Школьный этап олимпиады по английскому языку 9-11 класс
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ШКОЛЬНАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА         9-11 КЛАСС

LISTENING

 (14 баллов) - 20 минут

Task 1

Вы услышите диалог.  Определите, какие из приведенных утверждений 1-7 соответствуют содержанию текста (1-True), какие не соответствуют (2- False) и о чем в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3-Not Stated). Занесите номер выбранного Вами ответа в лист ответов. Вы услышите запись дважды.

READING

Task 1,  10 points

For Headings 1-9, choose the answer (A …I) which you think fits best according to the text. Write the appropriate letters A -J in boxes 1—9 on your answer sheet. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use Think if the statement 10 true or false. Write True or False in the box 10 on your answer sheet.

1. In large organizations, leaders should spend no more than four hours a day
   in their offices. The rest of the time, they should be out with their people, 
   talking to lower-level employees and getting their feedback on problem
   areas. They should be making short speeches and handing out awards. They
   should be travelling widely throughout their organizations.
2. The best leaders are those whose minds are never closed and who are eager
   to deal with new issues. Leaders should not change their minds too
   frequently after a major decision has been made, but if they never
   reconsider, they are beginning to show a degree of rigidity and inflexibility
   that creates problems for the organization.
3. Executives must take a disciplined approach to their schedules, their post, 
   their telephone calls, their travel schedules and their meetings. Staying busy
   and working long hours are not necessarily a measurement of leadership
   effectiveness.
4. Leaders may run efficient organizations, but they do not really serve the
   long-term interests of the institution unless they plan, set goals and provide
   strategic perception.
5. The leader must be willing to pass on skills, to share insights and
   experiences, and to work very closely with people to help them mature and
   be creative.
6. Leaders should let people know that life is not so important that you can’t
   sit back occasionally and be amused by what is happening. Laughter can be
   a great reliever of tension.
7. Reliability is something that leaders must have in order to provide stability
   and strength to organizations. Leaders must be willing to be flexible but
   consistency and coherence are important elements of large organizations.
8. Leaders must not only understand the major elements of their businesses
   but must also keep up with any changes.
9. Leaders should be able to look at themselves objectively and analyse where
   they have made mistakes and where they have disappointed people.

Paragraphs 1-9 contain advice for business leaders. Choose the appropriate heading for each paragraph from the list below.

A. A leader should be a good teacher and communicator. 
B. A leader must manage time and use it effectively. 
C. A leader must have technical competence. 
D. A leader must provide vision. 
E. A leader must be visible and approachable. 
F. A leader should be introspective. 
G. A leader should be dependable. 

H. A leader should be open-minded. 
I. A leader should have a sense of humour.

10. Is the following statement true or false?

 The best leaders must stay busy and work long hours.

Task 2 - 10 (points)

A Young Mayor

This is a very unusual case, but as you will see, A __________________________.

An 18-year-old school girl has become the youngest mayor of a British town in history. Amanda Bracebridge,  B _____________________, won leadership of Clun village council in a dramatic election last night. The tiny village only has 122 voters and Amanda won the election by just two votes from the only other candidate, 69-year-old Fred Gardner of the Conservative party. Amanda, C _____________________, was an independent candidate. She was surprised by her success, D _____________________. “My election promise was to make sure E _____________________,” she told us. She was referring to the plans from a large company to buy up farmland and build flats there. “We live in one of the most beautiful villages in Shropshire and I F _______________________.”

Amanda, who is in her last year at nearby Bishop’s Castle High School, G _____________________ and her exams H________________. “It’s going to be a pretty busy few months,” she said. “But  _I__________________ I will be able to concentrate completely on helping my village”.

Amanda had plans to go to university but is now going to start a year later J _____________________. “I’ve talked to Leeds University and they say my place will wait for me”. And what is she going to study? Politics? “No, actually, I am going to do sociology and economics”.

1. who is not a member of any political party
2. which she takes in two months
3. that our village would be protected from outside interests
4. unusual doesn’t mean impossible
5. but it was not a total shock to her
6. being a politics student at the university
7. so she can do her job as mayor properly
8. want to make sure it stays that way
9. who is only just old enough to vote herself
10. will have to find time for her work as mayor
11. when the exams are over

USE OF ENGLISH

Task 1

For questions 1-15 complete the following article by writing each missing word in the correct box on your answer sheet. Use only one word for each space.

Traffic Jams are Nothing New

In the age before the motor car, what was traveling in London like? Photographs taken 100 years ago showing packed streets indicate that it was much the (1) …. as it is now. Commuters who choose the car to get to work probably travel at (2) …. average speed of 17 kph from their homes (3) …. the suburbs to offices in the center. (4) …. is virtually the same speed that they (5) …. have travelled at in a carriage a century ago.

As towns and cities grow, (6) …. does traffic, whether in the form of the horse and carriage (7) …. the modern motor car. It would seem that, wherever (8) …. are people who need to go somewhere, they would (9) …. be carried than walk or pedal. The photographs show that, in terms (10) …. congestion and speed, traffic in London hasn’t changed over the past 100 years. London has had traffic jams ever (11) …. it became a huge city. It is only the vehicles that have changed.
However, although London had traffic congestion long (12) …. the car came along, the age of the horse produced little unpleasantness apart (13) …. the congestion. Today, exhaust fumes create dangerous smogs that cause breathing problems (14)…. a great many people. Such problems could be reduced (15)…. many of us avoided jams by using bicycles or taking a brisk walk to school or work.

Task 2

For questions 16-25, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

On the other hand?

We left-handed people lack collective pride. We just try to get by, in our clumsy way. We make (16)______ demands and we avoid a fuss. I used to say whenever someone watched me sign my name and remarked that he or she was also left-handed: “You and me and Leonardo da Vinci!” That was a weak joke, (17)________ it contained my often unconscious desire to belong to Left Pride, a social movement that (18) _____ far doesn’t exist but I hope may one day come. There are many false stories about the left-handed (19)______ circulation: for example, a few decades ago someone wrote that Picasso was left-handed, and others kept repeating it, but the proof is all (20)______ the contrary. The great genius Einstein is often still claimed as one of ours, also (21)____ proof. And sadly there is also no truth in the myth that the left-handed tend to be smarter and more creative.

(22)_____ the amount of research that has been carried out, researchers in the field still find it hard to decide precisely what we mean by left-handed. Apparently a third of those who write with their left hand throw a ball with their right. (23)____, those using their right hand for writing rarely throw with their left. A difficult skill that becomes crucial at a most impressionable age, writing defines (24)_____ you will call yourself. I have never used scissors, baseball bat, hockey stick or computer mouse with anything but my right; (25)_____ so, I think I’m left-handed as does everyone else.

SOCIO-CULTURALCOMPETENCE

Task 1. (5 points)

1. Nowadays there are 4 national variants of the English language.
2. The most widespread sport in England is cricket.
3. The major ethnic minority group in England is Indian.
4. The motto on the English coat of arms is written in English.
5.   Newtown is a very popular name in England and over 150 towns are named Newtown.

Task 2. (5 points)

6. Which of them was not William:

a)Shakespeare
b)Dickens
c)Thackeray

7. The oldest and the youngest US presidents elected were respectively:
   a)Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy
   b)Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt
   c)George Washington and Bill Clinton
8. The national musical instrument in Australia is:

a)pipe

b)didgeridoo

c)harp

9. In which year was the Great Fire of London?
   a)1667

b)1664

c)1666        

10.  Approximately how much liquid is in a pint?
    a) A litre

b) half a litre

c) quarter of a litre