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Read the following passages from the chapter and answer the questions given below : 1.I spotted it in a junk shop in Bridport, a roll-top desk. The man said it was early 19th century, and oak. I had always wanted one, but they were always far too expensive. This one was in a bad condition, the roll-top in several pieces, one leg clumsily mended, scorch marks all down one side. It was going- far very little money. I thought I could restore it. It would be a risk, a challenge, but I had to have it. I paid the man and brought it back to my workroom at the back of the garage. I began work on it on Christmas Eve.  Questions :  (i) What did the writer find in a junk shop? (ii) What was its condition? (iii) Why did the writer purchase it? (iv) Find words in the passage which mean the opposite of 'cheap' and 'never'?      

Answer:

 (i) The writer found a roll-top desk in a junk shop. (ii) It was in a very bad condition.   (iii) The writer had wished to purchase such a roll-top desk but it was costly. But the one that he found in the junk shop was cheaper.    (iv) 'expensive' and 'always'.