Олимпиада по английскому языку для учащихся 7-8 классов

READING

Time: 20 minutes

Read the text “George Mikes and his book” and answer the guestions choosing the correct answer. Put down your answers 1-9 into ANSWER SHEET 2.

ANSWER SHEET 2.

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 10minutes

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, mark the correct letter – A, B, C or D. Put down your answers 1-10 into ANSWER SHEET 3.

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 was 3 ___________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.

ANSWER SHEET 3

WRITING (20 min)

You are going to spend a month with a family in England. Now you are writing a letter (90-100 words) to the family to introduce yourself to them. Tell them about your school, family, describe some of your hobbies and interests and say what you hope to do while you are in England.