TASK: Read this group of stories and do the exercises given below:

Story 4

A bank worker in San Francisco decided to take his Siamese cat,

Morris, into work with him one day. While the man was speaking on
the telephone, Morris walked across the keyboard of his computer
and accidently keyed in a secret code that deleted files worth 100,000
dollars. As you can imagine, the man’s employers were not amused.

Story 5

While traveling in the north of England some

years ago, my husband and I stopped in a quiet place
for a picnic and played some Mozart on a CD player.
After a few minutes we looked up and realized that we
were surrounded by cows who were listening to the
music. When the Mozart was finished, we put on CD
of modern music. The cows immediately turned round
and walked off.

Story 6

People say that fish are cold, but this story proves that
they have feelings too.
A friend was moving to another country, so we took
her pet goldfish and put it in a bowl with our goldfish. They
lived together for six months, and the friend came back, we
separated them again, and she took her goldfish home.
I immediately noticed that my goldfish was behaving
strangely, banging against the side of the bowl. The next
morning he was floating on the surface, dead. Later that day
my friend phoned to say that her goldfish was also dead.
I believe they died of a broken heart.
I.
1. What about your pets? Do they like listening to classic music?

2. People become more responsible when keeping pets. Do you agree?

3. What would you do if you were the owner of those 2 poor fish?

II. Complete the sentences:

a. If the banker hadn’t taken his cat to the

work…………………………………………………………………………
b. If the tourists hadn’t put the modern
music………………………………………………………………………..
c. If the owners of the fish hadn’t separated
them…………………………………………………………………………