Question 92
MediumOriginal questionManager: So you'd like to work here on weekends. Have you worked in a bookshop before?
Neha: No. I've worked in my uncle's during the holidays, though.
Manager: That's different.
Neha: It is. But the customers are the same people. They come in looking for one thing, they don't quite know its name, and they're a little to ask.
Manager: (smiles) That's true of both. What's your favourite book?
Neha: Can I give you an honest answer or a good one?
Manager: Try the honest one.
Neha: I haven't read many books this year. I've been preparing for exams. But I read the backs of hundreds of them in the library, trying to decide which one I'd read first when the exams are over.
Manager: That's an answer.
Neha: It's the true one. I thought you'd rather have that than me pretending I'd read something clever.
Manager: I would. And knowing what's on the back of a hundred books is most of this job, . Can you start on Saturday?
What does "Can I give you an honest answer or a good one?" suggest?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
She hints that the true answer is less impressive than one she could invent.
She then explains that she has not read many books this year because of exams.
Worth noting
She chooses honesty when the manager asks for it, so she clearly values it.
- Concept
- Inferring what a speaker hints at
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