Олимпиадные задания (школьный тур) для 9-11 классов
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (9 класс) на тему

Task I

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.

1 

This passage is mainly about

A using folk medicines in place of modern medicines.

B antibiotics in the field of medicine.

C the validity of folk remedies and their use for advances in modern medicine.

D isolating antibiotics in cheese, sugar, and slime.

2 

It can be inferred from the passage that Alexander Fleming

A discovered moldy cheese.

B isolated infectious patients.

C suspected medical properties of mold.

D enjoyed eating cheese.

3 

According to the passage,

A bacteria feed on sugar.

B sugar kills unhealthy cells.

C glass is formed from sugar.

D sugar promotes healing.

4

The gellike substance which promotes healing comes from

A catfish bodies.

B Arab fishermen.

C coagulants.

D catfish venom.

5

Which one of the following is NOT an important quality of the catfish slime?

A It prohibits inflammation.

B It fights bacteria.

C It stops bleeding.

D It produces mold.

6

According to the passage, why is it important to study folk medicine?

A to document cultural  heritages

B to perpetuate superstitions

C to experiment with synthetic substances

D to advance modern medical practices

7 

In what way are cheese molds, sugar, and catfish slime similar?

A They cause blood clots.

B They fight bacteria.

C They heal wounds.

D They eliminate dead cells.

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

USE OF ENGLISH

Task II

 8 баллов

For Questions 1-9, read the text below and decide which answer, A, B, C or D best fits each space.

SOCIALIZING

1. Your annual … to the Book Club is now due.

2. We have been able to use these splendid premises this morning by kind … of the Director of the University Museum.

3. I had to be up early the next morning, so I … myself and left the party.

4. I’d like to  … a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.

5. People under 18 years old are not … to join this club.

6. The party was already in full … when they arrived.

7. One can become a member of this club only on paying the … fee.

8. Our new neighbour’s party went on into the … hours.

Task III

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For Questions 9-17, read the text and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps.

Example: 0 __clearly__

PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL

Stephen Murray was (0) …  going through a difficult                            CLEAR

 (9) … .  He had never managed                                                              ADOLESCENT               

to gain the (10) …  of his teachers at school.                                             APPROVE

He ignored repeated (11) …  to change his attitude or be expelled.        WARN

He was widely considered to be an (12) …  pupil                                   INTELLIGENCE         

who was wasting his (13) … by misbehaving in class.                            OPPORTUNE

His parents received regular (14) … about their son but in spite             COMPLAIN

of their own experience of Stephen rebellious (15)… , it was                  BEHAVE

their (16) … that the school was as much                                                 BELIEVE

to blame as Stephen was for the (17) … that arose from time to time.    UNDERSTAND

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Task IV

9 баллов

For Questions 18-26, match the words on the left with their collocations on the right.

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Task V

10 баллов

SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE

For Questions 1-10, give Russian equivalents to:

1. Cinderella
2. The Mediterranean sea
3. The Faceted Palace (in Moscow)
4. The North Pole
5. The Strait of Dover
6. Lebanon
7. The Cape Verde Islands
8. Munich
9. Carthage (an ancient city)
10. The Hague

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TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Task VI.

Выберите правильную грамматическую форму.

1. The most popular film he _______ so far is “Going West”.

1. had made  b) has made  c) makes  d) has been made

2 .We______ in India for ten years when we came back home.

1. didn’t live  b) lived  c) have been living  d) had been living

3. As I was cycling along the lane, I ______ by an overhanging tree brunch.

1. had been hit  b) was hit  c) hit  d) has been hit

4. She _____ in the garden when the mail arrived.

a) appeared to work  b) was appearing to be working  

c) appeared to be working  d) was appeared working

5. Barbara _______ me to make arrangements to go together to the party but she never called.

a) was to telephone  b) had better have telephoned

c) should telephone  d) can telephone

6. The ______ you do it, the better it will be.

a) careful  b) carefulliest  c) more carefully  d) most careful

7. If it ______ for you, I would still be poor.

a) was  b) hadn’t been  c) isn’t  d) won’t be

8. ______, he went to work.

a) fixing the car  b) having fixed the car  c) fixed the car  d) the car fixing

9. He enquires _____ very hot now in Brazil.

a) if the summers were  b) whether the summers are

c) are the summers        d) whether the summers are being

10. You clear the table and I’ll see_______ the washing-up.

a) for  b) at  c) with  d) to

11. By living in groups, early people protected themselves _______ from danger.

a) --- b) a  c) an  d) the

12. Is this the first time you have been to ______ Isle of White?

a) ---  b) the   c) a  d) an

13 This ________ not very reliable.

a) evidence are  b) evidence is  c) evidences are  d) evident is

14. You should send ______news about the lady you wrote about.

a) number  b) a few  c) a little  d) several

15. Cork, the second largest city in Ireland, is the site of many industries, ______  automobile manufacturing and Whiskey distilling.

a) some of them which are   b) which some are

c) some of which are           d) of which some are

Task VII.

К каждому слову в колонке А подберите одно противоположное по смыслу из колонки В.