Read carefully the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
In Paris he went to see Monsieur Audiat. Monsieur Audiat was careful as well as humble. Chris Selby was his only customer for watches and Monsieur Audiat was glad to have a regular twice a year profit rather than business every week with a risk of being found out. Chris found Audit and his brothers in the back of the shop.
‘Athousand of the last shipment of watches had not worked; most of the others were poorly made and all of them had been so badly packed that many had broken'. Audiat stood there hating Chris. How he would have liked to kill him but did not want to destroy the source of a nice little profit. He promised that the next shipment would be perfectly all right.
Selby wanted the watches to be ready for him to take that night. He told Aadiat just how he wanted the watches to be packed in the car. It's surprising how many watches you can put into one car, especially if the floor is a false one and the gas tank holds only two gallons of gas! Audit promised again that this time his brothers would examine all the watches themselves.
Just after four in the morning Selby was in his car singing to himself as he drove past the gates towards the customs at Dover.
All his bags were opened by the customs man. Then he walked to his car. Everything went well, just as it always had - the practiced smile and the easy manner all helped.
Selby was about to get into the car and drive away when there was suddenly a mad noise of whistles and then everything stopped. When the whistles blew at eleven o'clock on Armistice Day, everybody stopped and there was silence for two minutes in memory of the war dead. Chris Selby and the customs officer stood by the car and bowed their heads. You could hear the water against the dock and that was all.
Or rather, that was almost all – something else was heard too. From the car, not loud enough for anyone else to hear, it’s true, but loud enough for the customs man, came the sounds of five thousand watches ticking. They had all been wound by the Audiat brothers who had wanted to please Selby by making sure that this time he had watches that worked as well as watches that looked nice.
a) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. One-word answers or short phrases are
accepted.
1. poorly
2. please
3. source
b) Answer the following questions as briefly as possible in your own words.
1. Why did Monsieur Audiat continue to do business with Selby?
2. What had happened to the last shipment of watches?
3. In spite of hating Selby, why did Audiat remain standing quietly?
4. How were the watches packed?
5. Quote a line from the passage which suggests that Selby had done his earlier.
c) In not more than 50 words describe what happened after Selby reached Dover.
Answers
Explanation:
a)
1.very badly
2.to make someone feel happy
3.origin
b)
1.Monsieur Audiat continued to do his business with Selby because he was having a regular twice a year profit rather than taking the risk of the business being caught as Chris Selby was the only customer who bought watches from him.
2.There were a thousand of lost shipment of watches that had not work,most of them were poorly made and all of them had been so badly packed that many had broken.
3.Inspite of hating and killing Selby, Audiat had no choice but to remain standing quietly because he was having a nice little profit from Chris Selby and he did not wanted his business to risk of being found out.
4.The watches were packed in the car.Monsieur Audiat had put the watches in the bag and put the bags into Selby's car whose floor was a false one and whose gas tank could hold only two gallons of gas.
5.The line "Everything went well just as it always had" suggests that Selby had done this earlier.
c)
Selby's bags were opened by custom man and it went well.When he was about to get into his car ,whistle blew at 11'o clock and they stood in silence for two mins.In silence they could not only hear the water against the dock but also the ticking of watches which were nicely wound by Audiat brothers.
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Answer:
Why did Monsieur Audiat continue to do business with Selby?