Интеллектуальный марафон, английский язык, 8 класс

Английский язык 8 класс

Первая часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 2 балл.

1.      Which is the odd one out?

1)      liner

2)      ferry

3)      jet

4)      yacht

2.      A hurricane can ….. across an area.

1)      swerve     2) sweep   3) swipe

3.      How can you translate the word “Rambler”?

1)      Любитель прогулок

2)      Любитель развлечений

3)      Любитель спорта

4.      Как называют человека, который постоянно смотрит телевизор?

1)      Couch potato

2)      Couch tomato

3)      Couch egg

Вторая часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 3 балла.

5.  Find three nouns which need definite article « THE ».

1) ... Houses of Parliament

2) ... British Museum

3) ... Waterloo Bridge

4) ... London University

5) ... University of Florida

6) ... Hyde park

6.      Choose three expressions that go with the verb “GET”.

1)      weight                              4) your way

2)      dressed                             5) consciousness

3)      up                                     6) married 

7.      What 3 things should you not do when eating in Britain?

1)      Eating soup, tip the bowl away from you and scoop the soup up with your spoon.

2)      Lick or put your knife in your mouth.

3)      Place the napkin across the lap.

4)      Slurp your food or eat noisily.

5)      Pick food out of your teeth with your fingernails.

6)      Take soup from the side of the spoon, not from the ‘end’.

8.      Choose three most famous Highland Games traditions.

1)      Changing of the guard

2)      Hammer throw

3)      Shot put

4)      Ceremony of the keys

5)      Trooping of the colour

6)      Tug o'war

Третья часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 6 баллов.

9. Match the holiday word or expression on the left with their description on the right.

10. Match the name of the science on the left with the subject of study on the right.

11. Match the pictures 1-6 with the nouns a-f.

                1                                            2                                                3

                       4                                                 5                                                     6

a)                  violinist

b)                 cellist

c)                  drummer

d)                 guitarist

e)                  pianist

f)                  saxophonist

12. Match the sentence halves.

13. Match the words and the phrases on the left with the meanings on the right.

14.  Read the parts of the text and put them in the right order.

1) So captain threw a different cat into the water. The sailors told him that a ghost cat  would be following him all his life because he had killed a black cat.

2) Once he got into the captain’s cabin and killed the captain’s favourite bird that lived in the cage. When the captain found it out he was really angry.

3) Satan was a friendly black cat who lived on the ship. All the sailors loved him very much although he was very naughty and lazy.

4) He didn’t know it was Satan who had escaped from the place where the sailors hid him. The captain was scared to death as he saw that his sailors’ words were true.

5) Of course he didn’t believe them because captains rarely believe in ghosts. But one day when the captain was on deck he heard a mewing of a cat.

6)He decided to throw the cat into the water. But when the sailors learned that, they hid Satan and caught another black cat which looked exactly the same.

15.  Put the words in order to make an English proverb.

1)      cream

2)      while

3)      the cat

4)      its eyes

5)      shuts

6)      stealing

16.  Put the words into the right order.

1)      heart-shaped

2)      Italian

3)      three

4)      red and white

5)      sofas

6)      amazing

Четвертая  часть. Задания, оцениваемые в 8 баллов. В заданиях 17-20 ответ записывается в таблицу ответов, начиная с первой клеточки. Каждую букву, цифру или символ пишите в отдельной клеточке, буквы должны быть печатными, строчными, с диакритическими знаками. Пропуски между словами не делайте.

17.              Water with gas in it. (adjective, 5 letters)

18.              A kind of films which includes a lot of scenes with fighting and death. (adjective, 7 letters)

19.              The English call La Manche – the _ _ _ _ _ _  (2 words, 14 letters)

20.              What group of languages does Scottish belong to? _____ (6 letters)