Question

1. which inference is best supported by the following lines (paragraphs 6-8)?

amanda: comb your hair! you look so pretty when your hair is combed!

tom slouches on the sofa with the evening paper. its enormous headline reads: \franco triumphs.\

there is only one respect in which i would like you to emulate your father.

a. tom wants to have children of his own one day.

b. amanda wants her son to admire his father more than he does.

c. tom has no conception of what it means to be successful.

d. amanda wants her son to be a different type of man than his father.

Explanation:

Amanda states there is only one aspect of his father Tom should emulate. This implies she does not want him to be like his father in most respects, meaning she wants him to be a different type of man overall. Option A is irrelevant to the text. Option B is incorrect because she doesn't ask him to admire his father, only copy one small trait. Option C is not supported, as there's no mention of Tom's view of success.

Answer:

D. Amanda wants her son to be a different type of man than his father.