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In lines 56–60 (“\think you had better accept this invitation to stay with her. She is rich, almost wealthy; and I, as you know, have practically nothing to leave you—practically nothing. If she took a fancy to you...\about wealth serves mainly to????????
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A emphasize that Rachel’s aunt makes strong demands of her family. B provide context for the disagreement between Rachel’s aunt and her father. C illustrate why Rachel generally disregards her father’s advice. D reveal that Rachel may bene?t from building a relationship with her aunt.
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Exercise 3
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This passage is excerpted from Katherine Mans?eld, The Voyage. Originally published in 1921.
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The Picton boat was due to leave at half-past eleven. It was a beautiful night, mild, starry, only when they got out of the cab and started to walk down the Old Wharf that jutted out into the harbour, a faint wind blowing off the water ruf?ed under Fenella's hat, and she put up her hand to keep it on. It was dark on the Old Wharf, very dark; the wool sheds, the cattle trucks, the cranes standing up so high, the little squat railway engine, all seemed carved out of solid darkness. Here and there on a rounded wood-pile, that was like the stalk of a huge black mushroom, there hung a lantern, but it seemed afraid to unfurl its timid, quivering light in all that blackness; it burned softly, as if for itself.
Fenella's father pushed on with quick, nervous strides.
Beside him her grandma bustled along in her crackling black ulster; they went so fast that she had now and again to give an undigni?ed little skip to keep up with them. As well as her luggage strapped into a neat sausage, Fenella carried clasped to her her grandma's umbrella, and the handle, which was a swan's head, kept giving her shoulder a sharp little peck as if it too wanted her to hurry. Men, their caps pulled down, their collars turned up, swung by; a few women all muf?ed scurried along; and one tiny boy, only his little black arms and legs showing out of a white woolly shawl, was jerked along angrily between his father and mother; he looked like a baby ?y that had fallen into the cream.
Then suddenly, so suddenly that Fenella and her grandma both leapt, there sounded from behind the largest wool shed, that had a trail of smoke hanging over it, \\they came in sight of the Picton boat. Lying beside the dark wharf, all strung, all beaded with round golden lights, the Picton boat looked as if she was more ready to sail among stars than out into the cold sea. People pressed along the gangway. First went her grandma, then her father, then
Fenella. They stepped out of the way of the hurrying people, and standing under a little iron stairway that led to the upper deck they began to say goodbye.
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Grandma felt for them inside her glove and showed him the tips.
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He sounded stern, but Fenella, eagerly watching him, saw that he looked tired and sad.
\heads, and a voice like a cry shouted, \gangway?\
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\say. And her grandma, very agitated, answered, \will, dear. Go now. You'll be left. Go now, Frank. Go now.\\surprise Fenella saw her father take off his hat. He clasped grandma in his arms and pressed her to him. \mother!\
And grandma put her hand, with the black thread glove that was worn through on her ring ?nger, against his cheek, and she sobbed, \
This was so awful that Fenella quickly turned her back on them, swallowed once, twice, and frowned terribly at a little green star on a mast head. But she had to turn round again; her father was going.
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moustache brushed her cheek. But Fenella caught hold of the lapels of his coat.
\He wouldn't look at her. He shook her off gently, and gently said, \pressed something into her palm. \you should need it.\
A shilling! She must be going away for ever! \Fenella. But he was gone. He was the last off the ship. The sailors put their shoulders to the gangway. A huge coil of dark rope went ?ying through the air and fell \wharf. A bell rang; a whistle shrilled. Silently the dark wharf began to slip, to slide, to edge away from them. Now there was a rush of water between. Fenella strained to see with all her might. Was that father turning round? Or waving? Or standing alone? Or walking off by himself? The strip of water grew broader, darker. Now the Picton boat began to swing round steady, pointing out to sea. It was no good looking any longer.
QUESTION 1 OF 11
Which choice best summarizes the passage?????????
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A A girl and her family brace for a long voyage overseas and prepare for a new chapter in their lives. B A girl and her family exchange goodbyes and experience an emotional departure. C A girl and her family adjust to a new living situation and resign themselves to an unclear future. D A girl and her family re?ect on their changing relationships and settle into their new roles.
QUESTION 2 OF 11
Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from??????
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A a ship’s nighttime departure to the devastating emotional impact of a family’s separation. B a family’s protracted farewell to a description of a ship’s sailors preparing to depart. C a description of a boat dock to an exchange of money between family members.
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D a vivid illustration of a setting to the sense of resignation one character experiences.
You'll be left. Go now, Frank. Go now.\??
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C lines 56–57 (“It’s . . . hat”)(“\another three minutes.\father take off his hat.”) D lines 60–62 (“And . . .son”)(“And grandma put her hand, with the black thread glove that was worn through on her ring ?nger, against his cheek, and she sobbed, \you, my own brave son!\QUESTION 3 OF 11
The author includes a lengthy description of the Old Wharf most likely to????????
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A show that the harbor is an important setting that emphasizes the family’s separation. B provide a vivid visual backdrop that underscores the importance of what is left behind. C establish a tense and hurried atmosphere that foreshadows the action of the story. D emphasize how the wharf at night creates an unsettling ambiance for the passers-by.
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QUESTION 8 OF 11
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A distressing. B disgusting. C shocking. D appalling.
QUESTION 4 OF 11
What main effects do the words “timid” and “quivering,” used in the ?rst paragraph, have on the tone of the passage?????????
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A They create an ominous tone that foreshadows Fenella’s separation from her father. B They create a solemn tone that contrasts with Fenella’s emotions about leaving. C They create an uncertain tone that re?ects Fenella’s relationship with her father. D They create a sinister tone that implies Fenella’s wariness of the situation.
QUESTION 9 OF 11
Which choice best describes Fenella's attitude toward her imminent journey?????????
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A She is de?ant in the face of an unclear future. B She is worried about her impending separation from her father. C She is frightened about the journey by boat she is about to take. D She is resolute in her belief that she will be reunited with her father soon.
QUESTION 5 OF 11
It can be reasonably inferred that Fenella’s father “looked tired and sad” (line 48 (“looked tired and sad.”)) because he????????
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A has a long journey ahead of him. B feels concerned about his family’s tickets. C is going to miss his family. D senses something is wrong.
QUESTION 10 OF 11
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question???
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B lines 75–76 (“Father . . . ship”)(“\But he was gone. He was the last off the ship.”) C lines 81–83 (“Fenella . . . himself”)(“Fenella strained to see with all her might. Was that father turning round? Or waving? Or standing alone? Or walking off by himself?”) D lines 84–86 (“Now . . . longer”)(“Now the Picton boat began to swing round steady, pointing out to sea. It was no good looking any longer.”) QUESTION 6 OF 11
Which statement best characterizes the relationship between Fenella’s father and grandmother?????????
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A Their relationship is complicated by quiet disagreements. B Their relationship is loving and includes tender sentiments. C Their relationship is troubled because of tense animosity. D Their relationship is restrained and based on polite affection.
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QUESTION 7 OF 11
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question???
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QUESTION 11 OF 11
At the end of the passage, Fenella is convinced that she will be away for a very long time because??????
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A her father has given her what she considers to be a great deal of money. B her father has refused to answer her about the length of her travels. C her father has said goodbye and told her to “be a good girl.”
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D her father has exchanged an emotional farewell with her grandmother.
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Exercise 4
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This passage is excerpted from Edith Wharton, House of Mirth, originally published in 1905.
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Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart.
It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? Her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the platform or the street, and wearing an air of irresolution which might, as he surmised, be the mask of a very de?nite purpose. It struck him at once that she was waiting for someone, but he hardly knew why the idea
arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation, that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions.
An impulse of curiosity made him turn out of his direct line to the door, and stroll past her. He knew that if she did not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it amused him to think of putting her skill to the test. \Selden—what good luck!\
She came forward smiling, eager almost, in her resolve to intercept him. One or two persons, in brushing past them, lingered to look; for Miss Bart was a ?gure to arrest even the suburban traveller rushing to his last train.
Selden had never seen her more radiant. Her vivid head, relieved against the dull tints of the crowd, made her more conspicuous than in a ball-room, and under her dark hat and veil she regained the girlish smoothness, the purity of tint, that she was beginning to lose after eleven years of late hours and indefatigable dancing.
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He responded joyfully that to do so was his mission in life, and asked what form the rescue was to take.
\me. One sits out a cotillion—why not sit out a train? It isn't a bit hotter here than in Mrs. Van Osburgh's conservatory—and some of the women are not a bit uglier.\laughing, to explain that she had come up to town from Tuxedo, on her way to the Gus Trenors' at Bellomont, and had missed the three-?fteen train to Rhinebeck. \isn't another till half-past ?ve.\
jewelled watch among her laces. \I don't know what to do with myself. My maid came up this morning to do some shopping for me, and was to go on to Bellomont at one o'clock, and my aunt's house is closed, and I don't know a soul in town.\the station. \you can spare the time, do take me somewhere for a breath of air.\
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He declared himself entirely at her disposal: the adventure struck him as diverting. As a spectator, he had always
enjoyed Lily Bart; and his course lay so far out of her orbit that it amused him to be drawn for a moment into the sudden intimacy which her proposal implied.
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enough, you're not,\but isn't there a quieter place?\
He answered her smile, which rested on him vividly. Her discretions interested him almost as much as her
imprudences: he was so sure that both were part of the same carefully-elaborated plan. In judging Miss Bart, he had always made use of the \
QUESTION 1 OF 11
Which choice best summarizes the passage?????????
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A The passage presents a portrait of two characters who decide to travel together B The passage explains the reasons for one character’s avoidance of a community C The passage captures one character’s fascination with another character D The passage describes a busy train station and the characters who inhabit it
QUESTION 2 OF 11
Over the course of the passage, Selden’s attitude shifts from????????
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A bewildered to curious. B dismayed to apprehensive. C amazed to anticipatory. D incredulous to indifferent.
QUESTION 3 OF 11
Which statement best characterizes the relationship between Selden and Lily?????????
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A Selden is skeptical of Lily and thinks she is hiding something from him B Selden is captivated by Lily and wants to spend more time with her C Selden is alarmed by Lily’s behavior and strains to understand her D Selden is smitten with Lily and begins to fall in love with her
QUESTION 4 OF 11
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