Mr. Johnson was a rich old man. He lived in a beautiful house in the country with lots of servants, but his wife was dead, and he did not have any children.

Then he died suddenly, and people said, "His servants killed him, because they wanted his money.'

But the servants said, 'No, he killed himself.'

The police came and asked the servants a lot of questions, and after a few weeks, there was a big trial. There were two famous lawyers and several important witnesses.

Tell me, one of the lawyers said to a witness one day, 'did Mr. Johnson often talk to himself when he was alone? "I don't know,' the witness answered at once.

You don't know? The lawyer repeated angrily. 'You don't know? - But you were his best friend, weren't you? Why don't you know?

"Because I was never with him when he was alone,' the witness answered.

A     Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write Tor F.

1. Mr. Johnson was a rich young man.
2. He lived in a beautiful house with lots of servants.
3. His wife was dead, and he had one child.
4. How did Mr. Johnson die? The police did not know.
5. The witness said, 'Mr. Johnson often talked to himself.'
6. Mr. Johnson was always alone.

B     Answer these questions.

1. What did people say when Mr. Johnson died?
2. What did his servants say?
3. What did the police do?
4. What happened then?
5. What did one of the lawyers say to a witness?
6. What did the witness answer?
7. What did the lawyer say then?
8. And what did the witness answer?

C          Write this story. Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the words in the story.

Mr. Johnson married when he was 25. His….. 's name was Mary. She said, 'I want to have ...-two boys and two girls. But then she ..., and Mr. Johnson did not marry again, so he never had any sons or daughters. When he was young, he was rather poor, but when he was ... he became very ... and had a lot of.... They worked very well for him. Then Mr. Johnson died suddenly and the question was, did he kill..., or did his servants kill him to get his ...?' We did not....so there was a trial, and the lawyers tried to find the answer by asking... a lot of questions.