2.
(ii) She tried to dismiss the fear.
.................................................................................................................................. [1]
3.
(iii) All appearing quite similar.
.................................................................................................................................. [1]
4.
(iv) Excellent food.
.................................................................................................................................. [1]
(b) Using your own words, explain what the writer means by each of the words
underlined:
Followed by the driver and her luggage (for the hotel gave no sign of life), she battled with
revolving doors and almost lurched into the hushed vestibule. The receptionist was coldly
kind, as if she were working in a nursing-home, and one for deranged patients at that. 'What
a day!' she said. The taxi-driver, lumbering in with the suitcases, seemed alien in this
muffled place, and was at once taken over by the porter. Mrs Palfrey opened her handbag
and carefully picked out coins. Everything she did was unhurried, almost authoritative.
(i)
Luggage .................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Battled .................................................................................................................. [1]
(iii) Authoritative..........................................................................................................[1]
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