Lesson 6

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with these words from the story.

1. At the end of the basketball match, the referee blew his whistle.

2. If you have a disease, you should go to hospital.

3. Amira stood on the shore and looked at the sea.

4. I trust my brother because he always does what he says he will do.

5. The bird sat on the branch of the tree and sang.

Reading

2. Complete the summary using the words in the box.

The Hispaniola comes near to the Treasure Island.
Silver is still (1) kind to Jim, but Jim does not (2) trust him now because he knows he is a pirate and he has a group of other pirates in the crew.
Jim tells (3) Dr Livesy, Mr Trelawney and Captain Smollett about the pirates’ plan to kill them and take the ship.
They are (4) surprised because the crew has worked hard on the journey.
(5) Captain Smollett thinks of a plan. He tells the crew that they can (6) relax on the island in the afternoon. (7) thirteen men go onto the island.
Jim joins them, but as soon as the boat reaches the beach, Jim runs into the trees.
(8) Silver kills (9) two sailors who do not want to join him and the other pirates.
Jim hears this and hides. He wonders what to do next.

3. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.

1 Captain Smollett and his team decided not to go back after knowing about Silver and his men’s plans because ...

A. if they went back suddenly, they might be killed at once.
B. if they decided to continue, they might convince the other good sailors to join them.
C. they would wait for the right time to catch them.
D. All of the above.

2. Jim trusted …

A. only seven men of the crew.
B. none of the crew.
C. six of the crew.
D. Everyone on the ship.

3 If one of the sailors refused to be on Silver’s side, Silver would …

A. get rid of him at once.
B. wait till the sailor made a mistake and kill him.
C. try to convince him and if he refused to join his party, Silver would get rid of him.
D. let him go.