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Read the passage carefully and enswer the questions that follow
The party began shortly after the Mr Wood, who lived in the lat below, sighed humself as he
heard the first signs the sterily tramp of feet on the stars, the sound of excited voices as the
quests greeted one eye and the most of the gramophone, which was lumed full on
Luckily, Mr Wood had brought some work home from the office with which le occupled himself
for a couple of hours, this managing to Ignore with some sirocess the party which was going on
over his head hit by eleven o'clock he felt lired and was ready to go to bed, though from his
experience of previous parties he knew it was useless trying to go to sleep. He undressed and
Lay for a while on the bed, trying to read but the noise from above his head did not allow him to
concentrate on what he was reading. He found himself reading the same page over and over
again. He then switched off the light and buried his head in the pillow, in a desperate attempt to
go to sleep. But even so he could not shut out the noise. Finally, after what seemed like hours,
he switched on the light and looked at his watch: it was just after midnight
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But now his patience was quite exhausted. He leaped out of bed and putting on his dressing
gown over his pyjamas, marched resolutely up the stairs to his neighbour flat. He rang the bell
several times but the door remained shut in his face This did not improve his temper. Just then
one of the guests came out and went off down the stairs, leaving the door open Mr. Wood went
In. In spite of his odd dress, nobody took any notice of him Then he caught sight of the owner of
the flat and managed to his attention. The man who name was Black, carne across the
room, smiling cheerfully, and before Mr. Wood could open his mouth to complain, said, "My dear
fellow, come in and join us. I know our parties must bother you I meant to send you an
Invitation. Mr. Wood's ill-temper vanished at once. "Td better go and get properly dressed," he
said. As Mr. Wood left the room. Black turned to one of the guests and said. As soon as I set my
eyes on him. I knew he had come to make trouble. That's why I had asked him to join us Did you
see how pleased he was ? He went off at once to get changed. What a pity the party is nearly
over!
(a) Glve the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage. One word answer
or short phrases will be accepted. 3
() steady (line 2) (W) ignore (line 5) (u) resolutely (line 14)
(b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words:
() How did Mr. Wood manage to ignore the party till he went to bed ? 2
(T) How long had the party been going on when Mr. Wood went to complain? 2
w In what way was Mr. Woods dress odd? 1
ch
Vad Ms Wicodsumou suddenly vanish? 2
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Esplai briefly the temperament and nature of Black on the basis of his corruments to ano
des guests 2​

Answer 1

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