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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow ::
Gregory is about forty-five and his hair is starting to go grey. Everybody knows Gregory because he reads the news on television. He has done this for ten years and enjoys it very much. He likes it when people stop him in the street or when they point at him and whisper to their friends.
Yesterday his boss suggested that Gregory change his job. Gregory knows his boss wants a younger man to take his place and doesn't care what happens to Gregory. The new job could never be as good as his old one. He has no-one to discuss the problem with at home and this makes it worse.
[1] People are familiar with Gregory because
(a) they can stop him in the street
(b) he is on TV everyday at news time
(c) he lives in the neighbourhood
(d) he is happy when people talk about him[2] Gregory feels flattered when people
(a) cajole him for his news reading
(b) ignore all his drawbacks
(c) approach him to seek favours
(d) talk about him in appreciation[3] Gregory is likely to lose his job because
(a) he is not as popular as he used to be
(b) he has become very conceited
(c) television companies prefer younger people as newsreaders
(d) his boss does not like his work[4] Gregory is dissatisfied with his lot because his
(a) boss is unhappy with him
(b) boss is not concerned about his future
(c) boss has little regard for his loyalty
(d) hair has started to go greyasked in General Ability, 2001
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