Олимпиада по английскому языку 11 класс

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ

Задания школьного этапа олимпиады по английскому языку

для учащихся 11 класса

Reading

Part 1

Choose the most suitable heading from the list A – F for each text (1 – 5). There is one extra heading which you do not need to use.

Politics

Private life

Science

Health

Catastrophes

Weather

Blistering heat caused four more deaths in Spain on Tuesday as Europe baked in relentless weather that has disrupted travel and cooked the Mediterranean enough for one scientist to warn of a proliferation of jellyfish.

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell is framed by two of the largest fires burning in province, August 5, 2003. Crews battling “breathtaking” forest fires in the parched mountains held their own against the flames on Tuesday but kept a nervous eye on the sky for forecast thunderstorms and lightning strikes.

Fiji’s prime minister expanded the Cabinet on Wednesday to add ministers from the ethnic Indian-dominated opposition, following a Supreme Court order aimed at enforcing a balance in the government of this ethnically divided Pacific island nation.

Mars is getting ready for its close-up, with the red planet coming as near to Earth this month as it has in almost 60 000 years.

The Army is telling troops to take precautions as it tries to figure out the cause of pneumonia cases, including two deaths, among forces in the Afghan and Iraqi campaigns.

Part 2

Read the text and do the task that follows.

By Heart

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Yet this is not always the case.

A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.

One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow-actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: ‘The light is dim. Read the letter to me.’ And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied: ‘The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.’ With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

For items 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which fits best according to the text.

Why are actors in successful plays in many ways unhappy?

Because they are afraid to act.

Because they always have cause to falter.

They have to learn much by heart.

They have to repeat the same words.

What did the aristocrat always expect to receive from the gaoler?

A bank sheet of paper.

The full copy of the letter.

A letter not written in full.

A letter written in short.

Why did the gaoler decide to play a joke on the aristocrat?

To teach him a lesson.

To see if he knew the contents of the letter very well.

To revenge.

To see if he was a good actor.

Why didn’t the aristocrat read the letter?

The light was dim.

He didn’t know it by heart.

He didn’t want to do it.

He wasn’t obliged to do it.

Which of the following is true?

The gaoler could not read without glasses.

It was the gaoler’s first-night performance.

The gaoler didn’t know the contents of the letter by heart.

The gaoler was supposed to know the contents of the letter by heart.

Use of English

Task 1

Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

Job fairs

Although a certain percentage of graduates will still be (1) ______ six months EMPLOY

after leaving university, the majority will have found (2) _______ by then. EMPLOY

Many of these will even have been offered a job while at university, as a

result of visiting a job fair. Job fairs are held at many universities each year.

Companies come along to advertise jobs, which are usually in (3) ________ , MANAGE

and the career structures and benefit packages that go with them. Job fairs

are an (4) ________ way for undergraduates to find out what kind of job they EFFECT

might be interested in.

If you go to a job fair, dress (5) ______ . Don’t wear jeans and a T-shirt. PROFESSION

Wear a suit! You don’t want to look (6) _______ when you have your first RESPONSIBLE

meeting with your potential (7) _________ . If you are interested in a job EMPLOY

on offer, you may have to fill out an (8) __________ form, so it’s APPLY

(9) ________ to take along relevant information with you. You’ll also need proof HELP

of all your (10) __________, so don’t forget to take photocopies of all your QUALIFY

certificates with you.

Task 2

Complete using the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box.

The weather should have ……… by this evening, shouldn’t it?

Do you think the wind has ……. enough for us to go sailing without any danger?

Environmentalists are ……….stricter controls on the use of leaded petrol.

Why can’t they ……….. the fact that their products are bad for the environment?

Firefighters managed to ……… the forest fire before it destroyed any houses.

We’ll have to …… the demonstration if the weather’s really bad, won’t we?

The town was totally ………. for three days because of the floods.

It didn’t take us long to ……………… the old barn, did it?

Task 3

Write one word in each gap.

The Russian Climate

Even a quick glance (1) ……. an atlas will show you just how big Russia is. For people who are not familiar (2) ……. the country, it’s hard (3) …… imagine the distance involved. The city of Vladivostok on the east coast, famous (4) …… being the final stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway, is over 9300 km from Moscow and is seven hours ahead. The total area of Russia is 17,074,200 square kilometers, which is over 130 times the size of England. Anyone interested in the weather will not be disappointed (5) ……… the range of climate that Russia has to offer. You might expect the south of the country (6) …… be generally warmer, and you’d be right. Temperatures in the south average 20C in the summer, and the record high is 38C. And most people are aware (7) …….. the fact that Siberia can be cold, with some areas covered (8) ….. snow for half of the year, but do you know how cold? The record low is –94C, recorded at Verkhoyansk. The wind blows from the south in winter and the north in summer, except (9) …. in the far east, where it’s the opposite way round. This area experiences monsoons and visitors need to be warned (10) ……. the heavy rains, which can bring potentially dangerous floods. The country is certainly not short (11)…… extremes of weather – but nothing prevents people (12) ……. enjoying themselves, whatever the weather!

WRITING

Present your personal view on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your point of view. Write an essay of 200-250 words.

Cars are the greatest danger to human life today.

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