Question

Super Gran

It was broad daylight and lots of people were out shopping in Northampton city centre on Saturday. Suddenly, a gang of six criminals attacked a jewellery shop. They were wearing black jackets and black ski hats to hide their faces.
Their plan was to smash the big glass windows of the jewellery shop, steal as much valuable jewellery as they could and then quickly escape on motorbikes before anyone could do anything. They thought that nobody would stop them. But they were wrong.
As the gang were smashing the window, a seventy-year-old woman saw what they were trying to do. She ran up to them and started hitting the men on the head with her handbag. The men were very surprised when they saw that their attacker was an old lady. They were so shocked that they dropped the jewellery and tried to run away. But now other shoppers had seen what was happening and came to help the old lady. The shop assistants locked the shop and called the police. Four of the men were arrested.
The whole incident was filmed on the mobile phone of a passer-by. He put the film on the Internet and the story was in all the newspapers: ‘Granny stops armed robbers’. And what about the old lady? Nobody knows who she is! Police questioned people at the scene, but they said she had gone to have a cup of tea and then quietly disappeared.

1 The story is about a
a robbery. b mugging. c burglary.

2 The crime happened
a during the night. b in the middle of the day. c in the evening.

3 The old woman
a was the only person to react.
b was the first person to react.
c filmed the gang on her phone.
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4 All the members of the gang
a were arrested. b escaped on motorbikes. c tried to escape.

5 The old lady
a was questioned by the police.
b didn’t tell anyone her name.
c phoned the police.

Answer 1

1. ROBBERY.

The six criminals were attempting the rob the jewellery store.

2. b IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY

The story begins by stating that the event occurred in broad daylight which would mean that it was in the middle of the day as the other options would have limited daylight.

3. b. WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO ACT

The old woman acted first by going to hit the men on their heads. This prompted others to act as well.

4. c. TRIED TO ESCAPE

When the robbers saw that it was an old lady hitting them, they were stunned and all tried to escape but 4 were stopped by the others who intervened and it would appear that 2 managed to escape arrest.

5. b. DIDN'T TELL ANYONE HER NAME

The old lady seemingly disappeared without a trace after the robbery.