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Демо вариант 2011 год по английскому языку. Раздел 3 (Грамматика и лексика)

Здесь вы можете найти демо вариант 2011 год по английскому языку. Раздел 3 (Грамматика и лексика).

Прочитайте приведенные ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами B4–B10, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали со- держанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы B4–B10.

A Smart Boy

B4 Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown worked in the same office. Their ________ were good friends. One day Mr. Jones invited to Mr. Brown to a small party. Mr. Brown went into the other room and telephoned his wife. WIFE

B5 When he came back Mr. Jones asked him, “Have you spoken to your wife already?”
“No, she _______ there when I phoned. My small son answered the phone. I asked him, “Is your mother there?” And he said, “She is somewhere outside”. NOT BE

B6 “Why is she outside?” I asked. “She _______ for me”, he answered. LOOK

The Great Wall of China

B7 The Great Wall of China runs for 6,700 kilometers from east
to west of China. It is one of the _______ wonders of the world. GREAT

B8 The Great Wall _______ in order to protect the country form different aggressors. BUILD

B9 The construction of the Wall ________ in the 6th century BC and lasted until the 16th century AD. BEGIN

B10 Since then, the Great Wall of China _______ a Symbol of wisdom and bravery of the Chinese people and a monument to Chinese nation for many hundreds of years. BECOME

Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В11–В16, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В11–В16.

UK: Conservation and Environment

B11 Going for a walk is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. Despite its high ______ density and widespread, the UK has many unspoilt rural and coastal areas. POPULATE

B12 Twelve National Parks are freely accessible to the public and were created to conserve the _______ beauty,
wildlife and cultural heritage they contain. NATURE

B13 Most of the land in National Parks is privately owned, but administered by an independent National Park Authority which works to balance the expectations of ______ with the need to conserve these open
spaces for future generations. VISIT

B14 The UK also works to improve the global environment and has taken global warming _______ ever since scientists discovered the hole in the ozone layer. SERIOUS

B15 In 1997, the UK subscribed to the Kyoto Protocol binding developed countries to reduce emissions of the six main greenhouse gases. The Protocol declares environmental _______. PROTECT

B16 Nowadays British _______ are taking part in one of the largest international projects that is undertaken to protect endangered species. SCIENCE

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами А22–А28. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям A22–A28, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа.

Tracy
Tracy was as excited as a child about her first trip abroad. Early in the morning, she stopped at a A22 ______ agency and reserved a suite on the Sig- nal Deck of the Queen Elizabeth II. The next three days she spent buying clothes and luggage.

On the morning of the sailing, Tracy hired a limousine to drive her to the pier. When she A23 ________ at Pier 90, where the Queen Elizabeth II was docked, it was crowded with photographers and television reporters, and for a moment Tracy was panic stricken. Then she realized they were interviewing the two men posturing at the foot of the gangplank. The members of the crew were helping the passengers with their luggage. On deck, a steward looked at Tracy’s ticket and A24 ________ her to her stateroom. It was a lovely suite with a private terrace. It had been ridiculously expensive but Tracy A25 _______ it was worth it.

She unpacked and then wandered along the corridor. In almost every cabin there were farewell parties going on, with laughter and champagne and conversation. She felt a sudden ache of loneliness. There was no one to see her A26 ________ , no one for her to care about, and no one who cared about her. She was sailing into a completely unknown future.

Suddenly she felt the huge ship shudder as the tugs started to pull it out of the harbor, and she stood A27 ________ the passengers on the boat deck, watch- ing the Statue of Liberty slide out of A28 _______ , and then she went exploring.

A22 1) journey 2) trip 3) travel 4) tourist

A23 1) achieved 2) arrived 3) entered 4) reached

A24 1) set 2) came 3) headed 4) directed

A26 1) in 2) off 3) of 4) after

A27 1) among 2) along 3) between 4) besides

A28 1) glance 2) stare 3) sight 4) look

По окончании выполнения заданий В4–В16, А22–А28 НЕ ЗАБУДЬТЕ ПЕРЕНЕСТИ СВОИ ОТВЕТЫ В БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ №1! ОБРАТИТЕ ВНИМАНИЕ, что ответы на задания В4–В16, А22–А28 располагаются в разных частях бланка. При переносе ответов в заданиях В4–В16 буквы записываются без пробелов и знаков препинания.

Класс Вариант 1

Раздел 2. Чтение

B2 Установите соответствие между заголовками 1- 8 и текстами А- G. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

The secret of successful small talk

1. Pay compliments.

2. Start with the obvious things.

3. Ask about their personal problems.

4. Turn the attention to others.

5. Avoid difficult themes.

6. It’s not so difficult.

7. Pay attention.

8. Use friendly body language.

A. You’re at a cocktail party. There are lots of people there but there’s nobody that you know. What do you do? The good conversationalist would choose to walk up to someone and introduce yourself. We all know people like that - people who can talk to anyone about anything. How do they do it? Well, the good news is that there is no great secret to small talk. There are just some simple techniques that anyone can use to start a conversation and keep it going.

B. In the film Annie Hall Diane Keaton and Woody Allen have just met and they want to impress each other. While they are talking their inner thought appear in sub-title on the screen. ’Listen to me-what a jerk.’ he probably thinks I’m stupid.’ Thoughts like these kill a conversation. So don’t try to impress other people. Just relax and be yourself. When you talk to someone you show that you are interested in them. So you don’t have to talk about deeply important things. Just talk about simple things like the weather or a television programme that you saw.

C. TV journalist Barbara Walters recalls that when she was younger she met the author, Truman Capote. She wanted to tell him that she liked his book. However, she thought that he must be tired of hearing that, so she just mumbled ’How do you do?’ and turned away. She forgot that everybody likes to receive a compliment and it’s an easy way into a conversation, especially if you follow it up with a question: ’I really liked your book. How long did it take you to write it?’ or ’That’s a nice jacket. Where did you buy it?’

D . Your face and your body can communicate much more than your words. If you stand with your arms folded or if you keep looking around the room, the conversation will quickly end because you will look uninterested. Instead, you should make eye contact; keep an open posture and smile. If you send out friendly messages, you will get friendly messages back.

E. A Victorian lady once compared the two British prime ministers, Gladstone and Disraeli. ’When you speak to Mr Gladstone’, she said, ’you think he is the most interesting man in the world. But when you speak to Mr Disraeli, you feel that you are the most interesting woman in the world.’ People like to talk about themselves and they will think you are fascinating if you ask questions that allow them to do so.

E But people often don’t listen properly. They are too busy thinking about the next thing that they themselves want to say. Good conversationalists listen carefully and they show that they are listening, too. They ask questions, nod their head in agreement or say things like ’Oh that sounds exciting’.

F. There are some topics that you should avoid. Don’t ask people about personal problems, money or religion. It’s also a good idea to avoid the kind of statements that say ’I’m right. You’re wrong’. It’s all right to express your opinions but soften your comments with expressions such as ’I’m afraid I have to disagree with you there’. So, there is no secret to successful small talk. Just follow these simple rules and you’ll soon find that you can hold a pleasant conversation with anybody about anything.

В3 Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски А - G частями предло­жений, обозначенными цифрами 1 - 7. Одна из частей в списке 1 - 7 - лишняя. Занесите цифру, обозначающую соответствующую часть предложения, в таблицу.

August 1997

I will never forget what I was doing when I heard about the death of Princess Diana. It was Sunday morning and A __________ . I got up and made myself a cup of coffee. It was about ten past seven. At that time there is usually some farming news on the radio. On Sundays there are also religious programmes. I don’t usually listen to the radio early on Sunday mornings but I switched it on.

A woman in the studio was asking questions and a man was answering them by telephone. The man said: ’We must think about the children at this tragic time.’ Tragic? What was he thinking about? В __________ and a few seconds later the woman said: ’We have changed this morning’s programmes to bring you news of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.’ I felt a terrible shock and С _________ . That morning I telephoned about 25 people but D_________. . We didn’t know what to do. Eventually my sister and I decided to go to Kensington Palace, where Diana lived.

E __________ , there were about a thousand of people there. Some of them were putting flowers at the palace gates. Others were standing quietly in Kensington Gardens. A lot of people were crying and embracing each other. There were a lot of journalists and photographers. My sister was very angry F __________. ’Go away!’ she shouted at one of them. ’This is all your fault!’

1. when we arrived

2. I listen more careful

3. when she saw them

4. I couldn’t sleep

5. everyone was in deep shock

6. I was doing nothing

7. I couldn’t believe it

Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необ-ходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В4 - В10, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В4 - В10.

В4 ’Cars cause pollution and should _______ from BAN

Centers city centers.’ What do you think? In the past,

people travelled by horse and so city

B5 centers ________for cars. They were built for rid- NOT DESIGN

ers and pedestrians. The question now is: should

we adapt them for cars or should we make city

centres car-free zones? Cars cause lead pollu-

tion and thousands of children have asthma or

suffer brain damages. Cars also cause

B6 noise pollution and can stop people ________. SLEEP

В7 People ________ every day on the roads in car ac- KILL

cidents and also in road rage incidents where

drivers attack other drivers. It’s awful! So why

do we have cars? For getting around, of course,

and to make it easy to get from one place to an-

other. They carry as much luggage as we want

В8 and are ________ than public transport. FAST

B9 If we banned cars from city centres, we ________ NEED

big car parks and then free public transport to

our destination. People might walk more and be

B10 In the future who ________ what will happen? Sci- KNOW

ence may solve the problem. We may have elec-

tric or solar-powered cars that know where they

are going. Things will certainly be different.

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В11 - В16, однокоренные слова так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В11 - В16 .

B11 The film “Titanic” made in the US in 1997 EXPENSIVE

the _______ film ever made at almost $250

million. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate

Winslet, it was directed by James Cameron

and won 11 Oscars, including the Oscar for the best film.

B12 Why is the film so ________? Miranda, aged 13, SUCCESS

has seen the film three times and now has the

video. ’I almost know the script by heart,’ she

says, ’and I still have tears in my eyes at the end.

B13 It makes a big ________ to me to think that it’s a DIFFER

true story. It really happened.’

B14 Her mother is by the research. ’James PRESS

Cameron spent an enormous amount of time

and money to get everything just right and ex-

actly as it was on the real Titanic. It’s a great

story and there’s never a dull moment in the

film.’ George agrees that the special effects

B15 are ________ , but says, ’I didn’t much like the CREDENT

B16 and some parts were rather _________.It was long PREDICT

too - so I don’t think I’ll see it again.’

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами А22 - А28. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям А22 - А28 , в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа.

The price of fame

Charlotte Church looks like a normal teenager but she is far from average. She has an amazing voice. Her fans stand in queues for hours to get tickets for her concerts and she is often on television. Charlotte’s singing A22 _________ began when she performed on a TV show at the age of 11. The head of record company was so impressed by her voice that he A23 _________ her up on the spot. Her first album rose to number one in the charts.

Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can. A24 _______, she is often away on tour for weeks at a time. She doesn’t miss out on lessons, though, because she takes her own tutor with her! She spends three hours every morning with him. Her exam results in all the |A25 __________ she studies are impressive.

But how does she A26 ___________ with this unusual way of life? SheA27 ________

that she has the same friends as before. That way be true but she can no longer go into town with them because everybody stops her in the street to ask for her autograph. It seems that, like most stars, she must learn to A27 _________ these restrictions and the lack of privacy. It’s the price of fame!

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Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next. Once she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. Because it suited her so well, and she wanted to wear it all the time, she came to be known as Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother said to her: "Come Little Red Riding Hood. Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is sick and weak, and they will do her well. Mind your manners and give her my greetings. Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your sick grandmother."

Little Red Riding Hood promised to obey her mother. The grandmother lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. When Little Red Riding Hood entered the woods a wolf came up to her. She did not know what a wicked animal he was, and was not afraid of him. "Good day to you, Little Red Riding Hood." - "Thank you, wolf." - "Where are you going so early, Little Red Riding Hood?" - "To grandmother"s." - "And what are you carrying under your apron?" - "Grandmother is sick and weak, and I am taking her some cake and wine. We baked yesterday, and they should give her strength." - "Little Red Riding Hood, just where does your grandmother live?" - "Her house is a good quarter hour from here in the woods, under the three large oak trees. There"s a hedge of hazel bushes there. You must know the place," said Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf thought to himself: "Now there is a tasty bite for me. Just how are you going to catch her?" Then he said: "Listen, Little Red Riding Hood, haven"t you seen the beautiful flowers that are blossoming in the woods? Why don"t you go and take a look? And I don"t believe you can hear how beautifully the birds are singing. You are walking along as though you were on your way to school in the village. It is very beautiful in the woods."

Little Red Riding Hood opened her eyes and saw the sunlight breaking through the trees and how the ground was covered with beautiful flowers. She thought: "If a take a bouquet to grandmother, she will be very pleased. Anyway, it is still early, and I"ll be home on time." And she ran off into the woods looking for flowers. Each time she picked one she thought that she could see an even more beautiful one a little way off, and she ran after it, going further and further into the woods. But the wolf ran straight to the grandmother"s house and knocked on the door. "Who"s there?" - "Little Red Riding Hood. I"m bringing you some cake and wine. Open the door for me." - "Just press the latch," called out the grandmother. "I"m too weak to get up." The wolf pressed the latch, and the door opened. He stepped inside, went straight to the grandmother"s bed, and ate her up. Then he took her clothes, put them on, and put her cap on his head. He got into her bed and pulled the curtains shut.

Little Red Riding Hood had run after flowers, and did not continue on her way to grandmother"s until she had gathered all that she could carry. When she arrived, she found, to her surprise, that the door was open. She walked into the parlor, and everything looked so strange that she thought: "Oh, my God, why am I so afraid? I usually like it at grandmother"s." Then she went to the bed and pulled back the curtains. Grandmother was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange. "Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!" - "All the better to hear you with." - "Oh, grandmother, what big eyes you have!" - "All the better to see you with." - "Oh, grandmother, what big hands you have!" - "All the better to grab you with!" - "Oh, grandmother, what a horribly big mouth you have!" - "All the better to eat you with!" And with that he jumped out of bed, jumped on top of poor Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her up.

As soon as the wolf had finished this tasty bite, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and began to snore very loudly. A huntsman was just passing by. He thought it strange that the old woman was snoring so loudly, so he decided to take a look. He stepped inside, and in the bed there lay the wolf that he had been hunting for such a long time. "He has eaten the grandmother, but perhaps she still can be saved. I won"t shoot him," thought the huntsman. So he took a pair of scissors and cut open his belly. He had cut only a few strokes when he saw the red cap shining through. He cut a little more, and the girl jumped out and cried: "Oh, I was so frightened! It was so dark inside the wolf"s body!" And then the grandmother came out alive as well. Then Little Red Riding Hood fetched some large heavy stones. They filled the wolf"s body with them, and when he woke up and tried to run away, the stones were so heavy that he fell down dead.

The three of them were happy. The huntsman took the wolf"s pelt. The grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine that Little Red Riding Hood had brought. And Little Red Riding Hood thought to herself: "As long as I live, I will never leave the path and run off into the woods by myself if mother tells me not to."

They also tell how Little Red Riding Hood was taking some baked things to her grandmother another time, when another wolf spoke to her and wanted her to leave the path. But Little Red Riding Hood took care and went straight to grandmother"s. She told her that she had seen the wolf, and that he had wished her a good day, but had stared at her in a wicked manner. "If we hadn"t been on a public road, he would have eaten me up," she said. "Come," said the grandmother. "Let"s lock the door, so he can"t get in." Soon afterward the wolf knocked on the door and called out: "Open up, grandmother. It"s Little Red Riding Hood, and I"m bringing you some baked things." They remained silent, and did not open the door. The wicked one walked around the house several times, and finally jumped onto the roof. He wanted to wait until Little Red Riding Hood went home that evening, then follow her and eat her up in the darkness. But the grandmother saw what he was up to. There was a large stone trough in front of the house. "Fetch a bucket, Little Red Riding Hood," she said. "Yesterday I cooked some sausage. Carry the water that I boiled them with to the trough." Little Red Riding Hood carried water until the large, large trough was clear full. The smell of sausage arose into the wolf"s nose. He sniffed and looked down, stretching his neck so long that he could no longer hold himself, and he began to slide. He slid off the roof, fell into the trough, and drowned. And Little Red Riding Hood returned home happily and safely.

Ух, какая это была маленькая, славная девчурочка! Всем-то она была мила, кто только видел ее; ну, а уж всех-то милее и всех дороже была она бабушке, которая уж и не знала, что бы ей подарить, своей любимой внученьке.

Подарила она однажды ей шапочку из красного бархата, и так как ей эта шапочка была очень к лицу и она ничего другого носить не хотела, то и стали ее звать Красной Шапочкой. Вот однажды ее мать и сказала ей: "Ну, Красная Шапочка, вот, возьми этот кусок пирога и бутылку вина, снеси бабушке; она и больна, и слаба, и это ей будет на пользу. Выходи из дома до наступления жары и, когда выйдешь, то ступай умненько и в сторону от дороги не забегай, не то еще, пожалуй, упадешь и бутылку расшибешь, и бабушке тогда ничего не достанется. И когда к бабушке придешь, то не забудь с ней поздороваться, а не то чтобы сначала во все уголки заглянуть, а потом уж к бабушке подойти." - "Уж я все справлю, как следует," - сказала Красная Шапочка матери и заверила ее в том своим словом.

А бабушка-то жила в самом лесу, на полчаса ходьбы от деревни. И чуть только Красная Шапочка вступила в лес, повстречалась она с волком. Девочка, однако же, не знала, что это был за лютый зверь, и ничуть его не испугалась. "Здравствуй, Красная Шапочка," - сказал он. "Спасибо тебе на добром слове, волк." - "Куда это ты так рано выбралась, Красная Шапочка?" - "К бабушке." - "А что ты там несешь под фартучком?" - "Кусок пирога да вино. Вчера у нас матушка пироги пекла, так вот посылает больной и слабой бабушке, чтобы ей угодить и силы ее подкрепить." - "Красная Шапочка, да где же живет твоя бабушка?" - "А вот еще на добрую четверть часа пути дальше в лесу, под тремя старыми дубами; там и стоит ее дом, кругом его еще изгородь из орешника. Небось теперь будешь знать?" - сказала Красная Шапочка.

А волк-то про себя думал: "Эта маленькая, нежная девочка - славный будет для меня кусочек, почище, чем старуха; надо это так хитро дельце обделать, чтобы мне обе на зубок попали."

Вот и пошел он некоторое время с Красной Шапочкой рядом и стал ей говорить: "Посмотри-ка ты на эти славные цветочки, что растут кругом - оглянись! Ты, пожалуй, и птичек-то не слышишь, как они распевают? Идешь, словно в школу, никуда не оборачиваясь; а в лесу-то, поди-ка, как весело!"

Красная Шапочка глянула вверх, и как увидала лучи солнца, прорезавшиеся сквозь трепетную листву деревьев, как взглянула на множество дивных цветов, то и подумала: "А что, если б я бабушке принесла свежий пучок цветов, ведь это бы ее тоже порадовало; теперь же еще так рано, что я еще всегда успею к ней прийти вовремя!" Да и сбежала с дороги в сторону, в лес, и стала собирать цветы. Чуть сорвет один цветочек, как уж ее другой манит, еще лучше, и она за тем побежит, и так все дальше да дальше уходила в глубь леса.

А волк прямехонько побежал к бабушкиному дому и постучался у дверей. "Кто там?" - "Красная Шапочка; несу тебе пирожка и винца, отвори-ка!" - "Надави на щеколду, - крикнула бабушка, - я слишком слаба и не могу вставать с постели."

Волк надавил на щеколду, дверь распахнулась, и он вошел к бабушке в избу; прямехонько кинулся к постели бабушки и разом проглотил ее.

Затем надел он бабушкино платье и на голову ее чепчик, улегся в постель и занавески кругом задернул.

Красная Шапочка между тем бегала и бегала за цветами, и когда их набрала столько, сколько снести могла, тогда опять вспомнила о бабушке и направилась к ее дому.

Она очень удивилась тому, что дверь была настежь отворена, и когда она вошла в комнату, то ей так все там показалось странно, что она подумала: "Ах, Боже ты мой, что это мне тут так страшно нынче, а ведь я всегда с таким удовольствием прихаживала к бабушке!" Вот она сказала: "С добрым утром!"

Ответа нет.

Подошла она к кровати, отдернула занавески и видит: лежит бабушка, и чепчик на самый нос надвинула, и такою странною кажется.

"Бабушка, а бабушка? Для чего это у тебя такие большие уши?" - "Чтобы я тебя могла лучше слышать." - "Ах, бабушка, а глаза-то у тебя какие большие!" - "А это, чтобы я тебя лучше могла рассмотреть." - "Бабушка, а руки-то какие у тебя большие!" - "Это для того, чтобы я тебя легче обхватить могла." - "Но, бабушка, зачем же у тебя такой противный большой рот?" - "А затем, чтобы я тебя могла съесть!" И едва только волк проговорил это, как выскочил из-под одеяла и проглотил бедную Красную Шапочку.

Насытившись таким образом, волк опять улегся в кровать, заснул, да и стал храпеть что есть мочи.

Охотник проходил как раз в это время мимо бабушкина дома и подумал: "Что это старушка-то так храпит, уж с ней не приключилось ли что-нибудь?"

Вошел он в дом, подошел к кровати и видит, что туда волк забрался. "Вот где ты мне попался, старый греховодник! - сказал охотник. - Давно уж я до тебя добираюсь."

И хотел было убить его из ружья, да пришло ему в голову, что волк, может быть, бабушку-то проглотил и что ее еще спасти можно; потому он и не выстрелил, а взял ножницы и стал вспарывать спящему волку брюхо.

Чуть только взрезал, как увидел, что там мелькнула красная шапочка; а дальше стал резать, и выпрыгнула оттуда девочка и воскликнула: "Ах, как я перепугалась, как к волку-то в его темную утробушку попалась!"

А за Красною Шапочкою кое-как выбралась и бабушка-старушка и еле могла отдышаться.

Тут уж Красная Шапочка натаскала поскорее больших камней, которые они и навалили волку в брюхо, и зашили разрез; и когда он проснулся, то хотел было улизнуть; но не вынес тягости камней, пал наземь и издох.

Это всех троих порадовало: охотник тотчас содрал с волка шкуру и пошел с нею домой, бабушка поела пирога и попила винца, которое ей Красная Шапочка принесла, и это ее окончательно подкрепило, а Красная Шапочка подумала: "Ну, уж теперь я никогда не стану в лесу убегать в сторону от большой дороги, не ослушаюсь больше матушкиного приказания."

Little Red Riding Hood (Красная шапочка)

Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.

One day her mother, having made some cakes, said to her, "Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing, for I hear she has been very ill. Take her a cake, and this little pot of butter.”

Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.

As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest. He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, "I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother.”

"Does she live far off?” said the wolf

"Oh I say,” answered Little Red Riding Hood; "it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village.”

"Well,” said the wolf, "and I’ll go and see her too. I’ll go this way and go you that, and we shall see who will be there first.”

The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers. It was not long before the wolf arrived at the old woman’s house. He knocked at the door: tap, tap.

"Who’s there?”

"Your grandchild, Little Red Riding Hood,” replied the wolf, counterfeiting her voice; "who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter sent you by mother.”

The good grandmother, who was in bed, because she was somewhat ill, cried out, "Pull the string, and the latch will go up.”

The wolf pulled the string n, and the door opened, and then he immediately fell upon the good woman and ate her up in a moment, for it been more than three days since he had eaten. He then shut the door and got into the grandmother’s bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood, who came some time afterwards and knocked at the door: tap, tap.

"Who’s there?”

Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the wolf, was at first afraid; but believing her grandmother had a cold and was hoarse, answered, "It is your grandchild Little Red Riding Hood, who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter mother sends you.”

The wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as much as he could, "Pull the string, and the latch will go up.”

Little Red Riding Hood pulled the string, and the door opened.

The wolf, seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself under the bedclothes, "Put the cake and the little pot of butter upon the stool, and come sit on the bed with me.”

Little Red Riding Hood sat on the bed. She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes, and said to her, "Grandmother, what big arms you have!”

"All the better to hug you with, my dear.”

"Grandmother, what big legs you have!”

"All the better to run with, my child.”

"Grandmother, what big ears you have!”

"All the better to hear with, my child.”

"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!”

"All the better to see with, my child.”

"Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!”

"All the better to eat you up with.”

And, saying these words, this wicked wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her all up.

The woodcutters were passing by the house. They heard the noise, rushed to the house and killed the wolf. And out came Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. They were safe and sound and very happy!

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called ‘Little Red-Cap.’

One day her mother said to her: ‘Come, Little Red-Cap, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, “Good morning”, and don’t peep into every corner before you do it.’

‘I will take great care,’ said Little Red-Cap to her mother, and gave her hand on it.

The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red-Cap entered the wood, a wolf met her. Red-Cap did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him.

‘Good day, Little Red-Cap,’ said he.

‘Thank you kindly, wolf.’

‘Whither away so early, Little Red-Cap?’

‘To my grandmother’s.’

‘What have you got in your apron?’

‘Cake and wine; yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger.’

‘Where does your grandmother live, Little Red-Cap?’

‘A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood; her house stands under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are just below; you surely must know it,’ replied Little Red-Cap.

The wolf thought to himself: ‘What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful-she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both.’ So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red-Cap, and then he said: ‘See, Little Red-Cap, how pretty the flowers are about here-why do you not look round? I believe, too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing; you walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is merry.’

Little Red-Cap raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought: ‘Suppose I take grandmother a fresh nosegay; that would please her too. It is so early in the day that I shall still get there in good time’; and so she ran from the path into the wood to look for flowers. And whenever she had picked one, she fancied that she saw a still prettier one farther on, and ran after it, and so got deeper and deeper into the wood.

Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother’s house and knocked at the door.

‘Who is there?’

‘Little Red-Cap,’ replied the wolf. ‘She is bringing cake and wine; open the door.’

‘Lift the latch,’ called out the grandmother, ‘I am too weak, and cannot get up.’

The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother’s bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap laid himself in bed and drew the curtains.

Little Red-Cap, however, had been running about picking flowers, and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more, she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her.

She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself: ‘Oh dear! how uneasy I feel today, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.’ She called out: ‘Good morning,’ but received no answer; so she went to the bed and drew back the curtains. There lay her grandmother with her cap pulled far over her face, and looking very strange.

‘Oh! grandmother,’ she said, ‘what big ears you have!’

‘The better to hear you with, my child,’ was the reply.

‘But, grandmother, what big eyes you have!’ she said.

‘The better to see you with, my dear.’

‘But, grandmother, what large hands you have!’

‘The better to hug you with.’

‘Oh! but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!’

‘The better to eat you with!’

And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with one bound he was out of bed and swallowed up Red-Cap.

When the wolf had appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud. The huntsman was just passing the house, and thought to himself: ‘How the old woman is snoring! I must just see if she wants anything.’ So he went into the room, and when he came to the bed, he saw that the wolf was lying in it. ‘Do I find you here, you old sinner!’ said he. ‘I have long sought you!’ Then just as he was going to fire at him, it occurred to him that the wolf might have devoured the grandmother, and that she might still be saved, so he did not fire, but took a pair of scissors, and began to cut open the stomach of the sleeping wolf. When he had made two snips, he saw the little Red-Cap shining, and then he made two snips more, and the little girl sprang out, crying: ‘Ah, how frightened I have been! How dark it was inside the wolf’; and after that the aged grandmother came out alive also, but scarcely able to breathe. Red-Cap, however, quickly fetched great stones with which they filled the wolf’s belly, and when he awoke, he wanted to run away, but the stones were so heavy that he collapsed at once, and fell dead.

Then all three were delighted. The huntsman drew off the wolf’s skin and went home with it; the grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine which Red-Cap had brought, and revived, but Red-Cap thought to herself: ‘As long as I live, I will never by myself leave the path, to run into the wood, when my mother has forbidden me to do so.’

It also related that once when Red-Cap was again taking cakes to the old grandmother, another wolf spoke to her, and tried to entice her from the path. Red-Cap, however, was on her guard, and went straight forward on her way, and told her grandmother that she had met the wolf, and that he had said ‘good morning’ to her, but with such a wicked look in his eyes, that if they had not been on the public road she was certain he would have eaten her up. ‘Well,’ said the grandmother, ‘we will shut the door, that he may not come in.’ Soon afterwards the wolf knocked, and cried: ‘Open the door, grandmother, I am Little Red-Cap, and am bringing you some cakes.’ But they did not speak, or open the door, so the grey-beard stole twice or thrice round the house, and at last jumped on the roof, intending to wait until Red-Cap went home in the evening, and then to steal after her and devour her in the darkness. But the grandmother saw what was in his thoughts. In front of the house was a great stone trough, so she said to the child: ‘Take the pail, Red-Cap; I made some sausages yesterday, so carry the water in which I boiled them to the trough.’ Red-Cap carried until the great trough was quite full. Then the smell of the sausages reached the wolf, and he sniffed and peeped down, and at last stretched out his neck so far that he could no longer keep his footing and began to slip, and slipped down from the roof straight into the great trough, and was drowned. But Red-Cap went joyously home, and no one ever did anything to harm her again.

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