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6. What is the millstone?
1. It is the iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning stone.
2. It is the stone used in grist mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.
3. It is the common rock granite.
4. It is the colourless and transparent stone.
7. Выберите правильный вариант:
1. The stepmother stewed the daughter’s heart and liver, and her husband tasted them and said they were delicious.
2. The stepmother stewed the daughter’s heart and liver, and her husband tasted them and said they tasted strangely.
3. The stepmother stewed the daughter’s heart and liver, and her husband ate them all and asked some more food.
4. The stepmother stewed the daughter’s head and liver, and her husband tasted them and said they tasted strangely.
8. Why did the brother refuse to eat his sister’s heart and liver?
1. Because he was sorry for his sister.
2. Because they were not delicious.
3. Because he was not hungry.
4. Because he was vegetarian.
9. Выберите
One day, the rose-tree flowered, and a _____ bird appeared.
1. black
2. blue
3. red
4. white
10. Выберите нужные слова:
The bird sang to a cobbler and received _____________; it sang to a watchmaker and received _____________; it sang to three millers and received _____________.
1. a millstone; a pair of red shoes; a gold watch and chain
2. a gold watch and chain; a pair of red shoes; a millstone
3. a pair of red shoes; a gold watch and chain; a millstone
4. a millstone; a gold watch and chain; a pair of red shoes
11. Выберите нужные глаголы:
The stepmother _____________that it thundered, and the boy _____________.
1. ran out; said
2. ran out; say
3. said; ran out
4. said; run out
12. Выберите нужные слова:
The boy ran out, and the bird dropped _____________at his feet. The father went out, and the bird dropped _____________at his feet. The stepmother went out, and the bird dropped _____________on her head.
1. the millstone, the shoes, the watch and chain
2. the shoes, the watch and chain, the millstone
3. the watch and chain, the shoes, the millstone
4. the watch and chain, the millstone, the shoes
13. Ответьте на вопросы:
1. How many persons are mentioned in the story?
2. How many times did the bird sing?
3. Did you like the daughter?
4. What would you do if you were the main character of the story?
5. What is the end of the story?
6. Retell the story.
14. Заполните таблицу:
Ответы:
1. The girl was very beautiful, and although her brother loved her, his mother hated her.
2. A stepmother is one’s father’s wife and not one’s natural mother.
3. The stepmother sent the little girl to the store to buy candles.
4. Three times, the girl put down the candles to climb a stile, and a dog stole them.
5. When the daughter returned, her stepmother told her to come and let her comb her hair.
6. It is the stone used in grist mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.
7. The stepmother stewed the daughter’s heart and liver, and her husband tasted them and said they tasted strangely.
8. Because he was sorry for his sister.
9. white; One day, the rose-tree flowered, and a white bird appeared.
10. a pair of red shoes; a gold watch and chain; a millstone
The bird sang to a cobbler and received a pair of red shoes; it sang to a watchmaker and received a gold watch and chain; it sang to three millers and received a millstone.
11. said; ran out; The stepmother said that it thundered, and the boy ran out.
12. The boy ran out, and the bird dropped the shoes at his feet. The father went out, and the bird dropped the watch and chain at his feet. The stepmother went out, and the bird dropped the millstone on her head.
14.
Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box [139]
Once upon a time, there lived an old man and an old woman. They had one son, and they lived in a great forest. And their son never saw any other people in his life, but he knew that there was some more in the world besides his own father and mother, because he had lots of books, and he read them every day. And when he read about pretty young women, he wanted to see some of them. One day, when his father was out cutting wood, he told his mother that he wished to go away to look for his living in some other country, and to see some other people besides them two. And he said, “I see nothing at all here but great trees around me. If I stay here, maybe I shall go mad [140] before I see anything.” The young man’s father was out all this time, when this talk was going on between him and his poor old mother.
139
Snuff-Box –
140
maybe I shall go mad – возможно, я сойду с ума
The old woman says to her son before leaving, “Well, well, my poor boy, if you want to go, it’s better for you to go, and God be with you. [141] ” (The old woman thought for the best when she said that.) “But stop a bit before you go. Which would you like best for me to make you, a little cake and bless you, or a big cake and curse you?”
“Dear, dear!” said he, “make me a big cake. Maybe I shall be hungry on the road.”
The old woman made the big cake, and she went on top of the house, and she cursed him as far as she could see him.
141
and God be with you – и пребудет с тобой Бог