Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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said, looking ruefully at the fifty or more actresses and actors who milled about nervously, chatting with one another, or sat on the few folding chairs trying to read. “With only nine roles to be filled,” she continued, “it doesn’t matter how good these people are most of them just haven’t got a chance. I can’t help feeling sorry for them—for all of us, I mean. After all, I’m trying for a part, too.” smiled in agreement and said, “It’s not an easy business, honey, is it? But the ones I feel sorriest for right now are Mal and Randy. After all, they have the unpleasant job of choosing and refusing, and a lot of these folks are their friends. I wouldn’t want not you can act,” she said. “They seem to be about must, indeed, be more wearing on the boys. Mallory Peggy could only think of as their ordeal. Afterward, as Peggy, Amy, Paula, and Greta sat at a table in a nearby coffeehouse waiting for Mal and Randy to join them, each was sure that she had been “You have a lot more talent than judgment,” Greta said mournfully. “You were perfect. And so was for her friendship with him was of a different sort than with Mal. Mal was just a friend—a good one, things were different. There was nothing “serious,” she assured herself, but they had gone on dates together with a regularity that was a little more than casual and, whatever his feelings were for her, she was sure that they were more complicated than Mal’s. Then they joined in the laughter and couldn’t seem to stop. When they seemed at the point of dissolving helplessly into a permanent attack of the giggles, for type. They’ll select all the possible ones, send the impossible ones away, and then go into elimination All at the same time, the girls started to reassure 3 “But what if the people they pick for looks can’t in helpless laughter. When they got their breath back, and when coffee and pastry had been ordered, they tried to explain “because they both have a pretty good idea of what the characters in the play should look like. And if the people they pick aren’t good enough actors, act?” Amy asked. “And what if some of the rejects are wonderful actors?” each explaining how good the others were and how With his tough face, like a movie gangster’s or private detective’s, and his gentle, cultured English voice and assured manner, he calmly gave his opinion of the type,” Amy said, “but I can understand it. They have to start somewhere, and I guess that’s as good a place as any.” Then she smiled and added, “I guess I’m least for this play. Mal and Randy told you that you’re just too pretty for any of the parts that fit your age, and that’s nothing to feel bad about. If anybody ought to feel insulted, it’s me, because they asked me to try out!” 4 “Oh, they were just sweet-talking me,” Amy replied. “And as for you, you know you don’t have to worry about your looks. You have a wonderful face! You can look beautiful, or comic, or pathetic, or cute or anything. I’m stuck with just being a South’n Belle, blond and helpless, po’ li’l ol’ me, lookin’ sad and sweet through those ol’ magnolia blossoms!” like something you could spread on hot cornbread, and both girls broke into laughter that sounded odd It was at this point that Mal and Randy came in, with pleasant, if somewhat brisk, nods to the assembled actors and actresses, and a special smile for Amy and Peggy. In a businesslike manner, they settled themselves at a table near the windows, spread After a few minutes, the men left, two of them looking happy, two resigned. Then Mal stood and called for leading man types, late twenties or early thirties, tall and athletic. As six tall, athletic, handsome young men came forward, Peggy felt that she just couldn’t stand watching the casting interviews any the female lead. I hope I have a chance for it.” somewhat uncertain smile that played about her well-formed, generous mouth and the intelligence that shone from her large, widely placed green eyes. Her rather long face was saved from severity by a soft halo of red-brown hair, the whole effect being an appealing combination of strength and feminine softness. the right type for the role. Perhaps some other....” and his voice trailed off in embarrassment. whom I have chosen to hear. The part calls for it. care of the male roles. All of you who are left will be characters you have been selected to read. You have though they chatted amiably with one another, Peggy was sure that each was casting rather hostile looks toward others who were trying for the same parts. Keeping friendships in the theater was not an easy thing, she thought, particularly for people of similar physical types! Mal’s first concern in reviewing the actresses was, of course, for the leading role. And, of course, it was than twenty girls came forward when the announcement never seen so many striking and beautiful faces and figures. It was not going to be easy for Mal to make a after the other of the girls, and occasionally asking one to step aside to try for another role. His tough-looking expression hardly varied as he spoke to each readings later.” attention to the “career woman, early thirties” classification Only four actresses came forward, and Mal, with Mal reviewed them carefully, managing to look at Peggy with complete lack of recognition. He gently eliminated three of them on the basis of hair coloring, height or general type. Another, curiously enough, was eliminated, like Amy, for a Southern accent, and a fifth, also like Amy, was too beautiful. “The part calls for a pretty girl,” Mal said with a rare smile, “but not for a girl so pretty that she’ll dominate the stage! It was a pleasure to look at you, but I’m advantage, perhaps unfairly, over the other two girls. The Hopefuls The audience consisted of a handful of actors and playing the part for laughs, and although there were some comic values to be extracted from the role, it was really far more a straight dramatic character. all. The same process was then followed for the leading men, and the same wide range of talent and understanding of the part was displayed. Some seemed the parts marked for them. Others had a clear understanding of the kind of character they were playing, and tried to create him in the brief time they had on stage. Others still were actors who had one rather inflexible way of playing, and used it for all kinds of parts. Their performances were uniform imitations of each other, and all were imitations of the early acting style of Marlon Brando. They seemed to forget, Peggy thought, that Brando’s style developed It made her angry that some actors thought they could get ahead in a creative field by being imitative. 14 Each actor, no matter how good or how bad, was treated with impersonal courtesy by Mal, and each left looking sure that the part was his. Peggy was glad that she would not have to see their faces when they learned that they had not been selected. “The pity of it,” she whispered to Randy, “isn’t that there are so many bad ones, but that there are so many good ones, and that only one can be selected for each role. I wish there were some way of telling the good ones you can’t take that they were really good, but that you just couldn’t take everyone!” “You can’t let yourself worry about that,” Randy replied. “The good ones know they’re good, and they’re not going to be discouraged by the loss of a role. And the bad ones think they’re good, too, and most of them have tremendous egos to protect them from ever finding out—or even thinking—otherwise!” come in. She recognized a few of their faces from the casting call of three days ago, but did not see her “Yes. There are about a dozen of us, more or less. We live in a place called the Gramercy Arms—a wonderful place—and we live like one big noisy family.

<question>:
What would you say is true when describing the group of the main female characters in this story?

<options>:
A They're all competitive, caring, and beautiful
B They're all insecure, anxious, and stressed
C They're all tough, jaded, and beautiful
D They're all kind, non-competitive, and pretty

<answer>:

D