LISTENING

Time: 20 minutes

Listen to four people each take an item back to shop. Match each person with the item they are returning

A) Jane B) Pete C) Henry D) Karen

1. an all-in-one printer

2. a computer game

3. a mobile phone

4. an MP4 player

Listen to the receptionist tell Beata about the range of services offered at the medical practice. Write true (T) or false (F) for each sentences.

5. You can only make an appointment by phone.

6. Usually you can see a doctor in less than 24 hours.

7. Only a doctor can give vaccinations.

8. You have to call before ten thirty if you want a home visit.

9. A nurse or doctor is available seven days a week too give advice by phone.

10. there is a Well Person Clinic twice a week.

11. There is no special clinic for people with hay fever.

12. You have to ask two days in advance for a repeat prescription.

Time: 20 minutes

Read the text and mark statements 13-20 below as T (true) or F (false).

Every day Peru"s Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, is rediscovered by at least 1,000 tourists who are slowly destroying one of the wonders of the world. More people now come to this sacred citadel in a week than ever lived there in its 15th-cenhlry prime. The attempt to improve facilities for international visitors -better hotels, a helicopter service, and a planned cable car to replace the bus trip up the mountain -has only made the wear and tear worse. For nearly 500 years Machu Picchu was covered by impenetrable rainforests until in 1911, an American scholar-explorer, Hiram Bingham, stumbled upon it whilst he was looking for Vilacamba, the last refuge of the Incas from the Spanish conquerors. It"s easy to see why so many want to flock here. The sight of the emerald green grass slopes and stone coloured remains of Machu Picchu, flanked by its awesome, snow-capped peaks, is utterly breathtaking. It seems now, however, that Machu Picchu is falling victim to its own success. The primary concern is that the high volume of visitors is harming the site"s infrastructure. A survey by Japanese geologists at Kyoto University has suggested the earth beneath the city is moving at a rate of up to one centimetre per month. There are also fears for the welfare of the porters who carry travelers" backpacks in all weathers along the high altitude Inca Trail. As a result, the United Nations cultural agency wants visitor numbers more than halved, which means that visitors must now wait four to five days before getting a place on a trek. Despite this, Machu Picchu remains the number one must-see in South America. And, as such, the hunt is now on for new Inca ruins as a viable, ecologically sound alternative.

13. Machu Picchu used to have a population of over 7,000.

14. The improvement of facilities for tourists is causing environmental damage.

15. Hiram Bingham set out to discover Machu Picchu in 1911.

16. Machu Picchu is surrounded by mountains.

17. Machu Picchu has been too successful as a tourist destination.

18. Tourists must carry their own bags whilst they are walking along the Inca Trail.

19. The United Nations cultural agency would like to reduce the number of tourists who visit Machu Picchu.

20. Machu Picchu is no longer the most popular tourist attraction in South America because many tourists have now found some more ecological ruins to visit.

Read the text, for each question choose the correct answer: A, B, C, or D.

Dear Editor

I am writing with regards to the article "Is the TV Dead?" that appeared in your newspaper on the 4th March. The author claimed that with the rise of the Internet, the TV was becoming less and less significant in our lives.

I find it very difficult to agree with this view. The TV is still the main way most of us get our entertainment at home. It offers us the chance to see top musical artists, great films and documentaries and occasionally, thanks to important televised events, it has the power to bring the whole nation and all ages together in a way the Internet never could.

Your article was particularly critical of the TV for the poor quality of programmes available on the many channels we now have. It is certainly true that many of the channels offer nothing more than repeats or low budget programmes. However, I would argue that the majority of content on the Internet is also of questionable quality. I agree with the writer that it is easy to keep up-to-date with the latest news on the Internet, but I"m sure most of us still enjoy sitting down to the News on TV in the evening just as much.

The writer is correct in stating that the Internet has become our major source for research and I think this is its main strength. However, criticising the TV for not being as good is totally unfair. Information programmes like documentaries are made for their potential as entertainment not as research tools and as such will continue to be popular with viewers.

So in conclusion I don"t think the writer should be so quick to write the TV off. On the contrary, I think it has many more years left in it!

Yours sincerely
Samantha Johnson

Why is the person writing this letter to the newspaper?

TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 10 minutes

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

School in 15th century England

How different was life for school children in Tudor England, over 400 years ago? The biggest difference is that not many children (26) had the chance to go to school. Those that went were mainly boys (27) rich families could afford to pay the fees. Girls were (28) kept at home to help with housework or sent out to work to (29) some money. They weren’t (30) to go to school. At school, boys often had to speak in Latin. There were very few books, so each pupil read from a wooden board (31) . They attended school six days a week, and teachers were very (32) – boys were punished if they broke the school (33) . When boys left school, they could go to university, with some boys as (34) as fourteen attending classes. (35) , at that time there were only two universities – Oxford and Cambridge

A even B never C just D only

A who B which C whose D what

A neither B or C such D either

A collect B bring C earn D win

A approved B allowed C agreed D admitted

A altogether B meanwhile C otherwise D instead

A heavy B strict C annoyed D exact

A rules B duties C laws D orders

A soon B small C early D young

A Although B However C Despite D Because

Put the verbs into the right form.

Dear Anita,

Thank you for your entertaining letter, which (36 arrive) yesterday. I (37 begin) to feel much better now although my leg still (38 hurt) if I (39 walk) too far. Last weekend I (40 see) some friends who (41 spend) their summer holidays just up the road from here. They"re very nice. I hope you"ll meet them if you come here next month. I (42 get) to their house quite easily, but while I (43 come) home, my leg (44 begin) to ache really badly. So this week I (45 be) more careful.

I"m very pleased you (46 manage) to find that book about Indian music that you (47 look) for. I have some cassettes you can borrow if you (48 want)

I must stop now, because 1 (49 feel) rather tired.

Please white again and send me some books. This is a lovely place, but you know me, I (50 get) bored very quickly!

White much love,

TRANSFER YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Time: 20 minutes

Comment on the following statement.

Is the Internet the best source of information?

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement?

Write 100 -120 words.

Make an introduction

Express your personal opinion and give reasons for your opinion

Make a conclusion

Name: ____________________________________________________________

School: ____________________________________________________________

по английскому

Reading Comprehension

Time: 45 minutes

Part 1

Read this article about forks and decide whether statements 1-10 are true or false according to the text. Write T or F in each box.

In 1608 an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote, ‘When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as they say, people do not always have clean hands.’

Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks.

At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servant brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy.

Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient.

Thomas Coryate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.

Everybody got angry at that. Did Mr Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers they had enough for them?

Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.

Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use " forks.

Thomas Coryate brought forks to England because he believed it was not nice to eat meat with fingers.

Thomas Coryate wanted to make his friends surprised so he brought forks.

Thomas Coryate wanted to make business selling forks.

Eeverybody looked at Thomas when he began to eat like the Italians because nobody had seen a fork before.

Nobody ate meat with hands in England.

Coryate’s friends didn’t pay any attention to the forks

The first piece of meat fell to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork because he had not used to eating with a fork.

The steak was too tough so it fell down.

P eople in England began to use forks i n 1658

People in England don’t use forks nowdays.

Part 2

Read the following text. For Questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C)

Safari Parks

A safari park is like a large zoo, where the animals live in natural conditions. There are several safari parks in Britain and they are very popular places for visit. One of the most famous is at Windsor, which is close to London airport.

You can visit some parts of the safari park on foot. Here you can see the animals that are not dangerous, like giraffes, zebras, camels and antelopes. The animals walk around as if they were in Africa.

But safari parks also have lions, tigers, leopards and other dangerous animals. These cannot be kept with the other animals, because they would eat them. They would also eat the visitors, so they have to drive through the parts where these animals live. You have to keep your windows closed and you must not get out of the car. It is not a good idea to take a new car into this part of the park, because the monkeys climb on the cars.

Safari parks are much better than ordinary zoos, because the animals do not have to live in small cages.

How do the animals live in safari park?

A in natural conditions

B in small cages

C in comfortable rooms

You can visit some parts of the safari park with non-dangerous animals .

A by little locomotive

B by special bus

C on foot

How do the visitors have to behave in safari park?

A They must not get out of the car

B They must keep windows closed

C All variants are correct.

The dangerous animals .

A can eat non-dangerous animals

B live with non-dangerous together

C live apart in small cages

What is the one of the most famous safari park in Britain?

A Blackpool safari park

B Windsor

C Manchester safari park

Part 3

Put the scrambled paragraphs in the right order (from A to E)

A I decided to call the police. On tiptoes I went downstairs and dialed 999. The police answered and I explained what had happened. They promised to come at once.

B One night I was alone at home with my little daughter Pat. My husband had gone on a business trip. Pat woke me up in the middle of the night: ‘Mummy, there’s a man outside the house. He was watching me through the window.’

C Soon a police car pulled up in front of the house. I opened the door and let in a young police officer. After listening to my story he went out. Five minutes later he returned. ‘It’s all right,’ he said, ‘the man was only walking his dog, and it ran into your garden.’

D ‘And why was he looking at our window?’ I asked the officer. ‘Probably out of curiosity,’ he said. ‘There’s nothing we can do, Madam. It isn’t a crime to walk a dog at night.’

E I went quickly into my daughter’s room and looked out of the window. I could see the dark figure of a man in our garden. Who was he and what was he up to? Why was he looking at our window? Was he going to break in?

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Олимпиадные задания школьного этапа Всероссийской олимпиады школьников
по английскому языку для 9-11 классов (2015-2016 учебный год)

Use of English

Time: 45 minutes

Task 1

Decide which answer (A, B, C) best fits each space.

1. Most people prefer to have their holidays in___________ summer.

2. It’s ______ delicious lunch!

3. I want to enter ______ Moscow State University.

4. Alaska is one of the states in _____USA.

5. Where does ____Volga flow into?

6. We have ______ new friends. Have you ____?

7.Can you help us? ____ problem!

8. ______advises me to stay at home.

9. _____ road shall we take? There are two of them.

10. There are a lot of books on the shelves,______?

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Task 2

Express the meaning of each phrase in one word.

Full of fear – a f r a i d

to take the first step - b _ _ _n

a town where a seat of government is - c_ _ _ _ _l

very well known - f_ _ _ _s

the dark part of each day - n_ _ _t

not shut - о _ _ n

Task 3

Match the idioms with their definitions

be in a good mood a) check

be broke b) feel happy

get rid of c) have no money at all

give smb one’s word d)make a promise

make sure e)remove or dispose of

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Task 4

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

There was once a wild man who lived on a hill which was far in a forest. He was a simple man and seldom 1. ______(speak) to other people. One day he noticed a man who 2. _____(walk) along a path in the forest below the hill. He ran down to him and said:

‘ I want to talk to you. 3. ______ you ______(come up) to my home and have a talk with me?’

The man agreed. They climbed the hill together. As it was a cold day, the stranger 4. _____(breathe) on his hands.

‘What 5. _____you (do)?’ asked the wild man.

‘I’m blowing on my hands.’

‘Why are you doing it?’

‘My hands 6. ____ (be) cold. I want them become warm.’

‘I understand’ said the wild man.

When they came to the house on the hill, the wild man made the stranger drink a cup

of boiling milk. As the milk was very hot, the stranger began blowing on it.

‘What are you doing now?’ asked the wild man.

‘I am blowing on my milk.’

‘Why are you doing it?’

‘The milk is hot. I am blowing on it 7 _ ______(make) it cold.’

‘What!’ shouted the wild man. ‘But before you blew on your hands to make them hot. 8. _____ (Get out) of my house! I 9. _____(not want) men like you in my home. You are not an honest man, if you 10. _____(blow) hot and cold with the same breath.’

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Writing

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Ben.

…I tried my luck and won a really nice prize last week. Do you like to take part in different competitions? What kind of? Are you fond of sport? What is your hobby? Are you and your friends won any prizes?

You should write 80 - 100 words. Answer his questions. Remember the rules of letter writing.

Time: 30 minutes

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2) Use of English (лексико-грамматические задания)

Всего – 30 баллов

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