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1 Complete d’Artagnan’s father’s advice to him in Chapter One.

Remember that the only way a man can 1 in the world today is to be
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. So if you see a good , take it without stopping to
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think or you may it forever. And you have two good 5
to be brave – first, you’re a Gascon, and second, you’re my son. You’re 6 and
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I’ve taught you how to use a well. So live dangerously, but always be
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2 List three things d’Artagnan takes with him when he leaves for Paris.

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3 Put the information from Chapter Two in the correct column.

had dark, gentle eyes was badly wounded had a long, red cloak was very pale
was handsome was very expensively dressed was tall was gentle and polite

Aramis Athos Porthos

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4 Who said these words? Write A (Aramis), B (Athos), C (d’Artagnan), D (Porthos) or

E (Monsieur de Tréville).
1 “Last night, the Cardinal told the King that you started a fight outside an inn.”
2 “The guards attacked us, and we had to defend ourselves.”
3 “I came as quickly as I could, sir.”
4 “Even someone who’s just arrived from Gascony should know that a man
doesn’t put his foot over a handkerchief without a good reason.”
5 “In Gascony, we think it’s enough to say sorry when we’ve made a mistake.”

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5 Complete the conversation. Choose the best answers (a–h) below. There are two
extra answers.
The landlord: I’ve decided to share a secret with you because I need some help.
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D’Artagnan:
The landlord: My wife, who is one of the Queen’s servants, was kidnapped yesterday morning
as she was leaving the palace.
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D’Artagnan:
The landlord: Monsieur de Laporte, the Queen’s gentleman-in-waiting.
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D’Artagnan:
The landlord: No, he doesn’t, but I have an idea. I think that it’s part of a plot.
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D’Artagnan:
The landlord: It has something to do with the love affair of a very important woman.
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D’Artagnan:
The landlord: No, someone much more important than her – The Queen.
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D’Artagnan:
The landlord: With the Duke of Buckingham.

a Who told you this?

b What do you mean?
c Her love affair with whom?
d Do you mean Madame de Chevreuse?
e Does he know who kidnapped her?
f Can you describe him?
g But what does this have to do with your wife?
h All right.
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6 Match the two parts of the sentences. Draw lines between them.
1 D’Artagnan had often told his three friends a suddenly hurried back into the room.
2 So they knew who he meant b having lost the man once more.
3 D’Artagnan returned after half an hour, c the four policemen appeared at the door.
4 D’Artagnan then told his friends everything d had told him about his wife’s kidnap.
that Monsieur Bonacieux e and went into his rooms to wait for him.
5 He had just finished when Monsieur Bonacieux f about his adventure at Meung.
6 At that moment,

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7 Complete the text. Choose from the sentences (a–h) below. There are three extra
sentences.
After Monsieur Bonacieux’s arrest, four policemen waited inside his house to question all his visitors.
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He could even listen to the police questioning them inside the house, through a hole he had
made in his floor.
The evening after Monsieur Bonacieux’s arrest, d’Artagnan suddenly heard loud noises from the
Bonacieuxs’ house below. 2 Soon he heard a woman scream and then say, “But I live here!
I’m Madame Bonacieux! I work for the Queen.”
“You’re the woman that we want,” said a policeman.
“Please, gentlemen, please!” cried the woman.
D’Artagnan thought that the police must be holding her and that she must be fighting back
against them.
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“Run to get Athos, Porthos and Aramis – tell them to come quickly, with their swords.”
“Where are you going, sir?” asked Planchet.
But d’Artagnan was already climbing out of the window. He got down to the ground without even
cutting a finger and knocked at Monsieur Bonacieux’s front door. 4 The policemen could only
defend themselves with chairs and soon ran off, leaving d’Artagnan alone with Madame Bonacieux.
He turned to look at her. The poor woman had fainted and fallen into an armchair. She was a
beautiful young woman of about twenty, with dark hair. 5 Seeing that her attackers had gone,
she smiled and held out her hand. She had the most beautiful smile in the world.

a As he got down on his knees beside her, she opened her eyes.
b “I’ll take you to the house of my friend Athos. It’s not far,” said d’Artagnan.
c From his window, d’Artagnan could see everyone who knocked on his landlord’s front door.
d He lay down on the floor, put his ear to the hole and listened.
e As it opened, he ran inside with his sword drawn.
f “Oh, how terrible!” she cried. “What has he done?”
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g “They’re going to take her away!” d’Artagnan cried to Planchet, jumping up.
h They left the house quickly and ran down the dark street together.

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8 Choose the correct answers (a, b, c or d) about Chapter Four.

1 How did Madame Bonacieux manage to escape from the Cardinal’s men?
a D’Artagnan and the Musketeers rescued her.
b She ran away when they were moving her from one place to another.
c She stole one of their swords and fought her way out.
d She tied the bed covers together and used them to climb down from her prison window.
2 Who did Madame Bonacieux want d’Artagnan to send to her?
a Aramis
b her husband
c Monsieur de Laporte
d Planchet
3 What did Planchet tell d’Artagnan when he arrived home?
a “Athos has been arrested!”
b “Athos is dead!”
c “Madame Bonacieux has disappeared!”
d “The Musketeers need you!”
4 Which surprising person was Madame Bonacieux with when d’Artagnan saw her again?
a the Cardinal
b the Duke of Buckingham
c the King
d the Queen
5 What did they ask d’Artagnan to do?
a act as their bodyguard
b say sorry for being rude
c stop following them
d take them to a safe place
6 Where did they go?
a into a church
b to prison
c to the countryside
d to the palace

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9 Answer the questions about Chapter Five.

1 How did Monsieur de Tréville feel towards his soldiers?
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2 Who was already at the palace with the King when he arrived?

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3 Why was the Cardinal angry?

4 What had he learned from Monsieur Bonacieux?

5 What had the Cardinal asked Monsieur Bonacieux to do?

6 Who was the tall man with a scar on his cheek?

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10 Read the letters from Chapter Five. Choose the correct description (a, b or c).
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Milady,
When the Duke of Buckingham is back in England, you must be at the next ball that he goes to.
He’ll be wearing twelve diamonds. You must get near him and take two of them. Let me know as soon
as you have them and return to Paris with them immediately.

a The Cardinal wants Milady to steal two diamonds from the Duke of Buckingham.
b The Cardinal wants Milady to help the Duke of Buckingham return the diamonds to France.
c The Cardinal wants Milady to ask the Duke of Buckingham to give her two of his diamonds.

I have the two diamonds but not enough money to return to Paris. Send a messenger to me with money,
and I’ll leave London immediately.

a Milady is on her way back to Paris.

b Milady will return to Paris with the diamonds when she gets some money.
c Milady won’t return to Paris until she has the diamonds.
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11 Complete the text. Choose the correct words from the box.

when the Duke then soon after six hours later immediately as the man’s

D’Artagnan 1 drew his own sword and in less than ten seconds had wounded
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the stranger, who fell to the ground. servant came over to help, d’Artagnan
quickly took the permit from the stranger’s pocket, noticing that it was in the name of the Comte de
Wardes. 3 he and Planchet hurried away to get the permit signed, and the
captain allowed them on to the ship. 4 , the ship sailed to England and
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arrived in Dover at ten the next morning. , d’Artagnan and Planchet were
in London and asked for directions to the Duke of Buck-ingham’s house. The Duke’s servant spoke
good French.
“Tell the Duke that I’m the young man who met him with Madame Bonacieux one night in Paris,”
said d’Artagnan.
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arrived, he looked worried. “Has something happened to the Queen?”
he asked.
“Read this, Your Grace,” said d’Artagnan, handing him the Queen’s letter.

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12 Match the names in the box with the facts about them in Chapter Six.

Aramis d’Artagnan Porthos Athos

1 immediately asked a stranger who upset him to fight a duel with him.
2 was badly wounded when some men took out pistols and shot at him
and his servant.
3 was held prisoner by an innkeeper and four men.
4 arrived safely in London and went to the Duke of Buckingham’s house.

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13 Complete the text with the missing words.

At nine o’clock 1 evening, d’Artagnan rode to St Cloud to meet

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Constance Bonacieux and found the summerhouse on the other side of a high wall, at the end
of a quiet road. He waited outside, happy at the thought of 2 her again.
Ten thirty came, and then eleven o’clock, but still she did not arrive. D’Artagnan began to worry.

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He looked 3 and saw a tree near the wall. Perhaps he could see into
the window of the summerhouse from there? He quickly climbed the tree, looked down and got
a terrible shock. The summerhouse window 4 broken, the door was
open and there were plates and glasses on the floor. D’Artagnan jumped down from the tree and
searched the ground around the summerhouse. He could see marks in the earth
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men and horses had walked. Then he found a woman’s glove and felt
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that it was Madame Bonacieux’s.

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14 Complete these lists about Chapter Seven. Put the words from the box into the
correct categories.

nothing a carriage waiting a woman screaming

three men frightened the carriage driving off fast

What the old man felt:

What the old man heard:

What the old man saw:

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15 Rewrite the sentences about Chapter Eight. Choose the correct phrases from the box
to replace the bold words.

tied up a young servant girl inside standing outside

stopped just in front of him before Planchet could reply

1 One day, d’Artagnan was riding down a street with Planchet when they recognized a man walking
past a house.
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2 Planchet did what he was told, while d’Artagnan rode off on the horses and then waited behind a tree.

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3 A few minutes later, a carriage came along and almost ran him over.

4 At that moment, the Comte de Wardes’s servant was called away from the house.

5 Then an old servant woman jumped out of Milady’s carriage and walked towards Planchet.

6 But, after Planchet replied, she got back in the carriage with Milady and it drove off.

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16 Change the reported speech into direct speech.

1 The Englishman cried that he was a stupid man and asked what he was doing.

2 D’Artagnan said that he would like to teach him some manners.

3 D’Artagnan told the man to meet him for a duel behind the Luxembourg Palace.

4 D’Artagnan told him that he was going to let him live because he did not want to upset his
beautiful sister.

5 Lord de Winter said to his sister-in-law that the young man had had the chance to kill him earlier,
but he chose not to. So he was sure that she would thank him.

6 Milady said that she was very pleased to meet him and thankful for what he had done that day.

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17 Complete the text. Choose one word (a, b, c or d) for each gap.
That evening, d’Artagnan visited Milady as usual at nine o’clock. He noticed 1 happy she seemed
2
and knew that it was because of the Comte de Wardes’s . D’Artagnan left at ten and waited until
eleven before returning. This time, Kitty took him upstairs to her room.
“Check that all the lights are out in Milady’s room,” whispered d’Artagnan.
Kitty nodded, looking very frightened, and went through to Milady’s room. He could hear the two
women 3 in low voices. Then d’Artagnan saw the lights go out and Kitty returned.
D’Artagnan knocked softly on Milady’s door and whispered, “It’s me, the Comte de Wardes.”
“Oh, Comte,” replied Milady, sweetly, “I 4 for you.”
D’Artagnan pushed open the door and went into the dark room towards the bed. Milady took his
hand. “Oh, Comte, I saw the look of love in your eyes the last time that we met, and it made me so
happy!” she whispered. “Take this ring as a sign of 5 love for you.”
She took a ring off her finger and put it on d’Artagnan’s. He started to feel sorry for her and had
a sudden wish to confess.
“My poor angel, how near you were 6 killed by that awful Gascon. But I’ll have my revenge,”
she whispered in a voice which made d’Artagnan go cold.

1 a how b more c so d very

2 a replied b replies c reply d replying
3 a talks b talked c talking d to talk
4 a ’ve waited b ’ve been waiting c will wait d waited
5 a me b my c mine d myself
6 a be b being c to be d to being

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18 Tick the four pieces of advice that Athos gives d’Artagnan in Chapter Nine.
1 Stop seeing Lady de Winter before anything terrible happens.
2 You must be very careful, too.
3 Don’t go out late at night alone.
4 Don’t join the campaign at La Rochelle!
5 Don’t leave Paris.
6 Don’t eat or drink anything that you’re not sure of.
7 Don’t trust Monsieur de Tréville.
8 Don’t sell the ring.
9 Don’t follow the King.
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19 Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the box in the past perfect form.

want arrive pour dream be

1 The campaign gave him the chance that he always

to prove himself to Mon-sieur de Tréville.
2 All that d’Artagnan ever of was being
a musketeer.
3 Thinking that the English were attacking, they ran outside, but discovered instead that the King,
Monsieur de Tréville and his Musketeers .
4 They ran back as fast as they could and found the servant who the wine
dead on the floor, with an empty wine glass beside him.
5 But of Athos’s three friends, d’Artagnan was still the only one who knew that she
once his wife.

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20 Complete the text. Choose the correct words (a, b, c or d).

The Three Musketeers agreed and rode with the Cardinal and his servant back to the Red Dovecote

inn, 1 a that was now quiet. Holding his cloak over the bottom of his face, the Cardinal asked
b what
c which
d who

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a to speak to a lady upstairs, and the innkeeper 3 a allow him in without recognizing him.
b speak b leave
c speaking c left
d spoke d let

Athos, Porthos and Aramis waited in a room downstairs, asking 4 a all other what it could be
b each
c every
d the

about. As Athos walked up and down the room, he suddenly heard voices from the room upstairs.
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Above 5 a he , he noticed a pipe hanging down from an old stove. He put his ear to the pipe
b him
c himself
d his

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and could hear the voices more 6 a clear .

b clearer
c clearest
d clearly

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21 Complete the text. Form new words using the words in capital letters.

Lord de Winter acted 1 , sending a young officer,

John Felton, to meet Milady at the port. Felton took her straight to Lord de
Winter’s castle and kept her there as a 2 .
But it took Milady only five days to escape. She made Fel-ton fall in love QUICK
with her, telling the young officer that Lord de Winter was a bad man and
that she was not guilty. Believing her promises of love, Felton agreed
3
the Duke of Buckingham, and Milady escaped
PRISON
to France.
She followed the Cardinal’s 4 and went straight
to the convent at Béthune. There, she pretended to be the victim of
one of the Cardinal’s plots and made the Abbess feel sorry for her. KILLER
“Another poor woman here is also one of his victims,” the Abbess told her.
“You’ll meet her later, dear lady, but first you must
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.” ORDERING
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Milady was to a room and lay down to sleep
after her long journey. When she woke up, a beautiful, dark-haired young
woman was standing by her bed.
RESTING
“The Abbess told me that you had arrived and might need a friend,” said
the young woman.
“Thank you, my dear,” replied Milady, sweetly. “Please stay with me a little
while.” She had an idea who this young woman might be. SHOW
“The Abbess said that you’re another of the Cardinal’s victims,” continued
Milady’s visitor. “If I wasn’t leaving soon, I’m sure that we could be friends.”
“You’re leaving the convent?” cried Milady. SURE
“Yes, I hope so. But, Lady de Winter, 7 you’re free
to leave here if you want to?”
“But where could I go without friends or money?” said Milady.
FRIGHTEN
“I can’t believe that you have no friends! You’re so beautiful, and I’m sure
that you’re good, too,” said the young woman.
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Milady smiled a sad, sweet smile. She had decided to test her idea. “But the
friends that I have, like Monsieur d’Artagnan, are 8
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22 Write d’Artagnan, Lord de Winter or Athos next to the things they accuse Milady of.
1 “I accuse this woman of ordering me to murder the Comte de Wardes.”
2 “I accuse this woman of ordering the murder of the Duke of Buckingham.”
3 “I accuse this woman of poisoning and murdering Constance Bonacieux.”
4 “I also accuse her of trying to poison me with wine, which she pretended
came from my friends.”
5 “I also accuse her of murdering my brother, her husband.”
6 “I married this woman when she was sixteen and gave her everything
that I had. Then one day, I discovered that she was branded – marked
with a fleur-de-lis on her left shoulder.”

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23 Match the people with the things that happened to them. Draw lines between them.

Aramis
a does not want to become an officer.

Athos b has decided to stop being a soldier and to become a priest.

c is going to marry the woman that he loves.

D’Artagnan
d is going to trust in the future and become an officer.

Porthos

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24 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1 “Show me the letter that you (write) or I’ll send a man to search
your room!”
2 “I (drink) the innkeeper’s best wine for two weeks.
3 “The King’s Guards busy (fight).”
4 “What? he (plot) with Madame de
Chevreuse to meet the Queen?”
5 “Milady may discover that you (give) me her letters for the Comte.”
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6 “Oh, Comte,” replied Milady, sweetly, “I (wait) for you.”

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25 Write the passive form of the sentences.

1 “We watched the police arresting a poor man without doing anything to help him.”

2 “But very soon d’Artagnan will be here and I will forget about my troubles.”

3 “We must put this woman on trial, not murder her.”

4 “So let me tell you that we’ll put you on trial and we may find you guilty.”

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26 Complete the conditional sentences.

1 If someone (live) there, maybe they had heard something.
2 “Then they told me if I (repeat) anything that I heard later, I would be
a dead man.”
3 If Lord de Winter never (have) children, everything that was his would
be hers after his death.
4 “Well, the truth is, Monsieur d’Artagnan, it would be better for you if you
(agree).

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27 Complete the sentences with the correct options (a, b or c).

1 “He won’t remember you, ?
a remember he b will he c won’t he
2 “You’re in love with her, , sir?
a are you b aren’t you c is she
3 “You’re not afraid, ?”
a are you b aren’t you c are you not
4 And if I’ve made a mistake through loving you too much, you will forgive me, ?”
a will you b won’t I c won’t you
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28 Complete the sentences with words that use a stem and a suffix from the table.

Stem Suffix

fear use life -ful

power fear thank -less

1 Now he’s Captain of the King’s Musketeers – those brave and soldiers who
frighten even the Cardinal.
2 D’Artagnan took her body in his arms and gave the most terrible cry.
3 that there was a plot against them, Athos’s servant slept next to the horses
and Planchet guarded d’Artagnan and Athos all night.
4 “How much more this brave young man’s honesty could be to me instead!”
5 “I should be to be free of someone as dangerous as Milady.”
6 To fight was to break the law and to make an enemy of the Cardinal, who was even more
than the King.

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29 Match the words and write the new words or phrases.

1 fleur- waiting
2 trouble waiting
3 inn maker
4 land affair
5 body lord
6 love house
7 summer keeper
8 lady-in- guard
9 gentleman-in- de-lis

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30 Match the words from exercise 29 with the definitions.

1 a woman whose job is to help a queen
2 someone whose job is to watch an important person
and stop people from attacking them
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3 a man whose job is to help a queen

4 the man who owns the house or flat that another person lives in
5 a person who manages a pub
6 a small building in a garden where you can sit in warm weather

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7 when two people love each other and have sex, sometimes
when they are not married, or married to other people
8 someone who causes problems for other people
9 a picture of a flower that is often used in France;
people found guilty of crimes could have this picture
branded on to their shoulder

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