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READING & training.WEB k e y t o t h e e x e r c i c e s

Lewis Carroll B
1 walrus, hippopotamus 2 mouse
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3 cat 4 dog 1 pineapple – it is a fruit, while the
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Alice’s Adventures
1B 2A 3A 4B 5A 6B 2 watch – the others are part of an
hour.
Before you read 3 crabs – crabs live in the water, the
others are birds.

in Wonderland
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4 pool – the others are geographical
1 wet, dry 2 Caucus race 3 circle names.
4 prize 5 sweet, bag of sweets 6 bag 5 gloves – you wear others are parts
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6 canary – it is a bird, the others are
1D 2B 3D 4A 5C
KEY TO THE EXERCICES mammals, or animals.
Page 34 – exercise 2 7 England – it is a country.
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1F 2T 3T 4F 5F 6T 7F 8F 1 Has she read the book yet? B B see C sail D son E week F aloud are jobs.
2 Has he found the key yet? F G write H heard I dear J hair B 1 canary 2 pool 3 watch 4 England
Page 8 – exercise 1 5 crabs 6 sister 7 gloves 8 pineapple
3 Haven’t they finished eating yet? A B
1B 2D 3A 4C 5B 4 Have you been to London yet? D 1 sea 2 son 3 week 4 sale 5 sun Page 42 – exercise 3
Page 8 – exercise 2 5 Has she done her homework yet? C 6 see 7 allowed 8 right 9 hare
1 probably 2 was happy 3 going to
1B 2C 3B 4A 5B 6 Have I written a letter to 10 heard 11 deer 12 weak
4 wrote the rabbit 5 was always
Jane yet? E Page 35 – exercise 3
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Page 23 – exercise 3 1 while 2 As soon as 3 until 4 After
1C 2G 3A 4K 5E 6H 7B 1B 2A 3C 4B 5C
8L 9I 1 sleepy 2 loudness 3 sadly 4 hunger 5 when 6 Before
5 happily 6 politeness Page 49 – exercise 1
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1 better than 2 no one 3 didn’t live 1C 2A 3A 4C
9 B 10 D 11 A 12 D
4 there are some 5 far from A Page 41 – exercise 1
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6 Alice’s favourite h o n p v c s h k l t n i k 1 He lost his white gloves.
1 think
Page 15 – exercise 3 a i s r o r u s j o h a b c 2 He called her Mary Ann and told her
2 because she was
1 sleepy 2 friend 3 happy 4 c
hunger x p z d a x v r r a e f d to get his white gloves.
3 have time
5 beautiful 6 health 7 sad 8 a
anger w o p c b d r k m n a g o 3 She found the rabbit’s gloves and
4 worth
9 thirsty 10 interest also a little bottle.
n y f z o y a o j i h g o d 5 want to change
4 She became so big that she had to
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1 E 2 B 3 F 4 A 5 G 6 C 7 H 8D r e a f p x o x d s t e v b 5 He thought she was Mary Ann, his 1 Alice is a pretty young girl, who
Page 16 – exercise 2 y c g u d s v t f m o u s e servant. sees a rabbit and follows it into a
w m x k j c p w a l r u s d 6 Pat was the rabbit’s gardener. rabbit hole. She begins to have all
1T 2F 3F 4F 5T 6T 7 Bill the lizard flew out of the
o d c s b u k j u m e a b f sorts of strange adventures. She is
Page 22 – exercise 1 chimney. a polite and clever girl.
x u p m a g p i e c u k j x 8 The magic stones turned into cakes.
1B 2C 3A 4D 5C 2 The white rabbit is well dressed and
d g r i d o g p v f x s o z 9 She saw a mushroom with a long, lives in a little house with servants
blue caterpillar on top. and a gardener. He knows the
10 He was smoking a long pipe. Duchess.

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3 The blue caterpillar likes smoking B 1 king of spades 5 It was better because it was Page 100 – exercise 1
his long pipe and says a lot of 2 knave of diamonds lighter, safer and stronger than the 1D 2A 3B 4A 5C 6D 7B 8C
strange things to Alice. 3 queen of clubs older models. 9 A 10 C 11 C 12 A 13 D 14 B
Page 53 – exercise 1 4 king of hearts 6 Because they were a cheap means
5 knave of clubs of transport, to go to work and to Page 102 – exercise 3
1 In the thirteenth century Oxford 6 queen of spades go out at weekends. 1C 2C 3A 4C
sold cloth and wool. 7 ace of clubs 7 Cricket began in 16-century England.
2 University College, Balliol College Page 104 – exercise 4
8 king of diamonds Page 84 – exercise 1
and Merton College were built in Ridiculous – white rabbit, dodo,
the thirteenth century. Page 78 – exercise 1 A4 B6 C3 D1 E8 F5 G2 March Hare, hatter, dormouse, jurors
3 The first woman got her degree at 1 Because the Queen liked red roses. H9 I7 Rude – Duchess Queen of Hearts,
Oxford in 1920. 2 The Queen cut off people’s heads. King of Hearts
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4 Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Tolkien 3 The Knave of Hearts was carrying Mad – March Hare, hatter, Duchess,
and Bill Clinton studied at Oxford. the crown. 1F 2T 3T 4T 5F 6T 7F 8T cook
5 The Bodleian Library is important 4 Because the people were only a Page 91 – exercise 1 Stupid – dormouse, dodo, jurors
because it was the first national pack of cards. 1A 2D 3C 4C 5C Unpleasant – Duchess, cook, hatter,
library of England. 5 The balls were hedgehogs and Queen of hearts, King of hearts
6 It takes place on the River Thames, flamingoes were used to hit the Page 92 – exercise 2 Polite – White rabbit, mouse, dodo,
between Putney and Mortlake. balls. The arches were soldiers. A The Queen liked red roses. She was gardeners
6 She saw the Cheshire cat in the air. a cruel person who like cutting off Cowardly – mouse, gardeners
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7 Because the Cheshire cat did not people’s heads. Intelligent – Alice, Cheshire cat
1B 2A 3C 4A 5C have a body. B The March Hare was very confused Page 106 – exercise 1
Page 61 – exercise 1 8 The Duchess was in prison. and did strange things, particularly
with the Hatter’s watch. A 3 B 2 C 12 D 11 E 9 F 6 G 10
1E 2I 3G 4B 5H 6K 7L 9 She took a walk with the Duchess.
C The Duchess was a very strange H 14 I 7 J 1 K 4 L 13 M 15 N 5 O 8
8M 9J 10 ‘The trial is beginning!’
person who had a frog servant and Page 108 – exercise 4
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a fish servant. She was always 1B 2C 3D 4A 5C 6D 7B 8B
2C 3C 4A 1E 2B 3J 4G 5C 6A 7F 8I quite angry and loud. 9 C 10 C 11 A 12 D 13 B 14 B 15 C
9 H 10 D D The mad Hatter was a nervous
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ACROSS Hare. He sold hats that were not his. 1E 2H 3A 4J 5B 6G 7L 8O
3 pineapple 6 eagle 7 mouse 1 liked 2 had 3 had 4 enjoyed
E The Cheshire cat always smiled and 9 D 10 K 11 C 12 M 13 F 14 I
9 parrot 12 butterfly 13 serpent 5 came 6 liked 7 decided 8 agreed
appeared and disappeared 15 C 16 N
9 died 10 became 11 married
DOWN very often. Page 110 – exercise 6
12 became 13 produced 14 sold
1 canary 2 crab 4 pigeon 5 caterpillar F The dormouse was always very
15 organized 16 attracted 1E 2A 3H 4A 5B 6D 7J 8F
8 dodo 10 mushroom 11 key sleepy and it was difficult to keep
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1 By the second half of the Victorian nonsensical stories.
1B 2A 3A 4A 5A 6C
Age people began having more free Page 93 – exercise 4
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2 They enjoyed sports and other 1 was difficult 2 good at 3 of mine k e y t o t h e e x i t t e s t
1B 2C 3A 4B 5D 6A
activities. 4 worth 5 name of the
Page 71 – exercise 2-B 3 She was the first woman to win an Page 94 – exercise 1 1 1 B 2 D 3 B 4 D 5 A 6 C 7 C 8
1B 2A 3A 4C 5A Olympic event, lawn tennis, at the A 9 D 10 A
1B 2A 3C 4B 5C 6A
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4 Lawn tennis became fashionable at
A A 3 B 4 C 2 D 1
summer resorts.

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6 The Queen invited the Duchess

1 Read the sentence and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
A to watch a croquet game.
B to a tea party in the Queen’s garden.
1 Lewis Carroll was a famous author and
C to play a croquet game.
A a popular teacher.
D to eat some soup.
B an important photographer.
C a great painter. 7 Why was the Cheshire cat strange?
D a world traveller. A Because it liked to cook.
B Because it looked after a baby.
2 What did Alice see on the sides of the tunnel?
C Because it smiled.
A leaves and flowers
D Because it sneezed all the time.
B pictures of the white rabbit
C gold keys 8 Where was the tea party?
D maps, pictures, cupboards and other things. A In front of the March Hare’s house.
B In the Hatter’s garden.
3 Who did Alice meet in the pool?
C In the dormouse’s house.
A a dodo bird
D In the white rabbit’s garden.
B a mouse
C a brown dog 9 Who was on trial?
D a parrot A the white rabbit
B the Hatter
4 What was a caucus race?
C the March Hare
A a race around the pool
D the Knave of Hearts
B a swimming race
C a race in the wood 10 What did the white rabbit read aloud during the trial?
D a race without rules or a purpose A a poem
B a letter
5 What was the blue caterpillar doing?
C an invitation
A It was sitting on a mushroom smoking a pipe.
D a fairy tale
B It was eating a mushroom and smoking a pipe.
C It was sleeping on a mushroom.
2 What was your favourite part of the story?.........
D It was talking to the Cheshire cat.
3 Who was your favourite character and why?..............

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