I. The expression means that the people in question live happily from then onwards. This expression is often used to end children's stories.
III. It is basically a love story, though it starts off as a travelling story.
IY. 1. Greece
2. much money
3. got on/took/caught
4. a few days
5. cruise
6. disco
7. island
8. returned/went back to/went off to
9. letter
10. holidays
11. they got married
Y. a) F - she also worked in a shoe shop
b) F - it was crowded but they managed to get on it
c) T
d) T - she said Athens was `really hot and crowded'
YI. Possible answers: at the beginning, first of all, after that, in the end, finally
1. a) a storm, wind and rain
b) a tap (tap, tapping)
c) a bang (at the door)
d) a cry
e) a cry
f) a tap and a cry
g) someone picking up a (telephone) receiver and beginning to dial a number.
h) a door bursting open
4) Background information:
a) cold, stormy, rainy, windy
b) huge, long dark corridors
c) parents - out visiting friends brother & sister - at cinema
What happened:
a) iii) d) vi)
b) ii) e) i)
c) v) f) iv)
5) a) after a bit e) and now
b) because f) just as
c) And then g) when
d) and