Олимпиадные задания для 8 класса
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку на тему

Школьный этап всероссийской олимпиады школьников по английскому языку

                                          Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ-Югра

                                                             2012-2013 учебный год

                                                                       8 - классы                           

CLASS: ________ NAME: ________________________________ DATE: ________________________

Teacher’s  SIGNATURE: ___________________________ MARK: ____________________________

A TEST

1. Choose the right answer. Only one answer is correct. (9 points)

Leaving for London

Her face was white with worry. She went down to the hotel desk to ask about the plane ticket. John (1)___ putting his things into a bag. She (2)        _____ up to the room a minute or two later. “There (3) _____  a plane leaving from Venice to London in an hour," she said        to him. "I (4) ____ in England by this afternoon." “I  (5) ____ your bag down immediately then," he (6) _______ her.

She (7) ______ at the desk when he (8) ______ down, looking happier. She (9) _____ Venice right now.

1. A) has finished        B) finished        C) finishes

2. A) had telephoned        B) telephoned        C) has telephoned

3. A) was        B) has been        C) is

4. A) am        B) will be        C) was

5. A) bring        B) have brought        C) will bring

6. A) was telling B) told        C) had told

7. A) was        B) has been        C) had been

8. A) came        B) has come        C) had come

9. A) has left        B) had left         C) was leaving

                                                                                                 (___) 9

2. Fill in the gaps: (5 points)

1. If he gets … early, he’ll come in time.
2. Take this bus and get … in 15 minutes.
3. It was too hard for her to get … after that illness.
4. The more we get … the happier we’ll be.
5. How do they get …?  - Pretty well.                                                                                                (___) 5  

3. Match these English proverbs to their Russian equivalents  (10 points)

                                                                                                                                     (___) 10    

4. Find in each sentence hidden animal  (5 points)

1. A gold key is not a common key.
2. He enjoyed listening to music at night.
3. What will we do, General?
4. People who drive too fast can be arrested.
5. Nick came late to his English class.

                                                                                                                                 (___) 5    

5. Active or Passive? (5  points)

1. Somebody (ask) me on the phone every evening.

a) asks,   b) is asked

2. I (lose) my exersise – book last week.

a) was lost,   b) lost

3. We (advise) not to go out alone by the policeman yesterday.

a)were advised,   b) advised

4. America (to wash) by the Atlantic Ocean in the East.

1. washes,    b) is washed

5. People  (to celebrate) Earth Day in April.

1. celebrate,            b) are celebrated

                                            (____)  5

6.  Writing. Personal letter. (10 points)

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Steven:

Dear friend,

        My school holidays have just begun. I’m packing my bag because my family and I are leaving early tomorrow morning to go to the mountains. We go to the same place every winter and do a lot of downhill skiing. I just love it there. The hotel is nice, the food is not bad and, what is more important, I have a lot of good friends there – boys and girls of my age. I will go to the disco in the evening and practice skiing in the day time.

        How did you spend  your summer holidays?

Write a letter to Steven. In your letter

       - answer his question

       - ask him 3 questions

Write about 100 words.  Remember the rules of letter writing.

The keys

1 – 9 points

1b, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5c, 6b, 7a, 8a, 9 c

2 - 5 points

1. up
2. off
3. over
4. together
5. on

3 - 10 points

1 g, 2 f, 3 d, 4 e, 5 a, 6 h, 7 c, 8 j. 9 b, 10 i

4 - 5 points

1. monkey
2. cat
3. dog
4. bear
5. camel

5 - 5  points

1a, 2b, 3a, 4b, 5a

6. Writing. Personal letter. (10 points)

TOTAL - 44