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Task 1
The Origins of the Roman Alphabet
One of the areas of communication you have decided to investigate is writing. You
attend a lecture on the origins of the Roman alphabet, the alphabet English is written in.
Listen to the lecture and write short answers for questions 1-10. The first one is an example.
Example: What is the most widely used alphabet? – Roman.
2. What word best describes the shapes used in the modern alphabet?
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5. What does the ancient Egyptian system combine in order to make words?
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Task 2
You will hear five different people talking about their favourite teacher. For
questions 19-23, choose from the list A-F what each speaker says. Use letters only once.
There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
Menace or Convenience:
The lure of the mobile phone
A friend of mine was a penniless student at university in 1985 when she started
to go out with a man who lived in an oil-rich eastern state. To all her friends he
seemed like the possessor of boundless riches, not least because he gave her a
mobile phone so that he could contact her at any point of her day directly from
his home country. Although virtually none of us had ever seen a mobile phone,
the overriding reaction was, ‘What a waste of money ringing all that way’ as
opposed to, ‘Wow, that’s brilliant.’ From their earliest incarnations,
these telephones have never had the capacity to thrill us in the way that other
new bits of technology can. Sighs of contempt, rather than envy, would be
breathed in all the first-class train carriages where mobiles started ringing in
the late 1980s.
By the mid 1990s, the mobile was no longer the preserve of image-conscious
businessmen. Suddenly, it seemed, every petty criminal could be seen
organising their dodgy deals as they shouted into stolen ones in the street. It
was at this point that I bought a mobile. I had been sneering for years , but I
reasoned that as everyone now had one, surely no-one would be offended or
irritated by mine, as long as I used it exclusively in the back of taxis or other
places where I could avoid intruding on people’s mental privacy.
But I immediately grew to depend on it and constantly checked that I had it, in
the way that habitual smokers are said to keep checking for their cigarettes.
And it affected my behavior. Without the means of ringing ahead to say I was
going to be late, for example, would I have set off for my business appointment
with so little time to spare? I began to understand how those inexperienced
walkers come to call out the Mountain Rescue Team from the top of some
perilous peak. Without the false sense of security the phone in their pocket
provided, they wouldn’t have gone up there in the first place.
What’s more, after a while, I realised that once it has got a hold on you, all
telephone calls are urgent in exact proportion to the availability of a mobile to
announce them. Because our modern lives have so much capacity for urgency,
the mobile is turning into an enemy rather than a helpmate. It is enabling us to
dash from one activity to another in the mistaken belief that we can still be in
touch – with work, with other family members. Yet, although we are constantly
on standby, we are not in a position to be fully engaged with anything else. No
mental commitment to the task in hand is possible when the mobile can ring at
any moment with another demand for our attention, no matter how legitimate.
In this way, I began to feel persecuted rather than liberated.
And mobiles may be even more sinister than any of us could have dreamt.
When activated, it seems, they serve as miniature tracking devices which,
unknown to their owners, reveal their whereabouts at any given time, even if
no calls are made or received. In a recent murder trial, the police showed that
the suspect travelled to and from the murder scene, despite his having denied
this, through using the computer records of his mobile’s whereabouts.
But what has really put me off my phone is a conversation I had with a
terrifyingly important man – one of the most conspicuously successful in
Britain. He had been to dinner the night before with two other such figures.
‘Do you know,’ he said, ‘they sat there taking calls all through dinner.’ What a
let down. In my book, importance is denoted not by a ringing mobile, but
rather by the ability to build up the kind of efficient and trustworthy support
team that ensures you never to need to take an urgent call in public. One
suspects moreover, that it is the very existence of the mobile phone that
prevents effective delegation in such situations, that it represents a menace
rather than a convenience.
1. According to the writer, how did people react when the first mobile
phones were introduced in the 1980s?
3. What immediate change did the mobile phone make to her life?
5. The writer tells us the anecdote about the important man to show
that mobile phones
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Part 2 Reading
Task 2
You are going to read a newspaper article. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article.
Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap and indicate it in the table given
below. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.
My first pizza was cremated. I hadn’t even got to the toppings, let alone the tossing stage. I was
stuck on the rolling-out bit. I fast discovered that specialist pizza chefs – pizzaioli- don’t use
rolling pins, they use their hands to shape the dough into perfect circles. Francesco Sariitzu, the
pizzaiolo at The Park restaurant in Queen’s Park, London, where I went to be trainee for the
evening, took one look at my sorry effort and signed.
1.
Real, or original, pizza is an art: the pizzaiolo is baker, fire stoker and cook. A wood-burning
oven is an essential part of the proceedings. However, before the pizzas get to the fire, they have
to be properly shaped and it was this procedure that was causing me all the grief.
2.
From here it was all hands. He pressed out the dough with his fingers, all the time working in
flour and pressing the edges out until a small round circle had emerged. He then threw it into his
hands, twirling it to shake off the excess flour. He did not toss it in the air. “Tossing is for show”,
he said disdainfully. “It is not necessary.” Once the flour was shaken off, put the dough onto the
steel work surface with one half of it hanging over the edge. One hand pressed and stretched and
the other pulled in the opposite direction. Before you could say “pizza Margherita” there was a
perfect circle ready to be topped.
3.
The object is to press out the edges, not the centre, using the flour to dry out the stickiness.
However, the temptation to press everything in sight to make it stretch into a circular shape is too
strong; before I knew it, I had thick edges and a thin centre.
4.
Then I noticed, to my horror, that some customers were watching me. “Shall we watch the man
make the pizza” a man asked his young daughter, who he was holding in his arms.
5.
A hole appeared in the centre. “Look, Daddy. There’s a hole,” the little girl said. I looked up
from my work, crestfallen. I was defeated. “it’s my first evening,” I admitted. Francesco stepped
in with the paddle and my second pizza went where the first one had gone: on the fire. We all
watched it go up in flames.
6.
Francesco noticed and applauded. I wanted to call back the little girl and tell her: “I can do it! It’s
just like swimming!” My base was not perfectly round but it was not bad. It wasn’t perfectly
even but it was certainly an improvement. We decided to top it. We put on a thin smear of tomato
sauce and some mozzarella.
7.
When I got there, Francesco showed me where to put it. There was a point in the deep oven away
from the fire, where the pizzas go when they are first put into the oven. I put the long handle
deep into the oven and, feeling the heat on my arms, brought it back sharply. The pizza slid onto
the floor of the oven. My first pizza was in the oven and not being burnt alive.
A. To put those things right, I did as Francesco had done and slapped it with the palm of my
hand. This made me feel better and I slapped it again. Next, I did some twirling and the
flour showered everywhere.
B. Instead, Francesco quickly made one of his own to act as a comparison. When they were
done and brought from the oven, we had a tasting. The result was astonishing. Mine was
tough and crunchy in places, not bad in others. His was perfectly crispy and soft
everywhere.
C. Having done that, it was time to get it on to the paddle, which felt like a pole vault. With
one determined shove, the pizza went on halfway. Another shove forward got it on
completely but put an ugly buckle in it. I turned and headed for the oven.
D. Francesco made it look easy. He showed me what to do again and I tried to take it in. The
chilled dough balls, pre-weighed at 170 g, were all ready in a special fridge below the
work counter. The dough was sticky and Francesco worked fast. First it was dropped into
a large pile of flour and then it was mixed with a small handful of polenta.
E. Clearly, the stage was all mine. I had been told to concentrate on the edges using the flat
edge of my hand under my little finger. I started to work the dough and tried to stretch it.
It did begin to take shape, but as soon as I let it go it just went back again and didn’t get
any bigger. I felt more and more eyes on me. Then the worst thing happened.
F. That was because it wasn’t so much a circle as an early map of the world. Silently,
Francesco reached for his pizza paddle, scooped it up and threw it disdainfully into the
red-hot stone oven, where it burnt rapidly on top of a funeral pyre of burning wood. I
made up my mind that my future efforts would be good enough to be spared the death
sentence.
G. I was baffled and embarrassed as it did so, but I thought I was onto something. On my
next attempt, I quickly got to the shaping stage with half the pizza hanging over the edge.
This was where I had gone wrong. Using only the bottom edge of my hands with my
fingers working the edges, I started to do the breast stroke: fingers together, fingers apart,
working and stretching. It began to work.
H. I moved nervously into position to have a go at achieving the same result myself. I
scooped up a piece of dough from its snug tray. It immediately stuck to my fingers and
when I threw it at the flour, it just remained stuck. I had to pull it off. The first bit is easy,
or so it seems, but unless you follow the right procedure you sow the seeds of later
failure.
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Part 3 Grammar and Vocabulary
Task 1
For questions 1 – 15, read the text below and then decide which word best fits each space.
Put the letter you choose for each question in the correct box.
The task begins with an example (0). 0 B
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
B
Part 3 Grammar and Vocabulary
Task 2
For questions 1-10 read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the
lines to form the word that fits in the space in the same line.
There is an example at the beginning
Example: 0 necessity
Task 3
Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence and circle the letter
A, B, C or D
1. Jimmy’s feeling a bit under the weather today, but I expect he’ll be as right
as………by the weekend.
A. an athlete
B. sunshine
C. rain
D. roses
2. You’re not getting enough to eat, Karen. Look at you! You’re as thin as a …….
A. stick insect
B. rake
C. finger
D. wire
3. You’ll have to shout, I’m afraid. My father’s as deaf as ………..
A. a leaf
B. a post
C. a politician
D. a stone
4. It’s hard to believe Brian and Stephen are brothers, isn’t it? They are as different
as ……………
A. mars from Jupiter
B. milk from honey
C. chalk from cheese
D. margarine from butter
5. Although we had been told that the film was very exciting, both my wife and I found
it to be as dull as ……………
A. ditchwater
B. a don
C. a dungeon
D. a museum
6. Kathy was as pleased as …… when she heard she had passed the exam.
A. punch
B. a poppy
C. a sunflower
D. pound notes
7. I hope the computer course starts this term. We’re all as keen as ……. to get going.
A. coffee
B. mustard
C. a gigolo
D. cornflakes
8. Jane looked ………at the shop assistant who had been rude to her.
A. arrows
B. needles
C. poison
D. daggers
9. I’ve heard that argument before and quite frankly it just doesn’t….!
A. face the music
B. hit the nail on the head
C. carry weight
D. hold water
Using the verbs and particles given, make up phrasal verbs which complete the sentences:
VERBS: blow call carry cut fit set shake slip wear work
For questions 1 – 10, match each literary character from column A to the author
from column B in the table given below.
There are two extra names in the author’s column.
A B
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Part 4 Culture Quiz
12. Lady Jane Grey holds the record for the shortest reign of any King or Queen of England.
How long was she the Queen for?
A 1 day B 3 days C 7 days D 9 days
13. Which of the following was NOT written by J. R. R. Tolkien
A The Hobbit B Farmer Giles of C Finn and D The Elf Queen of
Ham Hengist Shannara
14. Where might you find the skeletons of dinosaurs and see a blue whale in London?
A The Natural B The River C The British D Madame
History Museum Thames Museum Tussaud’s
15. Which of the following was not a president of the United States?
A Margaret B Thomas Jefferson C George D Abraham
Thatcher Washington Lincoln
19. Which Forest was the legendary home of one of Britain’s most famous outlaws?
A The New Forest B Keilder Forest C Robber Forest D Sherwood
Forest
Part 6 Speaking
Preparation time: 1 minutes.
Speaking time: 3-5 minutes.
Variant 1
For both candidates
Look at the list below. Discuss some of the important achievements that have
occurred in these areas and how they have influenced the world we live in. Then
decide which three achievements have offered the greatest benefit.
sport transportation politics medicine trade engineering
space exploration buildings science
Remember to:
discuss all the options
take an active part in the conversation and be polite
come up with ideas
give good reasons
find out your friend’s attitudes and take them into account
invite your friend to come up with ideas
come to an agreement
Part 6 Speaking
Variant 2
For both candidates
Look below at the list of different people who have a responsible role in society.
Talk to each other and discuss what kind of responsibility each person has and who
or what they are responsible for. Then decide who you think has the greatest
responsibility.
Remember to:
discuss all the options
take an active part in the conversation and be polite
come up with ideas
give good reasons
find out your friend’s attitudes and take them into account
invite your friend to come up with ideas
come to an agreement
Максимальное количество баллов: 20
Внимание! При оценке 0 по критерию "Содержание" выставляется общая оценка 0.
Взаимодействие с собеседником и оформление речи (максимум 10 баллов)
БАЛЛЫ СОДЕРЖАНИЕ Взаимодействие с Лексическое Грамматическое Фонетическое
за содержание (максимум 10 баллов) собеседником оформление речи оформление речи оформление речи
(максимум 4 балла) (максимум 2 балла) (максимум 2 балла) (максимум 2
балла)
9 - 10 Коммуникативная задача 4 балла
полностью выполнена: цель Участник способен логично
общения успешно достигнута, и связно вести беседу:
тема раскрыта в заданном участник соблюдает
объеме. Участник очередность при обмене
репликами, при
высказывает интересные и
необходимости участник
оригинальные идеи. начинает первым или
поддерживает беседу,
восстанавливает беседу в
7-8 Коммуникативная задача случае сбоя.
полностью выполнена: цель
общения успешно достигнута,
тема раскрыта в заданном
объеме, однако выступление
не отличается
оригинальностью мысли.
1. Необходимо выяснить все ли учащиеся пришли на олимпиаду по английскому языку и все ли зарегистрировались.
2. Попросить отключить мобильные телефоны и предупредить, что в случае звонка или шума или любого нарушения (разговоры,
списывание и т.д.) нарушители будут удалены с олимпиады и дежурный преподаватель должен будет составить протокол о дисциплинарном
нарушении.
3. Предупредить, что после раздачи олимпиадных материалов выпускаться из аудитории никто не будет. В экстренном случае, учащийся
может быть выпущен с одним из организаторов, но предупредить, что дополнительное время не дается.
4. Не разрешается пользоваться словарями, мобильными телефонами и другими электронными приборами.
5. На парте может лежать только олимпиадный материал.
6. Можно писать только синей или черной пастой. Работы, написанные красной, зеленой пастой или карандашом, проверяться не будут.
Почерк должен быть разборчивым!
7. На работах нельзя рисовать, делать пометки, не касающиеся существа работы, так как они могут нарушить секретность номера автора. В
случае обнаружения рисунков, работы проверяться не будут, а участники будут дисквалифицированы.
8. На каждой странице работы должен быть четко написанный идентификационный номер учащегося. Фамилии и номера школ на работе
не указываются.
9. Работы собираются в строго указанное время. Работы, сданные после указанного на доске времени, не принимаются. Работы можно
сдать до указанного срока. В случае, если учащийся отказался от выполнения работы или части работы, он должен написать и подписать
отказ на отдельном листе, который прикрепляется к отчету преподавателей.
10. Необходимо на доске прописать время начала и конца олимпиады.
Общее время в 7-8 классе – 2 часа 50 минут; в 9-11 классах – 3 часа 25 минут. Начало определяется после инструкции.
11. Необходимо написать на доске время, отводимое для каждого раздела олимпиады: (см. таблицу по классам).
ОРГКОМИТЕТ
Таблица данных по муниципальному туру Всероссийской олимпиады школьников по английскому языку на 04.12.2010 года
9-11 классы