Олимпиадные задания по английскому языку

READING

Read the text and mark the statements True, False, or Not stated

Here are the instructions for next weekend's camping trip in Scotland. There are seventeen people going on this trip so it's important that you arrive at the meeting point early enough for us to be able to leave at 8am. There will be two minibuses and please make sure you are on the right one. Last week's e-mail gave all this information.

We should arrive in the camping area at about 2pm, which will give us enough time to buy the food we need in the local supermarket and then go to the area where we will set up the tents, which is a long way from town.

There will be a total of four large tents put up and each tent will have a tent leader, a person who went on this trip last year and therefore has the necessary experience. If you have any problems during the two days, you should always go directly to your tent leader and speak to him/her.

We are not expecting there to be very bad weather this weekend in Scotland, but the weather situation in the Scottish hills is always very unpredictable and for this reason, we have advised everyone to take wet weather clothing with you. If windy, stormy weather arrives at the camping area, it may also be necessary to leave the hills and go down into the town.

It's very likely that your phones will not work in the hills, so you must warn your parents of this. You will be able to use your phones when we are in the town, but not when we are camping.

If you have any other questions about the trip, come either to me or Mrs. Sanderson.

1. Instructions about the minibuses will be in a future e-mail.

1. True

2. False

3. Not stated

1. The tents will be set up near the supermarket.

1. True

2. False

3. Not stated

1. Some of the people going camping this year also went last year.

1. True

2. False

3. Not stated

1. There was very bad weather on the camping trip last year.

1. True

2. False

3. Not stated

1. Nobody can use their phone during the trip.

1. True

2. False

3. Not stated

VOCABULARY

Fill in the gaps:

6. - Stop laughing!

-  I can't __________.

1. help it!

2. resist!

3. do anything against it!

4. hold myself!

7. I've forgotten __________ everything I was told.

1. of

2. -

3. from

4. for

8. He won’t be very happy if he ______ his driving test again.

1. misses

2. passes

3. fails

4. wins

9. The girls _____ impatiently for the beginning.

1. waited

2. wanted

3. expected

4. looked

10. Find the synonym.

The university has plenty to keep students occupied in their spare time.

1. free time

2. session

3. classes

4. busy time

GRAMMAR

Fill in the gaps:

11. PRIVATE KEEP OUT

You __________ go in there.

1. mustn't

2. don't have to

3. needn't

4. haven't got to

12. When we arrived at the cinema the film______.

1. have already started

2. starts

3. had already started

4. has already started

13. Everyone has to answer for their actions,________?

1. have they

2. haven’t they

3. do they

4. don’t they

14. They _______appreciate your kindness in future

1. shall be never able to

2. shall never be able to

3. will never be able

4. will never be able to

15. Make Reported speech

He said to a passer-by:

1. He asked a passer-by to show me the way to the theatre.

2. He asked a passer-by to show him the way to the theatre.

3. He asked a passer-by to show him the way to the theatre?

4. He asked a passer-by to show us the way to the theatre.