Школьный этап олимпиады по английскому языку 7-8 классы
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (7, 8 класс) на тему

             Школьный этап олимпиады по английскому языку

                                                   7-8 классы

          Writing (10 points)

You have just come back from a holiday in the country. Write down a short letter (50 words) to your friend in London about it.

          Use of English (17 points)

Open the brackets and put the verbs into the proper tense form.

Long, long ago there 1 _____(live) a lot of mice in  an old house. There 2____(live) a cat in that house  too. The mice 3____         (be) afraid of the cat but they 4______(not know) what to do. So one day they all

        5______ (come) to an old clever mouse and 6         (begin) 7____        (talk) about the cat.

"What 8_________(can) we do?" they 9_______(say). "The cat 10_____(kill) us all."

Suddenly one little mouse 11        (say), "Let's put a bell round the cat's neck and we 12_______(hear) it."

They 13        (be) all very glad and they 14        (begin) to dance.

Suddenly the clever old mouse 15        (say), "I 16 _____        (want) to ask one question. Who 17_______(put) the bell round the cat's neck?"

Reading (10 points)

Read the text and be ready to do some tasks below.

            A Problem

A man was walking in the park on a beautiful spring day and he came across a penguin. He did not know what to do. He took him to a policeman and said, "I've found this penguin, what should I do?"

The policeman replied, "Take him to the Zoo." The next day the policeman was walking in the same park when he saw the same man with the penguin. He walked up to him and said, "Didn't I tell you to take the penguin to the Zoo?"

"Yes," answered the man, "that's what I did yesterday and today I am taking him to the cinema."

      A Write down whether the following statements are true or false.

1. A man found a penguin in the park.
2. He knew what to do with it.
3. The man didn't want to take the penguin to the Zoo.
4. They met the policeman in the cinema the next day.
5. The man was taking the penguin to the cinema.

     ВAnswer the following questions.

1. Whom did a man see in the park?
2. Why was the policeman surprised when he saw the man for the second time?
3. Where did he meet the man?
4. Where was the man going?
5. Why was the man taking the penguin to the cinema?

          Listening (10 points)

listen to the text "A Clever Answer" and do the tasks below.

A Answer the following questions.

1. Who did the American travel with?
2. What did he always do for his children?
3. Why did the children frighten the animals?
4. Why did the American ask about the price of the Zoo?
5.  What did the Zookeeper answer?

B  Finish  the sentences.

1. One  day the American came to…..
2. In the Zoo the children…
3. In  the evening they asked him to…
4. The American wanted to buy the Zoo for…
5. The text is called “A Clever Answer” because…

 Keys

Ответы

         Use of English

1. lived; 2.1ived; 3.were; 4. did not know; 5. came; 6.began; 7. to talk; 8.сan; 9.said; 10. will kill; 11.said; 12. will hear; 13. were; 14.began; 15. said; 16. want; 17. will put.

Reading

I

A       l.true; 2.false; 3.false; 4.false; 5.true.

B     1. a penguin;

        2. Because the man was walking with the penguin.

        3.in the park;

        4. Because he did not know how to entertain the penguin and he thought that it was something the policeman  asked him to do.

Listening

f

A     l.with his family,

        2.He bought them what they wanted.

        3.Because they were bad.

        4. Because he wanted to buy it for his children.

        5. That the Zoo could buy his children.

B   l.Great Britain; 2. ran, jumped, cried, gave food to the animals; 3. buy the Zoo; 4. the children; 5. the Zookeeper could show the  American that his children did not have any manners/were bad children.

                                        Текст    для   аудирования

A rich American travelled all over the world with his family. One day he came with his children to Great Britain. They went to different places and the American always bought them something they liked and asked for. One day they came to the English Zoo. His sons were bad children. They ran, jumped and cried loudly and frightened the animals all day. They also gave food to the animals. In the evening they told their father, "We like the Zoo. Buy it for us!"

The American asked the Zookeeper, "How much does the Zoo  cost? My children like it very much. I want to buy the  Zoo." "We are not going to sell it, but we can buy children for the Zoo," was the answer.