Олимпиадные задания для ВСОШ

Олимпиадные задания школьного этапа Всероссийской олимпиады по английскому языку

для 8 класса

I. Reading. Чтение.

Task 1.Read the text and do the task after the text.

                                           A man from silent films.

Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in 1889 in south London. His father died when he was a child, and the family didn’t have much money. Charlie first performed on the theatre stage at the age of five.

After he joined Frank Karno’s company, he went to the USA in 1914 and in his first year there he acted in 35 of Hollywood’s early films. These were “silent films”: before the invention of cinema sound - the actors couldn’t speak, but acted out their feelings in their faces and movements. Charlie Chaplin became one of the most famous actors in the world, and everyone knew and loved the role he played: a man with a black hat, big shoes, a little moustache and unusual walk.

With other actors, Chaplin formed a film company and he started to direct his own films. Later, after sound arrived, he began to talk on the screen and he wrote the music for one of his last films. Twenty-five years before his death in 1977, he moved away to live in Switzerland. Most people still like his films today.

Put sentences in correct order:

1. He acted in sound films.

2. He joined Frank Karno’s company and went to the USA.

3. When he was 5, Charlie played on the stage.

4. He moved to Switzerland in 1952.

5. He acted in silent films.

6. Charlie formed a film company.

Task 2.Read the text and do the task below.

A Trip by Plane 
An American farmer wanted to make an air trip. There was an airport close to his farm. So one morning he came there to ask if he could make an air trip. 
"You see," he said to one of the pilots, "I have never flown before, but I would like to." The pilot told him that the price of the trip was 10 dollars for a ten-minute trip. "Oh, it's a dollar a minute," the farmer said. "Can't you reduce the price?" The pilot thought for a minute and then said, "I won't take any money if you don't say a word during the whole trip." The farmer agreed. 
"By the way," said the pilot, "you may take your wife too." The farmer was happy. 
The next day at three o'clock the farmer and his wife arrived at the airport. Soon they were up in the air. The plane flew at a high speed, it went up and down very quickly, but since the passengers didn't say a word. 
"You are brave people," said the pilot. "I thought you would be afraid to fly." 
“Well,” said the farmer, “I am glad, I will not have to pay for the trip, as I didn’t have to say a word, but I wanted to speak to you when my wife fell out of the plane” 

Write down whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 
1. The farmer didn't like the price of the trip. 
2. It was a trip on the ship. 
3. The farmer decided to take his wife because it could make the price of the trip less. 
4. The price was 10 dollars for each minute. 
5. The passengers kept silent when they were in the air. 
6. The farmer's wife was quite well after the trip.

II. Use of English.(Лексико – грамматический тест)

1.

MARK TWAIN

Mark Twain, 1  ____________ lived from 1835 to 1910, is one of America’s most famous authors. He wrote many books,2  ____________ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain’s own life was3  ____________ enough to be a book.

  Twain was born in the state of Missouri, near the Mississippi River. He 4  ____________ from a poor family. His father died when he was twelve, 5  ____________ he had to leave school. While he was still a boy, he worked as a riverboat pilot. He steered boats up and down the long Mississippi River.

  The Civil War, which started in 1861, made traveling on the Mississippi impossible. Twain then went west to Nevada. There he worked with a newspaper. In 1864 he went to California to find gold. Twain did not have much 6  ____________ as a gold miner. He left California to travel in Europe. Twain wrote a book about his trips around Europe.  

  But the most important influence on Twain and his books was the Mississippi River. When Twain finally settled down, he lived in a house with a porch that 7  ____________ like the deck of a riverboat. Huckleberry Finn, Twain’s greatest book, is about the adventures of a boy on the Mississippi River.     8  ____________ of Twain’s books is called Life on the Mississippi.

  In fact, even the name of Mark Twain comes from the Mississippi. Mark Twain’s 9  ____________ name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. On the river Samuel Clemens often heard the boatmen shout “Mark Twain”. This 10  ____________ the water was twelve feet deep. When Samuel Clemens began to write he chose for himself the name Mark Twain.  

2. Choose the right variant.

1. I … learn the French language.

1. am not b) don’t c) isn’t

1. I … this sandwich. I’m not hungry.

1. Don’t want b) have moved c) doesn’t want

1. I … the dishes before mum came back from her work.

1. washed b)was washing c) had washed

1. … Tom … home when you saw him?

1. Has … gone b) Did … go c) Was … going

1. James … a new car last month.

1. bought b) has bought c) had bought

1. This house is one of … in the street.

1. higher b) the highest c) as high

1. Let’s go by train. It’s much … .

1. cheap b) cheaper c) the cheapest

1. He was one of the … criminals in the country.

1. dangerous b) more dangerous c) most dangerous

1. Are there … biscuits in the cupboard?

1. any b) some c) no

10. I’m going to America … Christmas.

a) at b) on c) in

Ключи:

Reading:Задание 1: 3; 2; 5; 6; 1; 4.

Задание 2: 1-T; 2-F; 3-T; 4-F; 5-T; 6-F.

Use of English: Задание 1: 1- A, 2 –D, 3 – C, 4 – B, 5 – B, 6 – B, 7 – A, 8 – C, 9 – A, 10 – B.

Задание 2: 1- b; 2 – a; 3 – c; 4 – c; 5 – a; 6 – b;7 – b; 8 – c; 9 – a; 10 – b.

Методические рекомендации по выполнению заданий конкурса понимания письменного текста (Reading)

Конкурс на понимание письменного текста включает два задания.

Задание 1. Вданном задании  участникам предлагается расположить предложения в правильном порядке.

Задание 2.Вданном задании  участникам предлагается установить, какие высказывания соответствуют содержанию текста, а какие нет.

Критерии оценивания: Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 2 балла. Максимальное количество баллов, которое можно получить за конкурс понимания письменного текста - 24.

Методические рекомендации по выполнению заданий лексико-грамматического теста (Use of English)

Критерии оценивания: Каждый правильный ответ лексико-грамматического теста оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество баллов, которое можно получить за данное задание - 20.

Суммарное максимальное количество баллов за все конкурсы – 44 балла.