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in a red-hot hurry latchkey
II. AFTER LISTENING TASKS. COMPREHENSION CHECK
GENERAL COMPREHENSION
a. Listen to the story once to answer the following questions
1. What did the man do when he saw a shadow on the window pane?
2. How did the intruder get into the room?
3. What did he feel when the light was suddenly switched on?
4. Describe the “intruder”’s appearance.
5. Who did the man take him for?
6. What questions did he ask the intruder?
7. Was the intruder frightened?
8. Why did the intruder choose that evening to break into the flat? What
information could he read in newspapers?
9. Did the “intruder” agree to be handed over to the police? Why?
10. Why did the man ask him to open the safe?
11. Why did he agree to open the strongbox in 5 minutes?
12. Did he know that there was a revolver in the safe?
13. Why did the man pretend to be dead when the shot was fired?
14. Why didn’t Dawson notice that the man was alive?
15. Why did Dawson get home through the window?
16. What happened with the other man?
DETAILED COMPREHENSION
b. Listen to the story another time. Are these statements true or false?
Give reasons
1. The man was going to take off his silk hat when he heard some noise.
2. The man waited till the intruder got into the room and then switched on the
light.
3. The man who had got in through the window was armed.
4. The man gave him only 5 minutes to open the burglar-proof safe.
5. The intruder opened the safe because he had brought some tools with him.
6. He managed to open the strongbox while the other man was opening the
window.
7. After Dawson had killed the man he telephoned to the police.
8. Dawson returned home because he learnt that the Clyley kidnapping case had
been solved. 
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in a red-hot hurry                             latchkey


   II.      AFTER LISTENING TASKS . COMPREHENSION CHECK

            GENERAL COMPREHENSION

       a. Listen to the story once to answer the following questions
   1. What did the man do when he saw a shadow on the window pane?
   2. How did the intruder get into the room?
   3. What did he feel when the light was suddenly switched on?
   4. Describe the “intruder”’s appearance.
   5. Who did the man take him for?
   6. What questions did he ask the intruder?
   7. Was the intruder frightened?
   8. Why did the intruder choose that evening to break into the flat? What
       information could he read in newspapers?
   9. Did the “intruder” agree to be handed over to the police? Why?
   10. Why did the man ask him to open the safe?
   11. Why did he agree to open the strongbox in 5 minutes?
   12. Did he know that there was a revolver in the safe?
   13. Why did the man pretend to be dead when the shot was fired?
   14. Why didn’t Dawson notice that the man was alive?
   15. Why did Dawson get home through the window?
   16. What happened with the other man?

            DETAILED COMPREHENSION

         b. Listen to the story another time. Are these statements true or false?
            Give reasons
   1.    The man was going to take off his silk hat when he heard some noise.
   2.    The man waited till the intruder got into the room and then switched on the
         light.
   3.    The man who had got in through the window was armed.
   4.    The man gave him only 5 minutes to open the burglar-proof safe.
   5.    The intruder opened the safe because he had brought some tools with him.
   6.    He managed to open the strongbox while the other man was opening the
         window.
   7.    After Dawson had killed the man he telephoned to the police.
   8.    Dawson returned home because he learnt that the Clyley kidnapping case had
         been solved.

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