Задания для районной олимпиады по английскому языку. Чтение. 7 класс

I этап районной круглогодичной олимпиады по английскому языку
2016/2017 учебный год

7 класс

Mr. Holland’s Dream

When Mr. Holland was a young man, he played a lot of football, and he had always been thin and very strong. But then he worked in an office for many years and he drove to work in a car. So when he was forty, he was fat and very soft. But he didn’t want to get fatter and softer every year.

One day one of his friend said to him: “Would you like to be thinner, Fred?”

“Of course, I would”, Mr. Holland answered.

“Well, his friend said, “stop going to your office by car, and get a bicycle”.

Mr. Holland had not ridden a bicycle for many years. “It’s very hard to learn to ride a bicycle again at your age,” his wife said.

But it was not too hard for Mr. Holland to do. He usually sat in his living room and read newspapers in the evening. But he bought a bicycle for his birthday and practiced riding it every evening instead. He hoped that it would help him to get thinner, and he got a lot of pleasure from it.

He found little roads which were not really very narrow, but were too narrow for cars, and there he got away from the nasty noises of the city, which were becoming too much for him. They were not really very loud, but they were too loud for Mr. Holland.

Then he began to go to his office by bicycle. Sometimes all the cars stopped at a red light, and he went past them to the front, because his bicycle was narrow. Then he was very happy.

Yesterday he stopped at a red light, and a man came up behind him on another bicycle. He stopped too and said to Mr. Holland: “Have the police taken your driving license away too?”

*driving license – водительские права

*narrow - узкий

*instead – вместо, взамен

I. Put the sentences in the correct order. 10 points

1. Then he began to go to his office by bicycle.

2. He usually sat in his living room and read newspapers.

3. It was not too hard for Mr. Holland to ride a bicycle.

4. He found little roads which were not really very narrow.

5. When Mr. Holland was a young man, he played a lot of football.

6. When he was forty, he was fat and very soft.

7. Mr. Holland hadn’t ridden a bicycle for many years.

8. He didn’t want to get fatter and softer every year.

9. When all the cars stopped at a red light, Mr. Holland went past them to the front, because his bicycle was narrow.

10. Another man stopped too and said to Mr. Holland, “Have the police taken your driving license away too?”

II. Choose the correct answer. 10 points

1. Was Mr. Holland fat or thin when he was young?

a) He was slim. c) He was overweight.

b) He was thin. d) He was fat.

2. What was he like when he was forty?

a) He was fat. c) He was overweight.

b) He was thin. d) He was slim.

3. Who told him to get a bicycle?

a) His son did. c) His mother did.

b) His wife did. d) His friend did.

4. Was it hard for him to learn to ride a bicycle again?

a) Sometimes it was very hard. c) Yes, it was very hard.

b) Yes, it was very easy. d) No, it wasn’t.

5. When did he practice?

a) In the evening. c) On his birthday.

b) In the morning. d) At weekends.

6. Did he enjoy riding his bicycle?

a) Yes, he did. c) No, he didn’t.

b) Fifty-fifty. d) Sometimes he did.

7. Why did he like narrow roads?

a) Because they were crowded. c) Because they were noisy.

b) Because they were very clean. d) Because they were not so noisy.

8. Why could he go past cars at red lights?

a) Because he didn’t have to stop at them.

b) Because he was very ambitious.

c) Because he didn’t know the traffic rules.

d) Because his bicycle was narrower than cars.

9. Did the police take Mr. Holland’s driving license away?

a) No, they didn’t. c) Yes, they did.

b) Just checked it. d) He left it at home.

10. Did the police take the other man’s driving license away?

a) No, they didn’t. c) He left it at home.

b) Just checked it. d) Yes, they did.

III. Answer the following questions. 10 points

1. What was Mr. Holland’s dream?

2. Why did he become fat and very soft?

3. What could help him get thinner?

4. Where did Mr. Holland practice?

5. Why did the man behind him ask: “Have the police taken your driving license away too”?

I тур районной круглогодичной олимпиады по английскому языку

2016/2017 учебный год

Ключи. 7 класс. Чтение

1. 5, 6, 8, 7, 3, 2, 4, 1, 9, 10. – 10 points

1. 1.b. 2.a. 3.d. 4.d. 5.a. 6.a. 7.d. 8.d. 9.a. 10.d. – 10 points

III. 10 points

1. His dream was not to become fatter and softer.

2. He became fat and very soft, because he drove to work in a car and he usually sat in his living room and read newspapers in the evening.

3. He thought that riding a bicycle could help him get thinner.

4. He practiced in narrow streets.

5. The police took his driving license away. And that’s why he was riding a bicycle, but not a car.

Total – 30 points