A Small Experiment

An elderly gentleman of 85 fea...

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A Small Experiment

An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The Doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks, and meanwhile there’s a simple informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the state of her problem.

“Here’s what you do,” said the doctor, “start out about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”

That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he’s in the living room. He says to himself, “I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens.”

Then in a normal tone he asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.

So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, “Honey, what’s for supper?” Still no response.

Next, he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?” Again he gets no response.

So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?” Again there is no response.

So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for supper?”

“Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!”

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8. “Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!”
 What does the statement mean?

a. She had cooked chicken À ve times.
 b. She did not hear him.
 c. She thought that chicken was great.
 d. She had eaten the chicken five times.
 e. She had answered his question five times.

N. Nurlaila · Accepted Answer

Jawaban untuk soal adalah 'e. She had answered his question five times.'

Soal meminta untuk menjawab pertanyaan berdasarkan bacaan.

Terjemaha kalimat soal adalah:
'Astaga Earl, untuk kelima kalinya, AYAM!”
Apa maksud dari pernyataan tersebut?'

Dari bacaan, dapat diketahui jika suami atau Earl menanyakan hal yang sma aberkali-kali dan si suami tidak merasa mendapat respon dari istri, maka dapat disimpulkan jika respon tersebut adalah si istri menekankan bahwa ia telah menjawab pertanyaan tersebut lima kali atau pada pilihan jawaban adalah 'She had answered his question five times'.

Jadi, jawaban untuk soal adalah 'e. She had answered his question five times.'

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