Question 142
MediumOriginal questionMrs Menon: Good evening. I'm from the flat below, 3B. We haven't met properly.
Kunal: Oh, hello. Kunal. Is everything all right?
Mrs Menon: Perfectly. I only wanted to say what good in music you have.
Kunal: Thank you! You can hear it?
Mrs Menon: Every word. Especially after eleven. My husband is quite a fan of the song with the drums. He has come to know it very well, since he's often awake at two.
Kunal: Oh. Oh, no. I'm so sorry. I had no idea it that far.
Mrs Menon: Old buildings. The floors are thin, and the drums are not.
Kunal: I'll after ten. I promise. Or I'll use headphones.
Mrs Menon: That would be very kind. Although my husband may miss the drums.
Kunal: Tell him he can come up and listen any evening before ten.
Mrs Menon: I'll tell him. He'll pretend to be annoyed, and then he'll come. Goodnight, Kunal.
What is she really telling Kunal when she says her husband "has come to know it very well, since he's often awake at two"?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
He knows the song "very well" only because he is awake at two, when the music is playing.
She is telling Kunal, gently, that the music keeps him from sleeping.
Worth noting
Kunal's reply, "Oh, no. I'm so sorry", shows he understood the real meaning.
- Concept
- Understanding an implied meaning
- Typical timeTypical
- 45 s
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