Task 3. Задание 24. Match the names of the following famous cats with their descriptions: 1 Dinah; 2 Tom; 3 The Cheshire Cat; 4 Crookshanks; 5 Puss in Boots; 6 Garfield; 7 Mrs Norris; 8 The Cat in the Hat; 9 Macavity. A The cat with a squashed face who belongs to Harry Potter’s best friend. B The cat that creates chaos when he comes to the house of Sally and her brother while their mother is away; one of the characters of Dr Seuss. C The lazy, cynical, sarcastic orange fat cat who loves lasagna and has Mondays — from a comic strip created by Jim Davis. D The pet cat of Argus Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who helps her master to find misbehaving children. E The criminal cat, also known as the Hidden Paw, one of the main characters of T. S. Eliot’s 1939 poetry book “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats”. F Alice’s loyal and curious pet in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. G The cat who is always at war with his rival mouse and is one of the two main characters in the famous cartoons about them first created in the 1940s. H The cat who keeps grinning (smiling) at the adventures in Wonderland, as well as disappearing and appearing over and over again, until nothing is left of it but its grin. I The cat from a fairy tale who uses trickery to help his poor master gain power, money and the hand of a princess in marriage.

Перевод задания: Соотнесите имена известных котов с их описаниями.

1. F — Dinah (Дайна — преданный и любопытный питомец Алисы).
2. G — Tom (Том — кот из мультфильмов о Томе и Джерри).
3. H — The Cheshire Cat (Чеширский кот).
4. A — Crookshanks (Криволап — кот Гермионы Грейнджер).
5. I — Puss in Boots (Кот в сапогах).
6. C — Garfield (Гарфилд).
7. D — Mrs Norris (миссис Норрис — кошка Аргуса Филча).
8. B — The Cat in the Hat (Кот в шляпе).
9. E — Macavity (Макавити — преступный кот из произведений Т. С. Элиота и мюзикла «Кошки»).

Ответ: 1–F, 2–G, 3–H, 4–A, 5–I, 6–C, 7–D, 8–B, 9–E.