UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE MÉXICO Campus Querétaro -LEVEL V- Homework assignment # 4 Unit 3: STORIES STUDENT’S NAME: Miguel Angel Gonzalez Garcia_DATE: 14/07/2020 A. Read the text and put the sentences in the order in which they happened in Michael Crichton’s life. Number one has been done for you. Michael Crichton, best-selling author of Jurassic Park, is one of the world’s greatest travelers. In his autobiography, Travels, he describes how he began “serious” traveling when he was thirty and he went to Bangkok. He then began his extraordinary adventures, which included diving with sharks off Tahiti, observing gorillas in Zaire, and living with tribesmen in New Guinea. It all began in Los Angeles, where Crichton was writing films for Hollywood. He had quit Harvard Medical School and separated from his wife because he wanted to concentrate on writing. While at Harvard, he had already sold one film, The Andromeda Strain, to Hollywood and had begun to lose interest in medicine. In Los Angeles he made the successful science fiction film Westworld, but he then fell into a depression and did not know what to do next. His first stop was Bangkok, because a friend of his who live there had invited him. It was the beginning of an incredible odyssey. http://intensities.files.wordpress.com a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) A friend invited him to Bangkok. __6__ He became depressed. __5__ He left Harvard. __2__ He made Westworld. __4__ He sold The Andromeda Strain to Hollywood. _1_ He went to Bangkok. __7__ He went to Los Angeles. __3__ He went to Tahiti and Zaire. __8__ B. Put each verb in parentheses in these sentences into the simple past or past perfect. Examples: “ By the age of 30, Crichton had already visited (already/ visit) many countries.” “ In L.A. he made (make) the successful science fiction film Westworld.” 1. By the time decided to quit Harvard, he had completed (already/complete) a few courses . 2. He had separated from his wife before he had gone (go) to Los Angeles. 3. He went to Los Angeles after he decided (decide) to concentrate on writing. 4. He remembered that a friend invited (invite) him to Thailand a few year back. 5. When he arrived in Bangkok, his friend meet (meet) him at the airport. 6. Before he went to Bangkok, he had never been (never/be) outside of America or Europe. 7. He knew (know) Steven Spielberg for many years by the time he wrote Jurassic Park. Eng V HW4 NRM QRO page 1/4 C. Read the text and answer the questions. 1) What kind of woman do you think Janet is? 2) Why did Janel feel invisible? Because not everyone see, hear or response to her 3) How do you think Janet felt on the Saturday morning after the storm? 4) What do you think the restaurant worker was thinking about while he was cleaning up? 5) Was he rude to Janet, do you think? No, because he didn´t see her and he was cleaning up Eng V HW4 NRM QRO page 2/4 6) Do you think Janet was rude to him? Yes, because she slapped her hand down on newspaper D. Find the verbs in the story. Match them with their meanings. Write the letters in the lines provided. 1. 2. 5. 6. 9. 10. 13. 14. 17. 18. 21. 22. 25. 26. 29. 30. 3. 4. 2. Acknowledge (para. 4) A 7. 8. 3. Slip (para. 6) B 11. 12. a . nod or smile to show you see someone. b. move something quickly so people don’t notice. c. hit with a flat hand 4. Make eye contact ( para. 6) G 15. 16. d. walk toward 5. Venture ( para. 10) F 19. 20. e. for example, like 6. Make (your) way (para. 11) 23. D 24. f. go somewhere risky or unpleasant 7. Slap down (para. 11) C 27. 28. g. look at someone directly in the eye 8. Tug (para. 11) H 31. 32. h. pull hard 1. Say (paragraph 1) E E. Eng V HW4 NRM QRO page 3/4 ANSWERS (5), (3), (2), (4), (1) Example: It is simply good manners to hold doors open for people, but not everyone is so considerate. One day I was going into an office building. I was carrying a big box of paper which I was delivering to a business. Suddenly, a woman who was walking behind me pushed right in front of me. She opened the heavy glass door and did not hold it for me. The door slammed in my face, I fell backwards on the sidewalk. Since then, I have always made sure that I hold doors open for people. It is a good habit that when you go for a walk your dog take your bags for your dog's poop, one day while walking my dog another person also walking his pet ignored that his dog had defecated so I offered him a bag and instinctively the person was offended and began to attack me, since then I carry extra bags in case I run into this type of people and I collect the poops for hygiene. Eng V HW4 NRM QRO page 4/4 Eng V HW4 NRM QRO page 5/4
