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In the context of paragraphs 2 and 3 ('A extra jobs"), the description of people in the airport
as 'agitated" and "frustrated" suggests that they most likely are
o
excited
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B
inattentive
This passage Is adapted from Madeleine L'Engle, The Arm of the Starfish 01965 by
Madeleine L'Engle Franklin
1 A heavy summer fog enveloped Kennedy International. The roar of the great planes was
silenced but in the airport there was noise and confusion, Adam wandered about, trying not
to look lost, keeping one ear open to the blaring of the loudspeaker in case his Night to Lisbon
should be called or canceled. His bags had long since disappeared on the perpetually moving
conveyor belt, and he was too excited to sit anywhere with a book. All he could do was walk
about, looking and listening, caught up in the general feeling of tension
2 An extra load of business was being conducted over the insurance counters and at the
insurance machines. Adam debated between a machine which would give him insurance and
one which would give him coffee, and chose the coffee Holding the paper cup in one hand,
and his battered school briefcase in the other, he walked through a crowd of agitated people
who had come to meet planes which were now being deflected to Boston and Philadelphia,
3 The hot, sweet coffee finished and the carton disposed of in a trash can, Adam headed for
. a row of phone booths, but they were all occupied by frustrated people whose plans had then
changed by the July fog, so he decided against trying to call any of his friends. Probably no
one would be home, anyhow, they were either away for the summer or busy with summer
obs
stressed
D
frightened