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By John Escott

Audio story in 5 parts

Listen to the story and do the following exercises

Part 1

Ex.1.  Listen to part 1 and mark the sentences as True (T) or False (F).

1.  Carol Sanders spent her childhood in Hong Kong.

2.  Jake Rosso, Carol’s favourite pop singer, died in the air crash.

3.  Carol’s life changed after her father’s death.

4.  Carol studied hard at college to get over the death of her father and Jake Rosso.

5.  The Sanders moved to England from Hong Kong to begin a new life.

6.  On coming back to London Carol looked for a job of a secretary.

7.  Work on a private island in Scotland was a good chance for Carol and her mother.

8.  Gretta Ross was a nice beautiful woman of about 40.

9.  Gretta Ross was pleased when she learned that Carol and her mother had been away from England for 10 years.

Ex.2.  Match column A with column B.

A

B

1. Carol lives in England now but…

2. Jake Rosso died…

3. Carol loved her father very much

and …

4. The police came to college and…

5. When in London Carol and her mother…

6. The Savoy hotel was…

a)…didn’t want him to go away to Australia.

b)…a few years ago she lived in Hong Kong.

c)…visited the Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and other places of interest.

d)…big and expensive and in the centre of London.

e)…arrested some students.

f)…in a car accident.

Part 2. The Island

Ex.1.  Listen to part 2 and choose the right answer.

1.  The Sanders went to Scotland…

a)  on a business trip

b)  sightseeing

c)  to work on a private island

2.  Gretta Ross’s husband was…

a)  a gardener

b)  a businessman

c)  a farmer

3.  Gretta’s hobby was…

a)  painting

b)  cooking

c)  knitting

4.  Mr. Ross was a young man of about 30 with…

a)  curly white hair

b)  short dark hair

c)  short fair hair

5.  Mr. Ross’s secretary was…

a)  ired

b)  on a business trip

c)  in hospital

6.  Mr. Ross warned Carol’s mother that she would have to work late at night because…

a)  there was too much work to do

b)  of the time difference in New York and Tokyo

c)  the documents were secret

7.  While talking with Mr. Ross Carol wondered why…

a)  he had hired her mother

b)  he had married Gretta

c)  he had hidden away on the island

Ex.2.  Match the questions in A with the answers in B.

A

B

1.  What was Mr. Ross’s business?

2.  Why did it please Mr. Ross that there were a lot of rocks round the island?

3.  What happened to the last secretary?

4.  What were they?

5.  Could Carrol ride?

a)  She was at hospital.

b)  Mrs. Duncan was a housekeeper and her husband was the gardener.

c)  Yes, I could ride a horse.

d)  They kept other boats away.

e)  He invested money in companies all over the world.