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Олимпиада по английскому языку

7 класс

 I тур, 2014 г.

Part I                 Reading

1. Read the texts about Sydney, Oxford and New York and tick the right squares.

SYDNEY is the oldest and biggest of Australian cities, with 3.7 million people. It is a busy, modern city and a business centre with high-rise buildings and thirty wonderful beaches. Perhaps the most famous building in Sydney is the Opera House. Its roof looks like sails on Sydney Harbour. It was opened in 1973 for music, theatre and dance. Near the Opera House is one of the longest bridges in the world.

OXFORD is 90 kilometres from London – about an hour by car, bus or train. The River Thames runs through Oxford and the River Cherwell  joins it there. The land is low, but there are hills to the west. Much of the city is old and very beautiful. More than 110, 000 people have their homes in Oxford. But in some months of the year there are a lot more people in the city; thousands of students come to Oxford from other towns. Tourists come to Oxford to see the fine buildings, museums, the parks and gardens. Oxford is a very interesting city, and many visitors fall in love with it.

People often call NEW YORK “the Big Apple”. The reason for it is that people used to say, “There are a lot of apples on the tree, but when you take New York City, you take The Big Apple.” A lot of people wanted to take The Big Apple and they still do. New York today is one of the world’s biggest and most exciting cities. More than twenty million people visit New York every year. When visitors think about New York, they usually think about Manhattan – an island 21.5 kilometers long and 3.7 kilometers wide. But New York City has five parts called “boroughs”: Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island (Richmond). The city has 10, 000 kilometres of streets, and seven million or more people live here.

Part II         Grammar and Lexis

1. Сhoose the correct form

1. The trains to London … from the platform 5 every hour.

1. leave                b. leaves                 c. are leaving

2. What … you … last night?

1. have … done        b. did … do                c. were doing

3. We … lunch when they arrived.

1. have had                b. were having        c. had

4. … you ever … Chinese food?

1. Have … eaten         b. Were … eating         c. Do … eat

5. Did you cook it …?

1. myself                b. yourself                c. themselves

6. He … count to ten. He is too little.

1. can’t                 b. mustn’t                c. needn’t

7. Don’t tell … about it.

1. its                        b. his                        c. her

8. My favourite subject at school is … History.

1. a                        b. the                        c. –

9. This house is … of all the ones in the street.

1. higher                b. the highest                c. as high

10. Are there …  biscuits in the cupboard?

1. any                b. some                c. no

2. Complete the sentences with the words made of letters

1. The airline say my ________ is too heavy and I have to pay extra. EGULGGAG
2. This model of Big ben will be a lovely _________ of our holiday. EUNSVORI
3. Do know which __________ our train is on ? MLFRAPOT
4. My friend has just moved into a ______ in the city centre. ATLF
5. The ______ started in the 1980s and it connects millions of computers around the world.                                                         TNRTNEIE
6. Betty always looks really _______ . She must get lots of exercise. LAYETHH
7. Fruit contains lots of _______ C. MATNIVI

3. Fit one of the “cat” idioms in each of these situations.

1. Has the cat got your tongue?
2. Like cat and dog.
3. While the cat is away the mice will play.
4. Let the cat out of the bag.
5. Like the cat that got the cream.
6. Don’t put the cat among the pigeons.
7. Like a cat on hot bricks.

1. My friend  Alex loves football. He often watches it on TV. But his dream had always been to watch a final match of his favourite team at the stadium. So when his father brought home two tickets for such a match Alex looked _____.

2. My grandmother often says, “____” when I don’t tell her something she expects me to say. I don’t mind because I know that it’s a joke.

3. My mum often told me that I should be very careful with her favourite Chinese vase. Yesterday playing with my little brother I broke it. You can imagine that I felt ________ when Mum returned home from work.

4. This morning when we were having an English lesson our teacher had to leave the classroom to answer a phone call. Some of the boys and girls at once started shouting at the top of their voices and fooling around. When the teacher came back to the classroom she said, “Oh, well, ____ .”

5. When my best friend Helen told me that her parents wanted to move to a new flat and that Helen would have to change her school, she asked me to keep it a secret and I promised not to ______ .

6. Andrew and Peter are cousins but they fight ____ . They never agree with each other and if one of them says “yes”, the other says “no”. We all hope that they’ll grow out of it.

7. When my father tries to tell me that I should be careful not to make people angry he usually says, “ _____, son.” I think I understand what he means.

Part III          Fun with English.

Make 10 words  from the word TELEVISION

Variants: note, vet, ten, not, tie, tile, noise, tee, soil, lie, line, vote, sit, set, line, seem, nose, nest, let, site, sleet, silent, oven, love, on, in, one, listen, lot, see, visit, list.

За каждое правильное слово по 1 баллу.

KEYS (7th form)

(за каждый правильный ответ 1 балл)

Максимальное количество баллов – 30 баллов

Part I                 Reading

1. Read the texts about Sydney, Oxford and New York and tick the right squares.

Part II         Grammar and Lexis

1. Сhoose the correct form

2. Complete the sentences with the words made of letters

3. Fit one of the “cat” idioms in each of these situations.

Part III          Fun with English. (За каждое правильное слово по 1 баллу)

Variants: note, vet, ten, not, tie, tile, noise, tee, soil, lie, line, vote, sit, set, line, seem, nose, nest, let, site, sleet, silent, oven, love, on, in, one, listen, lot, see, visit, list.

KEYS (8th form)

Максимальное количество баллов – 37 баллов ( за каждый правильный ответ 1 балл)

PART I                 READING

The paragraphs in the text have been mixed up. Put them in the correct order.

PART II        GRAMMAR and LEXIS

1. Insert the missing words.

2. Re-write the sentences correctly

1. Does Debbie like Chinese food?
2. Did Anne and Carlo go to Spain last year?
3. Were Dawn and Jennifer with you?
4. Does Claudia have a haircut every Thursday?
5. Have you bought the new Arctic Monkey’s CD yet?
6. Is Tim going to be in the school play?
7. Will it be the best thing to do?
8. Were you playing basketball when it started snowing?

3. Choose the sentence which means the same

PART III         MISCELLANY

Use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle.

Down

1. yacht

2. award

4. ticket

6. sculpture

8. palace

10. ferry  

Across

3. train/plane.

5. ruins

7. portrait

9. landscape

11. monument

12. tents

Олимпиада по английскому языку

9 класс

 I тур,

PART I                 READING

1. Read the advertisement for a holiday. Choose what the underlined words and phrases are talking about.

1. your problem - what to do this summer/ how to see different countries

2.  go –go on this cruise /go wherever you like

3. back again – returning to the city you came from/ Bristol Airport

4. in the best possible way - by plane, bus, coach and ship/on a luxury cruise ship

Mediterranean Teenage Summer Cruise (Lazer p 124)

You’re 16-19. You believe that travel broadens the mind. You want to do something interesting and different with people your own age this summer. You don’t want to go on another boring package holiday with Mum and Dad.

Is that you? If it is, then we’ve got the perfect solution to your problem. And you mum and dad will let you go, because they’ll know you’re in safe hands. And having fun. And learning a lot. And it’s not costing them too much!

Package includes:

• Coach from any major UK city to Bristol Airport, and back again at the end of the cruise
• Flights to and from Majorca (meals included)
• Short bus rides between Palma Airport and port
• 14 nights aboard our luxury cruise ship (4 teenagers in each cabin)
• Visits to  and guided tours around (in alphabetical order): Ajaccio, Corsica (France), Athens (Greece), Barcelona (Spain), Cadiz (Spain), Casablanca (Morocco), Gibraltar (UK), Lisbon (Portugal), Nice (France), Rome (Italy)

Join us on our two-week Mediterranean Teenage Summer Cruise. All you need is a current passport (and some money from your parents!). Think about it! In a few weeks, you’ll be travelling around the Mediterranean in the best possible way with people your own age. And at the end of the summer, you’ll have had an experience you’ll never forget.

Call 07000700 or visit our website for details.

Read the advertisement again and decide if the statements are correct (A) or incorrect (B)

1. This holiday is designed for all teenagers.
2. The advertisement says the holiday is educational.
3. The cost of the holiday includes transport to the airport.
4. From the advert, we can understand that Palma Airport is in Majorca.
5. On the ship, you can choose not to share a room with other people.
6. The places are listed in the order in which you visit them.

2. Read these notices from the cruise ship. For each one, choose the statement that means the same as the notice.

1. Please note: As the ship departs at 5pm, there will not be time for those leaving the ship to cross the border from Gibraltar into Spain.

A. Make sure you’re back from Spain by 5pm.

B. You cannot take a trip to Spain today.

C. Only those people staying on the ship can go to Span.

2. Digital camera found!

If you’ve lost yours, come and describe it to me and tell me about the photos you’ve taken. If it’s your camera, I’ll give it back!

Helen – cabin 307 (come between 6 and 7)

A. You have to show me that it’s yours.

B. You have to show me where you lost it.

C. You have to show me when you lost it.

3. Fun Quiz!

Tonight – 8.30 pm – Topsiders Lounge

Free entrance!

(Latecomers will not admitted, so be on time!)

A. You mustn’t get there before 8.30 pm

B. You must be there by 8.30 pm

C. The doors open at 8.30 pm.

4. ALWAYS GIVE YOUR NAME AND CABIN NUMBER

TO A MEMBER OF STAFF BEFORE LEAVING THE SHIP

A. Tell us if a member of staff leaves the ship

B. Remember your name and cabin number when you are not on the ship

C. Don’t get off the ship without telling us.

PART II        GRAMMAR and LEXIS

1. Complete the dialogues with the collocations from the list.  One is extra.

1. How times flies.
2. No such luck!
3. It’s six of one and half a dozen of the other.
4. It’s a small world.
5. The more, the merrier.
6. No way!
7. Thanks a million!
8. I can take it or leave it.
9. Don’t make laugh!

1. A. My new neighbor was at school with you!

B. _________________________________

2. A. Is it OK if I bring Jeff to your party?

B. _______________________________

3. A. Do you think Anne or Brian is to blame for their break –up?

B. ______________________________________

4. A. Goodness! It’s nearly midnight!

B. __________________________

5. A. Did you manage to get tickets for the concert in the end?

B. ________________________________________

6. A. Do you like caviar?

B. ________________________________________

7. A. He says he’s going to be the Prime Minister one day.

B. _______________________________________

8. A. Would you agree to do overtime for no extra pay?

B. _______________________________________

2. Find mistakes in the sentences and write the sentences correctly.

1. My dad is a very good cooker.
2. I wish I can speak German, but I never learnt it at school.
3. If we will go shopping tomorrow, I’ll probably buy a new top.
4. We lost the match because we played badly than the other team did.
5. Cherie is such popular that everyone wants to be friends with her.
6. It’s the lovely day, isn’t it?
7. Do you get in well with your elder sister?
8. We first visited China on 2010.
9. I’m remembering this day for the rest of my life!
10. I have neither the money or the time to go on holiday right now.

PART III         MISCELLANY

Add the correct punctuation to this paragraph. Pay particular attention to the direct speech.

I thought I was alone but suddenly a voice from the next room whispered what are you doing Mark it sounded familiar but strange at the same time is it my stupid brother playing games again I thought is that you John I called as there was no answer I walked angrily into the next room stop playing games I said as I walked in but to my amazement the room was empty

KEYS (9th form)

Максимальное количество баллов – 56 баллов ( за каждый правильный ответ 1 балл)

PART I                 READING – 14 баллов ( за каждый правильный ответ 1 балл)

1. Read the advertisement for a holiday. Choose what the underlined words and phrases are talking about.

Read the advertisement again and decide if the statements are correct (A) or     incorrect (B)

2. Read these notices from the cruise ship. For each one, choose the statement that means the same as the notice.

PART II        GRAMMAR and LEXIS – 18 баллов ( за каждый правильный ответ 1 балл)

1. Complete the dialogues with the collocations from the list.  One is extra.

2. Find mistakes in the sentences and write the sentences correctly.

PART III         MISCELLANY- 24 балла ( за каждый правильный знак препинания 1 балл)

Add the correct punctuation to this paragraph. Pay particular attention to the direct speech.

I thought I was alone. But suddenly a voice from the next room whispered, “What are you doing, Mark?” It sounded familiar, but strange at the same time. “Is it my stupid brother playing games again? I thought. “Is that you, John?” I called. As there was no answer, I walked angrily into the next room. “Stop playing games!” I said as I walked in. but to my amazement, the room was empty!