Reading Comprehension
- Read the text.
What I did in Texas!
A cowboy is travelling on his horse when he sees a bar. He decides to stop for a few drinks, so he ties his horse outside the bar, walks into the bar, sits right up at the counter and orders a few beers. This cowboy is new in town, so he notices some of the other bar patrons1 giving him funny looks2, and he suspects that they'll try something funny, but he continues to drink. When he's satisfied, he pays for the beers and walks out of the bar only to find his horse missing3.
However, he keeps his cool4, struts5 back into the bar, puts on a really mean look6 and says, "Look, I don't know what you did to my horse out there... but I'm planning to make a move on within the next five minutes, and if my horse isn't back where it's supposed to be by then7, well... I'm gonna have to do here what I did in Texas!" The cowboy sneers8. "And I don't wanna do what I did in Texas!"
The cowboy glares at everyone before returning to the counter and ordering another couple of beers. The other customers9 seem a bit shaken, and sure enough after 5 minutes, the cowboy walks out and finds his horse tied where it was supposed to be.
Just as he's about to leave, the barman approaches him and asks, "I'm just curious, partner. What was it you did in Texas that you didn't want to do here?" The cowboy turns to the barman, gives a lopsided grin10 and replies, "I had to walk home!11"
2.Write a translation or explanations to the phrases below
1 bar patron - ………………………………….
2 to give someone funny looks - ………………………………….
3 walks out... to find his horse missing - ………………………………….
4 to keep one's cool - ………………………………….
5 to strut - ………………………………….
6 to put on a mean look - ………………………………….
7by then - ………………………………….
8 to sneer - ………………………………….
9 customer - ………………………………….
10 to give a lopsided grin - ………………………………….
11 I had to walk home! - ………………………………….
3. Fill in the gaps and answer the questions
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Who is travelling … his horse? -
What does the … see? -
Where does the cowboy … his horse? -
Where does the cowboy … at the bar? -
What does the … do? -
Who gives him … looks?
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What … the cowboy suspect ? -
Who does … look at? -
Who keeps his cool … when he comes back into the bar? -
What does the cowboy answer to the …? |
4.Fill the gaps
A cowboy is travelling on his horse when he sees a bar. He __________ to stop for a few drinks, so he __________ his horse ___________ the bar, walks into the bar, sits right up at the _____________ and ___________ a few beers. This cowboy is new in town, so he ______________ some of the other bar ____________ giving him funny looks, and he _____________ that they'll ______________ something funny, but he ___________ to drink. When he's __________, he pays for the beers and walks out of the bar only to find his horse ___________________.
However, he keeps his cool, ______________ back into the bar, puts on a really __________ look and says, "Look, I don't know what you did to my horse out there... but I'm planning to make a _____________ on within the next five minutes, and if my horse isn't back where it's ________________ to be by then, well... I'm gonna have to do here what I did in Texas!" The cowboy _____________. "And I don't wanna do what I did in Texas!"
The cowboy _____________ at everyone before returning to the _____________ and ____________ another ____________ of beers. The other __________ seem a bit shaken, and sure _______________ after 5 minutes, the cowboy walks out and finds his horse _____________ where it was __________________ to be.
Just as he's about to leave, the barman __________________ him and asks, "I'm just _________________, partner. What was it you did in Texas that you didn't want to do here?" The cowboy turns to the barman, gives a _________________ grin and _________________, "I had to walk home!"
5.Transform in different tenses
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A cowboy is travelling on his horse
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He ties his horse outside the bar
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He sits right up at the counter and orders a few beers
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He notices some of the other bar patrons
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He suspects them.
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He puts on a really mean look
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He keeps his cool.
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The cowboy glares at everyone
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The cowboy orders another couple of beers.
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They give him funny looks.
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The cowboy finds his horse.
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Curiosity has killed the cat
6.Write your own story with the words
| decide | tie | counter | Order |
| notice | suspect | satisfy | strut |
| mean | suppose | sneer | Glare |
| customer | approach | curious | grin |
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