Олимпиада по английскому языку

Олимпиада по английскому языку для всех специальностей 1 курса

1. READING (6 points)

1. Прочитайте текст. Выберите заголовок из списка A-G к каждой части (1-6). Один заголовок – лишний.

an orphanage – детский дом

divorce – развод

1. Wanting to be alone

2. The brother I always wanted

3. A friendly welcome

4. A sad beginning

5. One of the lucky ones

6. A great surprise

7. First meeting

1. When Paul Stephenson first moved in with his new mother, father and sister, it was all a bit of a shock for him. He remembers feeling terribly nervous on the day he went to live with them. Although his new parents, Sheila and Bob Thomas, had visited Paul several times at the orphanage, he had neither met his new sister before nor seen the house he was going to live in.

1. Paul had spent almost all of the first six years of his life growing up in an orphanage. His parents got divorced when he was two months old and his mother couldn't afford to look after him alone. He had no photographs of her and, of course, he couldn't remember her at all. Paul doesn't want anybody's sympathy, though. 'Growing up in the orphanage wasn't too bad,' he says, 'but we didn't have any toys of our own and I used to sleep in a room with another nine boys!'

1. When Mr and Mrs Thomas decided to adopt Paul and the day came for him to go to his new home, he didn't know what to expect. 'When Mum and Dad showed me my bedroom, I couldn't believe my eyes!' says Paul. I was going to have the whole room all to myself and it had been filled with all kinds of toys, clothes and games!'

1. It was also very strange for me when I met my sister, Josie. Of course, there were lots of girls at the orphanage and some of them were friends of mine. I didn't know what to expect from Josie, though. Imagine it. A strange boy, me, was going to come and live in her house and in her family. In the end, I think she was quite happy to have a new brother. She helped me to settle in when I first arrived and we soon became very close friends.'

1. Now, four years later, they are all still living happily just like any other family. Josie says, 'We forget that Paul is adopted and we never really talk about it because there is no need to. It feels like he has lived with us all our lives and I love him very much. I never wanted to be an only child and we get on really well, so we never fight. I have friends at school who are always fighting with their brothers and sisters and that’s terrible. I think it is more important that we have a loving relationship than whether he’s my biological brother or not’.

1. As for how he feels about being the adopted child in the family, Paul says, ‘I completely forget about it. I never feel different to my sister or feel that Mum and Dad love her more than me. Sometimes I feel like Imust be the most fortunate boy in the world. There are so many other children who never have the opportunity to leave the orphanage. I love my parents and my sister so much. They are definitely my family and I couldn’t ask for more’.

1. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (19 points)

1. Вставьте слова в пропуски.

radio terminal underground coach airline

sports double-decker cabin trip

1. John sent his friend a postcard from London. On the front it had a picture of a ________ bus.

2. We had only been travelling for one hour when our car _______ stopped working so we had to make the rest of the journey in silence; how boring!

3. Our school trip was so much fun! The bestиpart was sitting at the back of the ______ and singing songs.

4. The journey on the ferry was twenty hours long so we booked a ________ to sleep in, but we ended up dancing all night!

5. The London_________ system is the oldest and deepest in the world.

6. My mother says that when she retires, she is going to buy a bright red__________ car.

7. Because of the long delay, the passengers said that they were never going to fly with that ______ again.

8. Jennifer is going on a..........to Russia with her school.

9. A new _______ is being built to make the airport even bigger.

1. Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова так, чтобы они лексически заполнили пропуски.

1. WRITING (15 points)

Imagine that you live in Alaska. Write a page from your diary. Don’t forget to organize your diary page properly. Write 150-180 words.