A) DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE(T) OR FALSE(F)

Chapters 1 , 2 and 3

1. The narrator’s name was Ellen.

2. Al was 6 years older than his sister.
3. When Al was born, Ellen felt abandoned.
4. There were a lot of photos of Al but very few of Ellen.
5. Al felt jealous of his sister.
6. Ellen’s and Al’s father started drinking after their mother died.
7. Ellen had a good relationship with her father and brother.
8. Ellen studied medicine.
9. When Al grew up, he started a band.
10. Al made a lot of money with his music.
11. Ellen met John and had 2 children wih him.
12. All lived like a rich man and helped Ellen with money.
13. Ellen’s father liked John very much.
14. Ellen lived in the small house where her parents lived before.
15. Ellen was unhappy with John because he had a lot of other girls.

B)READ THE SENTENCES AND MATCH THESE HALVES (chapters 4 and 5)

1. When Al came back from his tour…

2. He had some new friends, the Futures…
3. Dan Future wore a dark suit…
4. But Ellen didn’t understand…
5. Two weeks later Ellen went to Al’s house…
6. She couldn’t find Al…
7. The Futures took her down to the music room…
 8. They told her that Al’s body was frozen, …
9. The Futures were going to look after Al’s house and money…
10. And when there was a cure for AIDS…
11. Ellen was very angry about this…

a) and looked like a businessman.

b) but she found the Futures in the garden.
c) while he was sleeping in the freezer.
d) and at first Ellen thought they were boring.
e) but he was not dead.
f) he looked thin and white and sick.
g) because now she could not get Al’s house and money.
h) why a businessman wanted to talk about death.
i) and showed her Al’s body in the freezer.
j) because she wanted to say Happy Birthday to Al.
k) the doctors would wake Al up and cure him.

C)ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE? (chapter 6)

1. Ellen paid for an hour of a lawyer’s time.
2. The lawyer wasn’t sure that he could win.
3. Ellen didn’t have a key to Al’s house.
4. She cried when she switched the freezer off.
5. She waited because she wanted to be sure that the freezer was getting warmer.
6. When she touched the Futures’ car, the alarm went off.

D) COMPLETE THIS PASSAGE WITH THESE LINKING WORDS

and at first because but then when while

Ellen was angry with the Futures________________they were going to look after Al’s money.
_________________Ellen did not know what to do, but __________________she had an idea.
She went to Al’s house _________________switched the freezer off. She left the house
quietly, _______________the police caught her _______________they heard the car alarm.
They took her to the police station and __________________they were all talking, Al’s body
was getting warmer and warmer.
E) COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN AL AND DAN FUTURE

D: Hi, I´m Dan Future. I work with cryonics.

A: Cryonics? ________________________________?(1)

D: Well, it is the science of freezing people.

A: Freezing people? But why_____________________________? (2)

D: We freeze people to save their lives, Al. People who are very ill, and who are going to die
because doctors can’t help them.

A: But, does freezing_________________________________? (3)

D: No, it doesn’t make them healthy again. It just keeps their bodies alive.

A: How long ________________________________________? (4)

D: Their bodies can be alive for hundreds of years.

A: But why _________________________________? (5)They will still be ill when they wake
up.

D: Yes, they will still be ill in a hundred years’ time but there will be new medicines by then-
better medicines!

A: Ah. The new medicines will cure illnesses that kill people today.

D: That’s right, Al. For example, doctors can’t cure AIDS today, but in a hundred years´time
maybe they can. Do _____________________________________________? (6)

A: Well…maybe I know someone who has AIDS and needs help. Tell me, Mr Future, how
much_________________________________?(7)

D: Well, the cost of the treatment depends on the seriousness of the illness but it costs about
US190.000 dollars.

A: Wow! That IS expensive, isn’t it?

D: Yes, but there is no price to life.

F) COMPLETE THESE TWO NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT ELLEN AND AL WITH THE WORDS
GIVEN BELOW

STORY 1

CRIMINALS DEAD DRUG ELECTRICITY FROZE KILLED PRISON SICK

STEAL SWITCHED TRUE TRUSTED

Ellen Shore didn’t kill her brother Al. She ________________off the _________________to
the freezer, that’s ____________________, but Al was already ____________________when
she did that. The people who __________________Al Shore were the Futures. They gave a
dangerous sleeping ________________to a __________________man, and
______________his body to -196 C. That’s what killed him. Poor Al Shore _____________the
Futures, but they are ____________________who wanted to _______________a rich man’s
money. They must go to ___________________, and Ellen must be free!

STORY 2

BACTERIA CURE DIE DYING FINGERPRINTS FREEZER GUILTY HEALTHY

MEDICINE MURDERER SAVE

Ellen Shore is __________________of murder. First she tried to kill her brother with
dangerous ________________in syringes – and her _______________were on those syringes.
Poor Al Shore knew he was________________ and he left a letter for us. “In a hundred years’
time,”he wrote, “there will be a _______________that can ______________AIDS. Then I can
wake up and live a long, _______________life. The Futures wanted to _______________Al’s
life, not to kill him. But Ellen wanted Al to ___________________, so she turned off the
______________. She is a __________________!
G) MATCH THESE HEADLINES WITH STORY 1 OR STORY 2 IN ACTIVITY F

1. ROCK STAR DIES IN FREEZER

2. WHO KILLED AL SHORE?
3. ELLEN SHORE- GUILTY!
4. BE CAREFUL – THE FUTURES ARE COMING!
5. CRAZY CRYONICS!
6. SISTER MURDERS BROTHER
7. HOW TO STEAL A RICH MAN’S HOUSE