Школьный тур олимпиады по английскому языку

Школьный тур олимпиады по английскому языку

Класс

I. Read the text attentively and choose the right form from the variants
below.

Frankie … (1) green and very tall. He has yellow eyes, black hair and a small
nose. He also has enormous hands and … (2). He isn’t pretty. In fact, he’s very
ugly and people … (3) him a monster. They are afraid of him and always run away
… (4) they see him. But Frankie isn’t bad! He is an intelligent man and he loves
reading. He has … (5) of books in his little house.

He likes writing stories. He sells his stories … (6) make money. He also likes …
(7) his computer and the Internet to write to people. They don’t know that he is
ugly and they enjoy his letters. They sometimes ask him for his photograph, but
Frankie never sends it.

Frankie enjoys gardening. There are a lot of vegetables, fruit trees and roses in
… (8) big garden. He loves roses! He puts bread out in the garden for the birds so
there are a lot of birds too. They … (9) afraid of him!

Frankie never eats meat. He doesn’t like it. He eats vegetables, fruit and bread.
Because he doesn’t like it when people run away from him, he orders all his
shopping by the Internet. The shop delivers his shopping to his house. In this way,
people don’t see him and he feels … (10). And when it is raining he doesn’t have to
go out of the house. He doesn’t like the rain and he is afraid of thunder and
lightning.

 

1) A. is B. are C. am

2) A. foot B. feet C. foots

3) A. calls B. write C. call

4) A. when B. how C. by

5) A. much B. lot C. a lot

6) A. by B. for C. to

7) A. gaming B. using C. eating

8) A. his B. him C. at

9) A. not be B. are not C. is not

10) A. happiest B. happier C. the happier

 

Complete the phrases using the information from the text.

11) Frankie has ….

A. black hair and big hands and feet

B. green eyes and a small nose

C. small hands and feet

12) People like writing to Frankie because ….

A. they don’t know that he is ugly

B. they meet him in the supermarket

C. they like to eat meat too

13) Frankie is ….

A. a good person

B. an evil person

C. a beautiful person

14) He lives in ….

A. a big house without a garden

B. a small house with a big garden

C. a small garden

15) He … a lot of books.

A. reads

B. speaks

C. does

16) Frankie sends his photo to ….

A. his Internet friends

B. nobody

17) Birds ….

A. don’t come into the garden

B. come into the garden

C. are afraid of Frankie

18) Frankie likes ….

A. gardening

B. eating meat

C. shopping in malls

19) Frankie goes to ….

A. the supermarket

B. the theatre

C. the garden to put the bread for the birds

20) Frankie is happy when ….

A. people don’t see him

B. he doesn’t see birds

C. he is in the supermarket

 

3. Choose the correct explanation for the words according to their
meaning in the text.

21) enormous =

A. very big B. hungry C. stupid

22) ugly =

A. beautiful B. pretty C. not beautiful

23) afraid =

A. scared B. sad C. nice

24) intelligent =

A. stupid B. kind C. smart

25) garden =

A. house B. roof C. flower yard

26) shop =

A. flat B. house C. store

27) in this way =

A. so B. why C. there

28) bad =

A. not good B. good C. not pretty

29) rose =

A. bread B. shop C. flower

30) rain =

A. ice B. water C. fire

 

 

1 балл за каждый правильный ответ. Максимальное количество баллов-30
1. a	11. a		21. a
2. b	12. a		22. c
3. c	13. a		23. a
4. a	14. b		24. c
5. c	15. a		25. c
6. c	16. b		26. c
7. b	17. b		27. a
8. a	18. a		28. a
9. b	19. c		29. c
10. b	20. a		30. b

Школьный тур олимпиады по английскому языку.

Класс.

1. Выбрать правильный вариант:

1.... you like a cup of cofee? A) will B) would C) can

2. The girl is... school. A) in B) on C)at

3. My birthday is... the 20^th... December. A) on B)in C)at A) in B)of C)at

4. I go... my granny... Sundays. A) at B)in C)to A) on B)in C)at

5. Usually she... her room in the evening. A)clean B) cleans C)is cleaning

6. Ho many books... in your bag? A) there are B)is there C) are there

7. What... on the table? A)are there B) there are C)is there

8. Children speak English,....? A)don’he B) don’t they? C)do they?

9. My friend mustn’t come in time,...? A)mustn’t he B) does he C) must he

10. It snows in winter,...? A)does he B)doesn’t it C) does it

11. I am writing a test,...? A) aren’t I B)am not I C) am I

12. Look! They... in the garden. A)Work B)is working C) are working

13. He can’t come now/ He... busy. A) is B)is being C) are

14. Next year they... to the seaside. A) go B)will go C) goes

15. In two years we... a new car. A)buy B)buys C) will buy D)are buying

16. Let... invite my friends. A)I B)me C)my

17. The family has two.... A) child B)childs C)children

18. Granny’s... are white. A)goose B)geese C) gooses

 

2. Прочитайте текст, выберите правильные ответы, поставьте знак +, если верно, -, если невер но.

David goes to school on foot. For breakfast he usually eats grapefruit. He likes bananas too. He likes to go to the discos. David can dance very well. He is listening to music and dancing now. His hobby is cooking. In the evening he likes to watch videos. He has got a hamster. It's yellow. It lives in the box. David likes it very much. He takes care of it.

а) Дэвид ездит в школу.

б) Он ходит в школу пешком.

в) На завтрак он обычно ест апельсин.

г) Он любит бананы.

д) Он любит посещать дискотеки.

е) Он плохо танцует.

ж) Сейчас он слушает музыку и танцует.

з) Сейчас он играет в шахматы.

и) Его хобби теннис.

к) Вечером он любит смотреть видео.

л) Вечером он любит гулять.

м) У него есть заяц.

н) У него есть хомячок.

о) Он желтого цвета.

п) Он черного цвета.

Класс

1. Use of English (25 points)

Patridge’s Almanac.

Many years ago there lived a man in London whose name was Patridge. A lot of people knew him because he wrote almanacs where he predicted the weather for each day of the year.

Once he decided to visit one of his friends who lived in the country.

He left London early in the morning and in a few hours he stopped at a small hotel to have dinner and rest a little. As he wanted to see his friend he didn’t stay at the hotel for along time.

When he was ready to go, the receptionist said to him, “Don’t go out! It will rain.“ “No. I am sure it will not,” said Patridge and left the hotel.

But soon it began to rain. “How did the receptionist know about it? He thought. “I must return and ask him. It will help me to write my almanac.”

The receptionist met him at the hotel. Patridge gave him some money and asked him, “How can you predict the weather so well?” “ Oh, we have Patridge’s almanac, and when this Patridge says that the weather will be fine we always know that it will rain. Today it is July 20^th, and the almanac says, “Fine weather, no rain”

 

Writing (10 points).

Write a letter (50-60 words) to your friend in Britain describing the season you are having now.

 

 

Класс

A Wonderful Discovery.

Sarah had a son of ten, who was called Jack. He did not like studying, but loved watching television. Sarah used to drive at school at half past four in the afternoon, bring Jack back home and give him some tea, but as soon as he got home, he always rushed to the television set and turned it on. “Haven’t you got any homework, Jack?” his mother always asked him as she began to make tea.

“Eh? Oh, yes, I have got a little,” he used to answer. “I’ll do it later when there’s nothing interesting on the television.”

At first Sarah had allowed Jack to watch television instead of starting his homework first, but soon she discovered that he never had a little homework – it was always a great deal- and that there was never a time when there was nothing interesting on television, so that after putting off doing his homework for a couple of hours, Jack was too tired to do his homework properly, if at all.

Sarah then decided to make him do it first. This was always a battle, and often when Jack obeyed his mother, he did his work quickly and carelessly as he wanted to finish it quickly and get back to his beloved television.

The result was the same as when he left his homework until last; bad work, which he was punished for the next day at school by getting low marks, either because his homework was full of mistakes, or because he did not know the work he was supposed to have prepared the night before.

One evening Jack’s science homework was about famous inventors like Thomas Edison, who made important discoveries and inventions in the field of electricity. When he had homework that consisted of learning facts, his mother began to test him when he finished, to try to make sure that he had really done the work properly and not left anything out, and this was what she did this time. She did not let him stop until she was sure that he knew what was in his book.

But this time, it was less of a battle than usual to make Jack sit down and go over what he had learnt carefully, because it had strong connection with television.

In class the next day, the teacher said to Jack,” What are some of the things that Thomas Edison did for science?”

“Well,” Jack answered happily, “first of all, if it were not for Edison, we’d all be watching television by candlelight.”

Writing (10 points)

Your friend from Great Britain is going to come to Kazan for the first time. Write him| her a letter (100 words).Describe what you are going to see and to do together.

Пояснительная записка к проведению олимпиады в 9-х классах муниципальных учреждений.

Олимпиада по английскому языку включает 5 разделов (конкурсов):

1. Чтение (Конкурс понимания письменного текста)

2. Лексико-грамматический тест

3. Письмо (Конкурс письменной речи)

4. Устная речь

5. Аудирование

Время проведения конкурсов:

1. Reading (Чтение) - 30 минут, включая перенесение ответов в лист ответов, объяснения члена жюри перед началом конкурса в это время не включаются

2. Use of English (лексико-грамматический тест) - 30 минут, включая перенесение ответов в лист ответов, объяснения члена жюри перед началом конкурса в это время не включаются

3. Writing (Конкурс письменной речи) - 30 минут, включая перенесение текста с черновика в чистовик, объяснения члена жюри перед началом конкурса в это время не включаются

4. Listening (Аудирование) - 35 минут, включая объяснения и перенесение ответов в лист ответов.

5. Speaking (Конкурс устной речи) - Участники разбиваются по парам; максимальное время, отведенное для ответа каждой пары участников 10 -12 минут, включая подготовку и объяснения члена жюри.

Время выполнения всех заданий – 140 минут.

Между конкурсами рекомендуется делать 10 минутные перерывы.

Критерии оценивания конкурсов

1. Listening (аудирование) - 40 баллов (за каждый правильный ответ дается 2 балла, всего 20 вопросов)

2. Use of English (лексико-грамматический тест) - 20 баллов (за каждый правильный ответ дается 1 балл, всего 20 вопросов)

3. Reading (Чтение) -34 балла (за каждый правильный ответ дается 2 балла, всего 17 вопросов)

4. Writing (Конкурс письменной речи) - 30 баллов (оценивается по Критериям оценивания конкурса письменной речи)

5. Speaking (Устная речь) - 30 баллов (оценивается по Критериям оценивания конкурса устной речи)

Для каждого участника полученные баллы за каждый конкурс суммируются. Победителями являются те участники, которые набрали наибольшую сумму баллов.

Максимальная сумма баллов – 154 баллов

 

Инструкция по выполнению заданий олимпиады в 9-х классах муниципальных учреждений.

Для всех конкурсов необходимо выполнение следующих требований:

· Участники должны сидеть в аудитории на таком расстоянии друг от друга, чтобы не видеть работу соседа.

· Участник может взять с собой в аудиторию ручку, очки, шоколад, воду.

· Во время выполнения задания участник может выходить из аудитории только в сопровождении дежурного.

· Участник не может выйти из аудитории с заданием или листом ответов.

Все ответы необходимо отмечать на листах ответов. Правильный вариант пишется в соответствующей клеточке на листе ответов. На листах ответов категорически запрещается указывать фамилии, делать рисунки или какие-либо отметки, в противном случае работа считается дешифрованной и не оценивается. Исправления на листах ответов ошибками не считаются; однако почерк должен быть понятным; спорные случаи трактуются не в пользу участника.

Ответы записываются только черными или синими чернилами/ пастой (запрещены красные, зеленые чернила, карандаш)

 

Use of English

Task 1

For questions 1–10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

0. DOUBT

1. PREDICT

2. PAPER

3. INTERACT

4. SCIENCE

5. COMFORT

6. ESTIMATE

INVENT

8. SEARCH

9. ADD

10. WIDE

Futurology

I am always 0 dubious whenever futurologists tell us how we will be living several years from now. Their 1______ of jet-pack travel and robot maids came to nothing. More recently we were promised the 2_______ office, 3 _______television and the end of high-street shopping. In some cases, they are wrong because 4 ____ progress has been slower than anticipated.

Airplanes, for example, are barely more 5 _______than they were fifty years ago. In others, the experts have 6______ the number of things that must go right before an 7________changes our lives. It takes more than just one bright idea – thorough 8 _____is needed when developing a new product. In 9_____, social and psychological factors determine whether or not a new product or service will be 10 _______adopted.

 

Task 2.

For questions 11–20, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Luxurious rose-scented soaps, a 0 __A mint after dinner – you needn’t have 11___ aromatherapy to understand the therapeutic powers of essential oils. These magical liquids, extracted from a range of aromatic plants, offer a truly holistic therapy, because they work on both body and 12___. When you put soothing oils in your evening bath to help you relax, you are recreating rituals that are thousand of years old. Hippocrates 13____ that the secret of health was an aromatic bath and scented massage every day. Cleopatra bathed in jasmine, while other Egyptians blended oils to 14___ as medicines. In Shakespearean Britain, women spread rosemary and lavender on floors to 15___ and purify rooms.

Now it has been 16___ in various scientific studies that many of these essential oils have powerful antiseptic and anti-bacterial uses. A recent Australian report found that tea tree oil was the only substance to kill all the types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria tested. Therapists know that tea tree oil can treat minor wounds. It seems that every essential oil 17___ of hundreds of chemicals, all with potential healing and medicinal properties. When an oil is inhaled, these chemicals enter the body’s system and bloodstream. Compared to drugs, the oils’ 18___ are fairly weak, but this in itself makes the oil safe 19__. For this reason, aromatherapy is often introduced as treatment 20___ conventional medicine, to complement mainstream medical practices.

0 A strong	B spicy	C hot	D sharp
11. A experimented	B tasted	C tried	D checked
12. A brain	B head	C thinking	D mind
13. A claimed	B communicated	C evaluated	D expressed
14. A make	B use	C do	D set
15. A wash	B remove	C destroy	D cleanse
16. A appeared	B presented	C shown	D pointed
17. A. contains	B consists	C comprises	D composes
18. A results	B conclusions	C effects	D issues
19 A reliefs	B recipes	C repairs	D remedies
20 A. between	B alongside	C next	D together

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET Total time: 30 minutes

 

Use of English

ANSWER SHEET

Task 1

 

Use of English

 

Keys

Task 1
	predictions
	paperless
	interactive
	scientific
	comfortable
	underestimated
	invention
	research
	addition
	widely

 

Task 2

	C
	D
	A
	B
	D
	C
	B
	C
	D
	B

 

Listening

 

Items 1 - 10 are based on episode 1. You will hear someone giving her opinion about whether it is possible to judge people by their appearance. For items 1-7 decide whether the statements are TRUE (A), FALSE (B) or the statement is NOT STATED on the tape (C).

1. The pilot met the speaker’s friend as she arrived at the airport ……………
2. The speaker thinks it’s in human nature to judge people by their appearance. …………….
3. The speaker thinks people’s faces and clothes are a reliable guide to their character. ……………
4. Those people who look like our friends are always sympathetic to us. ……………
5. We lack time to study people we communicate with. ……………
6. All people can equally easily change their appearance. ……………
7. We should ask other people to help to create new images. …………….

 

For items 8-10 choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

 

8. Why did her friend have a flight?

A to make some notes about a politician

B to meet with a politician

C to try a new plane

D to interview a pilot of the plane

 

9. Why did the presenter get into a difficult situation?

A because she spent all her money

B because the pilot didn’t arrive

C because she got into the wrong airport

D because she thought the pilot should be a man

 

10. What story does she remember?

A she didn’t like her teachers at school

B she disliked her teacher’s hairstyle

C she had long hair for three weeks at school

D it was prohibited to wear long hair at school

 

Items 11 - 20 are based on episode 2. You will hear part of a radio program about memory. For questions 11- 16 decide whether the statements are TRUE (A) or FALSE (B).

 

11. People’s memory is usually lost when they are old. ………………….

12.It is important to continue cognitive processes if you want to

keep good memory. …………………

13. Changing your way can’t stimulate your brain. ………………….

14. Thinking more carefully you get more blood to your brain. …………………

15. Choosing the same place for your things will prevent you from loosing them. ………………..

16. Some associations can be helpful to learn something new. ………………..

 

For items 17 -20 choose the best answer A, B or C.

According to the speaker:

17. Experts say playing chess

A is especially useful for elderly people

B helps you to stimulate your brain

C is the same as doing puzzles

 

 

18. The presenter states that

A physical exercise almost every day is necessary

B playing tricks develops your memory

C aerobic exercises can’t replace intellectual exercises

 

19. If you want to improve your memory,

A you can eat more chocolate

B you should take photos of places and people you see

C you should give up bad habits

 

20. If you want to succeed in a meeting

A it’s advisable to practise your speech in a relaxed atmosphere

B you should create a similar atmosphere while practicing a speech

C you should write a speech beforehand

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

 

Total time: 35 minutes

 

 

LISTENING

 

ANSWER SHEET

ID NUMBER

 

Episode 1
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
Episode 2
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C

 

Listening

Keys

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5. A

6. B

7. C

8. B

9. D

10 B

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.B

15. A

16. A

17. B

18.A

19.C

20.B

 

Reading.

Part I

 

1.1. Read the text and put the paragraph headings in the correct place (A, B or C):

 

A Be someone else!

B No limits

C Making connections

 

Part 2.

Total time: 30 min.

Reading

Answer sheet.

ID NUMBER

 

Part 1.1
1.
2.
3.

 

 

Part 1.2.
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C

 

Part 2
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False

Reading

Keys

Part 1.1.
1.	C
2.	A
3.	B

 

Part 1.2.
			C
	A
		B
		B
			C

 

Part 2
	True
		False
		False
		False
		False
	True
	True
	True
	True

Speaking

Разминка

Структура проведения тура: участвуют два экзаменатора и два участника олимпиады. Пары составляются методом случайной подборки. Преподаватели начинают вести беседу и задают каждому участнику 2-3 вопроса для того, чтобы снять напряжение, расположить их к беседе и подготовить к выполнению устного задания.

Время, отводимое на данный этап задания, 1-2 минуты.

Примерный перечень вопросов:

1. What activities and hobbies are you good at?

2. What cultures are you interested in?

3. How many languages are you fluent in?

4. What do you usually talk with your friends about?

5. What do you use the Internet for?

 

Основное задание

Часть 1

 

Члены жюри сообщают участникам конкурса основную информацию о том, что им предстоит сделать в ближайшее время, с этого момента начинается запись ответов участников конкурса на магнитофон.

 

“Your task is the following: in a minute you’ll have to speak about your eating habits. Please, tell us what is your idea about proper meal.”

 

Члены жюри задают вопросы:

1. Have you ever been on a diet?
2. Do you avoid food which has additives?
3. Do you take vitamin supplements?
4. Do you eat between meals?
5. Do you live to eat?
6. Do you eat frozen and ready-prepared meals?

Каждый участник должен высказаться. Время, отводимое на выполнение данного этапа задания, 2-3 минуты на каждого участника.

 

Часть 2.

Участникам олимпиады предлагается обсудить в паре следующее:

You are going to do a survey about eating habits in your country. You are to make up a questionnaire. Ask any questions you like depending on what you think the important and interesting issues are. Then you should suggest possible answers and compare them with eating habits abroad. You have to discuss your choice with your partner explaining the reasons for your choice.

 

Члены жюри формулируют задание для студентов. Студенты должны высказаться, предоставить убедительные доводы. Члены жюри могут задавать наводящие вопросы по мере необходимости, могут остановить беседу, если она начинает выходить за обозначенные рамки. Отведенное время 5-7 минут. Выступление участников записывается на пленку в 1 по 2 этап основного задания. Максимально отводимое время на пару участников для выступления составляет 10-12 минут.

 

 

Writing

Read the instructions

Write an entry for the website below. Write it in 120-180 words about a favourite teacher from your past.

GREAT TEACHERS

 

Log-in News Events

 

Student.

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

 

Time: 30 minutes

 

 

Пояснительная записка к проведению олимпиады в 10-11-х классах муниципальных учреждений.

Олимпиада по английскому языку включает 5 разделов (конкурсов):

6. Чтение (Конкурс понимания письменного текста)

7. Лексико-грамматический тест

8. Письмо (Конкурс письменной речи)

9. Устная речь

10. Аудирование

Время проведения конкурсов:

6. Reading (Чтение) - 30 минут, включая перенесение ответов в лист ответов, объяснения члена жюри перед началом конкурса в это время не включаются

7. Use of English (лексико-грамматический тест) - 30 минут, включая перенесение ответов в лист ответов, объяснения члена жюри перед началом конкурса в это время не включаются

8. Writing (Конкурс письменной речи) - 30 минут, включая перенесение текста с черновика в чистовик, объяснения члена жюри перед началом конкурса в это время не включаются

9. Listening (Аудирование) - 35 минут, включая объяснения и перенесение ответов в лист ответов.

10. Speaking (Конкурс устной речи) - Участники разбиваются по парам; максимальное время, отведенное для ответа каждой пары участников 10 -12 минут, включая подготовку и объяснения члена жюри.

 

Время выполнения всех заданий – 140 минут.

Между конкурсами рекомендуется делать 10 минутные перерывы.

Критерии оценивания конкурсов

1. Listening (аудирование) - 40 баллов (за каждый правильный ответ дается 2 балла, всего 20 вопросов)

2. Use of English (лексико-грамматический тест) - 20 баллов (за каждый правильный ответ дается 1 балл, всего 20 вопросов)

3. Reading (Чтение) -30 баллов (за каждый правильный ответ дается 1 балл, всего 30 вопросов)

4. Writing (Конкурс письменной речи) - 30 баллов (оценивается по Критериям оценивания конкурса письменной речи)

5. Speaking (Устная речь) - 30 баллов (оценивается по Критериям оценивания конкурса устной речи)

Для каждого участника полученные баллы за каждый конкурс суммируются. Победителями являются те участники, которые набрали наибольшую сумму баллов.

Максимальная сумма баллов - 150 балло

Для всех конкурсов необходимо выполнение следующих требований:

· Участники должны сидеть в аудитории на таком расстоянии друг от друга, чтобы не видеть работу соседа.

· Участник может взять с собой в аудиторию ручку, очки, шоколад, воду.

· Во время выполнения задания участник может выходить из аудитории только в сопровождении дежурного.

· Участник не может выйти из аудитории с заданием или листом ответов.

Все ответы необходимо отмечать на листах ответов. Правильный вариант пишется в соответствующей клеточке на листе ответов. На листах ответов категорически запрещается указывать фамилии, делать рисунки или какие-либо отметки, в противном случае работа считается дешифрованной и не оценивается. Исправления на листах ответов ошибками не считаются; однако почерк должен быть понятным; спорные случаи трактуются не в пользу участника.

Ответы записываются только черными или синими чернилами/ пастой (запрещены красные, зеленые чернила, карандаш)

 

Use of English

Task 1

 

For questions 1–10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)

best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

 

Gender gap in education

For many years now, British girls have 0 much better in exams than boys. Most theories about the causes of this gap 1_________ the sexes have blamed the education 2 ______. However, new research suggests that boys’ poor performance has nothing to do 3______ internal practices at schools. Instead external factors, such as different learning styles and how children are 4 _____up, have to be considered. For this 5 ________, many educationalists are now studying how boys and girls learn to read. They believe that, since reading is 6 ______taught either by mothers or by female primary school teachers, many boys 7_____ reading as a woman’s activity and this puts them 8 _______it.

Another factor could be that boys are generally more 9 ________than girls. When they can’t be the best, they would rather 10_____ up on education than be considered average. Girls seem much happier to be second best.

 

0 A acted B behaved C performed D succeeded

1 A among B between C beside D beyond

2 A method B style C technique D system

3 A by B from C at D with

4 A brought B raised C given D grown

5 A cause B purpose C reason D objective

6 A hardly B generally C rarely D lately

7 A look B notice C see D watch

8 A off B on C across D through

9 A determined B optimistic C possessive D competitive

10 A give B take C break D turn

 

Task 2.

For questions 11-20, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

 

The film Ocean’s eleven (and 0 by_______ that, I mean Soderbergh’s 2001 hit) had an indefinable quality 11………..it. But the sequel, unimaginatively titled Ocean’s Twelve, feels far too much 12……….the first one. In the follow-up film, three years after the first daring robbery, Danny Ocean is found living 13………happy retirement. His wife is waiting at home to celebrate their wedding anniversary, when, 14……….should arrive, but Terry Benedict. (He’s the man from whom Ocean’s Eleven, as the gang has been called, stole $160 mil). Even 15………..Benedict has received insurance money for the theft, he now wants the gang to pay it back but 16……….added interest. All of them have moved on, but he hunts them down and 17………..a deal with them – give him nearly $200mil. in two weeks, or die. Faced with 18……….choice, the gang leave for Amsterdam because it’s a place where they won’t be recognized and, with the help of a contact there, they can raise the money. Sadly, this is where Ocean’s Twelve falls 19………and becomes unnecessarily complicated. Perhaps it tries too hard, maybe it’s not trying hard 15…………….., or possibly it’s a little of both!

 

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

 

Total time: 30 minutes

 

 

Use of English

Keys

B

2 D

3 D

4 A

5 C

6 B

7 C

8 A

9 D

10 A

11.to

12.like

13.out

14.who

15.though

16.with

17.makes

18.no\ little

19.apart\down

20.enough

 

Use of English

ANSWER SHEET

ID NUMBER

Task 1
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
Task 2

 

 

Listening

 

Items 1 - 10 are based on episode 1. You will hear someone talking about ‘the cooler room’ at Ninestiles school. For items 1-7 decide whether the statements are TRUE (A), FALSE (B) or the statement is NOT STATED on the tape (C).

1. Some time ago the school had no disruptive students. ……………

2. A new behaviour management system was used to change the situation. …………...

3. The ‘cooler room’ was used to punish prisoners in Britain. …………..

4. The windows were small in rooms of the unit. ………….

5. If a pupil behaves badly he’s only warned first. …………

6. C3 means that a pupil must stay at school after classes. …………

7. All students consider the method very effective. …………

 

For items 8-10 choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

 

8. During the punishment

A pupils work separately without being fed

B teachers watch the pupils and assist with the work

C pupils stay isolated without communication

D pupils can change desks every three days

 

9. Talking loudly during the lesson can be regarded as

A C3

B C1

C C1 and C2

D C2

 

10. C3 is given for

A. running around the school

B. misbehaving in the canteen

C. having lunch in inappropriate times

D. missing lessons

 

 

Items 11 - 20 are based on episode 2. You will hear an expert giving some advice on art appreciation. For questions 11-16 decide whether the statements are TRUE (A) or FALSE (B).

 

11 Every artist should be able to fake expertises. ……………..

12 The main task of modern art is to reflect modern reality. …………….

13 The most successful artists tend to buy newspapers. ……………

14 In a gallery you should choose a particular place for each work to observe from …………

15 You can touch some works of art in the gallery. ………….

16 All art galleries provide visitors with binoculars. …………

 

For items 17 -20 choose the best answer A, B or C.

According to the speaker:

 

17 Modern Art was first introduced

A by Picasso and his friends

B by artists with off-centre views

C in the beginning of the 20^th century

 

18 Works made in the style of modern art

A represent only imaginary people or things

B are always delightful

C represent people or things which are unusual

 

19 While watching the painting

A it’s important to avoid glares on the painting

B it’s necessary to join people who are at the back

C you should pretend you’re analyzing the picture

 

20 The expert claims that

A you should watch pictures when you are in an emotional state

B criticizing works of art can arouse arguments.

C not all works at a gallery can be original

 

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

 

 

Total time: 35 minutes

 

Listening

ANSWER SHEET

 

Episode 1
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
Episode 2
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C
	A	B	C

 

Listening

Keys

1. B

2. A

3. B

4. C

5. A

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. C

10. B

11. B

12. B

13. B

14. A

15. A

16. B

17. B

18. C

19. A

20. C

Reading.

Part 1.

Return to Gunnesbury.

Mary got off the train at Gunnersbury station and walked up towards the mad. The suburban London summer hung over the scene like an old familiar smell and memories made her tremble with recognition at every step. It was many years since she had been here.

She walked along, and although she could not have pictured the road in her mind before, now she remembered each house; a gatepost, the coloured glass in a front door, the lamp-post casting a lonely light on the step. These houses, 'the older larger houses' as she thought of them then, were surprisingly unchanged. In the heat of the afternoon the remembered road had the slightly threatening familiarity of a place in a dream when one thinks: I have been here, yet where is it and what is going to happen? The colours too seemed like dream colours, not reflecting light, as if they were bright colours seen in darkness. And the streets were empty as in a dream.

Mary turned a corner and for a moment did not recognize the scene at all. Houses had disappeared. Tall blocks of flats and huge garages had taken their place. Now there were a few cars, but still nobody walking on the pavements. Mary frowned and thought with a sudden surprised pain, perhaps ourhouse too will have simply disappeared. But by now she had reached the end of the little road and could see, halfway down upon the left, the small semi-detached house where she had lived with Alistair during the four years of their marriage.

Mary steadied herself, putting her hand on to the low wall at the corner of the road, aware of her hand's sudden memory of the wall and its sharp stones. With the touch of her hand upon the wall there came the unexpected image of a piano, their old upright piano long since sold, which Mary must have thought of once as she paused with her shopping-bag at the corner of the road. Alistair had a beautiful voice and they had often sung together, he playing the piano, she standing with her hands on his shoulders. This was a purely happy memory.

Mary now began to walk slowly down the far side of the road. She could already see that the hedge which she and Alistair had planted had been taken away and a low brick wall had been put there instead. The small front garden, which she and Alistair had planted with roses, was entirely paved now except for two beds out of which large rosemary bushes leaned to sweep the paving stones with their blue-green branches.

Now Mary, almost opposite the house, could see with a shock the light of a farther window within the darkness of the front room. They must have knocked down the wall between the two downstairs rooms. She and Alistair had often discussed doing so. She stopped and looked across. The house seemed deserted.

 

For items 1-7 choose the answer (a, b, c or d) which you think fits best according to the text.

1. When she returned to Gunnersbury, Mary

A expected to recognize everything

B recognized the smell of the place

C recognized each house as she came to it.

D recognized the road from the station.

 

1. The ‘older larger houses’ were

A just as they used to be

B like the houses Mary had dreamt of

C painted the dark colours

D apparently deserted

 

1. After turning the corner, Mary was upset because

A there were so many flats and garages

B her old house might have gone

C there were only ugly buildings left

D the street was completely deserted

 

1. ‘Their’ in line ‘21’ refers to

A the flats

B the houses

C the garages

D Mary and Alistair

 

5. When she touched the wall, Mary

A remembered playing the piano with her husband

B wished she had not sold their piano

C stopped the rest and listened to the piano

D was reminded of the piano they used to have

 

6. As she approached the house, Mary noticed that

A the hedge had been replaced with a fence

B the garden wall had been lowered

C the front garden had been swept

D the roses had been removed

 

7. When she looked into the house, Mary could see that

A the layout of the rooms was different

B there was an extra window downstairs

C an inside wall had been damaged

D the front room was darker than before

Part 2.

 

2.1. Read the article. Match headings a) –e) to paragraphs 8-12.

 

a) A weekend invitation.

b) A spooky experience.

c) A nation of believers.

d) Still a sceptic.

e) Our first evening.

Look behind you!

8________A recent survey revealed that 68% of people in the UK believe in ghosts, and 1 in 10 people claim that they've actually seen a ghost. Being naturally sceptical, I always take these kinds of survey with a pinch of salt, but it does seem that nowadays everyone wants to meet a real-life ghost.

 

9________So when my sister-in-law Pat suggested going on a ghost-hunting weekend, I didn't need to be asked twice, Pat was hoping to see her first ghost, while I just wanted a few days off to recharge my batteries. We were soon heading off to Brockfield Castle in Somerset,' one of Britain's most haunted houses, to spend the weekend looking for ghosts - I thought it was going to be a piece of cake.

 

10_______Brockfield Castle, a spooky old building in the middle of nowhere, certainly was a far cry from my modern London flat. There were eight other guests and we all had dinner together on the first evening to break the ice. Our fellow ghost-hunters seemed normal enough - apart from one strange old lady who kept telling us to keep an eye out for werewolves (she must have booked the wrong weekend break). After dinner Ashley, our guide, gave us a talk on the history of the castle, which is apparently haunted by two brothers who died in a fire over 200 years ago. Then we were taken on a tour of the castle's 37 rooms. Sadly the brothers were nowhere to be seen - perhaps they'd gone away for the weekend too.

 

11________That night I slept like a log, but on the second evening things started to get weird. Pat and I were walking in the Hardens after dinner when out of the blue she shouted, 'Look, there's a ghost!" I thought she was pulling my leg, but she pointed to one of the windows. An old man was standing there, arms outstretched. We watched him for about a minute and then he suddenly vanished. When we told Ashley what we'd seen, he said we'd been looking up at the room where the Brothers had died.

 

12_______Of course, Pat's first ghostly encounter really made her day, and I have to admit that the experience gave me food for thought. However, as someone once said, for the believer, no proof is required - but for the sceptic, no proof is sufficient.

 

Reading

Answer sheet

 

Part 1
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	B	C	D
	A	b	C	D

 

Part 2.1.

 

Part 2.2.
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False
	True	False

 

 

Part 2.3.
30 -extra