Контрольные задания > 1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.
A traveller who had been riding in the rain and was wet through, arrived at a small hotel in the country.
There was only one fireplace in the hall and a lot of people around it. The traveller thought of a plan how to
get warm. He asked the hotel owner to take some fish to his horse. The hotel owner was surprised but the
traveller insisted and the hotel owner did as he was asked. All the people rushed out to see the horse eat
fish. The traveller had the fireplace all to himself and felt comfortable. When the hotel owner returned he
said, "I was sure horses do not eat fish."-"Then why did you take it to my horse?"
Вопросы:
1. Why did the hotel owner try to feed the horse with fish?
2. Why did the traveller ask him to do it?
Вопрос:
1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.
A traveller who had been riding in the rain and was wet through, arrived at a small hotel in the country.
There was only one fireplace in the hall and a lot of people around it. The traveller thought of a plan how to
get warm. He asked the hotel owner to take some fish to his horse. The hotel owner was surprised but the
traveller insisted and the hotel owner did as he was asked. All the people rushed out to see the horse eat
fish. The traveller had the fireplace all to himself and felt comfortable. When the hotel owner returned he
said, "I was sure horses do not eat fish."-"Then why did you take it to my horse?"
Вопросы:
1. Why did the hotel owner try to feed the horse with fish?
2. Why did the traveller ask him to do it?
Ответ:
1. The hotel owner didn't try to feed the horse with fish. The traveller asked him to do it.
2. The traveller asked him to do it to make people go see it. He wanted to be alone in the hall to get warm near the fireplace.