Hele lived with her sister Mary. Both of them were about seventy five years old, and neither of them had ever married. They had a small, old car, and when they wanted to go somewhere, which they did very rarely, Mary always drove, because her eyes were better.
One weekend they drove to a large town to look at some things which they had read about in the newspaper. Neither of them had been to that town before.
They were driving along in a lot of traffic when they turned right into a street which cars were not allowed to go into. There was a policeman there, and he blew his whistle, but Mary did not stop, so he got on to his motor-cycle and followed them.
After he had ordered them to stop, he said, 'Didn't you hear me blow my whistle?
“Yes, we did,' admitted Mary politely, 'but Mummy told us never to stop when men whistle at us.'
A Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write Tor F .
- Helen and Mary were sisters.
- They were quite young.
- They were both married.
- Mary drove their car.
- A policeman tried to stop her one day.
- She did not stop, because she did not hear him blow his whistle.
B Answer these questions:
- Where did Mary and Helen drive one day?
- What did they do in the town?
- What did the policeman do?
- And what did Mary do?
- What did the policeman do then?
- What did he say to Mary when he stopped her?
- And what did Mary answer?
- Had her mother really meant that she should not stop when a policeman blew his whistle?
C Find words in the story which mean about the same as:
- at any time
- big
- cars, buses, vans, etc.
- confessed
- got husbands
- Mother
- not rudely
- Saturday or Sunday
- seldom
- told
- went after
