A) Answer the following questions:
1- How did Axel find Hans and the professor?
The professor calculated the distance between them and told Axel to walk down the passage to meet them.
2- Who fell down a well and lost consciousness?
Axel
3- Which character was the sea named after?
Professor Lidenbrock.
4- What did they call the sea? Who gave it this name?
The Lidenbrock Sea. Professor Lidenbrock.
5- Where was the sea that the professor had found?
It was under the surface of the earth.
6- What did the professor and Axel find along the shore of the sea?
They found tall trees, giant mushrooms and the bones of extinct animals.
7- Who made a raft? How?
Hans. He had cut down some trees and tied them together.
8- Why did Hans make a raft?
To cross the Lidenbrock Sea.
9- Where did they find bones of animals?
A long the shore of the Lidenbrock Sea.
10- How did they cross the Lidenbrock Sea?
By the raft that Hans made.
11- What did the professor decide when he found a sea?
He decided to cross it.
12- What noise awakened Axel after he had fainted?
thunder or waves crashing on the shore of a sea.
13- Why did the professor tell Axel to call at him again?
To calculate the distance between them.
14- How far apart were they from each other?
They were about six kilometers away from each other.
15- What was strange about the light in the Lidenbrock Sea?
It was cold and white, unlike sunlight or moonlight.
16- When did the professor give a cry of joy?
When Axel opened his eyes. He was alive.
17- Why could Axel and his uncle hear each other in the big hall?
Because sound travelled down the passages into the hall.
18- How did Hans prove to be a strong man?
He cut down some trees and made a raft.
19- Why did the professor want to cross the Lidenbrock Sea?
To explore it and to reach the centre of the earth.
B) Complete the following:
1- The noise that a wakened Axel sounded like --------------------.
thunder or waves crashing on the shore of a sea.
2- The tress which they saw looked like --------------------.
giant umbrellas.
3- The plants were much taller than --------------------.
they were on the surface of the earth.
4- Axel and others found the bones of animals which had --------------------.
long disappeared from the surface of the earth.
5- There were no lamps, but --------------------.
there was light coming from somewhere.
6- The sound travelled down the passages into the hall, so -------------------- each other.
They could hear.
7- Hans cut down some trees so that --------------------.
he could make a raft.
8- Hans made a raft by --------------------.
cutting down some trees and tying them together.
9- The professor asked Axel to call at him again to --------------------.
calculate the distance between them.
10- Axel lost consciousness again because --------------------.
the slope was very steep, so he slipped and his head hit a sharp rock.
11- The professor thanked God Axel was alive and told him --------------------.
To sleep.
12- Without Hans, the raft --------------------.
Wouldn’t have been made.
13- If there was no trees, --------------------.
Hans couldn’t have made a raft.
1- How did Axel find Hans and the professor?
The professor calculated the distance between them and told Axel to walk down the passage to meet them.2- Who fell down a well and lost consciousness?
Axel3- Which character was the sea named after?
Professor Lidenbrock.4- What did they call the sea? Who gave it this name?
The Lidenbrock Sea. Professor Lidenbrock.5- Where was the sea that the professor had found?
It was under the surface of the earth.6- What did the professor and Axel find along the shore of the sea?
They found tall trees, giant mushrooms and the bones of extinct animals.7- Who made a raft? How?
Hans. He had cut down some trees and tied them together.8- Why did Hans make a raft?
To cross the Lidenbrock Sea.9- Where did they find bones of animals?
A long the shore of the Lidenbrock Sea.10- How did they cross the Lidenbrock Sea?
By the raft that Hans made.11- What did the professor decide when he found a sea?
He decided to cross it.12- What noise awakened Axel after he had fainted?
thunder or waves crashing on the shore of a sea.13- Why did the professor tell Axel to call at him again?
To calculate the distance between them.14- How far apart were they from each other?
They were about six kilometers away from each other.15- What was strange about the light in the Lidenbrock Sea?
It was cold and white, unlike sunlight or moonlight.16- When did the professor give a cry of joy?
When Axel opened his eyes. He was alive.17- Why could Axel and his uncle hear each other in the big hall?
Because sound travelled down the passages into the hall. 18- How did Hans prove to be a strong man?
He cut down some trees and made a raft.19- Why did the professor want to cross the Lidenbrock Sea?
To explore it and to reach the centre of the earth.B) Complete the following:
1- The noise that a wakened Axel sounded like --------------------.
thunder or waves crashing on the shore of a sea.2- The tress which they saw looked like --------------------.
giant umbrellas.3- The plants were much taller than --------------------.
they were on the surface of the earth.4- Axel and others found the bones of animals which had --------------------.
long disappeared from the surface of the earth. 5- There were no lamps, but --------------------.
there was light coming from somewhere.6- The sound travelled down the passages into the hall, so -------------------- each other.
They could hear.7- Hans cut down some trees so that --------------------.
he could make a raft.8- Hans made a raft by --------------------.
cutting down some trees and tying them together.9- The professor asked Axel to call at him again to --------------------.
calculate the distance between them.10- Axel lost consciousness again because --------------------.
the slope was very steep, so he slipped and his head hit a sharp rock.11- The professor thanked God Axel was alive and told him --------------------.
To sleep.12- Without Hans, the raft --------------------.
Wouldn’t have been made.13- If there was no trees, --------------------.
Hans couldn’t have made a raft.
