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Read these lines: "The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for style, not service." According to the quoted lines, the spectacles were mainly

Aa gift she had been given by her dead sister
Bthe only pair she owned that fitted her at all
Ca proud possession worn for looks and not use
Dtoo scratched to be of use for close reading
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. a proud possession worn for looks and not use
1. The quoted lines show her looking over the lenses and then under them, but seldom or never through them. 2. They are called her state pair and the pride of her heart, which are words about display. 3. The last phrase settles it, that they were built for style and not for service. 4. A prized possession worn for looks is option C, and nothing suggests a gift, a shortage of pairs or scratched glass. _Source: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), public domain_
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