Материал олимпиады (на уровне образовательной организации) для студентов первого и второго курсов.
Раздел. Лексика
Задание 1. Match the idioms.
Задание 2. Как и все люди, англичане любят в неофициальной переписке использовать сокращения. Попробуйте догадаться по аббревиатуре, какое слово в ней спрятано.
Задание 3. Прочтите отрывки из биографии известных деятелей культуры, политики, спорта. Определите о ком из известных личностях идет речь.
Britney Spears
Vladimir Putin
Cristiano Ronaldo
Mot
When he was appointed prime minister of Russia, very little was known about his background. This former Soviet intelligence agent entered politics in the early 1990s and rose rapidly. By August of 1999, ailing President Boris Yeltsin (1931–) appointed him prime minister. When Yeltsin stepped down in December of 1999, he became the acting president of Russia, and he was elected president to serve a full term on March 26, 2000.
Her first album on Jive Records, ...Baby One More Time, debuted in the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Charts in early 1999, and also topped the charts in the UK. The single of the same name was also a number one hit in many countries, and was accompanied by a music video in which she wore a schoolgirl outfit and danced down a high-school corridor.
He was discovered in his teen years when he was playing for the Portuguese team Sporting Lisbon. Since the year 2003, when the Sporting Lisbon beat Manchester United, the Manchester United leaders signed the contract with him and he is now a football player for Manchester United football team in England. He in his short football player career has gained an astonishing recognition and achievements.
He was born in Krymsk. After 9 classes of school at the age of fifteen, he moved to Moscow. Then began his passion for hip-hop, in parallel, he studied singing and dancing. In high school he participated in theatrical school productions. After finishing school with a gold medal, he entered Moscow state University on speciality economist-Manager. In 2012 he defended his diploma and enrolled in graduate school. His popular songs are “ Trap”, “ 92 days”, “ Raisin”
Задание 4. Соотнесите американский и британский вариант использования слов.
Раздел. Грамматика.
Put the correct word.
1. ______ not any glass in the windows, that is why ____ so cold in the room.
A. It is, there is B. It was, there is C. There are, it is D. There is, it is
2. She was tired and asked me _____ make so much noise.
A. didn’t B. did not to C. not D. not to
3. I didn’t know if he needed any help. _______ ?
A. So did I B. Neither did I C. So didn’t I D. Neither didn’t I
4. ___ President of ___ United States lives in ____ White House in ___ Washington D.C.
A. -, the, the, - B. -, the, -, the C. -, -, the, the D. The, the, the, -
5. I have my English class ___ Monday morning.
A. in B. at C. for D. on
6. I was late. The teacher ___ a test when I ___ to class.
A. has already given, got B. had already given, got C. has already given, get D. was already giving, get
7. Mary has never been to London, ____ she?
A. has B. did C. hasn’t D. didn’t
8. According ___ the list he was the 10th.
A. to B. at C. on D. for
9. He grew up in New England, ____?
A. don’t you B. didn’t he C. doesn’t he D. did he
10. Lorena is ____ girl I have ever met.
A. the most beautiful B. a more beautiful C. the beautifulest D. most beautiful
11. I haven’t got ______ money with me.
A. no B. some C. any D. a
A. never met B. did not meet C. had never met D. did not never meet
12. Have you ever been _____ Paris.
A. in B. to C. at D. through
13. Who ____ Phil with his homework?
A. does help B. helps C. do help D. help
14. She _____ to Moscow, if she _____ her homework.
A. go, will do B. goes, does C. will go, does D. will go, do
Ответы к заданиям.
Раздел. Лексика.
Задание 1.
1-с, 2-d, 3-a, 4- b, 5-е
Задание 2.
1-f, 2-g , 3-e , 4-a , 5-c , 6-d , 7-b
Задание 3.
1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d
Задание 4.
1-d, 2-f, 3-e, 4-g, 5-h, 6-a, 7-b, 8-с
Раздел. Грамматика:
1-b, 2-d, 3-b, 4-d, 5-d, 6-b, 7-a, 8-a, 9-b, 10-a, 11-c, 12-b, 13-b, 14-c
