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Олимпиада
9 класс
LISTENING
(9
points)
Time:
15 minutes
Task 1. The
Maharishi school in the USA specialises in making sure that its
students don't become too stressed. Listen to Lisa and Steven
talking about stress in their lives and then choose the correct
ending to each sentence.
laid-back
= relaxed
GCSE
- General Certificate of Secondary Education
1.
Lisa is not stressed ...
a)
when she is on holiday.
b)
by much, she thinks she's quite relaxed.
c)
by exams.
2.
Lisa is given ...
a)
a lot of assignments (task, schoolwork) by her school.
b)
a lot of help with her schoolwork by her brothers and sisters.
c)
a lot of attention because her parents are divorced.
3.
Lisa's mother stresses her because ...
a)
she doesn't let her go out at weekends.
b)
she expects her to do well in her exams.
c)
she worries about her so much.
4.
All Lisa's brother and sisters ...
a)
are at university.
b)
are younger and Lisa has to look after them a lot.
c)
are very calm.
5.
Lisa is scared of ...
a)
the dark.
b)
speaking in public.
c) letting her
mother down.
6.
Steven is doing his exams soon but ...
a)
he hasn't revised.
b)
he's on a running team and has a part time job at weekends.
c)
he's not worried.
7.
Steven thinks that the Maharishi School is ...
a)
too hippyish (relating to hippies).
b)
not necessary for kids.
c)
a good idea.
8.
Steven thinks that his teachers ...
a)
only care about their own subject.
b)
are fantastic.
9.
Both Steven and Lisa think ...
a)
that their classmates would love to go to the Maharishi School.
b)
that their classmates would hate to go to the Maharishi School.
c)
that their classmates would be embarrassed to do yoga at school at
first.
TASK
2. READING COMPREHENSION
(10
points)
Time:
15 minutes
Task
2. Read fragments from stories
about famous illusionists. For answers to questions choose the
letters A-E like in the example “0”. (10 points) Занесите
соответствующую букву в таблицу.
A.
John Henry Anderson was a Scottish
magician who performed in Europe and the United States in the early
19th century.
His favourite trick was bullet-catching, but his best remembered for
pulling a rabbit from a hat. He didn’t think of the trick first,
but he made it popular and there have been variations on it ever
since.
B.
Robert Houdin was born in France in
1805. He was originally trained as a clockmaker. He first appeared
as a magician in Paris in 1845. He used common objects to create
illusions rather than complicated pieces of machinery. He was known
as the father of magic and it was from him that Harry Houdini took
his name years later.
C.
Howard Thurston was from Ohio. He
started by touring and doing card tricks. In 1908 he met the
magician, Harry Kellar. Kellar sold him his tricks and Thurston
turned them into a 3-hour long magic show. He toured with it for
over 20 years. He was well-known for illusions such as the “floating
lady”.
D.
Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz in
Budapest, Hungary. Before taking up magic, he worked at a circus.
His world-wide fame came from his
amazing escapes. One of his most incredible escapes was from a box
that was locked, roped, weighted, then lowered into water. Later in
his career he went to Hollywood and made films, performing his own
stunts.
E.
David Copperfield was born in 1956 in
America. He began performing at the age of twelve. He is noted for
his ability to make objects disappear, something he has done
frequently while on the air, watched by millions. He once made the
Statue of Liberty, America’s most famous landmark disappear. He
also walked through the Great Wall of China. From the late 1970s, he
was on TV in The Magic Show of David Copperfield.
Who
- was born in Scotland? __A__
- made a famous trick he didn’t invent?_____
- performed illusions with large objects?_____
- acted in films?____
- pulled objects from a hat?_____
- performed in France and gave his name to another magician?___
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TASK
3 USE OF
ENGLISH
(18
points)
Time:
15 minutes
Time: 10
minutes
Task
3.
1.For
questions 1-10 match common symbols and abbreviations with their
meaning. There are two extra meanings you don’t need to use.
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everything
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2.
Complete the sentences using the appropriate derivatives of the words
in capitals.
1.
Our marks for the test were rather … DISAPPOINT
2.
Some parts of the Amazon are more than 190 kilometres in … WIDE
3.
You will find science lessons active and … VARY
4.
His joke was rather weird and there followed ... silence. COMFORT
5.
I don`t think that … is right in any situations. VIOLENT
6.
He got angry because we … with him. AGREE
7.
It`s very… to chew a chewing gum in public. POLITE
8.
Mrs. Read isn’t satisfied with my results. She says I`m a …
student. CARE
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