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3 Almost everyone I know likes Tony a great deal, despite the fact that he despite: in spite of Part A 1
is always late. I suppose the reason for this is that he always has such chimney: a long,
standing pipe that
amusing reasons for why he’s late. I’ve heard a great number of them
allows smoke from a
because I’ve been friends with Tony since we were kids. I almost used fire to pass out
to look forward to him being late just so I could hear what his excuse apparently:
seemingly
would be. I heard the best of these reasons from him last year. We were
going to a Christmas party and he was late, of course. He said that he
was really sorry but that he had been trying to get his father out of the
chimney! Apparently his father had dressed up as Santa to surprise

Tony’s little brother and gotten stuck as he came down the fireplace!

Q. The phrase these reasons in the paragraph refers to the reasons why
(A) most people like Tony
(B) Tony was late for the Christmas party
(C) Tony is late
(D) the author looks forward to Tony being late

4 When Jack was arrested for stealing, we were shocked. Jack had been reliable: dependable

our friend for years, and he had always been reliable and trustworthy. trustworthy: can be
trusted or depended
I immediately thought of the time we had found a wallet on the ground
on
and Jack had insisted that we find the owner and return it. The police
immediately: very
said that they had good evidence against him, but we still believed he soon, without delay
was innocent. We simply did not believe he could be such a person.

Q. The phrase such a person in the paragraph refers to a person who
(A) is reliable and trustworthy
(B) would become a police officer
(C) would return a wallet
(D) would steal

1. Vocabulary & Reference 19