Олимпиада по чтению в 7-8 классе. Английский язык
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (7 класс) на тему

Part 2 (20 minutes)

Reading

Read the text and questions below. For each question 1-5 mark the correct letter a, b, c or d.

Laughter is the best medicine

Every week, Dr Doppit goes round the wards at the children’s hospital. But instead of a white coat and a stethoscope, Dr Doppit has a red nose and carries balloons. She is the hospital’s “clown doctor” and her real name is Hilary Day.

After studying drama at university, Hilary saw an advert for a clown doctor at the hospital. “The job was perfect for me,” she says. “My mother and grandmother were both nurses, so caring for people is in my blood. Also, I love doing children’s theatre.”

Before she started, Hilary did four weeks training, where she learnt how to do magic tricks and make balloons into funny shapes. She also had to study child psychology and basic medicine.

Her visits to the hospital start with a meeting with the nursing stuff to find out which patients a visit will be most useful for. Most children are delighted to see a clown, but there are some who are too ill, or areafraid of clowns. Hilary always checks first. Then she does some magic, makes balloon animals or tells them a story.

“We know that laughing can have a positive effect on a person’s health,” says Hilary. “It produces chemicals in the brain that make you relax and feel better.” Everyone agrees that regular visits from Dr Doppit can make a big difference to a child’s recovery. “Children in hospital miss their everyday life at home and at school,” says one hospital manager. “As well as possibly being frightened and homesick they are often bored. The clown doctor gives them something to look forward to and happy memories to take home afterwards.”

1. What is the writer’s aim in this text?

a) to describe a typical day in a children’s hospital

b) to explain a method of helping young patients

c) to encourage doctors to learn some circus skills

d) to show students how to get a job in a hospital

2. Why was Hilary particularly suitable for the job of clown doctor?

a) She had studied medicine at university.

b) She already knew how to do magic.

c) She enjoyed working with children.

d) She had been a nurse in a hospital.

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3. Before Hilary starts, the stuff tell her which children

a) have asked to see her.

b) are going to leave the hospital soon.

c) want to hear a particular story.

d) will benefit most from her visit.

4. The hospital manager thinks that Dr Doppit’s visits

a) are useful if the parents can’t visit.

b) help children get better more quickly.

c) might be frightening for some children.

d) help the children forget they stay in hospital.

5. Dr Doppuit can influence

a) parents’ behavior.

b) nurses’ work.

c) kids’ getting better.

d) hospital manager’s decisions.

Task 2

Read the article and title a–f each paragraph 6-10. There is one title you do NOT need to use.

a) Saving sea resources

b) Distant operating

c) No kitchen

d) Replacing meat

e) New eating habits

f) More veggies

What’s cooking?

(6) Tomorrow’s children will eat differently from their parents. Many modern homes don’t have a dining room because the occupants usually eat meals in front of the television. In the future, families eating together at home will be an unusual event. Food will be heated in a microwave. If there is a cooker, it will be on a dining table rather than in the kitchen.

(7) The kitchen of the future will be intelligent! Thanks to automation, it may be possible to call home on a mobile to start a cooking programme. There is nothing better than to come home after a long working day to see your dinner ready. With such a kitchen you can easily organize a party for your friends.

(8) In the future, fewer Europeans will eat meat because they think that other foods are better for their health. In addition, farmers will realise that growing crops is a more efficient use of land than raising cattle. “Every time a person gives up eating beef,” says food expert Brian Ford, “three thousand square metres of land are freed for crop production.”

(9) But meat is a major source of protein. How will we get the protein we need without meat? The answer is: from plant sources. Mushrooms and other fungi will be specially grown, fortified with vitamins and artificially flavoured. Artificial flavouring will become widespread.

(10) According to Ford, fish will always be popular. “Fish, especially oily fish, have much to contribute to the diet of the future. The problem is that we are catching too many fish. We need to reestablish sanctuaries – “national parks” – in the oceans where fish are free to multiply.”

Transfer your answers into the answer sheet!

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Олимпиада по чтению на английском языке в 7-8 классах

Задание № 1

Reading

I.        Read the article and choose the correct answer, a, b or c.

There is something about the English Channel that has always fascinated the human race and it has always played a special role in British history. The sea itself has always been important to mankind but the Channel often created a barrier between Great Britain and the Continent. This barrier has existed for more than 12,000 years and the desire to break it has occupied the minds of many people for almost two hundred years.

The construction of the tunnel is perhaps the most incredible engineering project of the 20th century. In fact its completion was called a "technical triumph”.

However, the first proposal to build a Channel Tunnel appeared in 1802, when a French engineer presented his project for two tunnels to cross it. Historians say Napoleon was interested in that plan. But Napoleon was more interested in fighting the British than in linking the two countries, and shortly afterwards a new war between England and France began. There were many other plans to build a tunnel but unfortunately all of them failed. It was not until after the last war that Britain and France began seriously considering the project. On the 12th February, 1986, Mrs. Thatcher and President Mitterrand signed the Franco-British Treaty which allowed the construction and the operation of the Channel Tunnel. The tunnel was completed eight years later.

It is now very quick and easy to cross the Channel. You don’t have to book a ticket. The Channel Tunnel trains operate twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. You can now cross the Channel in thirty-five minutes. At last the great barrier has been broken.

In 1996, the American Society of Civil Engineers, with Popular Mechanics, selected the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

1. What has always been important to all people?

a. The English Channel.  

 b. The sea.                

c. The tunnel.

2. What did Europeans want to do for many years?

a. To create a barrier between Great Britain and the Continent.          

b. To sign a contract on the construction of the tunnel.

c. To connect Great Britain and the continent by train service.

3. When did the Channel Tunnel begin to function?

a. In 1994.

b. In 1986.                  

 c. In 1996.

4. Who proposed the first plan to build a tunnel under the Channel?

a. Napoleon        

b. A French engineer.

c. President Mitterrand.

5. When did the construction of the tunnel become possible?

a. After the treaty had been signed.

b. After the engineering project had been presented.

c. After many other plans had been discussed.

6. Why is it easy to cross the Channel at present?

a. The tickets are cheap.

b. The tickets are sold everywhere.

c. The trains go day and night.

7. What is the best title for the text?

a. Engineering Projects.

b. The Channel Tunnel.

c. Seven Wonders of the World.

Task 2

2. The parts of the following text are all mixed up. Put them in the right order

Robbie’s first business

A

One day, grandmother told him her secret way of making jam. Robbie made too

much for the family to eat so he took it to other people in his street. He made more

and more jam. It tasted so good that his parents’ friends started buying it from him.

Robbie added all his costs together then decided on a price.

B

Robbie enjoyed art most at school. He liked maths and music too, but because it

was hard for Robbie to spell words correctly or to understand texts, he didn’t enjoy

being at school. In English, he had lots of problems.

C

Then he made a business plan on the computer with the help of his dad. Now people

can buy his jam at a weekly market. It tastes wonderful and it’s healthy because

Robbie uses grape juice, not sugar, to make it.

D

“I’m still only 14 but I’m already a businessman!” Robbie laughs. “Last week I

earned 93 euro because 87 different people bought 58 kilos of my jam, and a

supermarket wants to sell it too. My career is jam-making, I think!”

E

So, when Robbie was 12, his parents decided he should leave school and study at

home. There, he learnt about business and working on computers, and spent more

time happily studying art, exercising and practising the violin. Robbie’s

grandmother started teaching him to cook too. Like his mother and aunt he really

enjoyed doing it.

1. B C А D E

2. B A E C D

3. B E A D C

4. B E A C D

5. B C A E D

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