Комплект олимпиадных заданий для школьников 7-8 классы

КОМПЛЕКТ ОЛИМПИАДНЫХ ЗАДАНИЙ ДЛЯ ШКОЛЬНОГО

ЭТАПА ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЙ ОЛИМПИАДЫ ШКОЛЬНИКОВ

ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

(КОМПЛЕКТ ЗАДАНИЙ ДЛЯ УЧАЩИХСЯ 7—8 КЛАССОВ)

LISTENING

Time: 10 minutes

You will hear five different people talking about their experiences while being in Moscow. For each speaker 1–5, choose from the list of events (A–F). There is one extra letter you DO NOT need to use. You will hear the text twice.

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

READING

Time: 30 minutes

Task 1 . The text below tells the true story of a famous mystery. Read the text and decide whether the statements 1 – 8 below the text are true or false. Write the letter «T» for «True» or the letter «F» for «False» on your answer sheet.

The Strange Case of the Marie Celeste.

Of all the stories about disappearances at sea, one of the strangest is the case of the Marie Celeste. It was built in 1860 and from the start, the Marie Celeste seemed to have problems. The first captain became ill and died after mysterious illness. The ship was badly damaged on its first voyage, and later on it caught fire while it was in the shipyard. When it first crossed the Atlantic, it crashed into and sank a smaller boat, and people soon began to say that the ship was bad luck.

This certainly seemed to be true as over the next 12 years, the Marie Celeste had several owners. It was finally bought by J H Winchester and Co. They chose a new captain, Benjamin Briggs, and on 7 November 1872, the ship left New York and sailed towards Italy. On board were seven other sailors, Briggs’ wife, Sarah, and their two-year-old daughter.

About a week later, another ship, the Dei Garcia, left New York for Spain with Captain Morehouse. The weather was good, and the voyage was normal until 5 December. In the early afternoon, one of the sailors spotted a ship about eight kilometres away that seemed to be in trouble. The captain looked through his telescope and decided to investigate.

When they reached the ship, they saw that it was called the Marie Celeste. Captain Morehouse shouted out to ask the crew if there was anything wrong. There was no answer, so he sent some men on board. It was soon clear that something very strange had happened - there was nobody there. The Marie Celeste was completely deserted.

Over the next few hours, the sailors searched the Marie Celeste. The lifeboat was missing, but most of the sails were fine and the ship’s cargo was still there. The ship was not damaged, and there was plenty of food and fresh water. In short, the Marie Celeste was in better condition than most of the ships that sailed across the Atlantic. There seemed to be no reason for the crew to leave the ship so suddenly. Captain Morehouse decided to take the Marie Celeste to Spain as he knew he would be paid for finding the ship and its cargo. The two ships crossed the Atlantic together, and they arrived in Gibraltar on 12 December. Captain Morehouse tried to find out if Briggs and his crew had been picked up in their lifeboat, but there was no news of them. They had disappeared for ever.

As people heard the news about the missing crew, they began to tell stories about what happened. Some people said that Morehouse and his men had killed everyone on board the Marie Celeste. Others believed that the crew had been killed by a giant sea monster. In the end, the mystery was never solved, and Captain Briggs, his wife and daughter and the seven members of the crew were never found.

1. The ship caught fire on its first voyage.

2. In 1872, the ship sailed for Italy.

3. Captain Briggs took his family on the voyage.

4. The Dei Garcia was sailing for Italy.

5. Captain Morehouse discovered the cargo and the crew of the Marie Celeste had disappeared.

6. There was no fresh water on the Marie Celeste.

7. Captain Morehouse took the Marie Celeste to Gibraltar.

8. Nobody ever found out what happened to the people on the Marie Celeste.

Task 2. Read the text and find out which young person (A – C) these statements (9 – 14) refer to (относятся).

9 – 10. These people say they want to get over their fear.

11. This person has had advice on how to deal with the situation.

12. This person is sometimes made fun of by a member of the family.

13. This person only has to imagine being somewhere to feel afraid.

14. This person is concerned for the safety of others.

Fighting the phobia

Do you know anyone who feels awkward at a party or hates to be in a crowd of people? Well, they’re probably just shy, but if they get really frightened, they may be suffering from a phobia. A phobia is a fear of a certain thing controlling you, rather than you controlling it. The three most common are claustrophobia (fear of closed spaces), agoraphobia (fear of public places) and social phobia (fear of social occasions like parties). Anxieties like these can affect almost twenty per cent of the population. Three young people tell us how they manage to fight their fears.

A. ALICE BROWN

I’m absolutely terrified of heights. I can’t even bring myself to climb to the top of a small hill. There’s a lift in Toronto, in Canada, with a glass floor. It goes up the outside of a really high building and you can see everything below getting smaller. Just thinking of this lift makes me go cold and sometimes gives me nightmares. I’d like to face up to my phobia and I try by telling myself that I’m not frightened of the real situation, I’m only frightened by the idea of it. Once you realise that, you can fight the fear.

B. JOAN PETERSON

I think I’m a bit of a worrier by nature and I really dread anything happening to me or my family. I think this is why I really can’t stand the sound of sirens. Even when I hear an ambulance or a police siren on TV, it makes me feel really strange and I start to panic. I do relaxation and deep-breathing exercises which help me to feel calm. My mother gave me the idea of counting to ten, by which time the noise has usually stopped.

C. PETER HOLMES

I’m scared of spiders. Even very small spiders and plastic spiders frighten me. I can’t even look at a picture of one without imagining that it’s crawling up my leg. It makes my hands go all sweaty. My sister makes a joke of it sometimes but she realises that it really is a phobia. I’m going to get over it, though. For now, I just tell myself that spiders aren’t capable of hurting me. I’m looking forward to the day when I can pick a spider up, look at it, and say ‘You don’t terrify me any more!’ So, if you find yourself feeling afraid or short of breath, if you feel like running away or you can’t move because you’re so scared, don’t let it get you down! Take a deep breath, tell yourself that you are going to gat over the fear, and you’ll succeed in doing so!

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 20 minutes

Task 1. Read the text below and complete the text with the correct prepositions.

Task 1.
Dear Grace,
I'm (15)___ so much trouble! I always used to do reasonably well at school. My reports generally said 'well done, keep up the good work'… until last term I was off school (16)___ two months because (17)___ a serious illness. When I returned, I tried to catch (18)___ with the rest of the class, but I had fallen (19)___so badly that it was really difficult. I felt discouraged and often couldn't get (20)____to work in the evening. I started handing (21)___ homework late or not at all. I've also got concentration problems: I find it difficult to pay attention and note (22)___ what the teachers are saying (23)___class. And, if truth be told, I started to skip lessons because I feel so bad at school. I'm terrified. I don't want to be one of those kids who drop (24)___ of school at fifteen and never get an education!

Please help me - what should I do?
Chloe

Task 2 Complete the text with words formed from the words in brackets.
When I was eight years old, my primary school teacher told my parents I had learning 25 (DIFFICULT). My reading was slow and I found it hard to 26 (MEMORY) things. My mum took me to an educational 27 (PSYCHOLOGY). That woman changed my life. She gave me a lot of tests to measure my 28 (ABLE) in different areas. She showed me pictures and played music to me. Then she told my mother I was slightly 29 (DYSLEXIA). She said I might not achieve outstanding 30 (ACADEMY) results, but I was 31 (GIFT) and talented in other ways. She said I couldn't do standard tests and the school should use other, pupil-friendly forms of 32 (ASSESS). Finally, she suggested sending me to dance and drama classes to let me develop 33 (ARTISTIC). Now I'm twenty-five and I'm a professional dancer. I always think with gratitude of the specialist who believed 34 (CREATE) was no less important than literacy.

Transfer all your answers to your answer sheet

WRITING

Time: 30 minutes

You saw this advertisement in a magazine. Write the letter of application. Use the notes below to help you.

Belvoir School of English

Free courses! Free courses! Free courses!

Would you like to attend our world famous school of English?

We are offering a free place on one of our summer courses to six lucky winners. All you have to do is to write to us and tell us:

· a few personal details (age, nationality)

·your reasons for studying English

We will choose the six best letters – so write to us now!

Write to: Mr. Roy Roberts, the principal, Belvoir School of English

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Write about 100 – 140 words. Do not write the address.

Paragraph 1: Why are you writing? / Give personal details. Paragraph

Paragraph 2: What are your reasons for studying English? Paragraph

Paragraph 3: What do you find hard about learning English? What do you enjoy?

Transfer your review to the answer sheet.

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КЛЮЧИ И ТРАНСКРИПЦИЯ ТЕКСТОВ ДЛЯ АУДИРОВАНИЯ

LISTENING

READING

USE OF ENGLISH

Script

Part 1. Listening

You will hear five different people talking about their experiences while being in Moscow. For questions 1–5, choose from the list of events (A–F). There is one extra letter you DO NOT need to use. You will hear the text twice.

Now you have 30 seconds to read the task.

Now we are ready to start.

Speaker 1

Last night, when we were passing by the Cathedral of … what’s its name?... Oh yes, Christ the Saviour, we were really impressed not only by its appearance – which was beautiful!.. There was a huge crowd of people standing around waiting and we were lucky enough to join them when after a few minutes a concert started… The music was divine!.. The musicians played some classical and, some, I guess, spiritual music and the whole event was dedicated to Moscow’s jubilee.

Speaker 2

Last time I was in Moscow, it was early in July … it was rather warm … very much like in my country. I liked Moscow and the Muscovites and had a great time here. I made some new friends – they’re students too, very nice guys. I promised to come in winter, for the Christmas holidays. And here I am. But the weather is awful! I have to wear a warm coat and I don’t like it… Last night, my Russian friends took me to the Vorobyovy Hills. They wanted to go to Red Square at first, but I refused. I don’t fancy crowds, you know…

Speaker 3

When we arrived in Moscow last May, the first thing that caught my eye was the fact that people in the street were wearing those striped ribbons, I guess they were black and orange, yes, I am sure, they were black and orange… And these ribbons were everywhere – fixed to peoples’ clothes, handbags, even cars! We asked each other what they were for but nobody knew. Then, when the guide came, she explained that it was a new tradition and told us the whole story. It’s amazing!

Speaker 4

I must say that the day was great, the weather was great and the food was great too! It was a real holiday! As it’s my first year at the university, I haven’t had a party like that before. First, the rector came with a huge bowl of some hot drink and started to give it out to the students. Hmm, I really enjoyed it … Unusual but quite good! It was followed by pancakes and some pies… Then there was music and dances, and… we laughed a lot…

Speaker 5

What really impressed me in Moscow was the orthodox festival in Kolomenskoye. Oh, I can’t forget those delicious pancakes, they call them “blini”,… with a lot of butter and sour cream … not good for your health though … but I couldn’t resist them … And the events, of course. It was as if I was taken back a few centuries into the past – all those bears, puppets, and snow forts! People wearing national clothes … and a huge straw doll, they burnt it in the end… These celebrations are usually held in …

You have 20 seconds to do the task.

Now listen to the text again.

You have 15 seconds to complete the task.

This is the end of Part 1.