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Английский язык (с ответами). Всероссийская олимпиада школьников в Москве (2024-2025 год) - часть 4
ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК. 2024-2025 уч. г.
ШКОЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 7-8 КЛАССЫ
ТЕКСТ ДЛЯ АУДИРОВАНИЯ
Listening Comprehension
Listen to the dialogue between Agnes and her grandfather and decide whether
the statements (1-5) are TRUE, FALSE or this information is not provided in
the text - NOT STATED - according to the dialogue you hear. You will hear the
text twice. Now you have 15 seconds to read the statements.
(Pause 15 seconds)
Now we begin.
Agnes: Hey, Grandpa! What are you looking at? Who is this boy in this old photo?
Ah! Is it you? Why are you swimming in boiling water? How are you still alive?
Grandfather: It’s not boiling, silly! It’s just warm. It’s the cold temperature outside
that makes all that steam. This is an outdoor swimming pool in Moscow. It was about
minus thirty Celsius that day in January 1975.
Agnes: You went to Moscow in 1975?
Grandfather: I did! I was in my early 20s and an art student. There was this great
museum in the very center of Moscow where I spent hours every day. Then I crossed
the street and swam in this outdoor swimming pool. And guess what the air smelled
like!
Agnes: Chlorine?
Grandfather: Chocolates!
Agnes: No!
Grandfather: Yes! There was a chocolate factory across the river from the
swimming pool. And the air around it smelled so good! Why don’t we go to Moscow
for the Christmas holidays?
Agnes: That would be cool!
Grandfather: Listen, Agnes, do you have your phone with you? Google Swimming
Pool “Moskva”!
Agnes: Sure! Let’s see… Hey, it doesn’t exist anymore!
Grandfather: What do you mean?
Agnes: There is this huge church that was built in its place.
Grandfather: Really? Hmm!...
Agnes: Wow, Grandpa! I’ve just googled swimming in winter in Moscow. There is
this cool Walrus club - they cut a huge hole in the ice in a forest lake and swim in icy
water! I've never heard of anything so cool! Let’s do that!
Grandfather: You think your parents would allow you?
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Agnes: We won’t tell them!
Grandfather: Hey, Agnes, google that chocolate factory! It was called Red October.
Does it still exist?
Agnes: Let’s see… It does exist, but … they moved it away from the center of
Moscow.
Grandfather: No! It doesn’t smell like chocolates there anymore?
Agnes: I guess not. But wait a second! They turned the old chocolate factory building
into a tourist place! Look at these cool restaurants and shops! I would love to go
there!
Grandfather: Hmm… There was another place I spent hours in - a museum of an
18th-century theatre. There was this aristocrat who turned his peasants into actors and
turned the palace he lived in into a theatre. It was called… the Ostankino Palace. Is it
still there? It has to be!
Agnes: Let’s see… It is still there; it is still a museum…
Grandfather: Good!
Agnes: But … it’s been closed for reconstruction since 2013!
Grandfather: Are you sure it’s still closed? It’s been more than 10 years!
Agnes: Yup! You can see the park around it, but you can’t go inside the museum!
Grandfather: Ah, well. When I was your age, my grandfather once told me - “When
you get old, never go to places where you were happy as a young man. It will always
be a disappointment because what you will never find there is your youth.” It looks
like I’m old enough to start listening to my grandpa’s wisdom.
Agnes: Sorry, Grandpa!
You will hear the dialogue again in 30 seconds.
(pause 30 seconds)
Now listen to the dialogue again.
(Dialogue repeated)
Now you have 30 seconds to finish the task.
This is the end of the listening comprehension task. Now you can start working
on your reading task.
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Максимальный балл за работу - 55.
LISTENING
Time: 15 minutes
(7 points)
Listen to a radio interview with a member of a sporting association and choose the best
answer for the following questions. You will hear the text twice.
Задание 1. Where did the sport originate?
A) South Africa
В) Britain
С) Ireland
Задание 2. What does he say about the ball?
A) It’s made from leather.
В) It’s made from wood.
С) It’s the same as a tennis ball.
Задание 3. How many points is a goal scored past the goalkeeper worth?
A) three
В) two
С) one
Задание 4. How many kilometres an hour can the ball travel?
A) 115
В) 150
С) 110
Задание 5. One of the rules of the game is that you
A) cannot hold the ball in your hand.
В) can only carry the ball using the hurley.
С) must use the hurley to pick the ball up from the ground.
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Задание 6. What does Sean say about the best hurling players?
A) They earn too much money.
В) They earn no money.
С) They aren’t as skilful as they were in the past.
Задание 7. What does he say about the fans of the game?
A) They are aggressive.
В) Rival fans sit together.
С) They come from the nobility.
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READING
Time: 25 minutes
(8 points)
Read an interview in which an Irish-Australian writer called Patrick O'Reilly is talking
about the Irish-Gaelic language, and answer questions 8-15 choosing option A, B, C or
D which best fits according to the text.
Interviewer: Good evening, everyone. With me in the studio today is Patrick O'Reilly, a
third-generation Irish-Australian who is a writer and broadcaster and passionate
supporter of the Irish-Gaelic language. Welcome, Patrick.
Patrick: Thank you, Sinead.
Interviewer: Tell me Patrick, what significance does Irish have for you?
Patrick: Well, as you said, I'm an Irish-Australian. Irish is my second language; I didn't
learn it in Ireland, but here in Australia. In the 18th century it was the first language of
many of the Irish people who settled here.
Interviewer: And didn't it almost slip away at one point?
Patrick: That's right, but it never quite vanished. So to me, Irish is a language of this
country. It's in the streets of a Melbourne suburb, the heat of Australian summers. It's the
language in which I speak to my daughter, in which I broadcast and in which I write. I'm
conscious of its history here.
Interviewer: How do you feel about the language itself?
Patrick: Well, Irish is a language of passionate songs, and it has one of the oldest
literatures in western Europe.
It's descended from the language of those Celts who arrived in the British Isles at the
end of the Bronze Age, so it dates back thousands of years. But for me, what is truly
remarkable is that when Ireland finally became independent early in the last century, the
Irish language acquired renewed importance as a vehicle of scholarship. Now it has a
television network and has achieved something inconceivable, even 30 years ago: it has
also become trendy and positively cool today.
Interviewer: And what made you want to learn Irish as a language?
Patrick: You may well ask! When I began learning the language my enthusiasm was
viewed as eccentric.
Interviewer: Why?
Patrick: Well, some people thought that Irish-Gaelic was dead, like Latin, although in
fact it was still spoken as a first language by a few thousand people on the west coast of
Ireland. So why did I learn it? Ireland wasn't a part of my childhood in any significant
way. My great- grandparents had come here from Southern Ireland during the Gold
Rush, and we had become solidly Australian. But I liked languages and the worlds they
could reveal. Irish promised me a world of my own. I was conscious, I think, that my
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people's past lay elsewhere.
Interviewer: And your Irish ancestry has played a big part in your writing too, I
believe?
Patrick: That's right. The stories I write in Irish are published only in Ireland, yet they
deal with the peculiar situation of the language here in Australia. If I write in English, I
use a language which has had time to adapt to a new history, a new society. It has its
own accent, its own everyday language. This has also happened with Italian, but Italian
is the first or second language of a whole community. Irish in this country is the
language of scattered individuals, so it hasn't adapted to modern needs. As an Australian
who writes in Irish, I must bring about the linguistic adaptation which has taken 200
years to accomplish in English.
Interviewer: And yet you implied earlier that Irish had become fashionable. Is that the
case in Australia?
Patrick: Well, yes, here it actually means that every year a number of people go to Irish
language classes, and that a minority eventually become fluent. Irish has become a new
trend because Ireland itself is now a major draw for tourists. Thousands of Australians
visit Ireland every year to seek the house their great-grandmother was born in, Irish
relatives. Others want to see the green landscape of old legends. For some, the Irish
language is part of all this. I once interviewed a young woman from Melbourne who
became so fascinated by traditional Irish singing that she learned Irish and now works in
the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland!
Interviewer: And what other motivation would Australians have for learning Irish?
Patrick: Well, many will tell you that it's something to do with their interest in
languages. But I would say that other motives are concealed in this phrase - motives as
various as the individuals. It's also true, surely, that it allows the expression of an aspect
of identity long suppressed, yet felt to be vital. Few people can bear to be rootless. We
must all come from somewhere, and language is a fundamental part of identity. Not
many feel the need to explore their past by learning Irish, but that even a few should do
so, is significant.
Interviewer: Thank you, Patrick, it's been interesting talking to you.
Patrick: Thank you.
Задание 8. Patrick’s offspring DOESN’T speak the Irish-Gaelic language.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
С) NOT STATED
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Задание 9. There are TV channels in Australia that broadcast in Irish.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
С) NOT STATED
Задание 10. Why is the Irish language significant to Patrick?
A) It was spoken to him when he was a child.
B) It evokes city life in a particular era.
C) It came close to disappearing at one time.
D) It is a major part of his cultural heritage.
Задание 11. Which aspect of Irish has particularly impressed Patrick?
A) its age as a language
B) its suitability for song lyrics
C) its success in the modern world
D) its role in broadcasting
Задание 12. Why was Patrick keen to learn Irish?
A) He lacked a strong identity as an Australian.
B) He was reacting against other people's views.
C) He was aware that it would broaden his horizons.
D) He wanted to be actively involved in its revival.
Задание 13. According to Patrick, what makes Irish different from other languages in
Australia?
A) It is impossible to show how it sounds.
B) It is not a language published in Australia.
C) It is used as a second language.
D) It has not gone through a process of evolution.
Задание 14. What reason does Patrick give for Irish becoming fashionable?
A) Speaking languages fluently has become a status symbol.
B) It is associated with the popularity of the country.
C) It is seen as the language of well-known fairy tales.
D) Many Irish-Australians now aspire to live in Ireland.
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Задание 15. What does Patrick say about other people's explanations of why they are
learning Irish?
A) They may not reveal the whole truth.
B) They show they are trying to reassure themselves.
C) They reveal a lack of self-awareness.
D) They indicate that people feel little need to justify themselves.
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USE OF ENGLISH
Time: 50 minutes
(40 points)
Задание 16.
Task 1.
For items 1-12, read the text below. Use the word given in brackets to form a new word
that fits in the provided space before the brackets. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0
DAILY
Moscow City Break
Are you tired of (0)
______________ (DAY) routine? Would you like to have a short
break in one of the European cities? Have you thought of Moscow city break?
Maybe it is time to get acquainted with a long and fascinating history of Russia
and its cultural heritage? It is high time you visited Moscow, the city with
(1)
______________ (FABLE) history, (2)
______________ (NUMBER) museums and
turbulent nightlife!
How far is Moscow?
Moscow is not so far from Europe. It'll take you only a few hours to get from London,
Paris or any other European capitals. A Moscow city break can be easily included in
your European trip itinerary.
When to come?
That's the first question many people ask. To give an unambiguous answer is tough. The
most experienced would reply the best season is summer. Russian "summer" usually
comes in May and stays up to mid-September. The average July temperature is around
25 C (76 F). Warm weather and short nights favor long walks around Moscow.
Planning your Moscow city break keep in mind that summer is also the busiest tourist
season. Why not come in a quieter time of the year? Moscow is so charming in the early
May, when the nature is waking up and lilac, cherry, chestnut trees are blossoming.
Early autumn is also majestic; October brings the stunning colors of falling leaves. The
most
(3)
______________ (COURAGE) are welcomed in winter time.
(4)
______________ (PICTURE) snowy scenery will make your city break to Moscow
the most (5)
______________ (MEMORY). Yes, it's cold (around - 16 C in January),
but you'll enjoy this season if you've prepared well. Just pack enough of
(6)
______________ (LAY), as it's usually very cold outside and hot inside. Museums
are
empty
and
hotels
and
air
companies usually
offer
good
(7)
______________ (COUNT). Winter
(8)
______________ (AMUSE) like skiing,
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skating (on Red Square!), playing snowballs, sleighing (or may be ice-swimming :) will
give you an (9)
______________ (NORM) joy.
Is it expensive?
Moscow is not a common Cheap City Breaks destination. It is often voted as one of the
most expensive cities in the world. But this is not always true. A budget hotel will cost
you around 80 EUR per night; a dorm bed in hostel can be only 12 EUR, a meal in a
local restaurant can be under 10 EUR. Public transport (metro) in Moscow is
convenient and
(10)
______________ (EXPENSE). Most of the museum
(11)
______________ (ENTER) cost
5-7 EUR and there're a lot of free
(12)
______________ (ATTRACT) to keep a traveler busy. A Moscow City break can
appear a good value for money and there're many ways to do the capital of Russia on a
budget.
Item
Answer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Задание 17.
Task 2.
For the following items, match verbs with trios to form meaningful collocations. There is
an example at the beginning. Two trios are not used.
0
D
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make
old
1
save
A
a beard
2
lose
vegetables
3
put on
the salt
4
deliver
B
a test
5
pass
a law
6
make up
a quarrel
7
go on
C
a story
your mind
8
pay
a mistake
D
a bed
a fuss
money
E
someone from drowning
old stamps
the light
F
a lot of weight
your hat
trains
G
your clothes
a £10 note
a compliment
H
a bill
attention
your way
I
a purse
your temper
a speech
J
a baby
a letter
a journey
K
a diet
a strike
Item
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Answer
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Задание 18.
Task 3.
For items 1-5, match complaints from the dissatisfied diners of a busy restaurant with
dishes on the menu A-F. There is an example at the beginning.
0
D
0
It’s extremely tough
A
coffee
1
It’s awfully stale
B
fruit
2
It’s very bitter
C
bread
3
It’s much too spicy
D
meat
4
It’s not ripe enough
E
fish
5
It’s horribly bony
F
curry
Item
1
2
3
4
5
Answer
Задание 19.
Task 4.
For items 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
A
B
C
D
0
makes
puts
shows
presents
0
D
Spelling
Spelling (0)
___
a major problem to many students - and, indeed, native speakers - of
English. This is (1)
___
surprising when you consider just how illogical the English
spelling (2)
___
is. The spelling of such basic words as right, through, once, and who
seems to (3)
___
no relation to their (4)
___. And how can the words go, sew, and
though all rhyme with (5)
___ other?
There have been attempts in the (6)
___
to reform English spelling. The playwright
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George Bernard Shaw was an enthusiastic (7)
___
for a more phonetic approach. In a
clever illustration of the absurdity of English spelling he suggested that the word fish be
(8)
___
by the letters 'ghoti': the gh from enough, the o from women, and the ti from
nation. When he died in 1950, he (9)
___ a large part of his estate to promote spelling
reform.
So why do we (10)
___
in spelling words the way we do, (11)
___
the efforts of
reformers like Shaw? One reason is that we are too (12)
___ with the words as they are
currently spelled. It is certain that any change in the rules
(13)
___
be extremely
difficult, if not impossible, to (14)
___. Another is that there is (15)
___
a variety of
regional accents within the English speaking world that it would be unfair to select just
one as the standard model for spelling.
A
B
C
D
1
just
hardly
nearly
strongly
2
system
procedure
method
schedule
3
hold
keep
carry
bear
4
voice
speech
vocation
pronunciation
5
the
every
each
one
6
history
years
past
ages
7
campaigner
demonstrator
champion
candidate
8
described
represented
signed
written
9
inherited
left
gave
divided
10
insist
continue
keep
persist
11
in spite
despite
however
although
12
accustomed
used
friendly
familiar
13
would
might
ought
should
14
require
enforce
make
oblige
15
many
quite
such
so
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ОТВЕТЫ
Максимальный балл за работу - 55.
LISTENING
Time: 15 minutes
(7 points)
Listen to a radio interview with a member of a sporting association and choose the best
answer for the following questions. You will hear the text twice.
Задание 1. Where did the sport originate?
A) South Africa
В) Britain
С) Ireland
Задание 2. What does he say about the ball?
A) It’s made from leather.
В) It’s made from wood.
С) It’s the same as a tennis ball.
Задание 3. How many points is a goal scored past the goalkeeper worth?
A) three
В) two
С) one
Задание 4. How many kilometres an hour can the ball travel?
A) 115
В) 150
С) 110
Задание 5. One of the rules of the game is that you
A) cannot hold the ball in your hand.
В) can only carry the ball using the hurley.
С) must use the hurley to pick the ball up from the ground.
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Задание 6. What does Sean say about the best hurling players?
A) They earn too much money.
В) They earn no money.
С) They aren’t as skilful as they were in the past.
Задание 7. What does he say about the fans of the game?
A) They are aggressive.
В) Rival fans sit together.
С) They come from the nobility.
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READING
Time: 25 minutes
(8 points)
Read an interview in which an Irish-Australian writer called Patrick O'Reilly is talking
about the Irish-Gaelic language, and answer questions 8-15 choosing option A, B, C or
D which best fits according to the text.
Interviewer: Good evening, everyone. With me in the studio today is Patrick O'Reilly, a
third-generation Irish-Australian who is a writer and broadcaster and passionate
supporter of the Irish-Gaelic language. Welcome, Patrick.
Patrick: Thank you, Sinead.
Interviewer: Tell me Patrick, what significance does Irish have for you?
Patrick: Well, as you said, I'm an Irish-Australian. Irish is my second language; I didn't
learn it in Ireland, but here in Australia. In the 18th century it was the first language of
many of the Irish people who settled here.
Interviewer: And didn't it almost slip away at one point?
Patrick: That's right, but it never quite vanished. So to me, Irish is a language of this
country. It's in the streets of a Melbourne suburb, the heat of Australian summers. It's the
language in which I speak to my daughter, in which I broadcast and in which I write. I'm
conscious of its history here.
Interviewer: How do you feel about the language itself?
Patrick: Well, Irish is a language of passionate songs, and it has one of the oldest
literatures in western Europe.
It's descended from the language of those Celts who arrived in the British Isles at the
end of the Bronze Age, so it dates back thousands of years. But for me, what is truly
remarkable is that when Ireland finally became independent early in the last century, the
Irish language acquired renewed importance as a vehicle of scholarship. Now it has a
television network and has achieved something inconceivable, even 30 years ago: it has
also become trendy and positively cool today.
Interviewer: And what made you want to learn Irish as a language?
Patrick: You may well ask! When I began learning the language my enthusiasm was
viewed as eccentric.
Interviewer: Why?
Patrick: Well, some people thought that Irish-Gaelic was dead, like Latin, although in
fact it was still spoken as a first language by a few thousand people on the west coast of
Ireland. So why did I learn it? Ireland wasn't a part of my childhood in any significant
way. My great- grandparents had come here from Southern Ireland during the Gold
Rush, and we had become solidly Australian. But I liked languages and the worlds they
could reveal. Irish promised me a world of my own. I was conscious, I think, that my
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people's past lay elsewhere.
Interviewer: And your Irish ancestry has played a big part in your writing too, I
believe?
Patrick: That's right. The stories I write in Irish are published only in Ireland, yet they
deal with the peculiar situation of the language here in Australia. If I write in English, I
use a language which has had time to adapt to a new history, a new society. It has its
own accent, its own everyday language. This has also happened with Italian, but Italian
is the first or second language of a whole community. Irish in this country is the
language of scattered individuals, so it hasn't adapted to modern needs. As an Australian
who writes in Irish, I must bring about the linguistic adaptation which has taken 200
years to accomplish in English.
Interviewer: And yet you implied earlier that Irish had become fashionable. Is that the
case in Australia?
Patrick: Well, yes, here it actually means that every year a number of people go to Irish
language classes, and that a minority eventually become fluent. Irish has become a new
trend because Ireland itself is now a major draw for tourists. Thousands of Australians
visit Ireland every year to seek the house their great-grandmother was born in, Irish
relatives. Others want to see the green landscape of old legends. For some, the Irish
language is part of all this. I once interviewed a young woman from Melbourne who
became so fascinated by traditional Irish singing that she learned Irish and now works in
the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland!
Interviewer: And what other motivation would Australians have for learning Irish?
Patrick: Well, many will tell you that it's something to do with their interest in
languages. But I would say that other motives are concealed in this phrase - motives as
various as the individuals. It's also true, surely, that it allows the expression of an aspect
of identity long suppressed, yet felt to be vital. Few people can bear to be rootless. We
must all come from somewhere, and language is a fundamental part of identity. Not
many feel the need to explore their past by learning Irish, but that even a few should do
so, is significant.
Interviewer: Thank you, Patrick, it's been interesting talking to you.
Patrick: Thank you.
Задание 8. Patrick’s offspring DOESN’T speak the Irish-Gaelic language.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
С) NOT STATED
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Задание 9. There are TV channels in Australia that broadcast in Irish.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
С) NOT STATED
Задание 10. Why is the Irish language significant to Patrick?
A) It was spoken to him when he was a child.
B) It evokes city life in a particular era.
C) It came close to disappearing at one time.
D) It is a major part of his cultural heritage.
Задание 11. Which aspect of Irish has particularly impressed Patrick?
A) its age as a language
B) its suitability for song lyrics
C) its success in the modern world
D) its role in broadcasting
Задание 12. Why was Patrick keen to learn Irish?
A) He lacked a strong identity as an Australian.
B) He was reacting against other people's views.
C) He was aware that it would broaden his horizons.
D) He wanted to be actively involved in its revival.
Задание 13. According to Patrick, what makes Irish different from other languages in
Australia?
A) It is impossible to show how it sounds.
B) It is not a language published in Australia.
C) It is used as a second language.
D) It has not gone through a process of evolution.
Задание 14. What reason does Patrick give for Irish becoming fashionable?
A) Speaking languages fluently has become a status symbol.
B) It is associated with the popularity of the country.
C) It is seen as the language of well-known fairy tales.
D) Many Irish-Australians now aspire to live in Ireland.
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Задание 15. What does Patrick say about other people's explanations of why they are
learning Irish?
A) They may not reveal the whole truth.
B) They show they are trying to reassure themselves.
C) They reveal a lack of self-awareness.
D) They indicate that people feel little need to justify themselves.
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USE OF ENGLISH
Time: 50 minutes
(40 points)
Задание 16.
Task 1.
For items 1-12, read the text below. Use the word given in brackets to form a new word
that fits in the provided space before the brackets. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0
DAILY
Moscow City Break
Are you tired of (0)
______________ (DAY) routine? Would you like to have a short
break in one of the European cities? Have you thought of Moscow city break?
Maybe it is time to get acquainted with a long and fascinating history of Russia
and its cultural heritage? It is high time you visited Moscow, the city with
(1)
______________ (FABLE) history, (2)
______________ (NUMBER) museums and
turbulent nightlife!
How far is Moscow?
Moscow is not so far from Europe. It'll take you only a few hours to get from London,
Paris or any other European capitals. A Moscow city break can be easily included in
your European trip itinerary.
When to come?
That's the first question many people ask. To give an unambiguous answer is tough. The
most experienced would reply the best season is summer. Russian "summer" usually
comes in May and stays up to mid-September. The average July temperature is around
25 C (76 F). Warm weather and short nights favor long walks around Moscow.
Planning your Moscow city break keep in mind that summer is also the busiest tourist
season. Why not come in a quieter time of the year? Moscow is so charming in the early
May, when the nature is waking up and lilac, cherry, chestnut trees are blossoming.
Early autumn is also majestic; October brings the stunning colors of falling leaves. The
most
(3)
______________ (COURAGE) are welcomed in winter time.
(4)
______________ (PICTURE) snowy scenery will make your city break to Moscow
the most (5)
______________ (MEMORY). Yes, it's cold (around - 16 C in January),
but you'll enjoy this season if you've prepared well. Just pack enough of
(6)
______________ (LAY), as it's usually very cold outside and hot inside. Museums
are
empty
and
hotels
and
air
companies usually
offer
good
(7)
______________ (COUNT). Winter
(8)
______________ (AMUSE) like skiing,
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skating (on Red Square!), playing snowballs, sleighing (or may be ice-swimming :) will
give you an (9)
______________ (NORM) joy.
Is it expensive?
Moscow is not a common Cheap City Breaks destination. It is often voted as one of the
most expensive cities in the world. But this is not always true. A budget hotel will cost
you around 80 EUR per night; a dorm bed in hostel can be only 12 EUR, a meal in a
local restaurant can be under 10 EUR. Public transport (metro) in Moscow is
convenient and
(10)
______________ (EXPENSE). Most of the museum
(11)
______________ (ENTER) cost
5-7 EUR and there're a lot of free
(12)
______________ (ATTRACT) to keep a traveler busy. A Moscow City break can
appear a good value for money and there're many ways to do the capital of Russia on a
budget.
Item
Answer
1
FABULOUS
2
NUMEROUS / NUMBERLESS / INNUMERABLE
3
COURAGEOUS
4
PICTURESQUE
5
MEMORABLE
6
LAYERS
7
DISCOUNTS
8
AMUSEMENTS
9
ENORMOUS
10
INEXPENSIVE
11
ENTRANCES
12
ATTRACTIONS
Задание 17.
Task 2.
For the following items, match verbs with trios to form meaningful collocations. There is
an example at the beginning. Two trios are not used.
0
D
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make
old
1
save
A
a beard
2
lose
vegetables
3
put on
the salt
4
deliver
B
a test
5
pass
a law
6
make up
a quarrel
7
go on
C
a story
your mind
8
pay
a mistake
D
a bed
a fuss
money
E
someone from drowning
old stamps
the light
F
a lot of weight
your hat
trains
G
your clothes
a £10 note
a compliment
H
a bill
attention
your way
I
a purse
your temper
a speech
J
a baby
a letter
a journey
K
a diet
a strike
Item
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Answer
E
I
F
J
B
C
K
H
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Задание 18.
Task 3.
For items 1-5, match complaints from the dissatisfied diners of a busy restaurant with
dishes on the menu A-F. There is an example at the beginning.
0
D
0
It’s extremely tough
A
coffee
1
It’s awfully stale
B
fruit
2
It’s very bitter
C
bread
3
It’s much too spicy
D
meat
4
It’s not ripe enough
E
fish
5
It’s horribly bony
F
curry
Item
1
2
3
4
5
Answer
C
A
F
B
E
Задание 19.
Task 4.
For items 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
A
B
C
D
0
makes
puts
shows
presents
0
D
Spelling
Spelling (0)
___
a major problem to many students - and, indeed, native speakers - of
English. This is (1)
___
surprising when you consider just how illogical the English
spelling (2)
___
is. The spelling of such basic words as right, through, once, and who
seems to (3)
___
no relation to their (4)
___. And how can the words go, sew, and
though all rhyme with (5)
___ other?
There have been attempts in the (6)
___
to reform English spelling. The playwright
George Bernard Shaw was an enthusiastic (7)
___
for a more phonetic approach. In a
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clever illustration of the absurdity of English spelling he suggested that the word fish be
(8)
___
by the letters 'ghoti': the gh from enough, the o from women, and the ti from
nation. When he died in 1950, he (9)
___ a large part of his estate to promote spelling
reform.
So why do we (10)
___
in spelling words the way we do, (11)
___
the efforts of
reformers like Shaw? One reason is that we are too (12)
___ with the words as they are
currently spelled. It is certain that any change in the rules
(13)
___
be extremely
difficult, if not impossible, to (14)
___. Another is that there is (15)
___
a variety of
regional accents within the English speaking world that it would be unfair to select just
one as the standard model for spelling.
A
B
C
D
1
just
hardly
nearly
strongly
2
system
procedure
method
schedule
3
hold
keep
carry
bear
4
voice
speech
vocation
pronunciation
5
the
every
each
one
6
history
years
past
ages
7
campaigner
demonstrator
champion
candidate
8
described
represented
signed
written
9
inherited
left
gave
divided
10
insist
continue
keep
persist
11
in spite
despite
however
although
12
accustomed
used
friendly
familiar
13
would
might
ought
should
14
require
enforce
make
oblige
15
many
quite
such
so
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ШКОЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 9-11 КЛАССЫ
ТЕКСТ ДЛЯ АУДИРОВАНИЯ
Audioscript
Listening comprehension
Listen to a radio interview with a member of a sporting association. For items 1-7,
choose the best answer, A, B or C. You will hear the text twice. You have 20 seconds
to look through the questions.
PAUSE 20 SECONDS
Now we begin.
F It’s been described as the fastest ball game in the world, and is played in places as
far away as Australia and South Africa but it actually comes from our western
neighbours over in Ireland. Many of us know next to nothing about this sport so it
will come as a surprise to learn that it has been played competitively all over our
country since the 19th century. Sean McGinn of the British Gaelic Athletic
Association is here to tell us a bit about the sport of hurling. Hi, Sean, thanks for
coming. Could you give us a brief description of hurling?
M Sure. Well, it’s played on a pitch of around 140 metres long and 85 metres wide,
although for youth matches it’s considerably smaller. There are two teams of 15
people and each player has a slim bat called a hurley which is made from ash wood.
Players use the hurley to propel a small leather ball, which is slightly bigger than a
tennis ball. There are two ways to score points during a match - by scoring into the
goal and past the goalkeeper, whose hurley is slightly bigger than the outfield
players’... just to give him a chance... or you can score by hitting the ball over the bar
but between two long posts. A goal scored past the goalkeeper is worth 3 points while
putting it over the bar is worth 1.
F Well that all sounds relatively easy. Is it?
M Not so easy as all that I’m afraid. As you said earlier, it is the fastest ball game in
the world. A good hurler can hit the ball up to 150 kilometres an hour and the ball can
travel as much as 110 metres. There are also a few rules that make the whole thing
trickier for the players. You can’t just pick up the ball from the floor, you have to
flick it up using the hurley. You can’t carry the ball in your hand for more than 4
steps, so you have to run while balancing the ball on the hurley, which is no easy
thing. There are also restrictions on the way you can tackle another player, so all in
all it’s a sport that requires a high level of skill and years of practice.
F And tell us how popular the sport is outside Ireland.
M Well the history of Ireland is dominated by emigration. While the country itself
has a population of less than 7 million, it’s often claimed that there are over 70
million people around the world with Irish ancestry. Nearly 11% of Americans see
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themselves as Irish-Americans. My own parents came over to Britain from Galway in
the West of Ireland in the 1930s. Wherever these emigrants went, they took their
sport with them. So now hurling is played in places such as Britain, the USA,
Canada, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, as well as places in
continental Europe - for example there are teams from Brussels, from Luxembourg,
from Munich, Paris and Zurich.
F And what would you say the appeal of the sport is?
M As well as the cultural aspect: keeping in touch with your roots, the game itself is
so fast moving and so skilful that it’s hard to take your eyes away from the action for
even a second. Also in these days of the commercialisation of sport when you have
footballers or formula one drivers earning more in a week than most of us will see in
a lifetime, it’s important to remember that even at the very highest level, hurling
players are amateurs. That and the absence of violence between supporters... even in
the most important matches there’s no segregation between rival fans... gives the
sport a purity and nobility that I don’t think you get in other sports.
F Thanks, Sean. I think we all know a little more about what sounds like a fascinating
sport. That was Sean McGinn of the British Gaelic Athletic Association talking about
the sport of hurling.
You have 20 seconds to check your answers.
PAUSE 20 SECONDS
Now listen to the text again.
TEXT REPEATED
Now you have 3 minutes to check your answers.
PAUSE 3 MINUTES
This is the end of the listening comprehension task.
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Максимальный балл за работу - 82.
LISTENING
Time: 10 minutes (7 points)
Задание 1.
Listen to part of a city tour around Moscow and decide whether the following statements
are TRUE, FALSE or this information is not provided in the text - NOT STATED -
according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice. Now you have 15 seconds to
read the statements.
Task 1
1. Blacksmith’s Bridge” is a bad translation of “Кузнецкий Мост” because
“blacksmith” does not mean “кузнец”.
A) True
B) False
C) Not stated
2. There is an underground river in Moscow.
A) True
B) False
C) Not stated
3. All Fabergé eggs are made of gold and diamonds.
A) True
B) False
C) Not stated
4. Carl Faberge lived in Moscow, in Kuznetsky Most street.
A) True
B) False
C) Not stated
5. The owner of the “Magasin Anglais” was French.
A) True
B) False
C) Not stated
6. When the tour guide says, “You are good!” to the tourist, she means that the tourist
pays close attention to details.
A) True
B) False
C) Not stated
7. Houses in Kuznetsky Most didn’t burn during Napoleon’s invasion in 1812.
A) True
B) False
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READING
Time: 35 minutes (30 points)
Read the text about the history of chewing gum and do the tasks that follow.
The History of Chewing Gum
A
Do you like chewing gum? Millions of people around the world do. It’s difficult to
imagine a place where people don’t chew gum. Chewing gum has been taken up
the highest mountain peaks, deep down into the ocean, and even into space.
B
Chewing gum has been around for a very long time. The ancient Greeks were
chewing gum as early as A.D. 50. They chewed sap from the mastic tree. In
Central America, the Mayans chewed chicle, the sap of the sapodilla tree. When
the Pilgrims came to North America, Native Americans gave them the sap of
spruce trees to chew.
C
In 1848, John Curtis of Maine made the first chewing gum for sale. The gum sold
so well that Curtis built the world’s first gum factory and hired 200 workers. In
1906, Frank Fleer came up with the idea of bubble gum. He called his gum
“Blibber-Blubber”, but it never went to market because it was so sticky that if it
got on the skin, a person had to scrub it with turpentine or paint thinner to
remove it.
D
In 1928, the first successful bubble gum, Dubble Bubble, was invented by an
accountant named Walter Diemer. He worked for a chewing gum company in
Philadelphia. While experimenting with different gum recipes in his spare time,
Diemer stumbled upon a formula that produced a less sticky, more elastic gum
that could be easily blown into bubbles. As he watched the first bubble gum batch
being made, he realized that it had no colour. He grabbed the only colouring they
had at the factory - pink. The gum became so popular that most bubble gum today
is still pink.
E
Let’s take a look at how gum is made. There must be a base to make the gum
sticky. This base is usually a combination of natural and synthetic products. The
natural base is made from latex. Latex is the sap that flows in certain trees found
in the rainforest. First, the ingredients for the base are mixed together. They are
heated to a high temperature and a thick syrup is formed. The syrup is poured into
a giant mixer that can hold up to a ton of ingredients. Natural or sugar-free
sweeteners are added to make the gum sweet and moist. Then flavourings are
added according to the recipe being used.
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F When the gum comes out of the mixers, it looks like bread dough. It is put aside to
cool. From there it goes to machines that knead it. Then, for regular gum, the
mixture is rolled into sheets and cut into sticks, while bubble gum is shaped into
balls. Once shaped, the gum is wrapped and sent to stores.
Задание 2.
Task 1
Guess the meaning of the following words from the text and match them to their
definitions. There are 4 extra definitions that you shouldn’t use.
1
sap
A
a liquid chemical with a strong smell which is used
2
sticky
for cleaning paint off brushes
3
turpentine
B
to make something warmer or hotter than before
4
to remove
C
to find or discover something by chance or
5
to invent
unexpectedly
6
accountant
D
to think of and make something that has never been
7
spare
made before
8
to stumble upon
E
to repeatedly press a mixture for making bread with
9
to grab
the hands and fingers
F
long, thin and sharp
10
to heat
11
dough
G
to stand or walk on your knees
12
to knead
H
a person whose job it is to count and record financial
transactions
I
to take something suddenly and quickly
J
made or covered with a substance that stays attached
to any surface it touches
K
to trip and fall down
L
a mixture of flour, water and sometimes yeast, fat and
sugar used to bake bread, pastry or biscuits
M
watery liquid in plants and trees
N
engineer
O
extra, free
P
to take something away from or off something
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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Задание 3.
Task 2
Choose the titles that would best suit each of the paragraphs. There is one title that you
shouldn’t use.
1. Fun Name, Bad Product
5. Step by Step
2. Ready to Go!
6. Sweet Surprises in Every Bite
3. All Natural
7. From Experiment to Success
4. The Best Companion
Paragraph
A
B
C
D
E
F
Title
Задание 4. The Pilgrims mentioned in Paragraph B were …
A) the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernando de Soto in 1539-1542.
B) the English who came to North America on the Mayflower in 1620.
C) the Vikings led to North America by Leif Erikson around A.D. 1000.
Задание 5. Natural sap from trees was used for making chewing gum in the past …
A) but is no longer used today.
B) and is still often used today.
C) and is the only base used today.
Задание 6.
In which paragraph can we find information about …
1. the components used to make modern chewing gum?
2. the problems of developing the right recipe of bubble gum?
3. the first commercial chewing gum?
4. what makes chewing gum sweet?
5. a traditional characteristic of bubble-gum?
6. how popular chewing gum is today?
7. the shapes of different kinds of chewing gum?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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Задание 7. Sapodilla, spruce and mastic are the names of …
A) trees.
B) chemicals.
C) gum ingredients.
Задание 8. In some ways, making bubble gum is similar to making:
A) paint.
B) sugar.
C) bread.
Задание 9. Which state is not associated with the early history of industrially produced
chewing gum?
A) Maine
B) Pennsylvania
C) Massachusetts
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Time: 45 minutes (45 points)
Задание 10.
Task 1
Read the text below and choose the word that fits best for each space. The first one is
done for you.
Example answer:
0
A
B
C
D
A Horse of His Own
Luke was going to be fifteen. More than (0)
______, he wanted a horse for his
birthday. He and his family lived on a farm, so why (1)
______ he have a horse to call
his own? So far, he (2)
______ allowed to have his own horse. This year (3)
______ to
be different. Luke’s father said that Luke could have a horse if he could buy it
(4)
______. Dad would pay Luke for chores he did on (5)
______ farm. (6)
______ Luke
could buy the horse he wanted. For his birthday (7)
______ parents would buy all of the
main horse supplies and equipment Luke would (8)
______. Luke liked (9)
______ deal.
Then the horse would really belong to (10)
______. It (11)
______ his responsibility to
feed, clean and exercise his horse. Luke worked
(12)
______
for a whole year.
(13)
______, he had enough money to buy a horse.
Luke found the perfect horse at a stable by (14)
______ farm.
The horse had (15)
______ shiny brown hair and beautiful clever eyes. Luke was
(16)
______
excited that he shouted, “He is wonderful! He will be my friend
(17)
______”. Luke was glad he couldn’t have a horse (18)
______
now. He was
(19)
______ grown up now and could take good care (20)
______ a horse himself.
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