Олимпиада по Английскому языку 9-11 класс
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Олимпиада по английскому языку

     9 -11 классы

Продолжительность тура 1.,5 часа (90 минут)  

©Составление НОУ ЦГИ «Конвенция», 2008

©Tasks  1,2. 3  Up&Up team, 2008

Task 4 The questions in this quiz are riddles - they may appear strange, but they all have logical answers. Find the correct answer in the list below.

26         What do elephants do when it rains?

27         Why do businessmen carry umbrellas?

28         What kind of umbrella does a businessman carry when it’s raining very hard?

29         Twelve businessmen were standing under one small umbrella, but none of them got wet. Why?

30         Why did William Shakespeare wear a red and green belt?

31         Who wears the biggest boots in the army?

32        How do you stop water coming into your house?

33        What kind of lion has purple feet?

34         Why do giraffes have long necks?

35        Why do white sheep sleep more than black sheep?

36        What can fall on water without getting wet?

A        The soldier with the biggest feet.

B        Holes.

C        A very wet one.

D        The kind that makes its own wine.

E        Because there are more of them.

F        Because it wasn’t raining.

G        Because umbrellas can’t walk.

H         To keep his trousers up.

I        A shadow

J        They get wet

K        Stop paying your water bill

L        To join their heads to their bodies

Task 5 Read the descriptions and guess the names of the special days they define. Match the names to the descriptions.

37         The forth Thursday in November – Day of giving thanks to God

38        14th February – Day on which people send romantic messages to each other

39         1st May – Holiday in honour of workers

40         1st January – the first day of the year

41        12the October – Celebrates Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the West Indies in 1492

42        The third Sunday in June – in honour of fathers.

43        25th December – Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ in many countries of the world

44         4-th July – Celebrates the American Declaration of Independence in 1776

A        * * *  DA*

B        * * * IST* * *  DA*

C        N* *  Y* * R’S DAY

D        * * * UMB * *  DAY

E         * * * EPE * * * NCE  * * Y

F        * * * NKS * * * ING  * * Y

G        * * * ENT * * * ‘S  D* **

H         * * * HER *   * AY

Task 6  The following text is completely mixed up. Put the text in order by numbering the lines. Line A comes first in the text; line M is the last one.

A        Two friend were travelling on the same road

B        climbed into a tree and hid. The other, seeing that single-handed he was no

C        him dead, walked slowly away. When Bruin was well out of sight the first

D        a dead body. The bear approached him, sniffing at his nose and ears, but the

E        together when suddenly they came face to face with a large bear. In great

F        to be dead, for he had heard that a bear will not touch

G        my perch that he put his mouth very close to your ear.’ ‘Why,’ replied the other, ‘it was no great secret. He

H        fear, and without a thought about his companion, one man immediately

I        traveller came down from his tree and asked his companion what it

J        match for Bruin the bear, threw himself on the ground and pretended

K        man, with great courage, held his breath and kept still, and at length the bear, thinking

L        was that the bear had said to him. ‘For,’ said he ‘I observed from  

M        wisely advised me not to keep company with those who. When they get into difficulty, leave their friends in the lurch.’

Task 7 Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct options.

The Dove and the Ant

Through the forest __(58) a clear bubbling steam and under a blade of grass on the bank __(59) an ant. She __ (60) very thirsty and __(61) over to __ (62) a drink, but as she __ (63) so she __ (64) and __ (65) into the water.

The strong current __ (66) her away, __ (67) her far off down the stream. As hard as she __ (68) she __(69) not manage to swim to the bank. At that moment a dove __ (70) by and, __ (71) the struggling ant, __ (72) pity on her distress. She __(73) a branch from a nearby tree and  __(74) it into the water. The ant did not __(75) but clambered nimbly on to the branch and at last __(76) the safety of the bank.

Not long after this, the ant __(77) out for a stroll when she __(78) upon the dove again. A hunter was just about to trap the bird with a large net. Seeing what was going to __(79), the ant __(80)  sharply into the man’s heel and made him __(81) out in surprise.

The dove heard him, took fright and __(82) away.

Task 1

1 – B 2 – C 3 – A 4 – B 5 – D 6 – D 7 – B 8 – A – 9 – C 10 – D 11 - A

Task 2

12 – responsible

13 – difficult

14 – especially / specially

15 – patriotic

16 – leaves

17 – international

18 – proudly

19 – royal

Task 3

20 – A 21 – B 22 – C 23 – B 24 – A 25 - D

Task 4

26 – J

27 – G

28 – C

29 – F

30 – H

31 – A

32 – K

33– D

34 – L

35– E

36 – I  

Task 5

37 – F  38 – G  39 – A  40 – C  41 – D  42 – H  43 – B  44 - E

Task 6

45 – A 46 -  E 47 – H 48 – B 49 – J 50 – F 51 – D 52 – K 53 – C 54 – I 55 – L 56 – G 57 – M

Task 7

58 – A 59 – B 60 – A 61 – C 62 – C 63 – D 64 – B 65 – C 66 – A 67 – A 68 – B 69 – C 70 – C

71 – A 72 – D 73 – A 74 – A 75 – D 76 – B 77 – C 78 – A 79 – D 80 – A 81 – B 82 - C