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Swampy Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Excerpt from Longman - refering
Please take a look at this extract taken from Longman's "First Certificate. Reading" and help me answer the question that has baffled me.
My parents couldn't afford to send me to college so I had to get a job. Like most of my relatives, I went to work in a local factory. I was assigned to the accounts office where one of my uncles worked. I knew I would have to wait years to get a good position there. Many people, including my parents, told me I was lucky to have got a job in that department because there were a lot of people unemployed. I knew I could never look at life in this way. After just six months in the job, I walked out.
What does the phrase look at life in this way in the above sentence in italics refer to?
A wanting to work with your relatives
B accepting that you cannot go to college
C wanting to have a high position
D being satisfied with whatever you have got
My parents couldn't afford to send me to college so I had to get a job. Like most of my relatives, I went to work in a local factory. I was assigned to the accounts office where one of my uncles worked. I knew I would have to wait years to get a good position there. Many people, including my parents, told me I was lucky to have got a job in that department because there were a lot of people unemployed. I knew I could never look at life in this way. After just six months in the job, I walked out.
What does the phrase look at life in this way in the above sentence in italics refer to?
A wanting to work with your relatives
B accepting that you cannot go to college
C wanting to have a high position
D being satisfied with whatever you have got
Top answer
Not easy, but the only reasonable answer is 'D'. The phrase in question cannot be related solely to any of the conditions in A, B or C; it must refer to the overall situation.
- Not easy, but the only reasonable answer is 'D'.
- The phrase in question cannot be related solely to any of the conditions in A, B or C; it must refer to the overall situation.
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Not easy, but the only reasonable answer is 'D'. The phrase in question cannot be related solely to any of the conditions in A, B or C; it must refer to the overall situation.
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