Задания на школьную олимпиаду

I (школьный) этап Республиканской олимпиады

Английский язык

2022-2023 учебный год

Задания на школьную олимпиаду. За 2022-2023 уч.год

1. Аудирование.

Прослушивание текста (2-3 раза) и выполнение заданий ( 6 заданий ).

Время выполнения: 15 минут.

Максимальное количество баллов - 12.

1. Лексико – грамматический тест -20 заданий.

Время выполнения: 40 минут.

Максимальное количество баллов – 20.

1. Чтение .

Чтение незнакомого текста без словаря и выполнение

заданий к нему (10 заданий).

Время выполнения: 30 минут.

Максимальное количество баллов – 10.

1. Остановитесь на следующем утверждении, как вы его понимаете.

Время выполнения 10-15 мин.

Всего: 1 час 50 мин.

1-задание. Аудирование .

Text: Rubber

We all know what rubber is. We have seen it on the wheels of cars; we have used it to rub our mistakes in drawing; we have played games with rubber balls. When we press a piece of rubber we change its shape. But as soon as stop pressing, the rubber springs back to its first shape: we therefore say that rubber is elastic.

Rubber was first used to make rubber balls. In 1492, Columbus sailed from Spain and discovered America. One of the many strange things which he and his men saw in America was a game played with rubber balls. They noticed that the rubber balls bounced much better than the balls which they had used in their own country. When they sailed home again they told that the balls were made from the gum of a tree.

Hundreds of years had passed before rubber was used in Europe and other parts of the world. Small pieces of rubber were brought to Europe and kept by people who liked to collect strange things; but no one thought that rubber could be useful. Then an artist found out that rubber would rub out pencil marks. That was one of the first uses of rubber, and that is how it came to be called «rubber”.

Rubber trees grow only in countries where it is hot and very damp. These countries are near the equator; so it was in the countries near the equator that men went out to hunt for rubber trees. In was not easyto find the trees. In those hot damp lands, trees of many kinds grow so close together that it is difficult to travel through the forests.

The men who were hunting for rubber trees found them growing wild in South America, in Central America, and in West Africa. Nearly all the world’s rubber came from the great forests of America and West Africa.

Choose the correct answer to the questions:

Rubber

1. Have you ever seen rubber?

a) Not at all

b) I doubt

c) By no means

d) Of cause

2. What happens to a piece of rubber if we press it?

a) it changes its character

b) it changes its quantity

c) it changes its shape

d)it changes its temperature

3. What struck Columbus and his men in rubber balls?

a) that they were round and black

b) that they could not bounce at all

c) that they bounced much worse than the balls used in their own country

d )that they bounced much better than the balls in their own country

4.What were the balls made of?

a) from the wheels of cars

b) from the gum of a tree

c) from the gum of a sea

d) from the gum of grass

5. Who was the first to find out that rubber could be used for that purpose?

a) a designer

b) a teacher

c) an artist

d) a manager

6. Where do rubber trees grow?

a) in equator countries

b) in Western Europe

c) in Far East countries

d) in Central Asia

2– Задание. Лексико – грамматический тест -20 заданий.

1. What is the comparative of “steep”?

A) more steep B) steepper C) steeper

2. Choose the correct prefix in each case.

We __________packed as soon as we got to the hotel, then we went for a walk.

1. Dis- B) mis- C) un-

3. Choose the correct form of the verb:

Teresa was writing with the light _____________ .

A)burning B) burnt C) being burnt

4. What tenses are the following sentences?

The people had not been warned by the coastguards.

1. Present Perfect B) Simple Past C) Simple Present D) Past Perfect

5. Choose.

I don’t think I can put __________ with three small children in the car. А) down B) up C) in

6.Choose the correct option:

The first computer _____________ in the 1940’s.

А) is invented B) was invented C) will be invented

1. Choose:

She called me several times ______________ my exam.

А)During B) considering C) following

1. Choose:

I couldn’t see the film because the woman ____________ me was wearing a big hat.

1. In front of B) next to C) behind

1. What is the comparative of “likely”?

1. Likelyer B)likelier C) more likely

1. Choose the correct form of the word:

I would be even __________ you went with us.

1. Happier if B) as happy as C) more happy than

1. Which is correct?

A) Pass out (=distribute) these forms! B) Pass these forms out! C) Both are correct

12. Choose the correct form of the verb:

__________ my work on the report, I locked my office and went home.

1. Finished B) Having finished C) Having been finished

13. Which is correct?

1. We took after breakfast off. B)We took off after breakfast

2. C) Both are correct

14. Which is correct?

A) Thomas’ grandfather passed away last month.

B) Thomas’ grandfather passed last month away.

C) Both are correct.

15. Choose:

Everyone was dancing __________ Mr. Roger.

1. including B) concerning C)respecting

16. Choose the correct prefix in each case.

That bill can’t be right. I think he ________ charged me.

1. over- B) re- C) mis-

17.Choose:

Can you turn the music___________? This is my favorite song.

1. up B) down C) off

18. Choose the correct prefix in each case.

My spell checker corrects a mistake whenever I ____________ spell a word.

1. un- B) mis- C) dis-

19. Choose the synonymic verbal phrase.

This vase is superb. It costs an arm and leg.

A)is absolute B) is cheap C) is expensive

20. Choose the one to be suitable to complete the given sentence.

There is not ____________ salt in the soup.

1. strong B) few C) enough

3- задание Eighty –four years alone.

Once there was a poor farmer whose wife had died, leaving him with seven children he wasn’t able to feed, so he called his sons together and asked each of them to decide his own future. One of his sons chooses to live alone on an island, like Robinson Crusoe.

In 1888, the boy , who was then just sixteen, was taken to an island. In the early days his father brought him small presents, sometimes a little food, sometimes an old piece of clothes, a knife a cup, a cooking pot, or a towel. But the journey was long. After sometime, the visits stopped and he lived from one year to the next without seeing to another human being. In the meantime there were two wars. His island had been part of three different countries and he didn’t know anything about it.

In 1972 his island was visited by a crew of fisherman. They found him with no clothes except some rabbit skins round his neck. By shouting from a distance of about twenty meters, they managed to make out the meaning of what he said. He would not let them look at his home, a stone hut with no windows. If they tried to get near him, he either threatened them with a rock in each hand, or pretended he was going to run away.

They talked with him for two hours. He didn’t know anything about war and could not understand why any man would want to kill another. When asked how old he was, he answered, “About a hundred years”.

They left a bottle of beer, some second-hand clothing, and tins of food, showing him how open them. Then after wishing him a happy hundredth birthday, they put out to sea.

Eighty –four years alone.

1. Why did a poor farmer ask his seven sons to decide their own future?

1. Because he was greedy b) because he was rich

c) because he wasn’t able to feed them d) because he didn’t love them

2. What future did one of the sons choose?

a) he wanted to live alone on an island b)he wanted to travel

c) he wanted to live with his father d)he wanted to live with his brothers

3. Where was a boy taken?

a) he was taken to prison b) he was taken to another continent

c) he was taken to the ship d) he was taken to an island

4. What did his father bring him in the early day?

a) he brought him money b)he brought him a little food, old pieces of clothes c)he brought him nothing d)he brought him water

5. What happened with a boy after the visits of his father stopped?

a) his friend came to visit him b) his brother began to visit him

c) people from other island visited him

d) he lived alone without seeing and speaking to other people

1. .What happened in 1972?

a)The man returned back to his relatives b) the war began

c)his father came to visit his

d)his island was visited by a crew of fisherman

7. How did the man behave?

a) he did not let the fisherman look at his hut, threatened them with a rock in each hand b) he spoke with the fisherman

c) he invited the fisherman to visit his hut and have lunch with him

d) he allowed looking at his hut

8. What did the mam know about the events in the world?

a) he knew about the war b) he knew that his island had been a part of three different countries c) he knew everything d) he knew nothing

9. What did the fisherman leave him?

a) they left him boat b)they left him nothing c) they left him some second-hand clothes, tins of food d)they left him money

10. How old was the man?

a)he was about a hundred years old b)he was eighty-four years old

c)he did not know his age d)he was sixteen

4 – Задание. Остановитесь на следующем утверждении, как вы его понимаете.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

Learning never exhausts the mind.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

It is far better to be alone than to be in bad company.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men,

But that man will begin to think like computers.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

If you can dream it, you can do it.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

The shortest distance between new friends is a smile.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

1. Dwell upon the following statement as you understand it:

A single rose can be my garden. A single friend, my world.

Ключи. 1-задание. Аудирование Text: Rubber

1 - d) Of cause

2 - c) it changes its shape

3 - d ) that they bounced much better than the balls in their own country

4 - b) from the gum of a tree

5 - c) an artist

6 - a) in equator countries

2– Задание. Лексико – грамматический тест -20 заданий.

1. C (steeper)

2. C un-

3. C being burnt

4. D Past Perfect

5. B up

6. B was invented

7. A during

8. A in front of

9. B likelier

10. A happier if

11. C Both are correct

12. B Having finished

13. B Both are correct

14. A Thomas’ grandfather passed away last month

15. A including

16. A over-

17. A up

18. B mis-

19. C is expensive

20. C enough

3- задание Eighty –four years alone.

1 – c) because he wasn’t able to feed them

2 - a) he wanted to live alone on an island

3 - d) he was taken to an island

4 - b)he brought him a little food, old pieces of clothes

5 - d) he lived alone without seeing and speaking to other people

6 - d)his island was visited by a crew of fisherman

7 - a) he did not let the fisherman look at his hut, threatened them with a rock in each hand

8 - d) he knew nothing

9 - c) they left him some second-hand clothes, tins of food

10 - a)he was about a hundred years old