Choose the correct word from the following pairs of words and write each one in the correct blank

computer/deposit wrote/writes on/off withdrawal/account cheques/crime

a. There is a lot of_________________ with computers in banks today.

b. One thief told the computer not to take any money out of his_________________ if he paid by cheque.

c. Another thief_________________ his account number on other people's deposit forms.

d. And a third thief asked the computer to take ten cents_________________ everyone's account and put it in his.

e. It seems as if_________________ crime will always be with us.

UNIT 11

The picture

Pre-reading activity

1. Do you believe you can talk to someone who is dead?

2. Look at the picture. What do you think is happening?

3. Where is Paris?

In 1928 a famous American artist called Girard Hale went to France to paint a picture of a rich French lady. He took a train from Paris to the French lady's house. On the train he met a young girl. She began talking to him.

'Could you paint me from memory?' she asked him.

'I could, but I would like it better if you were in front of me,' the artist replied.

Soon the train stopped at a station. The young girl got off the train. The artist asked for her name but she would not tell him. Later that day Mr. Hale saw the girl again. She was in the French lady's house. She spoke to him and then walked quickly past him into another room. He told the French lady and her husband about the young girl. He asked who she was. They told him that there was no young girl in the house.

'But I have seen her and spoken to her,' Mr. Hale said.

'Can you draw this girl?' asked the husband.

‘Yes,' the artist replied, and he drew a picture of the girl. The French lady looked at the picture and fainted. Her husband helped her to a chair. Then he picked up the picture.

‘This is a picture of our daughter,' he said.

‘There is nothing strange about that,' the artist said. 'I saw her a few minutes ago and I also met her on the train.'

'No, you did not,' the husband said.

'She died five years ago.'

New words

memory: I have a good memory. I know the names of all the films I have seen.

station: I got off the train at the last station.

reply: I wrote a letter to my brother and he replied the next day.

faint: When John saw the blood, he fainted.

Main idea

Circle the correct answer.

The story is about…

1. an artist who spoke to a girl who was dead.

2. a French lady and her husband.

3. an artist and his rich friends.

4. a lady who fainted.

5. a new picture.

Vocabulary

Draw lines to join the matching words and phrases.

a. reply • stepped down from

b. got off • answer

c. again • a place where a train stops

d. station • another time

Complete these sentences using words from the box.

Fainted artist husband memory reply station daughter strange

a. The artist met the French woman and her____________ at her house.

b. The woman____________ when she heard the artist had seen her daughter.

c. The artist could draw the young girl from____________.

d. Girard Hale was an American____________.

e. I have two sons and one____________.

f. Please____________ to my last letter.

g. Does this train stop at the next____________?

h. This is a very____________ story.

Choose and write the correct word.

a. Sally was holding the baby so badly, she____________ dropped it. almost/closely

b. Helen is their only daughter, but they have five____________. sons/friends

c. After the cup broke, I____________ the pieces and threw them away. dropped/picked up

d. The teacher has______________ to the letter from the student's mother. answered/replied

Looking for detail

Answer these questions about the story.

a. Why was Girard Hale in France?

b. What did the girl on the train ask Mr. Hale if he could do?

c. Why did Mr. Hale asked the French lady and her husband about the young girl?

d. What did the French lady do when she saw the picture?

e. Do you think the young girl got off the train at the same station as Mr. Hale? Explain your answer.

f. Who does 'she' refer to in paragraph 3?

g. What was strange about Mr. Kale's meeting the young girl?

h. Can you explain how Mr. Hale saw a girl who had died five years before?

i. How did the French lady know Mr. Hale had seen her daughter?