ОЛИМПИАДА ТГУ 2012
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
10 КЛАСС
РАЗДЕЛ 1.
LISTENING
Task 1 (7 points)
You will hear seven statements about parties. Match the speaker’s statements 1-6 with the statements A-G. Use each letter once. There is one extra statement. Fill in the table. You will hear the record twice.
A. There were too many people at the party.
B. It was the best party I’ve ever been to.
C. The party was better than I had expected.
D. I stayed at the party longer than most people.
E. I didn’t know many people at the party.
F. The party was not very well organized.
G. I met some interesting new people at the party.
Speaker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Statement | C | F | E | A | G | D |
Task 2 (7 points)
You will hear a talk between mother and her son. Choose the statements which match the text (1 — True), the ones which do not match (2 — False) and the ones which are not mentioned in the text that is you cannot give either positive or negative answer (3 — Not stated). Circle the correct answer. You will hear the recording twice.
1. Ted and his mother had breakfast together.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
2. Ted made more sandwiches for breakfast than he could eat.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
3. Ted is going to be away from home for the whole day.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
4. Ted's mother forgot about Riverdale Day.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
5. The playground area is not as big as it should be.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
6. Jimmy's father is going to work on the playground on Riverdale day.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
7. Ted's mother has had to work overtime during the whole week.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Answer:
РАЗДЕЛ 2.
READING
Task 1 (6 points)
You are going to read seven short text about “thinking machines”. Choose from the list A-G the sentence which best summarises each text (1-6) of the article. Put your answers into the chart. There is one extra heading.
A. Supercomputer E. Intelligent machines in our life
B. Human intelligence test F. Computer intelligence test
C. Man against computer G. Computers change human brains
D. Robotic industry
1. Artificial intelligence is the art of making machines that are able to 'think'. We often don't notice it, but artificial intelligence is all around us. It is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and the servers that direct our e-mail. Some scientists believe that the most powerful computers could have the power of the human brain. Machines have always been excellent at tasks like calculation. But now they are better than humans in many spheres, from chess to mixing music.
2. The world's most powerful computer is ASCI Purple, made by IBM in 2004. It can carry out 100 trillion operations per second and has the size of two basketball courts. A computer with double power is expected in the next two years. A spokesman for IBM said that ASCI Purple is near the power of the human brain. But some scientists believe our brains can carry but almost 10,000 trillion operations per second.
3. In 1997, then the world chess champion Garry Kasparov played against IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer – and lost. After six games, the world-famous Kasparov lost 2.5 to 3.5 to the computer. In February 2003, Kasparov restored human reputation by finishing equal against the Israeli-built supercomputer Deep Junior. Kasparov ended the game with the score 2-2 against US company X3D Technologies' supercomputer X3D Fritz in November 2003, proving that the human brain can keep up with the latest developments in computing (at least in chess).
4. There are a number of different methods which try to measure intelligence, the most famous of which is perhaps the IQ, or 'Intelligence Quotient' test. This test was first used in early 20th century Paris. The modern day IQ test measures a variety of different types of ability such as memory for words and figures and others. Whether IQ tests actually test general intelligence is disputable. Some argue that they just show how good the individual is at IQ tests!
5. Analysis shows that human intelligence is changing. We are gaining abilities in some areas of intelligence, while losing them in others, such as memory. So this generation may not remember the great number of poems, their abilities are greater in other areas. It has been discovered that wide use of video games improves reaction time. But we could only dream of computing without calculators as fast as our grandparents did.
6. In 1950 mathematician Alan Turing invented a test to check machine intelligence. In the Turing Test, two people (A and B) sit in a closed room, a third person (C), who asks questions, sits outside. Person A tries to answer the questions so that person С doesn't guess who they are: men or women, while person В tries to help him (C) in their identification. Turing suggested a machine take the place of person A. If the machine fooled the human, it was likely to be intelligent.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
E | A | C | B | G | F |
Task 2 (9 points)
Look at the picture sequence below and re-arrange sentences a-i in the order of the pictures. Then include suitable sentence openers from 1-6 where needed. Fill in the table. There is one extra.
A STORY
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a …. a crowd of people had gathered and were watching her anxiously as she struggled to reach the bank.
b ….she heard someone whimpering below her and when she looked down from the bridge, she saw a small boy in the deepest part of the river, waving his arms helplessly.
с …. she thought he was dead but when he coughed and his legs started to move, she knew she had saved his life.
d …. It was a fast-flowing river and she had to swim harder than she had ever swum before, to get to him before it was too late.
e…. As Jean walked towards the bridge, she was thinking of all the things she could do now because the school holidays had arrived.
f …. Although he was panicking, she was able to grab him and she started to pull him back to the bank.
g……. It was a beautiful summer's day, the sun was shining and the birds were singing.
h she jumped off the bridge and dived into the rushing water.
i … she managed it and threw both herself and the boy onto the warm grass.
1. Eventually
2. Suddenly
3. Without a second thought
4. By now
5. At first
6. Last but not least
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
g | e | b | h | d | f | a | i | c |
РАЗДЕЛ 3.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Task 1 (7 points)
Change the word on the right to fit the sentence on the left.
1. Modern world of sports knows many kinds of gymnastics. GROW
One of them, rhythmic gymnastics ___________________
out of modern gymnastics and the Swedish system of free
exercise in the 19-th century.
2. It was called "aesthetic gymnastics" as the students ________ CAN
__________ express feelings and emotions through body
movement. It combined elements of ballet, gymnastics, and
theatrical dance.
3. Young _______________ exercised to music, moving from WOMAN
simple calisthenics to more energetic activities. A growing
number of men are participating fin this kind of sport now.
4. In the 1880s in Switzerland various exercises to music were GOOD
created. They were designed to give grace of movement, and
a much _______________ pose.
5. A degree of difficulty for each movement _________________ DEVELOP
by the European Sport Association after the World War I.
So all the elements were graded accordingly.
6. In 1906 rhythmic gymnastics was introduced to North America, NOT GAIN
but the sport ___________________ much popularity.
7. Ten European countries _____________ part in the first TAKE
world championship, held in 1973 in Budapest, Hungary.
The United States did not begin competing in the biennial
world championship until 1973.
Answer:
Grew, could, women, better, was developed, did not gain, took
Task 2 (10 points)
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
Mrs. Jackson is an old woman who has a small room..(1).. an old house. She..(2).. there since 1984. That was the year when her husband..(3).. . He had been ill ..(4).. many years. After his death Mrs. Jackson had..(5).. money at all. She found work in a factory. Her job was to clean the offices. She..(6).. get up at 5 o'clock..(7).. the morning. Last year she was ill and her doctor said: «..(8).. work so hard». Now Mrs. Jackson sells newspapers..(9).. a big shop in the middle of the town. She..(10).. doesn't have much money but she is happier now.
(l) | in | (2) | is living | (3) | died |
on | lives | has died | |||
from | lived | dead | |||
of | has lived | was dead | |||
(4) | since | (5) | none | (6) | must |
for | any | must to | |||
in | no | had to | |||
during | not | has to | |||
(7) | of | (8) | You haven't | (9) | near |
at | Not | without | |||
in | Don't | in front | |||
on | Better no | out of | |||
(10) | always | ||||
still | |||||
yet | |||||
already |
Answer:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
in | has lived | died | for | no | had to | in | Don’t | near | still |
Task 3 (8 points)
Read the text with empty spaces numbered 1-8. These numbers correspond to answers 1-8, which have 3 options. Circle the correct one.
Your Future World
What will you be doing in 2025? Will you be living in an undersea research station? Will you be the chief engineer 1 ______ a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean? Will you be leading an 2______ to the planet Mars? Will you be...?
You can daydream, of course, but nobody knows exactly what the world will be 3 ______. But scientists have made some guesses.
Based on the advances made, they believe people will be healthier. Diphtheria, malaria, tuberculosis, polio and many other killers are under control now. These diseases are on the way out, 4 ______ to germ-killing chemicals, new ways of finding out about our bodies,
and new ways of providing clean, safe 5 ______ and water. Healthier people live longer, so we can expect the world's population to 6 ______ sharply. It may double in the next forty years! This brings up a serious problem: how will we find food, water and minerals for such a huge population?
Scientists are at work on some 7 ______. From the ocean they hope to get new fertilizers to increase the yield of the soil; new chemicals to kill crop-destroying insects without 8______ other animals, new sources of water or supplies of food.
1. 1) inventing | 2) designing | 3) scheming | 4) doing |
2. 1) exploration | 2) expenditure | 3) expedition | 4) exhibit |
3. 1) like | 2) alike | 3) likely | 4) likable |
4. 1) as a result | 2) because | 3) on account | 4) thanks |
5. 1) eat | 2) feed | 3) food | 4) cooking |
6. 1) decrease | 2) distract | 3) dissolve | 4) increase |
7. 1) solutions | 2) alternatives | 3) preferences | 4) questions |
8. 1) hurting | 2) harming | 3) injuring | 4) wounding |
Answer:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
РАЗДЕЛ 4.
WRITING
Task 1 (15 points)
You have 40 minutes to do this task. Express your opinion on the following statement.
Some people prefer to travel abroad; others say that there is much to be seen in our own country.
Write 200-250 words.
Use the following plan:
− make an introduction (state the problem)
− express your personal opinion and give reasons for it
− give arguments for the other point of view and explain why you don’t agree with it
− draw a conclusion.
Example:
Travelling is the best way to have a rest and spend our spare time with benefit. Some people believe that seeing foreign countries is much more interesting than looking into our own country. Others absolutely disagree with this.
Personally, I have always wanted to find out what is my Motherland like at first. I'm sure it is really important for us to know as much as possible about the history, attractions, particularities of the area where we were born. It will be a shame when you come abroad and local people begin to ask you about your country, but, unfortunately, you can't give them a proper answer. What's more, if we travel around our country, we can easily get on the same wave with strangers, and they will definitely understand you better than foreigners.
However, there is a contrasts opinion on this statement. There is a group of people thinking that we shouldn’t waste our time watching something that seems ordinary and already known. They believe a visit to another country is the only chance to get new emotions, to get an unexpected experience and the prospect to travel abroad sounds exotic! But I can't agree that a trip to Russia, for instance, will be predictable. The main thing is we don't know how many wonders our country has!
To conclude I must say that we must respect all natural and cultural treasures of our Motherland and we don’t need to run abroad to have a successful holiday there.
