Unseen Passage
A beautiful actrees had her home in a small town, but she did not want to go back there every night. So she rented a flat in the centre of the city and placed an order for some beautiful furniture. She hired a man to paint the rooms. She was a great actrees and it was very difficult to get tickets for her show. She decided to give the painter two free tickets of her show. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. The painter took the tickets without saying anything and she heard no more about them. At the end of the month, she got the painter's bill. At the bottom of it were the words : Three hours, watching Miss Hall sing and dance - ₹ 60/- with this note : After 5 p.m., I charge ₹ 20/- an hour instead of ₹ 10/-.
Word-meanings :
- rented - किराए पर ले लिया
- hired - नियुक्त कर लिया
- decided - निर्णय
- bottom - सब से नीचे
- instead of - की बजाए
Questions :
- Why did Miss Hall rent a flat in the city ?
- What did she do to make her house look nice ?
- Why did she give the painter two free tickets ?
- Why was it difficult to get tickets for Miss Hall's show ?
- Find in the passage a word which means 'the lowest part'.
Answers :
- Because she did not want to go back to her house every night.
- She engaged a painter to have the rooms painted.
- She thought it would make the painter work better for her.
- Because she was a great actress.
- bottom = the lowest part.