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Read the following passages and select the most appropriate options as answers to the questions given below them:My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she had once been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing-room. He wore a big turban and loose-fitung clothes. His long. whitebeard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years old. He did not look the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as If he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren.1. What, according to the writer, was hard to believe?A. That his grandmother had once been young and pretty.B. That she even had a husband.C. That she had been old and wrinkled for twenty years.D. Both ‘A and B’2. The portrait hanging above the mantelpiece in the drawing room suggested that ……………..A. he was very Impressive.B. he had died long ago.C. he liked photographs very much.D. None of these three3. The appearance of the writer’s grandfather in the portrait revealed that …………..A. he used to wear fashionable clothes.B. he was a very rich man.C. he was at least a hundred years old.D. he looked quite young and energetic.4. In the portrait, the writer’s grandfather looked ………………A. as if he might not have a wife or children.B. as if he could have lots and lots of children.C. as if he had never been old.D. Both A’ and ‘B’ |
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Answer» 1. D. Both ‘A and B’ 2. B. he had died long ago. 3. C. he was at least a hundred years old. 4. D. Both A’ and ‘B’ |
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