Question

Elizabeth's friendship with Jane _____.
A) went back to their university years.
B) lasted only for two years when they were at the university.
C) ended soon after they had each married.
D) has always been envied by all their friends.
E) found its best expression in their weekend visits to each other.

Answer 1

Hint: There are various supporting statements to answer the above question
Elizabeth parked the car and went into the packed station to find Jane, who would be staying with her for the weekend. Elizabeth's friends came over for the weekend all the time, but there was something off about them.

Complete answer:
The supporting passage is :
Jane and she hadn't seen each other in over a decade. They had shared a flat for two years while at university, but then each had married, and Jane and her husband had spent a lot of time overseas. Elizabeth started to ponder these questions. ‘Will we even be able to recognize after all these years ?'Jane was walking towards her at the time, looking right at her with the same unmistakable grin as before.

Supporting Statement: It had been 15 years since she and Jane had seen each other. They had shared an apartment for two years during their undergraduate years. Elizabeth and Jane were friends since their undergraduate days, as shown by the aforementioned comment, and it has been a long time since they have seen each other. Hence the option B, C, D, E do not make any sense.

By reading the supporting statement and paragraph, it is cear that Elizabeth and Jane were friends till university years and they got busy in their life afterwards. So the option A(went back to their university years is correct.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:
- There are various techniques to identify the supporting statement from the supporting passage.
- The below are the four primary styles of reading techniques:
i) Intensive, Extensive, Skimming, Scanning.
ii) While reading a passage you should read it carefully, convert complex words into your own words and underline the points you think can be used as a supporting statement to the question being asked.