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1.

  Mother : Did you enjoy yourself today, darling ?

Daughter : Not at all. In fact, we quarrelled bitterly and we're not on speaking terms.

Mother : Oh dear ! Whatever did you have to be so angry about ?

               
    (A)

to express dismay

 
(B) to express disappointment
    (C) to express shock  
    (D) to express sympathy  
               
2.   Son : We'll be camping overnight on the beach in P.D.

Mother : It may be a good idea to bring along a blanket, then. Don't you think so ?

               
    (A)

to suggest

 
(B) to appeal
    (C) to urge  
    (D) to direct  
               
3.   Sally : The trip will be only for eight days and we'll have to miss only five days of school.

Father : It's out of the question. Forget it ! You're not going.

               
    (A) to discourage  
(B) to threaten
    (C) to urge  
    (D)

to order

 
               
4.   Son : Well, what do you think of her, Mother ?

Mother : Frankly, I'm terribly disappointed that you should even consider marrying such a woman. Are you blinded by love, perhaps ?

               
    (A) to scold  
(B)

to disapprove

    (C) to express surprise  
    (D) to express sadness  
               
5.   Father : He's an ungrateful, selfish excuse for a son. He never cares whether we live or die.

Mother : Perhaps he's too busy to come. He's always so busy with his business deals.

               
    (A) to disagree  
(B)

to defend

    (C) to advise  
    (D) to claim  
               
6.   Student 1 : I think it's unfair that all of us should have to stand for mistakes that we never made.

Student 2 : Yes. We knew the answers. But we were not even asked.

Student 3 : Yes. Why should we have to stand because others could not answer your questions ?

               
    (A) to defend  
(B) to disagree
    (C)

to support

 
    (D) to deny  
         

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