1. THE SAILOR AND THE MONKEYS
Once a sailor came to South America. He had a lot of
red woollen caps with him. He
was going to sell them there. On his way to the
nearest town he had to go through a
forest in which there were a lot of monkeys in the
trees.
At noon, when the sun was shining brightly in the sky,
the sailor lav down on the grass
to rest under a large tree. He took one of the caps
out of his bag and put it on his head
and almost immediately he fell asleep.
When he woke up he found that all the caps had
disappeared. Suddenly he heard some
strange noise over his head. He looked up and saw the
trees full of monkeys and each
monkey was wearing a red woollen cap! They had stolen
all his red caps! The sailor
began to shout and throw stones at them but the
monkeys weren't going to give the red
caps back. They were very pleased with themselves.
The sailor got very angry with the monkeys. He took
off the cap which he had put on
before going to sleep and threw it angrily on the
ground: "If you keep my caps and don't
want to give them back to me, you may take this one
too!"
At the same moment all the monkeys took off the red
caps and threw them on the
ground.
The sailor took the caps, put them into the bag and
went away.
3. 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8.
(B) 9. (C) 10. (D) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18.
(A) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (C) 22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (A) 25. (D)
132 t ANSWERS
4. 1. Can you hear anything? — I'm listening very
carefully
but I can hear nothing (I can't hear anything).
2. We didn't expect him to tell the truth.
3. He always gives good advice but I don't always
follow it.
4. What time does the film begin? — At 8.
5. Did he have to stay at home? — Yes, he did.
6. This holiday has been celebrated in England since
the 15th century.
7. I haven't read this novel yet. — Neither have I.
8. There are a lot of historical and architectural
monuments in Moscow.
9. Has anybody seen him leave the room?