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Text B
The Phone Rang Again
Mrs Moore had worked hard all day at the office, and
she was looking forward to a relaxing evening at home.
Just as she walked in the door, the telephone began
to ring. She dashed to answer the phone and found that the caller was
a man trying to sell her some light bulbs. She refused and hung up the
phone.
She smelled dinner cooking and went in to see how her
children were getting along with the meal. Everything was ready except
setting the table, so Mrs Moore went upstairs to change clothes.
Just as she reached the head of the stairs, the telephone
rang again. When Mrs Moore answered it, she found out that her husband
wouldn't be home for dinner.
After she changed clothes , she went back downstairs
to eat. During dinner, the phone rang twice. Her sister called to ask
about the familyzs, and a group wanted her to do some volunteer work.
She and the children finished dinner and began cleaning up the kitchen.
The phone rang again. The neighbours wanted to borrow the garden hose.°.
After the kitchen was cleaned . Mrs Moore sat down
with a sigh to read while the children did their homework. The phone rang
again.
Without even answering it, Mrs Moore called to her
children, "Get ready, we're all going to a movie. "
"Great! But why?"
"It seems that's the only way we can get away
from this telephone. "
Questions on Text B
7. Read the following passage once.
Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.
Billy's motorcycle shone in the afternoon sun and caught
Billy's reflection in the fender. He had worked all summer to save enough
money for this ?bike and it was his -all his. He strapped on his helmet,
slid the new black leather gloves over his hands, then threw one leg over
the vinyl seat. There was a roar of the engine as he kicked it into motion,
and suddenly there he was, speeding down the street on his motorcycle.
Billy's little brother, Tommy, watched solemnly from
the front door. Tommy was only eight years old, but eight was old enough,
he thought, for someone to have his very own motorcycle. It didn't seem
fair that Billy had a bike and Tommy didn't. So Tommy sat on the front
porch, ate his candy bar, and brooded over the matter as he watched Billy
slide around the corner. All he wanted was just one ride.
When Billy discovered his bike missing the next morning,
there was a widespread investigation by the police, his parents, and the
neighbours. No one had seen the bike since the day before. As Billy walked
off down the sidewalk, heading for the schoo( bus, his attention was attracted
by something black glaring at him from under a hedge. He approached slowly,
then suddenly broke into a run. There under the hedge was his motorcycle
with one badly dented fender.
He reached for the handlebars to pull it from under
the bushes. When he retracted his hand, there was a familiar sticky substance
on his fingers. Tasting the brown sweetness, Billy smiled secretly to
himself. He knew he had discovered who had taken his motorcycle for a
spin.
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