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Read the extract below carefully and answer the question

A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.

B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.

106

Speaker A is the father of

  • A. Kate Hardcastle
  • B. Tony Lumpkin
  • C. Hastings
  • D. Diggory
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107

The news of the suitor's visit makes Speaker B

  • A. happy
  • B. sad
  • C. anxious
  • D. pessimistic
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108

The underlined expression reveals that speaker B

  • A. likes contracted marriages
  • B. disapproves of contracted marriages
  • C. is indifferent to the marriage contract
  • D. suspects the meeting may not hold
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A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.
It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horse and trunks taken care of

B : (Aside): He has got our names from the servants already. (To him): We approve your caution and hospitality, Sir.

109

The gentlemen are

  • A. Mr Hardcastle and Sir Marlow
  • B. Tony Lumpkin and Landlord
  • C. Hastings and Diggory
  • D. Young Marlow and Hastings
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110

They are both welcome to the house of Mr. and Mrs

  • A. Hardcastle
  • B. Diggory
  • C. Hastings
  • D. Marlo
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