C O N T E N T S
1. An Honest Boy 4
2. Buying a CD Player 6
3. The Stolen Bicycle 8
4. A Train Journey 10
5. Parrot Talk 12
6. Making a Complaint 14
7. Cooking a Meal 16
8. Letter to a Pen Pal 18
9. Skipper 20
10. Payment in Full 22
11. Reporting a Crime 24
12. The Circus 26
13. Reading a Street Map 28
14. The Cure 30
15. Asking for Advice 32
16. The Wedding 34
17. Scrabble 36
18. Horse Medicine 38
19. Joining a Library 40
20. Student Prize-winners 42
21. Planning a Visit 44
22. Memory 46
23. Planning a Party 48
24. An E-mail Message 50
25. Reply to an E-mail Message 52
26. Smart 54
27. The Lost Pen 56
28. Students’ Expenses 58
29. A Budget 60
30. Cheap Parking 62
31. Buying a Chair 64
32. Lost Underground 66
33. Acting the Part 68
34. The Bed 70
35. A Narrow Escape 72
36. Traveling by Train 74
37. Please Help! 76
38. In the Air 78
39. Sports Day 80
40. Winning 82
U NIT 1 An Honest Boy
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hen people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward. This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time to find its owner or take it to the police station.There was once a young boy who found a woman’s purse in a shopping center. Inside the purse there was some money and the woman’s driver’s license.
Her name and address were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived. That evening he went to her house and knocked on her door. When she opened it, he said, “I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much,” she said. She opened her purse and took out all the money. She wanted to give the boy a small reward but there were only $20 bills in the purse and she thought that $20 was too much to give the boy. “I’m so sorry,” she said, “but I don’t have any small change to give you.”
The boy said, “That’s all right,” and went away.
A few days later he found another woman’s purse. It also had her driver’s license in it, so he knew where she lived. He went to her house and said, “I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much,” she said. She opened her purse and took out her money.
“That’s strange,” she said. “Before I lost my purse I had a $100 bill and a $20 bill in it. Now I have a $100 bill, a $10 bill and two
$5 bills.”
“Yes,” the boy said, and smiled.
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Vocabulary Review Vocabulary Review
Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension
Summary Summary
5 Match each word with its meaning.
1. valuable a. small money (bills or coins)
2. change b. something for doing a good thing
3. reward c. worth a lot
Choose the best answer.
1. Why did the boy smile at the end of the story?
a. He changed the bills in her purse. b. He kept some of the money.
d. He wanted to look honest. d. He thought the woman was funny.
2. How did the boy know the owner of the purse?
a. He saw her drop the purse. b. Someone told him the name of the woman.
c. He took the purse from her. d. Something in the purse had her name on it.
3. After the boy returned the purse to the first woman, he felt _____.
a. proud b. excited
c. disappointed d. confused
4. The boy “handed the purse to” the woman? This means he _____ it to her.
a. dropped b. gave
c. threw d. took
Fill in each blank with the correct word.
A boy found a purse and _____ it to the owner. The owner said she wanted to give him a _____, but she did not have any small bills. The boy found _____ purse. It only had large bills in it. He _____ the $20 bill into smaller bills, so the _____ could give him a reward.
returned reward changed another owner
