Школьная олимпиада и турник переводчиков 7-8 класс

Турнир переводчиков 7-8 класс

Task 1: Literature Quiz

Underline the correct answer.

1. Which of these famous British writers was born in England?
Walter Scott  /  Louis Stevenson  /  Jonathan Swift  /  Robert Burns

2. In which children’s novel the action takes place at Neverland?

Peter Pan   /   Wizard of OZ   /   Pinocchio   /   Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

3.  Which of the following is not a character from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

The Queen of Hearts  /  The Chief Weasel  /  The March Hare  /  The Mock Turtle

4. He is the well-known master of short stories:
Jonathan Swift  /  J.R.R. Tolkien  /  O’ Henry  /  Lewis Carroll

5. Name the book which opens with the line 'All children, except one grew up'?

Winnie the Poo  /  Jungle Book  /  Peter Pen  /  The Hobbit

6. Which of these characters didn’t make any voyages:
Lemuel Gulliver  / John Silver / Robin Hood / Robinson Crusoe

7. What pen name did the English writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson use?
Charles Dickens  /  Alice Glass  /  Maud Hatter  /  Lewis Carroll

8. How many lines does a sonnet have?

  10     /     12      /     14     /     they differ

9. This is the story of an orphan boy, his difficult life among orphans and criminals, and his attempts to stay good in a society that refuses to help. What was his name?

Tom Sawyer  /  Oliver Twist  /  Harry Potter  /  Christopher Robin

10. Which of these imaginary countries was ruled by a magic animal?
     The Middle-earth    /     Lilliput     /     OZ     /    Narnia

Task 2: New words
Add a letter and rearrange (поменяйте местами) them to create a new word. Write the new word.

1. Add a letter to READ
to make a word meaning fear. __________

2. Add a letter to ONE
to make a word meaning not closed. __________

3. Add a letter to TEN
to make a word meaning bird’s home. __________

4. Add a letter to ASP
to make a word meaning opposite of the future. ___________

5. Add a letter to ABLE
to make a word meaning accuse. ___________

6. Add a letter to WORD
to make a word meaning weapon. ____________

7. Add a letter to PEAR
to make a word meaning material you write on. ____________

8. Add a letter to SEA
to make a direction. ___________

Task 3: Nonsense
This phrase doesn’t make sense!
Fill in the punctuation marks into the brackets where necessary.

Caesar (  ) entered (  ) on (  ) his (  ) head
his (  ) helmet (  ) on (  ) his (  ) feet
his (  ) sandals (  ) in (  ) his (  ) hand (  )
his (  ) good (  ) sword (  ) in (  ) his (  ) eye
a (  ) fierce (  ) look.

 Task 5: Culture
Match these cultural references to the countries.

Task 6: Synonyms
Say it in other words: (write as many as you can)

Task 4: Idioms

Choose the most suitable idiom from the list and fill in the gaps:
behind the times / a social butterfly / a cheapskate / all ears /
a couch potato / on cloud nine / a man of his word / down-to-earth /
 a goody two-shoes / a white-collar worker

1.       Adam spent only $3 on his mother’s present.

He is such________________________!

2.       My dad is________________________- he is sitting in front of TV and eating all days long.

3.       Tom was so sweet and calm at school.
He was________________________.

4.       Linda is so________________________. Her plans and dreams are very practical.

5.       My uncle doesn’t use skype or e-mail.
He is a bit________________________.

6.       Brown is ________________________. You can count on him.

7.       My sister is an extrovert, she hates being alone because she is ________________________.

8.       The newly-weds are really happy. They are ________________________.

9.       Bob works in an office. He is ________________________ .

10.   Please, tell me the latest news.
I am ________________________.