OGE. 6. Use of English, task 20-28 / 29-34

Just like Santa Claus at Christmas time, Grandfather Frost brings gifts to (a)   on New Year’s Eve. (CHILD)

Grandfather Frost used to be known in Russia as “the Frost”. Country people did not know exactly what he looked like and what he liked (a)   , but they knew his strong personality well. (EAT)

So people (a)   gifts of food for the Frost so that his icy touch would not spoil their crops. (LEAVE)

Grandfather Frost is also a character in legends and fairy-tales. One of (a)   runs that once there was a woman who had both a daughter, whom she loved, and a step-daughter, whom she hated. (THEY)

One day, the woman ordered her husband to take her stepdaughter out into the winter forest. She hoped the girl (a)   . (DIE)

The Frost found her there. As the girl was polite and kind to him he gave her a lot of beautiful things, diamonds and fine clothes. After a while, the stepmother sent the (a)   father to bring back her body, but the girl came back, beautiful and happy. (GIRL)

When the stepmother saw what she (a)   she had an idea. (BRING)

She said: “If you take my daughter out into the forest she (a)   even more diamonds and precious things”. (GET)

But the girl was rude to the Frost and (a)   to death. (FREEZE)

Russian culture has a rich history and strong traditions, (a)   when it comes to literature, philosophy, music, ballet, architecture and painting, (PARTICULAR)