Районные олимпиады для учащихся 5-9 классов 2017 года

Задания районной олимпиады по английскому языку

2016/2017 учебный год

6 класс

The President of the United States

Do you want to be president of the United States of America? Maybe you can apply for the job. Answer these three questions. Are you a U.S. citizen? Are you thirty-five years old or older? Have you been a resident of the United States for fourteen years or longer? Did you say "yes" to all three questions? Then you can take the first steps to the White House.

You become president for a term. A term is four years. You can only serve two terms. This means that you can only be president twice. This became law in 1951. Before that, the law was different. In fact, Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in 1933. He was still president when he died in 1945. He was president for twelve years. No one was president longer than he was.

As president of the United States, you earn $200,000 a year. You also get an extra $50,000 for expenses, tax free. You have your own limousine, jet, and housekeepers, all free. You also live rent free, in the White House in Washington, D.C. And you are head of the richest country in the world.

Presidents of the United States are very different people. Twenty-two were lawyers, four soldiers, four farmers, four teachers, two writers, two businessmen, one tailor, and one actor. Eight of them did not have a college education!

Part А. LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST

The President of the United States

I. Choose and write the synonym to each word in bold (8 points):

term a limousine expenses earn serve in fact resident U.S. citizen

1. To be president, you must be a person who lives in the United States for four­teen years._________

2. To be president, you must be a person whose country is the United States._______________

3. You become president for a fixed period of time._______________________

4. A president can only work for two terms.______________________

5. When you are president, you make $200,000 a year.______________________

6. You also get $50,000 for money to pay for other things you need.____________

7. As president, you get free use of an expensive car with a driver.____________

8. Before 1951, you could be president for more than eight years. In truth, Franklin D. Roosevelt was president for twelve years._________________

II. Find and circle the right answer to each question (2 points):

1. How long can you be president for?

a) You can be president for a term.

b) You can be president for twelve years.

c) You can be president for two terms of four years.

2. How many presidents were lawyers?

1. 2 b) 4 c) 22

III. Find the wrong word in each sentence and correct it (6 points):

1.То be president, you must be forty-five years old or older._______________

2. To be president, you must be a lawyer in the United States for fourteen years._________________

3. A term is eight years._______________________

4. Franklin D. Roosevelt was president for two terms. ____________________

5. Eight presidents did not have a teacher education. ______________________________

6. As president, you are the businessman of the richest country in the world. __________________

Part B. TEST IN THE USE OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I. Answer the questions. Circle the right answer (7 points):

1. Which of these is not correct?

a) a bunch of bananas d) a dozen eggs

b) a box of matches e) a bar of chocolate

c) a steak of meat

1. Which day do you associate with pancakes?

a) Christmas b) Halloween c) Easter d) Guy Fawkes Day e) Shrove Tuesday

1. Which of the following dishes isn't sweet?

a) trifle b) treacle tarts c) Yorkshire pudding d) chocolate éclairs e) jam doughnuts

1. What do English pigs say?

a) neigh-neigh b) oink-oink c) khru-khru d) squeak-squeak e) quack-quack

1. Before this day people paint eggs. What day is it?

a) Christmas b) Easter c) Valentine's Day d) April Fool's Day e) New Year

1. Guess the creature.

It catches flies. It lives in houses and in gardens. Some are very small, but some are quite big. It can move quite fast. It isn't an insect. It's got eight legs. Some people are afraid of it.

a) a bee b) a crawfish c) a centipede d) a spider e) a butterfly

1. Which is the nearest star?

a) the Moon b) Venus c) the Sun d) the Milky Way e) the North Star

II. Read the text and fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary (-) (9 points):

My best friend got two kittens (1) _________ her birthday. Eva (that's my friend's name) is crazy (2) ________ them. They sleep (3) _________her bed and they are very friendly and playful. The thing is, I have never been fond (4) _________cats, because I am allergic (5) _______ them! I start to sneeze and my eyes water whenever they come near me. I am annoyed (6) _______Evie, who

does not take this seriously and says that I'm just afraid (7) ________ them! She really seems more interested (8) _______ her cats than (9)______ me!

III. Use the right word to complete the sentences (11 points):

1. There isn’t__________ (some, any, no, anything) milk in the cup, but there is_________ (some, any, no, nothing) cream in the glass.

2. I don’t want__________ (nothing, something, any, anything) to eat.

3. I have__________ (little, few, a few, a lot) friends here and we spend our time together.

4. There are three_____________ (hundred, hundreds) birds in this park.

5. Cats like to catch _____________(mouse, mice, mouses, mices).

6. Can you____________ (do, make) me a favour?

7. We saw three ____________(wolf, wolves, wolfs) and two____________ (deer, deers) in the park.

8. I can’t find my watch ____________(anywhere, somewhere, nowhere, everywhere).

9. He is good at___________ (do, doing, make, making) a mess.

IV. Change the word to complete the sentences (6 points):

1. The weather is_____________ today. WIND

2. The______________ people are very hard-working. CHINA

3. Your advice was very ______________. Thank you! HELP

4. Grey cranes are ________________ species of birds. DANGER

5. Pushkin is a ________________ poet. FAME

6. Fred is a _______________ person. He always gets into trouble. CARE

V. Circle the right variant (5 points):

1. A: How long have you lived here?

B: a) For two years. b) In two years. c) Since two years.

2. A: Did you have lunch together?

B: a) At one p.m. b) Yes, to an Italian restaurant. c) Yes, at an Italian restaurant.

3. a) Do you enjoy the film last night?

b) Did you enjoyed the film last night?

c) Did you enjoy the film last night?

4. Are you free …

a) on May the 19^th? b) in May the 19^th? c) at May the 19^th?

5. A: a) How do you do? b) How are you getting on? c) How are you?

B: I’m very well, thank you.

VI. Put questions to the following sentences (5 points):

1. They usually play in the yard in the afternoon. (General) _________________________________________________________________________________

2. She doesn’t speak good English. (Disjunctive)

_________________________________________________________________________________

1. Yesterday he came home from school at 7 o’clock. (Alternative) _________________________________________________________________________________

2. They are working in the garden now. (To the subject)

_________________________________________________________________________________

1. She will meet her friend at the station. (Special) _________________________________________________________________________________

VII. There is a mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it (5 points):

1. We have bought a car last year. _____________________________________________________

2. Did you ever been to England?______________________________________________________

3. We are sending letters every day.____________________________________________________

4. Where will you going tomorrow?____________________________________________________

5. My sister don’t like reading.________________________________________________________

Задания районной олимпиады по английскому языку

2016/2017 учебный год

7 класс

Once a sailor went ashore on the coast of South America. He had a number of blue woolen caps with him which he wanted to sell. On his way to the town at some distance from the coast, he had to pass through a forest, in which there were a great number of monkeys.

At noon, as the sun was right overhead, the sailor decided to have a rest as it was very hot. He lay down under the shade of a large tree, took one of the caps out of his bundle, put it on his head, and soon fell asleep.

When he awoke, he found, to his surprise, that the caps were all gone!

Soon he heard a loud noise among the thick branches above him, and he looked up.

He saw the trees alive with monkeys, and on the head of each monkey was a blue woolen cap!

The monkeys had watched his actions, had stolen his caps, while he slept and had put them on, and now they didn’t pay attention to his shouts.

When the sailor saw that he could not get his caps back, he pulled off the one which he had on his head, and threw it on the ground, crying out, “If you want to keep the rest, you may take this one too!”

To his great surprise the little animals did the same. Each took the cap off its head and threw it on the ground. The sailor got his caps back and went away in triumph.

Part А.

1. Mark the statements as True or False (6 points):

1. Once a sailor went ashore on the coast of South Africa._____________

2. He had to go through a forest.______________

3. At night the sailor decided to have a rest as it was very dark.________________

4. In the hands of each monkey he saw a red cap._______________

5. The monkeys had stolen his bundle.________________

6. Each took the cap off its head and threw it on the ground._______________

II. Put the sentences into logical order according to the text (6 points):

1. He saw the trees alive with monkeys.____

2. Soon he heard a loud noise.____

3. He had a number of caps with him.____

4. To his great surprise the little animals did the same.____

5. “If you want to keep the rest, you may take this one too!”____

6. The sailor decided to have a rest.____

1. Answer the questions (5 points):

1. Why did the sailor have a number of caps with him?

_______________________________________________________________________________

1. What animals were there in the forest?

_______________________________________________________________________________
Why did the sailor decide to have a rest?

________________________________________________________________________________

1. What kind of noise did the sailor hear?

________________________________________________________________________________

1. When did the monkeys steal the sailor’s caps?

________________________________________________________________________________

Part B. Lexical-Grammar Test.

I. Fill in the blanks using the suitable tense-form (18 points):

I am a doctor. I have to drive a lot in my job. I (1) ______________________(drive) for twenty years. In all that time the police never (2)____________________(stop) me. But last Tuesday I (3)________________(catch) for speeding. It was the afternoon. I (4)_______________ (drive) fast because I (5)___________________(be) late. I (6)____________________(go) to the airport to meet a friend. I was late because a patient (7)________________________(telephone) before I (8)____________________(leave) the house. The police (9)___________________(wait) at the side road outside town. When they (10)________________(see) me go past, they (11)_________________(follow) me and (12)__________________(stop) me. I (13)________________(try) to explain to them that my friend’s plane (14)_______________(land) a few minutes before and he (15)_________________(wait) for me, but they (16)_______________(not/want) to listen to my excuse. They (17)_______________(say) I (18)________________(have) to pay $50 the next day.

II. Fill in the article where necessary (-) (14 points):

Wales is (1) ______country that has kept a lot of traditions. It is the country that has (2)_______reputation for (3)______ music and (4)_______songs. One of (5)_______most important musical events in Wales is the World Harp (арфа) Festival. If you enjoy (6)______sport, Wales is definitely (7)______very place to visit. (8)______countryside in Wales is very beautiful. It is (9)________very green country and this beauty attracts many tourists, especially (10)_______nature lovers. There are many words in (11)______Old Welsh language that mean ‘green’ in (12)_______same way as (13) _______Eskimos have lots of different words for (14) _____’snow’.

III. Fill in the gaps with the suitable prepositional phrases from the box (6 points):

1. Are you____________________? Would you like to join us at our table?

2. He liked most of his classes at school, but I knew he enjoyed chemistry____________________ .

3. They get on well with each other because they have so much ___________________________ .

4. _____________________ I must say that I prefer eating at home to eating out.

5. Carol must have been_____________________ because she rushed past me without saying hello.

6. I’m telling you this ___________________ I don’t want anyone else to know.

1. Turn from active into passive (5 points):

1. Somebody has taken my umbrella.

________________________________________________________

1. The police have asked people lots of questions.

_________________________________________________________

1. Jane washed my dirty coat yesterday.

_____________________________________________________________

1. A thief stole all the money from the local bank yesterday.

_____________________________________________________________

1. You should return all the books to the library.

_______________________________________________________________

1. Give the English equivalents for the Russian fragments in brackets (10 points):

1. They all spoke French (плохо)______________ but Patric was (хуже)____________ of them all.

2. My neighbor told me (что)_________________ had happened.

3. Most of the children behave quite (хорошо)_____________ and there are (нет)______________ serious discipline problems.

4. It’s 9 a.m. and it’s (все еще)______________ dark!

5. (Оба)______________ players have been warned but (никто)_______________ seems to take it (серьезно)________________.

6. The soup tastes (плохо)_________________.

1. Fill in the spaces with the form of the words in bold (5 points):

1. Spain is____________________ for its beaches. FAME

2. She was so______________________ that she lost all her money at the casino. LUCKY

3. Water is a __________________ of hydrogen (водород) and oxygen (кислород). COMBINE

4. He is in Africa now. He is always had an __________________ spirit. ADVENTURE

5. Look_____________________ through the notes before you start writing. CARE

1. Correct one mistake in each sentence (5 points):

1. I don’t know nothing about your town.

________________________________________________________________________________

1. The weather during the last few days has been perfectly.

________________________________________________________________________________

1. Your hair are long, boy, you should have your hair cut.

________________________________________________________________________________

1. Nancy’s broken finger has become more worse.

________________________________________________________________________________

1. Here’s my car. Where’s their?

________________________________________________________________________________

Задания районной олимпиады по английскому языку

2016/2017 учебный год

8 класс

We often hear a saying “Don’t invent a bicycle” about something simple and known for a long time.

Really the bicycle is old enough-more than a hundred years of age. Its first prototype appeared in 1701 in France. In 1800 a Russian peasant Artamonov made an iron bicycle and travelled on it from Nizhniy Tagil to Moscow.

Firs bicycles looked strange: the back wheel was usually smaller. Bicycles were made of iron and riding them was not comfortable because of shaking. They were even called “boneshakers”.

New types of bicycles appeared every year but only in 1885 people saw a model which looked like modern cycles. It had almost equal wheels and a chain drive to the rear wheel. This shape survived and became basic. The mew machine looked more elegant than the old “spiders” which were soon abandoned. As time went by, new bicycles were invented-for two, three and even fifteen riders.

The first bicycle race was held in 1868 in Paris. But the sport became popular only several decades later because bicycles were expensive and only rich people could afford them. By the end of the nineteenth century many factories produced thousands of bicycles which became cheap, so many people could practice cycling and take part in competitions.

Cycling competitions are generally divided into road and track events. Both kinds are in the Olympic programme. Olympic road events include individual and team races. Individual races’ distances are different usually up to 200 kilometres. The winner is the first cyclist who passes the finish line with his front wheel. Cyclists wear shirts with pockets on the back, tight knee-long woolen shorts, special shoes, a cap and mitts on their hands.

Part A.

1. Mark the statements as True or False (4 points):

1. Riding first bicycles was very comfortable.__________

2. As time went by, new bicycles were invented. __________

3. By the end of the twentieth century bicycles became cheap. __________

4. The bicycle is young enough. __________

II. Insert the missing part of the sentence (4 points):

1. In 1800 a Russian peasant made___________________________.

2. In____________________ people saw a model which looked like modern cycles.

3. Soon bicycles_______________________ were invented.

4. At first bicycles______________________________________________________________.

III. Put the sentences into logical order according to the text (6 points):

1. This shape survived and became basic.____

2. So many people could practice cycling and take part in competitions.____

3. Individual races’ distances are different usually up to 200 kilometres. ____

4. But the sport became popular only several decades later.____

5. Its first prototype appeared in 1791.____

6. They were even called “boneshakers”.____

IV. Choose the correct variant (5 points):

1. What is the best title for the text?

a) Olympic Games b) Sport c) Cycling

1. What does a saying “To invent a bicycle” mean?

a) It means something difficult.

b) It means something very specific.

c) It means something known.

3. What is the birthplace of a bicycle?

a) France b) Russia c) England

4. How was the first bicycle called?

a) It was called a “liver shaker”.

b) It was called a “brainshaker”.

c) It was called a “boneshaker”.

5. How many parts are there in the modern cycling competitions?

a) There are three parts. b) There are two. c) There is one part.

Part B. Lexical-Grammar Test.

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (25 points):

Last week Adrian Wilson (1)________________(invite) to dinner at his girlfriend’s parents’ house. He (2)_____________________(not to meet) them before. He (3)__________________(ask) to come at eight o’clock but he (4)____________________(arrive) at nine. He (5)________________(take off) his coat, (6)_____________________(go) into the sitting room and (7)___________________ (sit) down. He (8)___________________(say) he (9)________________________(be thirsty) and (10)___________________(ask) for a bee. When he (11)____________________(finish) his beer, everyone (12)_________________(get up) to go to the dinner table. Adrian (13)_________________ (serve) first. While the others (14)_____________________(wait) for their soup, Adrian (15)___________________(start) his. When he (16)____________________(finish), he
(17)____________________(ask) for some more. After his soup he (18)___________________(light up) a cigarette and (19)__________________ (pour) another glass of juice. During the main course he (20)___________________(say) he just (21)_____________________(remember) something and he (22)_____________________(get up) to make a phone call. When he got back, he (23)__________________(say) he (24)_____________________(have to) leave straight away and (25)________________(say) good-by to everybody.

II. Fill in a, an or the where necessary (-) (10 points):

Captain Smith was ______ captain of “The TITANIC”. He hoped to prove that “The TITANIC” was ______ fastest ship in ______ world. Although it was early spring he led _____ ship to ______ north. He knew that there were ______ icebergs, but “The TITANIC” was considered to be _______ unsinkable ship.

When he understood this mistake he helped to evacuate ______ passengers and died as _____ hero. He was one of _____1490 people who drowned on that terrible night.

III. Form the new word using the given one (10 points):

PUPPET SHOWS

Puppets are dolls representing_________________(1) or modern characters tradition
in stories. They are popular form of_________________(2) for both children entertain
and adults. Some puppets seen in Europe today were_______________(3) origin
created in Italy in the 1500s. A puppet show was an________________(4) expensive
way to enjoy yourself so people could go to the same______________(5) perform
again and again. So what is continuing__________________(6) of the puppet attract
show? Used by artists, puppets have a living magic. However beautiful, funny or_______________(7) to look at, they are really simple tools used by artists fascinate
to express their ideas, ___________________(8) and character. Of course person
they must have great technical____________________ (9), but the fun and able
charm come from the way the artists establish__________________(10) communicate
with the audience.

IV. Fill in the gaps with prepositions (5 points):

1. Don’t approach ______ the dog. 2. I arrived ______ the station. 3. She is very good _____ languages. 4. Congratulation ______ your success. 5. There is no increase _______ prices.

V. Rephrase the following sentences (5 points):

1. I have never met anyone famous before.

It’s the __________________________________________________________________________

1. Would you mind dusting the furniture?

Could___________________________________________________________________________

1. It’s a long time since he’s seen his grandmother.

He hasn’t________________________________________________________________________

1. Walking in the city at night is dangerous.

It’s dangerous_____________________________________________________________________

1. She’s too inexperienced to get the job.

She isn’t_________________________________________________________________________

VI. Choose the correct word in each sentence below (6 points):

1. They (rose / raised) their glasses and drank to the happy couple.

1. A crowd of (exciting / excited) people was watching the firemen trying to save the house.

2. We watched the ship (leave / left) the port.

3. Everything (what / that) happened was my fault.

4. Look, the swallows are flying (high / highly).

5. All his belongings were (lying / laying).

График работы комиссий по проверки работ районной олимпиады

9-th Grade

Keys

Listening Comprehension Test

Listening One

1. A geography teacher is describing the work students will do on the geography course. Listen and complete the table with the words in the word bank. You will not need to use all the words.

Word bank

4, 3, 2, 1, Industry, Rivers, Population, Climate, Mr Taylor, Miss Holiday, 2000, 1000, 200, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 2.5 hours, 1.5 hours, once a week, twice a week, once a month, twice a month, once a term, twice a term, all topics, geographical skills

9-th Grade

Listening Comprehension Test

Listening Two

II. Rose and Jack are talking about holiday plans. Listen and answer true or false.

9-th Grade

Listening Comprehension Test

Listening Two

Rose: I’d love to go abroad on holiday next spring. What do you think?

Jack: I’m not sure. When were you thinking? In April?

Rose: Maybe. We have two days off work for our national holiday. We could take off another three days and go for a week. We could even go for two!

Jack: No, not two. If I take all my holiday in April, I won’t be able to take a holiday in the summer.

Rose: Okay. One, then.

Jack: Where would you like to go?

Rose: Well, I looked at flights. There aren’t any flights to Greece until May, unfortunately. I’d like to go there. But we can fly to Spain quite cheaply.

Jack: That would be nice. Where would we stay? In a hotel?

Rose: I’m not sure. I don’t really like staying in hotels. But we could hire a cottage.

Jack: I don’t mind either. Is a cottage cheaper than a hotel?

Rose: It’s about the same. But I prefer staying in cottages. It’s more peaceful, and we can cook for ourselves.

Jack: Okay, well, that’s fine by me.

Rose: The problem is transport. You can get to the hotels easily from the airport. They are all in the town centre, and buses go there all the time. But the cottages are further away. We’d need to hire a car.

Jack: That’s fine. I don’t mind doing that. Why don’t you pick out a few cottages, and we’ll choose one?

Rose: I’ve done that already. I’ll show you on the computer. There’s this one - it’s actually an apartment. It’s inside an old palace in this beautiful historic village in the mountains. Isn’t it beautiful?

Jack: It’s quite expensive though. And it has 3 bedrooms. We don’t need that many.

Rose: I suppose not. Okay, what about this one? It’s up in the hills. Very quiet and peaceful. It has a lovely view, look. And it’s not too expensive.

Jack: That looks nice. It’s quite far from the town, but I don’t mind that.

Rose: Nor me. Or there’s this one. It’s a town house. It’s big and it looks lovely inside.

Jack: Does it have a garden?

Rose: No, and it might be noisy, because it’s so central.

Jack: I think I prefer that other one.

Rose: Me too. Shall I write and find out if it’s free?

Jack: Yes, do. If it is, we’ll book the flights.

9-th Grade

Listening Comprehension Test

Listening Two

II. Rose and Jack are talking about holiday plans. Listen and answer true or false.

9-th Grade

Listening Comprehension Test

Listening One

Hello students. I’m Mr Taylor, and I’m one of the geography teachers on this course. This lesson, I’m going to tell you about the course.

This year, you will study four modules. You will do two modules this term, one module next term and one in the final term. The topics of the modules this term are Industry and Rivers. I will teach the Industry module, and Miss Holiday will teach the Rivers module. Next term, Miss Holiday will teach the Population module, and in the final term, I will teach you about Climate.

You will have two exams at the end of the year. The first will last two hours, and will have questions on all four topics: Industry, Population, Rivers and Climate. The other exam will last one and a half hours. This one will test your geographical skills.

During the course, you will have homework twice a week. Sometimes you will complete some exercises, you might prepare a presentation, do some reading and note-taking, or write an essay. You should spend about 30 minutes on your homework each time. Each term, you will also do a project. For these projects, you will have to do some research and write it up. The finished projects will be around 2000 words long. These projects are important, because your marks will go towards your final grade.

Once a month, we will do some fieldwork. We might visit a local place of interest, or go into the countryside and do some experiments. The fieldwork is important because it teaches you important geography skills.

Finally, let me tell you about books. We do not follow one course book. We want you to read widely. You should read some of the different text books in the library. Here is a list of useful books to read.

9-th Grade

Listening Comprehension Test

Listening One

1. A geography teacher is describing the work students will do on the geography course. Listen and complete the table with the words in the word bank. You will not need to use all the words.

Word bank

4, 3, 2, 1, Industry, Rivers, Population, Climate, Mr Taylor, Miss Holiday, 2000, 1000, 200, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 2.5 hours, 1.5 hours, once a week, twice a week, once a month, twice a month, once a term, twice a term, all topics, geographical skills