Brothers No More: Reading 2

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Brothers No More READING 2 B1+

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