Х Всероссийская олимпиада по английскому языку

6 декабря 2008 года, 14:00          5—6 классы

Продолжительность тура 1 час (60 минут)

Use of English.

PART 1. Circle the odd word in each group.

1. table                            chair                        window                bed                        stool

2. bear                        funny                        fox                        elephant                tiger

3. hot                        cold                        blue                        sad                        tired

4. chicken                eat                        duck                        parrot                        penguin

5. TV                        computer                video player                mobile phone                CD

PART 2. Match the definitions to the words.

6. get on a bus here                     a) cinema

                7. play sports here                     b) bank

you can           8. buy things here                     c) leisure centre

                9. watch films here                     d) bus station

                10. get money here                     e) shops

PART 3. Underline the correct word.

11. It’s very hot today. Where’s my T-shirt/jacket?

12. Linda’s cold. She’s looking for her scarf/dress.

13. Let’s play volleyball. I’ve got my shoes/trainers here.

14. My mum’s eyes are fair/grey.

15. My brother’s hair is reddish-brown/tall.

16. How tall are you? I’m of medium length/medium height.

17. It’s a cold day. Where are you trousers/shorts?

18. I’m going to the beach. I need my baseball cap/socks.

19. Sarah’s hair is very tall/long.

20. Anne’s hair is quite shorts/fair.

PART 4. Write the questions in the interview with a pop star.

21. A) ……….

    B) I usually get up at seven o’clock

22. A)

    B) I always have an apple for breakfast

23. A) ……….

    B) No, I don’t. I never drink coffee

24. A)

    B) Well, now I'm drinking water. It’s very good for you

25. A) ……….

    B) My favourite food is fruit

26. A)

    B) No, I don’t like chocolate!

27. A) ……….

    B) Yes, I can. I like to cook when I'm not working

28. A) ……….

    B) Yes, I have. I’ve got two cats

29. A) ……….

    B) The cats’ names are Wiffy and Scrunch

30. A) ……….

      B) Yes, I like them

Reading

PART 5. What do these signs mean? Circle the correct option.

                                                                a) open in the evenings

31) Open 9:30-5.30, Monday-Saturday                            b) open every day

                                                                c) not open on Sundays

                                                                a) no bikes on the grass

32) Don’t ride your bike on the grass                                b) park your bikes on the grass

                                                                c) leave your bike at home

                                                                a) see you later

33) Welcome to London                                        b) this is way to London

c) we hope you have a nice time here in London

                                                                a) don’t turn left

34) Keep to the left                                                b) look to your left

                                                                c) stay on the left side

                                                                a) this is hotel room

35) Class 2A                                                        b) This is a classroom

                                                                c) This is a train

PART 6. Read the text and answer the questions.

“When I wake up I don’t get up immediately. I turn on the television and watch the children’s programmes and old movies until about half-past ten. Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the telly. For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass of milk, and I watch the news. In the afternoon? I often watch another old film – they're showing some good ones at the moment. In the evenings, I often watch soap operas or sport and the news again. I like the main news at six o’clock. At nine thirty, if there is a good play on BBC, I switch over and watch it. Then at night I watch more films and I usually switch off the telly at about two o’clock. I never watch the TV all night.”

36. What programmes does he watch in the morning?
37. What programmes does he watch in the evening?
38. What is his favourite programme?
39. When does he switch the TV off?
40. How many TV sets has he got?

PART 7. Read the following information and decide if the sentences below are true (T) or false (F).

Oscars – Brasserie Restaurant – an exclusive European – style restaurant with adjacent bar lounge at the south end of the Viewing Mall. Openings hours: Restaurant 12 noon – 3.00pm, 6.00pm – 10.00pm. Telephone 545-3177

Le Cafe – specialises in Indian, Malay and local food, and western favourites. At the centre of the Viewing Mall. Open 8.00 am – 10.30pm. Telephone: 545-2413

Sakuraya Japanese Restaurant – a traditional Japanese restaurant serving typical Japanese dishes with style and grace. Open 11.00am – 3.00pm and 6.00pm – 10.00pm.

 Telephone: 545-0780

41. Oscars offers European food
42. Le Cafe is at the south end of the Viewing Mall
43. Sakuraya is a traditional Japanese restaurant
44. All restaurants are open at 8.00am
45. Sakuraya has a bar lounge

PART 8. Read an extract from this letter and make questions for these answers.

Dear Libby,

Here I am deep in Mexico! It’s six in the evening, and nearly time for dinner. Pippa is looking at the map and planning tomorrow’s adventures.

We arrived in Mexico City at 11.30pm on Wednesday night. We decided to stay in an expensive hotel because this was our first night in a new country. Next day we did a few sights – governmental palace, textile museum etc. Then we caught a bus to Xela. It’s four hours by bus and we got there about 9.00p.m. Unfortunately it was dark so we couldn’t see the volcanoes and lakes as we drove up into the mountains.

46. At 11.30pm on Wednesday night.
47. A Palace and museum.
48. It’s four hours by bus.
49. About 9.00pm.
50. Because it was dark.

ANSWER SHEET

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников 2011-2012 учебный год

Школьный этап  5–6 класс

TASK 1    LISTENING (10 points)

Time: 10 minutes

Listen to the text and choose the correct answer

1. She is … .

A) a teacher

B) a student

C) a worker

2. Her name is … .

A) Jane B) Sue C) Penny

3. She goes to school … .

A) in London

B) in a little town

C) near London

4. She lives … London.

A) in B) near C) far from

5. She lives with her parents and … .

A) a sister

B) two brothers

C) a brother

6. Her brother is … .

A) four B) forty C) fourteen

7. She has a … .

A) dog

B) dog and a cat

C) cat

8. She likes … .

A) playing football

B) watching football on TV

C) going to a football match

9. … she goes to a football match.

A) Sometimes

B) Usually

C) Once a week

10. She … .

A) likes sports very much

B) doesn’t like sports

C) hates sports

TASK 2     READING (20 points)

Time: 25 minutes

1. Read the text about Martin and mark the sentences with the letter (T) if the information is true and with the letter (F) if it is false.

My clothes

        I like trousers and jeans. I don’t like shirts but I like T-shirts and sweatshirts. I also like baseball caps. My favourite colours are blue and red.

        At school I usually wear my black trousers or blue jeans, and a T-shirt or sweatshirt. I’ve got a lot of T-shirts. My favourite T-shirt is blue with a picture of a tiger on it. I usually wear trainers. I’ve got some black shoes, but I don’t like them.

        At the moment I’m wearing blue jeans, a red and blue sweatshirt and my new trainers. I really love my new trainers!

1. Martin likes jeans. ___
2. He doesn’t like sweatshirts. ___
3. His favourite colours are blue and green. ___
4. He usually wears green trousers at school. ___
5. His favourite T-shirt is black. ___
6. He doesn’t like his black shoes. ___
7. Martin wears trainers. ___
8. At the moment he is wearing green and blue sweatshirt. ___
9. He doesn’t like trainers. ___
10. Martin has got a lot of T-shirts.___

2. Read the text and be ready to do some tasks below.

A Problem

A man was walking in the park on a beautiful spring day and he saw a penguin. He did not know what to do. He took him to a policeman and said, "I've found this penguin, what should I do?"

The policeman replied, "Take him to the Zoo."

The next day the policeman was walking in the same park when he saw the same man with the penguin. He walked up to him and said, "Didn't I tell you to take the penguin to the Zoo?"

"Yes," answered the man, "that's what I did yesterday and today I am taking him to the cinema."

A   Write down whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. A man found a penguin in the park.
2. He knew what to do with it.
3. The man didn't want to take the penguin to the Zoo.
4. They met the policeman in the cinema the next day.
5. The man was taking the penguin to the cinema.

B        Answer the following questions.

1. Whom did a man see in the park?
2. Why was the policeman surprised when he saw the man for the second time?
3. Where did he meet the man?
4. Where was the man going?
5. Why was the man taking the penguin to the cinema?

TASK 3      USE OF ENGLISH (30 points)

Time: 20 minutes

1. Fill  admissions in the text words approaching on sense. One word is superfluous. In the beginning there is the example (0).

big     comfortable       tidy      light      hot       new      quiet

My dream house isn’t old – it’s (0)new. And it isn’t dark – there are lots of windows, so all the rooms are very (1)_____________ . And it isn’t noisy – my house is in the countryside, and it’s very (2)_______________ . My bed is very (3)________________ , so I sleep very well. My house is never untidy – it’s always (4)________________ . And, of course, my house isn’t small – it’s very (5)______________!

2. Find in each sentence a mistake and correct it. Use the ciphered words given in brackets.

Example:             I sleep in my kitchen.               bedroom               (rmdbeoo)

1. I have breakfast in the bathroom.         ___________            (tchkien)
2. I watch TV in the garden.                     ___________            (vignli moro)
3. I have a shower in the living room.       ___________            (troboham)
4. I play football in the bedroom.              ___________            (rdagne)
5. I leave my coat in the dining room.       ___________            (lalh)

3. Fill admissions in sentences with the correct form of a verb “ to have”, expressed the statement or negation.

1. They like animals. They ______ a dog and two cats.
2. We never watch TV. We ________ a television.
3. She has a sister, but she __________ a brother.
4. I _________ a CD player, but I don’t have a Walkman.
5. He walks to school. He ___________ a bike.
6. That’s my mobile phone. It _______ a silver cover.
7. He _________ sandwich, but he doesn’t have a drink.
8. My house _________ a garden.
9. My grandparents  ___________ grey hair.
10. Danny can’t use the Internet, he ___________ a computer.

4.  Choose the right variant:

a). a        b). an        c). the       d). --  

1. She is … doctor. She works in hospital.
2. They are at a café on …High Street.
3. He eats …egg and toast for breakfast.
4. In summer … sky is clear and blue.
5. I want to be … engineer when I leave school.
6. … moon is very bright tonight.
7. My cousin lives in … Odessa.
8. It’s raining. Don’t forget to take … umbrella.
9. I don’t like tea with … milk.
10. His younger sister likes … bananas.

TASK 4          WRITING (20 points)

Time: 20 minutes

Write the short story (6-10 sentences) about the working day.

TASK 5 SPEAKING (20 points)

Time: 10 – 12 minutes

1. Dialogue (7 points)

Arrange phrases of telephone conversation in a correct order.

• Yes, he has.
• Hi. It’s Jane here. Can I speak to Mark, please?
• OK. Bye then.
• Sure. Has he got your number?
• Yes, please – can you ask him to ring me?
• Thanks. Bye.
• No, I’m sorry – he isn’t in. Can I take a message?

1. Monologue (13 points)

Tall about your family.                                                          

  Maximum points: 100 points

ШКОЛЬНАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ. 2011-2012 учебный год

6 класс.

READING

Read the newspaper story.

       Ten-year old Pete Baker was really proud of his new bicycle. He told his parents he wanted to ride it to and from school every day. His parents said, “Yes, but be careful.”

       A week later a motorcycle hit Peter when he was riding home from school. “My helmet was smashed! I was scared to death, says Peter. “It was a foggy day. There were a few cars on the road. I was riding my bike slowly on the road. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me. I was scared and I turned left. A motorcycle hit me. My bicycle broke. I fell and got hurt very badly. I don’t remember anything that happened after that, “ Peter told the reporter.

       The person on the motorcycle was a twenty-year-old girl. She stopped and took the boy to hospital where Peter stayed for a month. The doctors said “The helmet saved Peter’s life.”

        Now Peter is a member of a cycling club. He has learned a lot about safe cycling. And he thinks the rule “always wear a helmet when you ride a bike” is very important.

a helmet – шлем

was smashed – был разбит полностью

was scared to death – был напуган до смерти

Choose the best title for the newspaper story.

1.        A good cyclist

2.        A new bike

3.        A helmet helps

Put the sentences in the right order.

a)        A motorcycle hit him.

b)        Peter goes to a cycling club.

c)        Peter went home by bike.

d)        Peter’s parents bought him a new bicycle.

e)        The motorcyclist took him to hospital.

f)        His bike broke.

g)        He heard a noise.

1        2        3        4        5        6        7

LISTENING

Listen to the story “Tea Leaves” and mark the sentences true or false.

1)         Drinking tea became popular in the West earlier than in the East.

2)         The only son of the woman always brought his mother a gift when he returned from a foreign country.

3)         He tried to bring usual things.

4)         Once the son brought a box of tea.

5)         Mother knew how to drink tea.

6)         The woman invited all her relatives to taste the tea her son had brought.

7)         When the sailor entered the room he saw a big plate filled with the tea leaves.

8)         He saw his mother’s friends eating tea leaves with butter and salt.

9)         There was no water in the tea because mother had drunk it.

10) Mother didn’t know what to do with the water and threw it away.

USE OF ENGLISH

Read the text attentively and choose the right form from the variants below.

             Frankie … (1) green and very tall. He has yellow eyes, black hair and a small nose. He also has enormous hands and … (2). He isn’t pretty. In fact, he is very ugly and people … (3) him a monster. They are afraid of him and always run away … (4) they see him. But Frankie isn’t bad! He is an intelligent man and he loves reading. He has … (5) of books in his little house.

        He likes writing stories. He sells his stories … (6) make money. He also likes … (7) his computer and the Internet to write to people. They don’t know that he is ugly and they enjoy his letters. They sometimes ask him for his photograph, but Frankie never sends it.

       Frankie enjoys gardening. There are a lot of vegetables, fruit trees and roses in … (8) big garden. He loves roses! He puts bread out in the garden for the birds so there are a lot of birds too. They … (9) afraid of him!

       Frankie never eats meat. He doesn’t like it. He eats vegetables, fruit and bread. Because he doesn’t like it when people run away from him, he orders all his shopping by the Internet. The shop brings his shopping to his house. In thois way people don’t see him and he feels … (10). And when it is raining he doesn’t have to go out of the house.

1)         A. is                         B. are                         C. am

2)         A. foot                      B. feet                        C. foots

3)         A. calls                     B. write                      C. call

4)         A. when                    B. how                       C. by

5)         A. much                    B. lot                         C. a lot

6)         A. by                        B. for                         C. to

7)         A. gaming                 B. using                      C. eating

8)         A. his                       B. him                        C. at

9)         A. not be                  B. are not                    C. is not

10)         A. happiest               B. happier                    C. the happier

WRITING

Задание 1.

Write a postcard to your friend. Congratulate him (her) on Christmas and New Year. Ask your pen friend about his (her) school life (timetable, favourite subjects, friends, teachers).

(50-60 words).

Your pen friend lives at number 31, Edward Road, Hastings, England.

Задание 2.

Вы собираетесь с классом поехать в Великобританию по школьному обмену. Заполните следующую анкету, необходимую для получения визы.

Name _____________________________________________________

Surname ___________________________________________________

Date of birth (date, month, year)_________________________________

Sex (circle) ______ F / M _____________________________________

Occupation _________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

City (town) you are going to ___________________________________  

ШКОЛЬНАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ. 2011-2012 учебный год

6 класс.

READING

Read the newspaper story.

       Ten-year old Pete Baker was really proud of his new bicycle. He told his parents he wanted to ride it to and from school every day. His parents said, “Yes, but be careful.”

       A week later a motorcycle hit Peter when he was riding home from school. “My helmet was smashed! I was scared to death, says Peter. “It was a foggy day. There were a few cars on the road. I was riding my bike slowly on the road. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me. I was scared and I turned left. A motorcycle hit me. My bicycle broke. I fell and got hurt very badly. I don’t remember anything that happened after that, “ Peter told the reporter.

       The person on the motorcycle was a twenty-year-old girl. She stopped and took the boy to hospital where Peter stayed for a month. The doctors said “The helmet saved Peter’s life.”

        Now Peter is a member of a cycling club. He has learned a lot about safe cycling. And he thinks the rule “always wear a helmet when you ride a bike” is very important.

a helmet – шлем

was smashed – был разбит полностью

was scared to death – был напуган до смерти

Choose the best title for the newspaper story.

1. A good cyclist
2. A new bike
3. A helmet helps

Put the sentences in the right order.

1. A motorcycle hit him.
2. Peter goes to a cycling club.
3. Peter went home by bike.
4. Peter’s parents bought him a new bicycle.
5. The motorcyclist took him to hospital.
6. His bike broke.
7. He heard a noise.

LISTENING

Listen to the story “Tea Leaves” and mark the sentences true or false.

1.  Drinking tea became popular in the West earlier than in the East.
2.  The only son of the woman always brought his mother a gift when he returned from a foreign country.
3.  He tried to bring usual things.
4.  Once the son brought a box of tea.
5.  Mother knew how to drink tea.
6.  The woman invited all her relatives to taste the tea her son had brought.
7.  When the sailor entered the room he saw a big plate filled with the tea leaves.
8.  He saw his mother’s friends eating tea leaves with butter and salt.
9.  There was no water in the tea because mother had drunk it.

10) Mother didn’t know what to do with the water and threw it away.

USE OF ENGLISH

Read the text attentively and choose the right form from the variants below.

             Frankie … (1) green and very tall. He has yellow eyes, black hair and a small nose. He also has enormous hands and … (2). He isn’t pretty. In fact, he is very ugly and people … (3) him a monster. They are afraid of him and always run away … (4) they see him. But Frankie isn’t bad! He is an intelligent man and he loves reading. He has … (5) of books in his little house.

        He likes writing stories. He sells his stories … (6) make money. He also likes … (7) his computer and the Internet to write to people. They don’t know that he is ugly and they enjoy his letters. They sometimes ask him for his photograph, but Frankie never sends it.

       Frankie enjoys gardening. There are a lot of vegetables, fruit trees and roses in … (8) big garden. He loves roses! He puts bread out in the garden for the birds so there are a lot of birds too. They … (9) afraid of him!

       Frankie never eats meat. He doesn’t like it. He eats vegetables, fruit and bread. Because he doesn’t like it when people run away from him, he orders all his shopping by the Internet. The shop brings his shopping to his house. In thois way people don’t see him and he feels … (10). And when it is raining he doesn’t have to go out of the house.

1.  A. is                         B. are                         C. am
2.  A. foot                      B. feet                        C. foots
3.  A. calls                     B. write                      C. call
4.  A. when                    B. how                       C. by
5.  A. much                    B. lot                         C. a lot
6.  A. by                        B. for                         C. to
7.  A. gaming                 B. using                      C. eating
8.  A. his                       B. him                        C. at
9.  A. not be                  B. are not                    C. is not
10.  A. happiest               B. happier                    C. the happier

WRITING

Задание 1.

Write a postcard to your friend. Congratulate him (her) on Christmas and New Year. Ask your pen friend about his (her) school life (timetable, favourite subjects, friends, teachers).

(50-60 words).

Your pen friend lives at number 31, Edward Road, Hastings, England.

Задание 2.

Вы собираетесь с классом поехать в Великобританию по школьному обмену. Заполните следующую анкету, необходимую для получения визы.

Name _____________________________________________________

Surname ___________________________________________________

Date of birth (date, month, year)_________________________________

Sex (circle) ______ F / M _____________________________________

Occupation _________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

City (town) you are going to ___________________________________  

Муниципальный этап

всероссийской олимпиады школьников

по английскому языку

2009–2010 учебный год

7–8 класс

Дорогой друг! Желаем успеха!

Part I. Listening

Time: 35 minutes

Task I. Listen to the conversation between Jenny and Nick planning a night out and answer the questions 1-9. Write them down in your answer sheet. You’ll hear the recording twice.

1. Why didn`t they see Castaway?

        A   Nick knows the film is stupid.

        В   Не didn't like the book.

        С   Jenny didn't want to.

2. Why didn`t they see Room With A View?

        A   Nick didn't want to.

         В   Jenny didn't want to.

        С   It had finished.

3. Why didn`t they see Colour of Money?

        A   Jenny doesn't like Paul Newman.

        В   Nick didn't want to.

        С   It wasn't on.

4. Why did they decide to see Mona Lisa?

         A   Nick wanted to see it.

         В   Jenny had never seen it.

        С   Both of them were happy to see it.

Look at questions 5 and 6. Now listen and answer questions 5 and 6.

5. What time did they decide to go to the cinema?

6. What was the telephone number for booking tickets?

You will hear the dialogue again. Check your answers and write the exact words that Nick said about these films.

7. express disappointment (about Room With A View)

8. express lack of interest (about Colour of Money)

9. express enthusiasm (about Mona Lisa)

Task II. Read the sentences (1-6).  Listen to the conversation between Jennifer and Mrs. Black. For sentences 1-6 choose the correct answer a, b, c or d and write it down in your answer sheet. You’ll hear the recording twice.

1. Jennifer is originally from

a) Edinburgh.      

b) Exeter.      

c) London.

d) Wales.

2. Jennifer has                   siblings.                 

a) $2    

b) &3

c) &4      

d) &5

3 In college Jennifer specialized in

a) the theory of linguistics.

b) ancient languages.

c) French.

d) Computer studies.

4. Jennifer is better at

a) speaking than writing Italian.

b) speaking than writing Spanish.

c) writing than speaking Italian.

d) writing than speaking Spanish.

5. Jennifer

a) finds Chinese most interesting.

b) knows some Chinese.

c) would rather learn Japanese,

d) planned to learn Japanese.

6. Jennifer

a) did not expect to get a scholarship.

b) did not get the scholarship.

c) got the scholarship.

d) won't get the scholarship.

Task III. 

Listen to the conversation between Barbara and Ricardo. For questions 1 to 5 decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). You’ll hear the recording twice. Fill the boxes in the table with your answers.

Barbara and Ricardo have just finished their exams and decided to have a holiday.

Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.

Now we shall begin. You have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.

1. How much will it cost each person for the riverboat trip?

   A 30

   В 20

C 25

D 5

2. Circle the TWO reasons why Barbara and Ricardo decide NOT to go horse riding.

A it's too expensive

В they haven't got the right equipment

С it's too far away

D Ricardo can't ride a horse

E they don't want to catch a bus

3. How much was written in the brochure for the hire of a mountain bike?

A $ 20 per day

B $ 10 per day

С $ 30 per day

D $ 15 per day

4. What is included in the hire charge?

A helmet, panniers and lights

В panniers and repair kit

С helmet and repair kit        

D repair kit, helmet and lights

5. On the receipt below, write in the correct total amount paid by Barbara and Ricardo.

Receipt for Bicycle Hire

Amount received:

$ ________

Date: 6 June

Now you will hear the text again. Listen carefully and check your answers.

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Part II. Reading Comprehension

Time: 40 minutes

Task I.  Read the story and mark the statements (1-14) as A (TRUE), B (FALSE) or the information is C (NOT STATED) in the text.

 Shaw Wrote a Play

Once a poor flower-girl, quite by chance, overheard a conversation between two gentlemen. One of the gentlemen was a professor of phonetics. He was saying to the other that he could teach an uneducated person to speak good English. The girl was very much interested in what they were talking about. She tried to hear every word.

The fact was that she had for a long time been thinking of learning to speak correctly, and now she saw an excellent chance for herself. If she improved her manner of speaking the owners of the big flower shop would give her a job. She asked the two gentlemen to buy a few flowers from her and tried to speak to them but they didn't listen to her and soon went away.

The next day the girl came to the professor's house and asked him to give her lessons. The professor was very much surprised. At first he refused to teach her, saying that it was no use even trying, but then he agreed.

The results of the first lesson were poor. She couldn't produce proper English sounds and was tired of endless exercises. But soon the processor discovered that she was a clever girl. She took a great interest in her lessons and never missed a chance of practicing the sounds. As a result, her English became so good that the people who met her thought that she was a real lady.

The story of the girl can be found in one of Bernard Shaw's most popular plays.

1) A poor girl wanted to get money from the two gentlemen.

     А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated)

2) The flower-girl learnt where the two gentlemen lived.

     А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

3) The other gentleman took phonetics lessons.  

     А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

4) The professor of phonetics gave lessons.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

5) The flower-girl was going to get a good job.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

6) She wanted to find a rich husband.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

7) The professor could teach anyone to speak good English.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

8) The owner of the big flower shop refused to give her a job.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

9) The professor wanted to get money from the girl.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

10) She decided to get a job in the professor’s house.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not given)

11) The girl wanted to improve her phonetics.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

12) She never missed an opportunity of practicing the sounds.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

13) Soon the girl got married and taught uneducated persons to speak good English.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

14) The professor was famous Bernard Shaw.

      А (True)              В (False)       С (Not stated))

Task II. You are going to read the story. For questions 15-20, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. 

‘So?’ William asked over supper. ‘How was your first day? He looked around the table at the five of us, the first strands of spaghetti slooped into our mouths. ‘Honour?’

‘Fine.’ She kept her eyes on her plate and I saw Jake glance at the narrow line of her high shoulders up against each ear.

‘Jake?’ William bent forward, waiting to hear the worst, but Jake looked clear into his eyes and said it had been good. ‘We’re doing woodwork. And I’m making a bowl.’

‘That’s great.’

‘Yes, a pudding bowl.’ He said, dipping his chin with mirth, and he glanced meaningfully at William’s dark brown round of hair.

‘At kindergarten,’ Pandora piped up, ‘we sang lots of songs.’ And she started lisping one into her father’s ear. ‘And they played it on a ladle, a ladle, a ladle and they played it on a ladle and his name was Aikin Drum.’

‘And how about you, Lolly?’ William asked, serious, as if there might be a reason why she should need particularly to be asked, and Lolly told us all about her teacher Miss Bibeen, and how she’d been on holiday in Japan. ‘She told us about it for the whole main lesson.’ And Lolly launched into a detailed account.

I waited, sucking up spaghetti, slowing each mouthful for my turn, but William got up to fill the water jug and without seeming to see me, he began to tell us about a school play he wanted to direct.

15. There were … people at the table.

A six

B five

C four

D three

16. William was asking the children about their first day

A in a new family.

B at school and kindergarten.

С in a summer camp.

D at a new home.

17. That day Jake had a lesson in

A Literature.

B English.

C Handicrafts.

D Physical Education.

18. The youngest among the children was

A Lolly.

B Pandora.

C Jake.

D Honour.

19. ‘Pipe up’ (in bold in the text) means

A enter a conversation.

B smoke a pipe.

C look into a room.

D make a noise.

20. In her main lesson that day Lolly was

A doing woodwork.

B singing songs.

C doing sums.

D listening to the teacher.

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Part III. Use of English

Time: 35 minutes

Task I. For questions 1–15 complete the following story by writing each missing word in the correct form in the box on your answer sheet.  

The Christmas Present

Jim and Delia were very young and very poor. They 1                   (have) only two things that were dear to them: Jim's watch and Delia's golden hair.

As Christmas 2                         (come) nearer Delia began thinking about a present for her husband.  She counted her money and 3                       (understand) that she would not be able to buy anything. Suddenly Delia remembered that she had seen an advertisement at the hairdresser's. It 4                     (write) in it that 5                    people                                                  (can) sell their hair.

She rushed there. The woman in the hairdressing saloon told her they                                                          6                        (pay) twenty dollars. After the hair had been cut off Delia got her money. She ran to the nearest shop for a suitable thing and she found it soon enough. It was a chain for Jim's watch.

When she returned home, she 7                         (feel) quite happy. The only thing she             8                         (be) afraid was that Jim would fall out of love seeing her changed appearance.

A few hours 9                 (pass). At last Delia heard the front door opened.  When Jim  10                  (notice) the change in Delia's hair-do, he 11                   (look) at her strangely. Delia cried hurriedly: 'Oh, Jim, don't worry! My hair 12                         (grow) very soon. I 13                    (sell) it 14                      (buy) a wonderful present for you.' And she showed him a chain. But Jim shook his head sadly: 'Sorry, Delia, I                                                     15                             (sell) my watch to buy a present for you.' With these words he gave Delia very beautiful combs.

                                                                                                                   (after O. Henry)

Task II. The questions in this quiz are riddles. They may appear strange, but they all have logical answers. Find the correct answer in the list below.

16. Why do businessmen carry umbrellas?

17. Twelve businessmen were standing under one small umbrella, but none of them got wet. Why?

18. Why did William Shakespeare wear a red and green belt?

19. Who wears the biggest boots in the army?

20. What can fall on water without getting wet?

A. The soldier with the biggest feet.

B. A shadow.

C. Because it wasn’t raining.

D. Because umbrellas can’t walk.

E. To keep his trousers up

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Part IV. Writing

Time: 40 minutes

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Write a 100-120-word essay about your native countryside (city) at the moment. How will it change in years? Find the title to your essay.

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Part V. Speaking

Task 1

 (Monologue; Time: 1, 5 - 2 minutes)

In a minute you will give a talk on the topic: ` Travel wide, travel wise`.

As tourist, have you ever:

- been on a package holiday?

- bought souvenirs? ( What? Where?)

- taken lots of photographs? ( What of? Who of? Where?)

- filmed your holiday with a camcorder? (What? Who? Where?)

- written your name in a visitors' book or a wall or building? (What? Where?)

Task 2

(Dialogue; Time: 3 - 5 minutes)

Work with a partner. Take it in turns to tell each other about films you enjoy. Make sure you give important information. Try to end with an interesting or humorous point. Remember to maintain eye contact with your partner as you speak.

Do you often go to the cinema? What sort of films do you like to watch?

You may use expressions:

Generally speaking I... On the whole I...

I prefer ... I'm not very keen on...

Муниципальный этап

всероссийской олимпиады школьников

по английскому языку

2009–2010 учебный год

7–8 класс

ЛИСТ ОТВЕТОВ

ANSWER SHEET

Participant's ID number

Task I.

Answer questions 1 to 6.

Look at questions 5 and 6. Now listen and answer questions 5 and 6.

You will hear the dialogue again. Check your answers and write the exact words that Nick said about these films.

Task II.

Task III.

Part II. Reading Comprehension

Task I.

Task II.

Part III. Use of English

Task I.

Task II.

Part IV. Writing

Part V. Speaking

USE OF ENGLISH

7-8 классы

                                      TIME 60 min

Task I. For questions 1-12, fill in the blanks using the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

Telepathy

Task II. For questions 13 – 23, choose the correct word for each space.

Levi Strauss

In 1853, Levi Strauss … (13) to San Francisco from New York. His brothers … (14) a business there selling pillows, blankets and clothes and Levi went to help them. He worked … (15) and, over the … (16) twenty years, he expanded the business.

… (17) day in 1872, Levi … (18) a letter from Jacob Davis who made men’s clothes. In the letter Jacob … (19) Levi about a difficult customer. He kept … (20) tearing the pockets of his trousers. Jacob had a found an answer – he had added some metal to the corners of the pockets. Levi recognized a business opportunity … (21) the two men started working together. They decided to … (22) some trousers out of denim, a material which was suitable for working clothes. The first pair of denim blue jeans … (23) produced in 1873. Today people all around the world wear Levi jeans every day.

13. a. travelled                 b. departed                c. toured                d. visited

14. a. commanded                b. ran                        c. influenced         d. controlled

15. a. long                          b. strong                 c. heavy                 d. hard

16. a. next                         b. later                c. last                 d. final

17. a. That                         b. One                 c. A                         d. The

18. a. realized                 b. fetched                 c. got                         d. gave

19. a. said                         b. told                c. discussed                 d. described

20. a. on                         b. at                         c. up                         d. in

21. a. while                         b. but                         c. so                         d. since

22. a. making                  b. made                 c. makes                 d. make

23. a. was                         b. is                         c. did                         d. had

Task III 

For questions 24-28 match the headlines (6-10) to the world problems (A-E).

A ____        ENDANGERED SPECIES

B ____                POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS

C ____                FAMINE

D ____        GLOBAL WARMING

E ____                POLLUTION

Task IV. For questions 29-33 use the phrases (A-E) below to complete the dialogue.

A You don’t really believe that, do you?

B There is nothing to be anxious about.

C Why, what’s the matter?

D I didn’t know you were so superstitious!

E But… what’s troubling you?

Jane:        I can’t believe how unlucky I am!

Jake:        29 __________

Jane:        Well, it’s my birthday on Friday, and I’d like to have a garden party.

Jake:        Great idea! 30 ___________

Jane:        It’s Friday the 13th!

Jake:        So?

Jane:        You don’t understand! Friday the 13th means trouble! The party will go wrong!

Jake:        31 ___________

Jane:        Yes, I do. Ask anyone and they’ll tell you the same!

Jake:        32 ___________ Let me guess….. full moons, black cats, spiders, ladders are also a   problem, right?

Jane:        It’s not funny at all! This is really worrying me…

Jake:        33 ___________ Everything will be alright.

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ    ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

   2011 г   МУНИЦИПАЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП.

7 -8 -е классы

                                       Writing

                                Time: 60 min.

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  Once upon a time, high above the World, up in the Sky, there lived a Little                                        Star. She was very much admired by everybody. She was quite happy, but…

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READING

    7-8-е классы

                                              Time: 60 min

Task I. For questions 1 – 10, look at the sentences below about a search for two ships. Read the text to decide if each sentence is correct (C) or incorrect (I).

1. The Margarita and the Atocha sank a day after they had left Cuba.
2. The two ships were forgotten about for 350 years.
3. Fisher had to borrow money to start his company ‘Treasure Salvors’.
4. Fisher read historical documents to find out where to begin his search.
5. Lyon told Fisher that the two ships had sunk in the Marquesas Keys area.
6. The team was certain that the treasure found in 1973 was from the Atocha.
7. Fisher continued looking for the Atocha in the Quicksands area.
8. Journalists wrote about the valuable objects found on the Margarita.
9. Soon after he had sold objects from the Margarita, Fisher thought about stopping his search for the Atocha.
10.  In July 1985, some valuable objects were discovered by Fisher near the Atocha.

Treasure at the bottom of the sea

In the 17th century, there were many Spanish sailing ships called galleons that carried gold and jewels from the Americas to Europe. On September 4 1622, two galleons called the Nuestra Senora de Atocha and the Santa Margarita left Cuba for Spain. Just a day later, both ships sank during a terrible storm.

Although the lost ships were known to contain huge amounts of treasure, nobody disturbed them for the next 350 years. Despite numerous efforts, no one was able to find them and they became known as the ‘Ghost Galleons’.

In 1969, a treasure hunter named Mel Fisher set up a company, ‘Treasure Salvors’, to search for the ‘Ghost Galleons’. Fisher used to be a farmer, but since 1962 he has worked at sea searching for lost ships. He was so successful at this that he could afford to set up his own company. His boat, Holly’s Folly, began the search in 1969 in an area called the Middle Keys, near Florida. Fisher had studied diaries and reports from the 17th century and according to them the Atocha had sunk here.

But Fisher found nothing and he decided to get the help of Eugene Lyon, an expert in 17th century Spanish history. Lyon soon realized what had gone wrong. Some of the islands in the area had been renamed and Holly’s Folly was looking in the wrong place. Lyon redirected the search to the tiny Marquesas Keys.

It was two more years, however, before the team found a few silver coins and gold bars from the Atocha. Then, in 1973, they found 4,000 silver coins and three silver bars stamped with numbers that proved they came from the Atocha. The treasure was extremely valuable but the ship itself was nowhere to be found.

It was expensive to continue the search but Fisher didn’t want to give up. He concentrated instead on finding the Margarita and started looking in an area called the Quicksands. To start with, just a few pieces of treasure were discovered by the team and then, at last, they found some half-buried pieces of wood. It was the Margarita. The divers continued taking objects from the Margarita for another two years. Stories about the find appeared in newspapers around the world and the treasure was eventually sold for £25 million. Fisher was rich and famous but he was still determined to find the Atocha and in 1985 he continued his search.

This time he concentrated on an area called the Hawk Channel. Finally on July 20, Fisher found hundreds of silver bars and chests of silver coins lying on the seabed close to the Atocha. It had taken 16 years, but at last he had found both ships.

Task II. Choose from the list A-I the sentence which best summerises each part (11-17) of the article. There is one extra sentence that you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning.

A A variety of tricks are used.

B Cheats may be more intelligent.

C This behehaviour is familiar.

D Abnormal behaviour is informative.

E Deception proves effective.

F Males cheat more.

G You couldn’t fool her.

H There may be problems with research.

I Parental help is requested.

Nature’s Cheats

Anna is digging in the ground for a potato, when along comes Paul. Paul looks to see what Anna’s doing and then, seeing that there is no one in sight, starts to scream as loud as he can. Paul’s angry mother rushes over and chases Anna away. Once his Mum has gone, Paul walks over and helps himself to Anna’s potato.

Does this ring a bell? I’m sure it does. We’ve all experienced annoying tricks when we were young – the brother who stole your toys and then got you into trouble by telling your parents you had hit him. But Anna and Paul are not humans. They’re African baboons, and playing tricks is as much part of monkey behaviour as it is of human behaviour.

Throughout nature, tricks like this are common – they are part of daily survival. There are insects that hide from their enemies by looking like leaves or twigs, and harmless snakes that imitate poisonous ones. Such behaviour, developed over hundreds of thousand of years, is instinctive and completely natural. Some animals, however, go further and use a more deliberate kind of deception – they use normal behaviour to trick other animals. In most cases the animal probably doesn’t know it is deceiving, only that certain actions give it an advantage. But in apes and some monkeys the behaviour seems much more like that of humans.

What about Paul the baboon? His scream and his mother’s attack on Anna could have been a matter of chance, but Paul was later seen playing the same trick on others. This use of a third individual to achieve a goal is only one of the many tricks commonly used by apes. Another tactic is the ‘Look behind you!’ trick. When one young male baboon was attacked by several others, he stood on his back legs and looked into the distance, as if there was an enemy there. The attackers turned to look behind them and lost interest in their victim. In fact, there was no enemy.

Studying behaviour like this is complicated because it’s difficult to do laboratory experiments to test whether behaviour is intentional. It would be easy to suggest that these cases mean the baboons were deliberately tricking other animals, but they might have learnt the behaviour without understanding how it worked. So the psychologists talked to colleagues who studied apes and asked them if they had noticed this kind of deception. They discovered many liars and cheats, but the cleverest were apes who clearly showed that they intended to deceive and knew when they themselves had been deceived.

An amusing example of this comes from a psychologist working in Tanzania. A young chimp was annoying him, so he tricked her into going away by pretending he had seen something interesting in the distance. When the chimp looked and found nothing, she ‘walked back, hit me over the head with her hand and ignored me for the rest of the day’.

Another way to decide whether an animal’s behaviour is deliberate is to look for actions that are not normal for that animal. A zoo worker describes how a gorilla dealt with an enemy. ‘He slowly crept up behind the other gorilla, walking on tiptoe. When he got close to his enemy he pushed him violently in the back, then ran indoors.’ Wild gorillas do not normally walk on tiptoe. Of course it’s possible that the gorilla could have learnt from humans that such behaviour works, without understanding why. But looking at the many cases of deliberate deception in apes, it is impossible to explain them all as simple imitation.

Taking all the evidence into account, it seems that deception does play an important part in ape societies where there are complex social rules and relationships and where problems are better solved by social pressure than by physical conflict. The ability of animals to deceive and cheat may be a better measure of their intelligence than their use of tools. Studying the intelligence of our closest relatives could be the way to understand the development of human intelligence.

Task III.

 Read the text. Then for questions 18-22 match the heading (A-G) with the paragraphs(1-5). Two headings are not needed.

A Facilities                        _________                 

B Reservations                _________        

C Location                        _________

D Lapland                        _________

E History                         _________

F The Ice Hotel                 _________

G Construction                _________

UNUSUAL DESTINATION

18 People often choose to have holidays in strange and unusual places. But there can be few places stranger than the Ice Hotel in Sweden, which is visited by over 37000 people each winter. Built of snow and ice, the hotel is very different from so-called normal buildings. The cold subzero environment and the wintry surroundings are part of attraction of this hotel.

19   The Ice Hotel is situated in the small village of Jukkasjärvi, next to the river Tornealven. It is 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in Lapland, the most northerly part of Sweden. Before the Ice Hotel appeared, there were almost no tourists in this region, where the local people speak Saami, not Swedish, and there is no industry or pollution.

20 The Ice Hotel is rebuilt each winter. Construction starts in late October when special snow cannons shoot tons of snow onto metal sections. After two days the metal sections are removed, and the snow now looks hard. It is then cut into solid arches. Huge ice blocks are cut from the frozen river to makes walls, ceilings, floors. About 30000 tons of snow and 40000 tons of ice are used to build the hotel.

21 The story of the Ice Hotel began in 1989-90 when there was an exhibition of ice art in the local village and an ice igloo was built there by French artist Jannot Derib. Some of the visitors wanted to sleep on reindeer skins in the igloo and found it amazing.  Yngve Bergqvist, the owner the village inn, thought it would be great to have an ice hotel. Thus, the concept of the Ice Hotel was born.

22 Visitors to the Ice Hotel are sometimes nervous about staying in a place where the outside temperature is often minus forty degrees Centigrade. But the conditions inside the Ice Hotel itself are reasonably comfortable. The temperature in the rooms is around minus four degrees, and the guests are provided with specially made sleeping bags and there beds are covered with reindeer skins. To entertain the visitors in the evenings the hotel includes an ‘ice cinema’ and ‘ice bar.  During the day the hotel company organizes sports activities such as white water rafting, dog sledding, and even fishing, and there are tours to local villages and ‘safaris’ to observe reindeer in their natural habitat.    

Task IV (Based on the same text) Now, for questions 23-30 decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

23 The Ice Hotel isn’t the sort of building people expect to find in a northern country.

24 People in Jukkasjärvi don’t speak Swedish.

25 It takes two days to build a hotel.

26 The hotel is mainly built of ice.

27 A French artist built the first Ice Hotel.

28 Guests sometimes worry about the cold temperature.

29 Guests can watch films.

30 Visitors can hunt reindeer in the daytime.

Школьный тур олимпиады по английскому языку для 7-8 класса

Раздел 1 (Чтение)

1.    Установите соответствие тем A-H текстам 1-7.  Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании одна тема лишняя.

A.    SUCCESSFUL CAREER
B.    EDUCATION
C.    SPORTS NEWS
D.    ORIGIN OF WORDS
E.    LONG-A WAITED VICTORY
F.    IMPROVING LANGUAGE
G.    POPULAR BOOK
H.    BOOK REVIEW

1. For the first time since 1948, the British capital will host the summer Olympic Games. It was the fourth participation of Britain in the battle to host the games after failed attempts of Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for 1996 and 2000. "I’m looking forward to what I’m sure will be a fantastic Olympic Games,” said Prince William.

2. There are many factors, both social and psychological, which influence the roles of teachers and learners in the classroom. The book "Roles of Teachers and Learners” by Tony Wright helps teachers to understand these roles. And the ways in which co-operative learning may best be fostered.

3. It’s calculated that Joanne Rowling, the author of very famous books about Harry Potter, is earning $36,000,000 daily and her total profit is already more than $1,000,000,000.

4. In 2005 " Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” broke the previous record of Potter series itself as wall as all other records had ever held by freshly published books: more than 8.9 million copies had been sold within 24 hours since the moment of release.

5. The word "hamburger” comes from the name of the German city Hamburg and not from the word "ham”, and so the word "cheeseburger”, sometimes used to mean a similar kind of sandwich with cheese instead of meat, is based on a false analogy.

6. Reading works of literature gives students an insight into the variety of ways language has been handled over the last three centuries.  It is both rewarding and motivating for learners to discover they can understand the language, and that they can even enjoy the experience of reading an English or American classic.

7. The world’s famous cycling race comes to its exiting conclusion when the riders cap off three weeks of road racing and 21 stages with a sprint down the Champs Elysees in Paris. The Tour de France will be broadcast live daily at Sport land at 5 p.m. until the last stage on Sunday, June 24.

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2.     Прочитайте текст и выполните задания.  Ответьте на вопросы заданий, выбрав один из предложенных вариантов ответов 1, 2 или 3.


     There is something about the English Channel that has always fascinated the human race and it has always played a special role in British history. The sea itself has always been important to mankind but the Channel often created a barrier between Great Britain and the Continent. This barrier has existed for more than 12,000 years and the desire to break it has occupied the minds of many people for almost two hundred years.
     The construction of the tunnel is perhaps the most incredible engineering project of the 20th century. In fact its completion was called a "technical triumph”.
     However, the first proposal to build a Channel Tunnel appeared in 1802, when a French engineer presented his project for two tunnels to cross it. Historians say Napoleon was interested in that plan. But Napoleon was more interested in fighting the British than in linking the two countries, and shortly afterwards a new war between England and France began. There were many other plans to build a tunnel but unfortunately all of them failed. It was not until after the last war that Britain and France began seriously considering the project. On the 12th February, 1986, Mrs. Thatcher and President Mitterrand signed the Franco-British Treaty which allowed the construction and the operation of the Channel Tunnel. The tunnel was completed eight years later.
     It is now very quick and easy to cross the Channel. You don’t have to book a ticket. The Channel Tunnel trains operate twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. You can now cross the Channel in thirty-five minutes. At last the great barrier has been broken.
     In 1996, the American Society of Civil Engineers, with Popular Mechanics, selected the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. 

1. What has always been important to all people?
a. The English Channel.
b. The sea.
c. The tunnel.

2. What did Europeans want to do for many years?
a. To create a barrier between Great Britain and the Continent.
b. To sign a contract on the construction of the tunnel.
c. To connect Great Britain and the continent by train service.

3. When did the Channel Tunnel begin to function?
a. In 1994.
b. In 1986.
c. In 1996.

4. Who proposed the first plan to build a tunnel under the Channel?
a. Napoleon
b. A French engineer.
c. President Mitterrand.

5. When did the construction of the tunnel become possible?
a. After the treaty had been signed.
b. After the engineering project had been presented.
c. After many other plans had been discussed.

6. Why is it easy to cross the Channel at present?
a. The tickets are cheap.
b. The tickets are sold everywhere.
c. The trains go day and night.

7. What is the best title for the text?
a. Engineering Projects.
b. The Channel Tunnel.
c. Seven Wonders of the World.


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лексико-грамматический тест

I. Choose either the Present Simple or Present Continuous in the following sentences.

1. He’s in the bathroom. I _____________(to think) he________________________( to wash) his hair.
2. – Can I speak to your parents, please?

• I`m sorry. They___________________(to have) lunch at the moment.

3. Oh, I_____________________(to go) to work as a nurse in Africa, in Kenya, and I ____________________( to look) forward to it because it’s such an exotic country for me.
4. You_______________(always to make) mistakes in your tests. You should be more attentive.
5. The world___________________(to change) rapidly in such fields as business, art and medicine.

II. Use the article where it is necessary.

1. …Rome wasn’t built in….day.

a) the – a    b) a-the   c) ----a     d) ---the

2. Every man is …architect of his own fortune.

a)a             b) ---      c) the     d) an

3. ….apple…day keeps the doctor away.

a) the -the       b) the – an     c) an – the    d)an – a

4. Fortune favours  …brave.

a) the     b) an    c)---    d) a

5. …love is blind.

a) the    b) a     c) an      d) ---

III.Use the verbs in the proper form.

1. This is the house that Jack_____________(build).
2. This is the bread that __________(lie) in the house that Jack___________(build).
3. This is the rat that__________(eat) the bread that_________(lie) in house that Jack ____________(build).
4. This is the cat that ____________(catch) the rat that _________(eat) the bread that __________(lie) in the house that Jack __________(build).
5. This is the dog that ___________(bite) the cat that _________(catch) the rat that __________(eat) the bread that __________( lie) in the house that Jack____________(build).

 IV. Choose the right answer.

1. Tim is such a lucky boy. I think he…...born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

a) is                           b) are                        c) was

2. This Cathedral……built in the 16 th century.

a) is                           b) was                      c) were

3. One ton of rubbish…..thrown away by the average British family every year.

a) are                         b)is                           c) was

4.Rain forests…..found along the equator.

a) were                      b) are                         c) is

     5. Money spent on the  brain…..never spent in vain.

 a) were                     b) are                          c) is

6. Your room looks different.  ….it….since I saw it last time?

a) was….painted                             b) has…been painted

7. I’m not going to the party because I……

a) wasn’t invited                             b) haven’t  been invited

8. The driver was mysteriously silent. Nick was silent, too, wondering uneasily where he…..

a) was taken                                   b) was being taken

9. Suddenly, we heard footsteps behind us. We….

a) were followed                            b) were being followed

10. Much …for improving relations among different countries every year.

a) is done                                        b) is being done

ПИСЬМО

You have received a letter from your English – speaking pen friend David.

Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions.

Write 80-100 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

КЛЮЧИ

Чтение

1 задание

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E    H    A    G    D    F    C

2 задание

1    2    3    4    5    6    7
b    c    a    b    a    c    b

Лексико-грамматический тест

1. 1.think, is washing

2.     are having
3.    am going, am looking
4.   are always making
5.   is changing

II. 1 c

2.c

3.d

4.a

5.d

III. 1. built

2.lay, built

3.ate, lay, built

4.caught, ate, lay, built

5.bit, caught, ate, lay, built

4. 1.c

2. b

3.b

4. b

5. a

6.b

7.b

8.b

9.b

10.a

ШКОЛЬНАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

2013-2014 учебный год

I (школьный) этап

SECTION 1. LISTENING (9 баллов)

Task 1 (4 балла): Вы услышите четыре коротких диалога, обозначенных A, B, C и D. Определите, где происходит каждый из этих диалогов. Используйте каждое место действия из списка 1-5 только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее место действия. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.

1. At the post office.
2. At the booking office.
3. At the airport.
4. At a restaurant.
5. In the hospital.

Task 2 (5 баллов): Вы услышите 5 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A-E и утверждениями, данными в списке 1-6. Используйте каждое утверждение из списка 1-6 только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.

1. The speaker says he/ she has a certain number of new words to learn every day.
2. The speaker says he/ she combines new vocabulary with grammar.
3. The speaker says he/ she uses pieces of furniture learning new words.
4. The speaker says he/ she learns new words automatically.
5. The speaker says he/ she learns new words together with his/her friend.
6. The speaker says he/ she uses clothes learning new words.

SECTION 2. READING (4 балла)

Task: Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А1—А4 соответствуют содержанию текста (1 — True), какие не соответствуют (2 — False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 — Not stated). Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа.

Once upon a time there was an old man who dearly loved his only son. His son enjoyed riding horses and swimming in the swift waters of mountain rivers, but most of all he liked hunting. The old man was proud that his son was full of courage but he was afraid of his passion for hunting. Once in a dream he saw that his son would be killed by a huge lion. The poor father was afraid that this dream would come true and decided to save his only son. The man built a nice big house for his son and set in a high place where he could keep his eye on him.

The father didn't allow the young man to leave the house. In order to please and entertain his son, the old man put paintings of every kind of animal in one of the rooms. There was a buffalo, a wolf, an elephant, a rhino and deer in the pictures. Among them there was a lion. But looking at all the animals did not distract the young man from his boredom.

One day, he approached the painting and spoke angrily to the lion in it: "You damned beast, it's because of you and my father's lying dream that I am kept here in this prison. I can't do what I want. I can neither climb the mountains nor hunt in the forest. It's your fault. What can I do to you?" And as he said this, he struck his fist against the wall to blind the lion. But a small sharp piece of wood got under his fingernail and the young man could not get it put. The old man called for a doctor but the doctor wasn't able to help his son. The finger became red and hurt unbearably, it increased to an enormous size. Soon the young man died of the fierce fever.

The lion, even though it was only a painted one, had indeed killed the young man, just as his father had foreseen.

A1. The old man's son was against killing animals.

1) True        2) False        3) Not stated

A2.The son liked staying inside the house.                    
1) True        2) False        3) Not stated

A3. The old, man decorated the house with the most expensive pictures.

1) True        2) False        3) Not stated

A4. The old man failed to save his son.

1) True        2) False        3) Not stated

SECTION 3. USE OF ENGLISH (7 баллов)

Task: Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 1—7, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 1—7.

SECTION 4.  SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE (13 баллов)

Task: выберите правильный вариант ответа из предложенных. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

1. What is the official name of the country whose language you study?
a) Great Britain     b) England    c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2. How many countries does the United Kingdom consist of?
a) four    b) three    c) two

3. What is the capital of the UK?
a) Cardiff    b) Dublin    c) London

4. What is the fastest way to cross the English Channel?
a) through the Channel Tunnel    b) by boat    c) by ferry

5. What is the most important airport in Great Britain?
a) Heathrow Airport    b) Gatwick Airport    c) Stansted Airport

6. What is the highest mark in British schools?
a) A    b) C    c) G

7. What is the London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?
a) the Tower of London    b) Windsor Castle    c) Buckingham Palace

8. Where is Nelson’s Column situated?
a) in Parliament Square    b) in Trafalgar Square    c) in Piccadilly Circus

9. The environment organization is:
a) Oxfam    b) Save the children    c) Greenpeace

10. Which of these cities is not in Britain?
a) New York    b) London    c) Oxford

11. Lewis Carol was:
a) a teacher    b) an actor    c) a writer

12. The Beatles came from:
a) Liverpool    b) Manchester    c) Birmingham

13. Which holiday is on the 25th of December?
a) Christmas Day    b) Halloween    c) Easter

SECTION 5. WRITING (17 баллов)

Task: You have 30 minutes to do this task. You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Frank.

Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions.

Write 100-120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

SECTION 6. SPEAKING (10 баллов)

Task: Give a 1.5-2 minute talk about your plans for the forthcoming weekend.

Remember to say:  

- where you are going to spend it

- what you are going to do

- whom you would like to spend it with

You have to talk for 1.5—2 minutes.

The examiner will listen until you have finished. Then she will ask you some questions.

Все участники школьного этапа Олимпиады, которые набрали  наибольшее количество баллов, составляющее более половины от максимально возможных, признаются победителями. В случае, когда ни один из участников школьного этапа Олимпиады не набрал более половины от максимально возможных баллов, определяются только призеры.

Итого 60 баллов: аудирование - 9 баллов; чтение - 4 балла; грамматика и лексика-7 баллов;  социокультурная компетенция – 13 баллов; письмо – 17 баллов; говорение  - 10 бал.;

1 место: 54-60 б.; 2 место: 48-53 б.; 3 место: 42-47 б.;

Participant’s ID number

ANSWER SHEET

LISTENING

READING

USE OF ENGLISH

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников

II (муниципальный) этап

Фамилия______________________________________________

Имя __________________________________________________

Отчество______________________________________________

Серия и № документа__________________________________

Класс (№ и буква)______________________________________

Образовательное учреждение ___________________________

Название предмета ____________________________________

Номер аудитории ______________________________________

Дата проведения олимпиады ___________________________

SECTION 1 - 17 баллов

LISTENING

Task 1

 9 баллов

Losing Weight

You will hear  an interview with a teenager called Alice. For Questions a –i, FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE FORM OR TICK THE CORRECT OPTION. You will hear the recording twice.

Task 2

8 баллов

Video Games

Listen to some teenagers talking about video games. For Questions a –h, TICK (V) THE THINGS THAT YOU HEAR THEM MENTION about video games and PUT A CROSS (X) NEXT TO THE THINGS THAT YOU DON’T HEAR THEM MENTION. You will hear the recording twice.

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

SECTION 2

7 баллов

READING

Read the following passage. For Questions 1-7, choose the answer (A, B, C or D )which  you think fits best according to the text. Write the appropriate letters A-D in boxes 1—7 on your answer sheet.

Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambition to control all the area around the Mediterranean Sea led him and his French soldiers to Egypt. After losing a naval battle, they were forced to remain there for three years. In 1799, while constructing a fort, a soldier discovered a piece of stele (stone pillar bearing an inscription) known as the Rosetta stone. This famous stone, which would eventually lead to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics dating to 3100 B.C., was written in three languages: hieroglyphics (picture writing), demotic (a shorthand version of hieroglyphics), and Greek. Scientists discovered that the characters, unlike those in English, could be written from right to left and in other directions as well.

Twenty-three years after discovery of the Rosetta stone, Jean Francois Champollion, a French philologist, fluent in several  languages, was able to decipher the first word – Ptolemy – name of an Egyptian ruler. This name was written inside an oval called a “cartouche”. Further investigation revealed that cartouches contained names of important people of that period. Champollion painstakingly continued his search and was able to increase his growing list of known phonetic signs. He and an Englishman, Thomas Young, worked independently of each other to unravel the deeply hidden mysteries of this strange language. Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols, while Champollion insisted that the pictures represented words.

1 

How many years elapsed between the date of the oldest hieroglyphics deciphered by means of the  Rosetta stone and the stone’s discovery?

A 1 301

B 1 799

C 3 100

D 4 899

2 

Which of the following languages was NOT written on the Rosetta stone?

A French

B demotic

C Greek

D hieroglyphics

3 

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A Cartouches contained names of prominent people of the period.

B Champollion and Young worked together in an attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics.

C One of Napoleon’s soldiers discovered the Rosetta stone.

D Thomas Young believed that sound values could be  assigned to the symbols.

4 

When was the  first word from the Rosetta stone deciphered?

A 3 100 B.C.

B 1766

C 1799

D 1822

5 

What was the first word that was deciphered from the Rosetta stone?

A cartouche

B Ptolemy

C demotic

D Champollion

6 

Why were Napoleon’s soldiers in Egypt in 1799?

A They were celebrating a naval victory.

B They were looking for the Rosetta stone.

C They were waiting to continue their campaign.

D They were trying to decipher the hieroglyphics.

7 

Who was responsible for deciphering the first word?

A Champollion 

B Young

C Ptolemy

D Napoleon

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

SECTION 3

21 балл

USE OF ENGLISH

Task 1

7 баллов

For questions 1 -7, decide which answer A, B, C or D fits best each space.

SOCIALIZING

1.  … I would like to say how pleased I am to be here.

2. The … from last week’s charity ball were far more than expected.

3. I am never free on Sunday evenings as I have  a … arrangement to  meet my school friends.

4.The organization is mainly staffed by … workers.

5. He made a very … excuse for not attending the meeting.

6. He has a wide circle of friends and so leads   a fairly … social life.

7. … of all of us, I would like to thank you for accepting  our invitation.

Task 2

7 баллов

For Questions 8-14, read the text and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps.

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

SECTION 4

8 баллов

SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE

For Questions 1-8, give Russian equivalents to:

1. Little Red Riding Hood
2. The Hermitage (in St Petersburg)
3. Lisbon
4. Athens
5. Dover
6. Brussels
7. The Arctic Ocean
8. The Strait of Gibraltar

1______________________________

2______________________________

3______________________________

4______________________________

5______________________________

6______________________________

7______________________________

8______________________________

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

SECTION 5

20 баллов

WRITING

Participant’s ID number

Discursive Composition

You have 40 minutes to do this task.

Comment on the following statement.

Popular events like the football World Cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Write 200 – 250 words.

Use the following plan:

• make an introduction (state the problem)
• express your personal opinion and give reasons for it
• give arguments for the other point of view
• draw a conclusion

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ANSWER SHEET

Participant’s ID number

SECTION 1 

LISTENING

Task 1

Task 2

SECTION 2

READING

SECTION 3

USE OF ENGLISH

        Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

SECTION 4

SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Part 1                                                               Listening

Task 1

The Origins of the Roman Alphabet

One of the areas of communication you have decided to investigate is writing. You attend a lecture on the origins of the Roman alphabet, the alphabet English is written in. Listen to the lecture and write short answers for questions 1-10. The first one is an example.

Example: What is the most widely used alphabet? –       Roman.                    

1. Where did alphabet shapes first appear?___________________________________

2. What word best describes the shapes used in the modern alphabet? ___________________________________________________________________

3. The continuity of what surprises the speaker? ______________________________

4. From what have modern alphabets developed?______________________________

5. What does the ancient Egyptian system combine in order to make words?     ___________________________________________________________________

6. What two pictures could represent the word belief?  A picture of ___________________________________________________________________

 and  a picture of    ______________________________________________________

7. In the next stage, what sounds would a picture of a bee represent? ___________________________________________________________________

8. How old is the writing found by Flinders Petrie? ___________________________________________________________________

9. What sounds did this first alphabet not have? ___________________________________________________________________

10. What does the Arabic letter alif  represent? ___________________________________________________________________

Part 1                                                               Listening

Task 2

You will hear five different people talking about their favourite teacher. For questions 19-23, choose from the list A-F what each   speaker says. Use letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not  need to use.

1. My favourite teacher trained me in skills which are useful in my present job.

Speaker  1      

2. My favourite teacher prevented me from making a mistake.

Speaker  2  

3. My favourite teacher encouraged me to create something original.

Speaker 3

4. My favourite teacher believed lessons should be amusing.

Speaker 4

5. My favourite teacher allowed me to break a school rule.

Speaker 5

6. My favourite teacher wouldn’t let me miss any classes.

Part 2                                              Reading                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Task 1

Read the following magazine article about mobile phones and answer        questions 1-5. Indicate the letter A, B, C or D against the number of each question in the table given below. Give only one answer to each question.

Menace or Convenience:

The lure of the mobile phone

A friend of mine was a penniless student at university in 1985 when she started to go out with a man who lived in an oil-rich eastern state. To all her friends he seemed like the possessor of boundless riches, not least because he gave her a mobile phone so that he could contact her at any point of her day directly from his home country. Although virtually none of us had ever seen a mobile phone, the overriding reaction was, ‘What a waste of money ringing all that way’ as opposed to, ‘Wow, that’s brilliant.’ From their earliest incarnations,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               these telephones have never had the capacity to thrill us in the way that other new bits of technology can. Sighs of contempt, rather than envy, would be breathed in all the first-class train carriages where mobiles started ringing in the late 1980s.

By the mid 1990s, the mobile was no longer the preserve of image-conscious businessmen. Suddenly, it seemed, every petty criminal could be seen organising their dodgy deals as they shouted into stolen ones in the street. It was at this point that I bought a mobile. I had been sneering for years , but I reasoned that as everyone now had one, surely no-one would be offended or irritated by mine, as long as I used it exclusively in the back of taxis or other places where I could avoid intruding on people’s mental privacy.

But I immediately grew to depend on it and constantly checked that I had it, in the way that habitual smokers are said to keep checking for their cigarettes. And it affected my behavior. Without the means of ringing ahead to say I was going to be late, for example, would I have set off for my business appointment with so little time to spare? I began to understand how those inexperienced walkers come to call out the Mountain Rescue Team from the top of some perilous peak. Without the false sense of security the phone in their pocket provided, they wouldn’t have gone up there in the first place.

What’s more, after a while, I realised that once it has got a hold on you, all telephone calls are urgent in exact proportion to the availability of a mobile to announce them. Because our modern lives have so much capacity for urgency, the mobile is turning into an enemy rather than a helpmate. It is enabling us to dash from one activity to another in the mistaken belief that we can still be in touch – with work, with other family members. Yet, although we are constantly on standby, we are not in a position to be fully engaged with anything else. No mental commitment to the task in hand is possible when the mobile can ring at any moment with another demand for our attention, no matter how legitimate. In this way, I began to feel persecuted rather than liberated.

And mobiles may be even more sinister than any of us could have dreamt. When activated, it seems, they serve as miniature tracking devices which, unknown to their owners, reveal their whereabouts at any given time, even if no calls are made or received. In a recent murder trial, the police showed that the suspect travelled to and from the murder scene, despite his having denied this, through using the computer records of his mobile’s whereabouts.

But what has really put me off my phone is a conversation I had with a terrifyingly important man – one of the most conspicuously successful in Britain. He had been to dinner the night before with two other such figures. ‘Do you know,’ he said, ‘they sat there taking calls all through dinner.’ What a let down. In my book, importance is denoted not by a ringing mobile, but rather by the ability to build up the kind of efficient and trustworthy support team that ensures you never to need to take an urgent call in public. One suspects moreover, that it is the very existence of the mobile phone that prevents effective delegation in such situations, that it represents a menace rather than a convenience.

1. According to the writer, how did people react when the first mobile phones were introduced in the 1980s?

1. They were rather suspicious of them.
2. They saw how useful they might be.
3. They realised how popular they would be.
4. They were generally unimpressed by them.

2. Why did the writer eventually decide to buy a mobile phone?

1. She accepted that one was needed for her work.
2. She realised they had become widely accepted.
3. She had seen how to use one effectively.
4. She had got used to the idea of them.

3. What immediate change did the mobile phone make to her life?

1. It tended to make her less reliable.
2. It caused her to do irrational things.
3. It led her into dangerous situations.
4. It forced her to make better use of her time.

4. Why did she eventually come to resent her mobile phone?

1. It allowed her employers to monitor her movements.
2. It prevented her from concentrating on what she was doing.
3. It allowed people to make unreasonable demands on her.
4. It meant that her work was invading her free time.

5. The writer tells us the anecdote about the important man to show that mobile phones

1. are essential in modern business.
2. are a nuisance in social situations.
3. may lead to less efficient management.
4.  may lead to a loss of business confidentiality.

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Task 2

You are going to read a newspaper article. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap and indicate it in the table given below. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.

The Perils of Pizza Making

It looks easy but it really isn’t, says Chandos Elletson, whose efforts turned out far from perfect.

My first pizza was cremated. I hadn’t even got to the toppings, let alone the tossing stage. I was stuck on the rolling-out bit.  I fast discovered that specialist pizza chefs – pizzaioli- don’t use rolling pins, they use their hands to shape the dough into perfect circles. Francesco Sariitzu, the pizzaiolo at The Park restaurant in Queen’s Park, London, where I went to be trainee for the evening, took one look at my sorry effort and signed.

1.

Real, or original, pizza is an art: the pizzaiolo is baker, fire stoker and cook. A wood-burning oven is an essential part of the proceedings. However, before the pizzas get to the fire, they have to be properly shaped and it was this procedure that was causing me all the grief.

2.

From here it was all hands. He pressed out the dough with his fingers, all the time working in flour and pressing the edges out until a small round circle had emerged. He then threw it into his hands, twirling it to shake off the excess flour. He did not toss it in the air. “Tossing is for show”, he said disdainfully. “It is not necessary.” Once the flour was shaken off, put the dough onto the steel work surface with one half of it hanging over the edge. One hand pressed and stretched and the other pulled in the opposite direction. Before you could say “pizza Margherita” there was a perfect circle ready to be topped.

3.

The object is to press out the edges, not the centre, using the flour to dry out the stickiness. However, the temptation to press everything in sight to make it stretch into a circular shape is too strong; before I knew it, I had thick edges and a thin centre.

4.

Then I noticed, to my horror, that some customers were watching me. “Shall we watch the man make the pizza” a man asked his young daughter, who he was holding in his arms.

5.

A hole appeared in the centre. “Look, Daddy. There’s a hole,” the little girl said. I looked up from my work, crestfallen. I was defeated. “it’s my first evening,” I admitted. Francesco stepped in with the paddle and my second pizza went where the first one had gone: on the fire. We all watched it go up in flames.

6.

Francesco noticed and applauded. I wanted to call back the little girl and tell her: “I can do it! It’s just like swimming!” My base was not perfectly round but it was not bad. It wasn’t perfectly even but it was certainly an improvement. We decided to top it. We put on a thin smear of tomato sauce and some mozzarella.

7.

When I got there, Francesco showed me where to put it. There was a point in the deep oven away from the fire, where the pizzas go when they are first put into the oven. I put the long handle deep into the oven and, feeling the heat on my arms, brought it back sharply. The pizza slid onto the floor of the oven. My first pizza was in the oven and not being burnt alive.

1. To put those things right, I did as Francesco had done and slapped it with the palm of my hand. This made me feel better and I slapped it again. Next, I did some twirling and the flour showered everywhere.
2. Instead, Francesco quickly made one of his own to act as a comparison. When they were done and brought from the oven, we had a tasting. The result was astonishing. Mine was tough and crunchy in places, not bad in others. His was perfectly crispy and soft everywhere.
3. Having done that, it was time to get it on to the paddle, which felt like a pole vault. With one determined shove, the pizza went on halfway. Another shove forward got it on completely but put an ugly buckle in it. I turned and headed for the oven.
4. Francesco made it look easy. He showed me what to do again and I tried to take it in. The chilled dough balls, pre-weighed at 170 g, were all ready in a special fridge below the work counter. The dough was sticky and Francesco worked fast. First it was dropped into a large pile of flour and then it was mixed with a small handful of polenta.
5. Clearly, the stage was all mine. I had been told to concentrate on the edges using the flat edge of my hand under my little finger. I started to work the dough and tried to stretch it. It did begin to take shape, but as soon as I let it go it just went back again and didn’t get any bigger. I felt more and more eyes on me. Then the worst thing happened.
6. That was because it wasn’t so much a circle as an early map of the world. Silently, Francesco reached for his pizza paddle, scooped it up and threw it disdainfully into the red-hot stone oven, where it burnt rapidly on top of a funeral pyre of burning wood. I made up my mind that my future efforts would be good enough to be spared the death sentence.
7. I was baffled and embarrassed as it did so, but I thought I was onto something. On my next attempt, I quickly got to the shaping stage with half the pizza hanging over the edge. This was where I had gone wrong. Using only the bottom edge of my hands with my fingers working the edges, I started to do the breast stroke: fingers together, fingers apart, working and  stretching. It began to work.
8. I moved nervously into position to have a go at achieving the same result myself. I scooped up a piece of dough from its snug tray. It immediately stuck to my fingers and when I threw it at the flour, it just remained stuck. I had to pull it off. The first bit is easy, or so it seems, but unless you follow the right procedure you sow the seeds of later failure.