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Jerome K. Jerome Part A The Golden Age of Bicycles

B U E X P E N S I V E

Three Men Page 37 – activity 1

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O I D R I N A H D K N 1 Because it was a cheap and fun

S K R F H E O L C H N sport.

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2 It was a two-wheeled machine
which was pushed along with the
feet.
3 They built a bicycle with pedals
KEY TO THE EXERCISES AND EXIT TEST E P V S M O A G S N J attached to the front wheel which
was easier to ride.
N I O T F J C B V O B
Page 6 – activity 1 Before you read 4 It was the centre of the bicycle
L C A C N U N P L B A industry.
1 He grew up in London. Page 19 – activity 1 H I E B U X R U S E E 5 It had a huge front wheel and a
2 He left school because he had to smaller back wheel and it was
1D 2B 3E 4A 5C A O F J V U E I B Y U
find a job after the death of both unsafe and difficult to ride.
parents. Page 19 – activity 2 C U M N P Y T G O S Y 6 It had a new frame which made it
3 His acting career was not 1C 2A 3C 4B D S H O L L A N D U F stranger, safer and lighter.
successful. 7 It made the ride smoother.
4 His first book was about his N O A D G N M I E U S
8 It gave them greater personal
experiences as an actor. Chapter 2 Part B freedom because it was a cheap
5 His first successful novel was means of transport.
Page 27 – activity 1 1 tandem – Holland 2 suspicious
about the funny adventures of
3 furious 4 irritable 5 pack Page 37 – activity 2
three friends travelling on the 1 He told her he felt strange and 6 expensive 7 obey
Thames. nervous and needed a change in Open answers.
6 He decided to write it after a trip his life. Page 28 – activity 3
to Germany. Before you read
2 She said she needed a change too, 1 furious 2 irritable 3 obey
7 The museum is in Walsall, in but she didn’t worry about it. 4 suspicious 5 get rid of Page 38 – activity 1
central England. 3 She planned to rent a house in A 1 B 4 C 3 D2
Folkestone with the children and Page 28 – activity 4
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invite her friends Kate and Clara. 1 if he had lost
1C 2A 3B 4A 5B 6C 4 Because the wives wanted to buy 2 riding by himself 1 They’re in a boot shop.
new things for the house. 3 the matter 2 He seems irritable and unfriendly.
Chapter 1 5 Because he didn’t want his wife to
think of others things to buy.
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5
George forgot was
Because it was dark and foggy
3 Because he’s using sentences from
the book.
6 The problem with tandems was 6 Not wrong
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that one person often does all the
1C 2B 3A 4A 5A 6C 7B Page 29 – activity 5
work.
7 Because she thought her husband Open answer.
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had said ‘Jump off’. Page 30 – activity 6
1 interested 2 wealthy 3 covering
8 He went to the police station and
4 introduction 5 invention Open answers.
asked them to help him find her.
6 improvements 7 crowded
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8 usually 9 spacious 10 poverty
11 extremely 12 solution Open answers.

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Chapter 3 Page 57 – activity 2

1 approximately 2 historical
Chapter 6 Page 79 – activity 5
Open answers.
Page 46 – activity 1 3 destruction 4 tension 5 finally Page 76 – activity 1 Before you read
1B 2D 3A 4C 5B 6A 7D 8C 6 unification 7 inhabitants 8 based 1 They visited Prague.
9 B 10 A 9 importance 10 recognition 2 He didn’t read a sign and called a Page 81 – activity 1
11 designated policeman ‘stupid’. A4 B3 C2 D1
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Page 58 – activity 3 3 He started reading signs.
1 The boot shop, which was near Page 81 – activity 2
4 He got into trouble in Carlsruhe.
Waterloo Station, was small and 1 both herself and 1B 2A 3A 4A
5 He thought it belonged to Harris.
dark. 2 isn’t anyone
6 He planned to put it in a small hut
2 Ethelbertha, who liked the sea, 3 reading the guide book
wanted to rent a house in 4 wish I could go
but a railway guard saw him.
7 A German friend in Carlsruhe. Chapter 7
Folkestone. 5 which had
8 He had problems because he had Page 87 – activity 1
3 The three friends went riding in 6 only George weren’t so
only a few coins in his pocket.
Eilenride, which was Hannover’s 7 make up our minds about 1G 2K 3A 4D 5B 6I 7J 8E 9C
9 Because you need several
most beautiful wood. Before you read different kinds of tickets for one Page 88 – activity 2
4 The boat to Hamburg, which was trip.
Page 60 – activity 1 1 was ten years since 2 unless you
an hour late, arrived at midnight. 10 ‘Schnellzug tickets’ were tickets for obey 3 was not allowed 4 had
5 Harris, who spoke German well, A1 B3 C4 D2 fast trains and ‘platz tickets’ were better think 5 were destroyed by
talked to the hotel manager in tickets for a place on the train.
Page 60 – activity 2 6 tends to be 7 Someone was
Hannover. 11 George got on a moving train,
1 attractive 2 entertainment following 8 As long as you’re
6 George’s flat, which is near travelled in second –class,
Piccadilly Circus, is very small. 3 tourist 4 alive 5 fine 6 fond Page 89 – activity 3
refused to pay the difference, sat
7 cushion 8 wrong
Page 48 – activity 3 in a seat without paying for it and S T U T T G A R T K E
walked around in the corridor.
1C 2B 3C 4A A N D G R W L K U I B
Before you read
Chapter 5 12 Because he had a huge fine to pay.
T E U O F J A D O E A
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Page 66 – activity 1 B H G R S R C P O B D
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1B 2C 3A 4B 5D 6A F A M X E N L F J X E
A 3 B 1 C 4 D 2 1 beautiful 2 forbidden 3 unfortunately
Page 67 – activity 2 4 suspicious 5 terrible 6 complicated M N F H A M B U R G N
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1 opera 2 irritable 3 furious 7 expensive X N G Y T D B D O X B
1 From midnight until three o’clock
4 tandem 5 pack 6 obey B O O I P U C I U H U A
in the morning.
7 enthusiastic 8 suspicious 1 expensive 2 beautiful 3 suspicious
2 People in St Petersburg didn’t get Y V U R V N F D R S D
9 trotting 10 rough 4 simple 5 terrible 6 Fortunately
up early in the morning.
7 Forbidden S E Z B I G B U E G E
3 The hotel porter. Page 67 – activity 3
4 The driver’s horse. Page 78 – activity 3 B R P L R N M B V O N
Open answers.
5 Harris A D R E S D E N Y W S
1 used to looking after 2 get used to
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carrying 3 get used to sitting U E V A E X B R O K O
Open answers.
Chapter 4 Before you read
4 used to playing 5 get used to
tidying up
B S C A R L S R U H E
D E U Y O U P R B S O
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1E 2B 3H 4A 5C 6G 7D 8J
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Open answers.
Chapter 8 Page 109 – activity 4
Open answers.
After Reading
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The Black Forest 1C 2B 3A 4D 5C 6C 7D
Open answers. A 11, B 14, C 6, D 15, E 2, F 10, G 4,
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1C 2B 3C 4A A
1D 2E 3F 4B 5C 6A
Before you read
B
Page 98 – activity 1 1 ran across 2 run along 3 ran up
1F 2T 3T 4F 5F 6F against 4 ran out of 5 ran away
with 6 ran over
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1 There a tram coming and the man Page 108 – activity 3
with the milk cart and his dog, and 1
an old lady with her are about to P
get run over.
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2 He’s fighting with another dog.
3 The milk cart dog is big and strong 2 D
but the other dog is small and W D 4
weak. 3 H I G H L A N D E R
4 She’s angry because she wants to I E E
go home since she’s hot and tired.
S S K E Y T O T H E E X I T T E S T
5 He is probably telling the two dogs
to stop fighting. T 5 P O R T
L A
1 Because it’s raining hard. E 6 U 1 A, 2 C, 3 C, 4 B, 5 A, 6 B, 7 C, 8 D, 9 C, 10 B
2 He’s probably a man from the 9 F 7 C R O W D
house or restaurant in the
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background.
3 He’s probably telling them to R L N
come with him to a dry place. 10 B L A C K F O R E S T
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D E E 16 T A N D E M
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T T 18 B E R L I N
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6 The clerks in the shop didn’t want to

FCE 1 Choose the correct answer – A, B, C or D.
A open the shop door.
1 J’s decision to rent a yacht for his wife and himself B give George a kiss.
A was a complete failure. C sell George a cushion.
B was quite successful. D give George twenty marks.
C was a wonderful memory.
7 In Germany it was very easy
D resulted in a romantic holiday.
A to travel by train.
2 When Ethelberta found out about J’s holiday B to ride around on a bicycle.
A she started crying. C to get into trouble.
B she said he mustn’t go. D to buy a train ticket.
C she also decided to take a holiday.
8 J got into a lot of trouble in
D she ran out of the house to Clara’s home.
A Berlin
3 The three friends’ first bicycle ride took place B Dresden
A in Hamburg C Bonn
B in Berlin D Carslruhe
C in Hannover
9 The milk cart dog was very proud of
D in the Black Forest
A his master
4 The three friends toured Berlin B his bark
A on their bicycles. C his job
B with a cab driver. D his friends
C on foot
10 The three friends decided to climb a tall mountain
D at night
A near Prague
5 George always bought lovely gifts for B without an umbrella
A his old aunt. C to find a German restaurant
B his old mother. D and write a poem about it.
C his girlfriend in London.
D his grandmother.

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