Олимпиадные задания по английскому языку(7-8класс)
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (7, 8 класс) по теме

                                                            KEYS

                                                         Listening

 Task1          

Task2    

                                                           Reading

Task1

Task2

Task3

                                                        Use of English

Task1

Task2

Task3

                                                         2017-2018гг.

                   Олимпиада по английскому языку для 7-8 классов

                                                             LISTENING (10points)

Task1

You will listen to the speakers and define the best variant. You will hear it twice. There is one extra letter.

1. The speaker finds reading boring.

2. The speaker adores books by J.K. Rowling.

3. The speaker is fond of reading.

4. The speaker likes autobiographies and memoirs.

5. The speaker doesn’t like to spend free time at home.

6. The speaker is a fan of Stephen King.

Task2

You will listen to the speakers and define the best variant. You will hear it twice. There is one extra letter.

1. The speaker is fond of sport.

2. The speaker doesn’t like to leave his room.

3. The speaker is fond of cooking.

4. The speaker likes studying.

5. The speaker doesn’t like to spend free time at home.

6. The speaker likes different kinds of activities.

                                                                  READING (15points)

TASK1

Read the text and choose the best answer : a, b, c or d.

Have you ever wondered how birds find their way when flying? Read and find out.

The pigeon is famous for always being able to find its way home. In fact racing pigeons is a popular sport in some countries. Owners take their birds hundreds of miles away and then release them. The bird that gets back home in the fastest time is the winner. Until now it has been thought that the birds have their own built-in system of navigation and use the position of the sun and stars to guide them. However a ten-year study has proved to scientists that pigeons travel rather like drivers do and follow the major roads. The birds that were monitored in the study were constantly flying along motorways and even turning left and right at main junctions, while ignoring small winding roads. A professor of zoology at Oxford University and a racing pigeon expert agree. The professor says that birds use their traditional forms of navigation first but when they fly the same route again they remember the roads and follow them. A group of birds was released as a test and all flew along the same major road and turned right at the first junction. The pigeon racer describes this research as absolutely accurate. Every Saturday, he says, you can see flocks of pigeons flying along the motorways.

1. Pigeon racing consists of:

a. owners seeing how far each pigeon can fly

b. scientific research into the way pigeons fly.

c. pigeons being released on the motorways

d. owners seeing which pigeon gets home first.

2. Pigeons’ 'built-in system of navigation' refers to:

1. their natural instinct for finding their way.
2. their natural ability to follow major roads.
3. the fact that they fly as a large flock.

d.   special equipment the researchers have used to track them.         

 3. The roads pigeons followed were:

  a. all the roads going in the right direction.

  b. only motorways.

  c. the important direct routes.

  d. the smaller less busy country roads.

 4. A junction is:

 a. a sharp bent in the road.

 b. where a motorway and a road meet

 c. a place where one road crosses another.

 d. a place where you can buy petrol.

 5. Pigeons are especially seen on Saturdays because:

 a. that’s the day the roads are busiest.

 b. that’s the day the research takes place.

 c. that’s the day pigeon racing takes place.

 d. that’s the day the motorways are open

TASK2  

Read the text below and match each paragraph A-D with the topic it covers 1-4:

1 why the translators needed to work fast             paragraph ____

2 the number of translated Harry Potter books     paragraph ____

3 some problematic translations                              paragraph _____

4 why translating Harry Potter wasn’t easy            paragraph _____

                                          Translating the world’s bestseller

A There are more than 400 million Harry Potter books in the world. But approximately 100 million copies do not contain any lines from the author’s original text. That’s because they are translations. At the moment, there are versions in over sixty languages, including Welsh, Latin and Ancient Greek.

B Jean-Francois Menard, the French translator of the Harry Potter books, translated the 700-page fourth book in just 63 days. The translators didn’t have much time because they could only begin when the English version appeared in the shops. This was because the author wanted the story to be a total secret. In a few countries where the general public’s level of English is very high (for example in Scandinavia), it was very important to translate the books quickly. If not, people in those countries could just buy the original English version, not the translation.

C In other countries such as China, there were unofficial, pirate translations. People sold them on the streets illegally. The author didn’t receive any money from these books and often the translations were not very good. A pirate version in Venezuela in 2003 contained many mistakes. The translator occasionally put a few of his own informal messages into the text, for example “Here comes something I can’t translate, sorry”, or “I didn’t understand what that meant”.

D It’s true that the translation of J.K.Rowling’s books had some special difficulties. One big problem was with invented words and names. There are a lot of these words in the series – approximately 400! Spanish readers find most of these words exactly the same as in English. So, quidditch ( the invented sport that Harry Potter plays) and muggles (humans who haven’t got magical powers) are unchanged in the Spanish versions. But in Brazil the translator invented her own Portuguese words to express the ideas and sounds of the original words. So we have quadribol to translate quidditch, and trouxas instead of muggles

TASK3

Read the text again. For questions 5 – 10 decide if these statements are true (T), false (F)

or the information is not stated (NS).

Circle the correct answer on your answer sheet.

5. More than half of all Harry Potter books are translations. T/ F/ NS

6. There is a Japanese version of the Harry Potter books. T/ F /NS

7. The Harry Potter translators didn’t have the books before the

general public. T/F/NS

8. Scandinavian translators need to work fast because not many people

can read the English version. T/F/NS

9. Some people translated the books without official permission. T/ F / NS

10. The official translation in Venezuela contained some strange comments. T/ F / NS

USE OF ENGLISH  (25points)

TASK1

For questions 1-10 read the text below and choose A, B, C, or D in the gaps.

FATHERS AND SONS

Harry Redknapp and Frank Lampard played football together for West Ham football club during the 1960s. They (1) ............... best friends and married two sisters so their sons, Frank Lampard junoior and Jamie Redknapp, are (2) ...............  . The boys’ fathers used to take them to the football field after school and make them (3) ...............  . All the hard work meant that both boys became very good (4) ............... playing football and both have played for England like their fathers. Harry and Frank (5) ............... playing football for West Ham in the 1980s. However, they didn’t leave the club. Later, Harry became the manager of West Ham and Frank senior became assistant manager. Frank junior (6) ............... them and played for West Ham (7) ............... Jamie went to the other side of the country and played for Liverpool. Jamie and Frank are friends just like their fathers and (8) ………..  spending time together when they can. But they aren’t married to two sisters. Jamies’s wife is (9) ............... pop star who hasn’t got (10) ............... sisters.

Task 2. Use the words given in brackets to form words that lexically and grammatically fit the blanks.

Robert Louis Stevenson was a poet and a 11. __________________ (write). He is the author of the 12. _________________(fame) book “Treasure Island”. He was an only child and was very often ill in bed. He loved his nurse very much, she was the best friend of his 13. ____________________ (child). He began to dictate his poems even before he could write, at the age of six. When the weather was bad, little Robert stayed in bed, but he did not 14. __________________ (complaint). He made up adventures and was quite happy. Sometimes he pretended that he was in the Land of Story-books or made up games with his soldiers and other toys. As a school boy, when he went for walks, he always took a copy-book in which he tried to express his 15. __________(impress) of people and places. When he grew up, he did the same when he travelled and wrote many 16.  _____________ (interest) books about his adventures.

Task 3.Read the sentences and define the correct answer.

17. It’s…..colder today than yesterday.
A) Most
B) More
C) Much

18. Andrew…..for this company.
A) Works
B) Work
C) has worked

19. Who’s that girl? … .
A) Is Betty
B) It’s Jane
C) She’s a pupil

20. In his free time he likes … with his friend.
A) playing
B) play
C) plays

21. I … my homework because I left my book in school.
A) can’t to do
B) can’t do
C) don’t make

22. … the room!
A) Not to go into
B) Don’t going to
C) Don’t go into

23. … these three girls do you know?
A) How many
B) Which of
C) What of

24. Last week John … his leg.
A) fell and broke
B) felt and broke
C) fallen and broken

25. You can’t … jeans to the opera.
A) where
B) wore
C) wear

                                                     WRITING (10points)

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Diana who writes:

… I often have arguments with my mum about what clothes to buy and wear. She doesn’t like the things I choose. But most of my friends wear such clothes and I really like them. Have you ever argued with your parents about what clothes to wear? What clothes do you prefer? Is being fashionable important to you?

By the way, we have a new teacher at school ….

 -answer her questions

 -ask 3 questions about their new teacher

Write 100-120words

Remember the rules of letter writing.