20190504Asia1ReadingTest65MINUTES,52QUESTIONSTurntoSection1ofyouranswersheettoanswerthequestionsinthissection.DIRECTIONSEachpassageorpairofpassagesbelowisfollowedbyanumberofquestions.Afterreadingeachpassageorpair,choosethebestanswertoeachquestionbasedonwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassageorpassagesandinanyaccompanyinggraphics(suchasatableorgraph).Questions1-10arebasedonthefollowing20mottledwithroundclouds,aknockatthedoorpassage.announcedtheentranceofherlandlady.Mrs.Mansteydidnotcareforherlandlady,butsheThispassageisadaptedfromEdithWharton,"Mrs.submittedtohervisitswithladylikeresignation.Mansley'sView."Originallypublishedin1891.To-day,however,itseemedharderthanusualtoturn25fromtheblueskyandtheblossomingmagnoliatoMrs.Manstey,inthelonghourswhichshespentMrs.Sampson'sunsuggestiveface,andMrs.Mansteyatherwindow,wasnotidle.Shereadalittle,andwasconsciousofadistincteffortasshedidso.knittednumberlessstockings;buttheview"Themagnoliaisoutearlierthanusualthissurroundedandshapedherlifeastheseadoesayear,Mrs.Sampson,"sheremarked,yieldingto5lonelyisland.Whenherrarecallerscameitwas30arareimpulse,forsheseldomalludedtothedifficultforhertodetachherselffromtheabsorbinginterestofherlife.Inthefirstplaceitcontemplationoftheoppositewindow-washing,orwasatopicnotlikelytoappealtohervisitorsand,thescrutinyofcertaingreenpointsinaneighboringbesides,shelackedthepowerofexpressionflower-bedwhichmight,ormightnot,turnintoandcouldnothavegivenutterancetoherfeelings10hyacinths,whileshefeignedaninterestinher35hadshewishedto.visitor'sanecdotesaboutsomeunknowngrandchild."Thewhat,Mrs.Manstey?"inquiredthelandlady,Mrs.Manstey'srealfriendswerethedenizensoftheglancingabouttheroomasiftofindtheretheyards,thehyacinths,themagnolia,thegreenparrot,explanationofMrs.Manstey'sstatement.themaidwhofedthecats,thedoctorwhostudied"Themagnoliainthenextyard--inMrs.Black's15latebehindhismustard-coloredcurtains;andthe40yard,"Mrs.Mansteyrepeated.confidantofhertenderermusingswasthechurch-"Isit,indeed?Ididn'tknowtherewasamagnoliaspire...
