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

Олимпиада по английскому языку (школьный этап).

Учебный год.

Класс.

Задания составлены в соответствии с методическими рекомендациями по разработке заданий для школьного и муниципального этапов всероссийской олимпиады школьников по английскому языку, утверждёнными Центральной предметно-методической комиссией (Москва)

Рекомендуемое время выполнения заданий – 120 минут.

1. Тест по страноведению. 20 questions about the USA

Choose the correct answer from choices listed bellow

What is the national symbol of the USA?

a) a bald eagle b) a lion c) a maple leaf

How many states does the United States of America comprise at present?

a) 50 b) 13 c) 49

When did Christopher Columbus discover America?

a) in 1000 b)in 1492 c)1607

What is the capital of the USA?

a) New York b) Washington D.C. c) Chicago

Which holiday is celebrated at the End of November in the USA?

a) Halloween b) Independence day c) Thanksgiving Day

What is the traditional meal on Thanksgiving Day?

a) Fish b) Pudding c) Turkey

What is the oldest university in the USA?

a) The University of California b) Harvard University c) Princeton University

Who made the first American flag?

a) Betsy Ross b) Harried Tubman c) Elizabeth Stanton

How many stars and stripes does the American national flag have?

a) 50 stars and 13 strips b) 13 stars and 50 strips c) 20 stars and 15 strips

What is the longest river in the USA?

a) the Tennessee b) the Mississippi c) the Colorado

What is the centre of the US automobile industry?

a) Chicago b) Detroit c) San Francisco

Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

a) in New York Harbor b) in Washington Mall c) on Broadway in New York

Where is Hollywood, the centre of the US film industry, located?

a) in Miami, Florida b) in Los Angeles, California c) in Boston, Massachusetts

Where is the Sears Tower located?

a) in New York b) in Chicago c) in Seattle

Where does the American President live and work?

a) in the City Hall b) in the White House c) in the Capitol

Who is the author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”?

a) Jack London b) Mark Twain c) James Fenimore Cooper

In which city and state is Disney World located?

a ) Orlando, Florida b) Atlanta, Georgia c) Salt Lake City, Utah

18) What river is New York situated on?

a) The Mississippi b) The Potomac c) The Hudson

Which kind of sport is typical American Invention?

a) Tennis b) Baseball c) Golf

Who of the American scientists invented the telephone?

a) Alexander Bell B) Henry Ford c) Martin King

2. Use of English (25 points)

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

A French woman 1 ………….. (decide) to go to Great Britain for a holiday. So she 2 ………….(pack) her things and then she 3 ……………..(remember) about her little dog. She 4 ………….(take) it with her because there 5 ……….(be) no one who 6 ………..(can) look after it. The dog 7.. ……..(be) very quiet and she 8.…………. ( hope) that everything 9 ………..(be) all right during the flight.

The flight was very pleasant and she 10 …………..(enjoy) it very much. The French woman 11 …………..(think) that nobody 12 ………………(notice) the dog. But just before the plane 13 …………….(land) one of the passengers who 14 …………..(sit) near the woman 15 …………..(tell) her that the English did not let foreigners bring dogs to their country. The woman 16 ………………. (not know) what to do. When the plane 17… …………(land) she 18… ………………(put) the dog under her coat and 19 …………(go) to the Customs House. The Customs Officer 20 …………..(tell) her that she 21 ………………(can’t) bring dogs to Britain. “I have no dog,” 22 …………..(say)the woman. “Then I 23 …………………(understand) that the tail which 24 …………….(hang) down below your coat 25… …………(be) your own,” said the Customs Officer.

3. Reading. (7 points)

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