"Big Ben": International Intellectual Olympiad

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL OLYMPIAD
“BIG BEN”
«MY ENGLISH»
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION:
______________________________________
(ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ)
NAME: __________________ SURNAME: ___________________________
(ИМЯ, ФАМИЛИЯ)
11th FORM (11 КЛАСС)
No of questions: 32
Time allowed: 50 minutes
Listen to the text and choose the right answers.

1) What does “the prairie” mean? 2) The First Nations people were _______.
a) The treeless areas of Canada. a) arctic inhabitants
b) The wide grasslands of Eastern Europe. b) nomadics
c) The wide grasslands of central North America. c) hill tribes
d) Canadian marshlands. d) peninsulares
3) How did the First Nations call their 4) What does "riding bareback" mean?
"homes"? a) The buffalo riding.
a) treepees b) tents b) Riding the horse only with the reins.
c) hovels d) teepees c) Riding the horse from back to front.
d) Riding without any equipment on the horse.
5) What does “stirrup” mean? 6) How did the warriors hunt a buffalo?
a) A seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other
a) They made long snare lines.
animal.
b) A loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, b) They rode beside it and threw the ropes on it.
wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of
c) They rode beside it and shooting bullets to
a horse to support the rider's foot.
bring it down.
c) The combination of straps, bands, and other
parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. d) They rode beside it and shooting arrows to
d) A leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit bring it down.
of a bridle, by which the rider controls a horse.
Choose the right answers.

7) Martin Luther King was ______. 8) What is the Giant’s Causeway in Northern
Ireland?
a) the US president b) a writer
a) The Belfast rugby stadium.
c) the black American clergyman and civil rights
b) An undersea national park.
leader
c) A highway that runs from Belfast to Derry.
d) a commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
d) An area of basalt stacks on the coast.
during the American Revolution
9) When did the Queen Elizabeth II come to 10) Which is the biggest island in the UK
the throne? after mainland Britain?
a) on February 4, 1949 b) on February 8, 1946 a) Isle of Wight b) Isle of Man
c) on February 7, 1956 d) on February 6, 1952 c) Anglesey d) Lewis and Harris
11) Which countries were united in 1707 to 12) In Shakespeare's Hamlet, which herb is
form Great Britain? said to be “for remembrance”?
a) England and Ireland b) England and Wales a) Jasmine b) Rosemary
c) Scotland and England d) Wales and Scotland c) Violet d) Parsley
13) What acid is there in Vinegar? 14) What nationality was Robert Louis
Stevenson, writer of “Treasure Island”?
a) Citric Acid b) Acetic Acid
a) Scottish b) Welsh
c) Oxalic Acid d) Malic Acid
c) Irish d) French
15) How long does it take for the Sun's light 16) How many chambers does the human
to reach the earth? heart have?
a) four b) three
a) 30 seconds b) 12 minutes
c) two d) seven
c) 60 seconds d) Just over 8 minutes
Choose the correct answer.
17) What is the meaning of the word 18) What is the meaning of the word
“pessimistic”? “obscene”?
a) Tending to accept what happens without a) Compulsive and uncontrollable.
resistance. b) Considered offensive and immoral.
b) Tending to dwell on or obsess over the past. c) Extremely old and out of use.
c) Tending to believe that the worst will happen. d) Not clearly expressed or understood.
d) Tending to only travel in a group of people.
19) “stand tall” means _____ . 20) “spill the beans” means _____ .
a) rating something higher on your priority list to a) do something risky in the hope of getting a
achieve the desired result good result
b) trying all the clever means to achieve something b) asking someone to tell you secret information
c)spending a lot of time and energy doing a lot of
things but actually achieving too little c) that something is very easy to do
d) to behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding d) you spend more money than you normally do,
manner, without retreating from confrontation, especially for a celebration
danger, or adversity
21) The film’s story seemed so ______ that 22) When the headlights shone on the
audiences couldn’t believe that it was based raccoon that was foraging in the trash, the
on a true story. alarmed critter ______ away.
a) conceivable b) tenable a) synthesized b) sagacious
c) orchestrated d) implausible c) inchoate d) developed
Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences.

23) A: I didn't like that book. 24) Polly won't come to the party.
B: ________. ________ Kate.
a) So did I b) I didn't either a) Either won't b) So will
c) So I did d) Neither have I c) Neither will d) So won't
25) I _______ the graphic design course 26) She _______ tennis while you are
when I start the marketing course. playing baseball.
a) will been finished b) will have finished a) has be playing b) will be play
c) will finished d) have finished c) will be playing d) has be to play
27) You should ______ your coat. It´s 28) Don't hold ______ me. I need to know
getting cold. who did it.
a) make on b) hook in a) back for b) up with
c) get to d) do up c) out on d) down on
29). Although working conditions _______ in 30) Road conditions _______ much in the
many occupations in the past few years, one last fifteen years, since the government
can never be safe, particularly in places with hasn't invested anything to renew the roads.
higher risk occupations.
a) can't have improved
a) needn't have improved b) may have improved b) ought to have improved
c) can't have improved d) might improve c) didn't need to improve
d) must have improved
31) She was so annoying! She ______ her 32) When I entered the market, a couple of
dirty dishes in the sink. I think she ______ merchants ______ and ______ to sell their
me to do them for her. goods to the tourists.
a) always was leaving / actually expected a) busily were bargaining / trying

b) was always leaving / actually expected b) busily were bargaining / tried
c) was leaving always / expected actually c) were bargaining busily / try
d) was leaving always / actually expected d) were busily bargaining / trying
INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL OLYMPIAD
“BIG BEN”
«MY ENGLISH»
11th FORM
Listening material
The Wild Life
Long before the arrival of Europeans on the Canadian prairie (the wide
grasslands of what is now called Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba), the First
Nations people lived in a harmonious relationship with their natural surroundings.
Every item of their culture, from sewing needles to homes was obtained from
nature. Their homes were called teepees and were like large tents made from the
skins of deer. These people - tribes with names like the Blackfoot, the Peigan and
the Blood people - were nomadic, which means that they travelled from place to
place following the animals they hunted or the growth of the berries and fruits on
the bushes and trees.
They had horses, although horses came to North America after escaping from
the Spanish explorers who brought them here to explore the areas around Mexico
and Texas. Boys and girls were both expert riders. They did not use saddles or
reins or stirrups; they rode "bareback". Their clothes were made from deer skins
and buffalo skins and decorated with the parts of other animals - tails from
squirrels and gophers, quills from porcupines and the delicate bones of birds.
These children of nature did not ever have to go to school. They did not have
to study to get into a prestigious college, nor did they have to worry about finding a
job after graduation. This does not mean their life was easy. The winters were very
long and very cold and there were sometimes wars between tribes. There were also
the very great dangers involved in the buffalo hunt. Warriors rode at top speed
(with no saddle) beside the huge buffalo shooting arrows to bring them down. The
chances of a buffalo turning suddenly or of falling off the horse were very great. We
must remember that there were also no hospitals in those days.
Even so, the young people of the tribes must have enjoyed a very pleasant
lifestyle: fishing and gathering berries in summer, hunting in the forests in the early
morning, dancing around the fire at night and listening to the old people tell stories
and legends from long ago.

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Listen to the text and choose the right answers.

Choose the right answers.

Choose the correct answer.

Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences.

a) always was leaving / actually expected a) busily were bargaining / trying

The Wild Life

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