LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 27 Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. Bill was leaving London for home.
When Bill was standing at the platform the train arrived at Waterloo station.
All the carriages were overcrowded.
Bill found his seat between the ladies in a smoking compartment.
When the rain started a man jumped into a first-class compartment.
The man in black entered the second class compartment.
The train went fast and didn‘t stop until it was in the country.
The train stopped because the man in black asked about it.
The man in black got off the train because he was afraid of Bill.
The strange man was a thief and was afraid of police.
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
1. Where did Bill arrive at?
a) Waterloo station b) London station c) Water station
2. When Bill arrived at Waterloo station ……
a) there were no vacant seats; b) the platform was overcrowded;
c) the train was standing on the platform;
3. Where did Bill find his seat?
a) Between two women b) Between a man in black and a lady
c) In an empty compartment
4. It was a fast train and it stopped only when they were…
a) in the suburbs; b) in the country; c) on the outskirts of London;
5. Why did Bill leave the compartment?
a) It was too hot there b) he wanted to smoke c) It was too noisy there
6. Whom did Bill see in the corridor?
a) A thief b) A man in black c) Two ladies
7. Why did the train stop immediately?
a) Because there was a man in front of the train.
b) Because something was wrong with the train
c) Because the man in black stopped it
8. The man in black got off the train, after he ………
a) saw a policeman; b) saw Bill; c) stopped the train;
9. What did Bill want to do?
a) To phone the police b) To follow the man in black c) To pull the cord
10. The strange man was…
a) dangerous ; b) rich; c) sick;
