номер 7 (страница 121) гдз по английскому языку 5 класс тренировочные упражнения в формате ГИА Ваулина, Подоляко

7. Read the text and find the answers to the questions. Match questions 1-5 to paragraphs A-D. There is one question with no answer.

1. What helped James with his problems?____

2. Why was James unhappy?____

3. How did James find himself in the peach?____

4. Why did his aunts travel with James?____

5. Why was James an orphan?____

A. James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by the British author Roald Dahl. The book is about a young English orphan (сирота) boy who enters a gigantic, magical peach. He has adventures with the six insects he meets.

B. The boy lived happily with his parents until rhinos escaped from the London zoo and ate his parents. James stayed with his two evil aunts, Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. They made the boy work long hours chopping wood and cleaning. They did not allow him to come out of the house. They locked him in the basement to sleep on the cold floor. He didn't go to school or play with other children. They didn't give him enough food.

C. One day James meets an old wizard who gives him a small bag of magic green crystals. These crystals have the power to help James with his problems. James falls and drops them into the roots of a peach tree. Soon a peach appears on the tree and becomes the size of a house. The aunts sell tickets to see it.

D. Later, six insects invite James inside the peach. The insects ate some of his magic green crystals and grew to become as large as James. Together, they roll away in the giant peach — leaving his aunts behind them. They have many adventures on their way to New York City across the Atlantic Ocean. The book is enjoyable!