Всероссийская олимпиада школьников «Шаг в будущее»
академическое соревнование:
Российская открытая академическая олимпиада «Профессор Жуковский»
(заочная форма)
Модельный вариант
Английский язык (творческая работа)
1. Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.
CHARLES DARWIN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | A hundred years ago people believed that plants and animals (BE) always as they are now. They thought that all the different sorts of (LIVE) things, including men and women, were put in this world by some (MYSTERY) power a few thousand years ago. It was Charles Darwin, (BEAR) at Shrewsbury on the 12th of February, 1809, who showed that this was just a legend. As a boy Darwin loved to walk in the country-side, collecting insects, flowers and minerals. He liked to watch his (OLD) brother making chemical experiments. These hobbies interested him much more than Greek and Latin, which were his main subjects at school. His father, a doctor, sent Charles to Edinburgh University to study medicine. But Charles did not like this. He spent much time (WATCH) birds and other animals, and collecting insects in the country-side. Then his father sent him to Cambridge to train as a parson. But Darwin didn't want to be a doctor or a parson. He wanted to be a (BIOLOGY). In 1831 he set sail for South America to make maps of the coastline there. Darwin went in the ship to see the animals and plants of other lands. On his voyage round the world he looked (CAREFUL) at thousands of living things in the sea and on land and came to very important (CONCLUDE). (LATE) he wrote his famous work “The origin of Species”. |
2. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу предлогами, артиклями, союзами, местоимениями, наречиями, вспомогательными глаголами, инфинитивами, модальными глаголами.
For most ___ us, work is something we _______ to do to stay alive and pay the bills. It is not something we particularly enjoy, unless you are one of the lucky few who manage to make a living out of a hobby. David Crook ______ to work for a firm of accountants in the City of London. He gave ____ his six figure salary to come to live and work in the tiny village of Little Hampton. This is what he told the reporter: “My wife and I _____ always wanted to live in the country but we had to find some job, we ____ have enough money to give up work entirely.
Then one weekend we _____ driving home after visiting friends and saw this beautiful windmill for sale. The building _____ was in good condition but the machinery _____ either broken or missing. You see. I’ve always enjoyed playing with engines and motors, taking them to pieces and mending them. So we decided to buy the mill, repair the machinery and make enough money from milling to pay the bills. It was terribly difficult to get all the parts I needed, but we finally got the mill working last year. And we _____ regret coming here”.
3. Раскройте скобки, заполнив пропуски нужными грамматическими формами.
1. I noticed a girl ________________ (shoplift). I saw her __________________ (take) a bottle of perfume from a shelf and ____________________ (put) it in her bag.
2. Tom made a bad mistake at work, but his boss didn’t fire him. He’s lucky _________________ (give) a second chance.
3. They can’t stand the idea of ________________ (work) until they ____________ (be) 65, only _____________ (retire) to some boring country village.
4. They won’t let us ___________________ (leave) the Customs till our luggage ___________________ (examine).
5. Jack is in the employee lounge drinking coffee. He should __________________ (work) on his report right now. It’s due at 3:00 this afternoon. He should __________________ (not/waste) his time in the employee lounge.
6. There __________ (be) a terrible storm last month and several trees ____________ (fall down). The telephone lines _____________________ (bring down) and some still ______________________ (not/be fixed). Roads _______________________ (be blocked) for several hours. Several homes _________________ (suffer) damage to their roofs and chimneys that _____________ (be) very expensive to repair.
7. – Don’t you hate ________________________ (not/know) anyone here?
– Yes, I get very lonely, but I hate _________________ (worry) my parents so I tell them I _______________ (make) a lot of friends here.
8. After __________________ (award) a medal for bravery, he became a local hero.
9. Last week we finally moved into our new house. We _______________ (wait) to move for so long that I _______________ (begin) to wonder if we ever would. We _______________ (unpack) for days now, and we still __________________ (not/finish).
10. I feel so ill that I ___________________ (go) to bed directly I get home and if I ___________________ (not/feel) better tomorrow, I certainly ________________ (not/come) to work.
4. Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие за ним вопросы, обведя номер правильного варианта кружком.
It took policeman John Pooley only an hour or two to solve the Case of the Thorpeness Burglary. It must be said, however, that the crime was not difficult. The description, though slight, narrowed the number of persons likely to commit such a crime... to one. Pooley, of course, knows everyone in the three villages in his care, and their children. But after he had made the arrest - something he has to do more rarely than once a month - he felt troubled because he not only knew the man, but also knew that he had family problems.
John Pooley's area is a very large one by police standards, and includes the three villages of Middleton,
Dunwich and Westleton, where he lives. With a total population of 1,219, he has more than twice as
many people to look after as the average policeman has. Moreover, he is attached to the Halesworth
subdivision and is frequently given duties outside his home area. After 15 years as a policeman, he
accepts these duties without question, but his villages are clearly where his heart and interest really lie.
When he was first sent to Westleton, he lived in the police house which was both his home and the police
station; when the system was changed, he bought the house where he now lives with his wife, Ann, and
his two daughters.
He could hardly be better qualified for the job of a village policeman. Before he joined the police, he was an agricultural worker for five years and a male nurse in a mental hospital for six years. He says: " If you haven't had another job before you join the police, you tend to think nothing but police."
Crime in the country, of course, is somewhat different from city crime. Who was ever attacked while walking along the village street in Middleton? The things which John Pooley has to watch for are people - stealing tools and equipment from farm vehicles, or wood from surrounding forests. There are natural dangers too: he is so worried about the fire risk in the forests that he has turned his bedroom window into a look-out post.
1. Why was John Pooley able to solve the Case of the Thorpeness Burglary so easily?
a. He had been given a full description of the criminal.
b. He knew the criminal extremely well.
c. He knows everything that happens in the area.
d. There was only one possible suspect.
2. From what is said about John Pooley's work, we learn that he
a. is unpopular with the people in the villages.
b. objects when he is given work outside his own area.
c. prefers working in the villages of Middleton, Dunwich and Westieton.
d. feels unhappy when he arrests anybody.
3. John Pooley thinks he is well qualified for his job because
a. he had other jobs before he became a policeman.
b. he has been a policeman for fifteen years.
c. he has lived in Westleton all his life.
d. he is a countryman at heart.
4. Crime in this area is different from crime in a big city because
a. it is hardly ever violent.
b. people here have more family problems.
c. everyone knows the criminals.
d. it is connected with natural disasters.
5. From the passage it appears that nowadays a village policeman, like John Pooley, has to
a. live in a village police house.
b. put out forest fires.
c. go through a long period of training.
d. look after more people than policemen elsewhere.
