For Questions 1
For Questions 1
Lisa Tyler was weary after a long, hard day at the pottery factory where she works. But as she
approached her home in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, her heart lightened.; soon she
would be having a nice cup of tea, putting her feet up and watching Friends, her favourite TV
series. But first, she needed to change out of her work clothes and pick up her three-year-old
As Lisa walked up her garden path, she noticed a light flashing on and off in an upstairs
bedroom. A shiver went down her back. What if it was a burglar? Quietly, she crept round to the
back of the house to see if there was any sign of a break-in. Sure enough, a window was open
and someone’s coat was hanging on the gatepost!
Well, 26-year-old Lisa didn’t fancy coming face to face with a burglar, so she ran to a neighbor’s
house and rang the police. But as she sat waiting for the police to arrive, Lisa’s curiosity got the
better of her and she decided to go back and see what was going on. That’s when she saw a leg
coming out of the downstairs front window. It was a man climbing out. Lisa gasped in shock.
The burglar was carrying her portable television!
At this point, Lisa saw red. She didn’t have many possessions and she’d saved long and hard to
buy that set. Besides, nobody was going to stop her watching Friends.
“Oh, no you don’t”, she muttered under her breath, as the fury swelled inside her. Without even
stopping to think, she tore across the garden and started shouting at the burglar. “Give me my TV
- drop it now!” she screamed.
Ignoring her, the man fled across the garden. So Lisa threw herself at him and successfully
rugby-tackled him to the ground. The burglar struggled to escape, but Lisa hung on like the best
kind of guard dog despite being punched and kicked. As she looked up, she realised that she
recognised the burglar’s face. She was so surprised that she lost her grip and burglar got away,
leaving the TV behind in the garden.
By the time the police and her father arrived, Lisa was in tears. ‟I can’t believe you were so
foolish, Lisa,' scolded her father. “You could have been killed.”
Lisa later remembered the name of the burglar, who had been in the same year as her at school.
He was later caught and jailed for 15 months after admitting burglary and assault. In May last
year, Lisa was given a Certificate of Appreciation by Staffordshire Police, for her outstanding
courage and public action. But in the future she intends to leave household security to a new
member of her family, Chan, who is real guard dog.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
A tired
B anxious
C depressed
D relieved
A contact
B visit
C collect
D check
3. What first led Lisa to think there was a burglar in her house?
4. Why didn’t Lisa wait in her neighbor's until the police arrived?
READING PART 1
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