Школьный тур Всероссийской олимпиады
по английскому языку для учащихся 10-11 классов
We asked various people to tell us about where they played as children, and here's what they said...
20 Октября 2011г.
Время выполнения - 60 м
Общее количество баллов – 62
Part 1 Reading
I. (9 points) Find the best item to fill in each gap. Use each item once only.
1) till
2) to be made
3) to have
4) greatest
5) up
6) their
7) its
8) were
9)are known
10) having
1 l)to make
12) using
13)14)the fifteenth
15) used
16) greater
17) know
18) fifteenth
We know the water transport in ancient times
(1) been developing
most rapidly on great rivers. The ancient Romans used vessels to carry ( 2)
armies and supplies to colonies. These ships, usually (3) called galleys,
continued to be (4) in the Mediterranean (5) 1750.
The introduction of the magnetic compass allowed long voyages (6)
with much (7) safety. At the end of the (8) century, sailing vessels (9)
to have carried men from Europe to America and round Africa to India.
II. (15 points)You are going to read a newspaper article in which people talk about where they played
as children. For questions 10-15, choose from the people (A-G), and for questions 16-24, choose which
person's play area (A-G) is referred to. The people and play areas may be chosen more than once. When
more than one answer is required, these may be given in any order. There is an example (0).
Which person
developed sporting skills?
0. B
mentions not going straight home from school?
10
still retains a sense of wonder at something seen in childhood?
11
enjoyed a game that could only be played with a specially shaped object? 12
enjoyed both being alone and with friends?
13
played with a family member?
14
now realises how lucky they were?
Whose play area(s)
were neglected?
15
16
is no longer the same?
18
seemed similar to a jail?
19
17
are described as a contrast to the home environment? 20
21
were made to substitute for something else?
22
23
was in a forbidden area?
24
A PACE TO PLAY
A Simon
The playground was quite small. The floor was covered with flat bricks and there were many
that were cracked or broken or missing, and a few weeds struggled through. It was totally
enclosed on one side by the school and on the other by high brick walls. It was more like a
prison yard - on top of the walls was a layer of cement into which pieces of broken glass had
been stuck. After school was finished my friends and I would climb a lamppost outside the
school and sit on top of the wall, slowly breaking off the bits of glass. We never thought of
ourselves as vandals.
В Peter
My favourite childhood play area was the back garden. Back in the days when I was
growing up on a large housing estate, the 'goals' would be a pair of garage doors or two
jackets laid out in the garden. 1 would spend hours kicking a ball about with my dad,
learning how to control, dribble or kick it.
C Alan
I come from an area of terraced houses, pavements and streets. There were no gardens. My
first school was Prince's Street Primary and the room in which I received my first lessons
had large, folding glass doors that opened onto a small playground that had grass, bushes
and flowers. My amazement at seeing these items, which are normal to most of the world,
has stayed with me all my life.
D Nigel
My favourite play area was - it still is - called Roundhead Wood, although it has fewer trees
and more barbed wire now. Here four or five of us roared around, building camps, climbing
trees and riding bikes around the little chalk pit in the middle. It stood for every woodland,
every jungle and even the surface of other planets.
E Patricia
One of my earliest playground memories is of the railed playground in front of the school I
attended. Our favourite game was hopscotch, which was played by marking out a rectangle
divided into squares and kicking a fiat, rounded stone from square to square. It was
important to find a stone of precisely the right size and weight. Our playground at weekends
was more exciting: the banks and paths which surrounded Ludlow Castle and the water
meadows that stretched down to the river. I doubt whether I fully appreciated how fortunate
we were.
F Nick
I was strictly banned from the obvious playground, a long, overgrown ditch running
through waste ground, mainly built to take away the rain. It was irresistible to us local
schoolchildren. Its charm, compared with the surrounding tennis courts, football pitches and
farmland, was purely because it was out of bounds. That area was truly where I grew up,
more than in the rest of the little town's correct and neat suburbia, where my house was.
G Julie
Until I was twelve I was brought up on air force camps and each camp had a small
playground in the middle of the houses. It was always a great meeting place and I remember
sitting with my friends on the swings many evenings until dark. You would often go out
and swing for hours until someone else came out. I always liked swinging.
Part 2 Use of English
I. (11 points) For questions 25-35, read the text below and think of the word which
best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
DEPARTMENT STORES
In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander Stewart opened a business called
the Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (0) doing so, he gave the world something completely
new – the department store. Before this, no one (25)
tried to bring together such a
wide range of goods (26)
a single roof. The business did very (27)
. It expanded
rapidly and soon had (28)
staff of two thousand. For Stewart even that was not
enough, (29)
. In 1862 he moved to an eight-storey building nearby, (30)
he renamed
A.T. Stewart's Cast-iron Palace. It was, (31)
for many years would remain, the largest
shop in the world.
Others followed Stewart's example and soon there were stores (32)
his in many major
cities in the United States. We don't (33)
when people started calling them
department stores. The expression wasn't used in print (34)
1893, when it appeared in
Harper's magazine, but the way that it is used there (35)
it clear that it was already widely
understood.
II. (6 points) Fill in the gaps with the necessary grammar form of the words in
brackets.
41.
'I will complete the work only if you pay me £500 extra,' said Frank.
not
'I will ..................................... you pay me £500 extra,' said Frank.
The thief ran right past you so I'm sure you saw his face.
must
The thief ran right past you so ............................ his face.
The clients demanded to stay in a first-class hotel.
staying
The clients .................................... in a first-class hotel.
The author wrote her latest novel while she was staying in Majorca.
was
The author's latest novel ............................... stay in Majorca.
The newspaper offered Lynda £5,000 for her story, but she refused.
turned
Lynda .................................... of £5,000 from the newspaper for her story.
42.
43.
44.
45.
IV. (5 points) Read the following conversations carefully. One word is missing in each
conversation. Write the missing word. “isn’t”, “can’t”, “he’s” etc. are each one word
0
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
0
40.
My brother is too young to drive a car.
not
My brother is not old enough to drive a car.
Robert has not had a job for two years.
out
Robert has .....................................for two years.
A: “What is the answer?”
B: “I really don’t know. I’m _______ my brains”.
way of …….(prepare) a meal.
III. (12 points) For questions 40 -45, complete the second sentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word
given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
A: “Did you really mean that?”
B: “No, I was only pulling your ______”.
38. After ….. (award) a medal for bravery, he became a local hero.
39. I tried ……..(cook) eggs and bacon together, and found that this was a much quicker
A: “I just saw Anne a minute ago.”
B: “What? Still here? Then she _____ have gone on holiday.”
37. The work on the house …….(finish) before the newly-weds return from the
honeymoon.
A: “What was it like, coming from Edinburgh y bus?”
B: “Not bad. But it ______ longer than I had expected”
36. He watched the customs official …..(open) his case and ………(take) out his clothes
garment by garment.
A:”Are you Italian?”
B: “No, _______not.” 0. I’m
A: “I didn’t know it was this serious.”
B: “Well, little____ anyone else realize the seriousness of the situation”
V. (4 points) Complete the sentences with words made from the words in
brackets.
51. If you don't speak good English, you'll be at a big (advantage) when you try to get a job.
52. Don't praise me. I need real (assess) of my work.
53. I'm afraid the potatoes are (weight) by a kilo. Let's check.
54. The (continue) of the experiment is rather difficult because of lack of money.