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Name: Paulina Acaro.

Level: Third
Date: Saturday, July 13th 2019

THE ROAD THROUGH THE HILLS

Jamie was on holiday in August and he was using his holiday to visit interesting building.
One the buildings he wanted to see was a church in the village of Melbury in the south of
England. He arrived in center of Melbury one sunny afternoon and he saw a sign, it said
“Church street”, this name caught his attention, after he stayed on the village pub, after he

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came out and walked along church street, but he couldn’t see the church. He stopped at a

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house. There was a woman and he said “I’m looking for Melbury Church”, but she didn’t

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say anything and she just stood there looking at him, and Jamie felt uncomfortable, after

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this woman invited Jamie into her house. It was dark inside the room. Jamie was standing
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in a child’s bedroom, this was strange, then he saw the photograph, in this photograph were
no people, only hills, fields and few trees and a white gate, there was a wide path on the
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other side of gate, it is a beautiful place “The road through the hills” it was the woman’s
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voice and she just gave him a basic map and Jamie felt that he was lost, and he just wanted
to get of the house as quickly as possible, after he got back to the center of the village, he
saw that Church street didn’t continue to the south, “That’s strange”, but he noticed that this
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place was familiar after a man came out came out of the trees and this man took a
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photograph, but this man was the woman from the house in church street.
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 THE MUSIC OF THE FOREST

An American couple, Larry and June Adams were in the Simla Forest hotel the owner of
the hotel was Mr. Lal and he liked to play the piano to this guests in the evening. Larry
Adams left the hotel every day with his gun and went into the forest, because he wanted to
kill a tiger and he wanted to hang a tiger’s head on the wall of his home, but his wife didn’t
like idea, she liked to draw animals, one night Larry was held by the power of Mr. Lal’s
dark brown eyes and he didn’t sleep well he felt strange sounds of animals, for this reason
the next morning he and wife left very early. Larry’s tired of hunting. He’d like to visit the
Tag Mahal.

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THE ROAD THROUGH THE HILLS

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1. What is the first thing Mary Walgrave says to Jamie and why?
She called him Laurence, because she though that Jamie was her son.
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2. Why does Jamie want to leave Mary Walgrave´s house ´as soon as possible?
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Because, he felt more than uncomfortable and a little afraid for the strange
attentions of Mary Walgrave.
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3. How does Jamie find out who Laurence was?

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Ted told him about Laurence and the Walgrave´s tragedy.

4. What is the different about Laurence´s bedroom at the end of the story?
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He found it so clearly, it wasn´t dark anymore, the curtains were open and the room
was full of light.
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5. Mary Walgrave is sleeping in her garden. Jamie leaves her with the
photograph of himself as a little boy. Why does he do that?
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Because he feels sad for the notice of Laurence and his mom and he wanted Mary to
feel very happy with happier moments that she lived with her.

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 WHO IN THE STORY…

1. .…tells Jamie about Mary Walgrave?

TED, a landlord

2. … saw the terrible accident’?

3. … takes Jamie’s photograph?

4. … was killed in a car?

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5. … sees a photograph of himself on a bedroom wall?

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1. June Adams likes Mr. Lal’s music
2. Larry is bored by Mr. Lal’s stories.
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3. Mr. Lal thinks June and her husband have the same interests.
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4. June wakes up because she can’t sleep.

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5. Larry decides to stop being a hunter.

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Put these sentences in the right order.

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1. There were shadows of forest animals on the wall and Larry was afraid. 3

2. Mr. Lal told stories. Larry felt nervous. 1

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He got out of bed and went to the bathroom. 4

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4. He left his wife on the patio and went up to their room. 5

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5. At three o’clock in the morning he woke up. 2

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