Question

There are five people at our table, including myself. I’ve already learnt a great deal about them in the

short time we have been at sea, although we rarely meet except at meal times. First of all, there is Dr.

Stone, my favourite, I must confess. He is a man of about sixty-five, with grey hair and a humorous face.

He gave up his practice a short while ago and is now travelling around the world before he retires to

some quiet country village. During the day, he sits on the deck reading or else gazes out to sea through

an old-fashioned telescope.

Then there is “grandmother”. I call her that because I cannot recall her name. In spite of being a

grandmother, she looks remarkably young, not more than forty-five. She is on her way to visit a

daughter who emigrated to Australia some years ago. Naturally, she is very excited at the thought of

seeing her again and her three grandchildren whom she has never seen.

Then there is a man I do not care for very much, an engineer by the name of Barb. He has been on leave

in England and is now returning to his work in Singapore. He seems to be full of energy; he swims or

plays tennis, the best part of the day. I have never in my life met a man with such a loud laugh.

The other person who sits at our table is Mrs Hunt. I have found out hardly anything about her. She is

extremely quiet and rarely talks, except to consult the doctor about her children’s various ailments. She

is on her way to join her husband in India.

On the basis of your reading of the passage, choose the correct option from the ones given:

a) Dr. Stone is travelling round the world because ________

i) He likes meeting people

ii) He is having a holiday before he retires

iii) He wants to visit the places he knew in the past

iv) He enjoys travelling abroad

b) The writer calls the second person at the table “grandmother” because________

i) She looks old

ii) She has three grand children

iii) He has not been told her name

iv) He has forgotten her name

c) The narrator is fond of ______________
i) The “grandmother”

ii) Dr. Stone

iii) Mrs. Hunt

iv) Barb

d) Barb is a person who is very ______________

i) Lively

ii) Lazy

iii) Arrogant

iv) Cynical

e) The word ‘remarkably’ in the above context means _________

i) Attractively

ii) Quite

iii) Noticeably

iv) extraordinarily​

Answer 1

(a) He is having a holiday before he retires

(b) She has three grand children

(c) Mrs. Hunt

(d) Lively

(e)extraordinarily

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