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Sometimes regarded as the German J. K. Rolia Funke finished the Universityof Hamburg and after graduation studied book illustration at a design college. Shebegan a career as a book illustrator and game designer, but lost interest in the workafter a few years. As a young girl, Funke had been a lover of fantasy — the worksof J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and J. M. Barrie — and decided, at the age of 28,to write her own books. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she became a ratherwellknown author of children’s books in her native Germany, but her successcame in 1997 when «Dragonrider» and later «The Thief Lord», both hugesuccesses in Germany, were met with international attention. In fact, as soon as«The Thief Lord» reached the United States, it hit the «New York Times»bestseller list and remained there for 25 weeks.Task. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).1. Cornelia Funke and J. K. Rowling are friends.2. Cornelia Funke got her education in her native country.3. She began a career as a storyteller.4. She was always interested in her work of a designer.5. She read the famous fantasy books at the age of 28.6. The author’s first success came in 1997 when her books became bestsellersin the USA.The Story About The Christmas TreeLong, long ago, on one Christmas Eve, spiders were banished from homeswhile people cleaned the houses and broke their webs. They had to move to thefarthest corner of the attic. Young spiders wanted to see the decorated Christmastrees and the little Christ child. The elders tried to tell the younger spiders that theywere not allowed inside the rooms but the young spiders were quite curious. Whenthe house was dark and silent and everybody was asleep, the spiders crept out oftheir hiding place and slowly reached the Christmas tree. They spent all night inthe tree, examining its beautiful ornaments. They left pretty and delicate spiderwebs all over the tree. In the early hours of the morning, the little Christ child cameto bless the house. He was surprised to find little spiders and their webs on the tree.The Christ child gently touched the spider webs and made them sparkling andshining in silver and golden colours. The Christmas tree looked even morebeautiful than before.Task. For sentences (1—6) choose and circle the correct answer (a, b, c or d).1. When were spiders driven out of people’s homes?a) at Christmas time b) on Christmas morningc) at the weekend d) on the 24th of December2. Where did the spiders live?a) in the bathroom b) under the roofc) in the kitchen d) under the floor3. Who wanted to see the decorated Christmas trees and the little Christ child?a) the huge spiders b) the young spidersc) the oldest spiders d) the cleverest spiders4. When did the spiders go to look at the Christmas tree?a) When the family was having dinner. b) When everybody was dancing.c) When the family was in bed. d) When the little Christ childarrived.5. The spiders left pretty and delicate spider webs ... .a) all over the house b) all over the atticc) all over the tree d) all over the bedroom6. The Christ child ... .a) transformed the Christmas tree into goldb) changed the colours of the spider websc) did nothing in the room d) removed the webs from the Christmastree