Школьная олимпиада по английскому языку - 8 класс
Время выполнения – не более 2-х часов.
Задание
1. Прочитайте отрывки из рассказов об известных женщинах. Для ответов на
вопросы выберите имена, обозначенные буквами A-E. В начале дан
пример (0.)
- Florence Nightingale was
impatient with a life without meaningful purpose. By age 24, Florence rejected a marriage proposal and decided to be a nurse. For several years Florence pleaded with her parents, with God and suffered a near nervous breakdown, but
never considered disobeying her parents’ wish. At last, in 1851 her
parents permitted her to study nursing at an institution in Germany. Two years later, she was appointed superintendent of the institution. Her
administration was very successful and so were the changes made to the
institution.
- Louisa May Alcott lived most
of her life in Boston and Concord. She worked as a teacher for a short
time. Next, she worked as a housekeeper and finally began writing. Her
first books were written quickly. Then, Alcott volunteered to be a Civil
War nurse, where she caught typhoid and was sent home. But, from this
experience her book Hospital Sketches became famous. Soon, her
stories were chosen for the Atlantic Monthly. Her most popular book
was Little Women. It described her own childhood, as many of her
other books: Aunt Joe’s Scrap Bag, Little Men, Eight Cousins and
others.
- Marie Curie was born
Maria Sklodowska as the fifth and youngest child of Bronislava Boguska, a
pianist, singer and teacher and Wladislaw Sklodowski, a professor of
mathematics and physics. From young she was remarkable for her prodigious
memory and at the age of 16 she won a gold medal on a competition of her
secondary education at Russian lycee. In 1891, she went to Paris.
She worked late hours and virtually lived bread and butter and tea. In
1804 she was placed the second in the license of mathematical sciences. It
was then that she married Pierre Curie, a famous scientist.
- Valentina Tereshkova was born in
Yaroslavl region of the former USSR. Soon after starting work in a textile
mill at the age of 18, Valentina joined an amateur parachuting club. She
was a hard worker. Later, at the age of 24, she applied to become a
cosmonaut. On June 16, 1963 Tereshkova was launched into space aboard Vostok
6. She became the first woman to travel in space. Her flight lasted 48
orbits totaling 70 hours 50 minutes in space. She spent more time in orbit
than all the US Mercury astronauts combined. Valentina received the Order
of Lenin and Hero of the Soviet Union awards for her historic flight.
- Margaret Thatcher was born in
England in the family of grocer and dressmaker. Her father was involved in
local politics. Early in her life she decided to be a member of the
Parliament. In 1950 Margaret married Denis Thatcher, got her degree from Oxford
and worked there as a research chemist. In 1959 she won a seat in
Parliament. In 1970 to 1974 she served as the Minister of Education and
Science. In 1979 general elections Mrs. Thatcher became the first woman to
be elected Prime Minister of Great Britain. She resigned in 1990. She was
awarded an Order of Merit award by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Who
- was
a bright pupil? _C_
- was
honored with the title of Hero for her historic deed? _____
- waited
for her parental permission to realise her dream to become a nurse? ____
- succeeded
as a leader and was awarded the order for her remarkable work for the
country? ____
- worked
as a nurse at war? ____
- was
an outstanding scientist? ____
Задание 2. Выберите правильный вариант.
1. I broke my leg yesterday and I … take part in the football match.
a) can’t b) couldn’t c) could
2. Mr Garret … have a personal bank account.
a) doesn’t b) don’t c) isn’t
3. … birthday is it next week?
a) Whose b) Whom c) Who
4. Run downstairs. Your sister … for you.
a) waits b) waiting c) is waiting
5. Perhaps they …a new house next year.
a) will buy b) buy c) shall buy
6. Don’t worry about your letter. I … it yesterday.
a) have sent b) sent c) sended
7. Timothy can play cricket well, …?
a) doesn’t he? b) can he? c) can’t he?
8. My elder sister is afraid … height.
a) - b) of c) with
9. I don’t want … or help.
a) advices b) an advice c) advice
10. I don’t like black coffee. - … do I.
a) So b) Neither c) Either
Задание
3. Заполните
пропуски в предложениях местоимениями, относящимися к выделенным словам.
me her him he
it me us them they us them him
Example: Bill and I went to a
concert. Jim met us there.
- I
recorded my first album when I was 10, and people loved ________!
- Mozart
composed many songs, but we don’t have all of __________.
- My
parents love rap music. _________ bought the new Eminem album!
- Madonna
is very famous. Everybody knows _________.
- I
saw Justin Timberlake in a shop and took a photo of _______.
- Elvis
Presley didn’t only record songs - _______ also made films.
- Jane
and I were at a concert and P. Diddy said hello to_______! It was amazing!
- I was
singing on the beach and a pop manager gave _______ a recording contract.
- My
younger brother can sing pretty well and my parents have decided to send
_____ to a music school.
- Ben
and Tom met Sara at a café. She asked ______ to go a J-Lo concert on
Saturday night with her and Lucy.
Задание
4. Выберите
правильный вариант:
a. a b. an c. the d. --
Oxford is a small city in 1____ centre
of England. 2 ____ University of Oxford is one of 3____ most famous in the
world. If you are 4____ student, it’s a great place to study. For visitors to Oxford there are a lot of things to do. You can go to museums and theatres. There are also
5____ shops, cafes and restaurants, and of course bookshops. There’s 6____
famous bookshop on Board Street. 7____ shop has thousands of books and is over
120 years old!
Summer
is 8____ best time to visit Oxford. When 9____ weather is nice, you can hire
10____ boat on one of the rivers or have 11____ picnic in 12____ university
parks. Oxford is also close to London so you can easily take 13____ bus or
train there for the day.
Задание
5. Прочитайте
текст и раскройте скобки.
It
was two thousand years ago. Two Viking leaders ( to go) with their men to
Ireland in two big boats. The first leader’s name was O’ Neil, the name of the
other is not known to us. They ( to agree) that the first man who ( to touch)
the Irish land would be the king of it .At last they (to be) very near the Irish
land. The two boats (to go) faster and faster. Unfortunately O’ Neil’s boat was
not as fast as the other one. And O’Neil (to have) an idea. He (to want) the
king so much, when the boats (to be) very near the land? He quickly ( to cut)
off his right hand and ( to throw) it over to the land. He (to become) the king
of Ireland because his hand was the first which touched the land. This story (
to explain) why there is a red right arm on Irish soldiers’ coats.
Задание 6. Напишите короткое эссе (сочинение-рассуждение) по теме “Positive and negative
aspects
of fame” (120-150
слов).
За
каждый правильный ответ – 1 балл, короткое эссе – 5 баллов.
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