Олимпиада по английскому языкукласс

Управление системой образования Волоколамского муниципального района.

Олимпиада по английскому языкукласс.

Школьный тур.

учебный год.

Task 1. Complete the story with the correct form of the verb.

THEY OVERDID IT.

The London police (look)____1__ for a criminal who ( rob )___2___ a bank. One day they (catch)___3__ him and (take)___4___him to prison. But while they (take)_____5___ photos of him from the front, from the right, from the left, with a hat, without a hat - he suddenly (attack)___6___ one of the policemen and (run)___7___ away.

Then a week later the telephone (ring} __8___ in the police station and somebody (say)___9__ : “You (look)___10___ for Ben Jackson, aren’t you? Well, he (be) __ 11____ at Victoria Station now. He (buy)____12___ ticket in the booking office. He is going (leave) __13___ London.”

The city police immediately (send) ___14___ four different photos of the robber to the railway police. All the trains (search)___15____. Less than an hour late r the London police (get) __16___ a call from a small town not far from London. “ We (catch)__17__ three men,” they (say)___18___ happily, and we (hope)___19___ we (catch)___20____ the fourth robber very soon.

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Task 2

Read the text from the Task 1 and decide: if the statements given below are right or false

1)  Once a criminal from London stole money from a London bank.

2)  The police failed to find the robber.

3)  The policemen took many photos of the criminal.

4)  The criminal escaped from the police station.

5)  A few people saw him at the railway station so they called to the police.

6)  The robber was observed near the booking-office.

7)  The city police sent a photo of the criminal to the railway police.

8)  Railway police reported to London in two hours.

9)  Three robbers were caught in the small town not far from London.

10)  Three different people were taken to the police.

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Task 3

Write 5 different questions to the following sentence:

Some citizens of Dorchester could see a strange object in the sky a week ago.

1)  General question.

2)  Special question.

3)  Alternative question.

4)  Tail-question.

5)  Question to the subject.

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Task 4

Complete the sentences with the correct word.

1 My parents have ________ lived in London.

A always C from time to time

B usually D ever

2 James said that he _________ a horse before.

A never rode C will never ride

B has never ridden D would never ride

3 __________ Jane look beautifully today?

A Aren`t C Doesn`t

B Isn`t D Hasn`t

4 When my mother was young she __________ an actress.

A wanted to become C wanted become

B had wanted to become D wanted becoming

5 Isaac Newton is ___________ men in the history of science.

A one of the greatest C the greatest one

B one of greatest D the one greatest

6 He stopped __________to answer the phone.

A from writing C write

B to write D writing

7 The teacher made me __________ the exercise again.

A to do C do

B doing D that I will do

8 Washington was ________ in 1790.

A find C found

B finded D founded

9 You have never been to Canada, ___________?

A do you C have you

B are you D haven`t you

10_______ Volga is the longest river in Europe.

A --- C A

B The D An

Task 5

Match the English proverbs with the Russian equivalents.

1 As welcome as a storm. A То смех, то слёзы.

2 April weather. B Посеешь ветер, пожнёшь бурю.

3 Time is the great healer. C Время лечит.

4 Small rain lays great dust. D Нежданный гость хуже татарина.

5 There is a time to speak and E Всему своё время.

the time to be silent.

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Task 6

Match the English words with the American equivalents.

British American

1 lorry a) cookie

2 sunglasses b) gas

3 biscuit c) can

4 autumn d) truck

5 chemist`s e) first floor

6 sweets f) movies

7 tin g) shades

8 ground - floor h) drug- store

9 petrol I) fall

10 cinema j) candy

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