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Use of English

Time: 45 minutes

Task 1

For questions 1-15 complete the following text by writing each missing word in the correct box on your answer sheet. Use only one word for each space.

The Changing Face of Beauty

Certainly, images of beautiful women or men are all (1)… us. You can find them in fashion magazines, (2) … TV, in movies… We all know what beautiful people look (3) …, even if we are (4) … beautiful ourselves. Yet, (5) … in the modern world, what we see as “beautiful” is constantly changing. In the 1890s the actress Lillian Russell was (6) … “the most beautiful woman in the world”. She was 165 pounds/75 kilos. In 1967 (7) … fashion model Twiggy was (8) … as the perfection of beauty – and she weighed just 91 pounds/41 kilos. (9) … big change (10) … our perception of beauty, in quite a short time. In the desire to be perfect many people decide to change their appearance (11) … surgery. Cosmetic surgery, which started (12)  … long ago as 1910, aims to “improve” our physical appearance. Then it (13) … an expensive luxury. Now, it’s almost routine. … The problem is not the size of your stomach or the amount of hair on your head – the problem is that today, more than in (14) … other time in history, we choose to identify ourselves (15) … our appearance.

Task 2

For questions 16 – 20 choose the best alternative A or B.

16. I couldn’t find out (A) / discover (B) what the word meant as it wasn’t in my dictionary.

17. She has her clothes especially (A) / specially (B) made in Paris.

18. It began as just an ordinary (A) / commonplace (B) Saturday, but soon became a day I would never forget.

19. This trip (A) / journey (B) takes about 45 minutes.

20. The groom and his near (A) / close (B) family took their places.

Task 3

For questions 21 – 25 replace the words in italics with a suitable phrasal verb  from the box below. There are three extra phrasal verbs, which you do not need to use.

21. Continue this job until I give you something else to do.

22. If someone faints, splash him or her with cold water to regain consciousness.

23. My car stopped working on the motorway and I had to walk to a garage.

24. The football match was canceled because it was raining cats and dogs that day.

25. It’s a pity I can’t reach my friend by phone. I’ll have to call him later.

Task 4

For questions 26-30 use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Romans and Saxons were less (26)_____ at invading the far north and far western parts of Britain and the (27)_____ people and their language persisted in these places despite the spread of Roman, Saxon and later (28)______. The result is that in the north, (Scotland), west, (Wales and Cornwall) and the far west, (Ireland) the ancient Gaelic tongue survived and although through the centuries it (29)_____ into the Scotts Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Welsh and Cornish languages all four are still (30)______ from the same root speech.

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Олимпиада по английскому языку

5 класс

Задание 1. Прочитайте текст о Мартине и отметьте буквой Т (True) правдивые утверждения, а буквой F (False) -ложные.

My clothes

        I like trousers and jeans. I don’t like shirts but I like T-shirts and sweatshirts. I also like baseball caps. My favourite colours are blue and red.

        At school I usually wear my black trousers or blue jeans, and a T-shirt or sweatshirt. I’ve got a lot of T-shirts. My favourite T-shirt is blue with a picture of a tiger on it. I usually wear trainers. I’ve got some black shoes, but I don’t like them.

        At the moment I’m wearing blue jeans, a red and blue sweatshirt and my new trainers. I really love my new trainers!

        1.  Martin likes jeans.___

        2.   He doesn’t like sweatshirts.___

        3.   His favourite colours are blue and green.___

        4.   He usually wears green trousers at school.___

        5.   His favourite T-shirt is black.___

        6.   He doesn’t like his black shoes.___

Задание 2. Заполните пропуски в тексте подходящими по смыслу словами. Одно слово лишнее. В начале дан пример (0).

big    comfortable      tidy    light     hot     new     quiet

My dream house isn’t old – it’s (0) new. And it isn’t dark – there are lots of windows, so all the

rooms are very (1)_____________. And it isn’t noisy – my house is in the countryside, and it’s

very (2)_______________. My bed is very (3)________________, so I sleep very well. My

house is never untidy – it’s always (4)________________. And, of course, my house isn’t small

– it’s very (5)______________!

Задание З. Найдите в каждом предложении ошибку и исправьте ее. Используйте зашифрованные слова, данные в скобках.

Example:            I sleep in my kitchen.              bedroom             (rmdbeoo)

        1.   I have breakfast in the bathroom.        ___________           (tchkien)

        2.   I watch TV in the garden.                   ___________           (vignlimoro)

        3.   I have a shower in the living room.      ___________           (troboham)

        4.   I play football in the bedroom.             __________           (rdagne)

        5.   I leave my coat in the dining room.      ___________           (lalh)

Задание 4. Заполните пропуски в предложениях правильной формой глагола to have, выразив утверждение или отрицание.

        1.   They like animals. They______ a dog and two cats.

        2.   We never watch TV. We________a television.

        3.   She has a sister, but she__________a brother.

        4.   I_________a CD player, but I don’t have a Walkman.

        5.   He walks to school. He___________a bike.

        6.   That’s my mobile phone. It_______a silver cover.

        7.   Не_________sandwich, but he doesn’t have a drink.

        8.   My house_________a garden.

        9.   My grandparents ___________grey hair.

        10. Danny can’t use the Internet, he___________a computer.

Задание 5. Расположите фразы телефонного разговора в правильном порядке.

        □   Yes, he has.

        □   Hi. It’s Jane here. Can I speak to Mark, please?

        □   OK. Bye then.

        □   Sure. Has he got your number?

        □   Yes, please – can you ask him to ring me?

        □  Thanks. Bye.

        □  No, I’m sorry – he isn’t in. Can I take a message?

Задание 6. Выберите правильный вариант:

        a. a       b. an       с. the      d. —

        1.   She is … doctor. She works in hospital.

        2.   They are at a cafe on …High Street.

        3.   He eats … egg and toast for breakfast.

        4.   In summer … sky is clear and blue.

        5.   I want to be … engineer when I leave school.

        6.   … moon is very bright tonight.

        7.   My cousin lives in … Odessa.

        8.   It’s raining. Don’t forget to take … umbrella.

        9.   I don’t like tea with … milk.

        10. His younger sister likes … bananas.