Aspire - Pre-Intermediate - Teacher - 39 - S - Book (1) - 220-221

Part 1: Listening (* CD3/04 5 H e___________ (be) in the army before he
___________ (become) a policeman.

1 Listen to the news reports and answer the
questions. Part 3: Vocabulary
1 1 How many paintings did they steal? 4 Unscramble the letters and complete the
sentences.
2 Where did they steal them from?
ilinh
Illd U nenonict nectecns ceenvide
sinsewt sefsonc
3 How much were the paintings worth?
Example: The police said he had a perfect
4 Where did they keep the paintings? alibi
1 T he ___________ saw two women entering the
5 Who found the paintings?--------- shop with a bag.
2 1 When was Mrs Jones arrested?___________ 2 I didn't do it! I'm ____________
2 What was she carrying at the time? 3 The judge gave him a ___________ of five years
in prison.
3 Apart from clothes what two sorts of things 4 When the lawyer said that, he had to
did police find at her home? to the crime.
a ___________ b ____________ 5 The police couldn't find any___________ in
4 When had she stolen these things? his flat.
Part 4: Communication
Part 2: Grammar 5 Complete the sentences by matching a
2 Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in beginning with a suitable ending.
brackets into the simple past, past continuous 1 What a relief — a - 1didn't do it on
or past perfect. 2 I'm sorry about ^ purpose.
John hadn't teen (not be) to that part of town 3 I'm sorry about b - it can happen to
for a long time, and he (1 )____________________ breaking your anyone
(be) surprised to see how poor it (2)____________ camera с - any inconvenience 1
(look) now. While he ( 3 ) ______________________ 4 1took his umbrella have caused you.
(walk) down one particular street, he by mistake ^ d - someone has handed
(4 )______________ (notice) two men in my passport.
5 What a disaster
wearing black clothes who (5)__________________
6 Please don't worry e - he has failed his
(stand) outside a jewellery shop. John
about it exams again
(6)____________ just-----------
(pass) them when one of them (7 )_____________ f - it looked just
(say) 'Now!' John (8)__________________________ like mine.
(turn) round in time to see the smaller man throw
a large stone through the shop window. The two
Part 5: Reading
men quickly (9) ________________________ (take) 6 Read the passage and decide if statements
all the jewellery and (10)_______________________ 1-10 are true or false.
(put) it into a bag, before running off down the Example: Arthur Conan Doyle T 0 f D
street. wrote the Holmes stories
3 Complete the sentences using the simple past 1 The Sherlock Holmes Society t D F□
or used to. is exclusively British.
Example: He used to have (have) trouble with his 2 They are re-enacting some of t D F□
school work when he was (be) a teenager. the mysteries from his stories.
1 I ___________ (have) a lovely old watch but 3 Members wear clothes from t D F□
then someone___________ (steal) it. the Victorian period.
2 H e ___________ (like) his neighbourhood, but 4 Watson rescues the woman at T □ F□
then h e _______:____ (go) to live in another the hot springs.
country. 5 The hot weather means they t D F□
3 She___________ (live) in Glasgow before she have to stop their walk.
___________ (come) to Edinburgh 6 Meiringen is embarrassed by t D F□
4 I was surprised h e ___________ (take) the its connection with Holmes.
money. H e___________ (be) so honest.
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7 Holmes fights to the death тП f D his mouth. After a quick examination he declares that
with Moriarty. the woman is the victim of a jelly-fish. Its victim's body
leaves covered by the British Union Jack.
8 Charles Milner admits that t D f D
The society's members put on their costumes, copies
everyone is a little bit crazy.
of fashions from the Victorian era, and in spite of the heat
9 The society's visits receive a T □ f □ set off on a two and a half hour walk. After a journey by
lot of attention. steam-train, they arrive at the town of Meiringen. The
10 Moriarty enjoys his role. тП f D town is proud of Holmes, there is even a statue and a
museum dedicated to him. On Wednesday the mayor
The Sherlock Holmes society presents him with honorary citizenship. Yet less than
The London branch of the Sherlock Holmes Society is 24 hours later Holmes disappears with his arch-enemy
for fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective. Moriarty after a struggle at the nearby Reichenbach Falls.
Members are from many European countries and the The question is whether these people are mad or just
United States too. Some of the society's members are a little eccentric. Dr Watson (alias Charles Milner from
travelling around Switzerland with some crimes of their London) gives his opinion. 1 don't think we are eccentric
own to solve. They are a day away from the big event at all. This is quite normal behaviour for anyone who
of their eight-day trip. The members are wearing the enjoys a good time. All the members of the Sherlock
latest Victorian fashions. They are eating their breakfasts Holmes Society say that they enjoy playing the game.
floating on trays in the hot springs. Suddenly a woman's Their visits receive a lot of attention and show that
terrible scream interrupts their meal. Dr Watson is the world is still interested in Sherlock Holmes. In an
there but is unable to help her. He can't explain her exclusive interview Professor Moriarty, the villain of
mysterious death. Our hero arrives at the scene, he is the trip, confesses it is satisfying to be the 'Napoleon of
immediately recognisable: he is wearing his famous crime'. There are no boundaries for me. I can do what I
hat, has got a magnifying glass in one hand, and pipe in like. I can plot my plans and nobody can stop me.'
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Part 1: Listening (* CD3/04 5 H e___________ (be) in the army before he

___________ (become) a policeman.

© 2013 National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Learning PHOTOCOPIABLE

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