Reading Test (7), I semester

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A famous English writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, travelled in France. A French taxi- driver once played a joke on him. The man drove Sir Arthur from the station to a hotel. After receiving the pay he said, “Thank you, Mr. Conan Doyle.” Sir Arthur was surprised. “Why, how did you guess my name?” asked Sir Arthur. “Well, sir, I saw in the papers that you were coming from the south of France to Paris. From your appearance I understood that you were English; the barbers of the south of France use to cut hair in the style you have: not long. I put two and two together and came to the conclusion it was you” “That is very clever. Well, but how did you know my name?” “Well,” said the man, “it was very simple: your name is on your suitcases.”

What country did the taxi driver live in?

A famous English writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, travelled in France. A French taxi- driver once played a joke on him. The man drove Sir Arthur from the station to a hotel. After receiving the pay he said, “Thank you, Mr. Conan Doyle.” Sir Arthur was surprised. “Why, how did you guess my name?” asked Sir Arthur. “Well, sir, I saw in the papers that you were coming from the south of France to Paris. From your appearance I understood that you were English; the barbers of the south of France use to cut hair in the style you have: not long. I put two and two together and came to the conclusion it was you” “That is very clever. Well, but how did you know my name?” “Well,” said the man, “it was very simple: your name is on your suitcases.”

How did A. Conan Doyle get to the hotel?

A famous English writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, travelled in France. A French taxi- driver once played a joke on him. The man drove Sir Arthur from the station to a hotel. After receiving the pay he said, “Thank you, Mr. Conan Doyle.” Sir Arthur was surprised. “Why, how did you guess my name?” asked Sir Arthur. “Well, sir, I saw in the papers that you were coming from the south of France to Paris. From your appearance I understood that you were English; the barbers of the south of France use to cut hair in the style you have: not long. I put two and two together and came to the conclusion it was you” “That is very clever. Well, but how did you know my name?” “Well,” said the man, “it was very simple: your name is on your suitcases.”

Where did A. Conan Doyle come to Paris from?