Олимпиада по английскому языку
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (9 класс)

Read the text and fill lin the gaps with the correct alternative below (A – C).

            A

             B

         C      

1

attend

assist

go

2

brought up

educated

trained

3

personal

private

particular

4

matters

courses

subjects

5

succeed

pass

approve

6

degree

curriculum

career

7

pupils

trainees

students

8

lectures

conferences

talks

9

lectures

reading

training

10

lecturer

professor

teacher

Read the text. Use the word given in capital at the end of the line to form a word that fits in the space. There is an example at the beginning.

TEACHING CHILDREN AT HOME

It is (0) compulsory  forchidren to have an education, but you may find it ____(11)___ that the teaching doesn’t always have to take place in the school building. If they have the ____(12)__ paper

____(13)__ , parents themselves can teach their children at home.They may make the ___(14)___ to do this

because they are __(15)___ with a particular school, or because they feel that they have more ___(16)___of their own child’s needs than teachers at school. However, there may be ____(17)___ of parents who make this ___(18)____ because some people feel that children who are taught at home find it difficult to mix ___(19)__ with young people of their own age. However, ___(20)_____ of the idea disagree with this. They think it is a better way of teaching children what is really important.

0 COMPEL  

 11 SURPRISE

 12 NECESSITY

 13 QUALIFY

14 DECIDE        

 15 HAPPY        

 16 KNOW        

  17 CRITICIZE

 18 CHOOSE

19 SOCIAL  

 20 SUPPORT

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,

using the word given. Do not change the wod given. You must use between two

and five words, including the word given.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

A

B

B

C

B

A

C

A

B

C

Task 2

11

surprising

12

necessary

13

qualifications

14

decision

15

unhappy

16

knowledge

17

critics/ criticism

18

choice

19

socially

20

supporters

              Task 3

21

if it was / were not

22

was made to feel

23

would be allowed to

24

unless it is

25

wish I hadn’t spoken

26

she had never been