Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса направлений

Ask “do you think questions” as in the example:

EXAMPLE: Who do you think is coming here today?

1. 
   They deserved their happiness. (general)
   
2. 
   Mrs. Meadows was the master of the house. (Who?)
   
3. 
   They remembered what they had said to one another. (What?)
   
4. 
   He didn’t make a fortune. (Why?)
   
5. 
   For the last ten years he had been living in the sailor’s home. (Where?)
   
6. 
   He would tell all the stories I wanted to hear. (What?)
   
7. 
   Fate was kind to him. (general)
   
8. 
   “I’m glad he came back,” she said. (Why?)
   

Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks

1. 
   Answer the following questions:
   

1. 
   What was the farm like?
   
2. 
   What kind of people lived in the house and farmed the land? What was their only boast?
   
3. 
   Who was the master of the house? What did she look like?
   

What was she like?

4. 
   What was the story of George Meadows? Why had he gone to sea? How had he spent fifty years of his exile’s life?
   
5. 
   Why had the matron of the sailor’s home written to them?
   
6. 
   What did the old man look like?
   
7. 
   How had he got to the house? Why was he proud he could walk?
   
8. 
   Why was it strange to look at the old people, Emily Meadows and George Meadows?
   
9. 
   Why had the old man never married?
   
10. 
    Why hadn’t he made a fortune?
    
11. 
    Why did the author look at the old man with admiration and respect?
    
12. 
    What did the author see when he came the next morning?
    
13. 
    Why does the author say fate was kind to the old man?
    
14. 
    What was Mrs. Meadow never quite sure of ?
    

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