1. Choose the best question-word for these questions and then answer them:

THE ENEMY

CHAPTERS 14-16

1. Choose the best question-word for these questions and then answer them:

How/What/Who/Why

1) … Malcolm get to Cladach Duillich?

2) … didn’t Cregar have Malcolm thrown in the sea?

3) … happened to Penny?

4) … would Cregar do if Malcolm promised to keep quiet about the laboratory?

5) … landed on the island while Malcolm was talking to Cregar?

6) … did the glass cases get broken?

7) … were released when the glass cases broke?

8) … did Benson kill Ashton after so many years?

9) … did Cregar set up the secret laboratory?

10) … asked Gillian to marry him?

11) … was so important about Ashton’s work?

12) … did Ashton hide his ideas instead of publishing them?

13) … did Malcolm refuse Ogilvie’s job?

CHAPTER 17

2. Before you listen to Chapter 17, can you guess what happens? For each sentence, circle Y (Yes) or N (No):

1) Penny gets worse again and dies. Y/N

2) Penny and Malcolm get married and are very happy. Y/N

3) Malcolm becomes very ill from the bacteria and dies. Y/N

4) Cregar dies and the newspapers publish the truth about him. Y/N

AFTER LISTENING ACTIVITIES

3. What would or might have happened if …? Complete these sentences in your own words:

1) If Mayberry had thrown the acid at Penny, __________

2) If Mayberry had not thrown the acid, __________

3) If George Aston had known that Penny had agreed to marry Malcolm, __________

4) It George Ashton hadn’t disappeared, __________

5) It Hartman had bought the model railway, __________

6) If Benson had not been loyal to Cregar, __________

7) If Ogilvie had let Malcolm talk to Aston in Sweden, __________

4. The work that Penny and Professor Lumsden were doing is known as “genetic engineering”. Do you agree (A) or disagree (D) with these statements? Explain why:

1) Genetic engineering is helpful because it means that we can produce better plants and animals, and therefore more food to feed the growing population of the world.

2) Research into genetics is helpful because it means that we can identify people who are likely to develop a serious disease.

3) Genetic engineering is dangerous because we do not know exactly what the results will be.

4) Scientists should learn everything they can from their experiments; they are not responsible for the use that politicians and others make of their discoveries.

5) It is the duty of politicians to control the use of scientific research.

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