my 24050jolly coz asham'd to show his bankrupt presence here, become a shoemaker in Wittenberg. A goodly science for a gentleman of such descent! Now judge the rest by this: Suppose your daughter have a thousand pound, He did consume me more in one half-year; And make him heir to all the wealth you have, One twelve month's rioting will waste it all. The seek, my Lord, some honest citizen to wed your daughter so.
L. MAYOR: I thank your lordship. (Aside.) 70992Well, fox, I understand your subtlety. As for your nephew, let your lordship's eye but watch his actions, and you need not fear, for I have sent my daughter far enough. And yet your cousin Rowland might do well how he hath learn'd an occupation: (Aside.) And yet I scorn call him son-in-law.
LINC: Ay, but I have better trade for him; I thank His Grace he hath appointed him Chief colonel of all those companies Muster'd in London and the shires about to serve His Highness in those wars of France. See where he comes.

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The scene reveals a conflict between-

A
generosity and frugality

B
prodigality and profligacy

C
youth and age

D
joy and melancholy

E
expression and emotions

Solution

Option E, conflict between expression and emotions, is the correct answer. This is more apparent in the characterization of the mayor, who expresses humility towards the Earl and his cousin's suit for his daughter, but his emotions are clearly snobbish for he knows his daughter deserves someone better than a shoemaker. The statements of options A,B,C and D are not explicitly reflected in the text and are, therefore, incorrect.
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Georgia was to be married. It was the week before Christmas, and on the last day of the year she would become Mrs. Joseph Tank. She had told Joe that if they were to be married at all they might as well get it over with this year, and still there was no need of being married any earlier in the year than was necessary. She assured him that she married him simply because she was tired of having paper bags waved before her eyes every where she went and she thought if she were once officially associated with him people would not flaunt his idiosyncrasies at her that way. And then Ernestine, her best friend, approved of getting married, and Ernestines ideas were usually good. To all of which Joe responded that she certainly had a splendid head to figure it out that way. Joe said that to his mind reasons for doing things werent 15 very important anyhow; it was doing them that counted.
Yesterday had been her last day on the paper. She had felt queer about that thing of taking her last assignment, though it was hard to reach just the proper state, for the last story related to pork-packers, and pork-packing is not a setting favorable to sentimental regrets. It was just like the newspaper business not even to allow one a little sentimental harrowing over ones exodus from it. But the time for gentle melancholy came later on when she was sorting her things at her desk just before leaving, and was wondering what girl would have that old desk if they cared to risk another girl, and whether the other poor girl would slave through the years she should have been frivolous, only to have some man step in at the end and induce her to surrender the things she had gained through sacrifice and toil.
As she wrote a final letter on her typewriter she did hate letting the old machine go Georgia did considerable philosophizing about the irony of working for things only to the end of giving them up. She had waded through snow drifts and been drenched in pouring rains, she had been frozen with the cold and prostrated with the heat, she had been blown about by Chicago wind until it was strange there was any of her left in one piece, she had had front doors yes, and back doors too slammed in her face, she had been the butt of the alleged wit of menials and hirelings, she had been patronized by vapid women as the poor girl who must make her living some way, she had been roasted by but never mind she had had a beat* or two! And now she was to wind it all up by marrying Joseph Tank, who had made a great deal of money out of the manufacture of paper bags. This from her who had always believed she would end her days in New York, or perhaps write a realistic novel exposing some mighty evil!

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In line 27, poor most nearly means

A
pitiable

B
indigent

C
inferior

D
humble

E
petty

Solution

Here, "poor" is used in a tone of pity when Georgia thinks of the other girl who would replace her in the paper (that is if they did hire a girl). Georgia pities the girl as she would have to "slave through the years she should have been frivolous". Thus, in this context, 'poor' means "pitiable." Option A is the answer.
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Georgia was to be married. It was the week before Christmas, and on the last day of the year she would become Mrs. Joseph Tank. She had told Joe that if they were to be married at all they might as well get it over with this year, and still there was no need of being married any earlier in the year than was necessary. She assured him that she married him simply because she was tired of having paper bags waved before her eyes every where she went and she thought if she were once officially associated with him people would not flaunt his idiosyncrasies at her that way. And then Ernestine, her best friend, approved of getting married, and Ernestines ideas were usually good. To all of which Joe responded that she certainly had a splendid head to figure it out that way. Joe said that to his mind reasons for doing things werent 15 very important anyhow; it was doing them that counted.
Yesterday had been her last day on the paper. She had felt queer about that thing of taking her last assignment, though it was hard to reach just the proper state, for the last story related to pork-packers, and pork-packing is not a setting favorable to sentimental regrets. It was just like the newspaper business not even to allow one a little sentimental harrowing over ones exodus from it. But the time for gentle melancholy came later on when she was sorting her things at her desk just before leaving, and was wondering what girl would have that old desk if they cared to risk another girl, and whether the other poor girl would slave through the years she should have been frivolous, only to have some man step in at the end and induce her to surrender the things she had gained through sacrifice and toil.
As she wrote a final letter on her typewriter she did hate letting the old machine go Georgia did considerable philosophizing about the irony of working for things only to the end of giving them up. She had waded through snow drifts and been drenched in pouring rains, she had been frozen with the cold and prostrated with the heat, she had been blown about by Chicago wind until it was strange there was any of her left in one piece, she had had front doors yes, and back doors too slammed in her face, she had been the butt of the alleged wit of menials and hirelings, she had been patronized by vapid women as the poor girl who must make her living some way, she had been roasted by but never mind she had had a beat* or two! And now she was to wind it all up by marrying Joseph Tank, who had made a great deal of money out of the manufacture of paper bags. This from her who had always believed she would end her days in New York, or perhaps write a realistic novel exposing some mighty evil!

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The description in lines 35-45 (She . . . two!) primarily serves to

A
suggest that Georgia envied those women who did not have to work

B
imply that Georgia would be unlikely ever to consider working as a reporter again

C
indicate the role that weather plays in the everyday life of a reporter

D
exaggerate Georgias reluctance to relinquish her job

E
show the adversities Georgia had to overcome as a reporter

Solution

Lines 34-35 describe all the hardships that Georgia went through, all the obstacles she crossed in order to become a reporter. She faced adversities like bad weather and bad disposition of people she had to work with among many other such hurdles. Thus E is the best answer.

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SHARING IS CARING

Question 1

censoriousness

apathy

romantic love

dislike

affection

Solution

Question 2

Focus

Prepare

Repair

Decide

Influence

Solution

Question 3

There are narrow lanes.

Roads are paved with cobblestones.

People can be seen riding asses.

All of the above

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Question 4

Most adult have feelings of great appreciation of the universe

Most adults would rather not attend planetarium shows

Contemporary scientists have an inflated view of the importance of their work

The show's promoters do not fully appreciate the true nature of the universe

The show's promoters understand that children are entranced by special effects

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Question 5

The profession of shoemaker is not appropriate for someone of high birth.

Shoemakers often declare bankruptcy.

The Earl of Lincoln admires the profession of shoemaker

As a shoemaker, the Earl of Lincoln's cousin will make a thousand pounds a year

Shoemaking is a scientific occupation.

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Question 6

excitement

wistfulness

amusement

annoyance

relief

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Question 7

A volcanic eruption on one continent results in higher rainfall totals on another continent.

Industrial emissions in one region lead to an increase in airborne pollutants in adjacent regions.

A drought in a wilderness area causes a significant loss of vegetation in that area.

Decreased oil production in one country results in higher gas prices in oil-dependent countries.

Overfishing in a gulf leads to an increase in the population of smaller aquatic organisms.

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Question 8

generosity and frugality

prodigality and profligacy

youth and age

joy and melancholy

expression and emotions

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Question 9

pitiable

indigent

inferior

humble

petty

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Question 10

suggest that Georgia envied those women who did not have to work

imply that Georgia would be unlikely ever to consider working as a reporter again

indicate the role that weather plays in the everyday life of a reporter

exaggerate Georgias reluctance to relinquish her job

show the adversities Georgia had to overcome as a reporter

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