Всероссийская олимпиада школьников по английскому языку 2016-2017 уч.г.
Школьный этап: 8 классы
LISTENING
Eisteddfod is the best known festival in England.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
The festival is held twice a year.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
The festival has great medieval history.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
The festival takes place in the town.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
The Chief Druid is the main character of the festival.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
The bard of the year is not awarded.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Only folk art is presented at the festival.
True 2) False 3)Not stated
READING
Sleep…sleep…sleep
In a normal life a person sleeps for about twenty-five years. But why do we sleep? The simple answer is: we don’t know. We need more sleep when we are young. A baby sleeps for about ten hours. A teenager sleeps for about eight and a half hours. An adult sleeps for seven or eight hours. Old people need only five or six hours.
There are two kinds of sleep. When you go to sleep you go into deep sleep. Your temperature falls, your body relaxes, and you breath slowly. After about half an hour you go into active sleep. This is also called rapid eye movement sleep (or REM sleep), because your eyes move. You dream in both deep sleep and REM sleep, but in REM sleep you dream in pictures. If you wake up in REM sleep you can usually remember your dream. Your body spends about twenty minutes in REM sleep and then goes back into deep sleep for an hour.
Do you ever talk or walk in your sleep? People sleepwalk in deep sleep and sleepwalkers do amazing things. They open doors and windows, they ride bicycles and drive cars. They cook, they take a bath or a shower (often in their pyjamas), they shave, they clean their teeth, they get dressed, they dig the garden and do other things.
Sleepwalkers are asleep, but they have their eyes open and they can see. They can’t wake up easily. If they do, they can’t remember anything. Do you ever sleepwalk? Are you sure? Perhaps you do, but nobody sees you.
Everyone sleeps for eight hours a night.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Teenagers need less sleep than adults.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Some people sleep for only one or two hours.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
REM sleep is the same as active sleep.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
You only dream in deep sleep.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
People sleepwalk in REM sleep.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Sleepwalkers can’t see.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Sleepwalkers remember everything they do.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
USE OF ENGLISH
Task 1.
Complete the sentences with the correct variant of the main verb.
Usually I _________the violin but now I_____ the piano.
A play, am playing B am playing, play
He________ in the garden when Tom _________.
A sat, was coming B was sitting, came
_________you___________the article yet?
A Haven’t, read B Haven’t, been reading
I________ a message from Kelly last Saturday.
A have got B got
The book wasn’t so heavy as he __________.
A has thought B had thought
My mother wasn’t at the shop when I________.
A had come B came
Some smiling men_____________ the piano.
A were playing B had played
We________ for about an hour when it started to rain.
A were playing B had been playing
For long months she_______his secret.
A had been keeping B had kept
If we________the 10.30 train, we_________too early.
A catch, will arrive B will catch, arrive
We______a party. _____you____________?
A will have, Are …coming B are having, Will…come
Do you know when they ______?
A would come B will come
By the time we come they________.
A will be going B will have gone
They_________for you at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
A will have waited B will be waiting
С will have been waiting
Task 2.
Complete the sentences with the correct words.
It was his ________ for selling the most tickets.
A. prize B. tasks C. news
Most of machines had _________ to earth.
A. expressed. B. covered. C. crashed.
Children often go round the streets raising money for ________.
A. offer B. history. C. charity
She can _________ her chances if she stops smoking.
A. phone B. improve C. depend
What is the _________ of the Forest Service?
A. danger B. bucket C. mascot
Our house had a bad __________ for our neighbourhood.
A. attract B. treated C. reputation
Who got most of the _________ ?
A. life B. votes C. people
Can you ___________ a child from a poor family?
A. pretend B. look C. sponsor
Do you know the ___________ of the Scouting movement?
A. cheaper B. founder C. fever
Is it polite to ________ people?
A. ignore B. untie C. appear
Task 3.
Express the meaning of each phrase in one word.
Full of fear – a_ _ _ _ d
to take the first step – b_ _ _ n
a town where a seat of government is – c_ _ _ _ _ l
the end of life – d_ _ _ h
to come or to go into – e _ _ _ r
very well known – f _ _ _ _ s
to take place – h _ _ _ _ n
to spring over – j _ _ p
the male rule of the country – k _ _ g
a speech to a group of people – l _ _ _ _ _ e
to walk like a soldier – m _ _ _ h
the dark part of each day – n _ _ _ t
not shut – o _ _ n
to put in the ground to grow – p _ _ _ t
Task 4.
Complete the sentences, using the correct forms of the words.
It's a 1__________ (marvel) idea for children to do some cooking at an early age. Generally 2 __________ (speak), most children can't wait to help in the kitchen and love getting involved in the 3 __________ (prepare) of their meals.
Although the finished result may not be quite to your 4 ________ (like) the young cook will undoubtedly find it quite the 5 ________ (tasty) food he or she has ever eaten. Kitchens can, of course, be 6 _______ (danger) places and so the absolute 7 _________ (important) of keeping an eye on children at all times cannot be emphasized too 8 ________ (heavy). Sharp knives, for example, should be avoided until children are old enough to handle them 9 ________ (safe).
WRITING
A Story
Here is the beginning of the story. Please, complete the story. Produce your own version.
You should write 150 - 200 words.
One night Mrs Boweles was driving her car from Winchester to Chilcomb with a friend of the family, Mr Ted Pratt.
Suddenly they saw an orange light in the sky. The car started to shake…
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