Английский язык 8 класс

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IX Международная Олимпиада по основам наук

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Научный руководитель проекта по предмету: , доктор филологических наук, профессор кафедры перевода и переводоведения Института иностранных языков УрГПУ, г. Екатеринбург

Автор-составитель заданий: , учитель английского языка высшей квалификационной категории, МБОУ «Гимназия №14», г. Глазов

Рецензент: , кандидат филологических наук, доцент, зав. кафедрой английского языка Института иностранных языков УрГПУ, г. Екатеринбург

Английский язык 8 класс

Проводится в честь королевы Великобритании Елизаветы II

Время выполнения работы 1 час 15 минут

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Инструкция по выполнению работы

На выполнение олимпиадной работы отводится 1 час 15 мин. Работа состоит из 4 частей и включает 25 заданий.

Часть 1 состоит из 5 заданий (1 – 5), оцениваемых в 1 балл.

Часть 2 состоит из 5 заданий (6 – 10), оцениваемых в 3 балла.

Часть 3 состоит из 10 заданий (11 – 20), оцениваемых в 5 баллов, из которых: 5 заданий (12 – 15, 16) – на установление соответствия и 5 заданий (11, 17 – 20) – на установление правильной последовательности.

Часть 4 состоит из 5 наиболее сложных заданий (21 – 25), оцениваемых в 6 баллов.

Баллы, полученные Вами за выполненные задания, суммируются. Постарайтесь выполнить как можно больше заданий и набрать наибольшее количество баллов.

Внимательно прочитайте каждое задание и проанализируйте все варианты предложенных ответов.

Постарайтесь выполнять задания в том порядке, в котором они даны. Для экономии времени пропускайте задание, которое не удается выполнить сразу, и переходите к следующему. К пропущенному заданию Вы сможете вернуться после выполнения всей работы, если останется время.

Ответы занесите в специальную таблицу ответов.

Первая часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 1 балл.

Choose the correct variant:

1. Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in ….

1) 2012

2. My sister and I grew … in America.

1) over 2) on 3) up 4) out 5) to

3. Choose the correct explanation for the note: “100% SILK – HANDWASH IN COLD WATER”

1) Wash your hands in cold water before putting on this clothing.

2) Use cold water in the machine when you wash this clothing.

3) Wash this silk clothing by hand in cold water.

4) Only dry cleaning is suitable for this clothing.

5) Put on this clothing in cold weather.

4. The very first computers … about 2,500 years ago.

1) invented 2) were invented 3) will be invented 4) were being invented 5) are invented

5. Which country is NOT reigned by Queen Elizabeth II?

1. Bahamas 2. Greenland 3. Jamaica 4. Tuvalu 5. Canada 6. Belize

Вторая часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 3 балла.

6. Choose 3 words that refer to extreme weather conditions:

1) hail 2) cloud 3) mist 4) drought 5) rain 6) flood

7. Choose 3 grammatically correct sentences:

1) Where are my glasses? I can’t see them nowhere.

2) If I were you I would buy a new computer.

3) Lots of tea is drunk every day in Britain.

4) Let’s go to the cinema after school, won’t we?

5) The train had left before we arrived at the station.

6) She said there is some juice in the fridge.

8. Choose three film stars who are from Britain:

1) Orlando Bloom 2) Jonny Deep 3) Keira Knightly 4) Anthony Hopkins 5) Jack Nicholson 6) Bruce Lee

9. Which three of these means of transport refer to air travel?

1) a train 2) a helicopter 3) a plane 4) a hang-glider 5) a truck 6) a coach

10. Choose three correct sentences about London:

1) The London Eye is the biggest wheel of its kind in the world.

2) In the middle of Trafalgar Square there is a monument to Queen Victoria.

3) You can see a space rocket at the Science Museum.

4) London Cable car rides over the Thames appeared in 2012 .

5) London Zoo is situated in Hyde Park.

6) The British Prime Minister lives at the Palace of Westminster.

Третья часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 5 баллов.

Read the text:

Australia and New Zealand are two different countries with different histories. The first Europeans to find Australia were the Dutch, in 1606. It was not until 36 years later that a European saw New Zealand. His name was Abel Tasman and he was Dutch too. But it was the British who came to rule both countries.

The British sailor, captain Cook, landed in both countries and said they were British colonies. An important date in Australian history is the 26 th January 1788. It was on this day that the British set up the first Australian colony, New South Wales. At first, Australia was made up of several separate colonies, but in 1901 they joined together to make the new single British colony. The British Government claimed New Zealand as a British colony 61 years earlier than this.

One big difference between Australia and New Zealand was what they did with the people who were living there when the Europeans came. The native Australians, the Aborigines, were people who lived in small groups called tribes. The British killed a lot of them and now many of them live in special places called reservations. The New Zealand Maoris were different. The British had to buy land from them and make agreements about how to run the country. Now, many Maoris live and work in cities beside Europeans.

11. Read the sentences. Put the details from the story in the correct order as they occur in the text:

1) The British government claimed New Zealand as a British colony.

2) The Dutch found Australia.

3) The British set up the first Australian colony, New South Wales.

4) Separate Australian colonies joined together to make a new single British colony.

5) Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand.

12. Match the sentence with the country according to the text: If the sentence is about Australia, write A, if it is about New Zealand, write B.

1) The Europeans killed many of the native people in…	A) Australia
2) The Aborigines are the tribes who lived in …	B) New Zealand
3) Maoris are the native people of …
4) The British had to make agreements with the native people of…
5) Most of the native people now live and work in cities in …

13. Match the beginning of the sentence with its ending according to the text:

1) Australia and New Zealand are two different countries	A) single British colony.
2) In 1901 Australia became the new	B) live in special places called reservations.
3) New Zealand became the British colony earlier,	C) with different histories.
4) Native Australian people, the Aborigines,	D) live and work in cities, beside Europeans.
5) Maoris, the native people of New Zealand,	E) in 1840.
	F) situated on the same continent.

14. Match the dates from the text with the events:

1) 1606	A) Abel Tasman saw New Zealand.
2) 1642	B) The first British colony in Australia was set up.
3) 1788	C) Australian separate colonies joined into one British colony.
4) 1840	D) The first Europeans found Australia.
5) 1901	E) The British government claimed New Zealand as a British colony.
	F) The first people, Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, arrived in what is now Australia.

15. Match the words to their opposites:

1) empty	A) loudly
2) whisper	B) land
3) quietly	C) full
4) take off	D) behind
5) in front of	E) shout
	F) short

16. Match the beginnings of the expressions to the endings:

1) I’m really looking	A) kidding!
2) You’re	B) sure?
3) Are you having	C) a drink?
4) Would you like	D) a good time?
5) Are you	E) forward to it.
	F) recover soon.

17. Put these words in order to make a question:

1) people 2) get 3) will 4) to work 5) how?

18. Put the words in order to say that the temperature is high or low. Start from the word that means “the highest degree” and move to the word that means “the lowest degree”:

1) warm 2) frosty 3) hot 4) cold 5) cool

19. Put the words in order to make a sentence:

1) These 2) are 3) in Japan 4) produced 5) cars

20. Put the words in the order to make an English proverb:

1) is 2) best 3) honesty 4) the 5) policy

Четвертая часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 6 баллов.

Read the text. Change the words so that they suit the sentences:

Celebrities

Would you like to be 21)_______? Do you think you would enjoy being a rich FAME

and successful 22)______ ? Although it sounds attractive, a lot of stars are more CELEBRATE

unhappy than you would think. Some feel uncomfortable being in the public

eye all the time. They’re often unable even to go to the supermarket without

being followed by the press. Many of them complain it is 23)______ to have POSSIBLE

a private life. Others are terrified of becoming unpopular. They are uncertain

about their future and worry that they’ll lose their fame and career, and end

up 24)_______. It may be hard work getting to the top, EMPLOY

but it’s even 25)________to stay there! HARD