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Задания школьного этапа Всероссийской олимпиады школьников
2012-2013 учебного года по английскому языку
9 класс
Listening Comprehension
5 баллов - 10 min
(1 балл – 1 правильный ответ)
Reading Comprehension
10 баллов - 30 min
(1 балл – 1 правильный ответ)
Use of English
16 баллов - 20min
( 1 балл – 1 правильный ответ)
Writing (a letter)
10 баллов - 30 min.
Total time – 90 min
Total score – 41 баллов.
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Listening Comprehension
Time: 10 minutes
You’ll hear 5 people speaking. Match what you hear from each speaker 1-5 with
the statements marked A-F. Use letters once only. There is an extra statement you
don’t need to use. You’ll hear the recording twice. Fill the boxes in the table with
your answers.
A. The speaker says what language he/she wants to learn and why.
B. The speaker talks about language education in his/her country.
C. The speaker explains what language he/she finds difficult to learn.
D. The speaker explains how to learn a foreign language quickly.
E. The speaker talks about the most popular language in the world.
F. The speaker explains how to teach a foreign language to children.
Speaker
Statement
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Reading Comprehension
Time: 30 minutes
PART 1
Read the text and choose the best answer for questions 1-5.
American jazz
American jazz is a conglomeration of sounds borrowed from such varied
sources as American and African folk music, European classical music, and
Christian gospel songs. One of the recognizable characteristics of jazz is its
improvisation: certain parts of the music are written out and played the same way
by various performers, and other improvised parts are created spontaneously
during a performance and vary widely from performer to performer.
The earliest form of jazz was ragtime, lively songs or rags performed on the
piano; the best-known of the ragtime performers and composers was Scott Joplin.
Born in 1868 to former slaves, Scott Joplin earned his living from a very early age
playing the piano in bars in towns around the Mississippi River. One of his regular
jobs was in the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Missouri. It was there that he began
writing the more than 500 compositions that he was to produce, the most famous of
which was "The Maple Leaf Rag."
1. The word "conglomeration" (line 1) could best be replaced by
A. selection.
B. disharmony.
C. collection.
D. mixture.
2. When a musician improvises, he
A. makes up some parts of music as he plays.
B. plays only the written parts of the music.
C. performs only some parts of the music.
D. performs the same way as other musicians.
3. According to the passage, ragtime was
A. songs performed only at the Maple Leaf Club.
B. songs performed only in bars in towns around the Mississippi River.
C. the first type of jazz.
D. lively songs of slaves.
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4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Scott Joplin was a slave when he was born.
Scott Joplin's parents were slaves when Scott was born.
Scott Joplin's parents had been slaves before Scott was born.
Scott Joplin's parents stopped being slaves in 1868.
5. The name of Scott Joplin's most famous composition probably came from
A.
B.
C.
D.
a Christian gospel song.
the name of the place where he was born.
the maple tree near his school.
the name of a saloon where he performed.
Part 2
Read the text and the missing sentences A-F below. Choose from the sentences
the one which fits each gap (6-10). There is one extra sentence which you do not
need to use.
Myths and Reality
Ten students from a Moscow school took part in an exchange programme.
They spent three weeks in the United States in a small town, Fairfax, which is not
far from Washington, D.C. Russian pupils attended classes in Fairfax High School;
so they had the perfect opportunity to lead the lifestyle of typical American
teenagers. Naturally all our students had their own image of the USA before the
visit. (6) _______.
Russian students were shocked when they saw Fairfax School. (7)______ But
at school students are not allowed to wear hats; they also have to stay at school
from 7.30 a.m. when the lessons start, till 2 p.m. They are not even allowed to
leave school if they are sick.
Many Russians suppose that American people don't speak any language
except English, but it is not really true. (8) _____ Many students take some other
language as an option.
Another unexpected realization was that some Americans go to school every
Saturday. What is more, after the events of September 11, the school day starts
with the prayer "Thank God for our nation...".
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And one more thing that struck them as unusual: some schools now have
metal detectors and security guards checking students' backpacks and lockers.
Students and teachers practice what they must do if someone attacks them with a
gun. They have to go to a classroom and lock the door.
In the past 5 years there has been a large increase in the number of school
shootings in the USA. (9) ______ There is no simple answer to this question.
There may be several causes: bullying, violent video games and films, and the
absence of stricter gun control laws.
(10) _______ In the USA, social support for the poor and homeless is very
welt developed. And many people work in such services because they want to help
people.
A. Most of them thought that Americans have much more independence.
B. If you think that all American people are selfish and just want to make profit,
you are not right.
C. You can only notice the bad side of the lifestyle.
D. But some of the stereotypes were broken.
E. For example, Spanish is an obligatory subject at some schools.
F. What are the causes of this new danger?
TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET
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Form 9
Answer Sheet: Reading
Participant’s ID number
Task 1
Task 2
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
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Use of English
Time: 20 minutes
Task 1
Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks.
1. Are you looking forward _________ Ann again?
a) seeing b) to see c) to seeing
2. My friend was chosen to ________ our country at the international singing
contest.
a) represent b) substitute c) display
3. I think you had ______ go now or you’ll be late.
а) prefer b) rather c) better
4. I was _____ a new disc when you rang me.
a)hearing b) listening to
c) pushing
5. It’s hard to make up our _______ where to go for vacation.
a) decision
6. When
b) idea d) mind
_________ in England?
a) have you arrived b) did you arrive c) you have arrived
7. ______TV when I came to you?
a) did you watch b) you were watching c) were you watching
8. The meeting is __ held on the first Monday of the month. It never changes.
a) always; c) often; d) usually
9. The meeting is going to __next Tuesday.
a) take on; b) take place; c) take part
10. Jack's — brother was my classmate.
a) old; b) older; c) elder;
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Task 2
Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits
in the gap in the same line.
The Oldest Road
The M 1 road is the grandfather of the British motorway system. The
southern section (11) _______ its silver jubilee in November 1984.
Nowadays it is a mass of traffic with large numbers of trucks, and
you need all your____(12)______ on the road.
This part follows a ______(13)_______ route north from the capital,
and the sights here are not at all special.
Only when you reach Bedfordshire and the pace relaxes slightly, it is
worth considering turning off. From there on you can find a lot of
_______(14)_____ things to do.
The countryside isn’t spectacular, but it is almost always lovely and
_______(15) typical English countryside, with rolling hills, good
walks and views, interesting churches and (16)________ country
houses. Further north, there is an interesting mixture of handsome
market and industrial sites and pleasant country in the foothills of the
Pennines.
CELEBRATE
ATTENTIVE
TRADITION
VARY
ENJOY
BEAUTY
TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET
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Participant’s ID number
USE OF ENGLISH
ANSWER SHEET
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3
4
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7
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10
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12
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Writing
Time: 30 minutes
You have received a letter from your English–speaking pen friend Ann .
… I want to look my best: healthy, energetic and physically fit. So I'm trying to eat
plain, simply cooked natural food, have enough sleep at night and I have recently
joined our local fitness club.
Do you do anything special to stay healthy? What makes people healthy and
strong? What do you think about a healthy lifestyle?
Write her a letter and answer her 3 questions.
Write 80 – 100 words.
Remember the rules of letter writing.