Задания к внутриколледжной олимпиаде по английскому языку
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку на тему

TEST №1

Выберите правильный вариант ответа:

1. It … Sunday evening.
   a) was
   b) were
   c) be
2. Everybody looked tired and wanted to go … home.
   a) -
   b) at
   c) to
3. Mr. Candy locked the door and … outside.
   a) went
   b) goed
   c) goes
4. The weather … fine.
   a) were
   b) was
   c) be
5. … sun was shining brightly in the cloudless sky.
   a) A
   b) -
   c) The
6. He decided to go … home on foot.
   a) at
   b) -
   c) over
7. The house he lived in was not far …and soon he was there.
   a) away
   b) off
   c) about
8. … door was blocked by the police.
   a) Mr. Candy
   b) Mr. Candys’
   c) Mr. Candy’s
9. No matter how… , he couldn’t get in.
   a) he tried hard
   b) hard he tried
   c) tried he hard
10. It wasn’t really funny because Mr. Candy … a date that night.
    a) had
    b) has
    c) have
11. He felt … bit nervous.
    a) a
    b) the
    c) -
12. Then he suddenly … to see his father.
    a) wants
    b) wanted
    c) want

13. His father calmed him … .
    a) away
    b) down
    c) off
14. Mr. Candy realized that everything that … wasn’t really important.
    a) happened
    b) had happened
    c) happens
15. “Things … happen”, he thought.
    a) do
    b) does
    c) did
16. When he … next morning, he felt as good as never.
    a) waked up
    b) woke up
    c) wakes up
17. He made up his mind to start a new… .
    a) leaf
    b) loaf
    c) life
18. Mr. Candy was sure that his life … change greatly soon.
    a) will
    b) would
    c) shall
19. An interesting story happened … my friends last year.
    a) to
    b) with
    c) on
20. … painting disappeared from my friends’ house.
    a) The
    b) A
    c) -
21. Let me explain how the situation … .
    a) came about
    b) come about
    c) came on
22. Somebody stole the picture, that ... in town the day before.
    a) arrived
    b) did arrive
    c) had arrived
23. It was … heavy to hang on the wall and was left on the floor of the hall.
    a) too
    b) to
    c) two
24. … wanted to go to the restaurant, so all stayed to have dinner at home.
    a) Nothing
    b) Nobody
    c) Everybody
25. The dinner smelled … good.
    a) -
    b) of
    c) to

26. All Jim … that day was a sandwich.
    a) eats
    b) had eaten
    c) eated
27. “What do you think … your new painting?” – asked Bob.
    a) of
    b) at
    c) by
28. “Oh, it is extremely expensive and beautiful”, … Jim.
    a) said
    b) told
    c) spoke
29. After dinner he wanted … the painting but found nothing in the hall.
    a) to have look at
    b) to have a look at
    c) to have a look on
30. We didn’t believe him at first, but … he said was quite true.
    a) what
    b) which
    c) that
31. The sudden noise… .
    a) made everybody jump
    b) made everybody to jump
    c) made everybody jumped
32. It was Rachel … arrived.
    a) which
    b) that
    c) who
33. Why did she always … to see Jim at the worst possible moment?
    a) come
    b) came
    c) comes
34. … at the fact that the painting had disappeared, Rachel couldn’t say a word.
    a) Feeling astonish
    b) Feel astonished
    c) Feeling astonished
35. The thief was thought to have escaped by climbing … the wall.
    a) by
    b) off
    c) over
36. In the morning Rachel persuaded me to play … tennis.
    a) with
    b) -
    c) in
37. The match was abandoned after… .
    a) half an hour
    b) half of an hour
    c) the half an hour
38. Nobody felt … after what had happened.
    a) at the ease
    b) at ease
    c) with ease

39. 39. The next day I … to a woman outside the house.
    a) heard a man talked
    b) heard a man to talk
    c) heard a man talking
40. I … the woman’s voice at once – no doubt, it was Rachel.
    a) realized
    b) understood
    c) recognized
41. I was about to … my chair during the talk.
    a) fall off
    b) fall out of
    c) fall from
42. Rachel … the painting and was ready to sell it at a fabulous price.
    a) had stolen
    b) stole
    c) is stolen
43. When I told everybody about it, she … a terrible look as if she wanted to kill me at the moment.
    a) gave to me
    b) gave me
    c) gave at me
44. “Sorry, I meant to tell you that I … take the painting for a while, but I forgot.”
    a) will
    b) should
    c) would
45. So stupid … we heard that we were shocked.
    a) the lie was
    b) was the lie
    c) be the lie
46. This was the first time Jim … her real nature.
    a) saw
    b) seen
    c) was seeing
47. She … out of the house and disappeared in the wood.
    a) had rushed
    b) rushing
    c) rushed
48. By the time we got to Rachel’s hotel, she … .
    a) booked away
    b) had booked out
    c) booked out
49. We couldn’t …how well she managed to get off with the punishment.
    a) get over
    b) get away
    c) get out
50. Suffice it to say that she never … and returned the painting.
    a) came in
    b) came over
    c) came up