School stage of the All-Russian Olympiad in English.

Task 1.

For items 1–10 Listen to a passage from a lacture and decide whether the statements (1–10) Are True (a), OR FALSE (B) According to the Text You Hear. You Will Hear The Text twice..
Audio recording

1. Some Time Ago The Speaker Went to BUY A new Bicycle.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
2. The Speaker Left The Shop Worthout Buying Anything.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
3. The Speaker Promised the Shopkeeper to Come Back Later.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
4. The Speaker Didn't Want To Offend The Shopkeeper.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
5. The Speaker Thinks That His Behaviour in The Shop Was Tactful.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
6. The Speaker Disagrees with the Collins Dictionary Definition of Tact.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
7. The Speaker Wands To Find Words That Would Make People Feel Better.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
8. The Speaker Doesn't Refer to The Situations When Needs to Compliment Somebody.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
9. The Speaker Calls The Behaviour WHEN ONE IS Trying to Help People Avoid Feeling Bad Negative Behaviour.
   • A) True.
   • B) False
10. The Speaker Thinks That Only Positive Behaviour Is Important.
    • A) True.
    • B) False

Task 2.

For items 11–15 A, B.or. C.) to Answer Questions 11–15 . You Will Hear The Text Only once.

1. Howle Patrick Describe The Isle of Collett?
   • A) AS A PLACE WITH BAD Weather Conditions.
   • B) AS A Very Distant Place.
   • C) As a Stony Island.
2. What Helped Patrick Pass The Time?
   • A) Work on His University Thesis.
   • B) Weather Research.
   • C) Birdwatching.
3. WHEN PATRICK SAYS 'IT TOOK ME LESS THAN 20 MINUTS' HE MEANS THAT ...
   • A) HE COULDNT LEAVE HIS WORK FOR LONGER.
   • B) The Island IS Very Small.
   • C) He Doesn't Like Long Walks.
4. What Does Patrick Say About His Phd Thesesis?
   • A) He Still Has a Year to Work on It.
   • B) IT WAS Rejected by The University.
   • C) He Has Finished IT.
5. Where Does Patrick Plan To Spend His Short Holiday?
   • A) in london.
   • B) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
   • C) Back On the Isle of Collett.

Reading.

Time: 45 Minutes (40 Scores)

Task 1.

For items 1–10 , Read The Passage Below and Choose Option A, b, cor. D. Which Best Fits According to the Text.

Duncan Phyfe

Duncan Phyfe Made Some of The Most Beautiful Furniture Found in America. His Family Name Was Originally Fife, and He Was Born in Scotland in 1768. In 1784, The Fife Family Immigrated to Albany, New York Where Duncan's Father Opened a Cabinet Making Shop. Duncan Followed in His Father's Footsteps and Was ApprentICEd to a CabinetMaker. After COMPLETING HIS Training, Duncan Moved to New York City. Duncan Fife Was First Mentioned in the 1792 NYC Directory As A Furniture "Joiner" in Business At 2 Broad Street. Two Years Later, He Moved, Expanded His Business, And Changed His Name To Phyfe. HE WAS A QUIET-LIVING, GOD-FEARING YOUNG MAN WHO FELT HIS NEW NAME WOULD PROBABLY APPEAL TO POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS WHO WERE DEFINITELY ANTI-BRITISH IN THIS POST-REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD. Duncan Phyfe's Name Distinguished Him From His Contemporarias. Although The New Spelling Helped Him Better Compete with FRENCH ÉMIGRÉ CRAFTSMEN, HIS NEW NAME HAD MORE TO DO WITH HANGING IT ON SIGN OVER HIS Door Stoop.
The Artisans and Merchants Who Came to America Discovered A Unique Kind of Freedom. THEY WERE NO LONGER RESTRICTED by Class and Guild Traditions of Europe. For the first time in History, a man learned that by Working Hard, He Could Build His Business Based on His Own Name and Reputation and Quality of Work. Phyfe's Workshop Apparently Took Off Immediately. AT The Peak of His Success, Phyfe Employed 100 Craftsmen. Some Economic Historians Point to Phyfe As Having Employed Division of Labor and An Assembly Line. Whats His Workshop Produced SHOWS Phyfe's Absolute Dedication to Quality in Workmanship. Each Piece of Furniture Was Made of The Best Available Materials. HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE PAID $ 1,000 for a single Santo Domingo Mahogany Log.

Phyfe Did Not Create New Designs. Rather, He Borrowed From A Broad Range of The Period's Classical Styles, Empire, Sheraton, Regency, and French Classical Among Them. NEVERTHELESS, PHYFE'S HIGH QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP ESTABLISHED HIM AMERICA 'ESTABLISHED HIM AMERICA'S PATRIOTIC INTERPRETER OF EUROPEAN DESIGN IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETENTH CENTURIES. Although The Number of Pieces Produced by Duncan Phyfe's Workshop is Enormous, Comparatively Few Marked or Labeled Pieces Have Been Found Extant. In Antiques Shops and Auctions, Collectors Have PAID $ 11,000 for a Card Table, $ 24,200 for a Tea Table, and $ 93,500 for a sewing table.

1. Based on the information in the passage, What can be inferred about Duncan Phyfe?
   • A) HE REGRETTED THAT GREAT BRITAIN NO LONGER GOVERNED NEW YORK CITY.
   • B) He Was An Excellent Businessman With A Good Sense of Craftsmanship and Design.
   • C) He Built All His Furniture by Himself in a Workshop in Santo Domingo.
   • D) He Joined The Cabinetmakers' Guild After He Moved to Scotland In 1792.
2. According to the passage, Which of the favoring does the author imply?
   • A) Duncan Fife and His Father Had The Same Firt Name.
   • B) Duncan FiFe Worked for His Father in Scotland.
   • C) Duncan Phyfe Made Over 100 Different Kinds of Tables.
   • D) Duncan Fife and His Father Were in the Same Business.
3. Which Sentence in Paragraph 2 Explains Duncan's Name Change?
   • A) The Third Sentence.
   • B) The Second Sentence.
   • C) The First Sentence.
   • D) None of the Above.
4. Which Choice Does The Word 'It' Refer to In The Second Paragraph?
   • A) His spelling.
   • B) His Chair.
   • C) HIS Name.
   • D) His FRENCH.
5. Which Of The Following Does the Word 'Freedom' Refer To?
   • A) restricted.
   • B) No long restricted.
   • C) by Working Hard.
   • D) TOOK OFF.
6. Which Choice Is Closest in Meaning to the Word 'Guild' in the Third Paragraph?
   • A) ORGANIZATION OF CRAFTSMEN.
   • B) VERDICT OF A JURY.
   • C) Political Party of émigrés.
   • D) Immigrants' Club.
7. Where in the Passage Could The Following Sentence Be Added to the Passage? Every Joint Was Tight, And The Carved Elements Were Beautifully Executed.
   • A) After the Word "Workmanship" in Paragraph 3.
   • B) After the Word "CabinetMaker" in Paragraph 1.
   • C) After the Word "Stoop" in Paragraph 2.
   • D) After the Words "Sewing Table" in The Last Paragraph.
8. In His Business, Duncan Phyfe Used All Of The Following Except:
   • A) Division of Labor.
   • B) An Assembly Line.
   • C) Continental Designs.
   • D) inexpensive materials.
9. Based on Information In The Passage, What can be inferred about Duncan Phyfe's Death?
   • A) He Died in the Eightenth Century.
   • B) He Died in England.
   • C) He Died in the Ninetenth Century.
   • D) He Died in Scotland.
10. The Author Implies That Furniture from Duncan Phyfe's Work-Shop
    • A) No Longer EXISTS.
    • B) COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TODAY.
    • C) WAS IGNORED by New Yorkers.
    • D) Was Made by His Father.

Task 2.

For Items 11-20., Read The Passage Below and Choose Which of the Sentence A-K. Fit Into The Numbered Gaps in the Text. There Is One Extra Sentence Which Does Not Fit in Any of the Gaps. Write The Correct Letter in Boxes 11-20. ON Your Answer Sheet.

Ever Since The 1910s, When Film-Makers First Set Up Shops in Hollywood, Mapmakers Have Been Making Quite Unusual and Even Unique Things: Maps Showing The Locations of the Fabulous Homes of the Stars. Collectively, The Form An Unofficial Version of the Oscars, Showing WHO's in and Who's Out in the Film World. 'Each One Looks Different,' Says Linda Welton, Whose Grandfather And Mother Pioneered These Maps. eleven ________. Former Film Stars Vanish from Them, New One of the Truly Greats Aper Permanent Fixtures on Them.
In 1933, Noticing The Steady Stream of Tourists Going Westward To Follow The Stars From Hollywood to Beverly Hills (The Nearby District Where Most of the Stars Went to Live), Linda's Grandfather, Wesley Lake, Got A Copyright for His Guide to Starland: Estates And Mansions. 12 ________. For 40 Years Linda's Mother, Vivienne, Sold Maps Just Down The Road From Cary Cooper's Place AT 200, Baroda *. The Asterisk Indicates That It Was The Actor's Final Home, as Opposed to a Plus Sign (Denoting An Ex-Home) Or a Zero (For no View from the Street).
'My Grandfather Asked Mom To Talk to the Gardeners to Find Out Where the Stars Lived,' Linda Recalls. 'She Would Come Up To Them and Say: "13 ________" Who Would Suspect A Little Girl?' Linda Welton and Her Team Now Sell About 10,000 Maps a year from a Folding Chair Parked Curbside Six Days a Week. fourteen ________.

The Evolution of the Maps Mirrors Both The Hollywood Publicity Machine and Real Estate and Tourism Development. fifteen ________. The First Celebrity Home Belonged to the Artist Paul de Longpr. sixteen ________.

Although It Is Not Known for Certain Who Published The First Map, by the mid-1920s all Sorts of People Were Producing Them. 17 ________.
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE EARLY MAPS WAS PRODUCED TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF PICKFAIR, THE HOME OF THE NEWLY MARRIED STARS MARY PICKFORD AND DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, AND THE HOMES OF SOME OF THEIR STAR FRIENDS. During World War I, The Opened Their Home To Serve Refreshments to Soldiers. AS VIVIENNE WELTON ONCE Explained in An Interview, To a Map and Contography Magazine, 'She Asked A Few Friends to Do The Same. eighteen ________.'

For over 40 years, People Have Marched Toward The Corner of Sunset and Baroda with Hand-Painted Yellow Signs Saying: 'Star Maps, 2 Blocks', 'Star Maps Here'. The Maps Reflect The Shifting Geography of Stardom As Celebrities, Looking for Escape from Over-Enthusiastic Fans, Some with Quite Unhealthy Intestanions, Have Moved Out to Various Districts in Malibu. nineteen ________. Legendary Stars - Garbo, Monroe, Chaplin - Remain ON. twenty ________.

• A. AS The Tourists on Star Safaris Through the Lime Green Landscape of Beverly Hills.
• B. Studios Like Paramount Published The Names and Addresses of Its Stars On Theirs, And Busineses Distributed Them As A Promotional Gimmick.
• C. Others, However, Say That Star Maps Are Still An Essential Part of Hollywood and The Film World.
• D. MORE PROFOUNDLY, PERHAPS, THE MAPS SUGGEST THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF FAME.
• E. Early Film Stars Like Lillian Gish Lived in Modest, Somewhat Grubby Rooming Houses, Taking Street Cars to and from the Studio.
• F. Updated Regularly, The Corner of Sunset Boulevard and Baroda Drive.
• G. And So a Map Was Needed.
• H. IT The Oldest Continuously Published Star Map And One Of A Half-Dozen or So Maps of Varying Degrees of Accuracy and Spelling Correctness Sold Today.
• I. Oh, This Is a Beautiful Garden, But Who Lives Here?
• J. Others, However, Hang On for About A Decade and then Vanish.
• K. HE HAD A Luxuriously-Landscaped House at Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood and Real Estate Agents Would Take Prospective Clients Past It On Tours.

Use of english

Time: 60 Minutes, (50 Scores)

Task 1. Questions 1-15

For Questions 1-15, Read The Text Below and Look Carefully At Each Line. Some of the Lines Are Correct and Some Have A Word Which Should not. be there. If a Line Is Correct, Put A Tick. If A Line Has a Word Which Should Not Be There, Write The Word on Your Answer Sheet. There Are Two Examples at the Beginning ( 0 and 00.).

Example:

The Plaza Hotel.

Task 2. Questions 16-25

Example: 0. . The Pool Isn't Deep Enough To Swim In.
too.
The Pool ........................ Swim in.

1. Laura Had to pay a Fine of 50 Dollars Because She Didn't Have A Ticket.

dollar
Laura Had to Pay ........................ Because She Didn't Have A Ticket.

1. The Concert Wasn't AS Good As We Had Expected.

live.
The Concert Didn't ......... .. OUR EXPECTIONS.

1. I've Been Too Busy to Answer My Emails, But I'll Do It Soon.

round.
I Haven't ............ My Emails Yet, But I'll Do It Soon.

1. IT's Nearly Lunchtime, So Would You Like to Eat Something?

feel
It's Nearly Lunchtime, So Do ................................................ Something To Eat

1. Compleints ABOUT THE FOOD! THAT'S ALL I EVER HEAR FROM YOU!

always
You ................................. Food!

1. THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE DAY-OFF At Work and Went To the Seaside!

most.
They ..................... Of the Seaside AT Work and Went To the Seaside!

1. Two Detectives Investigating The Robbery Questioned US for Over An Hour.

enquiries.
Two Detectives .................. .. The Robbery Questioned Us For Over An Hour.

1. Jake Was The Person Who Started My Interest In Collecting Pottery.

got.
IT Was Jake ............ in Collecting Pottery.

1. He Really Wanted to Impress The InterViewers.

desperate.
HE ............................ The Interviewers a good impression.

1. BECAUSE HE WAS INJURD HE COULDNT PLAY IN THE NEXT GAME.

perevented.
His .......... .... IN THE NEXT GAME.

Task 3. Questions 26-30

Task 4. Questions 31-40

Writing.

Time.: 60 Minutes, (30 Scores)

Comment on The Following QUotation.

"ALL THAT GLISERS IS NOT GOLD."

Write. 200-250 Words..

Use The Following Plan:

• explain How You Understand The Author's Point of View;
• express Your Personal Opinion and Give 2-3 ReaSons in Its Support;
• give Examples to Illustrate Your Reasons, Using Your Personal Experience, Literature or Background Knowledge;
• make a Conclusion.

Attention!

When the volume is exceeded by more than 10% of the given (276 words and more), checked the first 250 words. If the volume is exceeded, less than 10% of the specified, the contents for the content are not reduced.

Audioscript.

Listening Comprehension.

For Items 1-10 Listen to a Passage From A Lecture and Decide Whether the statements (1-10) Are true (A), OR FALSE (B) According to the Text You Hear. You Will Hear The Text Twice.
You have 20 Seconds to Study the statements.
(PAUSE 20 Seconds)

Now we begin.

Some Time Ago, I Was In A Bicycle Shop Looking for a New Lock for My Bicycle. The Shopkeeper Showed Me Several, Patiently Explaining Their Advantages and Disadvantages. None of them Was Quite What I Wanted and Eventually I Said To the Shopkeeper, "I'll Think About It. Thanks Very Much, and Left The Shop. Why Did I Say, "I'll Think About IT"? Not Something More Straightforward Like, "None Of These Is Right", "They're Too Big", "They Arecle Small", "They're Too Expensive", "I'll Go Elsewhere"? I THINK, THERE ARE TWO REASONS WHY I CHOSE TO SAY "I'LL THINK ABOUT IT". The First Is That I Didn't Want The Shopkeeper to Feel That His Products Were Not Valued Or That His Time Had Been Wasted and Second Is That I Didn't Want To Be The Object of His Possible Annoyance or Irritation. In Other Words, I Didn't Want Him to Feel Bad. And i Didn't Want Me to Feel Bad. We Have Words for this General Behavior Pattern of Not Wanting Ourselves Or Other People to Feel Bad As A Result of the Interactions That We Have ... Have with Other People. We Talk About Tact, Which is Defined in the Collins Concise Dictionary As 'The Sense of Whats Is Fitting and Considerate in Dealing Whathers So As to Avoid Giving Offence', Or We Might Equally DooPle Do, Politeness Behaviour. Now Notice That Definition of Tact Talks About Avoiding Giving Offence. IS Not Talking About Something Positive That WE Do in Order to make People Feel Better Than They Otherwise Would. So, Here We Get Talking ABOUT THE KIND OF BEHAVIOUR WE GET INTO WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CONSOLE A FRIEND WHOSE CAT HAS JUST BEEN RUN OVER OR CAT HAS PARTNER ON A VERY WELL-COOKED MEAL. We Are Not Trying Here to Positively Make People Feel Better, But Trying to Avoid Them Feeling Bad. So, this is a negative Kind of Behaviour That I'm Talking About. But The Fact That It's Negative Doesn't Mean That It's Not Terribly Important. IT IS EXTREMELY Important. IT IS Essential to Our Self-Preservation and To Social Cohesion. And for This Reason Avoidance Behaviour Is of Great Interest to Many Different Kinds of Scholars.

(PAUSE 20 Seconds)

Now Listen To The Text Again.

(Text Repeated)

You have 20 Seconds to Check Your answers.

(PAUSE 20 Seconds)

For items 11–15 Listen to the dialogue. Choose The Correct Answer ( A, B.or. C.) to Answer Questions 11–15 . You Will Hear The Text Only Once.
You Now Have 25 Seconds to Study The Questions.

(PAUSE 25 Seconds)

Now we begin.

A Lonely Job

Jane: WHEREVER HAVE YOU BEEN, PATRICK? I Haven't Seen You for Months. Someone said you'd emigrated.

Patrick.: Whorever Told you that? I'Ve Been Working On A Weather Research Station On The Isle of Collett.

Jane: WHERE ON EARTH IS THAT?

Patrick.: IT's a Lump of Rock About 100 Miles North-West Of Ireland.

Jane: Whatever Did You Do to Pass The Time?

Patrick.: Fortunately I Had My University Thesis to Work on. If I Hadn't Had A Pile of Work to Do, I'd Have Gone Off My Head.

Jane: Was There Anything Else to Do?

Patrick.: Well, If You Were A Bird Watcher, It Would Be a Paradise; But Whenever I Got Tired of Studying, I Could Only Walk Round The Island - And That Took Me Less Than Twenty Minutes.

Jane: However Did You Stand IT? If I'd Been in Your Shoes i'd Have Taken The First Boat Back to Civilization.

Patrick.: Well, I Needed Some Information for My Research There, And The Paid Me, So I Saved Some Money. Now I Can Have A Short Holiday Before I Start Looking For a Job.

Jane: Have you finished your phd thinished? I Thought You Had Another Year To Do.
Patrick.: No, Time Flies, You Know. AS LONG AS THEY DON'T REJECT MY THESIS, I'LL BE LEAVING FOR LONDON NEXT WEEK.

Jane: If I Were You, I'd Go Off To The Mediterranean or Somewhere Before Starting Work.

Patrick.: No Thanks, I'll Stay in London. I'Ve Had Enough of the Sea for a while. This Is The End of the Listening Comprehension Part. You have 1 Minute to Complete Your Answer.

Keys.

Counting points for all contests

Listening. - Maximum number of points 30. The task is checked on the keys. Each correct answer is estimated at 1 point. For the wrong answer or the lack of response, 0 points are exhibited. Then the resulting number of points is multiplied by two.

Reading. - Maximum number of points 40. The task is checked on the keys. Each correct answer is estimated at 1 point. For the wrong answer or the lack of response, 0 points are exhibited. Then the resulting number of points is multiplied by two.

Use of english - Maximum number of points 50. The task is checked on the keys. In tasks 1, 3, 4 each correct answer is estimated at 1 point. For the wrong answer or the lack of response, 0 points are exhibited. In the task 1 spelling is not taken into account. In a task 2, each correct answer is estimated at 2 points. For the wrong answer or the lack of response, 0 points are exhibited. Ordography is taken into account. If you are given a grammatically correct answer, but spelling errors are allowed in response, the answer is estimated at 1 point.

Writing. - Maximum number of points 30. The task is assessed by the evaluation criteria. Then the resulting number of points is multiplied by two. When summing up the scores for all contests are summed up. The maximum number of points for all contests is 30 + 40+ 50 +30 \u003d 150.

School stage of the All-Russian Olympiad of schoolchildren in English

2016-2017 academic year

9-11 classes

Section 1.

Listening.

Time: 30 Minutes

Task 1.

Listen to the text "The Lake District" and Say Which Sentences Are True (T), False (F) or Not Mentioned (N) in IT.

The Lake District Lies on the Northwest Side of The Pennine System Marked Off from It by the Upper Valleys of the Eden and the Lune Rivers.

The Lake District Is The Official Name of the Region.

The High Parts of the District Are Used for Growing Crops and Sheeping.

The Lake Country Is Full of Small Streams and Waterfalls, Which Make the Region Attractive and Beautiful in Nature.

USUALY THE RAINFALL IS LITTLE; However, IT is not true for the snowfall.

Some of the Areas Are Industrial, Specializing in Engineering and Farming.

The Lake District IS Associated with the Russian Architects and Painters.

7 Scores.

Task 2.

Listen to England and Complete The Statements in the right way.

1. England Comprises The Central and Southern ___________of The Island Of Great Britain.

a) Two-Fourths

2. England IS Closer to Europe Than Any Other Part of Britain, Divided from France Only By A __________km Sea Gap.

3. MOST OF ENGLAND IS COVERED by Hills, But The Area Is More Mountainous In The North With A Chain of The Pennines (The "Backbone" of England), Dividing _____________.

a) East and West

b) East and South

c) East and North

d) East and Northwest

4. HOWEVER, Temperatures Rarely Fall Below -5 ° C or Rise Above __________.

5. England is DRIEST IN THE _____________ AND WARMEST IN THE SOUTH.

6. England "S Economy Is The Second Largest Economy in Europe and the ______________ Largest Economy in the World with a Hundred Largest European Corporations Based in London.

6 Scores.

Section 2.

Time: 30 Minutes.

Task 1.

Read Jane's Story. For Questions 1 -7 Choose The Correct Answer A, B, C or D

During The Baking Hot Monhs of the Summer Holidays My Mother and i Used to Escape to One of the Scattered Lakes North of Prince Albert. In Its Magic Surroundings We Used to Spend The Long Summer Days in The Open Air, Swimming and Canoeing or Just Lying Dreaming In The Sun. In The Evening The Lake Was Always A Bright, Luminous Grey After The UnbelieveVable Sunset Colors Had Faded.

The Last Summer Before We Returned to England Was Particularly Enchanted. For One Thing, I Was In Love for the First Time. No One Will Ever Convince Me That One Cannot Be in Love At Fifteen. I Loved Then As Never Since, with all My Heart and Without Doubts or Reservations or Pretence.

My Boyfriend Don Worked in Saskatoon, But The Lake Was "" His Place "- The Strange and Beautiful Wilderness Drew Him With An Obsessive Urgency, So I Suspected It Was Not to See Me That He Got On His Motor-Cycle As Many Fridays As He Possibly Could, And Drove Three Hundred-Odd Miles Along The Pratted Prairie Roads to Spend The Weekends At Our Place.

Sometimes He Couldn "T Come, And The Joy Would Go out of Everything Until Monday, When Could Start Looking Forward to Friday Again. He Could Never Let US Know in Advance, As We Were Too Far from Civilization to Have a Phone or Even a Telegraph Service. Three Hundred Miles in Those Conditions Is Quite a Journey. Besides, Don Was Hard Up, and Sometimes Worked Overtime At Weekends.

One Friday Night A Storm Broke Out. I Lay in Bed and Listened to the Thunder and The Rain Beating on the roof. ONCE I GOT UP AND STOOD LOOKING OUT OUTER THE TREETOPS, SHIVERING. I TRIED NOT TO EXPECT DON THAT NIGHT HOPING HE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO WAIT UNTIL THE STORM Ended. YET IN MY FRIGHTENED THOUGHTS I COULDN "T HELP IMAGINING DON FIGHTING THE STORM. HIS MOTORBIKE, WHICH HAD ALWAYS LOOKED TO ME SO Heavy and Solid, Seeemed in My Thoughts Frail Enough to Be Blown Onto Its Side By The First Gust That Struck IT. I Thought of Don Pinned Under It, His Face Possed Into The Mud.

I Crawled Back Into Bed, Trying To Close My Throat Against The Tears. But When My Mother, Prompted by The Deep Sympathy and Understanding Between US, Came in to Me, She Kissed My Cheek and Found It Wet.

"DON" T GET UPSET, JANE, "" SHE SAID SOFTLY. "" HE MAY STILL COME. ""

WHEN SHE HAD TUCKED ME IN AND GONE, I LAY THINKING ABOUT DON, ABOUT THE DANGER OF THE ROADS. You couldn "t ride or walk along them safely after heavy rain; your feet would slip from under you The roads in Northern Canada are not like the friendly well-populated English ones, where there are always farmhouses within walking distance and cars driving along. Them Day and Night.

It Was Hours Later, That I Suddenly Realized The Sound of the Roaring Engine Were Real. The Storm Was Dying.

1. Every Summer Jane Used to Spend

2. The Last Summer Was Particularly Fascinating for Jane Because She

sport it in the Magic Surroundings.

hAD A LOT OF FUN IN THE OPEN AIR.

enjoyed Unbelievable Sunsets by The Lake.

fELL IN LOVE FOR THE FIST TIME.

a SINCERE DEEP FEELING.

associated with doubts.

full of Reservations.

connected with pretence.

4. Don Traveled Three Hundred-Odd Miles Every Weekend Because He Was

A. Desperate to See The Author Before She Left.

B. Fond of Riding His Motorcycle.

C. Attracted by The Beauty of the Lake.

D. Fond of Spending Weekends WITH HIS Friends.

5. Sometimes Don Didn "T Come to See Jane and Her Mother on Friday Because He

A. Thought The Were Too Far from Civilization.

B. Had Given Up Hope of Seeing The Author.

C. WORKED TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY.

D. Hed Traveling in Exhausting Conditions.

6. Mother Came Into Jane "S Room During The Storm Because She

A. Felt Jane Was Afraid of the Thunder.

B. Felt Jane Was Workried About Don.

C. Heard Jane Walking In The Room.

D. Heard Jane Crying in Her Bed.

7. According to the author the roads in Northern Canada Were

7 Scores.

Choose from the Sentences A-H The One Which Fits Each Gap (8-14). There Is One Extra Sentence Which You Do Not Need To Use.

8 ____ North Of Ireland Was Never Came The Landscape Around Was Never Came The Landscape Around US, The Easy Access to Donegal and To the Remoter Parts of the North Gave the Area Its Own Particular Delight.

An Old Retired Couple Who Owned The House Lived in Two Rooms on the Ground Floor.9 _______His Bent Figure Would Brave Even Port Stewart's Weather As He Walked Along The Sea Front.

I Never Saw The Old Man At Any Other Time Apart from These Walks.10 _________His Wife, His Second, Would Sit Quietly In The Kitchen Beside The Fire Constantly Knitting and Offering US Cups of Tea As We Came in from The Pub or Back From Studying. She Never Bothered US Much, Was Always Friendly and Enjoyed A Cup of Tea Would Sit And Chat With Her.

11_________ We Were Not Surprised, Aware Even Then That Age Can Be Cruel. But What Moved Me Most Was His Rapid Worsening, The Fact That I Never Again Saw Him Walking Bent Double Against The Wind, And The Sight Of His Walking Stick Always Lying In The Hall. IT Became A Strange Kind of Symbol.

12 _________ THE FACT THAT WE WERE ONLY AWARE OF THIS OLD MAN "S ILLNESS THROUGH HIS RASPING COUGH AND HIS WIFE" S NURSING HIM GAVE THE HOUSE AN AIR OF HEAVY SADNESS.

ONE EVENING, I CAME IN FROM THE COLD AND WENT I STRAIGHT TO THE KITCHEN TO HEAT MYSELF AT THE FIRE. MRS. Paul Sat Alone. There Was a Silence I Couldn "T Understand. I Recall Now That Her Knitting Needles Were for Once Not in Evidence.13 ________ HER FACE WAS VERY STILL.

IT TOOK HER SOME TIME TO ACKNOWEDGE ME COMING INTO THE ROOM.14 ________ SHE LOOKED UP SLOWLY AND I REMEMBER HER OLD, LINED BUT STILL QUITE BEATIFUL FACE AS SHE SAID CALMLY AND WITHOUT EMOTION: 'MY HUSBAND IS DEAD'.

Mr. Paul Became ILL Very Suddenly.

'Would You Like A Cup of Tea?' I Asked.

Mr. Paul Was in His Eighties and I Remember Him Going for His Nightly Walk Accompanied by His Walking Stick and a Small Dog.

Late Into The Night I Could Hear Him Cougal.

HOWEVER, I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

I Can Still Remember The View from The Window and the Constant Changes in the Sea.

I HEARD HIM OCCASIONALLY IN HIS OWN ROOM.

Neither Was The Old Kettle Normally Kept Hot by The Fire.

7 Scores.

Task 3.

Read This Article and Decide Whether States 15-25 Are True or False According to the text.

In 1608 An Englishman Whose Name Was Thomas Coryate Visited Italy. HE LIKED THE COUNTRY AND NOTED DOWN EVERY INTERESTING THING HE FOUND. But There Was One Thing Which He Found More Interesting Than The Others. In His Diary Thomas Wrote, 'When The Italians Eat Meat, The Used Small Forks. They Do Not Eat With Hands Because, AS Say, People Do Not Always Have Clean Hands. '

Before Leaving For England, Thomas Coryate Bought a Few Forks.

At Home Thomas Gave a Dinner Party to Show The Invention to His Friends. WHEN THE SERVANT BROUGHT THE STEAK, HE TOOK OUT A FORK AND BEGAN TO EAT LIKE THEY DID IN ITALY.

EVERYBODY LOOKED AT HIM IN SURPRISE. WHEN HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS WHAT IT WAS, THE ALL WANTED TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE STRANGE THING. ALL HIS FRIENDS SAID THAT THE ITALIANS WERE VERY STRANGE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE FORK WAS VERYiNCONVENIENT.

Thomas Coryate Tried TopROVE THEopposite. HE SAID IT WAS NOT NICE TO EATmEAT WITH.one's Fingers Becausethey Werenot Always Clean.

Everybody Got.angryat that. DID MR CORYATE THINK THAT PEPLE IN ENGLAND ALWAYS HAD DIRTY HANDS? And.weren'ttHE TEN FINTERS THEY HAD ENOUGH FOR THOM?

Thomas Coryate.wanted To.show.tHAT IT.was Very Easy To Usethe Fork. But The First Pieceof Meat.he.tOOK.with the fork fell to thefloor. His Friends.began to Laugh and He Hadto take the forkaway.

ONLY FIFTY.years Later.dIDpeoplein england begin touse forks.

Thomas Coryate.brought Forks To.England Because He Believed It Was Not Nice To Eat Meat with Fingers.

Thomas Coryate Wanted to Make His Friends Surprised SO He Brought Forks.

Thomas Coryate.wanted to make Business Selling Forks.

EEVERYBODY LOOKED AT THOMAS WHEN HE BEGAN TO EAT LIKE THE ITALIANS BECAUSE NOBODY HAD SEEN A FORK BEFORE.

Nobody Ate Meat with Hands in England.

Coryate's Friends Didn't Pay Any Attention to the Forks

The First Piece of Meat Fell To The Floor WHEN THOMAS TOOK IT WITH THE FORK BECAUSE HE HAD NOT USED TO Eating with a fork.

The Steak Was Too Tough SO IT FELL DOWN.

PEOPLE IN ENGLAND BEGAN TO USE FORKS IN 1658

PEPLE IN ENGLAND DON'T USE FORKS NOWALAYS.

10 Scores.

Section 3.

Use of english

Time: 30 minutes.

Task 1.

For Questions 1-10, Read The Text Below and Decide Which Answer (A, B, C or D)

fITS. each. space. best .

GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION

FOR MANY YEARS NOW, BRITISH GIRLS HAVE0__d__mUCH BETTER IN EXAMS THAN BOYS. MOST THEORIES ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THIS GAP1_________ the Sexes Have Blamed The Education2 ______ . However, New Research Suggests That Boys' Poor Performance Has Nothing To Do3______ iNTERNAL PRACTICES AT SCHOOLS. ASTEAD EXTERNAL FACTORS, SUCH AS Different Learning Styles and How Children Are4 _____ up, Have to Be Considered. For this5 ________ , Many Educationalists Are Now Studying How Boys and Girls Learn to Read. They Believe That, Since Reading Is6 ______ taught Either by Mothers Or by Female Primary School Teachers, Many Boys7_____ rEADING AS A WOMAN'S ACTIVITY AND THIS PUTS THIM8 _______ iT.

ANOTHER FACTOR COULD BE THAT BOYS ARE GENERALLY MORE9 ________ than Girls. WHEN THEY CAN'T BE THE BEST, THEY WOULD RATHER10_____ up Education Than Be Considered Average. Girls Seem Much Happier to Be Second Best.

10 Scores.

Task 2.

Choose the right option from a), b), c), d)

1. I ... Glasses Since I Was a Child.

a) WEAR, B) WORE, C) AM WEARING, D) Have Been Wearing.

2. When the Phone Rang, I ... Dinner.

a) Cook, b) Was Cooking, C) HAD BEEN Cooking, D) Have Been Cooking.

3. HE USUALY HAD DINNER AT 4 P.M., ...?

a) HAD HADN HE, B) HADN "T HE, C) DID HE, D) DIDN" T HE.

4. He Works ... and Makes Good Progress.

a) Hard, b) Hardly, C) Good, D) Badly.

5. He Reminds Me ... Someone I KNEW IN THE ARMY.

a) of, b) to, c) from, d) about.

6. Mary Is Here. Where Are ...?

a) Other, b) OTHERS, C) THE OTHERS, D) ANOTHER.

7. What ... Bad Weather We Are Having Today!

a) The, b) a, c) an, d) -.

8. Did You Read ... English Books At School?

a) Some, b) Many, c) MUCH, D) None.

9. I Want to Know What ....

a) Are You Doing, B) Were You Doing, C) Will You do, d) You are doing.

10. I "VE MADE ... Mistakes Now Than I Made Last Time.

a) FEW, B) A FEW, C) FEWER, D) LESS.

10 Scores.

Task 3.

READ THE EXTRACT FROM THE TEXT AND COMPLETE THE SENTINES WITH THE CERRECT FORMS OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.

WHEN Mr. HIRAM B. OTIS, THE AMERICAN MINISTER, 1____________ (Decide) to Buy Canterville Chase, Everyone 2____________ (Tell) HIM THAT IT 3___________ (BE) A FOOLISH THING TO DO. There 4__________ (Be) No Doubt That A Ghost 5___________ (Live) in the house. Indeed, Lord Canterville Himself 6__________ (Mention) The Feat to Mr. Otis WHEN THEY 7____________ (Discuss) The Sale.

'We 8___________ (Not Live) in the place ourselves, 9_____________ (Say) Lord Canterville,' SINCE THE DAY WHEN MY GRAND-AUNT 10____________ (FRIGHTEN) by The Ghost. IT 11_____________ (HAPPEN) Many Years Ago. My Grand-Aunt 12____________ (Dress) for Dinner When She Suddenly 13____________ (Feel) Two Skeleton Hands Being Placed On Her Shoulders. The Fright 14_____________ (Make) Her Very Ill and She Never Really Recovered. '

'I 15____________ (Not Believe) in Ghosts,' 16______________ (Say) Mr. Otis.

16 Scores.

Section 4.

Time: 3 0 Minutes.

Express Your Opinion On The Following Problem:

IT IS NO Wonder That The Most Important Things of Our Most Important Things Of Our Everyday Life. IT Suggests A Lot of Social Projects Like "Odnoklassniki", "In The Contact", "Facebook", etc.

“What Are the Advantages and Drawbacks of Such Type of Communication and The Way of Making Friends? "

Write. 150 -200 Words. .

REMEMBER TO. :

Make an introduction

Express Your Personal Opinion On the Problem and Give ReaSons for Your Opinion

Make a Conclusion.

20 Scores.

TRANSFER Your Answers to the Answer Sheet!

Section 1. Listening

Section. 2 . Reading.

Task 1.

Task 2.

Task 3.

Task 3

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You Can Use the Opposite Side

20 Scores.

Answer Keys.

Section. 1. Listening

Task 1.

1-True, 2- NOT STATED, 3-FALSE, 4-NOT STATED, 5- FALSE, 6- TRUE, 7-FALSE

7 Scores.

Task 2.

1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D, 5-B, 6-A

6 Scores.

Section. 2. Reading

Task 1.

1- S. , 2- D, 3-A, 4-C, 5-C, 6-B, 7-C

7 Scores.

Task 2.

the endforms

8 - F, 19 - C, 10 - G, 11 - A, 12 - D, 13 - H, 14 - B

7 Scores.

Task 3.

15- T, 16- T, 17- F, 18- T, 19- F, 20- F, 21-T, 22-F, 23-T, 24- F

10 Scores.

Section 3. Use of English

Task 1.

1 -B, 2 -D, 3- D, 4- A, 5- C, 6- B, 7- C, 8 -A, 9 -D, 10 -A

10 Scores.

Task 2.

1- D, 2- B, 3- D, 4- A, 5- A, 6- C, 7- D, 8-B, 9- D, 10-C.

10 Scores.

Task 3.

1. Decided; 2. TOLD; 3.was; 4. WAS; 5.Lived; 6. Mentioned / Had Mentioned; 7. WERE DISCUSSING; 8. Haven't Lived; 9. Said; 10. WAS FRIGHTENED; 11. Happened; 12. Was Dressing; 13. Felt; 14. Made; 15. DON'T BELIEVE; 16. Said.

16 Scores.

Section 4. Writing.

20 Scores.

Total - 93 Scores

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