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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: I can make you a present of them myself, because they're mine! Your behaviour, Ivan Vassilevitch, is strange, to say the least! Up to this we have always thought of you as a good neighbour, a friend: last year we lent you our threshing-machine, although on that account we had to put off our own threshing till November, but you behave to us as if we were gypsies. Giving me my own land, indeed! No, really, that’s not at all neighbourly. In my opinion, it’s even impudent, if you want to know.1. Who is speaking to whom?(i) Natalya is speaking to Lomov.(ii) Lomov is speaking to the peasants.(iii) Natalya is speaking to Lomov’s aunt.(iv) Natalya is speaking to Chubukov.2. What did the speaker do last year?(i) The speaker lent her sewing-machine to her neighbour, Lomov.(ii) The speaker lent her threshing-machine to her neighbour, Lomov.(iii) The speaker lent her washing-machine to her neighbour, Lomov.(iv) The speaker lent her axe to her neighbour, Nicholas.3. Cow had she helped her neighbour?(i) She had helped her neighbour by lending the land.(ii) She had helped her neighbour by lending the washing machine.(iii) She had helped her neighbour by lending the sewing machine.(iv) She had helped her neighbour by lending the threshing machine.4. What happened after that?(i) They had to borrow the land.(ii) They had to borrow the money.(iii) They had to put off their own threshing till November.(iv) They had to borrow the machine.5. Cow are Lomov and Chubukov related?(i) Lomov and Chubukov are neighbours.(ii) Lomov and Chubukov are friends.(iii) Lomov and Chubukov are cousins.(iv) Lomov and Chubukov are business associates. |
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Answer» 1. (i) Natalya is speaking to Lomov. 2. (ii) The speaker lent her threshing-machine to her neighbour, Lomov. 3. (iv) She had helped her neighbour by lending the threshing machine. 4. (iii) They had to put off their own threshing till November. 5. (i) Lomov and Chubukov are neighbours. |
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