Муниципальный тур Всероссийской олимпиады

2010-2011 учебный год

Английский язык 7-8 классы

Уважаемый участник олимпиады!

Олимпиадная работа по английскому языку состоит из трёх разделов, включающих 41 задание.

Раздел 1 (Чтение) включает 20 заданий, из которых 10 заданий на альтернативный выбор (предлагается решить, истинным или ложным является данное утверждение); 5 заданий с выбором одного правильного ответа из четырех предложенных и 5 заданий на упорядочение (предлагается вставить в текст пропущенные предложения в нужном порядке). За каждый правильный ответ выставляется один балл. Максимальное количество баллов за выполнение заданий Раздела 1: 20. Рекомендуемое время на выполнение Раздела 1 – 45 минут.

Раздел 2 (Лексико-грамматический тест) включает 20 заданий, из которых 10 заданий на множественный выбор (предлагается выбрать правильный вариант из нескольких предложенных) и 10 заданий на трансформацию (предлагается изменить часть речи или грамматическую форму исходного слова так, чтобы оно подходило по контексту). За каждый правильный ответ выставляется один балл. Максимальное количество баллов за выполнение заданий Раздела 2: 20. Рекомендуемое время на выполнение Раздела 2 – 45 минут.

По окончании выполнения заданий каждого из этих разделов не забывайте переносить свои ответы в Бланк ответов (Answer Sheet).

Раздел 3 (Письмо) состоит из одного задания и представляет собой небольшую письменную работу. Рекомендуемое время на выполнение этого раздела работы – 45 минут. Максимальное количество баллов за выполнение заданий Раздела 3: 20. Черновые пометки делаются прямо на листе с заданиями (они не оцениваются), и только полный вариант ответа заносится в Бланк ответов (Answer Sheet).

Общее время проведения олимпиады – 135 минут. Максимальный общий балл за выполнение работы – 60.

Рекомендуется выполнять задания в том порядке, в котором они даны. Постарайтесь выполнить как можно больше заданий и набрать наибольшее количество баллов.

Желаем успеха!

Reading

Time 45 minutes

Part 1

Look at the sentences below about the facilities in a hotel. Read the text to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, mark A on your answer sheet. If it is not correct, mark B on your answer sheet.

1. Breakfast in the dining room costs the same whatever you eat.

2. The dining room closes at 9 p.m.

3. The Coffee Shop is open at the same times as the swimming pool.

4. The receptionist will bring you a newspaper with your breakfast if you want.

5. You can unlock the front door for yourself if you return to the hotel very late.

6. To telephone a room in the hotel, you press 9 followed by the room number.

7. Children may only use the swimming pool when a member of staff is present.

8. You can use the hotel laundry facilities any afternoon.

9. The hotel will look after your money for you while you are out.

10. You must tell the receptionist if you are going out in the evening.

GERALD’S HOTEL

INFORMATION

Meals

Breakfast is served in the dining room 7.30-9.30 a.m. (10.00 a.m. on Sundays). Help yourself from our buffet or order a full cooked breakfast at no extra charge. A light breakfast can be served in your room if preferred (see Room Service below). Dinner is served in the dining room from 7.30 p.m. (Last orders by 9 p.m. please).

A children’s dinner menu is available until 8 p.m. at a reduced charge.

The Coffee Shop at the swimming pool is open from 10 a.m. serving a range of drinks, snacks and light meals.

Room service

24-hour room service is not available, but we are happy to bring light meals and snacks to your room for a small extra charge when the Coffee Shop is open. Light breakfasts are also available from 7 a.m. Please inform reception the previous evening if you would like breakfast in your room.

Newspapers can be ordered from Reception and will be on your breakfast table.

We do not have a night porter. If you are likely to come back to the hotel after midnight, please ask the receptionist for a front-door key.

The telephone in your room can be used to make calls within the hotel by dialing the number as shown on the list beside it. For calls outside, dial 9 followed by the number. Calls are charged at normal price for the first two minutes, then double after that.

The swimming pool is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Please collect swimming towels from Reception. Do not use the towels in your bathroom. Please note that children must be with a responsible adult at all times when using the pool. The hotel does not have staff available to do this and can take no responsibility for accidents.

There is a washing machine ($ 1.50 required) and drier (50c required). These are in the laundry room, opposite Room 17, and are available for guests to use after 1.30 p.m. every day. An iron and ironing board is also available. The hotel also offers a laundry service, which takes a minimum of twenty-four hours, from Monday to Friday. Prices are available from Reception.

Cash and items of value can be locked away in the hotel office if you wish to avoid carrying them with you to the beach, etc. Please ask at Reception. There is normally no charge for this service.

Please leave your room by 10 a.m. on the day of your departure to give us time to prepare for the next guests. If you would like to leave luggage with us for part of the day, please tell the receptionist the evening before.

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Part 2

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

James

My name is James, I’m fourteen, and I moved to this town with my family three months ago. My parents lived here when they were young, but my brother and I didn’t know anyone here except a few aunts and uncles we’d met when we’d spent a couple of weeks with my grandparents, during school holidays. When I started school, one of my cousins, Sophie, who was in my class, was very friendly for the first week and I was happy to have a friend in a strange place. Then, for no reason, she stopped talking to me and I felt very hurt and lonely for several weeks.

In the end I made some more friends and since I got to know them, I’ve been fine. Now Sophie is having a disco party for her birthday next week and she has invited me. I don’t want to go. My brother says he heard someone say she only asked me because her parents said she had to. But my mum and dad say it would be rude not to accept. Some of my new friends are invited, too. How can I show Sophie that she can’t behave so badly towards me without causing a family quarrel?

11. What is the writer trying to do in the text?

1. Explain a problem

2. Describe a family

3. Offer advice

4. Refuse an invitation

12. Who did James know in the town six months ago?

1. No one

2. A few relatives

3. Only his grandparents

4. Sophie’s friends

13. At the beginning of term, Sophie’s behaviour made the writer feel

1. Embarrassed

2. Unhappy

3. Grateful

4. Surprised

14. The writer wants Sophie to realize

1. That he still hasn’t forgiven her.

2. That her friends think she behaved rudely.

3. That his parents dislike her.

4. That she has fewer friends than he has.

15. Which of these is an answer to the text?

1. Ask your friends to come with you and we can all have a good time together.

2. Why not go to the party and ask Sophie why she stopped being friendly? At least everyone will know what’s happening.

3. Please phone my parents and explain the situation to them, so that they’ll stop worrying.

4. What about cooking a meal with Sophie and inviting all your relatives? That will be a good way to stop them quarrelling.

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Part3

You are going to read an article about a green school. Five sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-F the one which fits each gap (16-20). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

1. We got lots of recycling bins and started sorting our rubbish into glass, plastic, paper and food waste.

2. Now the teachers travel into work together and parents pick up other people’s children as well as their own.

3. What makes the school so special?

4. You should also be careful about the amount of water you use.

5. In addition, they tell people not to throw their old clothes away.

6. This means we don’t use electricity as much as we used to.

Go green!

Bunningford Secondary School has just received an award for being the greenest school in the city. (16) …… We spoke to their biology teacher, Miss Taylor, who explained to us how they had gone about changing their school to make it into an environmentally friendly one.

“The first thing we did was look at the rubbish we were making as a school. We knew that we had to find better ways to dispose of it. (17) …… This means that most of our rubbish now goes directly for recycling.

“Secondly, we have taken responsibility for cleaning up the fields around the school. Once a month, the area is cleaned up by a group of volunteers from the school. Everything we find there is taken to the local recycling centre. We want to show with this action how each person really can make a difference.

“We’ve also had a solar-powered water heater installed on the school’s roof. (18) …… That’s important because the less energy we use, the less has to be made. The way a lot of electricity is made causes pollution.

“Another thing that causes pollution is cars. At our school, we have organized the parents and the teachers so that as few cars as possible are used. (19) …… There are a lot less exhaust fumes around our school now.

“The students have also made some lovely posters which explain all about environmentally friendly products and how we can change our ways to be more green. They want to make their parents aware of what they can do. The posters show how buying unpackaged goods reduces the amount of rubbish we produce. They suggest having one strong bag for your shopping rather than plastic bags from the supermarket every time you go there. (20) …… If they are given to a charity, somebody will use them.”

Well, what can we say? Well done, Bunningford School!

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