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Read the text below. For questions (35–40) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

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18th-century America's Santa Claus was not the only St. Nicholas-inspired gift-giver to make an appearance at Christmastime. Similar figures were popular all over the world. Christkind or Kris Kringle (35) to deliver presents to well-behaved Swiss and German children. Meaning “Christ child”, Christkind is an angel-like figure often (36) by St. Nicholas on his holiday missions. In Scandinavia, a jolly elf named Jultomten was thought to deliver gifts in a sleigh drawn by goats. English legend explains that Father Christmas visits each home (37) Christmas Eve to fill children's stockings with holiday treats. Pere Noel is responsible for filling the shoes of French children. In some regions of Russia, it is believed that an elderly woman called Babushka (38) gave the wise men wrong directions to Bethlehem so that they couldn't find Jesus. Later, she felt remorseful, but could not find (39) to undo the damage. To this day, on January 6, Babushka visits Russian children leaving gifts at (40) bedsides in the hope that one of them is the baby Jesus and she will be forgiven. In Italy, a similar story exists about a woman called La Befana, a kindly witch who rides a broomstick down the chimneys of Italian homes to deliver toys into the stockings of lucky children.

Christkind or Kris Kringle (35) to deliver presents to well-behaved Swiss and German children.

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Завдання 36

Текст до цього завдання дивіться в питанні 35.

Meaning “Christ child”, Christkind is an angel-like figure often (36) by St. Nicholas on his holiday missions.

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Завдання 37

Текст до цього завдання дивіться в питанні 35.

English legend explains that Father Christmas visits each home (37) Christmas Eve to fill children's stockings with holiday treats.

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Завдання 38

Текст до цього завдання дивіться в питанні 35.

In some regions of Russia, it is believed that an elderly woman called Babushka (38) gave the wise men wrong directions to Bethlehem so that they couldn't find Jesus.

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Завдання 39

Текст до цього завдання дивіться в питанні 35.

Later, she felt remorseful, but could not find (39) to undo the damage.

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Завдання 40

Текст до цього завдання дивіться в питанні 35.

To this day, on January 6, Babushka visits Russian children leaving gifts at (40) bedsides in the hope that one of them is the baby Jesus and she will be forgiven.

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Завдання 41

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