Тест. Олимпиадные Задания По Английскому Языку. 11 Класс.
Тест. Олимпиадные Задания По Английскому Языку. 11 Класс.
Тест. Олимпиадные Задания По Английскому Языку. 11 Класс.
Section 1
Reading Comprehension
Time: 40 minutes
Task 1
Read Jane’s story. For questions 1 -7 and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D./
Прочитайте рассказ Джейн и выберите к вопросам 1-7 правильные варианты
ответов.
During the baking hot months of the summer holidays my mother and I used to escape to
one of the scattered lakes north of Prince Albert. In its magic surroundings we used to spend the
long summer days in the open air, swimming and canoeing or just lying dreaming in the sun. In
the evening the lake was always a bright, luminous grey after the unbelievable sunset colors had
faded.
The last summer before we returned to England was particularly enchanted. For one thing, I
was in love for the first time. No one will ever convince me that one cannot be in love at fifteen. I
loved then as never since, with all my heart and without doubts or reservations or pretence.
My boyfriend Don worked in Saskatoon, but the lake was ''his place'' – the strange and
beautiful wilderness drew him with an obsessive urgency, so I suspected it was not to see me that
he got on his motor-cycle as many Fridays as he possibly could, and drove three hundred-odd
miles along the pitted prairie roads to spend the weekends at our place.
Sometimes he couldn't come, and the joy would go out of everything until Monday, when I
could start looking forward to Friday again. He could never let us know in advance, as we were
too far from civilization to have a phone or even a telegraph service. Three hundred miles in those
conditions is quite a journey. Besides, Don was hard up, and sometimes worked overtime at
weekends.
One Friday night a storm broke out. I lay in bed and listened to the thunder and the rain
beating on the roof. Once I got up and stood looking out over the treetops, shivering. I tried not to
expect Don that night hoping he would have enough sense to wait until the storm ended. Yet in
my frightened thoughts I couldn't help imagining Don fighting the storm. His motorbike, which
had always looked to me so heavy and solid, seemed in my thoughts frail enough to be blown
onto its side by the first gust that struck it. I thought of Don pinned under it, his face pressed into
the mud.
I crawled back into bed, trying to close my throat against the tears. But when my mother,
prompted by the deep sympathy and understanding between us, came in to me, she kissed my
cheek and found it wet.
"Don't get upset, Jane,'' she said softly. ''He may still come.''
When she had tucked me in and gone, I lay thinking about Don, about the danger of the
roads. You couldn't ride or walk along them safely after heavy rain; your feet would slip from
under you. The roads in Northern Canada are not like the friendly well-populated English ones,
where there are always farmhouses within walking distance and cars driving along them day and
night.
It was hours later, that I suddenly realized the sound of the roaring engine were real. The
storm was dying.
2. The last summer was particularly fascinating for Jane because she
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A. spent it in the magic surroundings.
B. had a lot of fun in the open air.
C. enjoyed unbelievable sunsets by the lake.
D. fell in love for the first time.
5. Sometimes Don didn't come to see Jane and her mother on Friday because he
A. thought they were too far from civilization.
B. had given up hope of seeing the author.
C. worked to make some extra money.
D. hated traveling in exhausting conditions.
6. Mother came into Jane's room during the storm because she
A. felt Jane was afraid of the thunder.
B. felt Jane was worried about Don.
C. heard Jane walking in the room.
D. heard Jane crying in her bed.
I lived in Port Stewart, one of the small villages on the coast. I rented a small room at the top of
an old damp two-storey Victorian terrace house. The house was the last one in the terrace and
from its window I could look out on the grey, ever-restless ocean.
8__________ The weather in that part of the North of Ireland was never the kindest,
though when the summer came the landscape around us, the easy access to Donegal and to the
remoter parts of the North gave the area its own particular delight.
An old retired couple who owned the house lived in two rooms on the ground floor.
9_______His bent figure would brave even Port Stewart’s weather as he walked along the sea
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front.
I never saw the old man at any other time apart from these walks. 10_________His wife,
his second, would sit quietly in the kitchen beside the fire constantly knitting and offering us
cups of tea as we came in from the pub or back from studying. She never bothered us much, was
always friendly and enjoyed a cup of tea with those of us who would sit and chat with her.
11_________ We were not surprised, aware even then that age can be cruel. But what
moved me most was his rapid worsening, the fact that I never again saw him walking bent
double against the wind, and the sight of his walking stick always lying in the hall. It became a
strange kind of symbol.
12_________ The fact that we were only aware of this old man's illness through his
rasping cough and his wife's nursing him gave the house an air of heavy sadness.
One evening, I came in from the cold and went I straight to the kitchen to heat myself at
the fire. Mrs. Paul sat alone. There was a silence I couldn't understand. I recall now that her
knitting needles were for once not in evidence. 13________ Her face was very still.
It took her some time to acknowledge me coming into the room. 14________ She looked up
slowly and I remember her old, lined but still quite beautiful face as she said calmly and without
emotion: ‘My husband is dead’.
Task 3. Read the extract from the text and complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
verbs in brackets./Прочитайте отрывок из текста и заполните пропуски глаголами из
скобок в правильной форме.
When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, 1____________ (decide) to buy Canterville
Chase, everyone 2____________ (tell) him that it 3___________ (be) a foolish thing to do.
There 4__________ (be) no doubt that a ghost 5___________ (live) in the house. Indeed, Lord
Canterville himself 6__________ (mention) the feat to Mr. Otis when they 7____________
(discuss) the sale.
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‘We 8___________ (not live) in the place ourselves, 9_____________ (say) Lord Canterville,
‘since the day when my grand-aunt 10____________ (frighten) by the ghost. It
11_____________ (happen) many years ago. My grand-aunt 12_____________ (dress) for
dinner when she suddenly 13____________ (feel) two skeleton hands being placed on her
shoulders. The fright 14_____________ (make) her very ill and she never really recovered.’
‘I 15____________ (not believe) in ghosts,’ 16______________ (say) Mr. Otis.
(16 scores)
Section 2
Use of English
Time: 40 minutes
Task 1.
For questions 1–10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)
best fits each space./Заполните пропуски 1-10 подходящими ответами (A, B, C or D)
Task 2.
Choose the right option from a), b), c), d)/ Выберите правильный вариант ответа*
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4. He works ... and makes good progress.
a) hard, b) hardly, c) good, d) badly.
5. He reminds me ... someone I knew in the army.
a) of, b) to, c) from, d) about.
6. Mary is here. Where are ... ?
a) other, b) others, c) the others, d) another.
7. What ... bad weather we are having today!
a) the, b) a, c) an, d) — .
8. Did you read ... English books at school?
a) some, b) many, c) much, d) none.
9. I want to know what ...,
a) are you doing, b) were you doing, c) will you do, d) you are doing.
10. I've made ... mistakes now than I made last time.
a) few, b) a few, c) fewer, d) less.
(10 scores)
Task 3. Translate into English/ Переведите на английский язык.
1. Вам придется завтра рано встать.
2. Эту книгу можно найти в любом магазине.
3. Если я не поступлю в институт, то буду искать работу.
4. Мало надежды на то, что мы достанем билеты.
5. Он сказал, что ждет уже час.
(5 scores)
Task 4 For Questions 1-5; answer the following questions about English-speaking
countries/Ответьте на вопросы об англо говорящих странах.
1. What is the ancient and poetic name for England or Great Britain?
2. What is the national bird of the UK?
3. What is “the Derby”?
4. What is the Woolsack?
5. Who had the longest reign of many British monarchs?
(5 scores)
Section 3
Writing
Time: 40 minutes
Read the extract from your pen-friend’ letter. Her name is Amanda, who has just finished her
exams.In your letter:
tell her about your hobbies;
ask three questions about her best friend’s party .
Monologue;
Give a 2-minute talk about a person you admire.
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Remember to say:
What this person looks like;
What his/her profession is;
Why you admire him/her;
What you can do to become like him/her.
Dialogue
You and your flat mate are thinking of getting a pet. Discuss with him/her which pet you
would like to have and choose one pet you both want.
Here is the list of possible pets:
a dog
a cat
a bird
a goldfish
(20 scores)
ANSWER SHEET
1 A B C D
2 A B C D
3 A B C D
4 A B C D
5 A B C D
6 A B C D
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Task3
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Section 2
Use of English
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You can use the opposite side
20 scores
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ANSWER KEYS
1 C SECTION 1. READING COMPREHENSION
2 D
3 A Task 1
4 C
5 C
6 B
7 C
7 scores
Task 2
II. 8 - F, 19 - C, 10 - G, 11 - A, 12 - D, 13 - H, 14 – B
7 scores
Task 3
I 1. decided; 2. told; 3.was; 4. was; 5.lived; 6. mentioned/had mentioned; 7. were discussing;
8. haven’t lived; 9. said; 10. was frightened; 11. happened; 12. was dressing; 13. felt; 14.
made; 15. don’t believe; 16. said.
16 scores
SECTION 2 Use of English
Task 1
1B
2D
3D
4A
5C
6B
7C
8A
9D
10 A
10 scores
Task 2
10 scores
1- d, 2- b, 3- d, 4- a, 5- a, 6- c, 7- d, 8-b, 9- d, 10-c.
10 scores
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Task 3
1. Albion (from the Latin word albius (white) having in mind the white cliffs of Dover)
2. The national bird of the UK is the robin.
3. The annual horse race in Surrey/England.
4. It is a special seat for the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords. /The Woolsack is a cushion
stuffed with wool to symbolize what was once England’s chief source of wealth.
5. Queen Victoria reigned for 64 years
5 scores
Total-100 scores
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