Form 9
Reading
Read the text
Economy wasted trip
An Englishman who was in France
wanted to go back to England by sea. But he had very little money. He had so
little money that he could pay only for the ticket. As he knew that the trip
would last only two days, he decided not to eat during these days.
As he took a ticket and got on the ship the next
morning, he tried not to hear the bell for breakfast. When dinner time came, he
was very hungry; but he didn’t go to the dining-room. In the evening he was still
more hungry, but when the waiter came to invite him to have supper, the
Englishman said that he was ill.
The next day the Englishman was half-dead and
couldn’t stand the hunger any longer. “I shall go and eat even if they kick me
out into the sea”, said he to himself. So he went to the ship dining-room and
had his dinner. In the evening he had supper but was very much afraid of his
future because he didn’t pay for the meals. At last he addressed the waiter and
said: “Bring me the bill, please”. – “What bill?” asked the waiter. – “For the
supper and dinner I had in your dining-room”. – “Don’t trouble, Sir. You paid
for your meals when you bought the ticket”.
Choose the right answer
1)
The Englishman
wanted to go back to England
a)
by air
b)
by sea
c)
by car
2)
The Englishman
decided not to go to the dining-room because
a)
he wasn’t hungry
b)
he cooked meals
himself
c)
he had no money
to pay for meals
3)
When the waiter
came to invite him to have supper
a)
the Englishman
said that he was ill
b)
the Englishman
pretended that he was sleeping
c)
the Englishman
didn’t answer
4)
The Englishman
was afraid of his future because
a)
the meals were
bad
b)
he didn’t pay for
the meals
c)
the storm had
begun
Find in the text:
5) заплатить только за билет
6) пригласить его на ужин
7) не мог терпеть голод
8) принесите мне счет
9) длиться только 2 дня
True or False:
10)
The Englishman
had very little money.
11)
The Englishman
wasn’t hungry during the journey.
12)
The next day the
Englishman went to the dining-room to have dinner.
13) The Englishman had to pay
for the meals.
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