Олимпиадная работа 9 класс (школьный тур)
Task 1. You are going to read Jane’s story. For questions 1 -7, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
In summer my mother and I used to escape to one of the lakes north of Prince Albert. In this magic place we used to spend the long days in the open air, swimming or just lying 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 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 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 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 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 Canada are 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 hours later, that I suddenly realized the sound of the roaring engine was real. The storm was dying.
Every summer Jane used to spend
in the camp
by the sea side
near the lake
in the village
2. The last summer was particularly fascinating for Jane because she
spent it in the magic surroundings.
had a lot of fun in the open air.
enjoyed unbelievable sunsets by the lake.
fell in love for the first time.
3. Jane believes that love at fifteen is
a sincere deep feeling.
associated with doubts.
full of reservations.
connected with pretence.
4. Don travelled 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
slippery.
muddy.
lonely.
busy.
Task 2. Read the text and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps.
The National Maritime Museum
is set in the (1)…….surroundings of Greenwich park. BEAUTY
Within the complex of the museum there is a wide
(2)…..of objects, displays and paintings. VARY
The collections relate to the shipping,
astronomy and (3)…… The museum tells the story of NAVIGATE
figures of great (4)…..to IMPORTANT
Britain’s history, such as Lord Nelson and
captain James Cook. Galleries and exhibitions are
often updated to bring back into view (5)…. DIFFER
parts of the huge hidden collections of the
museum which is (6)….. all over the country. FAME
This visit will be an (7)….. experience. FORGET
Task 3. Choose the right variant
1. I read the story from ... beginning to ... end.
a) —, b) a, c) an, d) the.
2. The Smiths are ... on holidays.
a) in, b) out, c) away, d) over.
3. I wonder where ... now.
a) is he, b) he is, c) was he, d) he was.
4. ... time I meet her she is walking with a dog.
a) Some, b) Any, c) Every, d) All.
5. I'm afraid we can do ... to help him.
a) something, b) anything, c) nothing, d) everything.
6. ... a swimming pool in their garden.
a) It is, b) There is, c) It has been, d) There were.
7. Jane isn't ... enough to go out to parties.
a) tall, b) beautiful, c) clever, d) old.
8. We'll do our ... to win the contest.
a) good, b) better, c) best, d) well.
9. She was busy all days of the week ... Saturday.
a) except, b) besides, c) but for, d) in addition to.
10. The ... you talk about it the better.
a) much, b) many, c) little, d) less.
11. We used ... next-door neighbours.
a) to be, b) being, c) having been, d) to have been.
12. I can't hear anything. Will you stop ... ?
a) talking, b) talk, c) to talk, d) having talked.
13. When you phoned me I ... a newspaper.
a) read, b) am reading, c) have read, d) was reading.
14. There was nothing interesting, ... ?
a) wasn't it, b) was it, c) wasn't there, d) was there.
15. Please, find out if the timetable ... .
a) change, b) is changing, c) changed, d) has changed.
16. We thought you ... later.
a) come, b) came, c) have come, d) would come.
17. It ... ever since morning today.
a) rains, b) is raining, c) has been raining, d) was raining.
18. Schoolchildren ... to know Russian literature.
a) suppose, b) supposed, c) are supposed, d) have supposed.
19. Where are the foreign tourists? — They ... on a sightseeing tour.
a) are taking, b) are taken, c) have taken, d) have been taken.
Task 5. You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Nick who writes:
...I’m going to do a project on reading in different countries. Could you help me? Do young people read as much as old people in your country? Do you prefer to read E-books or traditional books? Why? How much time do you and your friends spend reading daily?
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