B1+ Reading 2 - Brothes Nor More

READING 2 B1+
Brothers No More
1 Read the text quickly. What type of novel is Brothers No
More?
A a comedy B a thriller C a historical drama
Chapter 2
2 Read again and choose the correct words to complete the
I was pleased when my neighbour Brigit invited me to dinner.
sentences.
I'd only moved to Sydney a few weeks earlier, and I didn't know
many people there. I lived in Perth before, but I had to leave enjoyed escape invited know received
in rather a hurry, because of an extremely unpleasant situation
with my former best friend and business partner, Mario. Id 1 Luke moved to Sydney to from problems with
never go back there. It's a four-hour flight or a three day train his former friend.
journey between the two cities, but even that distance didn't
2 He gradually got to his neighbour, Brigit.
really seem large enough in the circumstances.
3 Brigit him to dinner with some of her friends.
Brigit was a painter, and used one of the rooms in her apartment
4 Luke the dinner party, but he had a bad
to work in, so she was at home most days. Occasionally we'd
both be out on our balconies at the same time, admiring the feeling about Rory.
view over the harbour, and we'd chat about all kinds of stuff, 5 Rory a frightening letter from Mario.
from art to politics, movies to travel. She was good to talk to
intelligent and funny, with strong opinions, but best of all, 3 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
she never asked me about my past. Somehow she seemed to 1 Luke went to Sydney because
understand that I didn't want to talk about any of that. A it's a wonderful city.
I kept thoughts of Mario out of my days, but there wasn't B it's a long way from Perth.
anything I could do about the nights. Weeks went by, but the C he had a new job there.
nightmares continued; nightmares in which all I could see was
Mario's face, red and screaming, his once friendly eyes now 2 Luke liked chatting to Brigit because
shining with hate. A she had lots of interesting things to say.
Still, I was feeling positive on the evening of Brigit's dinner. I B she was very interested in his life.
dressed carefully after all, this was an opportunity to make C he didn't know anyone else.
new friends. Brigit welcomed me and introduced me to her 3 Luke tried not to think about Mario, but
friends. There was Buck, a guitar-playing lawyer, Ioanna, a
teacher from Romania, and Rory, who told me that he worked A he kept remembering their argument.
in TV. B he felt guilty about him all the time.
I don't know what it was about Rory, but when I took his C he had bad dreams about him.
hand to shake it, a cold feeling ran down my back. There was 4 During the dinner party, Luke thought that
something about his expression that I didn't trust. I had the A Rory was looking at him in a friendly way.
impression that he was watching me out of the corner of his
B the guests were behaving strangely.
eye. Brigit didn't seem to notice anything though, and the five
of us chatted through the evening as we ate the wonderful meal C Rory was looking at him in an unpleasant way.
that she had prepared. 5 After the dinner party, Luke
As the evening went on, I began to relax. Mario, and all that had A felt happy because he'd had a good time.
happened, was 2,000 miles away. I really needed to calm down B was worried about what Rory would do.
and get on with my life.
C was tired and ready to go home to bed.
By the time we all stood up to say goodbye and leave, I was 6 The letter was probably written by
feeling happier than I had done for weeks. I left with the others,
and said goodbye to them in the hall. However, when I put my A Mario
key in the lock, a strange feeling made me turn round. The B Brigit
others had gone down the stairs, but Rory was still standing C Rory
there, staring at me. Silently, he held out his arm and handed
7 Based on what you have read, what is most likely to
me an envelope.
happen next?
I went into my apartment and opened the letter with shaking A Luke will have a happy life in Sydney and will never
hands. I think I already had some idea of what it would contain, hear from Mario again.
and I wasn't wrong. Mario knows where you are, Luke, it said.
He will never forgive you. B Mario will try to hurt Luke.
Page 25 C Luke will move back to Perth and try to deal with the
situation with Mario.
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