Олимпиада на кубок главы города. Очный тур
I. Страноведение.
1. Where are these capital cities? Match the cities with the countries.
1) Ottawa 2) Washington DC 3) Wellington 4) London 5) Belfast 6) Dublin 7) Canberra 8) Edinburgh 9) Cardiff 10) Kingston | a) Wales b) Australia c) Northern Ireland d) Canada e) The USA f) New Zealand g) Republic of Ireland h) Jamaica i) England j) Scotland |
2. Choose the right answer:
1) An Australian wild dog is called a …… a) Hot dog b) Sausage dog c) Lassie d) Dingo 2) The first woman Prime minister in Britain was called …. a) Mother Teresa b) Princess Diana c) Margaret Thatcher d) Winston Churchill 3) The most common family name in the English-speaking world is …. a) Hill b) Gascoigne c) Smith d) Schwarzenegger 4) Jimi Hendrix played … a) The trumpet b) The guitar c) The violin d) Football 5) Freddy Mercury was in a band called ….. a) The Beatles b) The London Symphony Orchestra c) Guns N’ Roses d) Queen | 6) New South Wales is …… a) A rock band b) A town in Wales c) A state in Australia d) A mammal that lives in the sea 7) You can find tropical rainforest in …… a) Australia b) Canada c) Scotland d) New York State 8) Which American state is on the Pacific Ocean? a) Florida b) California c) South Carolina d) Massachusetts 9) What's tartan? a) a dish b) a pattern of the kilt c) a bird d) a dance 10) Where is Glasgow situated? a) in Scotland b) in Wales c) in England d) in Northern Ireland |
II. Чтение
1. Read the abstracts the stories and match their titles with the characters. Use the example (0):
Decide in which story 0. The main character was not happy about the place he lived in. 1. The characters were not human. 2. The main character felt lonely 3. The main character had only brothers and no sisters. 4. The main character wouldn’t play with other children. 5. The main character liked to watch people in the neighbourhood. | A. The house under the floor Once a mouse family lived under the floor of a play-room. There was a mother mouse and a father mouse. There was a big sister mouse called Mouskin and a baby brother mouse called Little Mouse. B. The farm Girl Roberta, who was usually called Bobby, lived on a sheep farm. She was far from shops and schools and other girls, but she wasn’t lonely because of her family, the animals and the cars. Her family was her father and mother and her four big brothers. Because there were five men in the family, all wanting to go to different places at different times, the backyard of the farm was filled with motor bikes and cars. C. The Convenient Flat There was once a boy called James who lived with his father and grandmother in a flat in the city. His grandmother said that the flat was ”convenient”, and by this she meant it was close to the father’s office, close to the shops in the city’s main street, and close to the school as well. Indeed the school was just across the road, but James did not find it convenient at all. All his friends lived miles away and came to school in buses. D. The Girl Who Wanted to Know Katie Stephenson was curious about everything – curious about streets, gardens and houses. But most of all she was interested in people and the different ways they lived and the different things they had around them. Every person she met entertained her. For example, on the other side of the street Mrs Pope and Mrs Poole were walking together wearing similar coats. Next door Mrs Floyd was giving ice-cream to one of her twins. Katie wanted to see if the other twin got his ice-cream, too. E. The Playground Linnet’s house was next to the playground. Every day after school she stood for a while at the window watching the children in the playground and wishing to run out and join them. But she didn’t because she was frightened of the swings, slides and round-abouts. Jim her brother and Alison her sister (who was a year younger than Linnet) were not frightened of the playground. Alison could fly down the slide with her arms held wide, laughing as she went. F. New Friend Once there was a little boy called Sam. There were no other children in his family and Sam felt unhappy. He said to his mother, “Where can I find a friend?” His mother said, “Behind our house is a field. It is filled with grass and red poppies and cornflowers. There are ears of wild wheat. There are big brown and yellow butterflies. Go into the field, Sam. Perhaps, you will find a friend there.” |
2. Read the text and choose the right answer, use the example (0):
The Dursleys
0. Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Private Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense.
1. Mr Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man, with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache. Mrs Dursley was thin and blonde. She spent so much of her time spying on the neighbours. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.
2. The Dursleys were proud of themselves as they had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn’t think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley’s sister, but they hadn’t met for several years. The Dursley’s shuddered to think what the neighbours would say if the Potters arrived in the street.
3. Once on a dull grey Tuesday morning the Dursleys woke up late and had breakfast in the kitchen. At half past eight Mr Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs Dursley on the cheek and tried to kiss Dudley goodbye but missed, because Dudley was throwing his cereal at the kitchen walls.
4. On the corner of the street Mr Dursley noticed the first sign of something unexpected – a cat reading a map. For a second, Mr Dursley didn’t realize what he had seen – then he turned his head to look again. There was a cat standing on the corner of Private Drive, but there wasn’t a map in sight. What could he have been thinking of? It must have been a trick of the light. Cats couldn’t read maps or signs.
5. As Mr Dursley sat in his car in the usual morning traffic jam he couldn’t help noticing there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about. People in cloaks. Mr Dursley couldn’t bear people who dressed in funny clothes. So typical of young ddenly he saw two people. They weren’t young at all. Mr Dursley was enraged to see that they were wearing emerald-green cloaks.
0. Mr and Mrs Dursley liked to lead …… a) an ordinary life b) an unusual life c) a life of mystery d) a life of adventure 1. The Dursleys ……. a) adored their little son b) were indifferent to their son c) spied on their their son d) spent a lot of time with their son 2. The Dursleys were ….. a) neighbours of the Potters b) afraid of the Potters c) relations of the potters d) proud of the Potters | 3. On Tuesday morning Dudley ….. a) was having his porridge b) was playing with the briefcase c) was kissing his father d) was making a mess of his breakfast 4. MrDursley …… a) wanted to see a cat reading a map b) expected a cat to read a map c) was surprised to see a cat reading a map in the street d) was sure the cat had been reading a map 5. MrDursley noticed that …. a) people on the bus were dressed in unusual clothes b) a lot of people in the street were wearing cloaks c) a lot of people in the street were wearing emerald-green cloaks d) young people in the street were dressed in funny clothes |
III. Лексика и грамматика
1. Read the text and choose the right form of the verb:
The trip was rather long. Finally the children 0 __________ the King’s Palace. Jack and Molly 1________ lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene before them. The Palace 2______ in a big park through which a little river 3 _________ sparkling in the sunlight. Along the central avenue that 4_________ to the Palace, crowds of people 5_________. They 6 _______ in all sorts of lovely colours. From a distance you 7_____ 8______ think they 9_______ moving flowers. The children 10____ 11______ up the steps to the Hall and while they 12______ it, Glan explained that all these people 13_______ to offer their help in the search which they 14______ after the King 15______ to these people.
0 | a. reach | b. reaches | c. reached | d. have reached |
1 | a. was | b. were | c. are | d. is |
2 | a. stood | b. is standing | c. stands | d. is |
3 | a. flew | b. flowed | c. is flowing | d. flow |
4 | a. is leading | b. has lead | c. leading | d. led |
5 | a. were moving | b. move | c. are moving | d. is moving |
6 | a. was dressed | b. are dressed | c. were dressed | d. is dressed |
7 | a. might | b. may | c. must | d. had to |
8 | a. to think | b. thought | c. think | d. thinks |
9 | a. are | b. were | c. was | d. is |
10 | a. begin | b. begins | c. began | d. are beginning |
11 | a. to walk | b. walk | c. walks | d. walked |
12 | a. were doing | b. is doing | c. do | d. are doing |
13 | a. come | b. have come | c. had come | d. are coming |
14 | a. will organise | b. organised | c. organise | d. would organise |
15 | a. speaks | b. would speak | c. spoke | d. will speak |
2. Read the text and fill the gaps with the words transformed from the ones given on the right, use the example (0):
If you are 0_interested_ in the life of birds you should know that birds do not 1__________ fly very high and we can 3_______________ see them flying from the ground. A lot of birds when on 3_______________ fly from 100 to 400 metres high as the 4_________________ shows. Some birds, like penguins, cannot fly, but they are good 5_____________________ and good 6_________________________ too. They 7________________ jump into and out of water and they look so 8_______________ when they walk. | INTEREST USUAL EASY MIGRATE EQUIP SWIM QUICK FUN |
IV. Личное письмо:
Напиши ответ на письмо, полученное по электронной почте:
Dear friend, Do you want me to know where I am? I’m in a big hotel at the sea with my family. We are having a wonderful time. We came here yesterday. The weather is very warm and I’m going to swim in the sea this afternoon. I’m going to play golf and watch a new film in the evening, too. I like holidays at the sea, and you? What are you going to do in your holiday time? Are you going to stay at home or are you going to some nice place? Please write to me soon and enjoy your holidays. Love, Olaf |
