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CEFR READING PART PRACTICE – MULTIPLE CHOICE
Read the text and answer the questions 1-7. 
 
TASK 13 
By 
Process of Elimination 
 
“Thank you for agreeing to meet with me here” was all he said for the first few moments. His European accent paused between each 
word before disappearing into silence. As for the 11 dancers sat around the lounge, there was a clear atmosphere of resentment. 
Regardless of how famous this detective most undoubtedly was, they all felt this was a matter for the police But there were no police 
on board and the ship captain’s had requested the detective to conduct an initial investigation. 
“I have to tell you” he continued “that I have discovered who the murderer is and can further inform you that the murderer is sat 
here, amongst us, in this room”. Again there was silence. It had always been unlikely that any of the liner’s other guests had motive 
or opportunity. From the start it had always been probable that one of the dancers was a murderer. 
“I have to admit” he continued “that this case has been more than usually hard on the little grey cells” he tapped his head as he 
always did when referring to his deductive powers. “Everybody in this room had a reason to kill poor Phoebe” he continued. There 
was no disagreement around the room. Nobody denied that they had hated Phoebe Miller. One way or another Phoebe had made life 
really difficult for all of them. 
The detective began a long and perhaps over detailed summary of all the things he had discovered and soon everybody was quite 
bored. Some of them began to feel quite sleepy as he went on and on. However their attention was caught by the following words.
“Ladies and gentlemen. Apart from Constance Miller, who was not on stage at the time, the rest of the dancers were performing on 
stage at the time of the murder. We therefore know that 10 of you are absolutely innocent. I know this because there was no trace of 
poison in the bottle from which the glass of wine was poured. This means that someone added the poison after the glass had been 
poured and that glass was poured ...during...the performance.”
He paused enjoying the dramatic effect of his words and continued “By process of elimination you might assume that I am about to 
accuse the sister — Constance Miller”.
“I did not do it” screamed Constance instantly, “I swear I did not do it. I hated her but I am innocent”.
“I do know, Constance, that you are not guilty of this crime” he continued but was drowned out by all the dancers’ exclamations of 
confusion and bewilderment. He held up his hand and continued slowly but forcefully “but I can assure you dear lady that the 
murderer is in this room and is seated directly behind you”. There was a gasp as everyone turned to stare at the middle-aged waitress 
sat at the back of the room next to the other staff. “Probably none of you know even her name but I have discovered this. She is not 
Sally Watkins as she is known to the crew of this ship — but Sally Miller — the wife of George Miller who was the uncle of 
Constance and Phoebe. Sally I can assure you had the opportunity to handle that glass but most of all, as I will now demonstrate to 
you, she had the motive: Revenge!” 

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