Олимпиада по английскому языку
9-10 класс
школьный этап
Фамилия______________________________________________
Имя
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Класс (№ и
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Дата проведения
олимпиады ___________________________
SECTION 1
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Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между
текстами и их заголовками: к каждому тексту, обозначенному буквами А–G,
подберите соответствующий заголовок, обозначенный цифрами 1–8. Используйте
каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один
лишний заголовок.
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Good for
everyone
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Easy to
care for
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Part of
culture
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Screen
fashion
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An
innovative idea
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Working
clothes
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Jeans’
labels
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Clothes to protest
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Jeans are one of fashion's most long enduring trends. Cowboys
wear them but so do supermodels, farmers, presidents and housewives.
Ask any group of people why they wear jeans and you will get a range of
answers. For some they're comfortable and easy – for others
they're trendy and cool. Jeans mean different things to different
people, but they are popular everywhere.
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Americans
do not have a national folk dress with a long tradition. Blue jeans are
probably the most recognisable article of American clothing. They have
been part of American life for over 125 years. Blue denim jeans became
not only an expression of American fashion but also an element of
American identity known around the world.
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Jeans
were first designed as trousers for farmers and miners in the states of
the American West. They quickly grew popular with common people,
including cowboys, factory employees and railroad builders. The new
trousers were made from a very strong material which did not wear out
easily. However, at the same time jeans were very practical and
comfortable to wear.
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Pockets were the weak point of the miners'
clothes – they easily tore away from the jeans. A man called
Jacob Davis had the idea of using metal rivets (fasteners) to hold the
pockets and the jeans together so that they wouldn't
tear. Davis wanted to patent his idea, but he didn't have
enough money, so he offered Levi Strauss a deal if Strauss paid for the
patent. Strauss accepted
and started making jeans.
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By
the middle of the twentieth century, these heavy cotton trousers had
become a symbol of opposition for young artists and writers. College
students started to wear them to show they were against the Vietnam
War. The new trousers were banned in American schools from coast to
coast and sometimes in theatres and cinemas.
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Jeans
are good because they don't show the dirt. You can easily go a month
without washing them and they don't look shocking. They don't need to
be washed as often as other trousers and you don't need to iron them.
What's more, because of the strong material you can wear your favorite
jeans for years. Even the occasional hole or spot doesn’t spoil them at
all.
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In
the 30s and 40s many people began to spend their spare time watching
movies where adventurous cowboys rode horses, fought bad guys and wore
blue jeans. The actors made jeans popular in movies and everyone wanted
to wear them. Young people wished to imitate the casual “cowboyish”
look they saw in films, and they began to wear jeans as casual wear.
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Heading
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TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET
SECTION
2
A Tragedy
The plane had taken off from
the air-field in London, and the journey to South Africa, to Johannesburg had
started. It was just after the war, and it was not a jet, as it is nowadays,
but it was a big plane with four engines, and four propellers, of course.
When a few minutes later we
were crossing the Channel, one of the engines went wrong, but the stewardess
said there were three engines left and the passengers were quite safe.
When the plane reached the
Mediterranean Sea, the second engine broke, but the stewardess told us there
was nothing to worry about because two engines were quite enough to keep us in
the air.
As we got near to the shores
of Africa, somebody said that only one propeller was working. The stewardess
kept her mouth shut this time.
Presently we were flying over
the jungle in Central Africa and fellow travelers were terribly upset. Women
were holding their children tighter and tighter and men were drinking more and
more heavily…I was terribly nervous, and as I looked down, I could not help
thinking of death.
At that moment the
loud-speaker was switched on, and the captain’s voice was heard, “Ladies and
gentlemen, I have tragic news for you.”
The faces of the passengers
turned pale. Some burst into tears. My heart sank into my boots…
The captain continued in a
gloomy voice, It is my sad duty to inform you that England has lost her last
football match against Scotland.”
1.Listen to the text. Are the following
statements about the text true or false?
1.The plane had taken off from Johannesburg
to London.
2.It was a jet with four engines.
3.When they were crossing the Channel, one
of the engines went wrong.
4.The stewardess said the passengers were
quite safe.
5.When the plane reached the Mediterranean
Sea, the second engine broke.
6.This time the stewardess kept her mouth
shut.
7.The third engine broke over the jungle in
Central Africa.
8.Men and women were drinking more and more
heavily.
9.The captain’s voice was heard through the
loud-speaker, “I have happy news for you.”
10.The faces of the passengers turned pale.
11.“England has won her last football match
against Scotland.”
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SECTION
3
You have received a letter
from your English pen-friend Jane who writes:
Dear N...
I am going to study Russian! Being bilingual has many advantages, you
know, but it is very difficult for many people to achieve. What are the
benefits of being bilingual or multilingual? Maybe I should study Chinese, or
Japanese. Let me know what you think!
Write back soon.
Best wishes,
Jane
Write a letter to Jane.
Answer her questions.
Write 100-140 words.
Remember the rules of letter-writing.
SECTION 4
1.Are you happy at school?
2.Do you have a dress code at
school? What do you think about it?
3.Who is your favourite
teacher? Why?
4.Do you think that traveling
is one of the best ways of spending holidays?
5.Do your family travel a
lot?
6.How do you usually
introduce to other people (name, age ,birth place ,home address)?
7.Speak about your family?
8.What are your family
traditions?
9.What are your interests and
hobbies?
10.What are you good at? What
are your biggest life achievements?
11.Who do you admire?
12.Who are your best
friends?
13.Have you got much free
time?
14.What kind of rest do
you prefer (reading, travelling, doing sports, etc.)?
15.Are your hobbies
connected with your future profession?
16.Do you share your hobbies
with your friends?
17.What gifts do you usually
give to your friends, relatives at different celebrations?
18.Is celebrating important
to you? Why?
19.What is your favourite holiday or celebration? Why?
20.What British/American
holidays and celebration do you like? What traditions are connected with
them?
Keys:
1. Reading
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