ACTIVITY 387: Read
the text below and choose from the menus the suitable answer. The
first alternative [ uncommon -
unexpected - unnatural -
unusual] is already done for you.
JACK, THE RAILWAYMAN
A hundred years ago,
an
signalman started working for South African
Railways. His name was Jack and he was a
chacma baboon, the
largest
of monkey in South Africa.
The monkey was by a railwayman called
James Wide, who had lost
legs in an accident. He
had bought Jack so that the animal could help him
about by pushing him on a
special trolley. Then he discovered the monkey was
more at operating the train
signals than he was. So Jack was set to work.
He learnt each lever by and, at Wide's command,
could push them into
position when a train . He was also put in of the keys and even
did the station's gardening. Then, at the end of the
day, he would push Wide home in the
trolley, jumping on the back for a whenever it went
downhill.
Not surprisingly, one or two objected to the fact that
their lives were
being in the hands of a monkey.
Yet Jack never an error,
and he soon became famous. His main reward, however, was the
affectionate
he received from his master. He died after nine years of living
with Wide, leaving the
signalman brokenhearted.
Cómo te ha ido con este
ejercicio? En la próxima página tienes otra práctica...
