Олимпиада по английскому языку

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников по английскому языку 2022–2023 уч. г. Школьный этап. 7–8 классы

Школьный этап. 7–8 классы

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ. 2022–2023 уч. г.

ШКОЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 7–8 КЛАССЫ

Part 1 Listening

Time: 10 minutes (7 points)

Task 1

Listen to a dialogue between a Russian student and a British teacher and find it out. Then complete the sentences by using a word from the text. Mind your spelling. You will hear the text twice.

1. When we ­­­______ ideas to students, we should be very clear, so that they understand.

2. ­_______ speakers of English talk to each other in a different way.

3. There are certain ______ that creep into your English.

4. Also, when not native speakers conduct__________ between themselves, they use English otherwise.

5. For _______, don’t expect the English to use your name in conversation.

6. There are some obvious problems that come from English________.

7. English people seem rude in the way they_______each other.

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Part 2 Reading

Time: 30 minutes (24 points)

Task 1

1. Garlic reduces the risk of heart disease.

1. Juggling is good for the brain.

1. Eating oranges can stop you from getting colds

1. Sitting too close to a television is bad for your eyes.

1. If you get cold, you risk catching a cold.

1. Reading in poor light can damage your eyes.

Truth or Myth?

1

This is a (5) . It won’t damage your eyes, (6) it might give you a

headache. The (7) thing is to watch television at a distance that feels

comfortable. But watching too much TV can be a bad idea. In (8) , research

shows that children who (9) spend more than 10 hours a week watching

TV are more likely to be overweight and slower to learn at school.

2

This (10) to be true. Scientists have found that juggling balls for one

minute every day can increase your brain (11) . Researchers in Germany carried out brain scans and found that certain areas of the brain had grown

(12) in people who practiced juggling. However, when they (13)

juggling, their brains went back to their (14) size.

3

This is a (15) belief, but scientists say there is nothing to (16) that it’s true. However, the use of this vegetable as a natural (17) goes back to the Ancient Egyptians, and research shows that it can be an effective

1. for coughs, sore throats and upset stomachs, among other

2. . Unfortunately, many people dislike the smell, but you can take it in pill form.

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The truth is that people get colds from viruses, not from being cold. (20)____, keeping warm may help you to (21) getting a cold. Researchers at Cardiff University’s Common Cold Centre found that a fall in body temperature can

(22) cold viruses to become active. In a (23) , a group of people

sat with their feet in (24) of iced water for 20 minutes. A third of them

developed colds in the next five days, compared to only 9% of another group who kept dry.

Task 2

although	cause	illnesses	power	sensible
appears	common	larger	prove	stopped
avoid	fact	myth	regularly	treatment
bowls	however	normal	remedies	trial

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Part 3 (30 minutes) Maximum points – 31

Use of English

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question 1–10, mark the letter next to the correct word – A, B, C or D. The first one is done for you.

Task 1

Example answer: 0 A B C D

Weather

Weather influences the lives (0) everyone. The climate of any country depends on its position on Earth, its (1) from the sea and how high it is. In countries which have sea all (2) them, like Britain and New Zealand, winters are mild and summers are cool. There is not a huge change from one season to (3) . Countries near the Equator have hot weather all year with some

(4) rain, except in deserts where it rains (5) little. Above the desert there are no clouds in the sky so the (6) of the sun can easily warm the ground during the day but it gets very cold at night. People are always (7) in unusual weather and pictures of tornadoes, for example, shown on television. Strong winds and rain can (8) a lot of damage to buildings and in spite of modern

(9) of weather forecasting they can (10) surprise us.

	A	B	C	D
0	of	from	by	to
1	distance	space	depth	length
2	through	beside	around	near
3	next	another	later	other
4	hard	large	heavy	great
5	not	quite	more	very
6	heat	fire	light	temperature
7	attracted	interested	keen	excited
8	make	happen	have	cause
9	jobs	tools	methods	plan
10	yet	still	already	ever

TASK 2

Match each group of adjectives with a suitable noun. There is an example for you.

Example:

a difficult/an exciting/a huge	challenge
complete/firm/wide	support
lasting/wide-spread/minor	language
first/everyday/body	opportunity
wonderful/wasted/ideal	love
effective/interview/traditional	technique
latest/pirate/live	damage
deep/true/platonic	recording

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Task 3

There’s a word missing in each of these proverbs 1-10. Choose the correct one from the three possibilities.

1. An Englishman’s home is his …..

1. security b) castle c) palace

2. Let sleeping dogs …..

a)sleep b) dream c) lie

3. Many ….. make light work.

a)servants b) hands c) cooks

4. It takes all sorts to make a …..

a)world b) war c) salad

5. Prevention is better than …..

a)cure b) punishment c) medicine

6 is thicker than water.

1. coffee b) blood c) soup

7. A miss is as good as a …..

1. mister b) mile c) wife

8. Birds of a flock together.

a)family b) cage c) feather

9. It’s no use crying over milk.

a)sour b) spilt c) tinned

10. begins at home.

1. charity b) learning c) love

Part 4 «Writing» (30 minutes)

Maximum points – 15

In an English-language magazine you  saw the following announcement about a competition and decided to participate in it.

Welcome to the Internet! Win a brand new laptop plus all the essential software  and a year’s free Internet access. Write and tell us about the changes the Internet has brought about in your school education. We will publish the winning article in next month’s issue.

Write your competition article.

In your article you should:

• start with a title;

• make an introduction ;

• mention at least two positive and two negative changes the Internet has brought in your study;

• write if people can rely on the Internet when they surf it;

• give your ideas what the future for the Internet will be at schools in our country;

• make a conclusion.

Write 180–200 words.

Answer sheet Part 1 Listening

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Part 2 Reading Task 1

1	2	3	4

Task 2

5		10		15		20
6		11		16		21
7		12		17		22
8		13		18		23
9		14		19		24

Part 3 Use of English

Task 1

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Task 2

Task 3

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Part 4 Writing

KEYS

Part 1 Listening

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Part 2

Reading

TASK 1

1	2	3	4
D	B	A	E

TASK 2

5	myth	10	hours	15	common	20	Although
6	however	11	appears	16	prove	21	avoid
7	sensible	12	larger	17	illness	22	cause
8	fact	13	stopped	18	treatment	23	trial
9	regularly	14	normal	19	remedies	24	bowls

Part 3 Use of English

Task 1

1	length
2	around
3	next
4	heavy
5	more
6	light
7	keen
8	have
9	tools
10	already

Task 2

a difficult/an exciting/a huge	challenge
complete/firm/wide	support
lasting/wide-spread/minor	damage
first/everyday/body	language
wonderful/wasted/ideal	opportunity
effective/interview/traditional	technique
latest/pirate/live	recording
deep/true/platonic	love

Task 3

1	b)castle
2	c)lie
3	b)hands
4	a)world
5	a)cure
6	b)blood
7	b)mile
8	c) feather
9	b) spilt
10	a)charity

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