Reading literacy
Instructions: Read the text carefully and do the tasks on the text correctly.
At the customs house
A Frenchwoman decided to go to Great Britain for a
holiday. She booked a seat for a plane as she wanted to get there as soon as
possible. At the booking – office she found out that it would take her only two
hours to get to London. She was very happy. She hurried home and began packing
her things as she was afraid to leave something important behind. After she had
packed everything, she found, that she had two big suit-cases. She ordered a
taxi in advance to come to the airport on time.
On the day of her flight, she checked her things
again, when she suddenly remembered about her nice little dog. She could not
leave the dog at home as there was no one who would look after it. So, she
decided to take the dog to GB.
The flight was very pleasant. The Frenchwoman thought
that nobody noticed her dog. But just before the plane landed one of the passengers
who was sitting near the woman told her that the English did not let foreigners
bring dogs to their country.
The woman did not know what to do. When the plane
landed, she put the dog under her coat and went to the Customs House. The dog was
so little that she hoped the Customs officer wouldn’t notice it. At the
Custom’s House she filled in all the necessary forms and came up to the Customs
officer, who looked at her big suit-cases and asked if she had anything to
declare.
“Oh, no,” she answered, “all the things are for my own
use.”
“But do you know that you can’t bring dogs to this
country?” asked the officer.
“But I have no dog,” answered the lady.
‘Then I understand the tail which is hanging down below
your coat is your own,” said the Customs Officer. (300 words)
1. The Booking –office is…
