Casino Royale Pre-Reading / Ch 1-3
Name: ______Date: ______
Pre-Reading:
I. What do you know?
1. This book is the first James Bond book by Ian Fleming. Who is James Bond?
2. Do you know any other James Bond stories?
3. Have you seen any James Bond movies?
4. List as many James Bond movies as you can think of.
5. What kind of person is James Bond? Write down five adjectives that describe him.
II. Read about the story on the back cover of the book.
James Bond. Le Chiffre Vesper A thin man
Fill in the blanks.
1. ______was hurt.
2. ______fell down.
3. ______had a gun
4. ______disappeared
5. ______speaks English
6. ______was caught by Le Chiffre.
III. About the Author.
1. What is the author’s name?
2. Where was he born?
3. What was his first job?
4. How did he learn about spying?
5. What was his job after the war?
6. When did he decide to become a writer?
7. What other books did he write?
IV. About the Story:
1) When does the story take place?
2) What is the KGB?
3) What is SMERSH?
4) What countries were in the USSR?
Chapter 1. Write the characters name in the box next to the description.
Casino Royale Pre-Reading / Ch 1-3
Name: ______Date: ______
Le Chiffre James Bond M
British secret Intelligence Service Agent code-named 007.Head of organization named SODA.
Head of the British Secret Service Intelligence Agency in London.
He worked for SMERSH.
He borrowed’ fifty million francs from SODA, but he has lost all of it. He must pay the money back.
He wanted Le Chiffre dead, because he was a Russian agent.
He is not going to work alone.
He must win the game so that Le Chiffre cannot pay SMERSH back their money.
He must win at Casino Royale.
He could have bad luck
He will have 25 million francs to spend
He will tell the CIA in Washington to send someone.
Chapter 2: True or False: Write the false statements again. Make them true.
Example;
Bond is a secret agent. True.
M is Bond’s girlfriend..
False. M is Bond’s boss.
Casino Royale Pre-Reading / Ch 1-3
Name: ______Date: ______
1. Bond did not like working alone.
2. Bond is pretending to be a famous tennis player from Jamaica.
3. When Mathis played the radio loudly, the Russians could hear Bond and Mathis speaking.
4. There was a Russian microphone in the chimney.
5. Bond’s new assistant was a beautiful woman.
6. She was also a gambling expert.
7. Bond liked working with women.
Chapter 3. Answer the questions. Use complete sentences.
Example:
Where is James Bond? He is in the bar.
1. What did Bond think about the girl?
2. What did the girl think about Bond?
3. What happened after Bond left the bar?