Задания к олимпиаде по английскому языку 7-8 класс

Задания к олимпиаде по английскому языку 7-8 класс

Reading

Read the text and answer the questions after it.

Who First Wrote Music?

All primitive people made music of some kind. But that music was very different from modern music. It often consisted of long and loud exclamations? Sighs and shouts. Dancing went along with singing. Folk music has existed for centuries, as people began to compose it many centuries ago. They composed it in China, Greece and many other countries. After the Greeks and Romans ( who copied Greek music) the early Christian church was important for the art of music. Churchmen also learned to write music down. The modern method of writing music developed from their system.

In 1600, the first opera, Eurydice was produced by Jacopo Peri. Late people wrote not only operas but music for different instruments as well. Then people began to write music for royal dances and in the time much of the great music we enjoy today was composed by such men as Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

1) Modern music differs from the music made by ancient people, doesn`t it?

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2) When did people begin to compose music?

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3) In what countries was music composed in ancient times?

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4) Where did the modern method of writing music come from?

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5) When was the first opera composed?

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Keys :

1) Yes, it does.

2) In pre-historic times.

3) China, Egypt, Greece.

4) From church music.

5) 1600.

Grammar

1) Fill in the articles, where necessary.

1. The Sun rises in … East.

2. My Grandmother lives near … Black Sea.

3. Volgograd stands on … Volga.

4. His parents live in … USA.

5. I live in … Volgograd.

6. … Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.

2) Fill in the prepositions.

1. Have you been … America.

2. I am … the seventh grade.

3. Our lessons being … eight o`clock.

4. I shall visit my grandmother … Sunday.

5. They have been working in the garden … the morning.

3) Translate into English.

1. « Что Вы ищите?»- «Я ищу свою книгу. Я потерял ее».

2. Почему ты смотришь на этого человека?

3. Она присматривает за этим ребенком уже год.

4. Я навещу тебя на следующей неделе.

4) Fill in the verbs in the right form.

1. In August I usually (to go) to my grandmother.

2. They ( to write) a test now.

3. I … already ( to read) this book.

4. The boys ( to play football) for an hour.

5. We always ( to go) to Volgograd by car.

6. Who ( to make) coffee in your family?

7. Many years ago the King and the Queen ( to live) in this palace.

8. They ( to visit) their grandmother tomorrow.

9. Last time our trip to the mountains ( to be) not long.

10. My brother ( to learn) French.

5) Use the adjectives in the right form.

1. My brother is ( tall) then my father.

2. This firm makes ( good) chocolate in the world.

3. Test 1 is ( difficult) then test 2, but test 3 is ( difficult) of them.

4. Bob knows English ( bad) then Pete.

5. Sasha is ( clever) boy in our class.

Keys:

Task 1.

1-the; 2-the; 3- the; 4- the; 5-; 6-; 7- the.

Task 2.

1-to; 2-in; 3-at; 4-on; 5-for; 6-since.

Task 3.

1. What are looking for? –I`m looking for my book. I`ve lost it.

2. Why are you looking at this man?

3. She has been looking after this child for already a year.

4. I`ll visit you next week.

Task 4.

1-go; 2- are writing; 3- have already read; 4- have been playing; 5-go; 6-makes; 7- lived; 8-will visit; 9- was; 10-learns.

Task 5.

1. Does the Sun rise in the East?

2. Where does your grandmother live?

3. Volgograd stands on the Volga, doesn`t it?

4. Do his parents live in the USA or in Great Britain?

Listening.

Listen to the tape and match the parts of the chart.

David Beckham is a world-famous sportsman. Football is his first love. His career is very successful. He is an English football superstar. David has a talent for playing football and journalists all over the world write about him. You can see his photographs in many papers. You can listen to interviews with him on the radio and on television. Young people all over the world talk much about him, buy his photos and want to follow his career. David's second love is cars. He has got seven cars. One of them is Mercedes, his favourite car. David is married. He loves his wife Victoria most of all. He thinks a lot about her and calls her from every city or country, where he plays football. If David plays football abroad, he makes phone calls to his family too. David Beckham has got two children: a son, Romeo, and a daughter, Brooklyn. David is a good father. He often plays with his children, looks after them and teaches them interesting games.

1	David's wife's name is	a)Mercedes
2	His daughter's name is	b)Romeo
3	His son's name is	c) football
4	His favourite car is	d) Victoria
5	David's first love is	e)Brooklyn
6	David's second love is	f)cars

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2)

3)

4)

5)

6)

Keys: 1d, 2e, 3b, 4a, 5c, 6f.