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The Parliamentary Candidate (3)

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the parliamentary candidate answer 1
Henry Orpington's first engagement that day was an open-air meeting on a large housing estate at ten o'clock.

Correct answer: (b) engagement

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 gre october 2006 Off work vs. out at work
the parliamentary candidate answer 2
As most of the men were out at work, his audience consisted mainly of women and young children.

Correct answer: (d) out

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 gre october 2006 Meaning of mingle
the parliamentary candidate answer 3
Andrew Higgins kept a close watch on the platform from which Henry was making his speech, while several plainclothes policemen mingled inconspicuously with the crowd.

Correct answer: (c) mingled

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 gre october 2006 Difference between raise and rise
the parliamentary candidate answer 4
There was very little reaction to Henry's speech, except from one or two people at the back who kept on asking what Henry's party intended to do about the rising price of fruit and vegetables.

Correct answer: (a) rising

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the parliamentary candidate answer 5
After the speech he shook hands with some of the women. One of them lifted up a baby for him to kiss, but the sight of Henry's beard must have frightened it because it began to scream its head off.

Correct answer: (c) sight

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 gre october 2006 English idiom: to pay a visit
the parliamentary candidate answer 6
At eleven o'clock he paid a brief visit to a public house on the estate. Henry couldn't offer to buy anyone a drink because he knew very well that his opponents would consider that to be dishonest. So he let one of his supporters buy him a drink instead.

Correct answer: (b) paid

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the parliamentary candidate answer 7
At lunch time he went to his sister's house to see his wife and daughters. They had spent the morning addressing envelopes for the leaflets he was sending out. His sister, Vera, thoroughly disapproved of his involvement in politics.

Correct answer: (d) disapproved

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the parliamentary candidate answer 8
Vera: Now I hope you can see the danger of getting mixed up in politics. You and the family will probably all get blown up by a bomb.
Henry: Don't exaggerate, Vera. I'm sure it's just a joke.

Correct answer: (c) all

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the parliamentary candidate answer 9
There was a large crowd in the field when Henry arrived at eight o'clock for what was perhaps the biggest meeting of the whole campaign. After a hard day's work, hundreds of farmers and farm labourers had come to the field to hear what Henry had to say.

Correct answer: (b) whole

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 gre october 2006 Position of too: I too have been a farmer...
the parliamentary candidate answer 10
Henry: Ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate the anxiety you must all feel about support for your farms. I too have been a farmer and I know the difficulties you are experiencing, and so...
Voice from the crowd: ... and so you've decided to become an M.P. and get rich!
Henry: No, my friend. I want to give the farmers a voice in the House of Commons.

Correct answer: (d) voice

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