Олимпиада по английскому языку

Олимпиада по английскому языку 9г.)

I. Reading Comprehension Продолжительность олимпиады 120 минут

Time: 20 minutes

You are going to read an article about the use of robots. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap 1-7. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

If you're happy the robot knows it

Robots are gaining the ability to engage us emotionally, giving them a much broader range of uses.

RoCo, the world's first expressive computer, has a monitor for a head and a simple LCD screen for a face. Inhabiting a back room in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's media lab, RoCo has a double-jointed neck which allows it to shift the monitor up and down, tilt it forward and back, and move it from side to side.

1____________________ When you hang your head and sink into your chair, RoCo tilts forward and drops low to almost touch the desk, mimicking your gloomy posture. When you perk up and straighten your back, it spots the change and cheerfully swings forward and upward.

RoCo was unveiled at a human-robot interaction conference in Washington DC in March 2007. Because it responds to a user's changes in posture, its creators hope people might be more likely to build up a relationship with the computer that will make sitting at a desk all day a little more enjoyable.

2____________________ The team is among a growing number of researchers who are investigating how far a robot's physical presence can influence people.3____________________ Researchers at Stanford University in California have already proved that an in-car assistance system, for example, can make us drive more carefully if the voice matches our mood. But robots can have a greater impact. 'If it can actually touch you, it's a lot more meaningful,' says Cynthia Breazeal of the Media Lab, who created RoCo with her colleague Rosalind Picard.

Breazeal suggests that RoCo could be programmed to adopt the right posture to foster greater attention and persistence in children. 4____________________ To find out, Aaron Powers at iRobot in Burlington, Massachusetts, and colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, invited volunteers to chat about health and happiness with a 1.3-metre-tall, talking humanoid robot called Pearl. They then compared their impressions with those of people who had only heard the robot and seen its projected image. They found that volunteers rated the physical robot as more trustworthy, sociable, responsive, competent, respectful and lifelike than the projected image of the robot. More importantly, the researchers also found that the physical robot had the most influence over the volunteers. 5 __________________The persuasive power is important and is already being put to use in the classroom. Horshi Ishiguro, a roboticist at Osaka University in Japan, has developed a remote-controlled robotic clone of himself called Germinoid-H 1.6 ________________ Interestingly, his students preferred this to a video or telephone link. The emphasis is now on the improvement of teamwork and task coordination between humans and robots. But the idea of robots as team-mates is universally accepted. 7__________________Breazeal argues that this can be resolved by training people and robots together, so that we learn the robot's limitations in advance. 'There might be initial disappointment, but five minutes later we will have figured it out,' she says.

A. But does a physical robot really provoke a greater response in people than a much cheaper animated agent on a computer screen could?

B. An attached camera can detect when the user changes positions allowing RoCo to adjust its posture accordingly.

C. This does not mean that the robots of the future may be able to see things from our point of view and correct us when we make bad decisions.

D. Using technology to manipulate someone or shape their mood is nothing new.

E. Because robots have no drive to protect themselves, they cannot protect the group, says Victoria Groom, e researcher in human-robot interaction.

F. The robot had actually prompted lots of participants to declare that they would take up more healthy activities, such as exercising and avoiding fatty foods.

G. They also believe that by tuning into users' moods, the robot might help them to get their work done more effectively.

H. Recently he has begun using it to represent him at meetings and classes at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute when he can't attend in person.

II. Listening Comprehension

Time: 30 minutes

Part 1

1. What is the main topic of this lecture?

A. Novelists of this century

B. F. Scott Fitzgerald's work

C. First novels by young authors

D. Film versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels

2. Why wasn't Fitzgerald more successful in his later life? Choose two variants.

A. He had little natural talent

B. He was a compulsive drinker

C. The film versions of his books were not successful

D. He did not adjust to a changing world

3. According to the lecturer, what do we know about the novels written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

A. They described the Jazz Age

B. They described the Deep South

C. They were based upon war experiences

D. They were written in stream-of-consciousness style

4. What does the professor want the class to do after the lecture?

A. Write a book report

B. Read one of Fitzgerald's books

C. Watch and discuss a video

D. Research Fitzgerald's life

Part 2

5. What is the main topic of the lecture?

A. Health food

B. The processing of bread

C. Organic gardens

D. Poisons

6. Which term is used to identify foods that have not been processed or canned?

A. Refined foods

B. Natural foods

C. Organic foods

D. Unprocessed foods

7. What happens to food when it is processed? Choose two answers.

A. Some toxic chemicals may be added

B. The food is crooked

C. Vitamins are added to the food

D. The vitamin content is reduced

8. Which word best describes the speaker's attitude toward health food?

A. Uninformed

B. Convinced

C. Uncertain

D. Humorous

III. Use of English

Time: 30 minutes

Task 1

Choose the most appropriate word or phrase in italics

1. Wait here, as he'll be back A. in ten minutes/B. after ten minutes.

2. Right! I'm off. See you A. in three weeks' time/B. three weeks later!

3. You can't move in on Friday. The decorators won't have finished A. until then/B. by then!

4. Don't hesitate to contact me A. as soon as/ B. at the time the baby is born.

5. Well, Dave is going to call me to confirm, so we won't do anything A. until then/B. by then.

6. Could you close the window? There's a bit of a A. current/B. draught.

7. I feel hungry. Could you A. peel/B. skin an apple for me?

8. Our country has many natural A. resources/B. sources.

9. That's an unusual dog. What A. breed/B. race is i

Task 2

Read the passage below. If the line is incorrect because a word is in the wrong place in the sentence, write that word into your answer sheet. If the line is correct, write 'OK'.

10. In August Gordon will then have been at his company for 25 years,

11. and he's getting for a bonus of three weeks paid holiday. So we've

12. decided to hire a car and drive around Eastern Europe. We'll be

13. leaving towards the end of August, and our aim there is to visit as

14. many countries as we can. We're flying out to Budapest - soon we're

15. due to catch a plane on the 28th day - and then we'll be stopping over

16. at a friend's house, before starting our grand tour. We'll most probably

17.spend the best part of a week in Hungary. When we've just finished

18. there, we'll probably be go to Romania, but beyond that we haven't

19. planned too much arrangements. We will know a bit more by the end

20. of this week, when we're getting a whole load of brochures from the

21. tourist board. We'd like to get to as far as Russia, but realistically I

22.doubt whether we'll have time. I hope it won't be too expensive –

23. from till now on we'll really have to tighten our belts! I can't wait!

24. In just over two months' of time we'll be having the time of our lives!

Task 3

Read the text below. Use the words given in CAPITALS to form one word that fits in the same numbered space in the text.

Music and Maths

When I was a (25) …, I used to play the flute in my high school orchestra. TEEN

(26)…., in much of the music that we played, the sound of the flute FORTUNATELY

was needed only (27) … . OCCASION

Therefore, I spent a lot of my time during the (28)…. PERFORM

counting the beats which the conductor indicated with each (29) … MOVE

of his baton. Those minutes spent reciting 'one, two, three, four’ under

my breath while the rest of the orchestra played seemed (30) … to me. END

But they planted in my young brain the idea that there must be a (31) … CONNECT

between music and numbers and I decided to do a bit of research in the school library.

I soon learnt that history is full of (32) … to this idea, which REFER

had been a source of fascination for thinkers ever since the time of Pythagoras.

Indeed, an early book on music by the Ancient Roman philosopher Boethius is largely

filled with diagrams and explanations about the (33) … between music and maths. RELATION

For me, out of the (34) … of orchestra practice, a new passion was born. BORE

IY. Writing

Time: 40 minutes

words

You know that the way your life is today is different from the past. And you know that in the future your life will change in some ways. Think and write about how different you are today from the time when you were five or ten years ago. Write what you have learnt, what you have done, how you have changed since that time.

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Текст для аудирования 9-11 класс (Английский язык 2011)

1.Текст

Listen to a part of a lecture in an American literature class. The professor is talking about American novelists in the twentieth century. He is focusing on F. Scott Fitzgerald. You will hear the lecture twice, and then choose the correct answer.

There have been a number of important American novelists in this century, but I have chosen F. Scott Fitzgerald for our class because he is one of the most interesting ones. Born in 1896 and educated at Princeton, he wrote novels that describe the post-war American society, very much caught up in the rhythms of jazz.

In 1920, the same year that he published his first book, This Side of Paradise, he married Zelda Sayre, also a writer. His most famous book, The Great Gatsby, appeared in 1925.

Fitzgerald had a great natural talent, but unfortunately he became a compulsive drinker. A brilliant success in his youth, he never made adjustments necessary to a mature writer in a changing world. His later novels were less successful, so that when he died in 1940 his books were out of print and he had been almost forgotten. His reputation now is far greater than it was in his lifetime, especially since the film version of his novel The Great Gatsby was released.

2. Текст

Health food is a general term applied to all kinds of foods that are considered more healthful than types of foods widely sold in supermarkets. For example, whole grains, dried beans, and corn oil are health foods. A narrower classification of health food is natural food. This term is used to distinguish between types of the same food. Fresh fruit is a natural fruit, but canned fruit, with sugars and other additives, is not. The most precise term of all and the narrowest classification within health foods is organic food, used to describe food that has been grown on a particular kind of farm. Fruits and vegetables that are grown in gardens treated only with organic fertilizers, that are not sprayed with poisonous insecticides, and that are not refined after harvest are organic foods.

In choosing the type of food you eat, then, you have basically two choices: inorganic, processed foods, or organic, unprocessed foods. A wise decision should include investigation of the allegations that processed foods contain chemicals, some of which are proven to be toxic, and that vitamin content is greatly reduced in processed foods. My advice? Eat health foods, preferably the organic variety.

Лист ответов Английский язык (9-

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Методические рекомендации по оцениванию олимпиадных работ по английскому языку 9-11 класс (2011)

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Критерии оценки выполнения письменных заданий

БАЛЛЫ (за содержание)	СОДЕРЖАНИЕ (максимум 10 баллов)	ОФОРМЛЕНИЕ (максимум 10 баллов)
Композиция (максимум 2 балла)	Лексика (максимум 3 балла)	Грамматика (максимум 3 балла)	Орфография и пунктуация (максимум 2 балла)
9-10	Коммуникативная задача полностью выполнена с учетом цели высказывания и адресата. Тема раскрыта полностью. Участник демонстрирует оригинальный подход к раскрытию темы. Участник уложился в заданный объем (допускаются отклонения в сторону увеличения или уменьшения объема текста до 10 %).	2 балла Работа не имеет ошибок с точки зрения композиции.	3 балла Участник демонстрирует богатый лексический запас, необходимый для раскрытия темы, точный выбор слов и адекватное владение лексической сочетаемостью. Работа не имеет ошибок с точки зрения лексического оформления.	3 балла Участник демонстрирует грамотное и уместное употребление структур, необходимых для раскрытия темы. Работа не имеет ошибок с точки зрения грамматического оформления.	2 балла Участник демонстрирует уверенное владение навыками орфографии и пунктуации. Работа не имеет ошибок с точки зрения орфографического и пунктуационного оформления.
7-8	Коммуникативная задача выполнена с учетом цели высказывания и адресата. Тема раскрыта полностью, однако в работе не хватает оригинальности в раскрытии темы. Или участник не уложился в заданный объем (отклонения в сторону увеличения или уменьшения объема текста от 10 до 20%).
5-6	Коммуникативная задача в целом выполнена, однако имеются отдельные нарушения целостности содержания. Тема раскрыта не полностью: не приведены все необходимые аргументы и/или факты. Или участник не уложился в заданный объем (отклонения в сторону увеличения или уменьшения объема текста от 20 до 30%).	1 балл В целом текст имеет четкую структуру, соответствующую заданной теме. Текст разделен на абзацы. В тексте присутствуют связующие элементы. Допустимы незначительные нарушения структуры, логики или связности текста.	2 балла Участник демонстрирует богатый лексический запас, необходимый для раскрытия темы, точный выбор слов и адекватное владение лексической сочетаемостью. В работе имеется несколько (1-2) незначительных лексических ошибок.	2 балла Участник демонстрирует грамотное и уместное употребление структур, необходимых для раскрытия темы. В работе имеются 1-2 незначительные грамматические ошибки.
3-4	Коммуникативная задача выполнена частично. Содержание текста не полностью отвечает заданной теме. Или участник не уложился в заданный объем (отклонения в сторону увеличения или уменьшения объема текста от 30 до 40%).	1 балл В целом лексический состав текста соответствует заданной теме, однако имеются неточности в выборе слов и лексической сочетаемости (более 2-х), которые не затрудняют понимания текста. Или: используется стандартная, однообразная лексика.	1 балл В тексте присутствуют грамматические и/или синтаксические ошибки (более 2-х), не затрудняющие общего понимания текста. Или: используются простые, однообразные грамматические конструкции.	1 балл В тексте присутствуют орфографические и/или пунктуационные ошибки, которые не затрудняют общего понимания текста.
1-2	Коммуникативная задача выполнена частично. Содержание текста не полностью отвечает заданной теме. Или участник не уложился в заданный объем (отклонения в сторону увеличения или уменьшения объема текста от 40 до 50%).
0	Коммуникативная задача не выполнена. Содержание текста не отвечает заданной теме. Или участник не уложился в заданный объем (отклонения в сторону увеличения или уменьшения объема текста более 50%).	0 баллов Текст не имеет четкой логической структуры. Отсутствует или неправильно выполнено абзацное членение текста. Имеются серьезные нарушения связности текста и/или многочисленные ошибки в употреблении логических средств связи.	0 баллов Участник демонстрирует крайне ограниченный словарный запас. Или: имеются многочисленные ошибки в употреблении лексики, затрудняющие понимание текста.	0 баллов В тексте присутствуют многочисленные грамматические ошибки, затрудняющие его понимание.	0 баллов В тексте присутствуют многочисленные орфографические и/или пунктуационные ошибки, затрудняющие его понимание.

Keys Английский язык (9-

I. Reading

1	B
2	G
3	D
4	A
5	F
6	H
7	E

1	B
2	B, D
3	A
4	C
5	A
6	B
7	A, D
8	B

7 БАЛЛОВ

II. Listening

10 БАЛЛОВ

III. Language in use Английский язык (9-

1	A
2	A
3	B
4	A
5	A
6	B
7	A
8	A
9	A

10	Then
11	For
12.	OK
13.	There
14.	Soon
15.	Day
16.	OK
17.	Just
18.	Be
19.	Arrangements
20.	OK
21.	To
22.	OK
23.	Till
24.	Of

25.	Teenager
26.	Unfortunately
27.	Occasionally
28.	Performances
29.	Movement
30.	Endless
31.	Connection
32.	References
33.	Relationship
34.	Boredom

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IY. Writing – 20 баллов