Школьный этап Всероссийской олимпиады школьников по английскому языку 2009/10 учебный год 10 класс

Listening

You will hear five different people talking about what puts them in a good mood. For Questions 1-5, choose from the list A-F what each speaker says. Use letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. You will hear the texts twice.

A Talking to friends makes me feel good.
B Taking exercise works for me.
C Receiving e-mails cheers me up.
D I have to go shopping.
E I need to eat something sweet.
F I rely on music. / Speaker 1
1
Speaker 2
2
Speaker 3
3
Speaker 4
4
Speaker 5
5

Reading

You are going to read Jane’s story. For questions 1 -7, 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 colours 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 Canadais 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 an hour later, that I suddenly realized the sound of the roaring engine was 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 travelling 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.

Use of English

Part I

Choose the best word (A-D) for each gap.

A Russian Primadonna

Alla Pugacheva was born in 1949 inMoscow, Russia, where she 1)…… her first public appearance at the age of five. She stuidied piano and singing and in 1965 she was heard 2)……… the radio for the first time, performing one of her most popular songs, ‘ROBOT’. Her victory at international contest in 1978 made her a Russian star. Pugacheva has performed and recorded 3)……. 300 songs. Through 4)……work, she became the biggest star of the 5)……Soviet Union. She is not only loved by young pop music fans, but 6)……generations also respect and listen to her. She is so admired in Russia and around the world that her name has been given to an ocean liner in Finland, a 7)…..of French perfume and a magazine, as well as to many little girls all over Russia!

A / B / C / D
1 / made / did / had / gave
2 / in / on / at / from
3 / above / over / after / up
4 / tough / firm / difficult / hard
5 / former / previous / earlier / past
6 / later / elder / older / aged
7 / type / name / brand / mark

Part II

Read this text. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

School then and now

Parents and teachers are always making (1)______
between the time when they were (2)______and the present
(3)______. They say everything was better than it is today,
especially in (4)______. For example, they say they used
to work much (5)______in school, and that nowadays, we
aren’t very interested. I (6)______, because we spend hours
every day doing homework after our lessons or (7)______for
(8)______. I wonder if our parents really had to study so much
after school every day. In my opinion, it is no (9)______
to say we have (10)______how to play. I think one reason why
kids (11)______in class is because they need to get rid of stress. / COMPARE
CHILD
GENERATE
EDUCATE
HARD
AGREE
REVISE
EXAMINE
EXAGGERATE
FORGET
BEHAVE

Cultural awareness.

Choose the right answer to the questions:

  1. Where is Belfast?

a)in Northern Ireland

b)in Scotland

c)in Wales

  1. Which British king had 6 wives?

a)Henry IV

b)Henry V

c)Henry VIII

  1. What is the name of the famous stadium in the north of London?

a)Wembley

b)Westminster

c)Wimbledon

  1. What is Harrod’s

a)a bank

b)a department store

c)a school

  1. What do Americans celebrate on June 14th?

a)Flag Day

b)Independence Day

c)Columbus Day

  1. Whose picture is on the $5 bill?

a)Benjamin Franklin

b)Abraham Lincoln

c)George Washington

  1. Which president freed the slaves?

a)George Washington

b)Thomas Jefferson

c)Abraham Lincoln

  1. What is the one cent coin called?

a)a nickel

b)a dime

c)a penny

  1. When do Americans celebrate Mother’s Day?

a)in May

b)in March

c)in September

Writing

Personal letter.

You have received a letter from your English pen-friend Andrea.

…Guess what! I’m ill with chickenpox and the doctor says I have to stay in bed for at least the next two weeks. It’s awful! Have you ever had to stay in bed for a long time because you were ill? How am I going to pass the time? I’ll be so bored! What can I do for two weeks in bed? I’m going to miss such a lot of schoolwork, too. How will I manage to catch up?
Write soon,
Love,
Andrea.

Write back to Andrea answering her questions.

Write 100-140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

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Tapescripts

1

I think I’m a fairly well-balanced person, although there are days when I feel a bit down. Even listening to my favourite music doesn’t help, and I like being alone until I feel more positive. One thing that does help me feel better is what people call ‘comfort food’. I know it varies from person to person but for me something like chocolate or a sugary bun – that instantly cheers me up. It’s crazy, I know, but I think there are good scientific reasons for the way it affects one’s mood – something to do with body chemistry I’m told.

2

I used to love getting letters. If the post came before I left for school, I’d be in a good mood all day. That’s all changed now. I rush back form work to see if I’ve got any e-mails as they have exactly the same effect on me. I still spend quite a lot of time on the phone to my friends but it’s easy to run up huge bills and that’s hardly likely to put me in a good mood. One of my friends has got a video phone but I’m not sure I fancy one of those. The good thing about using a computer is that you can contact people in your own time and it doesn’t matter how you look.

3

My friends say I’m quite a moody person. I’m convinced it’s to do with the weather and that if the sun’s shining, I automatically feel better. But that’s completely outside my control. If I need to pick myself up, I reach for my walkman, put on my headphones, shut out the world and listen to my favourite groups. I’ve tried listening to music on the internet but it’s not the same because I don’t have that feeling of being enclosed in my own private world. I can guarantee that I’ll be in a good mood for the rest of the day.

4

There’s nothing worse than sitting around wondering why you feel moody, and if I don’t get out there and do something, I’m sure I’d just carry on feeling depressed. I generally go for a long run, what ever the weather and I come back exhausted – but my mood’s changed completely. Perhaps it’s to do with tension or the need to get rid of energy/ But it’s weird because I don’t actually like organized sport. I hated it at school and I made every excuse to avoid having to run anywhere, at any time!

5

I spend hours on the internet, e-mailing my friends and joining in chat rooms. And then there’s suddenly a day when I don’t even bother to switch on my computer. I might feel really fed up and although going shopping cheers me up, the good mood doesn’t last long because I get home and decide I don’t like what I’ve bought – so I feel depressed again. Then I rely on my friends and I’ll phone around to see who’s free. We might just stay in and chat or we might go out for a coffee but either way I go home feeling heaps better at the end.

Ключи

LISTENING

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
E / C / F / B / A

READING

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
C / D / A / C / C / B / C

USE OF ENGLISH

PART I

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
C / B / B / D / A / D / B

PART II

1 / comparison
2 / children
3 / generation
4 / education
5 / harder
6 / disagree
7 / revising
8 / examination
9 / exaggeration
10 / forgotten
11 / disbehave

CULTURAL AWARENESS

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
a / c / a / b / a / b / b / c / a

Дополнительная Схема оценивания задания «Личное письмо»

Ссылка на предыдущие контакты (благодарность за полученное письмо) / Чем себя занять во время болезни / Как вылечиться / Объем высказывания соответствует поставленной задаче / Обращение (правильная форма в соответствии с неофициальным стилем) / Завершающая фраза (правильная форма в соответствии с неофициальным стилем) / Подпись (правильная форма, только имя пишущего) / Итоговый балл К1 / Логичность / Деление на абзацы / Средства логической связи / Адрес автора в правом верхнем углу / Дата под адресом / Обращение на отдельной строке / Завершающая фраза на отдельной строке / Подпись на отдельной строке / Итоговый балл К2

Критерии оценивания выполнения заданий в разделе «Письмо»

Баллы / Решение коммуникативной задачи (содержание) /

Организация текста

К1 / К2
3 / Задание выполнено полностью: содержание отражает все аспекты, указанные в задании; стилевое оформление речи выбрано правильно с учетом цели высказывания и адресата; соблюдены принятые в языке нормы вежливости. / Высказывание логично; средства логической связи использованы правильно; текст разделен на абзацы; оформление текста соответствует нормам, принятым в стране изучаемого языка.
2 / Задание выполнено: некоторые аспекты, указанные в задании, раскрыты не полностью; имеются отдельные нарушения стилевого оформления речи; в основном соблюдены принятые в языке нормы вежливости. / Высказывание в основном логично; имеются отдельные недостатки при использовании средств логической связи; имеются отдельные недостатки при делении текста на абзацы; имеются отдельные нарушения в оформлении теста.
1 / Задание выполнено не полностью: содержание отражает не все аспекты, указанные в задании; нарушения стилевого оформления речи встречаются достаточно часто; в основном не соблюдаются принятые в языке нормы вежливости. / Высказывание не всегда логично; имеются многочисленные ошибки в использовании средств логической связи, их выбор ограничен; деление теста на абзацы отсутствует; имеются многочисленные ошибки в оформлении текста.
0 / Задание не выполнено: содержание не отражает те аспекты, которые указаны в задании, или не соответствует требуемому объему. / Отсутствует логика в построении высказывания; текст не оформлен.

Каждый правильный ответ в разделах «Аудирование», «Чтение», «Грамматика и лексика», страноведение оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество баллов за эти разделы 39.

Раздел «Письмо» оценивается по дополнительной схеме с учетом полных развернутых ответов на вопросы письма-стимула. Итоговый балл выставляется по критериям оценивания. Максимальный балл за этот раздел 6. Внимание! В личном письме грамматика и лексика не оцениваются.

Максимальный итоговый балл – 45.