Олимпиада по английскому языку

Гимназическая олимпиада по английскому языку

2021/2022 учебный год

Grammar and Vocabulary Test

 9 Form                                                  Total 104

points

I. Put each verb in brackets 1–17 in the correct tense and voice forms. The first one is done for you. (12 points)

The world (1) (get) warmer and warmer nowadays. Why is this (2) (happen)? One answer is that it could simply be part of natural process. After all, there (3) (be) ice ages and long periods of warmth in the past and now we (4) (experience) another warming trend. This kind of answer (5) (have) many supporters a few years ago. What scientists now (6) (believe)is that human activity is the cause. For more than two hundred years, humans (7) (change) the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution. We (8) create an atmosphere around the earth that like a giant glass container, (9) (let) heat from the sun through and then (10) (hold) it in. (11) temperature and sea levels (rise) after all? The general answer (12) (be) unfortunately yes.

II. Put in articles where necessary. (16 points)

1. Stonehenge is (1) ancient monument located on the Salisbury plain in (2) southern England about (3) two miles west of (4) River Avon. (5) biggest question that still remains concerning (6) Stonehenge is why it was built.

2. About (7) hundred miles south of England and within sight of (8) French coast lies the small group of (9) beautiful rocky islands known as (10) Channel Islands.

3. (11) old people are always saying that (12) young are not what they were. (13) same comment is made from (14) generation to (15) generation. Every new generation is different from (16) one that preceded it.

III. Change the word in brackets to complete the sentence. (15 points)

1. The teachers and parents spoke out against (1) on TV and cinema screen. (violent)

2. There are too many (2) situations. (stress)

3. The novel has been made into a (3) film. (success)

4. You are so happy to have such a (4) friend. (rely)

5. I (5) with you. I have another point of view. (agree)

6. Conflicts usually (6) if people listen to each other. (appear)

7. There is a wide (7) of things to do at this sports club. (choose)

8. This film made a great (8) on me. (impress)

9. I get goose bumps from (9) music. (rhythm)

10. Smoking is (10) for our health. (harm)

11. There were no (11) after the plane crash. (survive)

12. What ways of (12) have modern technologies replaced? (communicate)

13. TV affects children’s (13) minds. (mature)

14. It is (14) for trees to live in this environment. (possible)

15. Why are you so (15) with your parents? (patient)

IV. Fill in the correct preposition. (15 points)

1. What do you associate (1) this picture?

2. Tiredness is sometimes caused by the lack (2) vitamins.

3. Helen is not satisfied (3) her new job.

4. We need someone to look (4) the children.

5. He was (5) of breath.

6. It can lead (6) a new disaster.

7. I often fall (7) with my parents.

8. I insist (8) seeing a new manager.

9. My sister is always full (9) beans.

10. Money is the root (10) all evil.

11. You should cut down (11) your expenses.

12. Don’t be late! Come (12) time.

13. Are you bored (13) TV?

14. I want to discuss this problem (14) somebody.

15. All in all, I prefer being (15) my own.

V. Match the idioms (8 points)

VI. Rewrite the following sentences using the word given. (6 points)

1. Parking your car in this area is forbidden.

Must

You .

2. Helen started learning French four months ago.

Has

Helen for four months.

3. I have never heard such a beautiful song.

The

It is I have ever heard.

4. My car is old. Your car new.

Than

Your car than mine.

5. Betty is 70 years old. Graham is 70 years old, too.

As

Betty Graham.

6. She has never been to Moscow before.

First

It is the been to Moscow.

VII. Choose the correct answer (12 points)

The Titanic was a luxurious large passenger ship (1) … everyone thought was unsinkable. It set sail from Shampton, England on (2) … first (3) …. It (4) …. to New York, in (5) … USA. (6) … were over two thousand people on board the ship for the journey. (7) … April 14th, 1912, (8) …. Titanic hit an iceberg and water started (9) … into the ship. Nothing (10) … be done to stop it and so, eventually, at 2.20 am on April 15th, the ship (11) ……. into the icy water. About 1,500 people died on that terrible night. On September 1^st, 1985, experts (12) … the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor.

Answer Keys

I.

II.

A. 1) an, 2)-, 3) the, 4) -, 5) the, 6) -.

B. 7) -, 8) the, 9) -, 10) -, 11) the.

C) 11) -, 12) the, 13) the, 14) -, 15) -, 16) the

III. 1) violence, 2) stressful, 3) successful, 4) reliable, 5) disagree, 6) disappear 7) choice, 8) impression, 9) rhythmic, 10) harmful, 11) survivors, 12) communication, 13) immature, 14) impossible, 15) impatient.

IV.

1. with

2. of

3. with

4. after

5. out

6. to

7. out

8. on

9. of

10. of

11. on

12. on

13. with

14. with

15. On

V. 1) b, 2) a, 3) e, 4) c, 5) f, 6) g, 7) h, 8) d

VI.

1. You must not park your car in this area.

2. Helen has been learning French for four months.

3. It is the most beautiful song I have ever heard.

4. Your car is newer than mine.

5. Betty is as old as Graham.

6. It is the first time she has been to Moscow.

VII.

1. Which

2. The

3. Voyage

4. Was going

5. The

6. There

7. On

8. the

9. To flow

10. Could

11. Sank

12. discovered