Three Men in a Boat

Reflex
Silver
Sword
A
The
Tale
Thirty-Nine
of
Two
Three
Men
inCities
a Steps
Boat
To
8 and
whIlE
READING
And
7
whIlE
READING
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gaps
using:
but,
when,
however,
if.
Philip
didn’t
win
either after,
race. He
came in
164ChApTers
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.?6Cold
hungry.
12 Edek
had
run
away
from
the
Warthe
camp.
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Gaspard’s
dead
bodytoafter the
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left
Oxford
it started
second
and
third on
Chainmail.
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.on
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a farmhouse.
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at the
field
kitchen
Ruth
soldiers
him.
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everyone
agreed
they
should
learnt
that
stopped
at
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. had
.?fight
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hooded
his George
eyes
likehad
afinished,
hawk.
holding
Edek’s
hand.
24 was
Madame
Defarge,
about
the
Revolution.
continue
the
trip.
……………
when
they
arrived
Lance
Kinship’s
house
for
a
drink
on
his
way
home.
What . . .? He said that he was a sailor called Ned
38 Jan
did
not
believe
Edek’s
story
about
hiding
John
about
whether
Ernest
Defarge
isunder
called
in Pangbourne
they
started
to
think
again.
Why
.Barsad,
. who
.?
Because
Yaxley
was
home
from
Hong
Ainslie
had
stolen
some
money
a car.
a
train.
Jacques
orthree
not.used
……………
they
took
a train
Kong
weeks
after
George’s
death.
5 How
.just
. .?
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explosive
to they
blowcould
up thespend
door.the
In
Berlin
children
stayed
intower.
anon
old
cinema.
Ernest
about
the
attack
the
Bastille.
evening
in
London.
……………
they
had
leftdead
the
What
. Defarge,
helped
the
and
children
of
649 Where
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top
of
anwives
old
57 Jarvis
Jan
was
helping
some
other
boys
to
steal
food
from
Lorry,
about
Jerry
Cruncher,
who
was
going
boat
in
a
boathouse
they
went
to
the
station.
and
injured
jockeys.
How . . .? He crawled slowly and carefully and
the
trains.
to
take
care
of Mr Lorry on his trip to Paris.
avoided
the wires.
reAdIng
ChApTer 10
10
marks
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The
American
Captain
toldMarquis
Jan he had
been stealing
Charles Darnay,
about
the
of Evrémonde
Encourage
students
to
speculate
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7
And 8 whIlE
READINGand to make
American food sent to feed the refugees.
(himself).
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answer.
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the
holiday
the
three
friends They
have
many
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took
care
Hannay
whenhave
he
Jan
went
toTurnbull
prison
because
the
children
didn’t
Charles
Darnay,
about
being
a of
prisoner
himself,
problems.
List
five things
which
go wrong.
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
answer
is
number
was
ill
with
malaria.
enough
money to pay
the 200 marks.
and remembering
Dr Manette’s
many years in the2.
a …………………………
2 Scudder
had
sent
a
letter
to
Sir
Walter
Bullivant
Bastille. 10 To 13 whIlE READING
ChApTers
ChApTers
9
And
10
whIlE
READING
b
…………………………
saying that he was with a good friend.
11ChApTers
Lord
White,
to Philip,
about
the photographs
that
farmer,
to
the
children,
about
a potato
8Bullivant
And
9 whIlE
READING
cBavarian
…………………………
3 A
Sir
Walter
had
told
the police
that
Hannay
showed
Dana
and
Ivor
den
Relgan
as
lovers.
that
Jan
thrown
at him.
1 F
Manette
was safe
in Paris.
d Dr
…………………………
was
not
ahad
murderer.
Harold,
towas
Philip,
Ivor
den Relgan
no longer
Frau
Wolff,
tovery
her about
husband,
about
Edek.
224 F
afraid
ofseven
Madame
Defarge.
e Lucie
…………………………
Karolides
was
shot
dead at
o’clock
in the
being
in
the
Jockey
Club.
Jan,
to
the
farmer,
about
the
fact
that
the
farmer’s
3 T
evening.
Elgin
Yaxley,
toGerman
Philip, about
Philip
asking
him for
10
marks
sons
had
been
soldiers,
and
so
enemies
435 F
Most
of
the
prisoners
were
sent
to
the
Guillotine.
MacGillivray told Hannay that he didn’t want towho
more
money
for
the
Injured
Jockeys
Fund.
had fought
5 T
arrest
him. against Polish people.
446 F
Mrs
Jackson
(Philip’s
tonot
Philip,
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you
are children,
oneneighbour),
the three
friends.about
a
Frau
Wolff,
toJopley
the
He
agreed
to
help,
if of
his
life
wastheir
put inWrite
6 Marmaduke
told
theabout
police
that mother.
Hannay
was
short
letter
to
another
friend describing
the
most
the
man
from
the
water
company
who
came
to
5 danger.
Edek,
to the Burgomaster, about Jan, trying to hide
a exciting
murderer.
partspipes.
of the trip.
Philip’s
the
fact
thatwas
Jan
speak
German.
7 check
F
Mr
Lorry
was
planning
to come
leave
Paris
next day.
Lord
Alloa
illcouldn’t
and didn’t
to thethe
meeting
at
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56 Ivor
den
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
burning
George
TheWalter
Burgomaster,
to the
farmer, about the children,
Sir
Bullivant’s
house.
ChApTers
10 And 11 whIlE READING
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Millace’s
house.
who had to
be sent home like other refugees.
1+12
2+16
3+15about
4+10
6+14 7+18
8+11
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67ChApTer
Clare,
to9the
Philip,
his 5+17
injuries,
whIlE
READING
Edek, to
Burgomaster,
about hiswhich
fathershe
Joseph
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realized
had
been
caused
by
a
beating,
not
a
fall
19+13
Because
he
was
often
too
ill
to
go
to
meetings
and
Balicki.
Darnay
before the
a second
time,
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aappeared
horse.
even
when
hetowas
heTribunal
was
a man
of his
verycanoes
few
8 from
The farmer,
thewell,
children,
about
using
because
he
was
accused
by
three
citizens.
When
Dr
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7 words.
Dana
den
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
the
list
she
had
to get away by river.
heard
that heto
was
one of
he
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written
on
packet
of
cigarettes
foraccusers,
George
Millace.
2Manette
Because
he awanted
collect
histhe
pay
personally.
11inspector,
Tothe
13
whIlE
READING
spoke
angrily
to
Tribunal.
Defarge
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The
police
to for
Philip,
about
theexplained
hydrogen
38ChApTers
Because
he
was
looking
aBut
place
where
high tide
1that
She
let
go
of
her
paddle
suddenly,
and
he
fell
back
he
had
found
a
paper
written
by
Dr
Manette
in
sulphide
gas
in
Philip’s
water
filter
that
nearly
killed
was at 10.17.
30
marks
into
the
water.
the
Bastille,
and
he
read
it
aloud
to
the
Tribunal.
The
Jeremy. the spy was going to leave from a small
4 Because
2paper
They
found
again,
the river
told
aorstory
ofpaddle
the
Evrémonde
who had
harbour,
atheir
place
where
there because
wasbrothers,
no harbour.
Before reAdIng ChApTer 14
carried
down
them.
caused
theitthe
deaths
of
four
members
a family. The
Total
marks
5T
Because
spy to
was
going
back toofGermany.
students
speculate
and
to to
make
3Encourage
Jan had
left
at theto
next
the
people
were
soitangry
toWolffs’
hear offarm,
these
crimes
thatphoto
they
guesses,
but
do
not
tell
them
Before
reAdIng
ChApTer
10the answers. They will
of Darnay
Rudolf. must go to the Guillotine the next day.
said
find
out
they
readtoCarton
that
the
answers
and
students
speculate
toare
make
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Because
she
thought
Edek
was
soand
ill the
that
he1cmight
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the as
trial,
Sydney
went
to
Defarges’
2b.
guesses
butwhere
do not
them
the answers.
will
die before
they
got
to Switzerland.
wine-shop,
hetell
heard
Madame
DefargeThey
talking
be
able
to
check
their
answers
when
they
read
the
5ChApTers
Because
he
to go Defarge
back to did
the not
Wolffs’
about
her family.
wantfarm
to
14wanted
To Madame
16 whIlE
READING
chapter.
The
‘yes’
answers
are 1, 4, 5 and
6. were
and
get
the
silver
sword.
stop
the
killing
until
all
the
Evrémonde
family
On the diazo film and paper Philip discovered a list
6of
Because
Jan screamed
at him
kicked
him
when
dead.
Dr Manette
could
do
nothing
to
help
Darnay
names,
dates,
and
drugs,
andand
a letter
written
by
Joe wouldn’t
take
him
north
Boding.
because
his mind
returned
to the
past. Carton,
George
Millace
tohad
Lance
Kinship.
Because
of this
7letter,
Because
he had
received
from
Herr
and
however,
had
a that
plan,
whichletters
he kept
to himself.
he knew
Lance
Kinship
had
killedWolff
George.
ACTIVITY
1
AFTER
READING
Joseph
Balicki,
and
he
now
knew
for
certain
that
the
Philip’s
mother had died from drugs, so Philip planned
Before reAdIng ChApTers 12 And 13
Possible
answers:
children’s
father
was
living
in
Switzerland.
to
make
Lance Kinship
give speculation.
him the names
people
Open
answers.
Encourage
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give
oLiCeman
: What
time
did
you
arrive
at aMr
Hannay’s
8P
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heavy
rainHe
turned
thethen
stream
into
fast-moving
who
drugs.
would
give
these
names
to
the answers, which are:
flat?
river,
which
carried Edek’s boat out into the lake.
the
drugs
police.
1 Sydney Carton is going to change clothes with
iLkman: she
At about
a quarter
to
seven.
9mVictor
Because
thought
thathe
hewould
cared
moreasking
about his
told
CharlesBriggs
Darnay,
soPhilip
that Charles
canstop
escape, andhim
P
oLiCeman
:
Why
did
you
go
into
the
flat?
dog
Ludwig
than
about
Edek.
toSydney
lose races.
willHowever,
die in his Philip
place. decided to become a
photographer, leave Lambourn, and marry Clare.
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to let girls
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Bastille
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in
Paris.
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…
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33 Lucie.
The three
mento
decided
to goand
home
early …
Encourage
students
speculate
to make
44 ‘Jacques’.
Five
different
men
said
that
they
caught
thewill
will
guesses,but
but do
do not
not tell
tell them
them the
the answers
answers.They
They
guesses
5 ‘A terrible
machine
of
death’,
with
a
sharp
knife
that
fish
…
findable
out
they
read
that
the answers
are
1a, 1c
will
find
out
as they
that
the
‘yes’
answers
are
be
toas
check
theirread
answers
when
they
read
the
cuts
off
people’s
heads.
5numbers
One
morning
very
early … 2a,
(but
the
Injured
Jockeys
Fund,
not6.himself),
1,‘yes’
2,
and
4.George
story.for
The
answers
are got
2,
5up
and
2b, 2d. 2
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B
BEFORE READING
ACTIVITY 3 BEFORE READING
students
to speculate
andnight
to make
aEncourage
…Second
because
his watch
stopped
the
before.
World
War
began
in 1939
andstudents
ended
The
correct
answer
is 2,
but do
not
tell
guesses
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answers.
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b
…
but
then
they
discovered
that
it
wasn’t
in 1945.
The
children
lived
in Poland,
in eastern
this.
They
will
find out
when
they read
the real.
story.
as they read
thehow
only ‘yes’
answers
cfind
…out
because
had that
no idea
find
exit.are
Europe.
To get he
to Switzerland,
they to
had
to the
go west
to
numbers
5
and
6.
d
…
because
it
rained
for
two
days.
ChApTersand
1 To
5 whIlE
Germany,
then
south READING
to Switzerland.
… because
thereREADING
were
always problems.
1eACTIVITY
Because
heBEFORE
didn’t
like
cheating,
and he knew that he
3
had
a
very
good
chance
of
winning
that day.
In
France in1the
18th century rich noblemen
owned
ChApTers
And 2 whIlE READING
20 marks
2most
He of
drove
off
the
road
and
into
a
tree,
probably
the
land,
and
the
poor
had
nothing.
They had
1 31 years.
because
he
went
to sleep
whiletoheeat,
wasand
driving.
hard
lives,
did
not
have
enough
hated
the
2 2
Are
true READING
(T) or false (F)?
ChApTers
1 To 3 whIlE
Hethese
was sentences
bored.
3King
Because
he
was
interested
to
find
out
why
George
and
noblemen.
George
worked
a bankaarrived
in
the city.
How
. . his
.?
He
knocked
down
guard
with
catapult
31a Because
a man
calledinScudder
at hisa flat
and
had kept a box of his worst mistakes.
b asked
They
decided
every
and stole
uniform.
Theninhehotels
walked
outnight.
of the
for his
help. to sleep
4 By giving him a lot of money.
They
the
clothes
andthe
food
veryPrime
prison
withpacked
thewas
other
guards.
4c That
someone
going
to kill
Greek
5 Because it showed that they had met each other
2 Minister.
Howquickly.
. . .? By hiding in a luggage lift.
before O’Tree shot Yaxley’s horses.
morning
they
very late.
35d
Why On
. . .?Saturday
Because
a prisoner
had
escaped.
ChApTers
Someone
1
put
Toa3knife
whIlE
through
READING
hisleft
heart.
6 He was not a serious or responsible person.
lost
himself
in the
maze
WhatMontmorency
. . he
.? The
took
her
and
sentathim
her to
164e Jerry
Because
Cruncher
was Nazis
afraid
that
theyaway
would
arrest
for
7 Because nobody knew that he had them.
Hampton
Germany.
2 Jarvis
murder.
Lorry Court Palace.
8 Dana knew him because she got drugs from him,
They
had problems
thewife
cover
the
Why
. . .? Because
on theputting
night his
wasontaken
375f Monsieur
To
Scotland.
Defarge
and Ivor hit him because he wanted him to stay away
boat.
away,
someone
shot at the car, and one of the Nazi
48 Madame
As
a milkman.
Defarge
from Dana.
It was
easy
open the tin of fruit.
soldiers
wasvery
hitDr
in
thetoarm.
5g Lucie’s
father,
Manette
9ChApTers
Because he
thought
they could
put Philip’s life in
3 And
4 whIlE
READING
wasn’t
of going
the cat.
WhatMontmorency
. . Darnay
.? To tell them
thatafraid
he was
to
6h Charles
danger.
1 F
The writing in Scudder’s notebook was mostly
Harris
was
attacked
by thirty-two
swans.
Switzerland
to find
their mother,
and that
they
7i Sydney
Carton
numbers.
j8Before
When
they
arrived
in
London
they
went
reAdIng
ChApTer
6 they could.
should
follow him
as soon as
Miss
Pross
2 T
immediately
restaurant.
students
toa speculate
and
to make
7Encourage
Where
. . .?
To theto
place
where the
trains
slow down.
3ChApTers
F The young
4 And
hotel
5 whIlE
owner
READING
thought that Hannay’s
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will
4The
And
5 whIlE
1ChApTers
Who
story
. . .?was
wonderful.
child
of a READING
man called Gaspard.
find out20
as marks
they read that the answers are 1c and
412 T
How . . .? By holding on under the Marquis’s coach.
2b.
23Is F
The
stole
their
enemies,
How
Hannay
. . children
.? He
stole
felt
the
they
carfood
were
thatfrom
hard,
belonged
cruel
to
landowners.
the twobut
men.
3 5
Montmorency
usually
afraid
of cats?
ChApTers
6
To
9
whIlE
READING
never
from
their
own
people.
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What
F
Hannay
. . .? He
spoke
was about
killed Australia
by Gaspard
at the
(‘Jacques’),
election
Why
. . .? Because
didn’t want
to destroy
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whomeeting.
pushed
a knifehethrough
his heart
while he was
Daylight’s
47 T
sleeping. enthusiasm for racing.
How
. .?
.?and
HisBronia
mother
hadinand
left
him
to stay
with
582 F
Ruth
the
forest
in
summer,
Who
Sir.. .Harry
Charles
wrote
Darnay,
alived
letter
to
Sir
Sydney
Walter
Carton.
Bullivant,
a
Samantha
several
times
when
he
was
a
child.
and
in
Warsaw
in
winter.
6 What
friend
.10
. .?marks
of
Tohis
remember
uncle. that there was a man who
Why
. .give
.?asked
Because
was
going
63 F
Ruth
the George
Russian
officer to
find
her to
would
his life
to
keep Millace
someone
she
loved
alive
Before reAdIng ChApTer 5
take
photos
of
andbrother
close
toEdek.
her.him, but he died, and the news
Encourage students to speculate and to make
photographers
were
allManette
busy. his real name,
7 F
Jan. .hated
soldiers.
What
.? Heall
told
Dr
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will
How
.
.
.?
He
was
pleased
because
she Marquis
liked his of
84 T
which, since his uncle’s death,
was the
be able to check their answers when they read the
photos,
but was also alarmed at the idea of his
Evrémonde.
Before
6 1, 3, 4 and 5.
chapter. reAdIng
The ‘yes’ ChApTer
answers are
h is work.
8 hobby
What . becoming
. .? It brought
back memories of the Bastille,
Encourage speculation. The correct answer is 1,
5ChApTers
What
. .nine
.?5Her
husband’s
friendship
Dana
and for
days
nine
nights he with
returned
toden
his
And
6and
whIlE
READING
but do not tell students this before they read the
Relgan.
old prison work of making shoes.
chapter. Let them check their guesses as they read.
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Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
Setting
15 Once, Harris got lost in the _____ at Hampton
Court.
a □ maze b □ palace c □ gardens
d □ church
16 It took J.’s Uncle Podger a long time to _____.
a □ cook a meal b □ put a picture on the wall
c □ wash his car d □ make tea
17 J. doesn’t like visiting _____.
a □ the theatre b □ pubs c □ hotels
d □ churches
18 Montmorency is frightened by a big black _____.
a □ bird b □ dog c □ cat d □ fish
19 When the men ask for water, the lock-keeper
tells them to get it from _____.
a □ a pub b □ another boat c □ a shop
d □ the river
20 When he is alone in the boat, _____ drinks too
much whisky and falls asleep.
a □ George b □ Harris c □ J. d □ the pub
landlord
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1 The three men often talk about their _____.
a □ jobs b □ health c □ money
d □ girlfriends
2 When J. was a boy, he believed he had a bad
_____.
a □ stomach b □ foot c □ heart d □ arm
3 The three men decide to have a holiday _____.
a □ at sea b □ on the beach c □ in a hot
country d □ on the river
4 They decide to sleep in hotels _____.
a □ on rainy nights b □ on fine nights
c □ every night d □ at the weekend
5 They take a _____ with them on their trip.
a □ cat b □ dog c □ rat d □ bird
6 _____ believes he is very good at packing.
a □ Harris b □ George c □ Montmorency
d □ J.
7 While they are packing, Montmorency attacks
the _____.
a □ boots b □ plates c □ oranges d □ tins
8 As well as food, they take a bottle of _____ with
them.
a □ whisky b □ fruit juice c □ beer d □ wine
9 They finish packing at about _____.
a □ one o’clock in the morning b □ four
o’clock in the afternoon c □ seven o’clock in
the evening d □ eleven o’clock at night
10 On the first morning of their trip, they have to
wait a long time for _____.
a □ a train b □ a taxi c □ a boat
d □ an aeroplane
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Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘Get up and do some work for once in your life!’
a □ J.’s teacher b □ J.’s doctor
c □ J.’s housekeeper d □ J.’s brother
22 ‘This dog will not be with me for long. He is
too good for this world.’
a □ George b □ Uncle Podger c □ J.
d □ Harris
23 ‘Where’s the hammer? What did I do with the
hammer?’
a □ Aunt Maria b □ J. c □ Harris
d □ Uncle Podger
24 ‘Do you know that it’s nearly nine o’clock, sir?’
a □ the pub landlord b □ Mrs Poppets
c □ J. d □ Uncle Podger
25 ‘Follow me! I’m going out myself in about ten
minutes.’
a □ J. b □ a policeman c □ Harris
d □ Mrs Poppets
26 ‘I took it from the baby, and I threw it there
myself.’
a □ a woman in the maze b □ Mrs Poppets
c □ a woman in a boat d □ Aunt Maria
27 ‘Good heavens! I have to be at the bank by nine
o’clock!’
a □ Uncle Podger b □ Harris c □ J.
d □ George
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 When J. was a boy, he was _____.
a □ lazy b □ hardworking c □ clever
d □ unhealthy
12 George works at _____.
a □ a hospital b □ a shop c □ a school
d □ a bank
13 Montmorency likes _____.
a □ helping people b □ peace and quiet
c □ fighting d □ watching the river
14 Mrs Poppets is J.’s _____.
a □ wife b □ neighbour c □ housekeeper
d □ mother
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28 ‘That’s what I’ve drunk for fifteen years.’
a □ a policeman b □ a burglar c □ a lockkeeper d □ a landlord
29 ‘I said twelve. Do you think I can’t count?’
a □ J. b □ Harris c □ Mrs Poppets
d □ George
30 ‘It was nearly five years ago that I caught that fish.’
a □ a man in a pub b □ a man in a museum
c □ a man in a shop d □ a man in a boat
42 On their first morning on the river, _____ falls
into the water.
a □ Harris b □ George c □ J.
d □ Montmorency
43 The three men get very angry because they have
forgotten the _____.
a □ bottle-opener b □ spoons c □ scissors
d □ tin-opener
44 One evening, they crash into another boat with
three _____ in it.
a □ old men b □ students c □ dogs
d □ young girls
45 When George is cooking, Montmorency goes
away and comes back with a _____.
a □ football b □ dead rat c □ shoe
d □ dead bird
46 Harris says that he has had a battle with some
_____.
a □ swans b □ dogs c □ sailors d □ cats
47 The three men see a very big fish in a glass case
in _____.
a □ a shop b □ a restaurant c □ a pub
d □ a hotel
48 The fish is _____.
a □ from the river b □ from the sea
c □ from a lake d □ not real
49 When the men reach _____, they stop and go
back towards London.
a □ Kingston b □ Windsor c □ Cambridge
d □ Oxford
50 In the end, they leave the boat and take a train
home because _____.
a □ they are tired b □ it is raining
c □ they are ill d □ it is too hot
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 very tired
a □ miserable b □ lazy c □ exhausted
d □ silent
32 a sign of illness
a □ crowd b □ symptom c □ heart
d □ feeling
33 quiet and peaceful
a □ calm b □ angry c □ aground d □ easy
34 suitcases, bags and other things you take on a
journey
a □ weight b □ tent c □ luggage
d □ bedclothes
35 someone who comes into a house secretly to
steal things
a □ keeper b □ burglar c □ visitor
d □ landlord
36 noise that a dog makes when it is excited or angry
a □ bark b □ report c □ whisper d □ song
37 to sleep in a tent
a □ stroke b □ blow c □ sit d □ camp
38 a metal container for food or drink
a □ bottle b □ bag c □ teapot d □ tin
39 a place that a bird makes for its eggs
a □ nest b □ lock c □ tent d □ case
40 to pull a car, boat etc with a rope
a □ steer b □ push c □ race d □ tow
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20 marks
Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 George doesn’t join the others at first because
he has to _____.
a □ sleep b □ go to work c □ go shopping
d □ visit his parents
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