Reading Task 1. Read the text carefully and match the questions below with the answers.
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a
goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon
began to think they were not getting rich fast enough.
They imagined that if the bird is able to lay golden eggs, its insides must
be made of gold. And they thought that if they could get all that precious metal
at once, they would get mighty rich very soon. So the man and his wife decided
to kill the bird.
However, upon cutting the goose open, they were shocked to find that its
innards were like that of any other goose!
A. They could get
B. Eggs' innards were not
1. Who had the good fortune to have a goose?
precious metal
2. What did the goose do every day?
gold
3. How did the man and his wife think
they would be rich?
4. Why were the heroes shocked?
5. What is the moral of the story?
C. Laid a golden egg
D. A man and his wife.
E. Think before you act!​

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