Read the Text and Choose the Best Answer to the Questions
Школьная олимпиада по английскому языку
2010-2011 учебный год
5 класс
- Reading Comprehension.
Read the text and choose the best answer to the questions.
The little girl sat at the edge of the baseball field. All her cousins were BOYS! They didn'l think
:hat she could play baseball. But every day her father tossed1 the ball and let her hit the ball as far as
she could.
"Daddy, won't those boys ever let me play?" Tilley asked.
“I am sure that they will let you play”, father said.
Daddy, where did you learn to play baseball," Tilley asked.
"I guess that I played the most baseball on an airfield during the World War II," her father said.
"Where did you go in the war, daddy?" Tilley asked.
"I have told you a thousand times little girl. I went to Bermuda, Morocco, Casablanca, Tripoli, Cairo, Arabic (now Iran), the island of Bahrain, Karachi, India (now Pakistan), Cuba, and China. "
"Were you scared during the war?" Tilley asked.
"Of course, you are scared. But you learn that you are there to do a job and you just do that job and try not to think about all the dangers," her father said.
"Look, daddy, those boys are coming over here."
"How are you fellows doing?" Father asked them.
"Do you want to play with us?" the cousins asked.
:”OK”! Tilley said
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1.The girl wanted to learn how to play
A.football.
B.baseball.
С. volleyball.
2.The boys were
A.Tilley's brothers
B.Tilley's friends
C.Tilley's classmates
3. Her cousins thought that she could not play
A. because she was a girl.
B.because she was too little.
C.because she didn't know the rules of the game.
4.The word edge in line 1 is similar in the meaning to the word
A.end
B.centre
C. circle
5. Her father
A let her play the game.
B didn't allow her to play.
C punished her when she wanted to play.
6. Her father thought that
A Tilley would never play with her cousins.
B. would play with her cousins one day.
С. would never learn how to play.
7. Her father
A. learned to play during the war.
B.learned to play when he was a little boy
C.couldn't play.
8.Tilley's father visited a lot of countries
A.travelling.
B. during the war.
C. when he was wounded.
9. Tilley's father
A.was afraid when the war began.
B.did not take part in the war.
С.read a lot about the war.
10. Finally Tilley and her father
A. went home.
B. played with Tilley's cousins.
С. went on talking about the war.
2. Read the story. Refer to the list below and fill in the blanks with the best variant.
Little Pigtails
Once upon a time ...11... a pretty little Indian girl who liked to get ...12... early and go into the wood to play with her friends, the animals. One day, she was sailing her canoe on the river.
"Hello there!" said the friendly fishes.
Little Pigtails, for that was ...13... name, was very happy and contented to have so many tiny
14..... They loved her very much and always gave hег presents of wild flowers.
One day, when she was helping a little snail who had twisted his horn, a rabbit came up to her
and she said to him, "What is the ...15... Loppy! Why are you so ...16...?”
“Please help us!” he asked.
The rabbit explained ...17... Little Pigtails that he was afraid because he had seen a hunter ...18... a big gun who was going to...19... everything in sight.
When she saw him ...20... the foot of a little bird, she could not contain herself and said to him. "What do you think you are doing? Don’t you feel sorry for these ...21... little animals?"
And the hunter hung his head in shame, for he knew the little Indian girl was right.
"I'll never do it again," replied the hunter who was truly sorry.
"Oh no!" said the little girl doubtfully. "And the gun. What do you need that ..22...?"
"Take it!" cried the hunter. "Go and ...23... it into the river. Then you will believe ...24... me!"
From that day forward, not only did he never do anybody ...25... harm, but he became Little
Pigtail's friend. They cured the wounded foot of the little bird and he flew away.'1
11. a) it was b) was c) there was d) that was12. a) up b) out c) out of d) up to
13. a) her b) their c) the d) this
14. a) fiends b) friend c) friends d) friends’
15. a) matters b) metres c) mates d) matter
16. a) frightful b) frightened c) fearful d) forgetful
17. a) -- b) to c) the d) that
18. a) without b) with c) which d) with the
19. a) shorted b) shot c) shooted d) shoot
20.a) wind b) wounded c) wound d) winded
21.a) defenceless b) defended c) defenceful d) offensive
22.а) - b) with c) from d) for
23.а) throw b) thrown c) threw d) through
24.а) to b) ---- c) in d) into
25. a) some b) anything c) any d) few
Школьная олимпиада по английскому языку
2010-2011 учебный год
6 класс
I. Here’s a letter from a children’s magazine.
1)What kind of letter is it? Choose the best answer.
It is
a)a letter to a pen friend.
b) a business letter.
c) a thank – you letter.
Dear Sarah,
My family and I are on holiday now in the LakeDistrict.٭ We are having a picnic now. Everybody is having a great time. And I’m writing a letter to you. I’m very upset. I’ve learned (узнала) that soon you’ll go to live to Scotland.٭ I’ll miss (скучать) you.
I remember when I first (впервыйраз) met you. It was two years ago. We made a trip to France. Then you became my best friend. I like you because you always give me good advice. You’re very honest and straight. We spent a lot of time together with Suzanne and Anna – remember the park, where we went on the kiddies’ roundabout (карусельдлядетей)? But we can write and visit each other. I think we will be friends forever (навсегда). Thanks a bunch (огромное), Sarah – you’re the best!
Jennie
2) Why did Jennie write this letter? Which is the best answer?
a) She wanted to tell Sarah that she would leave soon.
b) She wanted to thank Sarah for a nice trip to France.
c) She wanted to tell Sarah that Sarah was her best friend.
3) Grammar. Jennie described different things in the letter.
a) Which events happened in the past?
b) Which events are taking place now?
c) Which will happen in the future?
II. What does Jane say about herself and her classmates? Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the box in the correct form. There are two extra verbs.
-When I was in the kindergarten, some boys (0)______me names.
- Linda enjoys (1) ______with her friends over the telephone.
- Paul didn’t want to (2) ______me. He was very sorry.
- The boys in my class (3) ______well with the girls most of the time.
- I didn’t believe (верить) Mike. I think he (4) ______the truth.
- Sue often (5) ______with her little brother.
bully get on hurt call chat tell speak quarrelШкольная олимпиада по английскому языку
2010-2011 учебный год
7 класс
I.Read the report and translate it.
REPORT
Pupils in Class 7 A, School 23, Tula, have different musical tastes. Forty per cent of pupils are interested in pop music and listen to it every day. Thirty – six per cent of boys and girls enjoy listening to rap. Twenty per cent of people love listening to rock. All pupils say that they never listen to classical music. Four per cent of boys and girls like listening to techno.
Pupils in Class 7 A have similar musical habits. Twenty – five pupils wake up to music in the morning and the same number go to sleep to music. All pupils in the class study to music. Eight girls and four boys read music magazines. Six people like singing in the shower. Two boys and two girls take dancing lessons. Two girls sing in a folk choir.
Read the report again and answer the questions.
1. What information does the report have?
2.What musical habits do pupils in Class 7 A from Tula have?
3.Which habit is the most common?
II. Make up sentences:
1. Doesn’t /me/look like/he.
2. Riding /she/likes/her hike.
3. Can/jeans/wear/British people /at theatres.
4.Dances / Jane/ on Fridays/ at the club.
5. Are playing/ They / basketball/ at the moment/ in the gym.
Школьная олимпиада по английскому языку
2010-2011 учебный год
8 класс
Задание 1.
Разделите данные слова на группы в соответствии с заголовками. Постарайтесь расширить каждую группу.
pancake teacher athlete cottage cheese stormtoast competition snow cricket cream golf
keep silence chess cutlet autumn dessert
raise a hand horse riding attentive a sweet shop rainy
season dairy products schoolmaster running snowdrift
gymnastics weather soccer break cold answer the question
a loaf of bread subject winter skate textbook rugby
warm sour cream lesson sunny cabbage pencil
SCHOOL / SPORTS / FOOD / WEATHER
Задание 2.
Прочитайте текст, внимательно посмотрите на каждую строчку. Некоторые строчки содержат слова, которых не должно быть там, а некоторые строчки верны. Если строчка не содержит лишнее слово – поставьте √, если же строчка содержит лишнее слово – выпишите это слово.
(1) ______/ Alligator itself is a very long but his legs are very short. Alligators cannot(2) ______ / to turn round quickly, and it is easy to hunt them on land. One must only
(3) ______ / keep down away from the alligator’s big teeth and strong tail. He can fight
(4) ______ / with the help of his tail, he can even kill a man with it.
(5) ______ / Alligators lay eggs are as big as those of geese and put them in the sand
(6) ______ / where they are warmed by the heat of the sun. The number of eggs is
(7) ______ / often nearly two hundred pieces.
(8) ______ / It is true that old good father alligators eat their own young ones.
(9) ______ / So the first concern of the mother-alligator is never to get young alligators
(10) ______ / to the water where she can hide them better from their father but still
(11) ______ / many of the young are still been eaten by old alligators.
(12) ______ / When the young ones will grow up they run away from their fathers as
(13) ______ / they are quicker in their movements. The small alligators often ride on
(14) ______/ the backs of their fathers. They know that while the fathers cannot do
(15) ______ / anything with them in that situation.
(16) ______ / They can eat some anything that comes on their way but fish is their
(17) ______ / own favourite food. They usually eat very slowly. Alligators don’t need
(18) ______ / much food. They sleep during the whole a winter without any food.
Школьная олимпиада по английскому языку
2010-2011 учебный год
9класс
Задание № 1
Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из утверждений А5 – А8 соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False ) и о чем в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – NotStated )
A businessman, Mr. Harold Shore, went on a business trip to Bermuda.The flight was terrible and he arrived at his hotel very late.His wife was going to join him the following day, so as soon as he arrived at the hotel he sent her a short e-mail.
His wife had recently changed her e-mail address. Harold made a mistake with her new address and the e-mail went to Mrs.Joy Elkson, eighty- two years old. Mrs. Elkson’s husband, Henry, had died a few months before and she lived alone. She had bought her computer as a new interest after Henry’ s death and she used e-mail and Internet every day. When she opened Harold’s e-mail and read it, she immediately fainted.
Some time later Mrs.Elkon’s daughter found her mother lying on the floor near the computer. The computer was on with the e-mail message still on the screen. It was:
Darling,
It was a terrible journey but I eventually arrived safely. I am waiting for your arrival tomorrow. By the way, it’s as hot as hell down here.
Love,
H
A5 They used Internet for communication.
1)True 2) False 3) Not stated
A6 Mr. Shore wrote the correct address
1)True 2) False 3) Not stated
A7 When she read the husband’ e-mail, she was shocked.
1)True 2) False 3) Not stated
A8 Mr.Shore wanted his wife to bring light clothes to him.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Задание №2
Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенными номерами В3- В9 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию В3- В9.
В3 Our next- door neighbours the Jacksons just_____ a house in BUY
Spain.
B4 Even since they visited Spain ten years ago, they____ to WANT
Live in a warm climate. It suits better to them.
B5 Two years ago, an aunt_____ them some money, so they LEAVE
Decided to look for a villa on the Spanish coast. They spent a
Lot of time and energy to realize their dream.
B6 Finally, they______the perfect villa near Malaga. FIND
B7 They have been in Spain for about four months now
And they say they _____ leaving the cold weather in NOT REGRET
England behind. I made up my mind that to live
Somewhere warm too.
B8 I_____ in a cold country for too long. It’s a good idea to LIVE
Move to the warmer country when I am retired.
B9 Now I ______for the villa of my dream. LOOK
Школьная олимпиада по английскому языку
2010-2011 учебный год
10класс
- Замените пропуски глаголами соответствующей формы.
- Look! Pauline (water) ______the flowers. 2. Listen! The girl (sing) ______a song. 3. She usually (come) ______home by bus. 4. Jack (go) ______to his grandmother every day. 5. Look! Sally and Joe (play) ______tennis. 6. Nelly (drink) ______a cup of tea every morning. 7. We never (write) ______letters to America. 8. Have you (finish) ______that report yet? 9. I already (produce) ______figures for the budget fovecast for Head office. 10. He (work) ______on the project for two weeks.
2. Make up questions.
John visited me in hospital yesterday.
You have to shop near the traffic lights.
3. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами В11-В16, так чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы В11-В16.
Arbor Day and Earth Day.
POLITICSAWARE
ACTIVE
PERSPONSIBLE
ANNUAL
GLOBE
The first Arbor Day took place in April, 1872 inNebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), a
В 11 Nebraska journalist and ______originally from Michigan. When he became a member of Nebraska’s state board of agriculture, he proposed that a special day be se
В12 aside dedicated to tree planting and increasing ______of the importance of trees. Nebraska’s first Arbor Day was an amazing success. More than one million trees were planted. On
В13 April 22, 1970, Arbor Day ______were modified to emphasize the critical importance of the environment. It was a time when cities were buried under their own smog and polluted rivers caught fire. Earth Day was created to remind
В14 people of their ______to protect the planet. Mow
В15 Earth Day is celebration ______around the globe. What started as a day of national environmental recognition has evolved into a worldwide campaign to protect our
В16 ______environment.
Школьная олимпиада по английскому языку
2010-2011 учебный год
11класс
1. Прочтите приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанныежирным шрифтом напротив номеров Q1-Q10 так, чтобыони грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержаниютекста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск
соответствует отдельному заданию.
Ql The Viking______everything in the village before they destroy
Q2 sailed away with all our possessions. The chief______say
Q3 it was better than it had been ten years ago when t h e y ______take
Q4 many people for slaves. He also said we ______everything. restore
Q5 He said people ______more valuable than things. But we be
Q6 were not sure if we ______s t a r t everything anew. In the can
Q7 faces of men I saw they ______already to join some Viking decide
Q8 detachment. Not that they their life, but it meant life for like
Q9 them and their families. I still ______i f t h e y had another doubt
Q10 thing to do. That ______the question of survival. be
2. Прочтите приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанныежирным шрифтом напротив номеров Q11-Q20 так,чтобы они грамматически илексически соответствовали содержаниютекста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.
Q11 The weather was _____ , and the travellers went on and on. favour
Q12 The____ forest didn't seem at all dangerous or gloomy, picture
Q13 Suddenly an _____ beast jumped on the path in front of norm
Q14 them and with a roar showed them sharp and devil
Ql 5 _____ teeth. The long yellow tail hit and broke a young tree, terror
Q16 With a horrible, _____s o u n d the huge jaws closed. The deaden
Q17 travellers felt that was_____moment in their lives. But late
Ql 8 the little _____ d o g they had with them at once jumped to the play
Q19 ___--_ creature and barked fiercely. Hearing the barking puzzle
Q20 this gigantic but ______animal ran back into the thicket. Coward
3. Прочтите приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные жирным шрифтом напротив номеров Q11-Q20 так,чтобы они грамматически илексически соответствовали содержаниютекста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.
Oil I'm not a poetry ______, but I have bought her latest love
Q12 16-page ______o f poems. You see, I am the kind of a book
Q13 ______w h o likes of-shelf materials, and her poems suit teach
Q14 young learners very well because of their ______a n d also simple
Q15 because of clear rhythm. The words and ______s h e uses express
Q16 are quite useful. There are good ______and proverbs in the say
Q17 formwhichmakes______easier foryounger children. memory
Ql8 I personally like the poems because they are full of ______happy
Q19 and ______o f playing, swimming and other simple please
Q20 things. I recommend her poems to all ______. learn