Всероссийская олимпиада школьников по английскому языку. школьный этап. 7-8 классы

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ

ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

ШКОЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 7-8 КЛАССЫ

PART 1

LISTENING

Time: 10 minutes

Maximum points: 4

You will hear five dialogues. Match the dialog from A to D and the place from 1 to 5. There is one place you do not need to use. You will hear the recording twice.

1. on a skating rink

2. at a concert

3. on a street

4. in a library

5. in a classroom

PART 2

READING

TASK 1

Time: 20 minutes

Maximum points: 12

Read about the people in texts 1–6. They all would like to learn something new. Match schools/ courses A–G with the people whose interests they can satisfy. There is one letter you do not need to use.

1. Edwina works for a multinational company with branches in most European countries. She really needs to learn French and German, but she has very little spare time and thinks it could be difficult to find time.

2. Damian got his job as soon as he left school. He never had the chance to go to university. He isn’t very happy with his job, but he knows he can’t get a better one without a degree. He might try a part-time degree course if it’s not too demanding.

3. Alice has a lot of time on her hands. She is a very creative person with a lot of imagination, which she really doesn’t use very much right now. She already has a lot of hobbies, but she’d rather learn something new that would let her use her imagination.

4. Paul doesn’t work; he looks after the children while his wife goes to work. He would like to do something for himself, learn something new or take up a new hobby, but he needs to stay at home.

5. Rhona is a school teacher. She teaches mathematics, but has always been interested in art and culture. She takes a great interest in the philosophy and civilization of the East. She may go to Vietnam next year.

6. Philip finds his life boring. He works nine to five, but has no other interests and would like to find something to do in the evening, maybe enroll on a course to learn something new, but nothing too demanding.

A. The Language School

Take courses in more than  just languages! You can learn about the culture and the history of the countries where the languages we teach are spoken! We specialize in less common languages spoken in Asia in the Far East.

B. The Internet School

We offer a variety of courses in over a hundred different subjects from accounting to interior design. You don’t have to attend the classes: all courses are offered 100% online. A certificate is mailed to you when you finish.

C. Professional Communication

Language courses in most European languages at all levels,  from beginners to advanced. Most of the coursework can be done online and you only need to attend classes once a fortnight on any evening. Ideal for busy professionals.

D. Access to Education

We have courses in economics, business administration and management, leading to a degree. The course programme is extremely flexible, ideal for working students, and uses a combination of online study and face-to-face tutorials. You may attend at a time that is convenient for you.

E. Business Courses

Do you have a head for Business? Our dynamic courses will give you the know-how to keep up in an ever changing business world. Offering everything in between Business Administration and Accounting,  we have an opportunity to suit your learning style and needs. Two years of intense studying will lead you to a degree you are dreaming of.

F. The Writing Centre

The Centre offers creative writing courses and workshops for people who are interested in a career  as a writer. Lessons are two or three times a week. You can choose between writing a short story or a novel.

G. The Music Academy

We’ve just introduced part-time courses  in Jazz singing and/or playing the guitar specially for adults! All lessons take place in the evening. Courses for both beginners and more advanced students available!

TASK 2

For questions (1-6), read the following text and then choose from the list given below the best phrase to fill each of the numbered spaces. Each correct phrase may only be used once. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all. There is an example for you (0).

A Good Night

Sleeping less than six and a half hours a night is not good for you, warned the American National Sleep Foundation recently. With supreme irony, the warning came just as people in the US, in the interests of daylight saving, were about to put their clocks forward one hour, (0) _______ . The Foundation’s latest research shows that eight hours’ sleep is optimal for good health. The problem is that these days, some people seem to regard sleep as slothful and unproductive, a view encouraged by innovations like the Internet, (1) _______ long after other sources of information are inactive. Actually, one could go further back in time and blame the invention of the light bulb, (2) _______. People slept on average nine hours a night before the arrival of electricity, (3) _______. For sleep is not equivalent to switching off your computer. In sleep important things still happen, things (4) _______. Sleep reduces the body’s metabolic rate by up to 20 per cent, representing a great saving in energy, and the amount of oxygen (5) _______ also falls dramatically, as does our body temperature to a lesser extent. And during sleep the body releases growth hormone, (6) _______.

A which is clearly not enough for the average person
B which probably means they were a good deal happier
C which is why children need plenty of sleep
D which can even lead to major disasters
E which allows users unlimited access
F which we use in the first part of the night
G which we need in order to fall asleep
H which effectively eliminated darkness
I which are thought to be restorative and conserving

J which always deprives them of some sleep

PART 3

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 35 minutes

Maximum points – 36

TASK 1

Put each verb in brackets 23–39 in the correct tense and voice forms. The first one is done for you.

An old school friend

When John  (0)  saw (see) the large crowd which  (1) __________ (gather) in the street, he wasn’t sure at first what (2) ________ (happen). There were so many people blocking the entrance to the hotel, that he (3) ___________ (have to push) his way through them to get to the door. At the door he (4) __________ (find) two policemen who (5) ________ (try) to hold the crowd back. ‘What on earth (6) __________ (go) on?’ he asked them. Then John noticed that some of the crowd (7) ___________ (hold) placards which read, ‘We  (8) _______ (love) you, Sally.’ Of course, that was it. Sally Good was a footballer, the first woman to play for England. Although John wasn’t really  interested in sport he  (9)__________ (decide) he (10)_________ ( join) the crowd and wait until she (11) __________ (appear). About ten minutes later, a smiling woman appeared and waved to the crowd. John  (12) __________ (take) completely by surprise when she (13) _______ (take) his arm and (14) __________ (say), ‘(15) _________ (you remember) me? I (16) _________ (be) the girl who (17) __________(use) to sit next to you at school.’

TASK 2

For 8 sentences in the left column find suitable endings from the right column. There is an example for you.

TASK 3

Quiz. Choose the correct answer.

1. What is the capital of Australia?

a) Sydney b) Canberra c) Melbourne

2. The first Moscow Metro line ran from Sokolniki to …..

a) Tverskaya Street b) Arbat Street c) Gorky Park

3. Who is the author of the Lord of the Rings?

a) J. Rowling b) J.R. Tolkien c) G. Orwell

4. Which country celebrates Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday?

a) the USA b) the UK c) Australia

5. What is the name of England’s national saint?

a) St. George b) St. Andrew c) St. Patrick

6. Where is the White House located?

a) Washington DC b) Washington c) New York

7. The first Russian tsar to be crowned in Uspensky Cathedral in Moscow was

a) Peter the Great b) Dmitriy Donskoy c) Ivan the Terrible

8. Which famous battle was fought in England in 1066?

a) Battle of Waterloo b) Battle of Hastings c) Battle of Trafalgar

9. Who was the first president of the USA?

a) Theodore Roosevelt b) George Washington c) Abraham Lincoln

10. Which English king had six wives?

a) Henry IV b) Henry VI c) Henry VIII

11. Which animal may look at the Queen?

a) a lion b) a dog c) a cat

PART 4

WRITING

Time: 30 minutes

Maximum points – 6

You have received an email message from your English-speaking pen-friend Tom:

Write an email message to Tom and answer his 3 questions. Write 80–100 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

ОТВЕТЫ

PART 1

LISTENING

Maximum points: 4

PART 2

READING

Maximum points: 12

TASK 1

TASK 2

PART 3

USE OF ENGLISH

TASK 1

Maximum points: 36

TASK 2

TASK 3

PART 4

WRITING

Maximum points – 6

TOTAL POINTS: 58

Текст аудиозаписи

Dialogue A.

- Excuse me, where can I find something about the history of the theater?

- Let me see. Right… there we have some materials on Shakespeare in theater. Next: the most

famous international drama schools.

- I have to write an essay and I probably should start with Shakespeare’s time.

- That sounds logical, but there were also theatrical performance in the ancient world. Would you

like to see some texts on related theme in Ancient Greece?

- Yeah, I’d really like to.

Dialogue B.

- Tommy, what are you looking for in your bag?

- Nothing, Mrs. Simpson.

- Please don’t get distracted. There is very little time left before the bell. Just choose it to check

your writing to be sure there is no mistakes.

- Ok, I will. But I’m not Shakespeare and there will be mistakes anyway. You never give me

very high grades.

- You have a fair chance to improve your academic performance if you were only more attentive.

Dialogue C.

- Feeling cold?

- Oh, no. On a country a bit hot. There are so many people here today. And one needs to be

attentive and fast to avoid crashing into anyone.

- I think you do brilliantly.

- The ice are very good today and the music too. Why are you still wearing your boots? Come

on! Get on the ice!

- Not today. I hurt my knee a couple of days ago. And I don’t want to take any risks. We are

going to the theater today, by the way. How about joining us?

Dialogue D.

- How much did you said the tickets were?

- I’m not going to tell you and you shouldn’t have asked! It’s your birthday present.

- I know I know I just…

- Are you saying that you don’t like the performance?

- No, I can’t be so categorical, some songs were really nice. And I like the city dancer’s

performance but some songs don’t appeal to me at all