Reading 6 grade(I)

The story.

Three men came to New York for a holiday. They came to a very large hotel and took a room there. Their room was on the forty-fifth floor. In the evening the friends went to the theatre and came back to the hotel very late.

“I am very sorry”, said the clerk of the hotel, “but the lifts do not work tonight. If you don’t want to walk up to your room, we can make beds for you in the hall’. “No, no”, said one of the friends, “No, thank you. We don’t want to sleep in the hall. We can walk up to our room”. Then he turned to his friends and said : “ It is not easy to walk up to the forty-fifth floor, but we can make it easier. On the way to the room I will tell you some jokes; then you, Andy, will sing us some songs; then you, Peter, will tell us some interesting stories”.

So they began walking up to their room. Tom told them many jokes; Andy sang some songs. At last they came to the thirty-sixth floor. They were tired and decided to have a rest. “Well”, said Tom, “now it is your turn, Peter. After all the jokes, I would like to hear a sad story. Tell us a long and interesting story with a sad end”.

“The story which I am going to tell you”, said Peter, “is sad enough. We left the key to our room in the hall’.

The men took three rooms on the 45th floor. (True or false?)

In the evening the men went to the theatre so they came back late.

The clerk of the hotel said them to leave the hotel.

When they were walking upstairs Tom told many jokes and Peter sang songs.

Peter started to tell a sad story on the 36th floor.

The men left the key to the room in the hall.

Three men came to New York for            [a party, a theatre, a holiday]

The clerk said that the lifts don’t work                         [every evening, today in the evening, often]

Before walking up to the room they decided to                                         [sing songs, tell jokes, tell stories, tell jokes, tell stories, sing songs, tell jokes, sing songs, tell stories].

They decided to have a rest on the             [36th floor, 45th floor, 46th floor].

They asked Peter to tell a long interesting story with               [a happy end, a sad end, a humour end].

Do correct order according the text.