Олимпиадные задания по английскому языку для11класса
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (11 класс)

Олимпиадные задания по английскому языку. 11 класс.

Task 1

Read Jane’s story. For questions 1 -7 and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

During the baking hot months of the summer holidays my mother and I used to escape to one of the scattered lakes north of Prince Albert. In its magic surroundings we used to spend the long summer days in the open air, swimming and canoeing or just lying dreaming in the sun. In the evening the lake was always a bright, luminous grey after the unbelievable sunset colors had faded.

The last summer before we returned to England was particularly enchanted. For one thing, I was in love for the first time. No one will ever convince me that one cannot be in love at fifteen. I loved then as never since, with all my heart and without doubts or reservations or pretence.

My boyfriend Don worked in Saskatoon, but the lake was ''his place'' – the strange and beautiful wilderness drew him with an obsessive urgency, so I suspected it was not to see me that he got on his motor-cycle as many Fridays as he possibly could, and drove three hundred-odd miles along the pitted prairie roads to spend the weekends at our place.

Sometimes he couldn't come, and the joy would go out of everything until Monday, when I could start looking forward to Friday again. He could never let us know in advance, as we were too far from civilization to have a phone or even a telegraph service. Three hundred miles in those conditions is quite a journey. Besides, Don was hard up, and sometimes worked overtime at weekends.

One Friday night a storm broke out. I lay in bed and listened to the thunder and the rain beating on the roof. Once I got up and stood looking out over the treetops, shivering. I tried not to expect Don that night hoping he would have enough sense to wait until the storm ended. Yet in my frightened thoughts I couldn't help imagining Don fighting the storm. His motorbike, which had always looked to me so heavy and solid, seemed in my thoughts frail enough to be blown onto its side by the first gust that struck it. I thought of Don pinned under it, his face pressed into the mud.

I crawled back into bed, trying to close my throat against the tears. But when my mother, prompted by the deep sympathy and understanding between us, came in to me, she kissed my cheek and found it wet.

"Don't get upset, Jane,'' she said softly. ''He may still come.''

When she had tucked me in and gone, I lay thinking about Don, about the danger of the roads. You couldn't ride or walk along them safely after heavy rain; your feet would slip from under you. The roads in Northern Canada are not like the friendly well-populated English ones, where there are always farmhouses within walking distance and cars driving along them day and night.

It was hours later, that I suddenly realized the sound of the roaring engine were real. The storm was dying.

1. Every summer Jane used to spend

1. in the camp
2. by the sea side
3. near the lake
4. in the village

2. The last summer was particularly fascinating for Jane because she

1. spent it in the magic surroundings.
2. had a lot of fun in the open air.
3. enjoyed unbelievable sunsets by the lake.
4. fell in love for the first time.

3. Jane believes that love at fifteen is

1. a sincere deep feeling.
2. associated with doubts.
3. full of reservations.
4. connected with pretence.

4. Don traveled three hundred-odd miles every weekend because he was

A. desperate to see the author before she left.

B. fond of riding his motorcycle.

C. attracted by the beauty of the lake.

D. fond of spending weekends with his friends.

5. Sometimes Don didn't come to see Jane and her mother on Friday because he

A. thought they were too far from civilization.

B. had given up hope of seeing the author.

C. worked to make some extra money.

D. hated traveling in exhausting conditions.

6. Mother came into Jane's room during the storm because she

A. felt Jane was afraid of the thunder.

B. felt Jane was worried about Don.

C. heard Jane walking in the room.

D. heard Jane crying in her bed.

7. According to the author the roads in Northern Canada were

1. slippery.
2. muddy.
3. lonely.
4. Busy

   Task 2.

Choose the right option from a), b), c), d)

1.I... glasses since I was a child,

a) wear, b) wore, c) am wearing, d) have been wearing.

2. When the phone rang, I... dinner.

a) cook, b) was cooking, c) had been cooking, d) have been cooking.

3. He usually had dinner at 4 p.m., ... ?

a) had he, b) hadn't he, c) did he, d) didn't he.

4. He works ... and makes good progress.

a) hard, b) hardly, c) good, d) badly.

5. He reminds me ... someone I knew in the army.

a) of, b) to, c) from, d) about.

6. Mary is here. Where are ... ?

a) other, b) others, c) the others, d) another.

7. What ... bad weather we are having today!

a) the, b) a, c) an, d) — .

8. Did you read ... English books at school?

a) some, b) many, c) much, d) none.

9. I want to know what ...,

a) are you doing, b) were you doing, c) will you do, d) you are doing.

10. I've made ... mistakes now than I made last time.

a) few, b) a few, c) fewer, d) less.

11. Linda, ……is  a very keen on computers, is studying to be a graphic designer.

a)who, b) that ,c) which

12. When Helen got to the  station, the train …….. .

a) just left,   b) had just left   ,c)has just left

13.You ……. see a dentist about that toothache of  yours.

a)better,   b) should,   c)ought

14. Emma’s friend lives very close to her, so she always goes to her house …. foot.

a) by  ,   b) on ,  c) with

15. Our teacher made the whole class … .back after school.

a) to stay,  b) stay,  c) staying

     Task 3. Writing.

Comment on the following statement.

Some people argue that in the modern world it is necessary to be able to speak at least two foreign languages. Others say that it is better to know one foreign language very well than to have poor command of two foreign languages.

What is your 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

- explain why you don`t agree with it

- draw a conclusion

ANSWER KEYS

Task 1

CDACCBC

Task2

        1 B

2 D

3 D

4 A

5 C

6 B

7 C

8 A

9 D

10A

11A  

12B

13B  

14B  

15B