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While reading
Chapters 12
1 Find the right words in Chapters 12.
a A part of the body on your face. (p. 2)

b Something people keep things in, similar to a

cupboard. (p. 2)
c A type of weather with a lot of wind, rain and
thunder. (p. 4)
d The opposite of wide. (p. 4)
e It means the same as to employ someone.
(p. 4)
f To put things in a suitcase before you go on a
trip. (p. 9)
2 Underline the wrong word and put the right
one.
a Dr. Washburn lost his job in a Paris hospital.

b The doctors passport was ten years old.

c The man in the caf pulled out a gun.

d One of the killers was standing by a black

Peugeot car near the bank.
e The Drei Alpenhauser restaurant had heavy
metal tables.
f The fat man knew that Chernak was a friend
of Bournes.
Chapters 34
3 Whats first? Number the sentences 16.
a c Bourne read about the assassination in a
newspaper in the library.
b c Marie discovered that her friend Peter was
dead.
c c Bourne rescued Marie from one of the
killers.
d c Mr. dAmacourt asked Bourne for
50,000 francs.
e c Bourne killed Chernak.
f c Bourne telephoned Mr. dAmacourt at
the bank.
4 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a Marie thought the Swiss man, with the
gold glasses, was a policeman.
c
b Bourne could still use the fingers of his
right hand.
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c Bourne took a gun out of his sock and

shot somebody.
d Marie didnt know anything about the
assassin called Carlos.
e The American ambassador was killed
in Zurich.
f Maries friend, Peter, worked for the
Canadian embassy.

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Chapters 56
5 Match words on the left with words on the
right.
look through
of place
follow the
bathroom
look out
a part
play
break
take a
a magazine
make a
instructions
arrange to
meet someone
use the
mistake
6 Circle the wrong word in the sentences.
a Bourne took the money from the terrified
terrifying messenger and ran.
b A middle-aged man spoke was speaking on
the telephone.
c Bourne was sitting comfortable comfortably
with a drink in his hand.
d The switchboard operator stared at Bourne
with in disbelief.
e Bourne was the coldest, more most dangerous
man the operator had known.
f Bourne didnt care about of either side in the
war.
Chapters 78
7 Finish the sentences with the right words.
lying allowed doubt listen committed
discussed
a Not many people were to see the
Medusa papers.
b Marie didnt think that Bourne
the crimes.
c General Villiers didnt the loyalty
of his employees.
d General Villiers knew that Bourne wasnt
.
e General Villiers always his work
with his wife.
f Bourne wanted the general to to
telephone conversations.
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The Bourne Identity

8 Circle the right words.
a The European man left fingerprints on a
gun / glass after he killed the men.
b After Webbs driver found the bodies, he
called the Pentagon / police.
c Bourne had found two telephone numbers /
addresses in Madame Laviers office.
d General Villiers was now an army officer /
a politician.
e General Villiers son / brother was assassinated.
f Bourne talked to General Villiers next to his
car / in a restaurant.
9 Answer the questions.
a Where were the offices of the Treadstone
organization?

b How many people knew of the existence of

Treadstone?

c Who were killed in Phnom-Penh?

d What name did Marie tell Corbelier she and

Bourne were using?

e What did the hotel receptionist lend Bourne

and Marie?

f Why was the American ambassador, Leland,

assassinated?

Chapters 910
10 Put the underlined letters in the right place to
make a word.
a Bourne started a wave of fear and fnsoiucno
at the store.
b The general thought his wife was becoming
psicsosuui .
c Bourne found Jacqueline Lavier dead in a
soifsnocen booth.
d Bourne had a fight with a CIA officer in a
edgaryrva .
e Bourne let the two men out of the car in the
middle of the nyecorsduti .
f Bourne wanted the general to give him a false
nyiettdi .

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11 Write the names next to the person who says
or thinks this.
Carlos Conklin Bourne General Villiers
Marie Pierre Trignon
a I must stop listening to her conversations.
She knows something.
b She is my boss. I just do everything that she
says.
c He recognized that I wasnt a real priest.

d I knew I would find Jacqueline Lavier dead

here.
e Everything will be alright if you talk to the
men at Treadstone.
f You stole our money and killed our people.

Chapter 11
12 Put the words in the right place to make a
sentence.
a remember down could Bourne he wrote
everything

b ground Bourne and fell jumped to out the

c Bourne men building hear into running the

could

d again head Bourne his explosions felt in

e family dropped A killed Bournes plane bombs

and

f college a Bourne small teaching American was

in

13 Finish the sentences.

a By the time the information reached Paris,
Bourne or Carlos .. .
b Bourne had tried for six months to find out
.. .
c Bourne broke Carloss wrist as .. .
d Bourne went down the stairs to the room
where Cain .
e Bourne was in the pay of the North
Vietnamese and Webb .. .
f Webb was the only person alive who had
.. .
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The Bourne Identity

1 Whats first? Number the sentences 110.
a c Bourne made a French-Canadian woman,
Marie, drive him away in a car.
b c Bourne saw a picture of Marie in a newspaper.
c c Dr. Washburn performed surgery on Bourne.
d c General Villiers told Bourne about his his sons
death.
e c Bourne remembered that his name was David.
f c Madame Lavier was murdered in a church.
g c Bourne had a fight with Carlos in the
Treadstone offices.
h c A European man killed some people in the
Treadstone office.
i c Bourne stole a car and clothes from a drunk
man in Marseilles.
j c Bourne met Madame Lavier in a store called
Les Classiques.
2 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a Dr. Washburn gave Bourne his passport and
some money.
c
b Bourne killed a man in a wheelchair.
c
c Marie didnt know very much about financial
organizations.
c
d Bourne knew that he hadnt killed the American
ambassador in Marseilles.
c
e Treadstone changed the phone number on the
instructions with the bank account.
c
f Somebody killed Madame Lavier in a car.
c
g The switchboard operator in Les Classiques
had been in Vietnam with Bourne.
c
h Bourne wanted General Villiers to kill his wife. c
i Bourne and the switchboard operator, dAnjou,
were attacked outside a hotel.
c
j Carlos was arrested by the CIA.
c
3 Answer the questions.
a Where did Bourne go on a boat when he left the
French island?

b Why was the man who attacked Bourne in a caf in

Marseilles surprised to see him?

c Why was Marie at the hotel in Zurich?

d What did the Swiss man and his colleagues want to

do to Maria?

e What were the messengers in a van taking to a

bridge over the River Seine?

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f What did the store, Les Classiques, sell?

g What was the name of the secret operation in

Vietnam?

h Who went to the church with generals wife?

i What was Bournes name before he became Cain?

j What nationality was Bournes wife?

4 Finish the sentences with the right word.

bedclothes appearance killer description
instructions surgery corpse embassy magazine
warning
a Bourne had to every part of his
face.
b Carlos wanted to pay for Bournes .
c Marie didnt think that Bourne was a
.
d The American ambassador was killed as a
to others.
e The bank account in Zurich was opened with
special .
f Bourne and Marie read some
stories about Carlos.
g The killers shot bullets into the in
the hotel.
h A woman matching Madame Laviers
was seen at the Villiers house.
i Bourne called the American and
identified himself as Delta.
j Bourne was very good at changing his
.
5 Circle the right words.
a Bourne was rescued from the sea / a river.
b Bourne sold / bought a car in Marseilles.
c Chernak didnt have any arms / legs.
d All the contracts were agreed in Paris / Zurich.
e Les Classiques only employed clever / beautiful
women.
f Bourne took Madame Lavier to a restaurant / bank.
g The European assassin killed some / all of the men
in the Treadstone offices.
h Madame Lavier went to the church with
the generals wife / switchboard operator.
i Bourne made a lot of calls from his phone /
payphones.
j The generals wife was Carloss lover / sister.

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