Short Stories in English for Beginners

Chapter 2 Review
Summary
Laura is still invisible. She goes to her office in Edinburgh. She listens to a
meeting about low profits. An employee named Antonio says a big project
is not possible. Laura checks Antonio’s files. He is lying. He has sold the
idea for the project. Laura gives Antonio’s files to her manager. Next Laura
checks on her husband. He is very worried. She realizes he loves her. She
wants to be normal again. She thinks touching the metal ball might help.
She drives to the park again. However, something strange is happening
there.
Vocabulary
careful making sure that you do something correctly or safely
steal to take something without the owner’s permission
security camera a device that makes videos of an area in real time so it can
be watched and protected
lift a small box that takes people up and down in a building
bonus something good that you get in addition to something else good
stock part ownership of a company or business
profit money you make by selling something for more than you paid for it
raise an increase in money paid to do a job

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quarter a three-month period in the business year
technology scientific knowledge, methods or equipment used in practical
ways
potential the possibility of becoming something big or important in the
future
investment an amount of money or time put into something in order to get
a return
advanced the newest or most developed
competitor a person or business that tries to win or to be better than the
others
technically according to official or usual practice
consider to think about something carefully
Comprehension Questions
Select one answer only for each question.
6) First, Laura walks ___.
a. down Princes Street
b. in a park in Edinburgh
c. near a shop in Edinburgh
d. around the outside of Edinburgh
7) After her first stop, Laura decides to go to ___.
a. her house
b. her office
c. a small town
d. Princes Street
8) Antonio, a manager at Laura’s company, ___.
a. wants to buy the company
b. wants to date Laura
c. lies about a project
d. thinks employees need more money

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9) What does Laura decide about her husband?
a. She doesn’t love him.
b. He doesn’t love her.
c. She wants to improve their relationship.
d. She wants to leave him
10) Laura thinks she can become visible by ___.
a. touching the metal ball again
b. breaking the metal ball
c. removing the metal ball and taking it far away
d. talking to Antonio

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