Wednesday, the thirteenth of May
Reading Test
Read the text and write the missing words (from A to G) into your
copy book under the numbers (from 1 to 7).
Papillon
Henri Charriere lived in Paris in the 1920s. He was a
and he
robbed banks. People called him "Papillon because he had a tattoo of a
_ on his chest. In 1931, the police arrested Papillon for a murder. He
wasn't_ but they sent him to a prison for dangerous criminals in South
America
Papillon tried to escape nine times and he had many adventures. Once, he
escaped in a small boat and lived in an Indian village in the for a few
months before the police found him. Every time Papillon escaped, the police
caught him and brought him back
Finally the police sent him to the prison on Devil's Island. This was a
_place and prisoners never escaped from it. But this did not stop Papillon.
He wanted to get away and he started to plan another escape. One day he jumped
off a cliff into the sea. After thirteen years in prison he finally escaped!
Papillon got to Venezuela and there he got married. Soon he became a
businessman. Later he wrote a book about his life. The book was a
bestseller and Henri Charriere became rich and famous.
A jungle Bhorrible C butterfly Dadventure
E guilty = F thief G successful
adventure
II.
Answer the questions in a written form ( write the question and the
answer).
1) Where did Henri Charriere live?
2) What was he?
3) Why did people call him "Papillon ?
4) When did the police arrest him?
5) How many times did Papillon try to escape?
6) How lond did he live in the jungle?
7) What kind of the prison was on Devil's Island ?
8) Did he escape at last?
9) Where did he get after prison?
10) What did he become?​