Question 4
EasyOriginal questionAlice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”
So she was in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so very in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its -pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with , she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the .
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.
"Burning with curiosity" means that Alice was
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
She "ran across the field after it", because she had never seen a rabbit with a waistcoat or a watch.
To burn with curiosity is to want very badly to know something.
Worth noting
"Burning" here describes a strong feeling, not heat, even though the day was hot.
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- Understanding a figurative expression
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