PRUEBA DE INGLÉS – ON THE EDGE CURSO : PROFESOR : CONTENIDOS: Lectura: “On the edge” FECHA : NOMBRE : Puntaje: / 50 I. Complete this paragraph using words from the box (10 points; 1 point each) hid / guns / investigate / rented / shoot / frightened / wrote / believed / hammering / found Doyle and a woman ________________ an old cottage in the mountains in Derbyshire. On their first evening in the cottage, Jinny was passing. She heard the sound of ________________. She wanted to know what was happening at the cottage, and decided to ________________. One morning she went up to the cottage and ________________ in a tree. Doyle saw her and told her to go away, and she was ________________ . She tried to tell everybody that something strange was happening at the cottage, but nobody ________________ her. Tug was in the cottage. He wanted to go home, but Doyle and the woman both carried ________________ and said that they would ________________him if he tried to leave. He ________________ a message on a paper dart and threw it out of the window. Later, Jinny’s brother ________________ the dart. II. Match to make complete sentences (5 points; 1 point each) 1. Jinny’s parents went to live on a farm ... ______ on harvest day. 2. Doyle and the woman were angry with Tug ... ______so that they could all listen to the news. 3. Every day, one of the Doyles went to the post office ... ______ when he shouted for help. 4. Harriet Shakespeare arrived at Jinny’s farm ... ______ to buy a newspaper. 5. When he took Tug and Jinny out of the cottage, Doyle took a radio ... ______ because they didn’t like working in London. III. Who said this in the story? (10 points; 1 point each) Doyle / Jinny / Tug / Rachel Hollins / Harriet Shakespeare / Jinny’s father / Ma. a. ‘How did I get here? And who are you?’ ___________________ b. ‘If you want to eat meat, you must be able to kill an animal.’ ___________________ c. ‘Poor Jinny! You have to work so hard and you never have any new clothes.’ ___________________ d. ‘Your family are the people who can give you the most pain.’ ___________________ e. ‘I was looking for mushrooms.’ ___________________ f. ‘What happened? I don’t remember this place.’ ___________________ g. ‘Doyle doesn’t often get angry, like me. But he’s a very dangerous man.’ ___________________ h. ‘You – you’re Harriet Shakespeare? I – I know where Liam is.’ ___________________ i. ‘Bring the boy! And that girl! And the guns and the radio!’ ___________________ j. ‘I decided yesterday to warn the police. So the royal family is safe.’ ___________________ IV. For each sentence, circle a, b or c. (5 points; 1 point each) 1. 2. Tug liked ... a) loud music b) walking c) running Jinny’s mother worked … a) in a post office b) in the city c) on a farm 3. Tug’s mother was ... a) a reporter c) a policewoman 4. The Free People were against … a) prisons b) families c) schools Tug called his mother … a) Ma b) Lucy c) Hank 5. b) a teacher V. Circle TRUE or FALSE (10 points; 1 point each) TRUE FALSE The most interesting thing about the Hare-woman were her legs. TRUE FALSE The sound of hammering was coming from the post office TRUE FALSE At two o’clock in the morning, Jinny was looking for hares with her father. TRUE FALSE Doyle had cold blue eyes. TRUE FALSE Harriet Shakespeare’s job was to investigate the royal family. TRUE FALSE Mrs Hollins worked in the post office. TRUE FALSE Tug’s real name was Hank. TRUE FALSE Tug ran 8 kilometres in less than 7 minutes. TRUE FALSE Jinny told Doyle that she was looking for a hare. TRUE FALSE Oz is Jinny’s best friend. VI. Order the events (10 points; 1 point each)
