Олимпиада по английскому языку для учителей.

Школьный этап Всероссийской олимпиады школьников по английскому языку

2016-2017 учебный год

9-11 классы

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.

Usually 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 English architects and painters.

7 scores

Task 2

Listen to the first part of the text about 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 months 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 unbelievable 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 pitted 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 I 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 over 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, seemed 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 pressed 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

spent 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 first 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 they were too far from civilization.

B. had given up hope of seeing the author.

C. worked to make some extra money.

D. hated 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 worried 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.

I lived in Port Stewart, one of the small villages on the coast. I rented a small room at the top of an old damp two-storey Victorian terrace house. The house was the last one in the terrace and from its window I could look out on the grey, ever-restless ocean.

8 __________ The weather in that part of the North of Ireland was never the kindest, though when the summer 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 with those of us who 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 acknowledge me coming into the room. 14 ________ She looked up slowly and I remember her old, lined but still quite beautiful 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 coughing.

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 there any steam coming out of the old kettle normally kept hot by the fire.

7 scores

Task 3

Read this article and decide whether statements 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, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as they 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, they 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 very inconvenient.

Thomas Coryate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.

Everybody got angry at that. Did Mr Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers they had enough for them?

Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.

Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use 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

People in England don’t use forks nowadays.

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 have 0__D__ much better in exams than boys. Most theories about the causes of this gap 1_________ the sexes have blamed the education 2 ______ . However, new research suggests that boys’ poor performance has nothing to do 3______ internal practices at schools. Instead external factors, such as different learning styles and how children are 4 _____ up, have to be considered. For this 5 ________ , many educationalists are now studying how boys and girls learn to read. They believe that, since reading is 6 ______ taught either by mothers or by female primary school teachers, many boys 7_____ reading as a woman’s activity and this puts them 8 _______ it.

Another factor could be that boys are generally more 9 ________ than girls. When they can’t be the best, they would rather 10_____ 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 usually had dinner at 4 p.m., ... ?

a) had 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 sentences with the correct 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 Internet has become one of the 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!

ANSWER SHEET

SECTION 1. LISTENING

SECTION 2 . READING

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

SECTION 3 . USE OF ENGLISH Task 2

Task 3

SECTION 4 . WRITING

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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- С, 2- D, 3-A, 4-C, 5-C, 6-B, 7-C

7 scores

Task 2

Конец формы

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

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников по английскому языку.

Муниципальный этап. 2016-2017 уч. год

Задания для 7-8 классов

Время выполнения всех конкурсов письменного тура– 120 минут.

Максимальное количество баллов – 73 балла

LISTENING - 8 балов (1 балл за правильный ответ), 25 минут

You will hear eight different situations. For questions 1-8 choose A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice. Remember to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

1. You overhear two friends talking about a TV play.

What did the girl think about the play?

1. The actors were better than she thought they’d be
2. The story had an unexpected ending
3. The costumes were very attractive

1. You hear two friends talking about a new bicycle. What is the boy’s opinion of it?

1. It is too expensive
2. It has a strange appearance
3. It is a little uncomfortable to ride

1. You hear a teacher talking to a class. What is he telling them about?

1. A new after-school activity
2. A homework assignment
3. A change to their timetable

1. You hear a girl telling her uncle about a dance event she’s going to take part in?

What is she most excited about?

1. Meeting new people
2. Dancing for a large audience
3. Seeing other dancers perform

1. You hear a boy talking on his mobile phone. Who is he talking to?

1. A parent
2. A friend
3. A brother or sister

1. You hear two friends talking about a book they’ve both read.

What do they agree about?

1. It is very funny in places
2. It is more for readers who are girls
3. It has some great drawings

1. You hear a local radio item about an unusual school.

What is unusual about the school?

1. The Head is trying to help children break a sporting record
2. There are more twins than is normal for one year group
3. A large number of pupils in one class share the same birthday

1. You hear two friends talking about some new neighbours.

How does the boy feel about them?

1. Pleased to have different people next door
2. Happy that the daughter shares his interests.
3. Glad that they can help his family.

READING - 21 балл (1 балл за правильный ответ), 25 минут

PART 1.

These young people all want to play tennis during their school holiday. There are descriptions of eight tennis courses. Decide which tennis course would be the most suitable for the following young people.

1. Sunita needs help to improve her tennis skills, so wants to have individual coaching. She’d like to play tennis outdoors in the mornings and do other activities in the afternoons.
2. Paul and his brother do not know how to play tennis, so want to spend week learning. They would prefer to be outside in a small group and will need to borrow rackets.
3. Zoe and her parents enjoy playing tennis together. They’d like to get advice from an expert and want lots of practice. They’d prefer to be near the coast.
4. Ali is looking for a three-day tennis break in the countryside. He can’t play tennis but he does have all the equipment. He’d like to have fun and meet other teenagers.
5. Vanessa is a good tennis player and her friends are almost as good. Their tennis course will be for a week during the winter, so they want to be able to play inside.

Tennis Courses.

1. Weybridge Tennis.
2. We run two-day, weekend courses all through the summer. Our tennis centre is next to one of the most beautiful beaches in the north. You will have the chance to play tennis all day and be taught by very experienced coaches. Unfortunately, this year we are not running any courses for adults.

1. Gary Dymond’s Tennis Centre.

We have years of experience teaching beginners tennis and provide all the equipment you’ll need. Because we’re situated in the busy seaside town of Rye there is always something to do when you’re not playing tennis. Our tennis courses are for teenagers only and run throughout the summer, for seven days. Class sizes are kept to a maximum of six.

1. Match Point.

Join us on our farm where we have six outdoor courts and space for 25 guests. It’s the perfect place to enjoy nature and learn a completely new sport. Young people (10 years +) are welcome to stay from two days up to a week. Everyone needs to bring their own rackets, clothes, etc. as only balls are available to buy.

1. Racket and Ball.

We offer tennis courses for players at all levels in one of the most interesting cities in the country. Tennis sessions run from 9 a.m-12.30 p.m. You can join a group or have one-to-one instruction. After lunch each day we’ll take you to some wonderful places in this amazing city. Our outdoor courts have lights so you can play again in the evenings.

1. Ace Tennis.

Never played tennis before? Want to find out if you like it before you buy an expensive tennis racket? Why not come to our indoor tennis centre for a weekend of fun activities in the mornings and tennis games in the afternoon? Fifty places are available and all equipment is provided.

1. Lifelong Tennis.

Come to us for year-round tennis courses at our modern tennis school near the town centre. Our indoor courts allow us to offer tennis coaching to all levels and age groups whatever the weather. Classes are in groups of 15 and courses run from seven to ten days. Please bring your own rackets and tennis clothes.

1. Top Tennis .

Our summer courses are for young tennis players who are already very skilled and are thinking of playing professionally. We have a number of experts on our staff who will give advice and coaching throughout the week. This is a serious course for people who want to play from morning to night!

1. Advantage Tennis Breaks.

Our group courses are for all ages and are designed to help people who can already play strengthen their tennis skills. We have highly-qualified coaches on hand to give you tips and we’ll even video your playing. Our 12 outdoor courts are just five minutes from Fingle beach and classes can be booked between 8.30 a.m -9p.m each day.

PART II

Read this e-mail to a pen friend. For questions 6-21 choose the correct words.

Dear Tomo,

You asked me about education in my country. I’m still at (6) school/the school because it’s (7)essential/compulsory here up to the (8) age /year of 16. We go to kindergarten or nursery school first and then we (9) start/join primary school, where we spend seven years, when we’re four or five years of (10) old/age . Now I (11) go/attend a state secondary school which has about 1000 (12) pupils/undergraduates . We have six lessons a day and each subject is (13) taught/learnt by a different teacher. We have a lot of homework and projects and, if we (14) lose/miss an important deadline, we have to stay (15) following/after school to finish the work and hand it (16) in/on. We have to wear a uniform until we’re 15 but after that we’re (17) let/allowed to wear our own clothes. When we’re 16 we (18) take/pass some exams. Then we can either (19) leave/depart school or stay on for two more years. During those two years we (20) learn/study just three or four subjects. There are also (21) opportunities/occasions to do vocational courses like hairdressing or mechanics at a college of further education. I haven’t decided what to do yet.

Write back soon.

USE OF ENGLISH - 34 балла, 40 минут

1. For questions 1-12, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

New York. The Big Apple.

New York, the city 0) in which I live, has 1) .......... inhabitants than any other US city. 2)………. was originally called “New Amsterdam” but was renamed by the British 3)………. they conquered the city in 1664. Our city has many landmarks which are 4)……….to people all over the world. The Statue of Liberty greeted people 5)……….came to the USA a century ago. Wall Street is 6)………. bankers and financiers do business. Central Park is a peaceful area that’s great 7)………. relax in. The headquarters of the United Nations is here, too, 8)………. is why there are so many international diplomats in the city. New York has great theatres, many 9) ……….which are on Broadway. And when it comes to sport, there are 10)………. of great facilities. Baseball is the 11)……….closely followed sport in the city and we have two big teams. Finally, people 12)……….money to spend can go to Fifth Avenue, which is where the top department stores are to be found.

1. For questions 13-20 replace the underlined words with the correct form of these phrasal verbs.

go out take after set out cut down

run out of come along fall out with smb put smth off

1. The band are leaving on a European tour next week.
2. Very soon, the world will have no more fossil fuels.
3. I would like to have a summer job during my holidays. There aren’t job vacancies at the moment, but the manager promised to let me know if an opportunity becomes available.
4. We all need to reduce the amount of energy we use.
5. I’m very like my father, but my brother looks like my uncle.
6. I can hardly believe my brother is going on a date with somebody.
7. My friend always invents a few excuses to delay our exam revision.
8. I am so sad because I have had a disagreement with my friend.

1. For questions 21- 26 find out which of the names in each line does not belong? Why?

Example:

Question: London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Anglesey, Liverpool, Sheffield.

Answer: Anglesey is an island, not a city

1. Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Times Square.
2. Ch. Dickens, Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen.
3. Severn, Thames, Trent, Clyde, Snowdon, Tyne.
4. England, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.
5. Thanksgiving Day, Boxing Day, Bonfire Night, May Day, St.Patrick’s Day.
6. Pennines, Cambrians, Lough Neagh, Grampians.
7. The Prime Minister, the Queen, the Lord Chancellor, the President.

WRITING -10 баллов, 30 минут

Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence: Mark shouted to his friends: “Look at it! This is going to be fun!”

Write your story (120-140 words) on your answer sheet.

Task 1

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 .
Аудиозапись

1. Some time ago the speaker went to buy a new bicycle.
   • A) True
   • B) False
2. The speaker left the shop without 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 wants to find words that would make people feel better.
   • A) True
   • B) False
8. The speaker doesn’t refer to the situations when one 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. How does 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 minutes’ he means that…
   • A) he couldn’t 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 thesis?
   • 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, C or 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 contemporaries. Although the new spelling helped him better compete with French émigré craftsmen, his new name had more to do with hanging it on a 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. What 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 as America’s patriotic interpreter of European design in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth 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 following does the author imply?
   • A) Duncan Fife and his father had the same first 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 longer 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 eighteenth century.
   • B) He died in England.
   • C) He died in the nineteenth 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 sentences 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, they 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. 11 ________. Former film stars vanish from them, new ones appear on them, and some of the truly greats are 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. 14 ________.

The evolution of the maps mirrors both the Hollywood publicity machine and real estate and tourism development. 15 ________. The first celebrity home belonged to the artist Paul de Longpre. 16 ________.

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, they opened their home to serve refreshments to soldiers. As Vivienne Welton once explained in an interview, to a map and cartography magazine, ‘She asked a few friends to do the same. 18 ________.’

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, 1 block’, ‘Star Maps here’. The maps reflect the shifting geography of stardom as celebrities, looking for escape from over-enthusiastic fans, some with quite unhealthy intentions, have moved out to various districts in Malibu. 19 ________. Legendary stars – Garbo, Monroe, Chaplin – remain on them. 20 ________.

• A. As they do so, they give advice to 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 businesses distributed them as a promotional gimmick.
• C. Others, however, say that the 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, they are still for sale at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Baroda Drive.
• G. And so a map was needed.
• H. It is 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:

0	V
00	far

The Plaza hotel

0	The Plaza is situated close to the centre of town and only
00	20 minutes’ drive far from the airport. There are 605 guest
1	rooms providing a luxurious accommodation for tourists
2	and business people alike. Each room it is equipped with
3	a colour television, a mini bar and an individually-controlled
4	air conditioning. Guests have the choice of five superb
5	restaurants. Why not to sample local specialities in the Bistro
6	on the ground floor or enjoy yourself the finest international
7	cuisine in the fabulous Starlight Room with its panoramic
8	view of the city? There is a wide range of facilities for
9	relaxation and enjoyment including of a swimming pool,
10	health club, beauty salon and karaoke bar. In addition,
11	our modern conference centre which has been
12	designed to meet all your business needs. Why should you not stay
13	elsewhere when you can be sure of a warm welcome
14	and excellent service at the Plaza? For reservations
15	and information please to call 010 534 766 (24 hours).

Task 2. Questions 16–25

Example: 0 . The pool isn’t deep enough to swim in.
too
The pool ……………………. swim in.

0	is too shallow to

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 expectations.

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. Complaints about the food! That’s all I ever hear from you!

always
You …………………………… the food!

1. They took advantage of the day-off at work and went to the seaside!

most
They ………………… of the day-off 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 injured he couldn’t play in the next game.

prevented
His ……….…. in the next game.

Task 3. Questions 26–30

Informal English	Neutral Equivalents
26. Oh well, don’t let it get you down	A) to borrow sth for a short time
27. I wish you’d stop going on about it for hours on end.	B) to change one’s mind
28. It really bugs me when people don’t return my pen after they’ve borrowed it.	C) to fool sb
29. My bicycle’s been nicked	D) to annoy sb
30. He flipped his lid	E) to upset sb
	F) to steal sth
	G) to argue
	H) to lose one’s temper
	I) to speak steadily
	J) to surprise sb

Task 4. Questions 31–40

31 . The Trail of Tears	A) the artist who made his masterpieces by putting the painting on the floor and then walking around it, letting the paint drip from sticks
32 . John Bull	B) a figure who stands for the USA sometimes represented by the figure of a man with a white beard and tall hat
33 . The Great Gatsby	C) This book deals with a poor Cockney girl who is taught how to speak and behave like an upper class lady as a scientific experiment.
34 . Prohibition	D) the period from 1919 to 1933 in the US when the production and sale of alcoholic drinks was illegal
35 . Louisiana Purchase	E) an English filmmaker of the 20-th century who specialized in thrillers
36 . Pygmalion	F) the massive area of land bought from France in 1803 which doubled the US size
37 . The Great Depression	G) a figure who stands for England in literary and political satire
38 . Jackson Pollock	H) a group of eight old and respected universities in the Northeastern US
39 . The Ivy League	I) the path that the Cherokees, forced to move away from their homes, travelled in the autumn and winter of 1838 to 1839
40 . Alfred Hitchcock	J) the severe economic problems that followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and resulted in the failure of many banks and businesses
	K) This novel describes the rise and fall of the main character, who extravagantly lives from bootlegging. He loves a beautiful woman who is the cause of his downfall.
	L) an English animator of the 20-th century who is famous for inventing some of the best-known cartoons
	M) Oxford and Cambridge together

WRITING

Time : 60 minutes, (30 scores)

Comment on the following quotation.

“All that glisters 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.

Внимание!

При превышении объема более чем на 10% от заданного (276 слов и более), проверяются первые 250 слов . При превышении объёма менее чем на 10% от заданного, баллы за содержание не снижаются.

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 are too 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 what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others so as to avoid giving offence’, or we might equally call this, as many people do, politeness behaviour. Now notice that the definition of tact talks about avoiding giving offence. It is not talking about something positive that we do in order to make people feel better than they otherwise would. So, here we are not talking about the kind of behaviour we get into when, for example, we console a friend whose cat has just been run over or compliment our 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 : Whoever 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 they 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 already? 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

Use of English
Item	Answer
1	a
2	it
3	an
4	V
5	to
6	yourself
7	V
8	V
9	of
10	V
11	which
12	not
13	V
14	V
15	to
16	a 50-dollar fine
17	live up to
18	got round to answering
19	you feel like having
20	are always complaining about
21	made the most
22	making enquiries into/ about
23	who/ that got me interested
24	was desperate to give
25	injury prevented him from playing
26	E
27	I
28	D
29	F
30	H
31	I
32	G
33	K
34	D
35	F
36	C
37	J
38	A
39	H
40	E

Подсчёт баллов за все конкурсы

Listening – максимальное количество баллов 30. Задание проверяется по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два.

Reading – максимальное количество баллов 40. Задание проверяется по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два.

Use of English – максимальное количество баллов 50. Задание проверяется по ключам. В заданиях 1, 3, 4 каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. В задании 1 орфография не учитывается. В задании 2 каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 2 балла. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Орфография учитывается. Если дан грамматически правильный ответ, но в ответе допущены орфографические ошибки, ответ оценивается в 1 балл.

Writing – максимальное количество баллов 30. Задание оценивается по Критериям оценивания. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два. При подведении итогов баллы за все конкурсы суммируются. Максимальное количество баллов за все конкурсы – 30 + 40+ 50 +30 = 150.