Задания по олимпиаде 7-8 кл

PART 3

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 10 minutes

Read the following text carefully and choose the correct word for each space. For questions 1 – 7, mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. There is an example at the beginning.

Example:  0      A  as               B  so           C  however           D  once      

Jane Burton wanted a new camera. (0)  As         she lived in the countryside, it wasn’t easy to buy one. That is why, she was really (1) _________ when looking through one of her monthly magazines, she saw an advertisement for a camera with an electronic flash and a beautiful leather case. She got her cheque-book out and sent off for it straight away. A week later the company informed her that she had (2) _________ the right choice and that they were happy to provide her with a camera she liked. She was really looking forward (3) _________ using the camera. But, when it arrived, she was very (4) __________ because it was nothing like the one she had chosen and it hadn’t come with a leather case (5) _________ .

Jane was so annoyed that she decided to return the camera and complain to the company. She said that if they didn’t return her money immediately, she would write to the newspapers and (6) _________ people not to buy their cameras. In a few days her money (7) ________ returned.

1       A pleasant            B delighted          C enjoyable          D attractive

2       A done                 B had                   C made                D got

3       A to                     B for                    C in                     D by

4       A amused            B betrayed           C bored                D disappointed

5       A either                B neither              C too                   D though

6       A say                   B tell                    C explain             D complain

7       A were                 B would               C was                  D had

TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET!

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PART 4

WRITING

Time: 20 minutes

The table below shows the proportion of the world’s population living in towns and in the country in 1990 and 2025 in developing countries (I) and in developed countries (II).

Analyze the table and write a short report on the changes presented in it.

	1990	2025
Town (I)	25%	46%
Country (I)	52%	37%
Town (II)	17%	13%
Country (II)	6%	4%

Do not forget to:

–   make an introduction

–   analyze the changes in the number of people

–   draw a conclusion

You should write about 90-100 words.

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YOU CAN USE THE OPPOSITE SIDE

PART I

LISTENING

Time: 15 minutes

Task 1

For Questions 1-10 you will hear three friends talking about a film they went to see. Before you listen, read through the list of statements below. As you listen, decide whether each statement is true (T) or false (F).

1.     Anna wanted to see the film.

2.     It was a thriller.

3.     Anna liked the film.

4.     To Maria the film seemed to be too long.

5.     Maria felt hungry during the film.

6.     David thinks the film was long.

7.     David read the book before watching the film.

8.     Maria enjoyed the story most of all.

9.     Anna thinks the book is more interesting than the film.

10. David is going to buy a couple of cinema tickets for his sister’s birthday.

Task 2

For questions 11-20 you will hear a young college student talking about the places he’s lived in. Match the information in column A to the right numbers in column B. There is one number that you will have to use twice.

A	B
11   the distance of the village where the speaker was born from the capital, in kilometers	A  2
12   the age of the speaker when his brother was born	B  3
13   the period of time the family rented a flat, in months	C  4
14   the size of the family flat in the capital, in square metres	D  15
15   the number of bedrooms in the family flat in the capital	E  20
16   the year the speaker went to school	F  38
17   the number of the students in the speaker’s first school class	G  68
18   the year the speaker started university	H  1988
19   the number of students the speaker first shared a flat with at college	I   2003
20   the number of people living in the speaker’s flat now

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Part 2

Reading Comprehension

Time: 15 minutes

Task I

Read the text below. The text has 4 sections. For each section choose the correct heading A-E. There is one heading that does not suit any of the paragraphs.

A. The creator of the Christmas card

B. The place of creation

C. Displeasure of some people

D. The ancestor of the Christmas card

E. The description of the first Christmas card.

1. Today, we send millions of Christmas cards every year. But in fact the Christmas card is a relatively modern invention. In the Middle Ages, European wood engravers produced prints with religious themes. But the first real Christmas card, as we understand the term today, was designed in London, England in 1840. It went on sale in 1843.

2. The designer was John Callcott Horsley, a well known British painter and member of the Royal Academy. He designed the card at the suggestion of his friend Sir Henry Cole, who was the first director of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Horsley produced 1,000 cards and offered them for sale at 1s (one shilling) each.

3. They were printed on stiff card and coloured by hand, with the greeting: “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You”. The card showed three pictures: in the centre, a family party; to one side the hungry receiving food; to the other side the poor being clothed. Puritans immediately denounced the card, since it showed people drinking in the family party. But with most people the idea was a great success and the Christmas card quickly became very popular.

4. Christmas cards were not the first greetings cards. Since 1796, with the improvements in printing, merchants had been sending cards to their customers offering “best wishes” for the new year. In many countries, Christmas cards gradually became even more popular than New Year's cards.

Task II

Read the text again. For questions 5-13 decide if these statements are true (T), false (F) or the statement is not stated (NS).

5. The Christmas card dates back to the Middle Ages.

6. The first real Christmas card was designed in England in 1940.

7. The designer of the card was Sir Henry Cole.

8. John Callcott Horsley produced ten hundred cards.

9. The cards were very cheap.

10. Puritans were the first buyers of Christmas cards.

11. The first Christmas card was a great success with all British people.

12. New Year’s cards became more popular than Christmas cards in many countries.

13. Christmas cards were the first greeting cards.

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!