Information and IdeasHardWhat a literary passage conveys about habituation
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The following text is from a short story.
On her first night in the new flat, Dara lay awake listening to the pipes tick and the lift groan — sounds the old house had never made. By the third week she no longer heard them at all, and it took a visiting friend's remark, 'How do you sleep with that racket?', to remind her that they were still there.
Which statement best describes what the text conveys about Dara?
- A. She has stopped noticing sounds that once kept her awake.Correct
- B. She has come to enjoy the noise of the flat.
- C. She intends to move back to the old house.
- D. She still sleeps badly in the flat.
Answer: A. She has stopped noticing sounds that once kept her awake.
'She no longer heard them at all' and needs a friend to remind her they exist — the sounds have faded from her attention.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. She has come to enjoy the noise of the flat.
- Not hearing something isn't enjoying it.
- C. She intends to move back to the old house.
- No move back is mentioned.
- D. She still sleeps badly in the flat.
- She lay awake on the FIRST night; by week three the sounds no longer register.
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