Олимпиада по английскому языку
Школьный этап
10 -11 классы
Продолжительность 1.5 - 2 часа.
Общее количество баллов - 75
Task 1 Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct options. ( 11 баллов)One of the commonest questions asked about animals in Antarctica is how they cope __(1) the extreme cold conditions that are found __(2). Antarctic birds and mammals - penguins, whales and seals - are warm blooded animals and they ___ (3) their body temperatures ___(4) to warm blooded animals in any ___ (5) climate zone - that is about 35 - 42°C. They have to keep high body temperatures to remain ___ (6). Tropical animals with more variable body temperatures __(7) as reptiles and amphibians can warm ___ (8) by lying in the sun if they cool down - and they never cool down that ___ (9). An Antarctic animal will never ___ (10) enough energy from the surroundings to become active if it allows ___(11) to cool so they have to stay warm to be active.
A / B / C / D
(1) / by / with / about / upon
(2) / then / their / there / than
(3) / maintain / support / sustain / retain
(4) / like / similar / as / same
(5) / another / each / every / other
(6) / action / actively / activity / active
(7) / so / such / same / similar
(8) / up / down / on / in
(9) / many / few / much / little
(10) / bring / take / give / get
(11) / itself / herself / himself / yourself
Task 2 Read the text and form the appropriate parts of speech from the words in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end of each line. ( 8 баллов)
Some writers have considered the pizza an invention of the man who is
______(12) for making it an international dish, but the fact that this man worked in a pizzeria makes it ______(13) to call him the father of pizza! In 1889, Rafaele Esposito of the Pizzeria diPietro e BastaCosi (now called Pizzeria Brandi) baked pizza ______(14) for the visit of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. To make the pizza a little more ______(15)- looking, Esposito used red tomato sauce, white mozzarella cheese and green basil ______(16) to represent the colours of the Italian flag. Queen Margherita loved the pizza, and what eventually became Pizza Margherita has since become an ______(17) dish. Pizzeria Brandi, now more than 200 years old, still _____ (18) displays a ______(19) thank-you note signed by GalliCamillo, "head of the table of the royal household", dated June 1889. / RESPONSIBILITY
DIFFICULTY
SPECIAL
PATRIOTISM
LEAF
NATIONAL
PROUD
ROYALTY
Task 3 Read the text and choose the option (A, B, C or D) you think fits best. ( 6 баллов)
‘So?’ William asked over supper. ‘How was your first day?’
He looked around the table at the five of us, the first strands of spaghetti slooped into our mouths. ‘Honour?’
‘Fine.’ She kept her eyes on her plate and I saw Jake glance at the narrow line of her high shoulders up against each ear.
‘Jake?’ William bent forward, waiting to hear the worst, but Jake looked clear into his eyes and said it had been good. ‘We’re doing woodwork. And I’m making a bowl.’
‘That’s great.’
‘Yes, a pudding bowl.’ He said, dipping his chin with mirth, and he glanced meaningfully at William’s dark brown round of hair.
‘At kindergarten,’ Pandora piped up, ‘we sang lots of songs.’ And she started lisping one into her father’s ear. ‘And they played it on a ladle, a ladle, a ladle and they played it on a ladle and his name was Aikin Drum.’
‘And how about you, Lolly?’ William asked, serious, as if there might be a reason why she should need particularly to be asked, and Lolly told us all about her teacher Miss Bibeen, and how she’d been on holiday in Japan. ‘She told us about it for the whole main lesson.’ And Lolly launched into a detailed account.
I waited, sucking up spaghetti, slowing each mouthful for my turn, but William got up to fill the water jug and without seeming to see me, he began to tell us about a school play he wanted to direct.
20 How many people were there at the table?
A six
B five
C four
D three
21 William was asking the children about their first day
A in a new family.
B at school and kindergarten.
С in a summer camp.
D at a new home.
22 That day Jake had a lesson in
A Literature
B English
C Handicrafts
D Physical Education
23 Who is the youngest among the children?
A Lolly
B Pandora
C Jake
D Honour
24 ‘Pipe up’ (in bold in the text) means
A enter a conversation
B smoke a pipe
C look into a room
D make a noise
25 In her main lesson that day Lolly was
A doing woodwork
B singing songs
C doing sums
D listening to the teacher
Task 4 The questions in this quiz are riddles - they may appear strange, but they all have logical answers. Find the correct answer in the list below. ( 12 баллов)
26 What do elephants do when it rains?
27 Why do businessmen carry umbrellas?
28 What kind of umbrella does a businessman carry when it’s raining very hard?
29 Twelve businessmen were standing under one small umbrella, but none of them got wet. Why?
30 Why did William Shakespeare wear a red and green belt?
31 Who wears the biggest boots in the army?
32How do you stop water coming into your house?
33What kind of lion has purple feet?
34 Why do giraffes have long necks?
35Why do white sheep sleep more than black sheep?
36What can fall on water without getting wet?
AThe soldier with the biggest feet.
BHoles.
CA very wet one.
DThe kind that makes its own wine.
EBecause there are more of them.
FBecause it wasn’t raining.
GBecause umbrellas can’t walk.
H To keep his trousers up.
IA shadow
JThey get wet
KStop paying your water bill
LTo join their heads to their bodies
Task 5 Read the descriptions and guess the names of the special days they define. Match the names to the descriptions. ( 8 баллов)
37 The forth Thursday in November – Day of giving thanks to God
3814th February – Day on which people send romantic messages to each other
39 1st May – Holiday in honour of workers
40 1st January – the first day of the year
4112the October – Celebrates Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the West Indies in 1492
42The third Sunday in June – in honour of fathers.
4325th December – Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ in many countries of the world
444-th July – Celebrates the American Declaration of Independence in 1776
A* * * DA*
B* * * IST* * * DA*
CN* * Y* * R’S DAY
D* * * UMB * * DAY
E* * * EPE * * * NCE * * Y
F* * * NKS * * * ING * * Y
G* * * ENT * * * ‘S D* **
H* * * HER * * AY
Task 6 The following text is completely mixed up. Put the text in order by numbering the lines. Line A comes first in the text; line M is the last one. (13 баллов)
ATwo friend were travelling on the same road
Bclimbed into a tree and hid. The other, seeing that single-handed he was no
Chim dead, walked slowly away. When Bruin was well out of sight the first
Da dead body. The bear approached him, sniffing at his nose and ears, but the
Etogether when suddenly they came face to face with a large bear. In great
Fto be dead, for he had heard that a bear will not touch
Gmy perch that he put his mouth very close to your ear.’ ‘Why,’ replied the other, ‘it was no great secret. He
Hfear, and without a thought about his companion, one man immediately
Itraveller came down from his tree and asked his companion what it
Jmatch for Bruin the bear, threw himself on the ground and pretended
Kman, with great courage, held his breath and kept still, and at length the bear, thinking
Lwas that the bear had said to him. ‘For,’ said he ‘I observed from
Mwisely advised me not to keep company with those who. When they get into difficulty, leave their friends in the lurch.’
45 / 46 / 47 / 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52 / 53 / 54 / 55 / 56 / 57A / M
Task 7 Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct options. ( 25 баллов)
The Dove and the Ant
Through the forest __(58) a clear bubbling steam and under a blade of grass on the bank __(59) an ant. She __ (60) very thirsty and __(61) over to __ (62) a drink, but as she __ (63) so she __ (64) and __ (65) into the water.
The strong current __ (66) her away, __ (67) her far off down the stream. As hard as she __ (68) she __(69) not manage to swim to the bank. At that moment a dove __ (70) by and, __ (71) the struggling ant, __ (72) pity on her distress. She __(73) a branch from a nearby tree and __(74) it into the water. The ant did not __(75) but clambered nimbly on to the branch and at last __(76) the safety of the bank.
Not long after this, the ant __(77) out for a stroll when she __(78) upon the dove again. A hunter was just about to trap the bird with a large net. Seeing what was going to __(79), the ant __(80) sharply into the man’s heel and made him __(81) out in surprise.
The dove heard him, took fright and __(82) away.
A / B / C / D(58) / ran / came / were running / was run
(59) / sit / sat / had sit / is sit
(60) / felt / fell / fill / filled
(61) / bend / bending / bent / has been bent
(62) / taken / to take / take / make
(63) / had / is done / is did / did
(64) / skipped / slipped / slept / sleep
(65) / fall / feel / fell / felled
(66) / snatched / sketched / switched / tooked
(67) / carrying / carried / being carried / cairing
(68) / had tried / tried / trying / has tried
(69) / must / failed / could / ought to
(70) / fleed / had fleed / flew / flown
(71) / seeing / saw / being seen / watching
(72) / take / taked / made / took
(73) / broke / made / breaking / broken
(74) / dropped / dripped / beeped / droppen
(75) / cancel / get / ride / delay
(76) / bleached / reached / rich / teach
(77) / are / is being / was / weren’t
(78) / came / has come / go / arrive
(79) / disappear / talk / happened / happen
(80) / bit / speak / cry / see
(81) / look / cry / crying / cried
(82) / flied / flown / flew / flowing