The Call of the Wld Jack London The story step by step 1 Lsten to Chapter 1 (from Judge Mller s place... to...he never forgot t. ). Lst the parts of the body that you hear. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.10 13 of the book or n the answer key. back 2 Lsten to Chapter 2 (from Buck s frst day... to...lay Bllee ). Tck the sentences you hear. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.17 19 of the book or n the answer key. a Buck s frst day n Canada, on Dyea Beach, was wonderful. b Everythng here was very dfferent from hs quet lfe n the sunny Santa Clara Valley. c The dogs dd what they were told so that ther masters dd not ht them. d That frst day, Buck learned a lesson that he soon forgot. e Sptz opened hs mouth and made a laughng sound, and from that moment, Buck loved hm. f He had learned that once you fool around, you are fnshed. g Franços put hm n a harness and made hm pull a sled. h Sptz was the leader he was at the front of the dogs and he could bte Buck. Buck learned slowly, and even wth Sptz, Dave, and Franços teachng hm, he was makng mstakes. Perrault worked for the Canadan government, takng thngs for them from one place to another, across the snow. k Bllee was knd and frendly, but Joe was an angry dog, and he was always growlng. l He was an old husky wth ust one eye and hs name was Sol-leks, whch means The Lonely One. m Lke Dave, Sol-leks asked for nothng and he gave nothng. n Buck went too close to Sol-leks on the wrong sde on that frst day, and Sol-leks bt hm on the shoulder. o Buck lay down on the snow outsde, there was a warm wnd and he fell asleep. p There, n a hole under the snow, lay Bllee. Macmllan Readers The Call of the Wld 1
3 Lsten to Chapter 3 (from Lfe on the tral,... to Buck threw Sptz off,... ). Match the begnnngs of the sentences you hear (1 11) wth the ends (A K). The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.22 23 of the book or n the answer key. 1 Because he was stll busy learnng, a and Franços brought out fsh for the dogs. 2 He was worred b and he umped angrly on Sptz. 3 Dnnertme came, c but they were too hungry to run away. 4 Buck was so warm n hs hole d from one of the Natve Amercan vllages. 5 When he went back to hs hole e had come. 6 The wld anmal nsde hm roared, f he became even fercer. 7 It seemed that the terrble day g he found that there was another dog n t. 8 A bg group of huskes had arrved n the camp 9 They howled when the men ht them wth ther clubs, h he tred to stay away from fghts. that he thought ther skn would break. 10 They were so thn J that he dd not want to leave t. 11 When he felt the warm taste of blood n hs mouth, K that Buck would take hs place as leader of the sled team. 4 Lsten to Chapter 4 (from In Dawson,... to get caught. ). Underlne the words below that you hear. Be careful! Sometmes you wll hear both words! The frst one s an example. Check your answers on p.27 of the book or n the answer key. hard/hardly sang/song cold/coldly sadness/sad wld/wldly alve/lfe harden/harder load/loaded good/well run/ran ferce/fercely clever/cleverly 5 Lsten to Chapter 5 (from A Scottsh-Canadan man to growled softly. ). Complete the sentences from the chapter wth the correct prepostons below. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on p.32 of the book or n the answer key. after along around at before by for n x 5 near of x 3 on to wth x 2 a They started back along the same old tral Dawson. b Buck dd not lke t, but he had prde hs work. c They left the dark the sun came up and camped nght. d But Buck fought the fercest. e he had eaten, Buck loved to le the fre. f He moved lke a cat, as f he was always afrad somethng. g He carred a long stck a bg stone the end. h Sometmes Buck s dreams, the hary man slept the fre. Macmllan Readers The Call of the Wld 2
Buck saw black eyes the crclng darkness hm. He heard the nose bodes movng. k He knew that they were great anmals the nght, lookng food. 6 Lsten to Chapter 6 (from Three men... to...they really needed. ). Who sad the followng thngs, to whom and about what and/or why? The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.35 38 of the book or n the answer key. Who says ths to whom about what and/or why? The man from the other tent Do you thnk t wll move? Charles and Hal The sled because t s too full. Why wouldn t t? Mush! Let s go! Poor darlngs! You must promse you wll be good to them, or I won t come. They re weak as water, f you want to know. It s frozen n the snow, and you need to push t out. Stop! Stop! 7 Lsten to Chapter 7 (from It was beautful sprng weather,... to...from below. ). Lst all the sgns you hear that sprng has arrved. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.40 41 of the book or n the answer key. It was beautful sprng weather. 8 Lsten to Chapter 7 (from John Thornton had been camped... to...buck lcked hs hand. ). Wrte the drect speech you hear under the reported speech below. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.41 43 of the book or n the answer key. a Thornton told hm that the ce was breakng. The ce s breakng. b Thornton told hm that the bottom of the tral would fall out at any moment. Macmllan Readers The Call of the Wld 3
c Thornton sad that they had only got there wth the luck of fools. d Hal told Thornton that they were gong on to Dawson. e Hal told Buck to get up and mush. f Thornton told Hal that f he ht that dog agan he would kll hm. g Hal told Thornton to get out of hs way and that he was gong to Dawson. h Thornton called Buck a poor devl. 9 Lsten to Chapter 8 (from That wnter,... to...come between t. ). Put these events n the correct order. The frst and the last are done as examples. Check your answers on pp.48 51 of the book or n the answer key. a Buck pulled the sled out of the frozen ce for a hundred metres. b Everybody came out of the bar to watch Buck. c Thornton bet a man a thousand dollars that Buck could pull a fve hundred klo load. d Thornton borrowed one thousand dollars from an old frend. e People cheered and threw ther hats n the ar. f Somebody offered to buy Buck for twelve hundred dollars. g Thornton asked Buck to pull the load because he loved hm. h Thornton fell on the ground next to Buck and put hs face close to hs. Thornton refused to sell Buck. 10 Thornton was n a bar wth some men talkng about the thngs ther dogs could do. 1 10 Lsten to Chapter 9 (from Because Buck won... to...wth hs teeth. ). Lst all the -ng verbs you hear. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.51 54 of the book or n the answer key. Lookng Macmllan Readers The Call of the Wld 4
11 Lsten to Chapter 10. Read the text below as you lsten and correct the mstakes you hear. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on p.55 of the book or n the answer key. Buck began to sleep nsde outsde at nght, stayng away from the camp for weeks at a tme. Once he went back up the gorge nto the land of woods and waterfalls, and stayed there for a month, lookng for the wld brother. He klled hs meat as he traveled, and fshed n the rvers. Near one stream, he klled a bg, black dear, n a terrble fght that showed the ferceness he stll had hdden nsde hm. Buck s hunger for the taste of blondes was stronger now than ever before. He was a kller, lvng by heatng the anmals that he caught. Buck was lvng lfe at ts worst n a hard world where only the weakest could stay alve. He was ntellgent and clearer at gettng what he wanted, and he had learned many useful lessons durng hs hard lfe n the Southland. All these thngs made hm as great and wrong as any wld anmal. Hs body was workng perfectly. When he smelled or heard somethng, he could ump toward t or away from t twce as fast as any puppy dog. Hs muscles were as strong as gold, and every part of hm was full of lft. 12 Lsten to Chapter 10 (from He could feel that somethng... to...barkng as he ran ). Answer the questons. The frst one s an example. Check your answers on pp.57 60 of the book or n the answer key. a Where dd Buck fnd Ng? Lyng dead under some trees. b What could Buck hear comng from the camp? c Who dd he fnd lyng on hs face wth hs body covered n arrows? d Why was Buck so angry? e What dd the Yeehats hear? f Were the Yeehats frghtened of Buck? g Who lay dead n the pool? h How dd Buck feel? What came nto Buck s valley that nght? Dd Buck run away wth the wolves? Macmllan Readers The Call of the Wld 5