The following are the answers to your questions and please if you don't mind, don't post to many questions in just one posting.
#1 D P'u Yi realizes that the splendor is reserved for his position and not for him
#2 <span>B "To show how they loved me and cared for me, the high consorts also sent a responsible eunuch to report on how I had 'consumed viands.' This too was a formality."</span>
Listening to a story can affect understanding dramatically. There are several ways it can do this:
The emphasis put on particular words, phrases, or sentences can point out something or illustrate something that a reader may not have noticed.
When different intonations are used for different characters it can reveal in more depth a character's emotions.
The speed at which particular passages or dialogue is read can affect the way a listener visualizes the action.
Using accent correctly can help a listener understand or interpret the way a non-native speaker views the world, or can reveal what particular words are meant to sound like.
When writing your response, keep these things in mind.
To our astonishment, three small hamsters, recent escapees in all likelihood, slowly have come out from under the bed.
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There were opening announcements made at the beginning of the radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’s <em>The War of the Worlds,</em> but what they did not anticipate is that the listeners who tuned in half-way through the radio play would have no idea that it was only a dramatization and would believe the news-like structure which understandably caused them distress.
The production team made lots of revisions, slowing down the pace of the first act, deleting some crucial scenes that would be tell-tale signs of a fictional work, and all this contributed to panic that ensued. The following day, there was a press conference held to clear all of it up.
