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Олимпиада «Покори Воробьевы горы 2012/2013»
Второй тур по английскому языку
8-9 классы
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БЛОК 1. ЛЕКСИКО-ГРАММАТИЧЕСКИЙ ТЕСТ (70 баллов)
Task 1. Read the text below and chose the correct word for each space. For each question(1-15), mark the correct letter A, B, C or D. Type the letters of the correct variants on the answer sheet.
What on Earth would we do without satellites?
Since the first satellites were (1) ___________ by rocket over 50 years ago, the number of communications satellites in space (2) ____________ increased enormously.
Nowadays they (3) _______________ a vital part in the growing international information network. As part of (4) _______________ positioning systems they tell us where we are on the planet, and can help save lives by, for instance, directing the emergency (5) _____________ to the scene of an accident. Satellites can also assist in search and rescue operations, by picking up signals from missing ships or aircraft. Mathematical (6)_________________ are then used to work out their exact location.
Satellites are essential for accurate weather forecasting, which they do by taking (7) ___________ of temperatures, wind speeds and major weather systems, and also for space (8) ____________. Because they are above the Earth’s atmosphere, right on the edge of (9) ___________ space, telescopes on satellites can see distant objects up to ten (10) ____________ more clearly than they could from the surface of the Earth.
We rely, too, on satellites to make (11) ______________ phone calls, and in some remote regions they make it possible for us to (12) ______________ the Internet. And of course many people (13) _______________TV programmes (14) ______________ from the other side of the world thanks to satellites, which enable (15) _____________ to watch hundreds of channels in a whole variety of languages.
1. A fired B launched C flown D lifted
2. A have B has C had D would
3. A perform B lead C play D carry
4. A global B universal C regional D external
5. A brigades B services C agencies D departments
6. A combinations B applications C calculations D demonstrations
7. A statements B attachments C assessments D measurements
8. A exploration B appreciation C examination D investigation
9. A outer B further C broader D fainter
10. A points B times C items D numbers
11. A long-running B long-range C long-term D long-distance
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12. A connect B link C access D log
13. A see B look at C watch D look up
14. A published B browsed C displayed D broadcast
15. A viewers B observers C witnesses D spectators
Task 2. Match the words in the list (16-32) on the left with their partners on the right. Type the letters of the correct variants on the answer sheet.
16.golf
A. stick
17.archery
B. bat
18. squash
C. club
19. cricket
D. alley
20. hockey
E. shuttlecock
21. snooker
F. rink
22. canoeing
G. bow
23. fishing
H. cue
24. rowing
I. car
25. riding
J. board
26. sprinter
K. ring
27. races
L. oar
28. ice-skating
M. horse
29. badminton
N. paddle
30. boxing
O. distance
31. bowling
P. rod
32. darts
Q. racket
Олимпиада «Покори Воробьевы горы 2012/2013»
Второй тур по английскому языку
8-9 классы
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Task 3. For questions 33– 58 fill in the blanks in the following text. Decide which word from the lists best fits each gap. Type the letters of the correct variants on the answer sheet.
Has the Internet brought us together or driven us apart?
Over the last ten years, the Internet 33._____________ the world. But as we welcome this new-found connectedness, asks Johan Hari, 34._____________ our culture?
Ten years ago, I 35._____sent my first email. On the day I joined the Internet club, there 36.______________ 200 million people with email accounts. Today, there are 3.2 billion. It seemed to me then that it 37. ___________ not last long. Today, it seems like a second skin, spreading out over all my friends, all my colleagues, and all the world. The Internet 38._____________ the way we think about ourselves – the groups we belong to, the information we know, even the people we date.
When I 39.______________ at university, my main way of contacting my friends if their phone was off 40.____________ to leave a written note – on a piece of paper! – on their door. When I 41.________________this to my ten-year-old nephew, he 42._________________, as if I was describing how we had to hunt our own food and then cook it on an open fire 43.___________ from damp branches.
Social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter are a genuinely new way of interacting: you can feel close to somebody without actually 44._____________ to them from one month to the next. It also keeps you aware of people who 45.______________ normally have slipped away. I know, for example, that the girl I 46.____________sit next to at primary school spilled coffee on her laptop three hours ago, and a woman I met briefly in the Middle East 47.__________ the same TV show as me. At some point in my life, some of these people 48._____________ back into real interaction with me, but for now they remain a constant comforting source of background human chatter.
There is another strange aspect to Internet communication: our manners 49.______________ caught up. I find it much easier to get into arguments with people online than I ever 50._____________ on the phone, or in person. It’s partly because you 51.___________ hear their tone of voice: you can read unfriendliness where there is none. We write emails as casually as we 52.___________ a call – but we read them with the seriousness with which we take a letter. Something 53. ______________in a casual style can be reread and reread for hours.
As I 54. ______________ to think through all the complexities of the Internet, I had a thought.
What if we logged on tomorrow and the Internet 55._________________? Would we be relieved to be suddenly freed from endless arrival of emails and updates? Would we see the record industries 56._______________ again, as people had to pay for their goods once more?
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Maybe. But I 57._____________ we would feel oddly alone of the great global conversation with 3.2 billion other people 58. ____________ dead.
33. A has totally transformed B had totally transformed C. was totally transforming D totally transformed
34. A have we lost B are we losing C do we lose D were we losing
35. A have sent B send C sent D had sent
36. A were B have been C was D has been
37. A will B had C would D is
38. A had transformed B has transformed C transforming D will have transformed
39. A being B was C have been D had been
40. A had been B has been C. was D. used
41. A said B have told C told D have said
42. A was astonishing B had been astonishing C had been astonished D was astonished
43. A building B built C being built D having built
44. A speaking B spoke C spoken D been spoken
45. A must B should C would D shall
46. A must B could C used to D had
47. A watches B watch C is watching D watched
48. A are coming B coming C will come D should come
49. A haven’t B didn’t C hadn’t D haven’t been
50. A am B do C would D have
51. A mustn’t B shouldn’t C wouldn’t D can’t
52. A make B made C do D did
53. A writing B written C have written D wrote
54. A have tried B trying C was trying D am trying
55. A vanishes B vanish C will vanish D had vanished
Олимпиада «Покори Воробьевы горы 2012/2013»
Второй тур по английскому языку
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56. A rise B rose C raised D risen
57. A am suspecting B have been suspecting C suspect D suspecting
58. A went B goes C gone D has gone
Task 4. Restore the order of the paragraphs (A-L) and type the letters of the correct variants on the answer sheet (numbers 59-70).
Rescued from the river
A. Somehow, though, I managed to swim towards the kids until I was halfway between them.
B. Fortunately, the decision was made for me as the girl managed to grab a thick branch overhanging the river and climb onto it.
C. ‘I filmed all that. You’ll be on TV tonight!’
D. As soon as I saw the danger they were in, I knew I had to do something.
E. One of them showed me his mobile phone and said cheerfully,
F. At last I made it, and some older children helped us out of the water.
G. I’d been crossing the bridge across the fast-running river when I’d spotted two objects in the white water, and to my horror I’d realized they were small children.
H. There I was faced with an awful dilemma:
I. Eventually I managed to get hold of him, and I struggled against the current to reach the riverbank.
J. ‘Which one do I save?’ I thought to myself.
K. The boy, though, was still being swept along, as was I.
L. I’m a strong swimmer, but landing in that freezing water was such a shock that I thought I would drown in seconds.
Блок II . СОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНЫЙ КОМПОНЕНТ (30 баллов)
Task 5. For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which realia best fits each gap.
Each correct answer will give you 2 points.
Олимпиада «Покори Воробьевы горы 2012/2013»
Второй тур по английскому языку
8-9 классы
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Like humans some countries and their people have their distinctive nicknames and each of them deserve some attention. Thus, _____1____ is the oldest known name of the island of
Great Britain. Today, it is still sometimes used poetically to refer to the island or England in particular. It is also the basis of the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba.
The term _____2_____ is a colloquialism which is variously construed either to refer to Australia and New Zealand, or Australia alone. The term comes from the fact that these countries are located in the southern hemisphere, 'below' many other countries on the globe.
According to Roger Ebert's tongue-in-cheek Glossary of Movie Terms, there is a certain rule saying that "No film set in Australia is allowed to use the word Australia in its title where the colloquialism is an acceptable alternative. For example, we don't get The Rescuers in Australia or Quigley in Australia."
The ___3_____ is a national symbol of New Zealand, and the association is so strong that the name of this bird is used all over the world as the colloquial name for New Zealanders. _____4_______ is Australian slang for an Australian. In Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland, the word is pronounced with a /z/ sound; however, in the United States, it is most often pronounced with an /s/ sound. The term ____5______ (sometimes shortened to Yank) has several interrelated meanings, referring to people from the United States. Outside the US it is used to refer to people from the US in general, whereas within the US it refers to people originating in the northeastern US, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region. “______6___” is a popular American song. Although not a folk song at its creation, the song has since entered the American folk vernacular. The song likely cemented the word "Dixie" in the American vocabulary as a synonym for the Southern United States. "____7________" is a racial descriptor for Native Americans and one of the color metaphors for race used in North America and Europe since European colonization of America. The term ______8_____ has both geographical and linguistic associations. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End. Linguistically, it refers to the form of English spoken by this group. ____9________ is a national personification of Britain in general
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Второй тур по английскому языку
8-9 классы
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and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. John Bull originated in the creation of Dr John Arbuthnot in 1712, and was popularized first by British print makers. Arbuthnot created Bull in his pamphlet Law is a Bottomless Pit (1712). ______10_______ is a term for a common soldier in the British Army that was already well established in the 19th century, but is particularly associated with World War I. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address.
Task 6. Try to guess what place is described in the following text. Answer the questions below. Type your answers on the answer sheet. Each correct answer gives you 2 points.
Today, visitors believe that the monument is a wonder of ancient achievement and an enduring symbol of mystery. But it was built as a temple - a place of ceremony, of burial and of celebration. The first construction was simple - just a circular ditch and bank - and was constructed about 5,000 years ago, in the period of prehistory known as the Neolithic or New Stone Age.
By about 2500 BC timber structures had been built and rotted away and the first stones had started to arrive. Huge sarsen stones came from north Wiltshire and smaller bluestones from west Wales. This marked the beginning of over 800 years of construction and alteration stretching into the period known as
the Bronze Age, when the first metal tools and weapons were made. By this time the monument was the greatest temple in Britain, its banks, ditches and standing stones arranged in sophisticated alignments to mark the passage of the sun and the changing seasons. But it was just one part of a remarkable ancient landscape. Hundreds of burial mounds clustered on the surrounding hilltops, while smaller temples and other ceremonial sites were built nearby. All these ancient structures form an archaeological landscape so rich that it is classified as a World Heritage Site.
The construction has inspired people to study and interpret it for centuries. Medieval writers used magic as an explanation of how it was created; antiquaries, like William Stukeley in the early 18th century, guessed - wrongly - that the Druids had built it. Archaeology provides the best hope of answering some of these fundamental questions about it: how and when it was built, who built it and, perhaps most difficult of all, why it was built. But even with the evidence that archaeology and modern science provide, not all these questions can be answered, as the structure will always keep some of its secrets.
Олимпиада «Покори Воробьевы горы 2012/2013»
Второй тур по английскому языку
8-9 классы
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11. Where is the monument located?
a) West Lancashire Coastal Plain
b) The Salisbury Plain
c) The North Somerset Levels
12. How tall is the monument?
a) 10 metres
b) over 7.3 metres
c) 1 metre
13. Who owns the monument today?
a) Prime Minister
b) The Crown
c) The government
14. The site is
a) a place of religious significance
b) a place of dancing
c) a place of safety
15. The site and its surroundings were added
a) to the list of hotels
b) to the UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites
c) to the UNESCO’s list of abbeys
Олимпиада «Покори Воробьевы горы 2011/2012»
Заочный тур по английскому языку
5-9 классы
БЛОК 1. Лексико-грамматический тест (70 баллов)
Task 1. For questions 1-20 complete the text with the missing words choosing them from the box (A - U). For each case find the word that best fits in the gap. There is one extra variant,
which shouldn’t be used. Type the letters of the correct variants on the answer sheet.
INSECTS
(1) make honey, but (2), also black and yellow, do not.
(3) are large and hairy and make a loud noise while flying.
(4) are small brown jumping insects which make a shrill noise by rubbing their front wings together.
(5) are more often seen by day and (6) by night – both may develop from (7) and later pupae.
(8) lay eggs in clothes.
A (9) bites or stings and can spread malaria; the (10), very common in Europe, is less dangerous.
(11) are usually black, with hard, shiny wing covers.
Small round insects, usually red with black spots, are called (12).
(13) jump through the grass. They can jump high and make a sharp noise.
(14) jump and bite animals and people. They are small jumping insects without wings, they feed on the blood of humans and animals.
(15) are found in fruits and peas. They are small (16) creatures also found on flesh and food where (17) or other insects have laid their (18).
(19) spin webs, which people call (20).
A – caterpillars, B – bees, C – moths, D – maggots, E – nests, F – spiders, G – fleas, H – beetles, I – mosquito, J – grasshoppers, K – cobwebs, L – crickets, M – wasps, N – flies, O – gnat,
P - bumble-bees, Q – butterflies, R - lady-birds, S - clothes moths, T – eggs, U – wormlike.
Task 2. For questions 21 – 39 fill in the blanks in the following text. Decide which word from
the lists best fits each gap. Type your answers on the answer sheet (a, b, c, d).
FOOD
Everything that can be (21) by people or animals, or used by plants, to keep them living and for growth, we call 'food'. This is (22) that living creatures take into their bodies to provide them with strength to do things and to help them to develop and to live. Food is one
of our most important (23 ) needs. It keeps our bodies strong and (24). Without food, we (25). All (26) things – plants, animals and man – need food to live and grow. But only plants make their own food. They also (27) food for animals and humans.
Customs which represent usual and generally accepted behaviour among members of a certain group, either a small community or a large nation, (28) the ways people eat. Most Americans and Europeans eat from (29) plates, using knives, spoons, and forks.
Arabs use only their (30) hand to spoon food from a central (31).
Chinese and Japanese use (32) which help them (33) food from a small bowl held close to the mouth.
Oriental food is very (34) and it (35) good. Fish is (36) with lemon. Snake meat tastes (37) to chicken. And in some places coffee is too (38). When it is hot you may (39) yourself with a cup of tea.
21. a) formed b) eaten c) regulated d) created
22. a) somebody b) anything c) something d) somewhere
23. a) annual b) daily c) annually d) virtual
24. a) healthy b) week c) sad d) gloomy
25. a) speak b) die c) dream d) grow
26. a) living b) dying c) short d) long
27. a) propose b) provide c)proclaim d) project
28. a) inform b) impress c) import d) influence
29. a) individual b) enormous c) tiny d) communal
30. a) big b) short c) left d) right
31. a) bowl b) tea-pot c)vase d) table-cloth
32. a) candles b) pencils c) chopsticks d) knives
33. a) to carry on b) to carry out c) to take away d) to pick up
34. a) sticky b) tasty c) wet d) dry
35. a) feels b) flavours c)smells d) sniffs
36. a) flavoured b) pickled c) seasoned d) spiced
37. a) alike b) equal c) like d) similar
38. a) black b) white c)strong d) thick
39. a) refresh b) remind c) remove d) resist
Task 3. For questions 40 – 54 choose the correct variant to fill in the gap. Type your answers on the answer sheet (a, b, c, d).
When you (40) a telephone call you (41) the receiver. Then you dial the number. If you (42) the number you can (43) in the telephone directory. If you (44) it there you may (45) directory
enquiries. Making a call to a place far away (46) a long-distance call. For most countries in Europe and in America you can phone direct, first (47)the international code-number. If you (48) enough money you can ask for a collect call and have the charges reversed. This means that the receiver of the call has (49) for it.
When there is a difficulty with the connection the operator may tell you (50) the line. If the person we want to call (51) to someone, the number is engaged. When you call a friend and somebody else answers the phone, you can (52) a message, or, it may (53) that you (54) a wrong number.
40. a) will make b) make c) was made d) making
41. a) lifted b) lift c) was lifting d) lifting
42. a) don’t know b) know c) will know d) known
43. a) looked it up b) to look it up c) looking it up d) look it up
44. a) can’t find b) will find c) are being found a) are not found
45. a) is calling b) are calling c) to call d) call
46. a) is called b) is calling c)call d) will call
47. a) is dialled b)is dialing c) dial d) didn’t dial
48. a) must have b) don’t have c) mustn’t have d) was having
49. a) pay b) pays c) have paid d) to pay
50. a) to hold b)held c) was hold d) is holding
51. a) is already speaking b) were spoken c) has been spoken about d) shall speak
52. a) left b) to leave c)is leaving d) leave
53. a) meant b) meaning c) mean d) to mean
54. a) have dialled b) should dial c) don’t dial d) is dialing
Task 4. For questions 55-70 complete the sentences with the phrases below (A-Q). Each of them can be used only once and should be located in its proper place. There is one extra variant,
which shouldn’t be used. Type the letters of the correct variants on the answer sheet.
When a ship goes out to sea ...55... .
The speed of a ship ...56... .
…57.. is the bow.
The name of the ship ...58.. .
...59... is called stern.
All the people …60... are seamen.
A holiday trip by ship …61... .
When passengers go on to a ship we say that they …62... .
Holidaymakers …63... and …64... in deck-chairs.
Passengers …65... by the stewards.
Most people think that …66... .
But the voyages …67..., especially when the coast consists of …68...
Along …69...there are usually lighthouses …70... .
A - can be dangerous
B - sleep in cabins
C - are served food
D - it leaves the harbor, or port
E - the front part of the ship
F - this part of a ship
G - board the ship
H - the most dangerous parts of the coast
I - used for warning ships at sea
J - who work on board
K - is measured in knots
L - is usually known as a cruise
M - is measured in barrels
N - travelling by ship is exciting
O - can sit on board
P - steep rocks, or cliffs
Q - is often painted on the back
Блок 2. Мир языка (30 баллов)
Task 5. Answer the following questions dealt with the subject of the picture. Choose the correct variant and type your answers on the answer sheet. Each correct answer gives you 2 points.
1) Do you know the names of the characters in the picture? What are they?
a) Winnie-the –Pooh, Rabbit, Tiger, Piglet, Heffalump
b) Piglet, Winnie-the –Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Heffalump
c) Winnie-the –Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet
d) Winnie-the –Pooh, Tiger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet
2) How was the second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh called?
a) Pooh Bear
b) The House at Pooh Corner
c) The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
d) When We Were Very Young
3) A. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after
a) a polar bear
b) a teddy bear owned by his son, Alexander Milne
c) Winnie, a Canadian black bear which he often saw at London Zoo
d) a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne
4) Insert the name of the character into the following quotation:
"But his arms were so stiff ... they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think — but I am not sure — that that is why he is always called ●………….● ." Type the name on the
answer sheet.
a) ● Piglet●
b) ● Pooh●
c) ● Winnie-the –Pooh●
d) ● Kanga●
5) One of the characters of the Winnie-the –Pooh cartoon series was featured as one of the
guests in “Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse”. Who was it?
Type the name on the answer sheet.
a) Kanga
b) Piglet
c) Winnie-the –Pooh
d) Donald Duck
Task 6. Try to guess what kind of procedure is described in the following story and how it is called. Answer the questions below. Type your answers on the answer sheet. Each correct answer gives you 2 points.
It is held annually on the reigning monarchs “official” birthday, which is the second Saturday in June. Queen Elizabeth II is Colonel in Chief of the Household Division of five regiments of foot
Guards and two regiments of Mounted Guards. It marks the official birthday of the Queen and each year the flag of one of the five regiments of Foot Guards is displayed to the music of massed bands. The ceremony stemmed from the need of soldiers to recognize the particular feature of their regiment in battle. The Parade is complex and precise and all seven regiments of
the Household division take part, but only one feature is demonstrated each year. Wearing the uniform of one of these regiments the Queen leaves Buckingham Palace and rides down the Mall to the Horse Guards Parade accompanied by the sovereigns Mounted Escort from the two Household Cavalry Units the Life Guards wearing scarlet tunics with white plumes in their
helmets and the Blues and Royals in blue tunics with red Plumes. Precisely as the clock on the Horse Guards Building strikes 11, the Queen takes the Royal Salute. After inspecting her troops,
the sovereign watches a display of marching to the tune of massed bands before the solemn moment when it is shown by being carried along the motionless ranks of guardsmen lined up to await the Queen. It is then displayed before her. Afterwards, she returns to the Palace at the head of the Guards deputed to mount the Palace Guard. The Royal Family appear on the balcony of
Buckingham Palace to acknowledge the fly-past of the Royal Air Forces at 1 p. m.
Write short answers to the following questions:
6) How is the procedure described in the text called? Type its name on the answer sheet.
7) How was it originally called? Type its name on the answer sheet.
8) Do you know any other names of the procedure? Type one of them on the answer sheet.
Choose the correct answers to the following questions (a, b, c, d):
9) The Guards have been carrying out their duty of guarding the sovereign since the time of the restoration of Monarchy in
a) 1837 b) 1659 c)1952 d) 1660
10) The five regiments of Foot Guards can be identified by the plumes in their caps or bearskins, and by the spacing of the buttons on their tunics. The Grenadier Guards have white plumes and
evenly spaced buttons; the Coldstreams wear red plumes and buttons in pairs; the Welsh Guards have ….. .
a) blue plumes and buttons in fours b) no plumes and buttons in threes c) white and green plumes and buttons in fives d) no plumes and buttons in fives
Task 7. Look at the picture and answer the questions below. Choose the correct answer and type
it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer gives you 2 points.
11. This is ……..
a) a railway station
b) a war memorial
c) a university campus
d) a road junction and public space
12. It is situated ……
a) in Trafalgar Square
b) in the City of Westminster in London
c) in Times Square
d) in the East End of London
13. This place is close to …….
a) the Old Stone House
b) major shopping and entertainment areas in the West End
c) the Olympic Park in the East End
d) the Eiffel Tower
14. It is surrounded by several noted buildings, including
a) the Criterion Theatre and the Royal Albert Hall
b) the Globe Theatre and the Criterion Theatre
c) the London Pavilion and Windsor castle
d) the London Pavilion and the Criterion Theatre
15. This place is also famous for the memorial fountain with one of the first statues to be cast in
aluminium, and is known as …. . Type the name of the place on your answer sheet.
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