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Данная олимпиада
рассчитана на 60 минут. Правильные
ответы даны в скобках.
Before you start, read the whole text
carefully. You will need to read the text more than once before you decide on
your answer. Read the text and correct the nine mistakes in the verbs.
Dear Masha,
Your friend Sonya
write to you (is writing). Remember me?
We was
(were) friends on holiday together this summer.
How are you? Have you
move (moved) to a new flat?
Are you good at maths the same way as? I believing (believe), yes!
I miss
you…
Actually, I haven’t see
(seen) you for about six months, but I’ve changed a lot.
Now I
hating (hate) playing computer games and I can’t stand pop music!
At the moment
I’ve loved (love) geography, but last year I dislike (disliked) this!
One of
my favourite hobbies is photography.
In fact, I have to
finishing (finish) now because I must get up early tomorrow. I look (I’m
looking) forward to hearing from you soon.
Best wishes,
Sofia.
2. You
have to complete the tag questions.
a) I’m a teacher… (aren’t I)
b) Nobody is happy… (aren’t they)
c) Somebody is singing… (aren’t they)
d) Let’s sing… (shall we)
e) There is a little point in doing
anything about it … ( is there)
f) Neither your parents nor mine can
lend us some money… (can they)
g) The police caught him… (didn’t
they)
h)
Shut up… (can’t you)
i)
Nothing can stop us… (can it)
j)
My relatives live in Louisiana…
(don’t they)
3. Arrange the words and expressions in pairs
of antonyms.
1. burst into tears a)finish
2. cry b) be late
3. lose c) useful
4. useless d) the worst
5. wake up e) find
6. begin f) laugh
7. turn red g) the happiest
8. be early h) turn pale
9. the most unhappy i) fall asleep
10. the best j) burst into
laughter
4. In
each questions only one of the four answers is correct.
1. _ coffee is very expensive at the
moment.
a)
The b) A c) _ (right) d) These
2. I haven’t given _ permission to borrow
my calculator.
a) Anyone (right) b) everybody c) somebody d)
no one
3. Terry is in bed. He _flu.
a) Is
having b) has been c) will be having (right) d) was having
4. He promised _ all night.
a) Working
b) to work c) work d) to have worked (right)
5. This kind of fish _ with a white sauce.
A) Served b) had served c) is served (right)
d) is being served
6. Match.
1. Fine
feather make fine birds. (f) a) Лучше синица в руках, чем
журавль в небе.
2. As
light as feather. (e) b) Убить двух зайцев одним
ударом
3. Birds
of a feather flock together. (d) с) Кто рано
встает, тому Бог подает.
4. A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush. (a) d) Рыбак рыбака видит издалека.
5. The
early bird that catches the worm. (c) e) Легкий как перышко.
7. To
kill two birds with one stone. (b) f) В здоровом теле – здоровый
дух.
7. Translate into English.
‘Mother
Downy.’
Когда-то, давным-давно,
жила-была злая вдова. У нее была
дочь и падчерица. Дочь была ленивая некрасивая и такой же избалованной, как и
ее мать. Падчерица была трудолюбивой и очень симпатичной.
Once upon a time there lived a wicked widow.
She had a daughter and a stepdaughter. The daughter was lazy and plain and,
pampered by her mother. The stepdaughter was hardworking and very pretty.
Примечание: естественно, возможны и другие варианты,
важно, чтобы было правильно построено
предложение, употреблены верные времена,
предлоги, синонимичные выражения.
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