Сборник самых известных английских легенд. Уровень 1 - стр. 9
Beowulf returned home and eventually became king of his own people. He ruled the kingdom for many years. During that time he performed many great deeds.
One day, fifty years after Beowulf’s battle with Grendel’s mother, a slave stole a golden cup from the lair of a dragon. When the dragon saw that the cup had been stolen, it left its cave in a rage, burning everything in sight. Beowulf and his warriors came to fight the dragon, but Beowulf told his men that he would fight the dragon alone and that they should wait on the barrow. Beowulf descended to do battle with the dragon but found himself outmatched. His men, upon seeing this display and fearing for their lives, crept back into the woods. One of his men, however, Wiglaf[57], who found great distress in seeing Beowulf’s plight, came to Beowulf’s aid. The two killed the dragon, but Beowulf was mortally wounded.
Beowulf was buried on a cliff. The dragon’s treasure was buried with him, in accordance withBeowulf’s wishes[58], rather than distributed to his people, and there is a curse associated with the hoard to ensure that Beowulf’s wish is kept.
1. Выберите правильный вариант:
1. Scyld Scefing had come to Denmark in a boat loaded with bottles of rum.
2. Scyld Scefing had come to England in a vessel loaded with treasures.
3. Scyld Scefing had come to Denmark in a vessel loaded with treasures.
4. Scyld Scefing had come to Denmark in a big ship.
2. What colour was the banner which Scyld’s men put over his head when he died?
1. red.
2. black.
3. white.
4. golden.
3. Who (or what) is Heorot?
1. a mighty warrior.
2. the great hall.
3. a conqueror.
4. a king.
4. A goblin is
1. a legendary evil or mischievous grotesque dwarf-like creature.
2. a legendary creature with magic powers and supernatural beauty.
3. a big and ugly creature that dwells in isolated rocks.
4. a small, humanoid creature that lives underground.
5. What did Cain do?
1. Cain created his brother from one of his ribs.
2. Cain ate fruit from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden.
3. Cain created the world.
4. Cain committed the first murder by killing his brother.
6. Выберите правильный вариант:
1. The feasting stopped for a few moments to honour the memory of the warrior.
2. The feasting stopped for few moments to honour the memory of the warrior.
3. The feasting stopped for a little moments to honour the memory of the warrior.
4. The feasting stopped for little moments to honour the memory of the warrior.