Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Dick often goes traveling when the summer holiday begins. But he was out of luck this summer. He went to an old temple on a high mountain by himself. On his way there it suddenly began to rain heavily and he hurried to go down the mountain. When he got to the foot of the mountain, he found the wooden bridge was under the water, so he had to spend the rainy night in a broken farmhouse. He was so hungry that he hardly fell asleep. The next morning the rain stopped and he found the bridge was damaged. He saw the river was not too deep and tried to swim across it. In the middle of the river the water nearly washed him away. Luckily , two farmers saved him, but he lost his bag. They gave him some food and dry clothes. He thanked them and went to the nearest town to call up his parents. At the end of the street, Dick found a small hotel and went in. He asked the price for a room. "A room on the first floor is twenty dollars, on the second floor, fifteen dollars and on the third, ten dollars," answered the owner. The young man had only eight dollars in all his pockets. He said thanks and was leaving. The owner asked, "Don't you like our hotel?" "Yes, it's good," said Dick, "but it's not tall enough!"

1. What does Dick do in the summer?
2. Where is he visiting this summer?
3. Where was this?
4. What was the weather like?
5. Was it a light rain?
6. Who was he with?
7. What did he do when it started raining?
8. Was he able to get away?
9. What was wrong with the bridge?
10. What did he do then?
11. What did he eat?
12. When did the rain stop?
13. Was he able to leave them?
14. Why not?
15. Did he try to leave anyway?
16. How?
17. Was he successful?
18. Did he die?
19. Why not?
20. Who?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. travel
2. an old temple
3. a high mountain
4. raining
5. no
6. noone
7. hurried down the mountain
8. yes
9. under water
10. spent the night in a farmhouse
11. nothing
12. The next morning
13. no
14. the bridge was damaged
15. yes
16. swim across
17. no
18. no
19. someone saved him
20. two farmers

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XXXI

MISS LENEVEU'S MESSAGE

The two men stepped back into the hotel. The cashier had returned to his desk, and the incident which had just transpired seemed to have passed unnoticed. Nevertheless, Laverick felt that the studied indifference of his companion's manner had its significance, and he endeavored to imitate it.

"Shall we go through into the bar?" he asked. "There's very seldom any one there at this time."

"Anywhere you say," Bellamy answered. "It's years since we had a drink together."

They passed into the inner room and, finding it empty, drew two chairs into the further corner. Bellamy summoned the waiter.

"Two whiskies and sodas quick, Tim," he ordered. "Now, Laverick, listen to me," he added, as the waiter turned away. "We are alone for the moment but it won't be for long. You know very well that it wasn't to renew our schoolboy acquaintance that I've asked you to come in here with me."

Laverick drew a little breath.

"Please go on," he said. "I am as anxious as you can be to grasp this affair properly."

"When we left school," Bellamy remarked, "you were destined for the Stock Exchange. I went first to Magdalen. Did you ever hear what became of me afterwards?"

"I always understood," Laverick answered, "that you went into one of the Government offices."

"Quite right," Bellamy assented. "I did. At this moment I have the honor to serve His Majesty."

"Two thousand a year and two hours work a day," Laverick laughed. "I know the sort of thing."

1. What was the excuse that Bellamy used to bring Laverick with him?
2. What was Laverick's plan after school?
3. Where did Bellamy go?
4. And then where?
5. Does he still work there?
6. What does Laverick say about that?
7. What did they order to drink?
8. How long had the two been friends?
9. What was the waiter's name?
10. Was the bar busy?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. "It's years since we had a drink together."
2. he was destined for the Stock Exchange.
3. to Magdalen
4. to the Government offices
5. yes
6. Two thousand a year and two hours work a day,
7. Two whiskies and sodas
8. since school
9. Tim
10. no

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

When Brody Roybal was a baby, he didn't have legs. But that didn't make him feel sad or stop him from trying sports. He tried different kinds of sports. When he tried sled hockey at the age of 7, he loved it. " That was it," says Roybal. He is now 15 and a student in a high school in Chicago. " It's all I wanted to do." Roybal joined a sled hockey team. At the age of 12, he started playing in an adult team. It was much harder for him, but he still worked hard. Now Roybal is a player of the sled hockey team in his country. O' Connor, manager of the team, says Roybal is very good. " Everybody dreams of going to the Olympic Games and winning the game," O' Connor says. " That's something that I couldn't do, but Roybal can. He is lucky and he can go to the next Olympics." It's true that when God closes a door, he opens a window for you.

1. What was wrong with Brody?
2. When did that happen?
3. Was he upset?
4. What did he do?
5. When?
6. What sport?
7. Did he like it?
8. How old is he now?
9. Where is he?
10. Does he still play?
11. Where?
12. When did he start doing that?
13. What kind of team?
14. For kids?
15. Was it easy for him?
16. Is he good?
17. How do you know?
18. Who is that?
19. What does he want to do next?
20. Can he?
21. What does his coach think?
22. Did his coach play in the olympics?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. he didn't have legs
2. when he was a baby,
3. no
4. He tried different kinds of sports.
5. Seven
6. hockey
7. yes
8. 15
9. Chicago
10. yes
11. in his country
12. 12
13. sled hockey
14. no
15. no
16. yes
17. his manager said
18. O' Connor
19. go to the olympics
20. no
21. He is lucky and he can go to the next Olympics."
22. no