The Phone is Off
Soon after he left college, Dave found out that one of his prosperous uncles who had no children died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office.
“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone”
1.Who is the text about?
2.Who gave him a lot of money?
3.What did he do with that money?
4.What did he do when someone was coming to his office?
5.Who was that person?
Soon after he left college, Dave found out that one of his prosperous uncles who had no children died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office.
“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone”
1.Who is the text about?
2.Who gave him a lot of money?
3.What did he do with that money?
4.What did he do when someone was coming to his office?
5.Who was that person?
Verified answer
The text is about Dave.One of his uncle gave him a lot of money.
He set up his own real estate agency with the money.
He pretended to be answering a call when someone was coming to his office.
That person was from the telephone company and was sent there to connect the phone.
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