Задание 8. ОГЭ-2014 - Задание A14: все задания

1. Задание#T12746

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The Birds

On December 3rd the wind changed during the night and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been a pleasant one. The leaves had stayed on the trees, golden red, and the earth was rich where the farm workers had turned it.

Nat Hocken, because of a wartime disability, did not work full-time at the farm. He work three days a week, and they gave him the lighter jobs.

Although he was married with children, he did not much enjoy the company of others, so he preferred to work alone. It pleased him when he was given a gate to mend or a wall to build at the edge of the farm land. Then, at midday, he could look down at the sea and watch the birds while he ate. Autumn was best for this, better than spring. In autumn the birds that stayed to pass the winter came in great flocks. They circled in the sky and landed to feed on the rich earth. But even when they fed they seemed to do it without hunger, without desire. Then they returned to the skies again.

Nat watched them, and he watched the seabirds too. Down on the beach they waited for the tide. They had more patience, but after feeding they too flocked and circled and cried. Perhaps, thought Nat, a message comes to the birds in autumn. Winter is coming. Many of them will die. People who are worried about an early death force themselves to work or go crazy. Perhaps the birds do the same.

The birds had been more restless than ever this year. As he worked in his fields, the figure of the farmer was lost for a moment in a great cloud of circling, crying birds.

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The birds’ behavior was unusual.

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2. Задание#T12612

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King Alfred and the Cakes

Many years ago there lived in England a wise and good king whose name was Alfred. No other man ever did so much for his country as he; and people now, all over the world, speak of him as Alfred the Great, a great commander-in-chief, a great ruler and a great scholar.

In those days a king did not have a very easy life. There was war almost all the time, and no one else could lead his army into battle so well as he. And so, between ruling and fighting, he had a busy time of it indeed.

A fierce, rude people, called the Danes, had come from over the sea, and were fighting the English. There were so many of them, and they were so bold and strong, that for a long time they gained every battle. If they kept on, they would soon be the masters of the whole country.

At last, after a great battle, the English army was broken up and scattered. Every man had to save himself in the best way he could. King Alfred fled alone, in great haste, through the woods and swamps.

Late in the day the king came to the hut of a wood-cutter. He was very tired and hungry, and he begged the woodcutter's wife to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in her hut.

The woman was baking some cakes upon the hearth, and she looked with pity upon the poor, ragged fellow who seemed so hungry. She had no thought that he was the king.

"Yes," she said, "I will give you some supper if you will watch these cakes. I want to go out and milk the cow; and you must see that they do not burn while I am gone."

King Alfred was very willing to watch the cakes, but he had far greater things to think about. How was he going to get his army together again? And how was he going to drive the fierce Danes out of the land? He forgot his hunger; he forgot the cakes; he forgot that he was in the woodcutter's hut. His mind was busy making plans for tomorrow.

In a little while the woman came back. The cakes were smoking on the hearth. They were burned to a crisp. Ah, how angry she was!

"You lazy fellow!" she cried. "See what you have done! You want something to eat, but you do not want to work!"

I have been told that she even struck the king with a stick; but I can hardly believe that she was so ill-natured.

The king must have laughed to himself at the thought of being scolded in this way; and he was so hungry that he did not mind the woman's angry words half so much as the loss of the cakes.

I do not know whether he had anything to eat that night, or whether he had to go to bed without his supper. But it was not many days until he had gathered his men together again, and had beaten the Danes in a great battle.

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3. Задание#T12597

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Hilary Smith belonged to a good family, and his father never failed to let people know this fact. Old Mr. Smith was a man whose ideas and behavior belonged to the traditions of nineteenth century gentlemen. Unfortunately, Hilary himself had some trouble with the bank about a few cheques. It seemed a very unimportant matter to the young man, but not to his father. Hilary was sent off to Australia immediately. Mr. Smith knew little about that place, but he understood one thing. It was a convenient country for people who did not like the customs of old England.

Hilary did not like Australia, and Australia did not like Hilary, so he took the earliest opportunity of returning to England. He could not, of course, earn enough money to buy a ticket, so he had to wait until his father and his brother died. Fortunately they did this at the same time. After that he received all the money which belonged to the good old family.

There was not a large amount of money, and Hilary soon spent it. When all the money had been spent, Hilary could do one of two things. He could die or work. The thought of neither of these have him any pleasure. Then he remembered that he was not alone in the world. He had an aunt.

She was his father's only sister, and he knew little about her. His father’s old-fashioned ideas were responsible for this unfortunate fact. When she was spoken about, he always looked displeased. "Your aunt Mary behaved very badly. The family name suffered as a result," he said. It seemed that she had failed to marry a lord. Instead she had chosen a husband who had a small business. Families like the Smiths were too good for that sort of thing, of course. As soon as she became "Mrs. Prothero", she was dead to her brother. Later, her husband died and left her a lot of money, but that did not bring her back to life in her brother's opinion.

Hilary discovered his aunt’s address by talking to the family lawyer. Fortunately, she had continued to use him after the family turned its back on her. So Hilary’s sun shone again, and the old lady seemed to like him. He made frequent visits to his aunt's house; and soon he was living comfortably in the building for which the shopkeeper's money had paid.

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Finally Hilary went to stay with his aunt.

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