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8 класс
Задание 1. Прочитайте отрывки из рассказов об известных женщинах. Для ответов на вопросы
выберите имена, обозначенные буквами AE. В начале дан пример (0.)
Florence Nightingale was impatient with a life without meaningful purpose. By age 24,
A.
Florence rejected a marriage proposal and decided to be a nurse. For several years Florence pleaded
with her parents, with God and suffered a near nervous breakdown, but never considered disobeying
her parents’ wish. At last, in 1851 her parents permitted her to study nursing at an institution in
Germany. Two years later, she was appointed superintendent of the institution. Her administration was
very successful and so were the changes made to the institution.
Louisa May Alcott lived most of her life in Boston and Concord. She worked as a teacher for a
B.
short time. Next, she worked as a housekeeper and finally began writing. Her first books were written
quickly. Then, Alcott volunteered to be a Civil War nurse, where she caught typhoid and was sent
home. But, from this experience her book Hospital Sketches became famous. Soon, her stories were
chosen for the Atlantic Monthly. Her most popular book was Little Women. It described her own
childhood, as many of her other books: Aunt Joe’s Scrap Bag, Little Men, Eight Cousins and others.
C.
Marie Curie was born Maria Sklodowska as the fifth and youngest child of Bronislava Boguska,
a pianist, singer and teacher and Wladislaw Sklodowski, a professor of mathematics and physics. From
young she was remarkable for her prodigious memory and at the age of 16 she won a gold medal on a
competition of her secondary education at Russian lycee. In 1891, she went to Paris. She worked late
hours and virtually lived bread and butter and tea. In 1804 she was placed the second in the license of
mathematical sciences. It was then that she married Pierre Curie, a famous scientist.
D.
Valentina Tereshkova was born in Yaroslavl region of the former USSR. Soon after starting
work in a textile mill at the age of 18, Valentina joined an amateur parachuting club. She was a hard
worker. Later, at the age of 24, she applied to become a cosmonaut. On June 16, 1963 Tereshkova was
launched into space aboard Vostok 6. She became the first woman to travel in space. Her flight lasted
48 orbits totaling 70 hours 50 minutes in space. She spent more time in orbit than all the US Mercury
astronauts combined. Valentina received the Order of Lenin and Hero of the Soviet Union awards for
her historic flight.
E.
involved in local politics. Early in her life she decided to be a member of the Parliament. In 1950
Margaret married Denis Thatcher, got her degree from Oxford and worked there as a research chemist.
In 1959 she won a seat in Parliament. In 1970 to 1974 she served as the Minister of Education and
Science. In 1979 general elections Mrs. Thatcher became the first woman to be elected Prime Minister
of Great Britain. She resigned in 1990. She was awarded an Order of Merit award by her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II.
Margaret Thatcher was born in England in the family of grocer and dressmaker. Her father was
Who
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was a bright pupil? _C_
was honored with the title of Hero for her historic deed? _____
waited for her parental permission to realise her dream to become a nurse? ____
succeeded as a leader and was awarded the order for her remarkable work for the country? ____
worked as a nurse at war? ____
was an outstanding scientist? ____
Задание 2. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами так, чтобы они грамматически
и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски этими словами. В начале
задания дан пример (0). Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre is a faithful reconstruction RECONSTRUCT (0)
of the ____________________ openair playhouse designed ORIGIN (1)
in 1599, where Shakespeare worked and for which he wrote
many of his ____________ plays. GREAT (2)
Each year the Globe Theatre Company rediscovers the energetic
____________ between the audience and the actor in the unique RELATION (3)
building. The Globe also welcomes _________________theatre NATIONAL (4)
companies to share the impact Shakespeare’s plays have had
worldwide. Today, audiences of this “____________ O” sit in a WOOD (5)
gallery or stand informally as a grounding in the yard, just as they
would have done _____________400 years ago. NEAR (6)
Задание 3. Выберите правильный вариант.
1. I broke my leg yesterday and I … take part in the football match.
a) can’t b) couldn’t c) could
2. Mr Garret … have a personal bank account.
a) doesn’t b) don’t c) isn’t
3. … birthday is it next week?
a) Whose b) Whom c) Who
4. Run downstairs. Your sister … for you.
a) waits b) waiting c) is waiting
5. Perhaps they …a new house next year.
a) will buy b) buy c) shall buy
6. Don’t worry about your letter. I … it yesterday.
a) have sent b) sent c) sended
7. Timothy can play cricket well, …?
a) doesn’t he? b) can he? c) can’t he?
8. My elder sister is afraid … height.
a) b) of c) with
9. I don’t want … or help.
a) advices b) an advice c) advice
10. I don’t like black coffee. … do I.
a) So b) Neither c) Either
Задание 4. Заполните пропуски в предложениях местоимениями, относящимися к выделенным
словам.
me her him he it me us them they us them him
Example: Bill and I went to a concert. Jim met us there.
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2.
3.
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I recorded my first album when I was 10, and people loved ________!
Mozart composed many songs, but we don’t have all of __________.
My parents love rap music. _________ bought the new Eminem album!
Madonna is very famous. Everybody knows _________.
I saw Justin Timberlake in a shop and took a photo of _______.
Elvis Presley didn’t only record songs _______ also made films.
Jane and I were at a concert and P. Diddy said hello to_______! It was amazing! I was singing on the beach and a pop manager gave _______ a recording contract.
My younger brother can sing pretty well and my parents have decided to send _____ to a music
Ben and Tom met Sara at a café. She asked ______ to go a JLo concert on Saturday night with
8.
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school.
10.
her and Lucy.
Задание 5. Выберите правильный вариант:
a. a b. an c. the d.
Oxford is a small city in 1____ centre of England. 2 ____ University of Oxford is one of 3____ most
famous in the world. If you are 4____ student, it’s a great place to study. For visitors to Oxford there
are a lot of things to do. You can go to museums and theatres. There are also 5____ shops, cafes and
restaurants, and of course bookshops. There’s 6____ famous bookshop on Board Street. 7____ shop
has thousands of books and is over 120 years old!
Summer is 8____ best time to visit Oxford. When 9____ weather is nice, you can hire 10____
boat on one of the rivers or have 11____ picnic in 12____ university parks. Oxford is also close to
London so you can easily take 13____ bus or train there for the day.
Задание 6. Прочитайте текст и раскройте скобки.
The History of Man
How long has man been on earth? Let us travel 5,000 years into the past. We are in the days before
man 1(learn) __________________ to write. Recorded history 2(not begin)__________________ yet.
Let us go further into the past to 8,000 years ago. We are in a world without cities or towns, houses or
roads. Yet there are people, about five million of them, 3(live)__________________ on all five
continents. They have cows and horses and they 4(farm)__________________ the land. To find the
first man we must 5(go)_____________ many hundreds of thousands of years into the past. The
earliest true human being, Homo sapiens, appeared in Europe more than 50,000 years ago.
Задание 7. Напишите короткое эссе (сочинениерассуждение) по теме “Positive and negative
aspects of fame” (120150 слов).
Олимпиада по английскому языку для 8 класса
Олимпиада по английскому языку для 8 класса
Олимпиада по английскому языку для 8 класса
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