Олимпиада 8 класс
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (8 класс) по теме

Олимпиада

по английскому языку

(заочный тур)

8 класс

2010/2011

1. Complete the sentences with the correct words (10 points).

1. The boat sailed ---- through the ----.

      A  straight              B  strait

2. The Indians wrote the ---- treaty on a ---- of bark.

     A  piece                   B  peace

3. The ---- on a ----- is called fur.

    A  hare                     B  hair

4. Have you ever heard the fairy ----- about the cat with no -----?

    A  tale                      B  tail

5. The sky was clear ---- but the wind ---- from the north.

    A  blue                      B  blew

6. After his illness John felt ----- for a -----.

    A  week                     B  weak

7. The ----- spent the ----- in the castle.

    A  knight                   B  night

8. Didn’t you ---- Peter ask you to put the plate -----?

    A  here                      B  hear

9. I want to ---- my new skirt but I don’t know ----- my mother put it.

    A  where                    B  wear

10. He announced which ---- of the boys ---- the game.

    A  won                       B  one

2.   Arrange the words in pairs of synonyms (11 points).

1. Realize                                         a) fine

2. Wealth                                        b) riches

3. Announce                                     c) offer

4. Immediately                                d) pick up

5. Talk                                             e) understand

6. Suggest                                       f) at once

7. Lift                                              g) point

8. Spot                                            h) declare

9. Excellent                                     i) chat

10. Memorial                                    j) monument

11. Question                                     k) place 

3.  Find the Russian equivalents of the following English proverbs (5 points).

1. All cats are grey in the dark.

2. The bait hides the hook.

3. A bird may be known by its song.

4. Small rain lays great dust.

5. A cat may look as a king.

 A Видна птица по полету.

 B За погляд денег не берут.

 C Ночью все кошки серы.

 D Посеешь дождь, пожнешь бурю.

 E Мягко стелет, да жестко спать.

4.  Choose the correct word (10 points).

1. He was born in a poverty/ poor family.

2. The woman laid/ lay the sleeping child on the sofa.

3. The person who travels with you is a company/ companion.

4. Go and reply/ answer.

5. He arrangement/ arranged his books in the bookcase.

6. Spring usually delivers/ brings sunshine and flowers.

7. This announce/ announcement surprised us very much.

8. We were astonished/ surprised to hear that he had passed his exam.

9. We were awful/ awfully glad to meet him.

10. The message was brought/ delivered by hand.

5. Complete the text with the correct forms of the words in brackets (24 points).

The moon 1 ---- (be) a natural satellite that 2 ---- (travel) around the Earth. As soon as the moon 3 ---- (move), it 4 ---- (seem, change) shape. But it 5 ---- (not change) shape. It 6 ---- (have) no light of its own. When we 7 ---- (see) the moon, we 8 ---- (see) sun light 9 ---- (reflect) off it. We 10 ---- (can, see) the moon only if the 11 ---- (light) part 12 ---- (turn) towards the Earth. During the full moon, the 13 ---- (light) part of the moon 14 ---- (turn) towards the Earth. There 15 ---- (be) no air on the moon. And it 16 ---- (be) very hot in the daytime on it. It 17 ---- (appear, have) no life. Many people 18 ---- (want, learn) more about the moon. Long ago, people 19 ---- (use) only their eyes 20 ---- (look) at the moon. They 21 --- (not can, see) the moon’s land clearly. Later, a telescope 22 ---- (invent). Since then, people 23 --- (use) telescope 24 ---- (study) the moon.