English

TEXT 20

Mr. Knott was a teacher. He taught in a big school in London. He lived a
long way from the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home. At
nine o’clock one evening, when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the
hall of his small house, so he went downstairs, picked up the telephone and
said, ‘This is Whitebridge 3165. Who’s speaking, please?’
‘Watt,’ a man answered.
‘What’s your name, please?’ said Mr. Knott.
‘Watt’s my name,’ was the answer.
‘Yes, I asked you that. What’s your name?’ Mr. Knott said again.
‘I told you. Watt’s my name,’ said the other man. ‘Are you Jack Smith?’
‘No, I’m Knott,’ answered Mr. Knott.
‘Will you give me your name, please?’ said Mr. Watt.
‘Will Knott,’ answered Mr. Knott.
Both Mr. Watt and Mr. Will Knott put their telephones down angrily
and thought, ‘That was a rude, stupid man!’

Mr. Knott was a teacher. He taught in a big school in London. He lived a
long way from the school, so he was usually quite tired when he got home. At
nine o’clock one evening, when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the
hall of his small house, so he went downstairs, picked up the telephone and
said, ‘This is Whitebridge 3165. Who’s speaking, please?’
‘Watt,’ a man answered.
‘What’s your name, please?’ said Mr. Knott.
‘Watt’s my name,’ was the answer.
‘Yes, I asked you that. What’s your name?’ Mr. Knott said again.
‘I told you. Watt’s my name,’ said the other man. ‘Are you Jack Smith?’
‘No, I’m Knott,’ answered Mr. Knott.
‘Will you give me your name, please?’ said Mr. Watt.
‘Will Knott,’ answered Mr. Knott.
Both Mr. Watt and Mr. Will Knott put their telephones down angrily
and thought, ‘That was a rude, stupid man!’

A. Answer these questions.

1. Why was Mr. Knott usually tired in the evenings?

Mr knot’s house was far from school and he was very tired going to work.

1. Why did he get up and go downstairs when he was already in bed?

He got up and went downstairs because he got a call.

1. Who telephoned him?

Mr. Watt telephoned him.

1. Whom did Mr. Watt want to speak to?

Mr Watt want to speak to Jack Smith.

B. Do this puzzle.
Across:

• The name of the teacher in
  this story is Mr. Knott (two
  words).

• ‘Whom did Mr. Knott speak
  to on the telephone?’ ‘Mr.
  Watt.’

• Perhaps Mr. Knott went to
  the cinema on Saturday evenings
  to see a film.

• Trees and other plants grow
  in earth.

• Not yes. No

• Both men in this story got
  angry when they did not
  understand each other.

• Less polite. Ruder

• Mr. Knott went downstairs
  because the telephone rang.
  Down:

• We cut fruit up with this. knife

• In how many schools did Mr.
  Knott work? ‘In one’

• Mr. Knott was a teacher.

• Mr. Watt thought, ‘That was a
  rude, stupid man!’

• Mr. Watt waited until someone
  answered the telephone, and
  then he spoke.

• Perhaps Mr. Knott listened
  to the news on the radio be-
  fore he went to bed.

1. Why was Mr. Knott usually tired in the evenings?
2. Why did he get up and go downstairs when he was already in bed?
3. Who telephoned him?
4. Whom did Mr. Watt want to speak to?
5. When Mr. Knott said, ‘Will Knott,’ what did Mr. Watt think?
6. (He thought, ‘. . . .’)
7. B. Do this puzzle.
8. Across:
9. The name of the teacher in
10. this story is . . . . . . (two
11. words).
12. ‘Whom did Mr. Knott speak
13. . . . on the telephone?’ ‘Mr.
14. Watt.’
15. Perhaps Mr. Knott went to
16. the . . . on Saturday evenings
17. to see a film.
18. Trees and other plants grow
19. in . . . .
20. Not yes.
21. Both men in this story . . .
22. angry when they did not
23. understand each other.
24. Less polite.
25. Mr. Knott went downstairs
26. because the . . . rang.
27. Down:
28. We cut fruit up with this.
29. In how many schools did Mr.
30. Knott work? ‘In . . . .’
31. Mr. Knott was a . . . .
32. Mr. Watt . . . , ‘That was a
33. rude, stupid man!’
34. Mr. Watt waited . . . someone
35. answered the telephone, and
36. then he spoke.
37. Perhaps Mr. Knott listened
38. to the news on the . . . be-
39. fore he went to bed.
40. C. Write this story. Put the or nothing in each empty place.
41. George and Dorothy go to . . . school by . . . bus in . . . morning, but
42. they usually come home in . . . 5.15 train. George is Dorothy’s brother. He
43. doesn’t like school: when he is at . . . home, he listens to . . . radio or plays . .
44. . trumpet, and then he is happy. On . . . Monday morning he sometimes says,
45. ‘I have a terrible pain in . . . stomach,’ and he does not go to . . . school with
46. Dorothy. His father and mother are already at . . . work, so they do not
47. know. They go to . . . work very early. Dorothy plays . . . tennis a lot. When
48. she leaves school, she wants to go into . . . army.