Riddle’s only daughter and Rosy was in love with him.. Jim had a friend called Pilkins who worked as a night clerk at a drug-store.. Pilkins crushed two tablets, which contained a quarte
Trang 1THE LOVE DRUG
Ex.1) Read the text and fill in the gaps with the verbs in past tenses.
Jim, a young car-driver, 1 (be) a boarder at old Riddle’s He was in love with Rosy,
Mr Riddle’s only daughter and Rosy was in love with him They 2 (want) to get married, but her father was against it as he hoped to find a rich husband for his daughter
One evening Jim and Rosy 3 (decide) to elope, but the girl 4 often (change) her mind before, so the young man wanted to give her the ‘love drug’ to be sure that Rosy
5 _ (keep) her promise.
Jim had a friend called Pilkins who worked as a night clerk at a drug-store Jim 6 (tell) Pilkins about his plans and asked his friend to help him Jim 7 (not know) that Pilkins was his rival as the latter was secretly in love with Rosy.
Pilkins crushed two tablets, which contained a quarter of grain of morphia, to a powder and
8 ( hand) that ‘ love drug’ to Jim telling him to give it to Rosy with water He also said that the powder 9 (make) the girl sleep for several hours.
When Jim 10 _ (go) Pilkins 11 _ (run) to Mr Riddle and 12 _ (tell) him everything The father was furious; later he loaded his gun and wanted to shoot Jim at night.
Pilkins 13 _ (go) home and waited for the news of the tragedy In the morning the first
man he 14 (see) when he stepped out of the shop was Jim who seized his friend’s hand and
15 _ (say) that he and Rosy had been married the previous night Then he told Pilkins that he
16 (put) the powder in old Riddle’s coffee because he 17 _
(decide) not to play any tricks on the girl
(Abridged version ‘The Love Drug’ by O.Henry)
Ex 2) Jim and Rosy invite you to their wedding party but the invitation is not right Put the sentences
in the correct order.
Ex 3) Describe these people using the adjectives from the box Then explain your choice.
talkative/ lovely / angry / shy / friendly/ mean / dishonest / pretty / strict / frank / secretive / jealous / arrogant/
1 Jim is 2 Rosy is _
3 Pilkins is _ 4 Mr Riddle is
wonderful party
Come to Jim
priest will marry
the church in Park
them We will enjoy a
Street where the local
and Rosy’s wedding at
Ex.4) You are Pilkins You lost your job
Complete this form to find a new job.
Name:
Age:
Last job:
I can _
I am
_
I’d like _
Ex 5) Match the opposites.
1 marry a) insincere
2 happy b) enemy
3 frank c) poor
4 talkative d) divorce
5 furious e) sad
6 rival f) comedy
7 secretly g) quiet
8 rich h) pleased
9 friend i) companion
10 tragedy j) openly
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Jim, a young car-driver, 1 was a boarder at old Riddle’s He was in love with Rosy, Mr Riddle’s
only daughter, and Rosy was in love with him They 2 wanted to get married, but her father was
against it as he hoped to find a rich husband for his daughter
One evening Jim and Rosy 3 decided to elope, but the girl 4 had often changed her mind
before, so the young man wanted to give her the ‘love drug’ to be sure that Rosy 5 would keep her
promise.
Jim had a friend called Pilkins who worked as a night clerk at a drug-store Jim 6 told Pilkins
about his plans and asked his friend to help him Jim 7didn’t know that Pilkins was his rival as the
latter was secretly in love with Rosy.
Pilkins crushed two tablets, which contained a quarter of grain of morphia, to a powder and 8
handed that ‘ love drug’ to Jim telling him to give it to Rosy with water He also said that the
powder 9 would make the girl sleep for several hours.
When Jim 10 had gone Pilkins 11 ran to Mr Riddle and 12 told him everything The father
was furious, later he loaded his gun and wanted to shoot Jim at night.
Pilkins 13 went home and waited for the news of the tragedy In the morning the first man he 14
saw when he stepped out of the shop was Jim who seized his friend’s hand and 15 said that he and
Rosy had been married the previous night Then he told Pilkins that he 16 had pu the powder in old
Riddle’s coffee because he 17 had decided not to play any tricks on the girl
(Abridged version ‘The Love Drug’ by O.Henry)
Exercise 2
Come to Jim’s and Rosy’s wedding at the church in Park Street where the priest will marry them We will enjoy a wonderful party.
Exercises 3 and 4
Students’ own answers
Exercise 5
1 d 2 e 3 a 4 g 5 h 6 i 7 j 8 c 9 b 10 f