Focus on Words

Rosemary, laughing, leaned against the door and said: “I picked her up in the
street. Really. She asked me for the price of a cup of tea and I brought her home with
me.’
“Congratulations!” Philip sounded as though he were joking. “But what on earth
are you going to do with her?”
“Be nice to her”, said Rosemary quickly, “look after her. I don’t know how. We
haven’t talked yet. Just show her —’ treat her — make her feel —”
“But,” said Philip slowly, and he cut the end of a cigar, “she’s so extremely pretty.
She can’t be more than twenty.”’
“Pretty?” Rosemary was so surprised that she blushed. “Do you think so? I — I
hadn’t thought about it.”
“Good Lord!” Philip took a match. “She’s absolutely lo vely. Look again, my child.
But let me know if Miss Smith is going to dine with us!”
“You absurd creature!” said Rosemary, and she went out of the library, but not
back to her bedroom. She went to her writing-room and sat down at her desk. Pretty!
Absolutely lovely! Her heart beat like a heavy bell. She opened a drawer, took out five
pound notes, looked at them, put two back, and holding the three in her hand, went
back to her bedroom.
Comprehension
1. Describe the main characters: Rosemary, her husband, their guest.
2. Do you think Rosemary was a deep personality?
3. How would you behave in her place?
4. Was she really kind?
5. Why did her husband praise the guest?
6. Do you have a liking to Miss Smith? to the young couple?
7. What do you think is the end of the story?
Read the end of the story on page 56.
1. a. corrected b. being corrected c. to correct d. to be corrected
2. a. being b. been c. to have been d. to be
3. a. making b. to make c. to be making d. make
4. a. doing b. to do c. having done d. to have done
5. a. to perfect b. perfecting c.perfect d. be perfected
6. a. to b.from c. that d. than
7. a. explore b. to explore c. exploring d. being explore
7. Match to make sentences.
1. You’ve sent the letter I gave you, a. don’t you?
2. You catch the bus to school, b. didn’t you?
3. You won’t tell anyone about this, c. will you?
4. You’re a friend of Jack, d. haven’t you?
5. You were living in Hong Kong then, e. do you?
6. You never work more than you have to, f. did you?
7. You made no effort to make friends with Mike, g. weren’t you?
8. You got Jimmy a cap for his birthday, h. aren’t you?
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