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READING & TRAINING

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes

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4 He used his knowledge of baritsu.

5 Because Moriartys men wanted to
kill him.
6 Because, in this way, Watson
would write a really convincing
report of his death.
7 He read about the Park Lane
mystery.

The Return of

1 cheat 2 Murder 3 weapon

4 inspector 5 investigate

CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON

Part 1
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1 NO 2 NO 3 YES 4 NO 5 YES
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EXERCISES

Introduction

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1859
Edinburgh University
medicine
the great detective created by
Doyle
Dr Watson
221b Baker Street
Holmess arch-enemy
logical deduction and careful
observation
historic novels
Because Holmes, his most famous
literary creation, was completely
against such ideas and beliefs.
7 July 1930

THE EMPTY HOUSE

Part 1
Page 8 exercise 1
1 spring 2 Holmes 3 rich 4 cards
5 ten 6 goodnight 7 worried
8 force

1894
Ronald Adair
427 Park Lane
10 pm and 11.30 pm
his living room
He was shot in the head.
He seems to have been counting
his winnings and losses at cards.

Page 16 exercise 2
1 found next to the body
2 it was locked
3 There were no footprints there. No
one jumped out of the window.
4 it was open
5 Park Lane is a busy street, but
nobody heard a shot.
The servant heard him go up to his
living room, and his mother came to
say goodnight to him at 11.30.
Page 16 exercise 3
1 in Park Lane
2 he fainted
3 He had thought that Holmes was
dead.

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Part 2

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Page 36 exercise 2

1D 2A 3G 4H 5E 6B

1B 2B 3B 4A 5B 6A 7A

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Page 37 exercise 3

1 crime 2 investigate 3 dishonesty

4 cheat 5 charge 6 inspector
7 shot 8 weapon 9 inquest
10 murder 11 murderer

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Holmes certainly desired

honesty, openness and justice,
and these are all the things that
Milverton does not respect. He
carries out his blackmail
business in secret, and he uses
servants to harm ladies and
gentlemen. Also Milverton
seems to enjoy his blackmailing
very much. He has a smile on
his face that shows that he is
arrogant. Lady Brackwells life
is of no interest to him: if she
does not pay and suffers, it will
help him make more money
from other of his victims. In
other words, a murderer does
something horrible, but
Milverton is against all those
ideals that a man like Sherlock
Holmes considers essential.

Personal response

THE SECOND STAIN

Part 1

Part 2

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Page 38 exercise 1

1B 2A 3C 4C 5A

Personal response

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Page 37 exercise 5

1 Agatha 2 early 3 wake 4 study

5 back door 6 fire 7 unlocked
8 safe 9 curtains
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1 ML/E 2 M/C 3 S/G 4 H/F 5 L/D
6 H/B 7 M/A
Page 45 exercise 2

The Immortal Sherlock Holmes

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Page 50 exercise 1

1 only the 2 because it is 3 few

4 nothing 5 may 6 no one 7 not able

Personal response
Page 46 exercise 4

1 in the 1890s
2 It gives you the impression that
Holmes and Watson really existed.
3 Many films and television films
have been made of his adventures.
4 1900
5 the 1980s
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Personal response
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Page 60 exercise 4
1B 2B 3B 4B 5A 6B 7A 8A
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Part 2
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1C 2A 3B 4D 5C 6C
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Page 70 exercise 1

Lord Bellinger, Trelawney Hope

an important secret document
it is in a long, pale-blue envelope
The publication of this document
could cause a war.
5 the night before at dinner time
6 three international spies: Oberstein,
La Rothiere and Eduardo Lucas
1 Because if the police knew, then
the public would know, and they
didnt want the public to know.
2 He is a light sleeper and somebody
entered his bedroom without
waking him up.
3 the Cabinet, two or three members
of the department and the man
who wrote it
4 He told him that he could not work
on the case unless the Prime
Minister told him.
5 a foreign spy
6 They are foreign spies.
7 He shows him an article about the
death of Lucas.

1 So that the servant with her

mistresss letters can enter
Milvertons study.
2 nothing
3 Yes, he does. He says the man seen
by the servants could be Watson,
which is true. He also says that
Milvertons murder is a case of
private revenge, which is also true.

Part 3
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2 spies, amazes
6 love letters, amazement
4 stain, stain
1 consult, safe, briefcase
5 empty
3 upset, missing, investigates,
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Page 78 exercise 2

Dear Mr Holmes,

1 An important document is stolen.

2 The person who lost the document
will have his career ruined.
3 The person who stole the document
is a member of the family.
4 The document remains in the
persons house.

I had to thank you for your help. You

have certainly saved the career of my
husband. I am truly sorry for keeping
the truth from you. Please
understand how embarrassing the
situation was for me. I took the letter
to save my marriage, but, of course,
I felt terrible when I discovered how
important that letter was.
In the end, all is well and I am finally

Page 79 exercise 3
Personal response

1A 2B 3A 4C 5A
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happy and calm again. It all seems

like a bad dream.

2 Guard the house!

3 Can you help me, Mr Holmes?
4 Mr Cubitt, bring me some more
examples of the code.
5 Bring in the breakfast, Mrs
Hudson.

Page 98 exercise 1
Element of
Crime Scene

Notes/comments

Explanation

Smell of gunpowder

Very strong on the stairs.

Draught caused by the open

window and the door.

Mr Cubitt

Dead. Shot in the heart.

Dont know
Found wearing his pyjamas.

Mrs Cubitt

Alive, but seriously injured. Dont know

Shot in head.
Found wearing a dress.

Window

Shut and locked on inside.

Closed by Mrs Cubitt on

instinct.

Gun

Personal response

Found on floor, between

husband and wife.
Two bullets missing

Dont know

Page 82 exercise 1

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1 Holmes asked Watson to write a
note to Lestrade.
2 Holmes told Watson not to talk
with his wife about the case.
3 Mr Cubitt asked Elsie to marry him.
4 Elsie told Hilton not to worry
about her.
5 Holmes asked Watson to bring him
that days newspaper.
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Third bullet

Found in the windowsill.

Page 82 exercise 2

1 Hilton asked Elsie to tell him the

truth.
2 Hilton asked Elsie to tell him about
her problem.
3 Elsie told Hilton to take her
somewhere quieter.
4 Hilton told the waiter to bring
them some cakes.
5 Elsie asked Hilton to do something
very difficult for her.
6 Hilton told Elsie not to worry.
7 Elsie told Hilton never to ask her
about her past.

Dont know, but somebody

inside the room must have
fired at somebody outside
and missed.

Handbag

It contained 20 50-pound
banknotes.

Dont know

Please accept my invitation to come

and dine with my husband and me
some evening. Bring your very
charming friend, Dr Watson, and his
wife.
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Your grateful friend and admirer,
Lady Hilda

THE DANCING MEN

Part 1

1 child 2 post 3 very strange

4 frighten 5 America 6 London
7 past 8 money 9 secret
Page 90 exercise 1
1 simple and honest
2 a very old family that has lived at
Ridling Thorpe Manor for 500
years
3 a code
4 to solve the code
5 She saw somebody in the garden.
6 He says that they must go to
Norfolk immediately.

Part 2

Page 90 exercise 2

Page 92 exercise 1

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1 Holmes can you explain the
mystery?

1C 2A 3B 4C 5A

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1 Because Holmes got there too soon.
2 Mrs Cubitt shot her husband and
then shot herself.
3 She said that there was a strong
smell of gunpowder on the stairs.
4 Because when he heard Miss
Saunders explanation, he
immediately thought that the door
and the window of the study were
open creating a draught and
probably a third person was
outside the window.
5 A note in an envelope.
Page 99 exercise 3
1A 2B 3B 4A 5B 6A 7B 8B

Page 99 exercise 4
Subject area

Excellent

Sports

Politics
Chemistry

Astronomy
Modern history
of English crime

Bad

Philosophy

Literature

Anatomy

Music

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Personal response

Part 3
Page 100 exercise 1
Personal response
Page 100 exercise 2
1 book 2 E 3 four of 4 flags
5 past life 6 by her first name
Page 107 exercise 1
1 T
2 F No, he came because he
thought she was in great danger
after reading the note saying
Elsie, prepare to meet thy God.
3 F She left America to get away
from Abe Slaney.
4 F It was invented by Elsies
father to communicate with other
members of his secret criminal
organization.
5 F He read about it in the
newspaper.
6 T
Page 107 exercise 2
Mr Cubitt was shot in the heart by
Abe Slaney.
She shot herself after the death of
her husband.

Mr Cubitt shot at Slaney who was

trying to pull Elsie out of the window,
but he missed and hit the windowsill.
This was the money Elsie offered Abe
Slaney to make him go away.
Page 107 exercise 3
1 educated guess
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educated guess
educated guess
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Page 108 exercise 4

1 wedding 2 quickly 3 injury
4 pyjamas 5 examine 6 drawing
7 fainted
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Page 109 exercise 5

1 drawings 2 past 3 code
4 husband 5 herself 6 third
7 handcuffs 8 engaged 9 The Joint
10 father 11 boss 12 invented
13 crime 14 newspaper 15 closed

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