Задания для проведения школьного этапа олимпиады по английскому языку, 6 класс

6 класс олимпиада по английскому языку

( школьный тур)

I. READING

 

A)   Five sentences are missing from the text. Choose from the sentences A—F the one which best fits each gap 1-5, there is one extra.

 

A  It travels these huge distances to escape the cold weather in the north.

B   In winter millions of Monarchs fall like snow onto the forests in the mountains.

C   In the mountains, which reach a height of 3,000 metres, the butterflies are safe.

D   In spite of these doubts, the European Union has refused to approve new crops of genetically

     modified maize until further investigations have been carried out.

E   The long journey, with all its dangers, begins again.

F   In the US, millions of farms grow genetically modified maize which is pure poison for the butterfly.

 

Monarch Without a Kingdom

 

This November, a hundred million butterflies will drop from the sky over Mexico, like autumn leaves. But for how long? Genetically modified maize could mean extinction for this beautiful butterfly. Rafael Ruiz reports.

Although its body is about 3 cm and it only weighs 1 g, the Monarch butterfly manages to travel 5,000 km each year. It seems to be so fragile, but its long journeys are proof of its amazing ability to survive. This autumn, the Monarch butterfly will once more set out on its journey from the US. It will keep going until it reaches Mexico. 1 __________

In November, millions of Monarchs fall like bright, golden rain onto the forests in the mountains of central Mexico. In the silence of these mountains you can hear a strange flapping of wings, as the Monarchs arrive at their destination. 2 _________

Before reaching their journey's end they have faced strong winds, rain and snowstorms and they do not all manage to reach their destination. When the winters are really bad, perhaps 70 per cent of them will not survive. Their long journey to Mexico is thought to be one of the most amazing events in the whole of the American continent. When they get there they will stay until the beginning of April, when their internal calendar, tells them that it is time to go back. 3 _________

These delicate creatures now face danger of another kind - from scientific progress. 4 _________

Laboratory experiments have shown that half of the butterflies which feed on the leaves of genetically modified maize die within 48 hours. Not all experts agree that this variety of maize is responsible for the threat to the Monarchs. 5 _________

Greenpeace is campaigning against genetically modified, products (in Spain, therefore already 20,000 hectares of modified maize). The environmental organization recently published a fist of 100 species of butterfly in Europe alone which are threatened with extinction.

 

B)   Find words in the text which have a similar meaning to these definitions.

1)   arrives (paragraph 2) _________________

2)   the noise wings make as they move (paragraph 3) ___________________

3)   the start (paragraph 4) ________________

4   something which tells you the time of year (paragraph 4) ___________________

5   what a scientist does in order to find something out (paragraph 5) __________________

 

 

II. Grammar

Open the brackets and put the verbs into the proper tense form

One day a lady 0 ______saw_________ (see) a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She 1 ______________ (be) very afraid of mice, so she                     2____________ (run) out of the house, 3 _______________ (get) in a bus and                  4 ____________ (go) down to the shops. There she 5 ____________ (buy) a mouse-trap. The shopkeeper 6 ____________ (say) to her, “7 ____________ (put) some cheese in it, and you  8 ______________ (catch) the mouse.”

The lady 9 _________________ (come) home with her mouse-trap, but when she 10 ________________ (look) in her cupboard,  she 11 _____________ (can`t) find any cheese in it. She 12 _____________ (not want) to go back to the shops, because it          13 ______________ (be) very late, so she 14______________ (cut) a picture of some cheese out of magazine and 15 _______________ (put) that into the trap.

Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese 16 ________________ (be) quite successful! When the lady 17 _____________ (come) down to the kitchen the next morning, there 18 _______________ (be) a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese. 

III. QUIZ

 How much do you know about Great Britain? Decide whether these statements about Great Britain are true or false. Write your answers in your answer sheet.

	Question	True	False
1	If you hire a car in Great Britain you will have to drive on the left.
2	Queen Victoria reigned sixty-four years.
3	The oldest university of Great Britain is Cambridge.
4	Subway is the nickname of London’s Underground.
5	The Loch Ness Monster supposed to live in Scotland.
6	If you go to Stratford-on-Avon you will be able to visit William’s Shakespeare’s birthplace.
7	If you travel around Wales an English/Gaelic dictionary will be useful.
8	You can see wax models of famous people in Buckingham Palace.
9	Scotland is called “land of song”.
10	If you fly from London to Scotland you will have to show your passport at the airport.

 

 

 

                                

                                      

 

 

 

6 класс олимпиада по английскому языку

( школьный тур)

 

Класс __________

Фамилия, имя учащегося _______________________________________

 

 

Write your answers in the tables.

 

I Reading

A)

1	2	3	4	5

 

B)

1
2
3
4
5

 

II Usage

 

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

 

III Quiz

 

 

 

 

 

Общий балл _________

 

 

 КЛЮЧИ

6 класс олимпиада по английскому языку

( школьный тур)

 

I. Read the text

 

A)   Five sentences are missing from the text. Choose from the sentences A—F the one which best fits each gap 1-5, there is one extra.

 

A  It travels these huge distances to escape the cold weather in the north.

B   In winter millions of Monarchs fall like snow onto the forests in the mountains.

C   In the mountains, which reach a height of 3,000 metres, the butterflies are safe.

D   In spite of these doubts, the European Union has refused to approve new crops of genetically

     modified maize until further investigations have been carried out.

E   The long journey, with all its dangers, begins again.

F   In the US, millions of farms grow genetically modified maize which is pure poison for the butterfly.

 

 

 

Monarch Without a Kingdom

 

This November, a hundred million butterflies will drop from the sky over Mexico, like autumn leaves. But for how long? Genetically modified maize could mean extinction for this beautiful butterfly. Rafael Ruiz reports.

Although its body is about 3 cm and it only weighs 1 g, the Monarch butterfly manages to travel 5,000 km each year. It seems to be so fragile, but its long journeys are proof of its amazing ability to survive. This autumn, the Monarch butterfly will once more set out on its journey from the US. It will keep going until it reaches Mexico. 1 ____A______

In November, millions of Monarchs fall like bright, golden rain onto the forests in the mountains of central Mexico. In the silence of these mountains you can hear a strange flapping of wings, as the Monarchs arrive at their destination. 2 ____C_____

Before reaching their journey's end they have faced strong winds, rain and snowstorms and they do not all manage to reach their destination. When the winters are really bad, perhaps 70 per cent of them will not survive. Their long journey to Mexico is thought to be one of the most amazing events in the whole of the American continent. When they get there they will stay until the beginning of April, when their internal calendar, tells them that it is time to go back. 3 ____E_____

These delicate creatures now face danger of another kind - from scientific progress. 4 ____F_____

Laboratory experiments have shown that half of the butterflies which feed on the leaves of genetically modified maize die within 48 hours. Not all experts agree that this variety of maize is responsible for the threat to the Monarchs. 5 ____D_____

Greenpeace is campaigning against genetically modified, products (in Spain, therefore already 20,000 hectares of modified maize). The environmental organization recently published a fist of 100 species of butterfly in Europe alone which are threatened with extinction.

 

B - extra

 

B)   Find words in the text which have a similar meaning to these definitions.

 

1)    arrives (paragraph 2) reaches

2)    the noise wings make as they move (paragraph 3) flapping

3)    the start (paragraph 4) beginning

4)    something which tells you the time of year (paragraph 4) calendar

5)    what a scientist does in order to find something out (paragraph 5) experiments

 

 

  

II. Grammar

1 was

2 ran

3 got

4 went

5 bought

6 said

7 put

8 will catch

9 came

10 looked

11 couldn’t

12 didn’t want

13 was

14 cut

15 put

16 was

17 came

18 was

 

 

III. How much do you know about Great Britain? Decide whether these statements about Great Britain are true or false.

	Question	True	False
1	If you hire in Great Britain you will have to drive on the left.	+
2	Queen Victoria reigned sixty-four years.	+
3	The oldest university of Great Britain is Cambridge.		+ (Oxford)
4	Subway is the nickname of London’s Underground.		+ (The Tube)
5	The Loch Ness Monster supposed to live in Scotland.	+
6	If you go to Stratford-on-Avon you will be able to visit William’s Shakespeare’s birthplace.	+
7	If you travel around Wales an English/Gaelic dictionary will be useful.		+ (The language of Wales is Welsh)
8	You can see wax models of famous people in Buckingham Palace.		+ (Madame Tussaud’s)
9	Scotland is called “land of song”.		+ (Wales)
10	If you fly from London to Scotland you will have to show your passport at the airport.		+ (No)