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B lines 9–13 (“This . . . reception”)(“This sluggishness on Colonel Pyncheon's part became still more unaccountable, when the second dignitary of the province made his
appearance, and found no more ceremonious a reception.”) C lines 18–22 (“This . . . disturbed”)(“This person—a gray-headed man, of quiet and most respectful deportment—found it necessary to explain that his master still remained in his study, or private apartment; on entering which, an hour before, he had expressed a wish on no account to be disturbed.”) D lines 36–38 (“my . . . service”)(“\exceeding strict; and, as your worship knows, he permits of no discretion in the obedience of those who owe him service.”) ????????
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A He wants to snub the lieutenant-governor. B He has fallen asleep. C He is still reading letters from England. D He has forgotten about the party.
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QUESTION 8 OF 11
The passage’s account of the high sheriff’s behavior primarily serves to????????
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A add depth to a secondary character. B transition from the guests’ arrival to the discovery of the Colonel’s absence. C accentuate the gravity of the Colonel’s absence. D highlight existing class structures at work within the narrative.
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QUESTION 4 OF 11
What can reasonably be inferred about the reason for the lieutenant-governor’s attitude?????????
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A He believes himself to be more valued in the political hierarchy than he actually is. B He is used to being treated with deference because of his position. C He is not intelligent enough to understand what is happening in the house. D The Colonel’s absence hurts his feelings, because they are old friends.
QUESTION 9 OF 11
As used in line 50 (“ponderous”), “ponderous” most nearly means????????
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A oppressive. B heavy. C troublesome. D thoughtful.
QUESTION 5 OF 11
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question???
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A lines 13–17 (“The . . domestic”)(“The lieutenant-governor, although his visit was one of the anticipated glories of the day, had alighted from his horse, and assisted his lady from her side-saddle, and crossed the Colonel's threshold,
without other greeting than that of the principal domestic.”) B lines 28–32 (“But . . . himself”)(“But he will be ill-pleased, I judge, if you suffer him to neglect the courtesy due to one of our chief rulers, and who may be said to represent King William, in the absence of the governor himself.”) C lines 38–40 (“Let . . . it”)(“ Let who list open yonder door; I dare not, though the governor's own voice should bid me do it!\ D lines 41–44 (“Pooh . . . dignity”)(“\high sheriff!\
overheard the foregoing discussion, and felt himself high enough in station to play a little with his dignity.”) QUESTION 10 OF 11
What is the main purpose of the words “reecho,” “banged,” and
“racket,” used in the sixth paragraph (lines 50–61 (“Accordingly, with such a tramp of his ponderous riding-boots as might of itself have been audible in the remotest of the seven gables, he advanced to the door, which the servant pointed out, and made its new panels reecho with a loud, free knock. Then, looking round, with a smile, to the spectators, he awaited a response. As none came, however, he knocked again, but with the same unsatisfactory result as at ?rst. And now, being a tri?e choleric in his temperament, the lieutenant-governor uplifted the heavy hilt of his sword, wherewith he so beat and banged upon the door, that, as some of the bystanders whispered, the racket might have disturbed the dead.”))?????????
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A They demonstrate the turmoil caused by the lieutenant-governor. B They highlight the raucous nature of the Colonel’s party. C They characterize the lieutenant-governor as a primarily violent man. D They illustrate the differences between characterizations of the Colonel and the lieutenant-governor.
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QUESTION 11 OF 11
The lieutenant-governor’s utterance in paragraph seven (lines 67–71(“\whose smile was changed to a frown. \the good example of forgetting ceremony, I shall likewise throw it aside, and make free to intrude on his privacy.\????????
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A summarize previous events. B characterize the Colonel’s attitude. C introduce a new phase in the story. D juxtapose the character’s words with his behavior.
QUESTION 6 OF 11
The actions of the Colonel’s servant can best be described as motivated by????????
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A his over-eagerness to please the Colonel. B the pretentiousness that his position requires. C his confusion over the high-sheriff’s request. D a sense of duty to his employer.
QUESTION 7 OF 11
According to the passage, what does the high sheriff give as the reason for the Colonel’s absence?
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Exercise 455The following passage is adapted from Patrick Waddington, The Street That Got Mislaid, ?Patrick Waddington, 1954.Line5101520253035404550Marc Girondin had worked in the ?ling section of the city hall's engineering department for so long that the city was laid out in his mind like a map, full of names and places, intersecting streets and streets that led nowhere, blind alleys and winding lanes.In all Montreal no one possessed such knowledge; a dozen policemen and taxi drivers together could not rival him. That is not to say that he actually knew the streets whose names he could recite like a series of incantations, for he did little walking. He knew simply of their existence, where they were, and in what relation they stood to others.But it was enough to make him a specialist. He was undisputed expert of the ?ling cabinets where all the particulars of all the streets from Abbott to Zotique were indexed, back, forward and across. Those aristocrats, the engineers, the inspectors of water mains and the like, all came to him when they wanted some little particular, some detail, in a hurry. They might despise him as a lowly clerk, but they needed him all the same.Marc much preferred his of?ce, despite the profound lack of excitement of his work, to his room on Oven Street (running north and south from Sherbrooke East to St. Catherine), where his neighbors were noisy and sometimes violent, and his landlady consistently so. He tried to explain the meaning of his existence once to a fellow tenant, Louis, but without much success. Louis, when he got the drift, was apt to sneer.\so who cares? Why the excitement?\\live.\\\\get my mail here, don't I?\Marc shook his head patiently.\Street because it says so in my ?ling cabinet at city hall. The post of?ce sends you mail because my card index tells it to. If my cards didn't say so, you wouldn't exist and Oven Street wouldn't either. That, my friend, is the triumph of bureaucracy.\Louis walked away in disgust. \landlady,\So Marc continued on his undistinguished career, his fortieth birthday came and went without remark, day after day passed uneventfully. A street was renamed, another constructed, a third widened; it all went carefully into the ?les, back, forward and across.And then something happened that ?lled him with amazement, shocked him beyond measure, and made the world of the ?ling cabinets tremble to their steel bases.606570One August afternoon, opening a drawer to its fullest extent, he felt something catch. Exploring farther, he discovered a card stuck at the back between the top and bottom. He drew it out and found it to be an old index card, dirty and torn, but still perfectly decipherable. It was labeled RUE DE LA BOUTEILLE VERTE, or GREEN BOTTLE STREET.Marc stared at it in wonder. He had never heard of the place or of anything resembling so odd a name. Undoubtedly it had been retitled in some other fashion be?tting the modern tendency. He checked the listed details and ruf?ed con?dently through the master ?le of street names. It was not there. He made another search, careful and protracted, through the cabinets. There was nothing. Absolutely nothing.Once more he examined the card. There was no mistake. The date of the last regular street inspection was exactly ?fteen years, ?ve months and fourteen days ago.As the awful truth burst upon him, Marc dropped the card in horror, then pounced on it again fearfully, glancing over his shoulder as he did so.It was a lost, a forgotten street. For ?fteen years and more it had existed in the heart of Montreal, not half a mile from city hall, and no one had known. It had simply dropped out of sight, a stone in water.QUESTION 1 OF 11Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from????????????????A an explanation of a city’s layout to a description of one particular street. B the description of a character’s personality to the introduction of a life-changing event. C an interaction between two characters to the effects of that interaction on one of them. D a character’s thoughts to the depiction of him acting upon those thoughts. QUESTION 2 OF 11The imagery in lines 2–5 (“city…lanes”) (“city was laid out in his mind like a map, full of names and places, intersecting streets and streets that led nowhere, blind alleys and winding lanes.”) primarily serves to????????????????A characterize the mysterious nature of Montreal. B demonstrate the intricacy of Marc’s memory. C show that nobody else could understand the map. D emphasize Marc’s exceptional sense of direction. QUESTION 3 OF 11The situation described in paragraph two (lines 6–11 (“In all Montreal no one possessed such knowledge; a dozen policemen and taxi drivers together could not rival him. That is not to say that he actually knew the streets whose names he could recite like a series of incantations, for he did little walking. He knew simply of their existence, where they were, and in what relation they stood to others.”)) is most like????????A a cook who is an expert on a speci?c dish but who has never tasted it. B a travel agent who makes a living describing destinations to clients. ????????????????????????????
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C a librarian who catalogues and organizes books for the general public. D a student who is interested in a particular artist but never seen any of her work.
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A confused as to why he forgot to ?le a particular street. B curious about what the street contains. C anxious about the quality of the street inspections. D terri?ed by the discovery he has made.
QUESTION 4 OF 11
Which statement best characterizes Marc’s relationship with his job?????????
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A He enjoys his job but dislikes certain tasks he must perform. B He is good at his job but does not enjoy it. C He is consumed by his job and believes it to be all-important. D He ?nds his job fun but does not realize how signi?cant his work is.
QUESTION 10 OF 11
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question???
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A lines 64–66 (“It . . . nothing”)(“It was not there. He made another search, careful and protracted, through the cabinets. There was nothing. Absolutely nothing.”) B lines 68–69 (“The date . . . ago”)(“The date of the last regular street inspection was exactly ?fteen years, ?ve months and fourteen days ago.”) C lines 70–72 (“As . . . so”)(“As the awful truth burst upon him, Marc dropped the card in horror, then pounced on it again fearfully, glancing over his shoulder as he did so.”) D line 73 (“It . . . street”)(“It was a lost, a forgotten street.”) ????
QUESTION 5 OF 11
Based on the passage, the other workers in the engineering department view Marc as????????
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A valuable but looked-down-upon. B intelligent but underused. C superior but shy. D inferior but quick.
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QUESTION 6 OF 11
It can be reasonably inferred that Marc and Louis differ primarily because????????
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A Marc is poetic and Louis is unimaginative. B Marc is delusional and Louis is realistic. C Marc is productive and Louis is lazy. D Marc is kind and Louis is brusque.
QUESTION 11 OF 11
lines 73–76 (“It was . . . water”) (“It was a lost, a forgotten street. For ?fteen years and more it had existed in the heart of Montreal, not half a mile from city hall, and no one had known. It had simply dropped out of sight, a stone in water.”) mainly serve to????????
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A highlight the importance of a character’s discovery. B illustrate the main character’s unusual point of view. C describe a journey taken by the main character. D depict a new setting that a character will explore.
QUESTION 7 OF 11
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?????
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A lines 34–37 (“How . . . said”)(“\ain't I? I pay my rent, don't I? I get my mail here, don't I?\ B lines 37–39 (“You . . . hall”)(“\Street because it says so in my ?ling cabinet at city hall.”) C lines 39–40 (“The post . . . to”)(“The post of?ce sends you mail because my card index tells it to.”) D lines 40–44 (“If . . . muttered”)(“If my cards didn't say so, you wouldn't exist and Oven Street wouldn't either. That, my friend, is the triumph of bureaucracy.\Find more here at
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QUESTION 8 OF 11
As used in line 54 (“Exploring”), “exploring” most nearly means????????
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A traveling. B inquiring. C examining. D evaluating.
QUESTION 9 OF 11
At the end of the passage, the narrator implies that Marc is
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Exercise 555This passage is adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Originally published in 1892. The narrator, Dr. Watson, works closely with detective Sherlock Holmes.Line5101520253035404550The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some little pride and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the inside pocket of his greatcoat. As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper ?attened out upon his knee, I took a good look at the man and endeavoured, after the fashion of my companion, to read the indications which might be presented by his dress or appearance.I did not gain very much, however, by my inspection. Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow. He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as an ornament. A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him. Altogether, look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save his blazing red head, and the expression of extreme chagrin and discontent upon his features.Sherlock Holmes’ quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook his head with a smile as he noticed my questioning glances. “Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.”Mr. Jabez Wilson started up in his chair, with his fore?nger upon the paper, but his eyes upon my companion.“How, in the name of good-fortune, did you know all that, Mr. Holmes?” he asked. “How did you know, for example, that I did manual labour? It’s as true as gospel, for I began as a ship’s carpenter.”“Your hands, my dear sir. Your right hand is quite a size larger than your left. You have worked with it, and the muscles are more developed.”“Well, then, and the Freemasonry?”“I won’t insult your intelligence by telling you how I read that, especially as, rather against the strict rules of your order, you use an arc-and-compass breastpin.”“Ah, of course, I forgot that. But the writing?”“What else can be indicated by that right cuff so very shiny for ?ve inches, and the left one with the smooth patch near the elbow where you rest it upon the desk?”“Well, but China?”“The ?sh that you have tattooed immediately above your right wrist could only have been done in China. I have made a small study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature of the subject. That trick of staining the ?shes’ scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China. When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple.”60Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily. “Well, I never!” said he. “I thought at ?rst that you had done something clever, but I see that there was nothing in it after all.”“I begin to think, Watson,” said Holmes, “that I make a mistake in explaining. ‘Omne ignotum pro magni?co,’* you know, and my poor little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so candid. Can you not ?nd the advertisement, Mr. Wilson?”“Yes, I have got it now,” he answered with his thick red ?nger planted halfway down the column. “Here it is. This is what began it all. You just read it for yourself, sir.”*Roughly translated as “Everything unknown is/seems magni?cent.”QUESTION 1 OF 11Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from????????????????A an abstract description provided by the narrator to a concrete description provided by the client. B a detailed study of Sherlock Holmes to an outsider’s study of his client. C the description of a character’s outer appearance to a description of his inner beliefs. D the introduction of one character to the revelation of another character’s astute observations. QUESTION 2 OF 11As used in line 6 (“fashion”), “fashion” most nearly means????????????????A construction. B appearance. C manner. D clothing. QUESTION 3 OF 11The main purpose of the second paragraph is to????????????????A show that the client is less important than other clients who visit the of?ce. B prove that the narrator is inherently biased against the client. C demonstrate that the narrator is mistaken in his view of the world. D present the narrator’s assessment of the client based on his appearance. QUESTION 4 OF 11By the end of the passage, the client views Holmes’s deductions as????????????????A unimpressive. B intriguing. C astonishing. D insulting. QUESTION 5 OF 11The passage implies that Holmes knows that Watson????????A has been trying to make his own inferences about the client. B recognizes the client from a previous meeting. ????????????????????????????