Задания по олимпиаде для 9 класса
You are going to read Jane’s story. For questions 1 -7,
choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
During the baking hot months of the
summer holidays my mother and I used to escape to one of the scattered lakes
north of Prince Albert. In its magic surroundings we used to spend the long
summer days in the open air, swimming and canoeing or just lying dreaming in
the sun. In the evening the lake was always a bright, luminous grey after the
unbelievable sunset colours had faded.
The last summer before we returned to England
was particularly enchanted. For one thing, I was in love for the first time. No
one will ever convince me that one cannot be in love at fifteen. I loved then
as never since, with all my heart and without doubts or reservations or
pretence.
My boyfriend Don worked in Saskatoon, but
the lake was ''his place'' – the strange and beautiful wilderness drew him with
an obsessive urgency, so I suspected it was not to see me that he got on his
motor-cycle as many Fridays as he possibly could, and drove three hundred-odd
miles along the pitted prairie roads to spend the weekends at our place.
Sometimes he couldn't come, and the joy
would go out of everything until Monday, when I could start looking forward to
Friday again. He could never let us know in advance, as we were too far from
civilization to have a phone or even a telegraph service. Three hundred miles
in those conditions is quite a journey. Besides, Don was hard up, and sometimes
worked overtime at weekends.
One Friday night a storm broke out. I lay
in bed and listened to the thunder and the rain beating on the roof. Once I got
up and stood looking out over the treetops, shivering. I tried not to expect
Don that night hoping he would have enough sense to wait until the storm ended.
Yet in my frightened thoughts I couldn't help imagining Don fighting the storm.
His motorbike, which had always looked to me so heavy and solid, seemed in my
thoughts frail enough to be blown onto its side by the first gust that struck
it. I thought of Don pinned under it, his face pressed into the mud.
I crawled back into bed, trying to close
my throat against the tears. But when my mother, prompted by the deep sympathy
and understanding between us, came in to me, she kissed my cheek and found it
wet.
"Don't get upset, Jane,'' she said
softly. ''He may still come.''
When she had tucked me in and gone, I lay
thinking about Don, about the danger of the roads. You couldn't ride or walk
along them safely after heavy rain; your feet would slip from under you. The
roads in Northern Canada are not like the friendly well-populated English ones,
where there are always farmhouses within walking distance and cars driving
along them day and night.
It
was hours later, that I suddenly realized the sound of the roaring engine was
real. The storm was dying.
1. Every
summer Jane used to spend
A. in the camp
B. by the sea side
C. near the lake
D. in the village
2. The last
summer was particularly fascinating for Jane because she
A. spent it in the magic
surroundings.
B. had a lot of fun in
the open air.
C. enjoyed unbelievable
sunsets by the lake.
D. fell in love for the first
time.
3. Jane believes
that love at fifteen is
A. a sincere deep feeling.
B. associated with
doubts.
C. full of reservations.
D. connected with pretence.
4. Don
travelled three hundred-odd miles every weekend because he was
A. desperate
to see the author before she left.
B. fond of
riding his motorcycle.
C. attracted
by the beauty of the lake.
D. fond of
spending weekends with his friends.
5. Sometimes
Don didn't come to see Jane and her mother on Friday because he
A. thought
they were too far from civilization.
B. had given
up hope of seeing the author.
C. worked to
make some extra money.
D. hated
travelling in exhausting conditions.
6. Mother came
into Jane's room during the storm because she
A. felt Jane
was afraid of the thunder.
B. felt Jane
was worried about Don.
C. heard Jane
walking in the room.
D. heard Jane
crying in her bed.
7. According
to the author the roads in Northern Canada were
A. slippery.
B. muddy.
C. lonely.
D. busy.
Task 1
For questions 1 -15, read
the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D fits best each space.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR DOGS
What do dogs really like to
watch on television? Peter Neville, who studies animal behaviour, thinks he
knows and as a (1)………. he has made a video called Cool for Dogs. It is
not quite Baywatch, but it is (2)………. to keep pets amused when you leave
them at home.
Many owners think their
four-legged companion is highly intelligent and (3)……….needs constant mental
stimulation. A recent (4)………..of Britain’s dog owners found that over a third
of them were convinced that their pet was as (5)………. as a nine-year-old child.
There are even owners who think some dogs are brighter than the average
university student (6)……….. may say more about our education problems than
about dogs. These are just the (7)……….of people who feel their pets need an
entertaining dog video when they are at (8)……… .
So what is Cool for Dogs like?
Basically it consists (9)………. a series of short clips: rocky coastlines,
sunsets, lots of dogs running and things (10)………. that. It is not what Hollywood would call a big (11)………. and moreover it lacks something – a plot. But dogs
(12)……….. Dr Neville, are keen TV-watchers and they like nature programmes.
(13)……….. we testes it on Laila, our dog. The result? It took several dog
biscuits to get nine-month-old Laila to sit in (14)…… of the television. Not a
huge success, but who’s to say it won’t (15)……? It has, after all, been passed
as suitable viewing for pets of any age.
1 A conclusion B
cause C result D product
2 A
regarded B supposed C told D
considered
3 A
therefore B however C owing to D because
of
4 A measurement
B judgement C study D revision
5 A
clever B nice C naughty D
kind
6 A
what B that C which D
whom
7 A
make B sort C brand D
set
8 A
job B work C office D
employment
9 A
on B of C in
D with
10 A
like B such C as
D though
11 A entertainment
B show C production D performance
12 A following from
B relying on C stated by D according to
13 A
While B So C Although D
Yet
14 A
face B opposite C front D view
15 A get
over B catch on C give up D go away
Task 2
For questions 16 – 30 read
the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one
word in each space.
SHOPPING IN NEW YORK
It doesn’t matter (16)…. you’ve been here five minutes or
five days – by now you’ve probably observed the New York is unique among
cities. If you (17)… looking for imaginative and beautifully designed (18)… or
souvenirs of your trip that soar above the standard “I Love New York” T-shirt
level, head straight (19)… the wonderful shops of the Museum of Modern
Art. These distinctive items are (20)… in a wide range of (21)…. Visitors of
the city will bless the day when the New York Gift Express (22) … invented. This
extraordinary retail service brings gift items from Manhattan’s finest shops to
your hotel room door. As yet, there is nothing quite (23)… it anywhere;
although it’s only a matter of (24)… before this great idea takes root
throughout the world. All information and instructions on ordering are provided
in several (25)…. New York has a special place for (26)… of us, a wild
fantasyland like no other. (27)… are thousands of shops in New
York. While it might (28)… exaggerating to say that New York never (29)…, it
is true that most major shopping districts stay (30)… for past traditional
closing times. A favourite late-night shopping district is Greenwich Village
where most shops stay open until midnight.
16_______________________
17_______________________
18_______________________
19_______________________
20_______________________
21_______________________
22_______________________
23_______________________
24_______________________
25_______________________
26_______________________
27_______________________
28_______________________
29_______________________
30_______________________
Task 3
For Questions 31-37, read the text and
then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps.
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The National Maritime Museum
is set in
the (31)…….surroundings of Greenwich park. BEAUTY
Within the
complex of the museum there is a wide
(32)…..of
objects, displays and paintings. VARY
The
collections relate to the shipping,
astronomy
and (33)…… The museum tells the story of NAVIGATE
figures of
great (34)…..to IMPORTANT
Britain’s history, such as Lord Nelson and
captain
James Cook. Galleries and exhibitions are
often
updated to bring back into view (35)…. DIFFER
parts of
the huge hidden collections of the
museum
which is (36)….. all over the country. FAME
This visit will be an (37)…..
experience. FORGET
Task
4
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Put the following sentences into
the correct tense: Simple Past, Simple Present, Present Continuous or Past
Continuous, Present Perfect.
1. I ________ (listen) to the
radio while Mary __________ (cook) dinner.
2. You __________ (buy) this book
yesterday?
3. Last Friday Jill __________
(go) home early because she __________ (want) to see a film.
4. When your brother usually
__________ (get) home in the evening?
5. Jane always __________ (bring)
us a nice present.
6. What those people __________
(do) in the middle of the road?
7. You __________ (read) this
book?
Put the verbs in brackets in the
correct tense form (Present Simple, Present Perfect, Present Continuous, Past
Simple, Past Continuous).
Alice ... (not to take) the bus
to school every day.
She usually ... (to walk) to
school... (to take) … you the bus to get to school or ... (to walk) you?
Who is this man? I ... (to think)
that I ... (to know) him, but I ... (to forget) his name.
The children ... (to have) a good
time in the park yesterday. They ... (to give) small pieces of bread to the
ducks. Then they ... (to take) pictures of themselves.
Where are the children? They ...
(to watch) TV in the room now.Some minutes ago they ... (to play) a game.
Now I am in my class. I... (to
sit) at my desk. I always ... (to sit) at the same desk.
Complete the text using the correct tense forms of the verbs in
brackets.
My friend
Susan __________ (to practise) the piano now. She __________ (to practise) the
piano every day after school. Her music teacher ___________ (to tell) her she
_________ (to be) an excellent pianist and I ____________ (to think) that she
_________ (to play) the piano better than anybody else in the school. Susan
____________ (want) to be a professional pianist when she _________ (to finish)
school. That’s why she ___________ (to practise) every day.
Ann,
I __________
(to write) to you now because I hope that you _______ (to help) me. I ________
(to post) this letter in 5 minutes, so you _________ (to get) it in the
evening. Please answer as soon as you can.
А strange thing
__________ (to happen) to me yesterday. You probably __________ (to know) my
friend Greg. He _________ (to move) to a new flat recently. I
____________ (to know) Greg all my life. WE ____________ (to meet) in 1997, and
we ___________ (to be) friends since that time.
So he
___________ (to phone) me yesterday and ____________ (to invite) me to a party
at his new place on Saturday.
I ___________
(to write) his telephone number on a piece of paper that (to lie) on the table.
When I ________ (to speak) to Greg, the doorbell _________ (to ring). I
__________ (to hang up) and _________ (to go) to open the door. I ____________
(not to notice) that the paper ________ (to fall) on the floor. When I
__________ (to return), I could not find it. It ____________ (to disappear). So
I (not to know) where he lives. Maybe you __________ (to help) me.
Insert prepositions where necessary.
1.
There's a strange woman standing ____ a tree.
2.
There's a motorbike ____ the car and a bicycle ____ it , so the
car is _____ the yellow motorbike and the bicycle.
3.
There's a bus waiting ___ a bus stop.
4.
There's a briefcase____ the desk.
5.
Can you see a camera ____ the drawer?
6.
There's a large picture _____ the wall___ two
small
7.
There are two bedrooms ____ the flat.
8.
Santa Monica is ____Southern California.
9.
I've got a poster of Kevin Costner_____my wall.
10. Heidelberg
is____the River Neckar.
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