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Introduction

In this

series

of practice

books,

Dr.

Hill uses

our

levels,

his

intro-

ductory

(

75O-headword),

lementary

1,000-headword),

ntermediate

(1,500-headword) nd advanced

2,07s-headword ) evels.

This

book

is at

the l,S0O-headword

evel.

Each story

s about

150

words ong, and someof the stories ontain

one

or

two

words outside

he grading.

These

are

isted

on the

Pages

n

which they appear,

and

can be

ooked

up

in a dictionary

before

work is

begun.

All

the

levels

are

very carefully

graded,

and

this

covers

not

only

vocabular

but also

dioms and

grammar.

These

our books

are

ntended

chiefly

to help

students

ead English

more

easily

and

with

more comPrehension,

ut

they

can also

be

used:

(i)

for practice

n understanding

spoken

English

(with

the student

listening

to the

teacher,

or

to the

cassette);

(ii)

for practice

n

writing English

(by

answering

he questions

n

English;by writing asmuch of the story as he student can emember;

and

by doing

the exercises);

nd

(iii) for improving

the

student's

command

of

vocabulary'

dioms

and grammar

(again

by

doing

certain

of

the exercises)'

If the student

wishes

o use

he

books only

or practice

n reading

comprehension,

elshe should

read

a story

and

then answer

questions

in

his/

her

mother-tongue.

HelShe

can

also

ry reading

some

or

all)

of the questionsy'rs,

nd

then

reading

the story

to

find the

answers

to

the questions

before

answering

them.

To increase

speed

of

reading,

the student

can

time

himself/herself

with a

watch or

clock,

and

try to

read as

fast as

possible,

proaided

hat

he/she

anstill

understand.

If the student

wants

to use

his book

for

Practice

n understanding

spoken

English,

helshe

can use

the cassette

n the

following

ways:

(i)

HelShe

can

isten

o the cassette

ne or

more

times

with his/her

book

open

or closed,

as

he/she

wishes)and

then

read the story

aloud

himself/herself,

at

first in chorus

with the

voice

on

the cassette,

nd

then

alone.

After

his/her

own

reading

alone,

he/shecan

check

his/her

performance

by listening

to the cassette

again.


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(ii)

HelShe can

isten

to

the

cassette ne or more times,

with

his/

her book closed,and

then

write

down

as much

of

the

story as

helshe

can

remember,

and/or

answer he

questions

and

do

the

exercises

all

without looking

at

the

story).

f helshe writes

as much of the story as

he/she can

remember,helshe can then look at the

story

in

the

book,

or

listen

to it again

on

the

cassette,

o

compare

what he/she

has

written

with

the original.

Method (i) gives practice in speaking with a good pronunciation,

including stress, hythm and

intonation.

Method

(ii)

gives practice

in

aural comprehension

listening

and

understanding).

Other

books

by

Dr. L. A. Hill are:

Stories

or

Reproduction, irst series

4 levels

(introductory/elementary/intermediate/advanced)

Stories

or

Reproduction,Second eries

4 levels

(introductory/elementary/intermediate/advanced)

Anecdotesn American

English

3 levels (elementary/intermediate/advanced)

Best Funny

Snries

l-3

3 levels

(

750

headwords/l,OOO eadwords/l,500

headwords)

Word

Power

3 levels

(Word

Power

1500,

3000, 4500)

Compreheruion

bpics

2 levels

(elementary/intermediate)

Writing

for

a

Purpose

Intermediate

Steps

to Understanding


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I

Mr and

Mrs Taylor had

one

child. He

was a

boy,

he

was seven

years

old, and his name

was Pat.

Now Mrs

Taylor

was expecting

anottrcr

chi ld .

Pat had

seen babies in

other

peoplc's houses and

had not

l ikcd

them

very much,

so

he

was not

delightcd about the ncws that

there

was

soon going

to be one in his house

too.

Onc

evening N{r and Nfrs Taylor

were makins

plans

lbr the

baby's

arrir, 'al . 'This house won't be big enough fbr us al l when the baby

colnes. I

supposc wc'l l have to l ind

a larger house and movc to that,'

said Mr Taylor final ly.

Pat had

been playing outside,

but he

came

into

the

roorn.just hen

and

said,

'What

are you talking about?'

'We

were

sayine that we'l l have

to move

to

another house

nt.rw,

because

the

new

baby's coming,'

his mother

answered.

' I t 's

no use, '

sa id Pat

hopelcssly.

He' l l

lo l low

us there. '

Which

of these

sentences

are

true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?

Write

T

or

F

in

the boxes.

l . Mr

and Mrs Taylor

had a son.

'2.

Pat

was five years old.

3.

Mrs

Taylor

was

going

o

have

another

baby.

4. Pat d id

not ikebabies.

5.

Pat

was not huppy about

he

new baby.

6.

Mr and Mrs Taylor

l ived

n

a large

house.

Answer

these

questions:

I

.

Did Pat have any

brothe

s or sisters

at the beginning

of this story?

2.

Why was

he not

happy

to

hear that

his mother

was expecting

baby?

3. What did

his ather

say

one evening

bout

he baby's

arrival?

4. Where was Pat

when

his

ather

said his?

5.

What did he do?

6.

\\hat did he ask?

7.

What

did

his

mother

atrswer?

B.

\ \ 'hat d id Pat

answer?

Write this story. Put one word in each empty place. You will find

all

the

correct

words

in the

story

on

Page

4.

Before Mr

Taylor

married,

he

l ived

n a

very small

flat, but

when

he

m a r r i e d ,

tw a s n o . . .

r y ing

o

ive the rew i thaw i fe ,sohehad

o . . '

t o

a .

. .

l a t .Hewas. .

. ohavea lo to f t roub le f i nd ingone 'sohewas.

.

when

hc found one easi ly.

T'hen

he had to

make

. . '

for moving

hi s

furniture. He alsoordered

more

from a shop

n a town,

but

he had

to

wait a

month

for its

.

. .

,

because

t had to come

from

the

north of

England. I

.

. .

he

was

lucky to

have to

wait only

one

month. Some

peoplewait . . .

month afte

month,

and

final ly

giveup '

n

tr

tr

D

n


4/36

ul)less hc lcarned somc

hobbies

and

relaxed whi le

hc

wa s

do ing them.

I

' fhe

doctor

advised

him not to

do anythimg

exccpt

hi s

work,

or

he would be dead

in

less han

five years.

tr

Thc businessman startecl

a hobby,

but

he did not

rc lax

whi le he

was doing

i t .

n

B Answer these

questions:

5.

t .

,2

3 .

+.

5 .

6 .

7 .

u.

Why did the businessman o to his doctor?

What did the

doctor el l

him?

(He

told

him that . . . .)

What dicl he businessman

nswer?

What did the

doctor saywas hc businessman's

ain trouble?

What did he advise

him t o do?

What did

he

say

would

happen f he did not

fbl lowhis advice?

What did the

businessman

nsu'er?

lVhat did

he tel l the doctor

he

ncxt

dav on the

elephone?

An important

br-rsinessman

ent

to

sec his

doctor

becausehe

could

not

sleep at nieht. The

doctor

examined him

careful ly

and then

said

to hirn,

'Your

trouble is

that

you need

to

learn

to

relax.

Have

you got

any

hobbies?'

I'he

businessman

thought fbr

a fbw

moments

and

then

said,

'No,

doctor, I haven't. I don't have any time lbr hobbies.'

'Well , '

thc

doctor answered,

'that

is

your main

trouble,

you

see.

You

don't har,'e

ime for anythins

except

your

work. You

must find

some hobbies,

and

you

must

learn

to relax

with

them, or you'l l

be

dcad in less

han five

years.

Why

don't you leanr

to paint

pictures?'

'Al l

r ight,

doctor, '

the

businessman

aid.

I ' l l

t rv

that. '

Thc next

day l ie

telcphcineci

hc doctor and

said,

"I-hat

was a ver.y

good idea

of yours,

doctcr.

' l 'hank

\'ou

vcry

rnuch.

I'r,.e already

painted

f i f - teen

ictures

since

saw

you. '

A

Which of these

sentences

are true

(T)

and which

are false

(F)?

Write T or F in the boxes.

I

2

The

businessman

apted

()

sleep

ess

t nieht.

tr

The

businessman

had

trouble in

sleepine

at nisht

because

he

did not relax

enoush.

3. The

businessman

id not have

any

hobbies,

ecause e

wanted

o relax

when

he was

not

busy.

4.

' l 'he

doctor

said

that he

would

be

dead n l ivc

years

Outside

he 1

500 headwords:

elax

C

Hobbies.

Make eight

sentences

out of

this, and put each

under

the

correct

picture:

' l 'h is

si r l 's

man's

woman's

a. catchins

b.

cl imbing

c.

col lccting

d.

doing

c.

growll lg

f. kceping

g.

Pal l ) t l I lg

h. pla,ving

i

l lsh.

i i . f lcwers.

i r r . mounta ins .

i v . no th ins

v.

p lc tures .

v i . rabb i ts

\ '11.

stamPS.

vi i i . the

trumpet.

hcibbr,

s

tr

tr


5/36

Mary's mother was nearly seventy, and Mary and her husband

wanted

to

give

the old lady

a

nice

birthday

presenr.

She l iked

drinking

tea)

so Mary

ordered an

electric machine

which made

th e

tea and

then woke

you

up in

the

morning.

She wrapped it

up in prerry

paper and

brought it

to her mother

on her

birthday.

Then her

mother

opened

the package.

M.ry

showed her how

ro

use

t.

'Before

you

go to

bed, put the tea in

the pot and

the water in

th e

kettle,'

she explained

to the old lady,

'and

don't lorget

to switch

th e

electrici ty on. Then,

when

you

wake

up

in

the morning,

your

tea

will

be

ready. '

After

a few

days, Mary's mother rang

up and

said,

'Perhaps

I' m

being rather si l ly, but there's one thing I'm confusedabout: why do I

have

to go

to bed to make

the

tea?'

A

Which

of these

sentences are

true

(T)

and which

are

false

(F)?

Write T or F in

the boxes.

l . Mary 's mother

wasold.

2.

She

did

not

ike

teavery much.

Outside he

500 headwords:

kettle

n

n

tr

tr

3 .

+.

5 .

6.

Nf ar,vsent

hcr

motl ter a

tri t 'eprcsetrt

by post.

' fhe

macl .r ineswitched

i tsel f on

in

the

morning.

The

kett le did

not need e

ectric i ty .

N{ary 's

mothe r thought

she

could only

make the

tea

when

she

was

in

bed.

Answer

these questions:

l . How old

was {ary's

mother?

2. What did Mary and her husbandbuy her mothcr?

3. lVhy

did they

choose his

or her?

4. What could he

machinedo ?

5.

What happened

when

Mary brought

her

mother

he

present?

6. What did

Mary tel l

her mother?

7.

lVhat

did Mary's

mother do

a fbwdays

ater?

B. What did she el l

Mary on the

clephone?

Put the correct

sentences under

the correct

pictures:

L Her motheropened

t .

2.

In the

morning,

shewoke

up, atrd he

teawas

eady.

3.

Mary showed

her how

to

use he

machine.

4. Mary's mother switched he clectrici tyon .

5.

Mary went to

a

shop

and

ordered

a

tea-rnaking

machine

6.

Then she

ook t to her

mother.

7.

' l lhen

she

went to bed.

8.

\\rhen

t came,she

wrappcd

t

up .

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I

I

= - f l - ' 1 ' , t =

n l l l ?

Mr

Grey

was the

manaser

of a

small ofl ice n

London.

He l ived

in

th e

country,

and

camc

up to

work

by train. He

liked

walking

from

the

station

to his

ofl ice

unless

t

was raini.g,

because t

save

him

somc

exerclse.

One morning

he

was walking

along

the

street when

a

stranger

stopped

him

and

said

to him,

'You

may

not remember

me,

sir, but

seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets. I

stopped

you in

this street

and

asked

you

to lend

me

sornemoney,

an d

you

lent

me five

pounds,

becausc

you

said

that

you

were

wil l ing to

take a

chance

so as

to give

a man

a

start on

the road

to success.'

Mr

Grey

thought

for

a few

moments

and

then

said,

,yes,

I

remember

you.

Go

on with your

story.'

'Well , '

answered

the

stranger,

'are

you

sti l l

wi l l ine

to

take a

chance?'

n

tr

n

2 .

3 .

4.

5 .

ti .

Which of these sentences are true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?

Write T or

F in

the boxes.

L \{r

Grei-

only walked o

his

ofl lcewhen hc wcather \,as

good.

He walked because

he was poor.

He had helped the stranger somc

)'cars

belorc.

He

had been wi l l ing to take a chance because

he wanted to

help

the man.

The stranger had been successfulsince then.

Now he wanted to

give Mr Grey'his

money back.

Answer these questions:

l . \Vhcre did NtlrGrey work?

2. Wheredid he

ive?

3. How did hc get

from his hornc

o

his

ol l lce?

4. \\hy didn't

he

go

from

the station r

his

ofi icebl 'bus e"cry dat?

5. \\rhat

happened

o

him

one

dav n the street?

6.

\\rhat

did the strar.reer

ay'?

7.

What did Mr Grey answer?

B.

,\nd

lvhat did the stranser

ask hcn?

Answer

these

questions:

L What d id thc stranger ay o

\{r

Grey?

Begin

'our

answerwith

th e

words,

The

stranger old

NIr

Grey that

he

. . . . '

\\hat

did

\{r

Grev

answcr? egin

vour

nswerwith thewords,

\I r

G r e y s a i d t h a t . . . . '

\\ hat did the stranger av hen?

Besin

vour

answerwith

the

"vords,

'The

strangcrasked

him whether

. . . '

3 .

11


7/36

l l .

Hc

wanted to

p

to

Edinburgh

by plane

one day.

'1.

His

scat was

eivcn

to

sornebody

else because

hc lvas atc

5.

' l .he

important

of l lccr

went to l idinburgh

to givt: a

lecture

(i .

' l 'he

important

of l icer arrived in t ime

for Nf Browtr's

lec ture ,

bccause

he

wcnt by p lane

Answer

these questions:

l.

Why

did ordinary people

ind i t difl icult to

go

by

plarrc uri lre hc

SecondWorld \'ar?

2.

lVhom did

N{r Brown work fbr?

l l .

Was he n thc army?

'1.

What

work did

he do?

ir.

\\hy wereonly

very bw

people

l lowcd o

know horv rnpcirtant c

wasi

\ \ 'h,v did

he ha,u'c

o

f ly

somewhcrc

one dav?

\\ 'hy

didn't

hc manage to get thcre?

\Vhat

did t l . rc

mportant of l icer f ind

out when hc

got

to the c i ty?

n

n

u

tr

6 .

7 .

u.

Durine thc

Second

World lVar

it

was difl icult to travel by plane,

because thc scats

were needed for important

government

and

armv

people.

Mr Brown worked

lor

the

government

during the war.

Hc

was a

civi l ian,

and he was doing very secrct work,

so

nobody was al lowcd to

know how

irnportant he

was except

a very lcw

people.

One day he

had

to fly to Edinburgh to give a

lecture

to a fbw top

pcople there but an important army ofl icer

came

to the airport at the

last

minute, and Mr Brown's seat was g iven to h im,

so

he was not

able

to

fly

to the city to give his

lecture.

It

was

not

unti l he reached the city

that

the important olficer

discovered that the man whose

seat

he had

taken

was

the one

whose

lecture he had flown to the citv to hear.

A

Which

of

these

sentences are true

(T)

and which

are false

(F)?

Write

T

or

F in

the boxes.

I

. I

t was difl icult for

sove

nment

and

army

people o find

seats n planesduring

the Second \'orld War

2.

Mr Brownwasan mportant

person.

Outside he

500headwords:

civilian

(n.\

I2

Do this

puzzle:

Across:

l .

N o t

e a s y .

(i .

Put his oot.

7.

Not

the samc.

[3.

(lorrect;

right.

10 . ' \Vha t

h a t s

do

i rnpor tan t

o f l i ce rs .

.

? ' 'They .

.

.

h a t s

l i kc

h i s :

t l

I l . I [ ' . . thc passcngers

had not

come to thc

airport, Nlr

Brown could havc got a scat.

' l 'here

was

rlcnty

of

room lor

thc offrcer's

cgs n the plane

s o l re . . . t l r t ' n r

i s h t

, ru t

i n

f i 'ont

of-hi rn.

Down:

l . F i n d s .

2.

Not

sta lc

I

o

1

' fhc

arnry


8/36

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of ' tht 'other soldi t ' rs w,crebad rt l root i rrg

or

.1 .

One o f 'Pc tc r 's n ine

bu l l t ' t s

h i t

the ta rs ( ' t .

i l . T'he

ol l i t t ' r was not

plcasccl

wi th hi rn.

(i .

T'he

ol l ice thousht

thrt

)cter had

sht-t

i rnscl f

B

Write these

sentences.

Choose the

correct word in

each:

I

Petcr s

ookingat an

cr)cnry

, I

l r i r n .

anc l t t \ i l l g to snoot (

[

I r i r r r s c l l .

Now Petcr is

tn' ins

to shtxtt

t

him.

I

h i rns t ' l l .

Peter 's

i r l - l i iend

s

si t t ing n f ionr

o l 'hcr

sist t- r nd n lakinq

1

hc r

I

herscl f

-1.

Peter 's

i r l -

f i ierrd

s

si t t ing

n f iont

o l 'hcr sistc rand rrrrkirrg

u p

The whi tc donkev

s n a f ie ldwi th

a b lackclorrker ' .

nd t I ras

ur t

I

i t .

i

i t se l l .

' l 'he

whitc ckrnkev

s n

a

flcld

w.ith

a

blrck nt ' ,and t

hashurt

I

i.

t

i t sc l l .

The

boys

ha"'ebrought their small

sistt'rs

o

a shcir nd borrght

f

thcnr

I

I

thenrst:1.. ,

tn t t t t

su ' te ts '

The

boys havebrought thcir

small

sisters o a shop ardborreht

f

them

I

I

themsclres

j

s'me

s\{'eets

n

tr

T

n

n{ft|

Peter

Judd

joined

the army when hc

was

eightecn, and for

sevcral

months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in

er,'erythingcxcept shootins. Onc day hc and his fricnds were

practis-

ing

their shooting, and al l of them were doing quite well except Peter.

After

he had shot at

the tarset

nine

times and had not hit i t

oncc, the

officer who was trying

to teach the

y'oung

soldiers to shoot said,

'You're

quite

hopeless,

Peter Don't waste

your last bul let too Go

behind

that

wall and

shoot

yourself

with i t '

Peter felt ashamed.

He went

behind

the

wall , and a few

seconds

later

the

ofl icer

and

the

other youne soldiers

heard

the sound

of'a

shot.

'Hcavens '

the officer said.

Has

that

si l ly man real ly

shot himself?'

He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all r isht. 'I 'm

sorrv. s i r . ' he said.

but

I

missed

asain. '

A

Which of

these sentences are true

(T)

Write

T

or

F in the boxes.

l . Peterwasgood at everything.

2. Peter

wasnot

good

at

shooting.

Outside

he

500headworls.'

hot

(2.),

target

14

and

which

are false

(F)?

up.

/

he r

I l i c l s c l f

n

tr

t5


9/36

7


10/36

N{rs

Scott bought a new

house ast year. The wal ls of ' thc

rooms had

been

pairtted a

short timc belbrc, and Mrs

Scott

ikerd

hc

colours,

bu t

thc

pcrson

wlio had

sold

hcr

thc

house had

taken

thc t'urtains with

hi tn,

so \ Irs

Scott had

to buy'ncw

ones,and

of-coursc

he wanted

to

buv c.l lcs whose

colours would

eo

with

the

walls of'hcr

rooms.

Sh e

discovcrccl

thrt

her

comb was

cxat'tly

the

same colour

zrs

hesewalls,

so

shc

always

trxrk

t

with her

wht:nc'n'er he wcnt tcl

txlk fbr

cloth lor

cu r ta l r l s .

Irt

onc slrop she showed

thc sh


11/36

I

Which of these

sentences

are

true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?

Write

T

or

F in the boxes.

l . Helen

and

Mary were

sisters.

2.

They were

quite

young.

3.

They

wereboth

married.

4. Mary drove

their

car.

5.

A policeman ried to stop her oneday.

6. Shedid

not

stop,

because hedid

not hearhim blow

hi s

whistle.

Answer

these questions:

Where did

Mary and

Helen drive oneday?

What did

they do

in

the

town?

What did

the policeman

do?

And what did

Mary do?

What

did the pol iceman

do then?

What did

he

say o

Mary when

he stopped

er ?

And what did

Mary

answer?

Had her

mother real ly

meant that she should

not stop when

a

ooliceman

blew

his whistle?

tr

n

tr

tr

tr

n

].

2 .

.-)

4.

tr

. r -

6.

7 .

o -

Helen l ived

with her

sister

Mury.Both

of them

were

about seventy-

five

years

old, and neither

of them had

ever married. They

had a

small,

old car, and when

they wanted

to

go

somewhere,

which they

did

very rarely,

Mary always

drove, becauseher

eyeswere better.

One weekend

they drove to a

large

town

to

look

at some things

which

they

had read

about in

the newspaper.

Neither

of-them had

been

to that town before.

They were driving along in a lot of traffic when they turned right

into

a street which

cars were not al lowed

to go into. There

was a

policeman

there, and he

blew

his

whistle,

but

Mary

did not

stop, so

he

got on to

his motor-cycle

and fol lowed

them.

After he

had

ordered them to

stop,

he

said,

'Didn't

vou

hear

me

blow

my

whistle?'

'Yes,

we did,'admitted Mary

poli tely,

'but

Mummy

told

us

never

to

stop when men

whistle at us.'

C

Find words

in the story

on page

20

which

mean about the

sarne as:

l.

a t any ime

2.

bi g

3. cars,

buses,

ans,etc.

4. confbssed

5. got

husbands

6.

Mother

7. not

rudely

B. Saturdayor

Sunday

9. seldom

10.

to ld

I l. went after

21


12/36

In England

nobody under he age

of eighteen

s

allowed

o drink in a

public bar.

Mr Thompsonused o go o a bar nearhishouse uiteoften,but he

never

ook his

son,

Tom,

because ewas ooyoung.Then

whenTom

had

his eighteenth

irthday, Mr

Thompson

ook

him

to his

usualba r

for

the

irst

ime.

They

drank or halfan hour,

and henMr Thompson

said to

his son,

Now,

Tom, I

want

to

teach ou a

useful esson.

ou

must alwaysbe carefulnot

to drink

too

much.And

how do you

know

when

you've had

enough?Well, I 'l l

tell you. Do you

see hose

wo

lights

at the

end of the bar?

When

they seem

o

have

become our,

you've

had

enough

and

shouldgo

home.'

'But,

Dad, 'said Tom,'I

can only seeone ight

at

the end of

th e

bar. '

A

Which

of these

sentences are true

(T)

and which

are false

(F)?

Write

T

or

F in the boxes.

l.

WhenTom

wasunder ighteen,is

ather

ook

im

o a

public ar.

n

2.

It

was

the

f i rst

t ime

that

he had

taken him

to his usual

bar.

3.

There

was

one

light

at the

end of the bar

4. N{r Thompson

wanted

o teach

I'om

not to drink too

much.

5. Mr'I 'hompson

thought

he saw

our ights.

6. Tom only saw

wo .

Answer these

questions:

L Who

can

drink

in public

bars

n England?

2.

Why did

Mr Thompson

not take

Tom to

his

usual

bar

for a

long

time?

When /id

he

take

him?

What

did

they do there?

What did

Mr Thompson say

hen?

And what did

Tom

answer?

Who had had enough o

drink,

Tom or

his

father?

How did

Tom know

this?

C

Put

the correct

sentences

under

the correct

pictures:

L But

Tom

could

see

nly one.

2.

He

thought

he could

see wo

ights.

3.

Mr Thompson used

o

go to

a bar

alone.

4. Then Mr

Thompson pointed

to the

light at the

end of the bar.

5.

Then, when

Tom was

eighteen,

he took

him to the

bar too.

6.

They drank

beer.

n

n

n

J .

A

6

6.

1

o

o .

n

n

|

"ou

. l

iJ,


13/36

IT

Mr

a.d N{rs

Da'is

had

lour

chi ldren.

onc

Saturday

Mrs

Da'is

said

to

her

husband,

'T'he

children

haven't

got

any lcss


14/36

I2

rhw

\f

r.Jo.es

b.ught

s.me

things

from

a

big

shop last

month,

and

when

he

sot

the bi l l

a few

days

aeo,

he

thought

that

therc

was

a mistake

in

it,

so he

telephoned

the

shop

and

askccl

o

speak

to the

Accounts

Department.

'\\ho

do you

wa.t

to spcak

to i .

the Accounts

Depart-

ment?'

the

telephone

operator

asked.

'l t doesn' t matter

to me, '

MrJones

answered.

He

did not

know

th e

names

of any

of'the

peoplc

who

worked

there. He

hcard

.othing

fbr a

fbw

seconds

and

then

thc

operator

said,

Hullo,

you

wantecr

o

speak

to

someone

n

the Accounts

Department,

d idn,t you?'

'Yes,

that's

rieht,'

N,fr.Jones

nswered.

'\\ 'ould

you

likc

to

speak

to Mr Hankinson?'

the

operator

said.

'Ycs,

that ' l l

bc

al l r ieht, '

Mr.Joncs

said

pat ient ly.

. I t

docsn' t

mattcr

who I

speak

o. '

' I 'm

sorry, '

thc

operator

answercd,

'but

Mr Hankinson

isn ' t

in

lodav. '

A

Which

of these

sentences

are true

(T)

and

which

are false

(F)?

Write

T

or F in

the boxes.

Outside

he

500

headtuords;

>perator

5.

NIr Hankinsonwasnot n thc A


15/36

I3

\Ir

Hodge

was

a

chickc.

lrmer.

He

had

hundreds

of'chicke.s,

an d

sold

the

cggs a'd

the

meat

a.d

sot

quiter

a lot

of mo.cy

lbr

them,

bu t

he

lived

in

a very

hot

part

o1-the

country,

and he

lbund

that

his

hens

laid

hardly

any

esis n

the

surnmer.

So hc

dec'ided

t'

put air-

conditioning

into

his

chicken-house

so

that

the hens

would

lav

well

a l l

through

the year

and

hc could

q.r

morc

csss

arrd rr

hat

wai

car '

more

money.

'-fhe

ow'er

of-thc

ompany

which

sold

thc

air-co'cl i t i ' . ing

came

'

scc h im, and whcn he saw Nfr H


16/36

I4

George Banks

was a clever

ournalist.

He

worked fbr

a good news-

paper, and he l iked

arguing very

much. He

argued

with anybody,

and about

anything.

Sometimes

the people whom he

areued

with

were as

clever as he

was, but often

they

were

not.

He

did not mind

arguing

with stupid people at al l : he

knew

rhat he

could

never

persuade

them to agree,

because hey could never

real ly

understand

what he was saying; and the stupider they were, thc surer

they

were that

they were right;

but

he

often found

rhar srupid

pcople

sa id ve ry

amus ing h i r rss .

At

the end of

one argument

which George had

with

one of these

less

clever people

the man

said something which

George has

always

remembered

and

which has always

amused him. It

was,

'\\ ' 'el l ,

sir,

you

should never forget

this:

there are always

three answcrs

to cvcr.y

question:

your

answer, my

answer, and

thc correct

answer.'

Which

of

these sentences

are true

(T)

and

which are

false

(F)?

Write T or

F in the

boxes.

l.

( ieorge

onlv

argued

with people

who

were

css

'lev'er

harr

hc was.

2.

Stupid

peoplc

ndcrstood

hat

hc

said,

because

e

spokc

verv clearly.

:1. Stupid

pcople

bcl ieved

hat they

were

always

ieht.

4. Gcorge

was sometimes

mused

by stupid

people

5. T'hestupid nran hotrght hat both he and ()eorge vere

wrong.

6.

George

oon

brgot

what this

man

had said.

Answer these

questions:

I . \\hat

was George's

ob ?

2.

What did

he work

lbr?

3.

What was

his

hobby?

4. Why did

he not

mind arguing

with

stupid people?

5.

How

did

stupid people

argue?

6.

lVhy

did

he

enjoy

hat?

7. lVhat

did

one stupid

persol l

say o Ceorge?

8. What did George hink of thisanswer?

Find words

in the

story

which

mean

about

the

same as:

l . correct

2.

funny

3.

inte l l igent

4.

less oubtful

5.

made

him) augh

6.

make

(thcm) bel ieve

7.

ought to

B.

person

who

writcs

fbr

a

newspaper

9.

talking

asaitrst

thcr

PeoPle

n

T

u

n

n

tr

.Jl


17/36

T5

Pat

came

over

fiorn Ireland

to

Flneland

with his

wilc one

year to find

work. He

got qui te a

good

ob

wi th a

bui ld ing

company,

and as he

di d

not

dr ink

or smoke,he

saved up

qui te a

lot

of 'money.

His wi fe 's

parents werer

st i l l

in

l re land,

and

one day

she

eot

a

telegram

to

say that hcr rnother

was i l l ,

so Pat

save

hcr

some nroney

and

she went

to

Ire land

to seeher.

After a week, Pat wanted to wr i te a le t ter to her, but he could not

read

or wr i te very

wel l ,

so he went

to h is pr iest and

askedhim

to do i t

for h im.

Pat

to ld the

pr iest what hc

wanred

ro say, and

thc pr iest

wrote

it

down. Af ier

a

fbw

minutes

Pat

stoppcd, and

the pr iest

said,

'Do

vou

want

to say any more?'

'Only,

"Please

excuse hc

bad

wri t ing

and

spel l inu". '

Pat

said.

Outside

he

500

headwords:

riesf

tr

tr

n

tr

tr

n

t .

.

3 .

+.

5 .

6 .

Which

of these sentences

are

true

(T)

and

which are

false

(F)?

Write

T

or

F in the boxes.

Pat brought

his

wifb

to Fingland

with him.

He did

not

spend

all his

money.

His mother-in-lawcame

o Errgland

oo,because

hewa s

i l t .

Pat went

to see

his

mother-in-law

because

hewas

ll

Pat

wrote a

letter o

his wile

aftera week.

He askedhis wife to excuse he priest'sbad writing ar.rd

spel l ing.

Answer

these questions:

L Why did

Pat come o

England?

2.

How did

he manage o save

money?

3.

Why did

his wife have o

go to

Ireland?

4. What did

Pat want to

do a

week ater?

5.

Why

didn't

he write

the

etter?

6.

Who wrote

t fbr him?

7. What did the

priestsay

af cr Pat

had finished?

8.

And what

did

Pat

answer?

Draw

lines from the

words on

the

left

to

the correct

words

on the

right.

C

l . A bui lding company

2.

Pa t

3. Pat's

mother-in-law

4. Pat'swife

5.

The priest

a. became

ll .

b. could

not reador

write

c. gave

Pat

ajob.

d. went

home o see

er

mother.

e. wrote

Pat's

etter.

33


18/36

I6

N{ark

went

to a

barber's

shop and

hacl his hair

cut, but when he came

out,

he

was not

huppy

with

the result,

and when his friend

George

saw

him, he

laughed

and

said,

'What 's

happened

to your hai r ,

N,{ark?'

Mark

said,

'I

tr ied a new

barber's

shop

today,

because wasn't

at

al l satisfied with my old one, but this one seerns ven worse.'

( )corge

agreed.

Yes ,

I

th ink you're

r ight,

Mark.

Now I ' l l

te l l

yo u

what

to

do next

t ime

you

eo

into

a barber 's

shop:

look

at a l l

th e

barbe rs'

hair,

and

then

eo

to thc

orewhose

own hair

has been

ctt the

worst. '

'The

one whose

hair's

been crut

he worst?'

Mark

repeated.

'But

that would

be fool ish '

'Oh,

no, i t

wouldn ' t , ' answered

George.

Who

do

you

th ink cut

that

man's hai r? He

couldn ' t cut i t h imsel f ,

could he?Another

of the

barbers cut

i t-and

he must have

been a worse

barber than

the one

whose hair

he

cut.'

A

Which of these

sentences

are true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?

Write

T

or

F

in the boxes.

l . N{ark 's a i r was

cut badly.

2.

He had not

been

o that barber's

hopbefore.

3.

It

was better han

the one he used

o

go

to belbre.

4. His friend

Georgeadvised

him

to choosc

he barber

whosehair

looked

he worst.

5.

Barberscut

each

other'shair.

6. The barber whose

hair is

cut the

worst cannot be the worst

barber.

Answer

these questions:

l.

How did

N{ark

belwhen

he came

out of the

barber's hop?

2.

What did

his

friend George

o

when

he saw him?

11.

And what

did George

ay ?

4. What

was Mark's

answer?

5. What did Georgesuggesthen?

6.

And what did

Mark

answer?

7.

What did George

say

hen?

f].

Which

barber

would

have he

best

haircut?

Choose

the

right sentences

for each picture:

l.

a.

Mark

has

cleaned

is shoes. I

b.

Mark

has

had his shoes

cleaned.

2.

Mark

is

clcaning

his

shocs.

Mark

is having

his

shoes

cleaned.

Mark

has

cleaned

is shoes.

2

Mark

has

had

his

shoes

cleaned.

Mark

is

cleaning

his

shoes.

Mark

is having

his

shoes

cleaned.

a. Mark

has

cleaned

his shoes.

3.

b.

Mark has

had

his

shoes

cleaned.

c. Mark

is cleaning

his shoes.

d. Mark is having his shoes

cleaned.

tr

c .

d .

d .

J .

tr

n

n

tr

4. a.

b.

c .

d .

Mark

has cleaned

is shoes.

4.

Mark

has had

his shocs

cleancd.

Mark

is

clcaning

his shoes.

Mark

is

having

his shoes

cleaned.

r,-\t,,.


19/36

Mrs

Harris's

husband died

when

she was forty-five

years

old.

Sh e

had a son, who was eighteen years old at that time.

Mrs Harris

was

not

a widow for very

long.

She met

a nice

man

wh o

was

a few years.

older

than she

was,

and

two years

after her

first

husband

had

died,

she

married for

the

second

time. Her

son,

peter,

was

twenty years

old then.

Mrs Harris

had

a

nice,

quiet

wedding

in

the

vi l lage

church,

an d

after

that,

they had

the usual

party ather

house

for

her

family

and her

new husband's,

and for

some

of their fr iends,

but Peter

was

very late

for

the

party. At last

he hurried

in,

kissed

his

mother,

and

said,

,I 'm

sorry I'm late,

Mum,

but I've

been looking

everywhere

for

a card

which

says,

"To

my Mother,

for her

Wedding,"

and I

haven't

been

able to find one.'

A

Which

of these

sentences

are

true

(T)

and which

are false

(F)?

Write

T

or F in

the boxes.

l.

Mrs Harris was

rwcnty-five

when Peter

was

born.

n

2. She

was ftrrty-seven hen shemarried

her

second usband.

tr

Outside

he

1

500 headwords:

Murn

3.

She

married

him at her house n

the vi l lagc.

4. Peterwas n

a card shop

when

his

mother'swedding

party

started.

5.

He

found

the card he

wanted

n

the ast shophe went

o.

6. He

did

not

find

the card he wanted.

Answer

these

questions:

l. Why

did Mrs Harris marry

when she

was orty-seven?

2. Who was Peter?

3.

How

old was he then?

4.

What kind

of

wedding

did

Mrs Harris

have?

5.

What

happened after

the

wedding?

6. Why was Peter ate?

7.

What had

he been ooking or?

B. Whv

hadn't

he beenable

o

find

t?

Put

the correct

sentences under

the correct pictures:

l . He had been looking in the shops for a card for his mother's

wedding.

2.

Mrs Harris

married for the first time when shewas young.

3. Peterarrived very ate.

4. Shehad a

son

a year ater,

and shecalled

him

Peter.

5. Shemarried him in

the vi l lagechurch.

6.

Then

she

met

a niceman.

7.

Then

therewas a

party at her house.

8.

When

shewas

orty-five,

her husband

died.

tr

n

n

tr

i

I

I

I

I


20/36

]B

Wv

A long

time

ago, when aeroplanes were

not very

big or

strong yet, al l

passengers

had

to

be weighed with their

luggage,

so that

planes did

not have to carry more than it was safe to carry. Then later, when

aeroplanes became

bigger and stronger, only the

luggage had to be

weighed;

and now very

often,

the

luggage has

to be

measured nstead

of being

weighed,

because

size

s more important to the

airl ines

than

weight.

Aeroplanes are

so big

and

strong

now, that they can carry

almost

any weight.

But before a passengercan

travel by Hawaiian Airl ines,

he

or she

sti l l

has to be

weighed.

Once

when one

fat man was asked by the

airl ines' clerk how

much he weighed,

he

thought

for a

few

seconds

and

then said

to

her:

'With

or without my clothes?'

'Well ,

sir, '

the

girl answered,

how

are you planning to travel?'

A Which

of these

sentences are

true

(T)

and

which are

false

(F)?

Write

T or

F in the boxes.

l.

Aeroplane passengers

ere weighed a

long

time

ago.

tr

2.

Later, only the

luggagewas weighed

tr

Outside

h 500headwords:airline

3 . El'cn

rrow, aeroplzrt tcs

Ire not str() l tu

crtough to

(

arry

hcrr

wcights.

Harl 'ai iarr

, \ i r l incs ort I l '

vveigh :rt

Passctrgers.

One

fa t man d id

not know

whethc r the

a i r l i nes '

c le rk

wanterd

his weight

lv i th c lothes

or

rv i thott t .

He wanted to travel

wi thout his clothcs.

B Answer these

questions:

Why did aeroplanc asse gers avc o beweighed ong imeago?

Why

did they

not havc o bc weighcd

some

ears

ater?

What happens o lussase

now?

Why is t

treated

n

this

way?

What st i l l

happens

t

Hawai ian

Air l incs?

What did

the airl ines'clcrk thcrc

askonc

at man?

What did

he answer?

What

did

the clerk say hen?

Do

this puzzle:

Across:

l.

' Ihc

ft rnanwantecl

o tra,u'el

l n a n .

5. The .

.

. why luegergc of ien

docs lot have

to bc

wcighecl

any rnore is that ae oplanes

can now

carra more weight

than bcfbre.

7 .

' fhe

passengersstand

.

. .

l ine

. . .

ordcr

to

givc their

t icke s o theai r l incs' ' lerk.

' l 'his

is trsually wcighed be-

lbre

t is

)ut

ln a

l lanc.

Down:

l.

' l 'hc

t ' lcrk

worked lbr an

2.

'Was

thc fat man . th ink-

ing

ol ' ra'u

l ing

without anv

clothes?'

No,

of 'course ot '

3 . Dug up

thc

sround

wi th a

nrachine.

Nfake

plans.

Less

otr r b i t ter .

lvVe

an cookb,v lectri


21/36

T9

M]dtt

When Dick was

six

years

old, he

went

and

stayed

with his grand-

parents

n

the country

for a few

weeks

n

the

summer.

He

talked a ot

with his

grandmother

while he

was

there,

and

she

told him a lot

of

interesting

things about

their family

which

he had

nor

known

before.

When he

came home

again

to

his

own

parents,

he

said to his father,

'Is

it true

that

I

was

born

n London,

Daddy?'

'Yes,

it

is, Dick,'his

father

answered.

'And

were you really

born n

Germany?'Dick

asked.

'Yes,that's right,' his atheranswered.I was.'

'And

is t

true hat Mummy

wasborn

n

Ireland?'Dick

continued.

His father

said,

'Yes,

it is,

but why are you

asking

me all

these

questions?'

Dick answered,

Because

when

Granny told me

all those

things

while I was

with her, I

couldn't

understand ow

we

had

all met.'

Outside

he 500headwords:

ranny

Which of these

sentences are true

(T)

and which

are false


(F)?

L Dick

and his

grandmother alked

o eachother a

ot .

2. Dick alreadyknew a ot about

his amily.

3.

His

grandmother old him a lot about t.

4. Dick's

parents

had

beenborn n

the same ountry.

5. Dick had been born in

a different country.

6. Dick

had

met his

parents

n

Germanv.

B Answer these questions:

Whom

did Dick visit when he was

six?

How

did

Dick nd

out a lot of nteresting

hingsabouthis amily?

Whom did he

talk to about these

hings when he camehome?

Where had Dick

been born?

Where had his father

been born?

And

where

had his mother beenborn?

What

did his father

say when he asked

a

lot

of questions?

And what

did Dick answer?

Put what, which

or who

neach

empty space:

l. Dick's

grandmother told him

things .

.

. he had not

known

belbrc.

2.

She old him

. . .

he

wanted o know.

3.

Dick

had a father

. . .

had

beenborn n

Germany.

4. It

didn't matter

. . . Dick asked:his grandmother knew

he answer.

5.

'.

. .

a

strange hingl ' Dick

thought.

We

were

all born n

different

places,

ut we al l

met.'

6.

'.

. . of those

men s

Dick's f,ather?'

The

tal lest

one.'

7

'.

.

.

s he?'

He's

a teacher.'

B.

'.

. .

s

that

woman?'

She's

Dick's

mother.'

A

D

tr

n

n

n

u

I

C

40

4I


22/36

20

\\ 'hen Dave

Pt'rkins was

vounf{,

hc

played

a

lot

ri f

sames,

ancl hc was

th in

and

stror)g,but when

hc was for ty- f ive,

he began

o

sct

ft and

slow.

Hc was not

able

to breathc as

wel l as befbre, and

when he

rvalked rather l i rst ,h is

heart

beat painfu l ly.

He

dic l not do anvth ine about th is fbr a long t ime, but l ina l ly hc

l tccrmc nxious and went to

scc

a doctor.

ancl hc doctor

sent h im

tcr

hclspi ta l . ; \notht ' r

youns

d


23/36

2I

Joe

was one of those people

who

love

the sound

of their own

'u'oice.

e

never had

anything interesting

to say, but he talked and

talked and

talked, and every story he told reminded him of another one, so that

he never

stopped for a

second to

let

anybody else

say

anythine.

One evening

he

was

invited

to a

party by someone

whom

he had

met only a few

days before and who

did

not

know him very

well yet.

They

had a

good

meal,

and then

they

had

some music and

dancins.

Joe

danccd once with a prett) '

sir l

and then suegested

that they

should s i t and ta lk. He

ta lked

and

ta lkcd and ta lkcd, and was

us t

beginning,

'And

that

reminds me

of the time

. .

,'

when the girl said,

'The

t ime? Yes, you're

qui te r ight '

She

ooked at her

watch quickly

and

said,

Look

how late

i t is . I must

go. '

A Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?

Write

T

or

F in

the boxes.

l.

Joe

liked

talking

very much.

2. People id not enjoy istening

o him.

3. He

stoppedother people

aying

anything.

4. He

was nvited

o a party by an old friend

5.

.Joe

wanted

ro

alk instead

f dancing.

6. .,\

sirl

askedJoe o

talk

nstead

oldancins

o -

7.

. Joc

was probab lv

eo inq

to sar ,

' r \nd

that

r t ' rn i r l c l s

tc o I

the t ime

that

I

was . . .

,'

but

ther i r l s topped

him.

.Joc

was probabl 'going

to sav,

And

thrt

erni r lds nrc ol

t h e t i n l e .

t ' s

l a t c . I m r t s t

s o , ' b t r t

t h e

g i r l s t o p ; e d

i rn .

Answer

these questions:

L What

kind of'person

wasJoe?

2.

What

happenedwhcncver

he

iund

sotneone

o

talk o?

3. What happened nc

cvcrl ins?

4. What didJoe

and

thc prettv

girl

do ?

5.

What didJoe

do then?

6. What

was

le sayirtg

when

thc

girl stoppcd

him?

7.

What did she

do ?

B.

And

what did

sl 're:

ay ?

Putforget,

remsmber

r

remindinthe

first empty

place

in

each

of these

sentences;

and

put

taking or

to

take n the

second emPty place

in

each.

Mrs

Smith

alwavs

has to . .

.

hcr son

. .

his coat tr-

chool

his tnat

to schrxrl

y 'esterda,v?'es,

hc

cl id.

tr

n

T

n

T

tr

T

T

14

Did Nfrs Srnith's

son


24/36

?

22

Matthew Hobbs was

sixteen

years

old. He

had

been at

the same

school

for

five years,

and he had

always

been a very

bad pupil . He

waslazy,

he fought

with other

pupils, he

was rude

to the

teachers,

and he did not

obey the

rules

of the school.

His headmaster

tried

to

make

him work

and behave

better,

but

he

was never

successful-and

the worst

thing was

that, as Matthew

grew

older, he was a

ba d

influence

on the younger

boys.

Then at last

Matthew left

school.

He

tricd

to

get

a

ob

with

a big

company, and

the

manager

wrote to the headmaster

to

find

out what

he could

say

about

Matthew.

f'he headmaster wanted to be honest, but he also did not wanr ro

be too

hard,

so

he

wrote,

'If

you

can get Matthew

Hobbs

to work lor

you,

you wil l be very

lucky.'

A

Which of these

sentences

are

true

(T)

and which

are false

(F)?

Write T

or F in the

boxes.

l . Matthew

had

come to his

school

whe n he

was

ereven.

2.

He

was always

a

eood

boy.

3.

' l 'he

youtrqer

roys

earnt

go


25/36

23

Harry

came

to his

mother

one

morning

while

she was having

he r

breakfast,

and

said to her,

'No

one at my

school l ikes

me,

Mother.

The

teachers

don't,

and

the

children

don't.

Even

the cleaners

and

th e

bus

drivers hate

me.'

'Well , Harry,' his mother answered, perhaps you aren't very nice

to

them. l f

afew

people

don't

l ike

a

person,

he

or she may

not

be

responsible

for

that;

but i f

a lot

of people

don't,

there's

usually

something

wrong,

and

that

person real ly

needs

o

change.'

' I 'm

too old

to change,' Harry

said.

I

don't

want

to go

to school.'

'Don't

be

si l ly, Harry,'

his

mother

said,

going

towards

the garage

to get

the car

out.

'You

have

to go. You're

quite

well ,

and you

sti l l

have

a lot

of

things

to

learn.

And

besides

hat,

you're

the headmasrer

of the

school . '

A

Which

of these

sentences

are

true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?


L Harry

was a

schoolboy.

2.

He

liked

going

o

school.

3.

His

mother

wanted

him

to go

to school

oo .

4.

His mother

thoueht

he

should

change,

ecause

lot

of

people

diclnot

ike him.

Outside he

500

headwords:

cleaner

5. She hought he might be too l l

to

go

ro school hat dar

6.

He

was he headmaster.


l . What

did

Harry say o his mothe ?

2.

When

did

he

say

his?

3. What did his mother answer?

4. And what did Harry sa.v hen?

5. What was

his mother'sanswer?

6. And what d id shedo whi lc shcwassaying hat?

7. Whv d id shedo th is,do

you

hink?

B.

What did

vou

think

Harrv

rvas when lou startecl eading

storv?

Do

this

puzzle:

Across:

l . A headmaster

s

. . .

fbr

see-

ing

that everythinggoes

well

in his

school.

7. Aeroplanes and

ar.rd

akeof f

here.

B. Harry could not . . . whv hc

should

go to

school.

9

These

people

cleanplaces.

i

0. Harrv was

he headmaster

f

t h e . . . .

12.

't 'hc

teachers

and

the chi ld-

ren

did not l ike Harrv,

an d

the

cleaners and

bu s

dri 'u'ers atedhim.

15.

These

people each

upi ls.

18. These

people arc

rhe rop

people

n

schools.

Down:

L

Harrv

had

scveral

. .

br

no t

wanting

to

so

to

scl-rool.

2.

The

pupi ls

probablv

did not

l ike

him

because

he

wa s

. . . w i t h t h e m .

3. These

people

drir. 'e

upils

to

school.

T7

tr

tr

I .

6.

Some teachers are

men,

an d

s o m e a r e . . . .

\ \ 'hen

the

headmaster comes

in to a c lass ,a l l the pup i l s . . .

up .

Harrr' ' said to

his mother,

"\l l

the people

at

school

. .

m e . '

r\l l

the pupils at that school

help.

. . o ther.

'.

. . afternoon' means

'to-

day, n

the afternoon'.

If-youwant to

shootstraight,

you

must

. . .

your

gun

care-

ful ly.

Because.

l. )

\ 4 .

I 6 .

T

tr

n

tr


26/36

24

Mrs Watson was

a

doctor's wife. She had a nice neighbour, Mrs

Potts.

They

often did each other's shopping.

One

day, Mrs Potts had to go to Dr Watson because

she

was i l l ,

so

Mrs Watson

said,

I' l l

do

your

shopping today, Beryl.' Mrs Potts

ol d

her that she only wanted a sheep's kidney.

NIrs

lVatson

went to the

shops,

and

when she came back, she went

to

Mrs Potts's house,

but shc was

not

there,

so she

wcnt

to

her

ow n

house.

She

looked in her

husband's waiting-room,

but Mrs Potts was

ttot

there c i ther, so she wcnt in to her husband's

off ice.

Her husband

told her that

Mrs

Potts had

ust

left him and gone

to the

lavatory.

Mrs Watson ran

out

into

the crowded waiting-roomjust in

time to

catch Mrs

Potts.

She shouted,

Here's

your kidney 'and ran and

gave

her the

parcel.

A

Which

of these sentences

are

true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?

Write

T

or

F in the

boxes.

l . Mrs Potts

ived

near Mrs Watson.

2. NlrsWatson

was

ll .

3.

NIrs \atson did Mrs Potts's hopping.

.1.

During

this ime, Mrs Pottswent

to the avatory

and

then

to

l)r \\ratson's

oflice

Outside he 500headwords.'

idney

n

tr

.

Mrs Watson stopped

N{rs Potts

as s}re

was eaving.

Dr Watson

had

cut

N,Irs otts's idncv out.

Answer these

questions:

l.

What work did

Mrs Watson's

husbanddo ?

2. Who was

Mrs Potts?

3.

How

did she

and Mrs Watson

help

each

other?

4. Why

did

Mrs Watson oller to do

Mrs Potts'sshoppingone day?

5.

What

did

Mrs Pottsask

her

to get?

6.

Where did

Nf s \\ ' 'atson ook br N{rs Pottsu'henshecameback?

7. \\ 'here

was N{rs

Potts?

B.

\\'hat

did

\{rs

\\'atson shout o

hcr whcn

she ound her at

last?

Write

the sentences

for

each

picture. Choose

the correct words.

()

Z .

+.

l .

I seeinq

Mrs Pottscame

n

{

"

I

t o s e e

the doctor.

c, I

lauehing.

She

came

n

i ,o ush.

Shesaid,

r

can'r

r .rp

{

luuf lh i " ;q ' }

I

to

augh.

I 've just

hearda

goodjoke. '

Dr Watson's

nursc helped

he

J

to

walk.

I

walk ing.

The doctor said,

Are

you wil l ing

I

to wai t

l

.

|

. .

) a l e w m t n u l c s l

(

wal t lng

, f

mend ing . ,

Ihis

machine

needs

I

to

nrend. '

t

, t -

6. She

answcred,

No,

I don' t mind

I

to wai t '

l

t ' , ,u don'r

lcccl

I

wa l t lng .

,

I

hurrying.'

I

to hurry.'

n

n

tr

tr

51


27/36

2s

Jim

was intel l igent,

but he

hated hard

work. He

said,

'You

work

hard,

and earn a lot

ofmoney,

and

then the government

takesmost

of

i t. I want

easy

work

that gives me lots

of'money

and

that the

government doesn't know

about.'

So

he

became

a thief-but

he did not

do

the steal ing:

he got

others

to do

it. They

were

much less

ntel l igent

than

he was,

so he

arransed

everything and

told

them what

to

do .

One day

they were looking

for rich famil ies

ro rob.

and

Jim

sent

one of them to a large beautiful house ust outside the

town.

It

was

evening,

and

when the

man looked

through

one of the

windows, he

saw a young

man and a girl

playing

a duet

on a piano.

When he

went

back toJim, he

said,

That

family

can't have

much

money. Two

people

were playing

on the same piano

there.'

Outside

he 500 teadwords.'

uet. rob

Which of

these

sentences are

true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?

Write T

or

F in the boxes.

l.

Jim

was clever,but

lazy.

2 . He d idn ' t i ke

pay i r rga x e s .

J.

He

alwaysusedclever

people

o steal or him.

4. They

tried o find rich

famil ies.

5. One of

his men

playeda duet on a piano with a girl .

6.

The

girl 's

family

waspoor.

Answer ese questions:

l.

Why didJim become thieP

2.

How

did

he

steal

hings?

3. What was rs

ob

in

this?

4. Why was he good at i t?

5. What did

he

sendoneof

his men

o do oneevenins?

6.

What

did the

man

see?

7.

What

did

he

say oJim?

8. What mistake id he nake?

Opposites:Find words in the story on

page 52

which mean

about

the opposite of:

l.

difficult

2.

lazy

3.

l i t t le

4. more

5.

ol d

6. poor

7. smal l

B. spend

9. stupid

10.

ugly

n

n

n

n

n

n

53


28/36

\i

26

Fred

sometimes l iked

to go to a

bar to have

a drink

before he

went

home

after work.

There

were

some tables

and chairs n

the bar,

but i t

was too early for most people when Fred was there, so he seldom

found

anyone

to talk

to .

Then

one evening

he went

into

the bar and

saw a man

playing

draughts at a

table, but he

could not

seeanyone in

the

chair opposite

him. He

went nearer

to

look,

and

was very

surprised

to see

hat the

man

was

playing against

a

dog.

When

it had

to

move

one of i ts

draughts, i t

stood on i ts

back legs

on the

chair.

Fred

watched

while the

two played

their game,

and when

the

do g

lost, Fred

went

up to i ts

owner and

said,

I've

never

seen

such a clever

dog before.'

'Well , '

answcred

the

other man,

'he

isn't

real ly

very

clever. I

always win.'

A Which of

these sentences

are true

(T)

and which are false

(F)?

Write T

or

F in

the boxes.

l.

Fred alwayshad

his drink at home.

tr

2.

He

talked

o

a lot

of people n

a bar.

Outside

he

500headwords:

raushrs

n

n

+.

5 .

6 .

r\ man wasplaving draughts

with a dog

n

the

bar one

evcnrng.

The dog

moved the draughts

itself.

Fred was very surprised.

The dog sometimes

on the game


l . Where did

Fred

sometimes

o after

work?

2.

Why

did he seldom

ind

anyone

o talk to there?

3. What did he seeone evening?

4. Why

was he very surprised

when he

went

nearer?

5.

How did the dog

manage

o play?

6. Who

won?

7.

What did Fred say hen?

B.

What did the dog'sowner

answer?

Put

the

right

sentences

under the

right

pictures:

l . A man was playing

draughtsat a table.

2. Fred could not seeanyoneplayingagainsthim.

3.

Fred went

nto his usualbar.

4. He sat down

at a table.

5. He saw a dog sitting

n the chair opposite he

man.

6. He went

nearer.

7.

The

bar

was almostempty.

B.

When the dog wanted o

move

a draught,

t

stoodon

its

back egs

on the

chair.


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Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for a

holiday.

One day

he

was not feel ing

well ,

so he went

to the

clerk at the

desk

of

his

hotel and

said,

'I

want to

see a doctor.

Can you

sive

me

th e

name

of a

good

one?'

'Ihe

clerk looked

in

a book and

then

said,

'Dr

Kenneth

Grey,

610

0 . '

Henry

said,

Thank

you

verymuch.

s he

expensive?'

'Well , '

the clerk answered,

'he

always

charges his

patients

tw o

pounds for

their first visit

to him,

and 1.50 for later

visits.'

Henry

decided

to save

50p, so when he

went to

see he doctor,

he

said, 'I 've come again, doctor.'

For

a

few

seconds

the doctor looked

at his face

carefully

without

saying anything. Then

he nodded

and

said,

'Oh,

yes.'He

examined

him and

then

said,

'Everythine's

going as t

should

do.Just

continue

with

the

medicine

I

eave

you last

time.'

Outsidehe

500headwords:

harge

(a.)

56

Which of

these sentences are true

(T)

and which

are

false

(F)?


l.

Henry wanted

the c lerk at the

hotel

to send a good

doc tor to h i s room.

2.

The c lerk gave him

the

name and address

of

a

doctor.

3.

Henry

wanted to know how much i t cost

to

go

to

him.

4.

The f i rs t

visit

to the doctor cost ess han later v is i ts .

5.

Henry tr ied

to

make

the

doctor bel ieve

that

he had

been

to him bt-lorc.

6. The doctor knew that he had not seen Henrv before.

Answer

these questions:

l . Why did Henry have o asksomeone lse

or

he name

of

a

doctor?

2. What did the clerk do?

3.

What

did

Henry askhim then?

4. And what did the clerkanswer?

5.

What did Henry decide?

6.

What

did

he

do ?

7. What did

he

say o the doctor?

B.

And what was

the

doctor'sanswer?

Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the correct

words

in the story on page

56.

Dr Brown is a kind man. He lefi England

to

work in a foreign

country

when he was 25.

Someof

his

. .

are

quite poor,

and he

. . . them

verv

l i ttle. And

when they

need

. .

medicines, e

sometimes venpays

or

them

himself

One day a . . . who worked

n

a smalloffice rought

hi m

his

son.

He

was

very l l ,

and

he knew

hat only

very

expensive

edicines

could . . .

him from

dying.

Dr Brow'n

. . the boy careful ly.

Well, '

th e

lather

said,

what

have

you

found,

doctor?Wil l he be al l r ight?' The

doctor . . . without looking at him. He

thought

br

a

minute and

then

said,

Yes,

he'l l

bc al l r ight. I 'm going to give

you

some

medicine

or

him. He must . . . takine t firr a month. We don't want him to die, do

we?'

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T

T

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2e

There is a pr ison

in lccland

w]r ic]r

a l lows i ts

pr isoners

o

so

ou r

without

any guards

to work

every

day.

'I 'hey

work

on the frms

near

the

prison during

the day, and

come back

to

have

their

evening meal

and to

sleep every

evening. Belore

they

are al lowed

to

go out l ike

this,

they have

to promise

to come

back

every

evening. If

they

do not

promise

this, they are not let

out.

One night

one

of the prisoners

was invited

to

have

a meal

and a

drink with

the family

of the

farmer

he

was

working for,

so

he

came

back to the

prison very late.

He had

to knock

at

the gate

several

imes

before the guard

came

to

let

him in.

The

guard

did

not

l ike

beins

disturbed

ar

this rime,

so he

said

to

the prisoner angri ly,

'If

you

come

back

so late

again, I

won't let

yo u

i n . '

Outside

he

500headwords:

guard (n.)

Which

of these sentences

are true

(T)

and

which

are

false

(F)?

Write T

or

F in

the boxes.

I

' l 'hc

g t tax ls

i r r l r t '

r l i son

r I t ' t ' l a r r r l \ ( ' r - ( ' ( ) rl r t '

i 'n ts

w t l l t l r r '

r l i soncr

t Iu l i ne

t

re

la l , .

2.

' l 'hc

pr i so t te rs

had

to ha 'nc

l rc i r c r , ' t 'n i r rg

i t 'r l

n

hc

I i r r rns

lJ .

l 'hcy

spcnt the

n is l r t

in

t l r t '

p r i son.

l.

(

)nc

pr i s< lnc r

ad

h is nrcr l

n

:r

i r r n

onc c \ ' ( 'n rns .

. r .

' l ' l l c

g u a r l c l i d

)o t

i k ( ' o l t . r r i r ru

l l t ' q r t ca t r ' r t

i q l l t

l r t ' t : rusc

lc w 'asa l ir i c l

t i . I t '

d i d

n o t e t

h c p l i s ,

r r . r '

r r .

Answer

these

questions:

l.

In

what

way i s thc pr i sor t

n

th is

s tor c l i f l i ' r '< ' r r trc rn l ros t thc rs?

2.

\ \ 'hat

work

do the prisoners

clo?

3. \ \ that

do

thcy have to clo

rr

order

to

l rt '

r lkrwt 'c l o work outs idc?

'1 .

What happcns

f - theydo n


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30

Which

of these

sentences are true

(T)

and

which

are false

Write T

or F

in

the boxes.

l . Peter tudicd a int ing

wi th a

lot

of-other

h i ldren.

2.

()ne

of'theother studer)ts

"t'as

al led

lel ia.

11.

There

were

a lot ol-Poes

n

thc telephone

ook.

l.

' l 'hc

f i rstorrc hat Pcter 's notht ' r

e cohoncd ,as

lc l ia 's

motl r t ' r .

Peter'smother

spoke

o

Nf s

Poepoli tely.

Thc woman was n her bath when he telephonc ane.

Answer

these questions:

l . How

old

was Peter?

2.

\ \ 'hcrc

did

he

studl 'pa int ing?

3.

Why

did

he want to e lephonc

lc l ia?

't.

\Vhv

was

t not

easv

()do

this?

5.

How

did

his motherplan o

rclphim?

6.

What

did shesay

o the

first

wornan

she elephoned?

7. And what was the

woman'sanswer?

[J.

How

did the

vornan bel,

do

vou

hink?

(F)?

T

n

D

tr

n

.

6 .

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tcl lsvcin

'r ' l terrou l ttvt'

to

g()

o cat' l t

as s

(j

Pctt'r vas

raving hcsccr clr

rr 'ce .

l l .

' \ \ ' ; r s

P t ' t c ls t r r d r i r r g

l r i r t t -

ing n a publ icclass?'

\o.

lr c

\ \ ' a s s t u d v i n g i t . . . . '

) .

' \\ 'hat

dicl

[ 'ctcr clo in his

c l a s s ? " H c . . pi c t t r r c s . '

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l \ uotrrn rd o

get

()ut

ol '

hcr

la th

o rnsn'crh is.

').

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' to.

l l .

. \ lso.

I

I{avine

thc rntst

"r 'ork

o

clo.

' l ) i c l

P c t c r l i k c

l r i s

p a i n t i n e

l e s s r n s ? ' ' \ ' t ' s ,

l t '

t l r c n r

v e r r -n ru c h . '

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Petc l

l i n r l

( l c l i a 's

tc l c -

phone numbcr

. . l '

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it

l vas verv

d i f l i cu l t

'

Peter' 's f icrr


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