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A. Read the following text carefully and choose the
best option to complete the sentences on the left.

1.1. Alice
Aliceisis…
… Alice James is a bus driver. She collects the children from the villages and takes
..
a)a)British
British them to Queensbridge School in Mosley, Birmingham.
b)b) American
American Alice always wakes up at 6 o’clock in the morning. A few minutes later she gets
c)c) Australian
Australian up and has a shower. She brushes her hair and cleans her teeth. At a quarter to
seven she prepares breakfast for herself. She doesn’t prepare breakfast for her
2.2. Alice
Alice gets
gets up
up …
… family. They only get up at seven thirty. Her husband goes to work at 8 o’clock and
her
herfamily
family
a)a)after their kids – Jane and Betsy – go to school at a quarter past eight.
after
b)b) before
before Alice starts work at seven thirty every morning. Children get on the bus and
c)c) with
with they arrive at school at 8 o’clock. In the afternoon, she drives to Mosley again at 4
o’clock and she takes the students home. At a quarter past five she cleans the bus.
3.3. Alice
Alicehas
hasgotgot…
… She often finds a lot of things in the bus. “The students sometimes collect their
a)a) two
twoboys
boys
things the next day,” says Alice. “But I’ve still got a lot of things. I’ve got lots of
b)b) two
twogirls
girls
c)c) aaboy
boyand
and pencils, felt pens, exercise-books, rubbers, rulers, comics, coats, pullovers,
aagirl
girl umbrellas, right shoes and left shoes. Now I want to hold a jumble sale!” says Alice.
At 5 Alice meets her family at home.
4.4. School
Schoolfinishes
finishesatat
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…
a)a) 16:45
16:45 B. Now say if these statements are True or False. Correct the False ones.
b)b) 33o’clock
o’clock
c)c) 44o’clock
o’clock 1. Alice takes people to work on her bus. __________________________________________
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5.5. Many
Manystudents…
students…
things
thingsininthethebus.
bus. 2. When Alice wakes up, she immediately jumps out of bed. _______________________
a)a)buy
buy ___________________________________________________________________________________
b)b) steal
steal
c)c) leave
leave 3. Alice makes her own breakfast. ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6.6. Alice
Aliceisis…
…totoarrive
arrive
home.. 4. All children are at school at 8 o’clock. _________________________________________
home..
a)a)the
thelast
last ______________________________________________________________________________________
b)b) the
thefirst
first 5. Children are very careful. They always take everything with them. ______________
c)c) the second
the second
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C. Answer these questions on the text.

1. What does Alice do for a living? ____________________________________________________

2. Where is Queensbridge school? ____________________________________________________

3. Who does Alice live with? __________________________________________________________

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4. What time does she get up? _______________________________________________________

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5. What’s the first thing she does after getting up? ___________________________________

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6. Why doesn’t she prepare breakfast for her family? _________________________________

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7. When does she take the children home? ____________________________________________

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8. Why does Alice want to hold a jumble sale? _________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

9. What time does she arrive home? __________________________________________________

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D. Now say what/who the underlined words refer to in the text.

1. she (line 1) __________________________________ 2. them (line 2) _________________________________

3. they (line 6) ________________________________ 4. I (line 12) ____________________________________

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Answers:

A. 1-A 2-B 3-B 4-C 5-C 6-A

B.1. False. Alice takes children to school.

2. False. She wakes up and a few minutes later she gets up.
3. True.
4. True.
5. False. Children sometimes forget their things in the bus.

C.1. Alice is a bus driver. She takes children to school and then takes them back home.
2. Queensbridge School is in Mosley, Birmingham.
3. Alice lives with her husband and her two children – Jane and Betsy.
4. She gets up around 6 o’clock.
5. She has a shower.
6. She doesn’t prepare breakfast for her family because they only get up at 7:30.
7. She takes the children home after school, at 4 o’clock.
8. She wants to hold a jumble sale because she has lots of stuff that children leave on
the bus and then forget to collect.
9. She arrives home at 5.

D. Now say what/who the underlined words refer to in the text.

1. she (line 1) Alice2. them (line 2) the children3. they (line 6) Alice’s family4. I (line
12) Alice