8 класс
Текст:
“Once upon a time,” said a
Linnet1
, “there was an honest
fellow named Hans.”
“Was he famous?” asked a
Water-Rat.
“No,” answered the
Linnet, “I don’t think he was
famous at all, but he had a
kind heart and a funny, round,
good-humoured face. He
lived in a small cottage all by
himself2
, and every day he
worked in his garden. In all the country-side there was no
garden so lovely as his. Different fl owers grew there, and they
bloomed or blossomed, so that there were always beautiful
things to look at.”
Hans had many friends, but the most devoted friend of all
was big Hugh [hju:], the Miller3
. Indeed, so devoted was the
rich Miller to Hans, that he would never go by his garden
without fi lling his pockets with plums and apples if it was the
fruit season.
“Real friends should have everything in common”, the
Miller used to say, and little Hans nodded and smiled, and felt
very proud of having a friend with such noble4
ideas.
Sometimes, indeed, the neighbours thought it was strange
that the rich Miller never gave little Hans anything in return5
,though he had a hundred sacks of fl our
in his mill, and six cows, and many sheep; but Hans never
troubled his head about these things, and nothing gave him a
greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things the
Miller said about the unselfi shness of true friendship.
So little Hans worked away in his garden. During the
spring, the summer, and the autumn he was very happy, but
when the winter came, and he had neither fruit nor fl owers to
bring to the market, he suffered1
a lot from cold and hunger,
and often had to go to bed without any supper. In winter, he
was very lonely, as the Miller never came to see him.
“There is no good in my visits to Hans while there is
snow,” the Miller said to his Wife, “because when people are
in trouble, no visitor should bother them. This is my idea
about friendship, and I am sure I am right. So I shall wait till
the spring comes, and then I shall visit him, and he will be
able to give me a large basket of roses, and that will make him
so happy.”
“You are certainly very thoughtful about others,” answered
the Wife, as she sat in her comfortable arm-chair by the fi re,
“very thoughtful indeed. It is quite a pleasure to hear you talk
about friendship!”
Задание: Дополнить предложение.
Complete the sentences.
1. This is a story about ... .
2. The gardener was ... . He liked working ... .
3. His friend wasn’t so ... . He was ... .
4. The gardener was very proud that ... .
5. The miller never ... .
6. In winter the gardener suffered a lot because ... .
7. The miller was sure that he shouldn’t ... .
8. The miller’s wife considered her husband very ...
