ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ 2017–2018 учебный год.

ШКОЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП.

9–11 КЛАССЫ

Part 1 (10 minutes)

Listening

Вы услышите рассуждения англичанина о великих научных открытиях. В заданиях A8 -А14 обведите цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.

Who invented it first?

А8 How does the speaker feel about his country?

1. He loves his country.
2. He is proud of his country.
3. He believes the UK is greater than America or France.

А9 The speaker believes the fact that there were so many UK inventions is

1. proof of the UK’s greatness.
2. irrelevant.
3. interesting.

А10 The speaker believes US-UK arguments over inventions are

1. old-fashioned.
2. entertaining.
3. silly and irrelevant.

A l l The USA claims the Wright brothers as the inventors because

1. they built and flew the first powered aircraft.
2. their design was made before 1899.
3. they didn’t know about Percy Pilcher.

А12 Americans claim Edison as the inventor of the light bulb because

1. his demonstration was 10 months before Sir Joseph Swan’s.
2. his light bulb was a commercial reality.
3. they didn’t know about Sir Joseph Swan.

А13 The British claim the telephone as a UK invention because Bell

1. lived in Canada before moving to the USA.
2. suffered health problems in the UK.
3. was born and educated in the UK.

А14 The speaker believes that Marconi and Edison were

1. greater than Bell.
2. not very important.
3. just good at PR.

Part 2 (30 minutes)

Reading

Read the passage below and answer questions 1–10.

The Green House Effect

1. Saving the world begins at home. The energy we use to power our daily domestic lives and drive our cars produces almost half of our output of carbon dioxide, the gas which is the main contributor to the problem of global warming. The way in which we use energy is not only polluting but also incredibly wasteful. But there is nothing to stop us greatly reducing our energy consumption and creating a more comfortable world.
2. Redesigning the home to bring our lifestyles more into balance with what the environment can cope with need not involve expensive or painful changes. Most of the technology to make the changes is already available. When the changes have been made, the home of the future will be a better place to live in. So what will it be like?
3. We will have switched from ‘fossil fuels’ – coal, gas and oil – to sources of power which are non-polluting such as windmills or using the power of tides. Houses will be heavily insulated and heating systems made much more efficient. In addition, our future homes will use low-energy light bulbs.
4. With water costs rising enormously, most houses will trap rainwater and store it in a large, well-insulated tank in the cellar. This tank also serves to save energy: heat is recycled from other parts of the house to maintain a high water temperature for washing and central heating.
5. Recycling waste will be much more common than it is today. Tins, bottles, plastic, and paper will be put into vents in the wall from where they will fall into divided bins for collection. All vegetable matter will go straight on to a compost heap in the garden.
6. The home will be a cleaner place. Air conditioning will do much more than keep you cool. It will improve air quality by filtering out contaminating dust mites and by controlling moisture and condensation.

7. Outside the home as well, life will have become more pleasant. The car will no longer be the threat to our health that it is today: it will run on hydrogen or a mixture of battery and safer petrol. It won’t be allowed to clog up our cities: people will use the tram, a clean, fast, and quiet form of city transport which many cities are already reintroducing.

8. This picture of the future is one which should appeal to all of us. It’s one that our grandchildren could take for granted, not believing that people lived any other way, that people went around polluting, destroying, wasting resources, and apparently not caring. But if we want our grandchildren to have a world which is cleaner and safer,we have to start to change our ways. The picture of the future can become a reality but only if we do something about it. And we should do something about it soon.

Questions 1–4.

Below you will find four headings. Each heading describes the contents of one of the paragraphs in the passage. However, since there are eight paragraphs and only four headings, four of the paragraphs will not fit any of the headings below.

You need to choose which heading best describes which paragraph. Write the letter of a paragraph next to the number of the heading 1–4 on the separate answer sheet.

1. Homes of the future will be more hygienic.
2. We ought to change the way we live.
3. The way we live now damages the world.
4. Future energy needs will be lower and not cause pollution.

Questions 5–10.

Choose option A, B, C or D which best answers the question. Circle the correct letter in boxes 5–10 on your answer sheet.

5. The author’s intention in writing the above article was to show…
   1. the sort of future we can expect for our grandchildren.

1. 2. why we should reduce pollution and use energy more efficiently.
   3. why we have taken steps to reduce pollution and improve our use of energy.

1. 4. how changes in house design will encourage people to use less polluting energy.

6. Which of the following statements is the author most likely to agree with? (more than one variant is possible)
   1. In the future, houses will be much healthier.

1. 2. In the future, people will produce much less waste.
   3. In the future, very few people will own their own car.

1. 4. In the future, the problem of global warming will be better understood.

7. In the passage the author explains…

1. 1. why using less energy has become more popular.
   2. why sources of energy are going to become more scarce.

1. 3. how savings could be made in the way energy is used.
   4. how, unless we use less energy, energy costs will rise.

8. In the passage the author DOES NOT explain…

1. 1. how our cities could be made cleaner.

1. 2. why our use of energy needs to change.
   3. why water costs will rise in the future.

1. 4. how the way we live produces global warming.

9. According to the author, one of the differences between our way of life and that of people in the future might be that…
   1. cars will be much cheaper to maintain.

1. 2. fewer people will travel in the cities.
   3. cars will have far more safety features.

1. 4. cars will be used less than they are today.

10. The passage describes the homes of the future. Such homes, according to the author, might NOT be built if we…
    1. could not afford the necessary technology.

1. 2. could not find alternative sources of energy.
   3. were unable to reduce the amount of waste we produce.

1. 4. failed to agree to make necessary changes in our lives.

Part 3 (20 minutes)

Use of English

Task 1

For questions 1–8, read the text below. 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. There is an example at the beginning.

UNDERSTANDING BRITAIN

Task 2

For questions 9 – 13, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. You must use BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE WORDS, including the word given.

Here is an example (0):

Example: 0 I think his wife is a journalist.

married

I think___________________a journalist.

The gap can be filled with the words “he is married to”, so you write:

Example answer: 0 he is married to

9 The teacher’s voice was too quiet.

loudly

The teacher ___________________ enough.

10 They celebrate New Year’s Eve in Trafalgar Square.

held

The celebration of __________________ in Trafalgar Square.

11 A friend is looking after the baby while I’m out.

care

A friend ________________ the baby while I’m out.

12 I glanced at the letter while my parents were out of the room.

waiting

I glanced quickly at the letter while _________________return.

13 The last time I saw Mary was before she left for Canada.

since

I ________________she left for Canada.

Part 4 (30 minutes)

Writing

You recently saw this notice in an English-language magazine called Theatre World.

Reviews needed!

Have you seen any plays by William Shakespeare in the theatre recently? If so, could you write us a review of the play you saw? Include information on the characters, costumes and story and say whether you would recommend the play to other people.

The best reviews will be published next month.

Write your review. Use 100-140 words.