A1. Who said to whom :
(1) “You do not know me, but I know you."
(2) "I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for.
(3) “I'll serve you all my life.”
(4) "Here comes someone running."
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One hour passed and another. The sun began to sink behind the trees and the king at
last stuck the spade into the ground and said, "I came to you, wise one, for an answer to my
questions. If you can give me none, please say so, and I will go home." "Here comes someone
running," said the hermit, “let us see who it is."
The king turned round and saw a bearded man come running out of the forest. The man
held his hands pressed against his stomach, and blood was flowing from under them. When
he reached the king, he fainted and fell to the ground, moaning feebly. The king and the hermit
unfastened the man's clothing. There was a large wound in his stomach. The king washed it as
well as he could, and bandaged it with his handkerchief and a towel the hermit had. But the blood
would not stop flowing, and the king again and again removed the bandage soaked with warm
blood and washed and rebandaged the wound. When at last the blood stopped flowing, the man
revived and asked for something to drink. The king brought some fresh water and gave it to him.
Meanwhile the sun had set and it had become cool. So the king, with the hermit's help,
carried the wounded man into the hut. The man lay there quietly with his eyes closed. By now, the
king was so tired after his walk and the work he had done, that he lay down himself and also fell
asleep. When he awoke in the morning, it took him some time to remember where he was and
who was the strange bearded man lying by his side and gazing intently at him. "Forgive me!" said
the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was awake and was looking at him.
"I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for," said the king.
"You do not know me, but I know you. I am that enemy of yours who swore to revenge
himself on you because you executed his brother and seized his property. I knew you had gone
alone to see the hermit, and I resolved to kill you on your way back. But the day passed and you
did not return. So I came out of my ambush to find you. Your bodyguards recognised me and
wounded me. I escaped from them but would have bled to death had you not dressed my wound.
I wished to kill you but you have saved my life. Now if I live, and if you wish it, I'll serve you all my
life."
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A2. Complete the reasons :
The wounded man asked for the king's pardon because
A3. (1) Pick out any two collocations from the extract.
(2) Give noun forms of:
(i) executed (ii) seized
Answers
large woundA1. Who said to whom :
(1) “You do not know me, but I know you."
(2) "I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for.
(3) “I'll serve you all my life.”
(4) "Here comes someone running."
Explanation:
(1) “You do not know me, but I know you."
These words were said by the bearded man to the king.
(2) "I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for.
These words were said by the king to the bearded man.
(3) “I'll serve you all my life.”
These words were said by the bearded man to the king.
(4) "Here comes someone running."
These words were said by said the hermit to the king.
A2. Complete the reasons :
The wounded man asked for the king's pardon because the king had saved his life by dressing up his stomach wounds.
A3. (1) Pick out any two collocations from the extract.
A collocation is defined as a series of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance
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(2) Give noun forms of:
(i) executed (ii) seized
The noun form of this word is "Execution".
The noun form of word seized is "seizure".