School Olympiad. 9 Form (35 points)
I. Listening (6 points)
Listen to the text At the Zoo and finish the following sentences
1. Mr Brown was at the zoo on…
a) Sunday; b) Saturday; c) Monday
2. The baskets at the zoo were for…
a) ice-cream; b) animals; c) rubbish
3. That day Mr Brown saw nobody near the cages and was…
a) tired; b) surprised; c) pleased
4. He saw a crowd round the rubbish basket near…
a) the lion’s cage; b) the tiger’s cage; c) the food shop
5. The children were looking at…
a) rubbish; b) lions; c)a mouse
6) The children were more interested in the little animal because…
a) it was not afraid; b) they could enjoy the life very closely; c)they haven’t seen it before
II.Reading (9 points)
Read the text and mark the statements below true or false (t/f)
Patridge’s Almanac
Many years ago there lived a man in London whose name was Patridge. A lot of people knew his name because he wrote almanacs where he predicted the weather for each day of the year.
Once he decided to visit one of his friends who lived in the country. He left London in the morning and in a few hours he stopped at a small hotel to have dinner and rest a little. He wanted to see his friend, so, he didn’t stay at the hotel for a long time. When he was ready to go, the receptionist said to him, “Don’t go out! It will rain” “No, I am sure it will not,” said Patridge and left the hotel.
But very soon it began to rain. “How did the receptionist know it?” he thought. “I must return and ask him. It will help me to write my almanac.”
The receptionist met him at the hotel. Patridge gave him some money and asked him, “How can you predict the weather so well?” “Oh, we have Patridge’s almanac, and when this Patridge says that the weather will be fine we always know that it will rain. Today it is July 20th, and the almanac says, “Fine weather, no rain.”
1. Mr Patridge was popular because of his almanac.
2. One day he decided to find new material for his almanac.
3. Mr Patridge’s friend lived at the hotel.
4. The receptionist recognized Mr Patridge.
5. Mr Patridge was going to stay at the hotel for a month.
6. When Mr Patridge left the hotel the rain stopped.
7.Mr Patridge decided to speak with the receptionist because he thought that this talk would help him.
8. Mr Patridge predicted the weather very well.
9. Mr Patridge went to see his friend on a summer morning.
III. Use of English (20 points)
Choose the correct word from the variants below.
Mr and Mrs Smith (1) thirty years ago, and they (2) in the same house ever since then. Mr Smith (3) to work at eight o’clock every morning and he (4) home at half past seven every evening from Monday to Friday. There (5) quite a lot of houses in their street, and most of their neighbours (6) very nice.
One day (7) old lady died in the house opposite Mr and Mrs Smith and after a few weeks a young man and woman (8) to live in it.
Mrs Smith was watching them for a few days (9) the window and then (10) to her husband, “Bill, (11) man in that house always kisses his wife when he (12) in the morning and he kisses (13) again when he (14) home in the evening. Why (15) you …it?” Mr Smith (16) know what to say because he was so (17). He (18) for a while an then (19), “ I (20) to their house yet, and I don’t know her very well.”
1. get married/ got married/ will get married
2. have lived/ lives/ has lived
3. go/ goes/ is going
4. gets/ get/ is getting
5. am/ is/ are
6. was/ are/ be
7. a/ an/ the
8. come/ comes/ came
9. to/ from/ into
10. say/ saying/ said
11.the/ a an
12.leaves/ leave/ left
13. she/ him/ her
14. invites/ comes/ goes
15. don’t…do/ hasn’t...done/ doesn’t…do
16. don’t / doesn’t / didn’t
17. happy/ married/ puzzled
18.thought/ think/ have thought
19. asked/ answered/ left
20.didn’t be/ wasn’t/ haven’t been
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