George was a newspaper reporter who worked for a small local newspaper in a country town. Nothing much ever happened there.
One day George's boss sent for him.
'George,' he said, James Bright is making a speech at the Town Hall tonight. I want you to go and report on it for us.'
James Bright?" said George. 'He's a terrible old fool. He never says anything worth reporting.
Bright is our best-known local politician,' said the boss. 'We'll have to print a report on that speech.'
So George went to the meeting and Bright spoke for two hours without stopping. When George got back to the office at last, the boss was waiting for him.
'Well, George,' he said, 'What did the old man say?" 'Absolutely nothing,' said George.
The boss wasn't surprised. All right, George,' he said. 'You'd better not write more than two and a half columns on it."
 

A   Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write T or F in the boxes.
1-George was a journalist.
2-James Bright was a reporter too. 
3-George did not have a high opinion of James Bright. 
4-James Bright spoke for a long time. 
5-George's boss told him to write quite a lot about his speech.

B  Answer these questions 
1-What did George's boss ask him to do one day?
2-What did George answer?
3-And what did his boss say then?
4-What happened at the meeting?
5-What did George's boss ask him when he came back? 
6-What did George answer? 
7-How did his boss feel about this? 
8-And what did he tell George to do?

C  Put on word in each space. All the correct words are in the story .
It is difficult to imagine how some people manage to get elected to represent us. Many a….. is much less clever than he pretends: in fact, he may be a complete...... Of course, our national representatives tend to be better than our ….. ones, but these at least usually know our problems. However, it must often be very annoying for a….. who is working for a small newspaper to be sent by his….. to.....on a... made by someone whom he considers not ….. Listening to. But newspapers have to fill their ….. with something every day, so they often ....things which are really very boring.