Read the following passage and the questions given below it. Choose the correct answer. [03]
I heard M. Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you, little Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is!
Every day we have said to ourselves, ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you
see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till
tomorrow. ‘ Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it: you pretend to
be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language? But you are not the
worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”
Questions:
1. M. Hamel refrained from scolding Franz because _______________.
a. Franz was apologetic
b. Franz was accompanied by his parents
c. M. Hamel was annoyed with the general tendency of putting off things for later
d. M. Hamel wanted Franz to submit his work on the next day
2. Alsace is _______________.
a. the French District c. M. Hamel’s student
b. the Italian District d. Franz’s sister
3. What is so reproachful?
a. A person’s inability to communicate in her/his national language.
b. A person ‘s inability to learn a foreign language.
c. A person’s desire to learn a foreign language rather than a national language.
d. A person’s inadequacy to learn any language.
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1. Franz was apologetic.
2. The French district.
3. A person's inability to communicate in his/her national language.
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