Олимпиадные задания по английскому языку для учащихся 8 – 10 классов
Олимпиадные задания по английскому языку для учащихся 8 – 10 классов
Задание №1
Выберите правильный вариант произношения окончания множественного числа существительных. Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (a-e): 1) [s] 2) [z] 3) [iz]
a) leaves b) cities c) months d) tomatoes e) roofs
Задание №2
Определите, будет ли различаться произнесение выделенных сочетаний букв в парах слов. Если да, в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (a-e) укажите цифру 1, если нет – цифру 2.
a) voucher- famous
b) facial – facility
c) mood – moonlight
d) minority – liven
e) autumn – austere
Задание №3
Определите, все ли выделенные согласные в словах произносятся. Если все, в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой укажите цифру 1, если не все - цифру 2. a) sign b) swagger c) jostle d) tomboy e) knuckle
Задание №4
Определите, нужно ли удваивать выделенную букву в предложенных словах. Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (a-e). 1) есть удвоение 2) нет удвоения
a) tol_erant b) sab_atical c) ruthles_ d) wad_le e) mem_ber
Задание №5
Определите, в каких случаях конечное –y меняется на -ie, а в каких не меняется при образовании множественного числа существительного, сравнительной степени прилагательного или формы прошедшего времени глагола. Если конечное –y меняется на -ie, в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой кажите цифру 1, если не меняется – цифру 2. a) fly b) valley c) monkey d) vanity e) vocabulary
Задание №6
Определите, правильно ли написаны слова а) – е). Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (а-е):
(1) правильно (2) неправильно
a) dagger
b) desent
c) mashine
d) sistematic
e) tyranny
Задание №7
Восстановите логическую последовательность реплик в диалоге, выбрав подходящие по смыслу ответные реплики из предложенных под цифрами (1 – 5). Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (а-е).
1. It's a business trip on the first place.
2. When are you flying to London, Katya?
3. I wouldn't say so.
4. So, you are going to have three relaxing days there.
5. I'm leaving on Thursday and coming back on Saturday.
Задание №8
Завершите фразы, выбрав подходящие по смыслу предлоги. Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (а-е).
1) of 2) on 3) before 4) for
… the invention … the postage stamps, letters were “franked”. It was marked … the letter that delivery had been paid … . This could have been either written or stamped. A post-mark was also stamped … the letter.
Задание №9
Завершите фразы, выбрав подходящие по смыслу лексико-грамматические варианты. Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (a-e).
a) Jack enjoys 1) to play 2) playing the guitar.
b) My mother 1) owns 2) is owning this shop.
c) When you finish 1) doing 2) to do these exercises you can have a rest.
d) I 1) don't remember 2) isn’t remembering his name now.
e) I can’t imagine my friend 1) to make 2) making it public.
Задание №10
Завершите фразы, выбрав подходящие по смыслу лексические варианты. Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (a-e).
a) They … themselves at the party.
1) enjoyed 2) impressed 3) pleased 4) excited
b) My father said that he once met this actor when he was still … .
1) unrelated 2) infamous 3) unknown 4) hidden
c) More and more people are living into … age.
1) high 2) ancient 3) far 4) old
d) People can become very … when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.
1) nervous 2) bad-tempered 3) stressful 4) pressed
e) Lara is very … and easily gets upset when people criticize her.
1) level-headed 2) sensitive 3) sensible 4) open-minded
Задание №11
Определите, из языков каких стран (1 – 8) были заимствованы слова (а – е). Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (а-е).
1) Arabic 2) Malay 3) Holland 4) Japanese 5) Portugal 6) Italy 7) French 8) Icelandic
a) orangutan
b) geyser
c) algebra
d) hazard
e) tycoon
Задание №12
Прочитайте текст и, опираясь на контекст, выберите наиболее точные синонимы к словам из текста. Укажите номера выбранных вариантов под соответствующей буквой (а-е) в талоне ответов. Варианты могут быть употреблены один раз. Для Вашего удобства нужные слова выделены в тексте жирным шрифтом.
Any tour through Vladimirskaya Oblast (the Vladimir region) will definitely be a memorable experience. The following brief history is designed to help the traveler take in the unique atmosphere of this historic city and region. In such an ancient and significant place, it is difficult to keep track of all the dates, names and events. The following portrait of the region has been designed to diminish these difficulties, in part by enlivening the story with some of the interesting tales and legends that are so often overlooked when history is discussed. We hope you will enjoy this marvelous journey!
a) memorable
1) decrease
b) brief
2) short
c) significant
3) noteworthy
d) diminish
4) lessen
e) marvelous
5) concise
6) meaningful
7) essential
8) unforgettable
9) wonderful
10) amazing
Задание №13
Прочитайте текст и укажите, какой частью речи являются выделенные жирным слова в тексте. Укажите номера выбранных вариантов в талоне ответов под соответствующей буквой (a-e).
Russia's long, cold, dark winters, are one of the country’s most familiar features. From November to March, the average temperature is below zero centigrade (32 F). Snow normally covers the ground from late November to early April. The summer months bring warmer weather to the region, with moderate precipitation. July, generally the hottest month, averages 18.1 C (approximately 66 F). Most Russians seem to prefer the winter months and wait anxiously each fall for the snow to begin.
a) familiar
1) a verb
b) one
2) a noun
c) generally
3) an adjective
d) approximately
4) an adverb
e) fall
5) a pronoun
6) a conjunction
7) a preposition
8) a numeral
Задание №14
Прочитайте текст и расположите абзацы в правильном порядке в соответствии с содержанием текста. Внесите номера выбранных абзацев в порядке их следования в талон ответов под соответствующей буквой (а-е).
1. Towards evening, a young man came along. He was honest and hard working. He saw the stone and said to himself, "The night will be dark. Some stranger or a neighbour will come along in the dark, stumble on the stone, and perhaps hurt himself."
2. Many years ago, there lived a rich man who wished to do something for the people at his village.
The young man began to remove the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength, and moved it to one side. But imagine his surprise when under the stone, he found a bag full of money and this message: This money is for the thoughtful person who removes this stone from the road. That person deserves help!”
First however, he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. In the center of the main road into the village, he placed a very large stone. Then he hid near by and waited to see what would happen. Soon an old farmer passed with his cow.
-''What fool put this big stone right in the center of the road?' said the farmer. However, he made no effort to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along, and the same thing happened; then another came, and another, etc. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road, but neither of them spent time or took trouble to remove it.
Задание №15
Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами (а – е) и заголовками 1 – 6. Запишите свои ответы в таблицу под соответствующими буквами. Один заголовок лишний.
a) ‘Lewis Carroll’ was really a man named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematician at Christ Church, Oxford. As such, he led something of a double life: to the readers of his Alice books he was Lewis Carroll, while to the world of mathematics and to his colleagues at the University of Oxford he was (Reverend) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a man who formed his pen name by reversing his first two names (‘Charles Lutwidge’ became ‘Lewis Carroll’).
b) There is a famous anecdote about Carroll and Queen Victoria. Victoria enjoyed Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland so much that she requested a first edition of Carroll’s next book. Carroll duly sent her a copy of the next book he published – a mathematical work with the exciting title An Elementary Treatise on Determinants.
c) “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was published just two years after Charles Kingsley’s “The Water Babies” (1863), another fantasy novel for children. The similarities between the two are interesting: both feature a child leaving behind the real world for a fantasy world where normal logic and systems are inverted; Kingsley’s novel features a lobster (inspiration for the Lobster Quadrille in Carroll’s book?) and the phrases ‘grinning like a Cheshire cat’ and ‘as mad as a March hare’.
d) Carroll was a shy man who suffered from a stammer throughout his life and from being deaf in one ear (the result of a fever he suffered from in childhood). Carroll identified himself with the Dodo in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, leading some to suggest (though it remains only a suggestion) that this was because of Carroll’s own difficulty in pronouncing his last name (‘Do-Do’, from Dodgson).
e) Besides writing, Carroll created a number of fine photographs. His notable portraits include those of the actress Ellen Terry and the poet Alfred Tennyson. He also photographed children in every possible costume and situation.