Олимпиадные задания 7-8 класс
методическая разработка по английскому языку (5, 6, 7, 8 класс)

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников 2023 – 2024 учебный год

Школьный этап

Английский язык

7-8 класс

Продолжительность – 45 минут

Максимальный балл – 29

    Задание 1. (6 баллов)  

• Read the text and number the paragraphs in the right order. [«The Twelve Dancing Princesses» (Petre Ispirescu)]

1. One sunny day, tired as he was after working very hard, he slipped into the forest and lay down under a huge oak tree and slept under its hospitable shelter. And while he slept, a beautiful fairy dressed in a robe sparkling with diamonds appeared before him and told him: “Go to the king’s castle, because you’ll find your fortune there.”
2. Once upon a time, there was a poor boy called Joseph, who led a humble life in a small village, working for his master, who was very pleased with his work. All the other peasant boys envied him, because he was clever, handsome and hardworking. The village girls were desperately trying to make him notice them but he paid them no attention. They used to call him Prince Charming.
3. His master tried to change his mind and make him stay to no avail, so he paid the boy for his work and he was gone. Joseph soon reached the king’s court and went to the gardener to ask for work. Seeing him so tidy and clever, the gardener liked him and accepted his services. His main job was to make twelve little bouquets every day and give them to the king’s twelve daughters each morning when they went out for a walk.
4. No sooner had he reached home, than he went straight to his master and said to him: “Master, I have a good mind to go into the wide world to seek my fortune. I have served you enough and now it’s time for me to turn over a new leaf.”
5. Then the king made it known to all the land, that if any person could find out where it was that the princesses danced in the night, he should have the one he liked best for his wife, and should be king after his death.

6.  The twelve princesses were doomed not to be able to marry until someone could make one of them fall in love with him and thus, deliver them from their fate, which gifted them with the passion for dance. The princesses were crazy about dance and every night they tore up their shoes. But no one knew where they went, because they were locked in.

Задание 2. (5 баллов)  

• Read the text and tasks below. Answer the questions and find the sentences to prove your answer.

                                      STEPMOTHER  (After J. Greenwood)

      I was born at Number Nineteen, Turnmill Street, London. My mother died when I was five years old. She died fifteen minutes after my sister Polly was born. As my father worked from morning till night, he had no time to look after Polly and me, so he married again soon. He married Mrs Burke, who was much younger and more good-looking than my mother. But I didn’t like my stepmother and she did not like me. So we began to hate each other; but she did not show her hatred when my father was at home. She beat me very often and she made me work very hard. From morning till night she found work for me to do. I looked after the baby. When she was awake, I took her for a walk, carrying her in my arms, and she was very heavy. I cleaned the rooms, went shopping, etc. There was always work for me to do.

      One day a woman came to see my stepmother and they drank a lot of gin. All the money that my father had left for our dinner was spent. When the woman went home, my stepmother said to me in tears, “Oh, what shall I do, what shall I do? Your father will come home soon, and there is no dinner for him. He will beat me cruelly! What shall I do, what shall I do?” I was sorry for her, she had tears in her eyes, and she called me “Jimmy, dear” for the first time. I asked her if I could help her and she said at once, “Oh, yes, you can help me! When your father comes home in the evening, Jimmy, dear, tell him that you lost the money he left for our dinner.” “How could I lose it?” I asked in surprise. “You can tell him that I sent you to buy some food. Suddenly a big boy ran against you and the money fell out of your hand and you could not find it. That will be very easy to say, Jimmy, dear, please, say it to your father!” “ But he’ll give me a good beating for it!” “Oh, no, he won’t! I shall not let him beat you, you may be sure! Here is a penny for you, go and buy some sweet with it!”

         So I went off and spent my penny on sweets. When I came back and opened the door, my father was at home waiting for me with his waist-belt in his hand. I wanted to run out of the room, but he caught me by the ear. “Stop a minute, young man!” he said. “What have you done with the money?” “I lost it, father,” said I in fear and looked at my stepmother. “Oh, you lost it! Where did you lose it?” “In the street, Father, ask Mrs Burke, she knows!” I told him what my stepmother had asked me to tell him. I was not much surprised that he did not believe my story. But my stepmother’s words surprised me very much. “Yes, he told me the same thing,” she said, “but he’s a liar! He has spent your money on sweets. I can’t beat him, he’s your child, but you can give him a good beating!” and she stood by while my father beat me with his belt till the blood showed. I hated my stepmother so much that I wanted to see her dead.

1. Was the storyteller the only child in the family?

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2. Did the boy like his stepmother?

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3. Did he take care of his younger sister Polly?

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4. Was the boy sorry for his stepmother?

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5. Was the boy surprised that his father didn’t believe his story?

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Задание 3. (9 баллов)  

• Use the appropriate form of the word to complete the sentence.

     Задание 4. (9 баллов)  

• Match the names of famous writers (poets) with their books

              Ключи, критерии оценивания заданий школьного этапа

Всероссийской олимпиады школьников 2023-2024 учебный год

Английский язык

7-8 класс

Всего 29 баллов

Задание 1. (6 баллов)

Каждый правильный ответ – 1 балл

Задание 2. (5 баллов)

Каждый правильный ответ – 1 балл

1. No, he wasn’t. She died fifteen minutes after his sister Polly was born.
2. No, he didn’t. But he didn’t like his stepmother and she did not like him.
3. Yes, he did. He looked after the baby. When she was awake, he took her for a walk, carrying her in his arms, and she was very heavy.
4. Yes, he was. He was sorry for her, she had tears in her eyes, and she called him “Jimmy, dear” for the first time.
5. No, he wasn’t. He was not much surprised that he did not believe his story.

Задание 3. (9 баллов)

Каждый правильный ответ – 1 балл

Задание 4. (9 баллов)

Каждый правильный ответ – 1 балл

1. B; 2. I; 3. C; 4. D;  5. H; 6.A; 7. E; 8.F ; 9. G.