Olimpiada de limba engleza

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I. Use the words given in the capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the
space in the same line.
I came across an article in a magazine the other day which made (1) ……. COMPARE
between people and animals. It seemed to vome to the (2) ……… that in CONCLUDE
most cases we are superior to animals and lead a more (3) …..life. CONFORT
Wild animals have much more (4) …….. that pets or animals in zoos, FREE
but even a lion or a tiger in the jungle could be killed by (5) ……at almost HUNT
any time. For animals , life is generaly hard and (6) …. Compared to the DANGER
life led by people in large cities, where there is not only(7) … but also VARY
the freedom to choose the kind of life you want to lead.

II.Fill the blanks with the suitable words.

We are looking (1) ……… young people to help with our project in Huttingdon.
You will (2) ….. working with some of(3) … the most deprived families in their inner
city area. Your work will be varied: you will help decorate houses, do shopping (4)
……….. the elderly, organise outings for children(5)…..assist in office work for the
project. You must be adaptable, enthusiastic and energetic, and you(6) ….. have a good
knowledge (70…..English.

III. Put the sentences in the right order.

1. But soon they started to pick on me because I was too <posh>.
2. Last year we moved to a new town and I started at a new school.
3. At first I was really happy about the school and I made friends with the popular girls
in my year.
4. Whenever I walked past them, they called me names or tripped me up and they
sometimes hit me.
5. I think they were jealous of me because I had nice clothes.
6. Nobody did anything about it.
7. They even wrote nasty things about me on the desk tops.

IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense.

When I first met Nguyen, it (be) …. probably nine or ten weeks after he (arrive)
… in Los Angeles, and he was feeling very lonely. He (can) …. Speak very little English
and he was in culture shock. He (work) …. at the local greengrocer`s and was living with
a friend, in a big house. I met him one day when he (have) …. a party to help people get
to know others in the neighbourhood. I (like) … .him immediately but it was difficult
(have)….. a conversation with him because he was still learning English.

V. Put the verbs into the correct tense to express the condition.
1.If I were you, I (go)…………………………….
2. If you don`t have any money , (get) ……………………a job!
3. If I (own) ………… a car , I wouldn`t walk to job.
4. If he weren`t tired, he (go) ……………… to the party.
5. If you (close) ………………… the door , the cat won`t escape.
6. If my brother (not hire) …………….. a car, I couldn`t have known how expensive
it was.
 7. If we had got to the cinema earlier, we (not miss) ………….. the start of the film.

VI. Change each sentence to reported speech.

1. ` I`m leaving` , he said ……………………………………………..
2. ` I saw the film on Monday` , Tom said ……………………………………..
3. ` I`ve missed the bus` , Maria complained.
……………………………………
4. ` I`ll phone at 111` , Anna said ……………………………………….
5. ` How are you?` , he asked me …………………………………………….
6. `Did you see him at the party?`, my mother asked …………………………..
7. `Don`t be shy and forget about it` , she said ……………………………….

VII. Read the text below and summarize it in 75-80 words.

Once upon a time there was a 16- year –boy in a small city in northern England,
who decided that rugby was not his sport but basketball was. John Amaechi and his
mother knew that American National Basketball Assocation was the top of the sport and
dreamed that one day he would get into one of the teams. This has never been done by an
Englishman and seemed so impossible that it was almost a fantasy.
However, he studied hard to get to an American university. He also trained hard
and was accepted by Manchester United junior basketball team. The MU junior coach
says that it was more John`s will than his talent which kept him on the team. He went on
trying even when things went wrong. And he grew to 6ft 9 ins( 2m 5cm) , a useful height
even in the USA , the land of giants.
In America he studied clinical child psychology and spent six years in and out of
the school and university basketball teams. He had a personal trainer and kept working
out even when he wasn`t in a team.
This year four NBA teams offered him a place in their `rookie` camps. He
decided to go to Cleveland. There were 18 `rookie` and just one new player need on the
team. By the time the season began that one player had been chosen – John Amaechi, the
boy from the small city in northern England.