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Read the
passage.
1 Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
Jacob Grimm (1).....
was born in February 1786 in Germany.
they (2).......
...born in January 1785 and his brother
Their father was a lawyer, and XI
Their father was a
six more brothers and one sister. In 1802, Jacob
to university to study law at the University of Marburg. As always,
1803.
During their university years they began to collect folk and fairy tales. Folklore is
stories that have been passed down from parents to children, by (5)...
of mouth, but at that time many had not been published in books. The Grimms were
stories that included Germany and German
especially interested (6)........
culture. Jacob and Wilhelm published their first book of fairy tales - "Children's and
86 folktales. Readers were so
Household Tales" - in 1812. There (7)............
as children all collected XII
(3)........
his little brother followed him, and entered law school (4).....
happy to see the stories they had been (8).........
together. Therefore, the book was a success. In the next volume of "Grimm's Fairy
Tales", the brothers added 70 more stories. It went on growing like this for six more
.....! It is probably
editions. Finally, the book contained over 200 (9)..
the best-known work of German literature. Even if you don't know the Brothers Grimm,
you definitely (10)..........
a Grimm fairy tale.
2-Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1. The little brother was only 1 year younger than the big one.
2. In the Grimms' time, many fairy tales had been published in books.
3. The Grimms didn't care much about his country and its culture.
4. The first book was published about 10 years after they went
to university.
5. The Grimms' books are possibly the most famous in German literature.