IX Международная олимпиада «Эрудит»
Английский язык
2 тур
Максимальное количество баллов – 70 баллов
1 INVENTIONS CATALOGUE (12 POINTS)
Complete the cards about inventions using the prompts below.
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CARL von LINDE, French, American, 1931, BLAISE PASCAL, 1642, JASCUES COUSTEAU, German, 1866, Swedish, ALESSANDRO VOLTA, 1876, American, 1964, ALFRED NOBEL, Lombard (Italian), Russian-American, 1800, DOUGLAS ENGELBART, French, ELIAS HOWE, 1943, VLADIMIR ZVORYKIN, 1846
2 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (10 POINTS)
Read the text about the inventor of the telephone and mark the statements after the text TRUE or FALSE.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Alexander became interested in sounds and speech.
In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. Then he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention.
For years Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, worked day and night. They rented rooms in a boardinghouse. Bell was on one floor, and Watson was on another. They tried to send speech through a wire. Finally, on March 19, 1876, Watson heard these words very clearly: “Mr. Watson, come here.” Watson rushed upstairs, ran into Bell’s room, and shouted, “I heard you!” That year was the centennial of the United States. There was a large fair in Philadelphia, called the Centennial Exposition. One of the main attractions at the exposition was Bell’s “talking machine”. Thousands of visitors, including Don Pedro, the emperor of Brazil, were surprised when they saw – and heard – this invention. But they still thought it was just an interesting toy. They didn’t know that one day this talking machine would become the telephone and would change people’s lives.
1 As a boy, Alexander was interested in sounds and speech because he studied phonetics.
2 Alexander and his family came to live in America in 1870.
3Alexander Graham Bell taught in a school for people who cannot hear.
4 Bell and Watson tried to send speech through thin metal thread.
5 Bell and Watson stayed in house where there were many rooms to rent.
6 It took Bell and Watson just a few days to invent a “talking machine”.
7 The United States celebrated its 100th birthday in 1876.
8 Centennial Exposition was a large show where people could see new things.
9 Don Pedro, the emperor of Brazil, was one of the main attractions at the Centennial Exposition.
10 At first people didn’t take Bell’s “talking machine” seriously.
3 A MAN OF MANY TALENTS AND INTERESTS (15 POINTS)
Match the sentences and learn more about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN – the most famous American of his time.
1 Benjamin Franklin was born | a. only had two years of formal schooling. |
2 When Benjamin was a child | b. to protect people’s homes from lightning. |
3 To help him decide on a career his | c. put an end to slavery. |
4 Ben was educated though he | d. he helped his father make soap and candles. |
5 When he ran away to Philadelphia | e. into a large family. |
6 For 25 years he was the publisher of | f. which provided better heat for people’s homes. |
7 One of his popular sayings is | g. father took him to observe man at work. |
8 He organized Junto Club and | h. he started his own printing business. |
9 He invented bifocal glasses | i. “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. |
10 He invented Franklin stove | j. more people would benefit from them. |
11 He invented the lightning rod | k. the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. |
12 Franklin didn’t patent his inventions because he thought that | l. and throw pennies on his headstone. |
13 He helped to write | m. to look at things far away and close up. |
14 He also worked to | n. “Poor Richard’s Almanac”. |
15 People still visit his grave today | o. started the first library. |
4 THE RENAISSANCE MAN (11 POINTS)
Read the text about Leonardo da Vinci. Look carefully at each line. Put a tick if the line is correct, if it is not correct – find ONE WORD which shouldn’t be there.
1 Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in the area of by Florence, Italy. He did many things.
2 He was a scientist and a musician. He was an inventor – he made new things. He was an
3 architect – he knew how to plan and the construction of buildings. He knew about animals
4 and plants. He could do much many things well. He was very talented. He was famous for his
5 painting. He painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. He started working on the Mona Lisa 6 in 1503 in Italy. He was finished it a short time before he died. Leonardo’s paintings were very 7 good. He understood how bodies have worked. He knew how emotion looked on people’s
8 faces. He understood nature, light, and shadow. Every his paintings looked real. Leonardo had 9 many ideas for inventions. He drew plans for a helicopter and a tank. He had an idea for
10 making solar power, which is power that is comes from the sun. He was 27 years older than
11 Michelangelo and 31 years older more than Raphael. Leonardo died in 1519.
5 NATIONAL INVENTOR’S DAY (22 POINTS)
You are a young inventor and are going to create your own invention for the National Inventor’s Day. Use your imagination and think of an invention that would make life easier, safer or more pleasant. Write what your invention would do, how it would improve people’s life, whose inventions made your invention possible. Add pictures, drawings, charts, photos or any other visuals. Be creative!
MAXIMUM: 70 POINTS
Use answer sheet below for tasks 1-4
ANSWER SHEET
1 INVENTIONS CATALOGUE (12 POINTS)
Invention | Inventor | Nationality | Year |
2 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (10 POINTS)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
3 A MAN OF MANY TALENTS AND INTERESTS (15 POINTS)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
4 THE RENAISSANCE MAN (11 POINTS)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
