Question

Read the excerpt below from the Yung Wing's book My Life in China and America published in 1909.

In 1835, when I was barely seven years of age, my father took me to Macao. Upon reaching the school, I was brought before Mrs. Gutzlaff. She was the first English lady I had ever seen. On my untutored and unsophisticated mind she made a deep impression. If my memory serves me right, she was somewhat tall and well-built. She had prominent features which were strong and assertive; her eyes were of clear blue lustre, somewhat deep set. She had thin lips, supported by a square chin,—both indicative of firmness and authority. She had flaxen hair and eyebrows somewhat heavy. Her features taken collectively indicated great determination and will power.

As she came forward to welcome me in her long and full flowing white dress (the interview took place in the summer), surmounted by two large globe sleeves which were fashionable at the time and which lent her an exaggerated appearance, I remember most vividly I was no less puzzled than stunned. I actually trembled all over with fear at her imposing proportions—having never in my life seen such a peculiar and odd fashion. I clung to my father in fear. Her kindly expression and sympathetic smiles found little appreciative response at the outset, as I stood half dazed at her personality and my new environment. For really, a new world had dawned on me. After a time, when my homesickness was over and the novelty of my surroundings began gradually to wear away, she completely won me over through her kindness and sympathy. I began to look upon her more like a mother. She seemed to take a special interest in me; I suppose, because I was young and helpless, and away from my parents, besides being the youngest pupil in the school. She kept me among her girl pupils and did not allow me to mingle with what few boys there were at the time.

Select the sentence that best identifies the purpose of the excerpt.

To express the narrator’s happiness about starting school in a new place.
To persuade the reader to adopt the narrator’s perspective about his dislike of his parents.
To entertain the reader with a funny anecdote about his first day of school.
To inform the reader how the narrator felt when meeting Mrs. Gutzlaff, and to characterize his teacher that had a great impact on him.

Answer 1

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Answer:

↣ As evident by the following text, it can be determined that the correct sentence which best identifies the purpose of the excerpt would most certainly be:

• To inform the reader how the narrator felt when meeting Mrs. Gutzlaff, and to characterize his teacher that had a great impact on him.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the anecdote, Yung Wing recounts about how he felt towards his teacher upon meeting her. After he had stopped feeling homesick, however, he deeply revered and admired Mrs. Gutzlaff for having been sympathetic, amicable, and kind towards him, even comparing her to a mother in a sense. Hence, it is evident that his teacher had impacted him as a whole.

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