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The Treasure of Monte Cristo 17 ambitious

Exercises 18 loyal
By Alexandre Dumas
Pre-intermediate level, Retold by John Escott 19 tunnel
Macmillan Readers 20 revenge

หน้า 88 - 89 Vocabulary: meanings of words from the story 21 quay

22 starboard
1 cargo
23 fiancee
2 experience
24 Tailor
3 confident
25 expression
4 anchor

5 customs
หน้า 90 -91 Writing: rewrite sentences
6 debt
1 Did you say that the cargo is safe?
7 admire
2 His father repaid his debt to Caderousse.
8 prosecutor
3 Danglars thought that Dantès did not have enough experience
9 treason
to be captain.
10 innocent
4 He was confident.
11 arrest
5 The customs men are about to come aboard.
12 trial
6 Many men admire Mercédès and want to marry her.
13 accuse
7 Danglars wrote a letter to the prosecutor of Marseilles.
14 governor
8 ‘Edmond Dantès, I have come to arrest you,’ said the officer.
15 dungeon
9 Dantès is accused of treason.
16 trust
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10 I am sure that Dantès is innocent. 9 emperor

11 He was not given a trial. 10 marriage

12The governor of the prison is asleep. 11 island

13 I trust this man. 12 traitor

14 Villefort is ambitious. 13 suspect

15 Quesnel was not loyal to Napoleon. 14 career

16 A prisoner was digging a tunnel. 15 ruin

17 Dantès wanted to escape and take revenge on his enemies. 16 jailer

18 Mercédès isn’t my lover – she is my fiancée,’ said Dantè 17 support

19 Caderouse was a tailor. 18 department

20 Morrel stood on the quay where the boat was about to dock. 19 carriage

20 execute
หน้า 92 – 93 Vocabulary : anagrams

1 fortress
หน้า 94 Grammar: syntax
2 cannon
1 In one corner of the priest’s cell there was an old fireplace.
3 harbour
4 pickaxe There was an old fireplace in one corner of the priest’s cell.
5 intelligent
2 Faria promised that he would teach Dantès everything that he
6 honest
knew.
7 voyage
3 The words were written in special ink, and the heat from the
8 chain
fire made the words appear!
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4 They talked about places where the treasure might be hidden. หน้า 95 Vocabulary: opposite meanings

1 honest-cheat
5 Dantès heard the sea crashing against rocks below the

fortress. 2 angry-calm

3 rich-poor
6 Someone poured some rum into his mouth and the strong
4 polite-rude
drink made him feel better.
5 enemy-friend
7 Lift the twentieth rock and find the entrance of two caves.
6 drunk-sober
8 A lucky chance and dear Faria have made me a rich man.
7 proud-modest

หน้า 95 Vocabulary choice: words which are related in meaning 8 special-ordinary

1 royal-regal

2 harm-hurt

3 military-army

4 rule-govern

5 power-authority
6 harbour-port

7 fever-illness

8 order-command

9 voyage-journey

10 packet-papers
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Pre-intermediate level Exercises Answer Key

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Count of Monte Cristo

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