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ОБЛАСТНАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ языку

04 мая  2019 года

9 класс

ПИСЬМЕННАЯ РАБОТА

Total 80 points

Время на выполнение письменной работы – 90 минут.

I.    Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

Ever since Dolly the sheep 1) ________________ (clone) in 1997, scientists, politicians and theologians 2) __________________ (discuss) the question of whether or not the cloning of human beings 3) __________________ (should/allow). If cloning 4) ________________ (become) a reality one day, it 5) __________________ (raise) many questions. Many scientists want cloning 6) __________________ (be) legalised. They believe that if it 7) __________________ (be) legal to clone human beings, it 8) __________________ (be) possible to create a superior race. Many childless couples also wish the government 9) _________________ (allow) cloning. If this 10) _______________ (be) the only way for you to have a child, you might agree with them too.

II.  Insert the right articles in the gaps below. Write “–” where no article is needed:

Imagine you are at (1.) _____ conference on (2.) _____artificial intelligence. Suddenly you realize you are about to bump into someone, but (3.) ____ person, just at (4.) _____ last moment gracefully dodges you. You start to apologize as this person turns to face you, but you rudely cut your own apology short when you realize this person is actually (5.) ____robot. (6.) _____ robot, however, continues with its polite apology before moving on. Does (7.) _______ robot have (8.) ____ better developed social skills than you? Its apology sounds completely sincere even though (9.) _______ near collision couldn’t have been (10.) _______ robot’s fault; it has been equipped with (11.) _____ laser and sonar components which sense (12.) ______ distance and steer it away from (13.) ______ people and things. In addition, it is hoped that this type of (14.) _______ robot will be programmed to socialize with (15.) ________ people.

III.           Use phrasal verbs in the correct form to replace the words in brackets:

A)              Someone painted graffiti on all the school walls except one – maybe they 1) (use up) ______________ paint. No one has 2) (confess) _____________ doing it yet, but the teachers are determined to 3) (discover) _____________ who it was.

B)              I don’t know if I can 4) (stand, tolerate) ______________ my dad for much longer – he’s always 5) (criticize angrily) ______________ me _____ for stupid, unimportant things. I 6) (have a friendly relationship with) ______________ OK with my mum: it’s my dad I can’t stand!

C)              John’s offered to 7) (let me stay in his house) __________ me ___ when I go to London. It’s ages since I last saw him; I’m really 8) (feel excited about) __________ meeting up with him again. I was going to stay with him last summer but he had to 9) (postpone) _________ it ____ because he was in hospital. But now he’s alright, he has managed to 10) (recover from his illness) _______ his illness.

IV.  Read the passage and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits grammatically in the numbered gap. The words are already in order.

V. Complete with the word that best fits the space.

DEPARTMENT STORES

In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander Stewart opened a business called the Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (0) doing so, he gave the world something completely new - the department store. Before this, no-one (1) ______ tried to bring together such a wide range of goods (2) ______ a single roof. The business did very (3) ______. It expanded rapidly and soon had (4) ______ staff of two thousand. For Stewart even that was not enough, (5) ______. In 1862 he moved to an eight-storey building nearby, (6) ______ he renamed A.T. Stewart’s Cast-Iron Palace. It was, (7) ______ for many years would remain, the largest shop in the world. Others followed Stewart’s example and soon there were stores (8) ______ his in many major cities in the United States. We don’t (9) ______ when people started calling them department stores. The expression wasn’t used in print (10) ______ 1893, when it appeared in Harper’s magazine, but the way that it is used there (11) ______ it clear that it was already widely understood. (12) ______ is certain is that department stores completely changed the shopping experience for millions of people. They offered not only an enormous range of goods, (13) ______ also levels of comfort, luxury and excitement previously unknown to customers. Almost from the start they had restaurants, toilets and many (14) ______ facilities, so (15) ______ was no need to go elsewhere for anything.

VI.  Complete the second sentence, using between two and five words, including the word given. Do not change that word in any way.

1.   May we borrow your ladder for half an hour?

MIND

Would you _______________________________ your ladder for half an hour?

2.   "I'm not frightened," he said; in fact, he was terrified.

BE

He pretended _______________________________________ frightened.

3.   The Majestic is better than this hotel.

GOOD

This hotel _______________________________________ the Majestic.

4.   To enjoy travel, you must go on your own.

ONLY

You ____________________________ enjoy travelling if you go on your own.

5.   You were very generous, giving us all that money.

OF

It was very generous _______________________________ us all that money.

6.   He was sorry he had asked the bank to lend him the money.

WISHED

He _____________________________ asked the bank to lend him the money.

7.   I haven't owned a car for five years now.

SINCE

It is five years _____________________________________ a car.

8.       Why didn't you warn me it was going to rain?

HAVE

You ______________________________________ me it was going to rain.

9.       Heavy smokers are more likely to suffer serious illness than non-smokers.

RUNS

A heavy smoker ______________________ serious illness than a non-smoker.

10.   Even though she knew she had to get up early, Mary still went to the disco.

DESPITE

Mary still went to the disco ______________________________ that she had to get up early.

VII. You are going to read five paragraphs from the website of a wildlife conservation organisation. For questions 1–10 choose from the paragraphs (A–E). The paragraphs may be chosen more than once. Which paragraph:

1.   points out that some aspects of the volunteers’ work is surprisingly challenging? _______

2.   includes a promise about the excellence of some services it offers? _______

3.   says that the organisation is keen to recruit people who have a certain hobby? _______

4.   lists a number of threats to animals that live in the sea? _______

5.   mentions the length of time that the organisation has existed? _______

6.   outlines the characteristics that are useful for volunteers to have? _______

7.   warns that the measures taken to protect one species are not enough? _______

8.   mentions features which can help distinguish one animal from another of the same species? _______

9.   mentions how the organisation informs the public about its research findings? _______

10.   describes the process involved in one kind of information-gathering session? _______

The Sea Mammal Institute

A. The Sea Mammal Institute is a wildlife conservation organisation set up to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises. Our team of professional researchers work together with volunteers to identify and monitor the numbers and locations of these creatures in order to gain valuable knowledge of the state of our ocean environment, and the impact of climate change, noise disturbance, chemical pollution and overfishing in our seas. We are also proud of the educational role we perform, increasing public knowledge and understanding of sea mammals, and passing on what our data has taught us through community group talks and school visits.

B. Our organisation relies heavily on volunteers, who help collect data and then input, organise and analyse it. Volunteers interested in photography are always very welcome to help update our photo-identification catalogue – a collection of pictures of all the different species we monitor – and organise our ever-growing image library. If you would like to be a volunteer, the most straightforward way to get involved is to contact the organisation’s co-ordinator in your area, and join him or her for a sea watch. Anyone with enthusiasm and a pair of binoculars can take part – and, as you’ll learn if you join us, patience is pretty essential too!

C. Although we are pleased to receive any information on public sightings of whales, dolphins and porpoises, it is also important for us to have ‘effort-related’ data collected by trained volunteers. ‘Effort-related’ data is that recorded by observers who time their watch and note down specific environmental data every 15 minutes. It doesn’t matter how long each watch is, provided that its date and location are carefully noted down along with any details about sightings of sea creatures. We emphasise the need to do some basic training in observation before taking part in a watch because it’s not as simple as it sounds. For example, despite the bottlenose dolphin being the probably the best-known type of dolphin, it is in fact rather tricky to identify with any confidence, since it has no clear pattern markings. The upper part of its body is plain dark brown and the underside is a paler brown or grey. So volunteers need plenty of guidance regarding how exactly to recognise it.

D. The Sea Mammal Institute has been running courses for over twenty years, making it the most experienced organisation for training observers and students interested in sea animals in the country. It provides staff training for leading conservation organisations, and guarantees a very high quality of training from expert course leaders. The two-day introductory course recommended for new volunteer observers teaches participants the basics of how to identify different species, estimate group size, distinguish between calves, juveniles and adults and to assess the state of the sea. Plenty of practice conducting both land and boat-based surveys is given. Also included are sessions on basic photographic techniques to enable observers to identify an individual animal through distinctive markings, body size or injury scars.

E. One of the strengths of our organisation is that we do long-term, continuous research. Over the 25 years since Sea Watch was set up, some significant insights have resulted from this research. For example, our monitoring of bottlenose dolphins shows that even in locations that are already controlled conservation areas, large numbers of motorised boats may be causing changes in their behaviour. Although strict codes of conduct stop boats approaching dolphins too closely or too fast, it is believed that the creatures’ social structures are being affected by the presence of so many boats in these areas.