Reading Test 65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answor the questions in this section. om Ee Each passage or pair of passages below Is followed by a number af questions. ‘each passaue or pair, choose the best answer jo each question based on What implied in the passage ar passages and int any accompanying graph araph). (auch asatable or Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. [This passage is adapted fram Edith Wharton, "Mis; 20 a rare imp Manstey's View.” Originally published in absorbing int eo bags ‘asa topic aot Hkely te appeal ‘Mrs Manstey, inthe long hours which she spent besides, she lacked et at her window, was not idle She read a litte: and and could not hav 3 3 knitted numberless stockings; but the view: 35 had she wished to. tive surrounded and shaped her life as the sea duesa "The what, Mrs, Manstey?™ Pale cam, 5 lonely island. When her rare callers came it was gence ee room as ifto find th difficult for her to detach herself from the contemplation of the upposite window-washing, or the scrutiny of certain green points in neighboring flower-bed which might, of might not, turn into ‘w hyacinths, while she feigned an interest n her visitor's anecdotes about some unknown grandebild, Mrs. Manstey’s real friends were the denizens of the ‘yards, the hyacinths, the magnolia, the green parrot, maid who fed the eats, the dector whi studied Jute behind his mustard-colored curtains: and the confidant of her tenderer musings was the ehurch- spire floating in the sunset. (One April day, as she sat inher usual place, with Jatitting cast aside and eyes fixed on the blue sky 20 morted with round ¢louds, a knock at the door announced the entrance of het landlady. Mrs, Manstey did not care for her [andlady, but she submitted to her visits with ladylike resignation, To-day, however, it seemed harder than ugual to turn 5 from the blue sky and the blossoming magnolia te Mrs, Sampson's unsuggestive face, and Mrs, Manstey ‘was conscious of a distinct effort as she did 50; nutri coping ores of nar visage Aga explanation of Mrs Manstey’s statement, “The eee oo - “The what? twas Mrs Mansteys junitom “The extension, "said Mrs, Sampson, noddinge O head ‘the direction of the ignored magnolia tSac Mra. Manstey had grown pale, She always spoke dowdy, 50 ihe lage di ‘did not heed the long pause which followed At last Mrs. Manatey sald: "Dio you “ksi haw high the extension will Be? “That's the most absurd part oft. The extension 65 ia tobe built right up to the roof af the main. building: now. did you ever?” Mis. Manstey paused again. “Wow't it bea great ‘antioyance fo-you, Nes. Sampson” she asked. “T should say #t would. But there's no help for it: *~ people have got « mind to build extensions there's no lw to prevent ‘em, that I'm aware of.” Mrs. Manstey, koving this, wat silent. “There is na help far it.” Mra. Sampson repeated, “Well, good day, Mrs, ‘Manstey: I'm glad to find you so-camfortable.” F5 Secomfortable—so comfortable! Left to herself the old woman turned once more to the window. ‘How lavely the view was that day! The tive sky its round clouds shed a brightness over everything: the allanthus had put on a tinge of yellow-green, the | hyacinths were budding, the magnolia flowers looked more than ever like roseties curved in alabaster. Soom ‘the wistaria would bloom, then the harse-chestnat, ‘but not for her. Between her eyes and them a barricr ‘of brick and mortar would swiftly rise; presently even as the spire would disappear, and all her radiant word, be blotted oat ‘As used inline 2, A) indifferent B) unoccupied. ©). superficial D) lethargic.a Unadthclal ogy oF 8uBe ay arto ths page gil 4 a us z sa AD A neighbor will expand ber house, 8) A neighbor will tear down a building. €)_ A sieighbor will sell a portion of her property. 1D) _Arncighbor will hegin taking in boarders, SS In the context of the passage- lines 60-63 (srs, Manstey.... followed”) serve mainly to A) compare Mrs, Sampson's receptiveness tea discovery with Mrs, Manstey’s aversion to it indicate the strength of the impressian that a. pioce of news makes. on Mrs Manstey, ©) imply that Mrs, Manstey's misinterpretation of AP announcement goes unnoticed by Mrs, Sampson. 1D) dramatize Mrs. Manstey's unwillingness te discuss a personal matter. Based on the passage, the attitude of Mrs. Sampson Toward Mrs. Black'sextension is best described as one of A) grdwing anget, B) willful denial, EC) stoieal acceptance. D) sober satisfaction. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer ta the previous question? A). Lines 45-47 (*By the... week") B) Lines 49-52 (“The extension... house") ©) Lines 33-55 ("How she’, , building”) D) Lines 69-71 ("But there's. ., aware of)