Write the correct form of the word in capitals in each gap

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Task 2 (5 points).
Read the text and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps.
Example: 0 __beautifully__ BEAUTY

We all have some preferences when we choose our friends. For
some people intelligence is not 1.___________ IMPORTANCE
They appreciate things like patience or responsibility. Others are attracted by the 2._______________ of a person or the self-confidence he or she has. APPEAR
Whatever the criteria may be, one thing is for sure. A good relationship will make a 3.__________________ in your life. DIFFERENT
It’ll make you feel better. It’s nice to share your 4.____________
or disappointment with your friend. EXCITE
5.___________________ is one of the best things in the world. FRIEND
ЕСЛИ НУЖНО,ТО ВОТ ПЕРЕВОД:R EAD текста , а затем написать правильную форму слова в БУКВАХ , чтобы завершить пробела.

Пример : 0 __ красиво __ КРАСОТА

У всех нас есть какие-то предпочтения при выборе друзей. За

у некоторых людей интеллект не 1 .___________

ВАЖНОСТЬ

Они ценят такие вещи, как терпение и ответственность. Других привлекают 2 ._______________ человека или его уверенность в себе.

ВИДЕТЬ

Какими бы ни были критерии, одно можно сказать наверняка. Хорошие отношения сделают 3 __________________ в вашей жизни.

РАЗНЫЕ

От этого тебе станет легче. Приятно поделиться своими 4 .____________

или разочарование в друге.

EXCITE

5 .___________________ — одна из лучших вещей в мире.

ДРУГ

СПАСИБО!

A. Complete using the correct form of the words in the box.

course • court • pitch • ring • rink • track

1   We used to go skating at the ice ……………… every Saturday.

2   Keith had never seen such a large golf ……………… until he went to Scotland.

3   We all met at the basketball ……………… at half past three.

4   It’s called a boxing ………………, but it’s actually square!

5   For the 800 metres race, you have to run round the ……………… twice.

6   The football match had to be called off because the ……………… was flooded.

7   Our team ……………… until half time, but in the second half the other team ……………… three goals, and so they ……………… us. But it was a great match!

bat • stick • rod • racket

8   Adrian got a new fishing ……………… for his birthday.

9   Can I borrow your tennis ………………?

10   Why are hockey ……………… such a strange shape?

11   I’d spend hours putting linseed oil on my cricket ……………… to keep the wood strong.

Answers

1 rink   2 course   3 court   4 ring   5 track   6 pitch

7 was winning/scored/beat   8 rod   9 racket

10 sticks   11 bat(s)

B. Circle the correct word or phrase.

1   The umpire / referee blew the whistle and the most important football match I’ve ever played began.

2   We used to play rugby in the winter term, football in the spring term, and we’d do athletics / sport and swimming in the summer term.

3   Do you fancy a game / play of cards?

4   I only do magic tricks for fun. I’ve never thought of becoming an amateur / a professional magician.

5   The play was so boring, we walked out during half time / the interval.

6   Coventry City equalled /drew 3-3 with Sunderland in the match last Saturday.

7   Spectators / Viewers who watched last week’s programme will remember we were looking at the history of baseball.

8   We got through to the final / finale, but then lost to Cirencester.

9   Most people prefer films which have a happy end / ending.

10   Would all opponents / competitors please make their way to the starting line?

Answers

1 referee   2 athletics   3 game   4 professional

5 the interval   6 drew   7 Viewers   8 final

9 ending   10 competitors

C. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.

1   I don’t know how you can stand getting up so early to go to the pool.   put

      I don’t know how you can …………………………………… up so early to go to the pool.

2   I’ve finally started sorting out my postcard collection.   round

      I’ve finally …………………………………… sorting out my postcard collection.

3   What did you do at the weekend?   get

      What did you …………………………………… at the weekend?

4   I’m not so keen on skiing now I’ve discovered snowboarding.   gone

      I’ve …………………………………… since I discovered snowboarding.

5   Why do you continue to have riding lessons if you can’t afford them?   on

      Why do you …………………………………… riding lessons if you can’t afford them?

6   We can’t delay the match any longer.   put

      We can’t …………………………………… any longer.

Answers

1 put up with getting

2 got round to

3 get up to

4 gone off skiing

5 carry on having

6 put (off) the match (off)

D. Write one word in each gap.

1   Tony never used to want to join ……………… with the other kids in the playground.

2   Look ………………! There’s a car coming!

3   Simone’s ……………… to wearing a helmet whenever she goes cycling.

4   I was thinking of taking ……………… scuba diving until I found out how expensive the equipment is.

5   They were knocked ……………… in the semi-final.

6   Maybe we should bring the meeting ……………… to this Tuesday instead of having it in two weeks’ time.

7   Becca had to pull ……………… of the race when she sprained her ankle.

8   Melissa doesn’t ……………… in for adventure sports.

Answers

1 in   2 out   3 taken   4 up   5 out   6 forward   7 out   8 go

E. Choose the correct answer.

1   Why don’t you …………… a go? It’s not difficult!

        A make         B have

        C do              D set

2   Carl wasn’t very good at mountain climbing as he’s afraid of …………… .

        A highs         B highness

        C heights      D height

3   There’s little …………… of our getting into the final.

        A opportunity

        B chance

        C luck            D fortune

4   Rachel is mad …………… the Eurovision Song Contest.

        A from          B against

        C for              D about

5   Just …………… your best – that’s all anyone can ask of you.

        A do              B make

        C be               D have

6   It’s …………… time you learned to swim.

        A big             B tall

        C high           D far

7   Grandma …………… a lot of pleasure from gardening.

        A does          B has

        C makes       D gets

8   …………… your time – don’t rush.

        A Tell            B Find

        C Spend        D Take

9   Each player takes it …………… turn to roll the dice.

        A on              B in

        C at               D to

10   Time …………… so quickly when you’re doing something enjoyable.

        A takes         B spends

        C passes       D finds

11   Our new coach is popular …………… the whole team.

        A for             B to

        C by               D with

12   She’d …………… hours lying on her bed, reading.

        A spend        B take

        C make         D pass

13   He’d been planning to leave the team the …………… time, and hadn’t told anyone.

        A complete  B whole

        C total          D full

14   I’m not siding …………… her because she’s my sister, but because she’s right.

        A from          B for

        C to               D with

Answers

1 E   2 C   3 B   4 D   5 A   6 C   7 D

8 D   9 B   10 C   11 D   12 A   13 B   14 D

F. Match to make sentences.

1   I’m not very fond

2   She’s interested

3   You should concentrate

4   I used to find it difficult

5   Let’s listen

6   We stopped

7   The bad weather stopped us

A   in playing for the school team.

B   to find enough time to have any hobbies.

C   to try to find the golf balls we’d lost.

D   of playing in goal.

E   from finishing the game.

F   to what the coach thinks first.

G   on getting fit.

Answers

1 D   2 A   3 G   4 B   5 F   6 C   7 E

G. Water has damaged part of this text about sport at school. Read it and decide what you think each of the original words was. Write the words in the blank spaces.

Sport at school

I used to wear glasses when I was at school, and so I (1) ……………… sport very difficult. I wanted to be involved (2) ……………… school sports competitions, and I loved the idea of teams competing (3) ……………… each other, but being on the rugby team, for example, (4) ……………… having to take off my glasses, and that meant (5) ……………… I couldn’t see! And it’s difficult (6) ……………… catch a ball when you can’t see it! So, I wasn’t very good and the captains always (7) ……………… sure that I wasn’t on their team. This meant I (8) ……………… free to do other activities, like being on the debating team, and actually I preferred to (9) ……………… things I was good at doing (10) ……………… than have everyone laugh at me.

Answers

1 found   2 in   3 against/with   4 involved/meant

5 that   6 to   7 made   8 was   9 do   10 rather

H. Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals when this is necessary.

1   I need to buy a new pair of ……………………. (TRAIN).

2   Ellie used to ……………………. (PRACTICE) for hours to learn to juggle properly.

3   That was the most ……………………. (INTEREST) book I’ve ever read. I can’t wait for the sequel!

4   Would you describe yourself as a ……………………. (COMPETE) person?

5   Many professional basketball players earn a ……………………. (FORTUNE) these days.

6   F.A. stands for Football ……………………. (ASSOCIATE).

7   The gold, silver and bronze ……………………. (MEDAL) took their places on the podium for the presentation ceremony.

8   In Britain, the money parents give their children is often called pocket money. In America, it’s often called an ……………………. (ALLOW).

9   I’m afraid the swimming pool is closed at the moment as they’re carrying out some essential ……………………. (MAINTAIN).

Answers

1 trainers   2 practise   3 interesting   4 competitive

5 fortune   6 Association   7 medallists   8 allowance

9 maintenance

I. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.

A snooker player speaks

When I first started playing snooker, I had no real (1) ……………………. (KNOW) of the rules. I just thought it looked an (2) ……………………. (ENJOY) game. Also, I didn’t need to buy any expensive (3) ……………………. (EQUIP) because the snooker hall near my house had tables and cues. I spent (4) ……………………. (PRACTICAL) all the free time I had practising, and then decided to enter a (5) ……………………. (COMPETE). It was great fun! My (6) ……………………. (OPPOSE) was someone who’d been playing for years. Of course, he beat me, but the fact that I’d (7) ……………………. (LOSE) didn’t put me off at all. And, (8) ……………………. (FORTUNE), my game improved enough for me to become a professional snooker player three years ago.

Answers

1 knowledge   2 enjoyable   3 equipment

4 practically   5 competition   6 opponent

7 lost   8 fortunately

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Английский язык. Задания для участника  9-11  классы

Время выполнения -90 минут. Максимальное количество баллов – 43балла

LISTENING – 7 баллов

Listen to the interview and for questions A8-A14, choose the answer (1, 2 or 3) which  you think fits best according to the text. Write the appropriate number (1, 2 or 3) in boxes A8-A14 on your answer sheet.

A8. Catherine mainly gets inspired for her novels from

        1) things that happen in her personal life.

        2) unimportant new stories.

        3) major events in the local area.

A9. The example of the shopping centre shows that, before writing, Catherine

        1) interviews a lot of people.

        2) does a lot of background research.

        3) imagines a complete story.

A10. Catherine says her characters

        1) can be identified by the people they’re based on.

        2) are exact copies of people she has known.

        3) are only loosely based on real people.

A11. Catherine is more likely to create a character based on a real person’s

        1) history.

        2) appearance.

        3) view of the world.

A12. There is a chance that

        1) Catherine will give a talk about making films.

        2) a company will buy the film rights to Fire at Dawn.

        3) there will be a film version of Fire at Dawn.

A13. Catherine does not want

        1) to be involved in making the film.

        2) someone else to write the screenplay.

        3) the plot to be altered in a major way.

A14. Catherine believes that

        1) the stories in the book and film should be the same.

        2) film and literature are extremely different media.

        3) films based on books are usually annoying.

READING -13 баллов

Match headings A-H to texts 1-7 choose the best heading A-H. There is one heading you will not need to use. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

A. UNUSUAL RELATIONSHIPS                E. IMPORTANT MOMENTS

B. SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS                F. MISTAKEN BELIEFS

C. DIFFICULT PERIODS                        G. MANY RESPONSIBILITIES

D. TWO TYPES                                H. HOME ALONE

1. In Britain? Most families are “nuclear families”. This means that the family consists of the parents and children. Of course, there are uncles and aunts and grand parents, too, but they do not have much to do with raising the children and often live a long way away. In many other countries, the “extended family” is more common. With the extended family, uncles, aunts and grandparents live closer to the parents and children – sometimes even in the same building – and everyone in the family has a much closer relationship.
2. Most teenagers say at some point; “When I’m a parent, I’m going to give my children much more freedom than I have now.” When they do actually become parents however, they soon realize that giving a child or teenager lots of freedom is not always the best thing to do. Many parents end up hearing their children saying to them exactly the same things they said to their parents when they were young.
3. What does bringing up a child involve? Giving a child love and making a child feel safe in their environment are extremely important. So is providing food and warmth. Parents also have a duty to teach their children the differences between right and wrong, and to make sure their children get a good education. Some parents believe that their role is also to teach children about the importance of things such as family, religion and society.
4. The English phrases “a chip off the old block” and “like father, like son” (or “like mother, like daughter”) are used to show the similarities between a parent and their child. These might be similarities in terms of appearance, behavior or interests. For example, if a dad loves watching cricket and his son Eric becomes interested in cricket, too, you might say. “Eric’s a chip off the old block, isn’t he?”
5. “Latchkey kids” are a major problem in many countries, including Britain and the USA, These are children whose parents are still at work when they come home from school, so there is no one at home to look after them. Their parents aren’t there to help with their homework, and some of them spend hours on their own before their parents’ return.
6. The idea of “quality time” is based on an understanding that the amount of time a parent spends with their child is not the only important thing. What is also important is what they do together during that time. Ten minutes of discussing problems that a teenager is facing may be much more valuable than two hours of watching a movie together in silence.
7. Families work well when things are going well, but the real test of a family comes at times of stress. Perhaps Mum has been working too hard, or perhaps young Amy is taking exams at school. These are times when all the families can find themselves fighting instead of helping each other. When a family is going through a crisis like this, it can often help to talk to someone outside the family. It could either be an expert, such as a family counselor, or a trusted family friend

Read the text and complete gaps 8-13 with sentences A-G. There is one extra sentence that you don’t need to use. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

What time is it? To answer that question today, all we have to do is look at a watch or clock. It wasn’t always that simple, however. For thousand of years, people have wanted an accurate way of telling the time, (8)____________________________.

We know that the ancient Egyptians had sundials, (9)______________________. It is thought they also had a way of measuring time using running water. The ancient Chinese also developed non-mechanical ways to measure the passing time.

The first mechanical clock appeared around the 9th century. This did not have hands as modern clocks do, (10)_______________________.

The first reasonably accurate clocks were developed in Italy in the 13th century.

Unlike modern clocks, they did not tell the time to the nearest minute; rather, they announced when an hour had passed. Table clocks became popular in the 1500s. They usually only had one hand, which had four possible positions each hour, (11) _________________________.

In 1657 the pendulum clock was invented. Although Galileo came up with a similar idea first, it is Christian Huygens (12)_________________________. Since then, сlocks have become more and more dependable. Today, each of us carries a mobile phone or wears a watch (13)___________________.

1. but rang a bell to tell the time
2. who is generally considered to be an inventor
3. allowing you to tell the time to the nearest fifteen minutes
4. which requires sunlight to work
5. where the first clocks were developed
6. apart from looking at the position of the sun
7. which can be relied on to be accurate

USE OF ENGLISH- 13 баллов

For questions 1-7, read  the  text  and  write  the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

Animal Helpers

Animals can be pets, but they can also be much more. Ever since dogs first

(1)_____________ humans on the hunt, animals have worked with people.        JOIN

Dogs, of course, work with people in different ways, such as

(2)___________ sheep on farms.                                                        CONTROL

They (3)____________ to help blind people find their way around.                TRAIN

There are (4)__________ of other animals that help people, including horses,        LOT

camels and elephants. In the past, horses were an important means of transport

in Europe and (5)____________ both people and goods.                                 CARRY

Cars soon replaced horses for most jobs because they could go faster

and (6) ______________.                                                                FAR

In Asia today, as in the past, elephants (7)___________ to transport                USE

heavy loads in areas where cars cannot go.

Complete gaps 8-13 with words formed from the words in CAPITAL letters. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 

The discovery of the island of Mauritius in 1505 was the beginning

of the end for the dodo. The dodo was a large bird which was

(8)______________ of flying and so spent its entire life on the ground.                   CAPABLE

When people first spotted the bird in 1598, it seemed to have no fear

of humans and was quite (9)____________.                                                FRIEND

This was because it had always lived on an island where it had no

(10)__________________ enemies.                                                        NATURE

The people on the island didn’t find the dodo (11) ____________ to eat,                TASTE

but the cats and the dogs that arrived with the people did. The dodo was

completely (12)___________ and by the 1690s it had died out on the island.        HELP

The story of the dodo’s (13)________________ is just one example                 APPEAR

of man’s effect on the environment.

WRITING – 10 баллов

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Christine, who writes:

I’ve had an argument with my best friend, Linda, and we’re not talking to each other. I’m really upset about it. What kind of things do you argue with your best friend about? How do you make up after an argument? What do you think I should say to Linda?

Oh, and I visited our local sports centre yesterday, which was interesting!

Write a letter to Christine. In your letter:

• answer her questions
• ask 3 questions about the sports centre

Write 100-120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. Write the letter on your answer sheet.

ANSWER SHEET                   БЛАНК  ОТВЕТОВ               9-11 классы

                      Шифр_____________________________

Общее кол-во баллов________________

LISTENING

A8
A9
A10
A11
A12
A13
A14

READING

1			8
2		9
3		10
4		11
5		12
6		13
7

USE OF ENGLISH

1			8
2		9
3		10
4		11
5		12
6		13
7

WRITING

Write 100-120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing

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