Ответы и задания по Олимпиаде ВСОШ Английский язык Школьный этап 9-11 классы 25 октября 2023 год

Task 1.

For items 1–10 listen to a radio interview with Julia Emerson, a young writer and
decide whether the statements 1, 4, 8 are TRUE (A), or FALSE (B), for questions 2-
3, 5-7, 9-10, choose the best answer A, B or C – according to the text you hear.

1. Julia has won a competition to get her screenplay accepted by a Hollywood studio.

A) True B) False

2. According to Julia, nowadays Hollywood producers

A. usually think of ideas for films themselves.
B. write screenplays and contact starts.
C. contact agents to find writers for them.

3. Julia says that she

A. has written a number of successful screenplays for studios.
B. was lucky enough to have her first screenplay accepted.
C. was not discouraged by the lack of response from studios.

4. This screenplay accepted wasn’t the first she had already written.

A) True B) False

5. Julia began writing in her spare time when she

A. published some articles in a magazine.
B. had an idea for a TV series.
C. came first in a short-story competition.

6. Julia says that

A. she would like to write a version of a classic film.
B. there is a danger she might imitate other films.
C. creative people should think a lot about films.

7. Julia’s screenplay is about two sisters who

A. set out to try living in the jungle.
B. find themselves in a difficult situation.
C. end up hating each other.

8. The story was based on her own experience.

A) True B) False

9. The theme of the story is

A. how our emotions about our family can change.
B. Julia’s relationship with her brothers and sisters.
C. about the importance of having a family.

10. It appears that the film based on Julia’s screenplay

A. must be made within the next few months.
B. will be made when the studio has paid Julia.
C. might never be made.

READING

Time: 20 minutes
(20 points)
Read an article and answer questions 11–20 by choosing the best option. Read the
text and do tasks 1, 2 below.

Elvis Presley

Since Presley family moved often, Elvis had only two things that were consistent in
his childhood: his parents and music. Having problems at school, Elvis continued to
surround himself with music. He listened to the radio and bought records, 11) __B_____.
To listen to a wider variety of music, Elvis crossed the colour line (segregation was
still strongly in force in the South) and listened to African – American artists, 12) ___A____.
By the time Elvis graduated from high school, he could sing in various styles, from
pop music to gospel. More importantly, Elvis also had a style of singing and moving that
was all his own. Elvis had taken all that he had seen and heard and combined it into a
unique new sound.
After high school working a day job, playing at small clubs at night, and wondering
13) ____D____, Elvis received a call from Sun Records in 1954. They wanted Elvis to sing
a particular new song. After a month, Elvis recorded «That’s All Right (Mama) ». The song
was so well liked that it was played fourteen times in a row. Elvis was so successful 14)
___E____. It was then that Elvis stopped his day job.
High school and college students went wild for Elvis and his music. They screamed.
They cheered, tearing at his clothes. For his part, Elvis put his soul into every performance.
Plus, he moved his body – a lot. This was so very different than any other white performer.
Adults thought he was vulgar; 15) ___C___.

Task 2. Fill in the gaps with missing parts, 2 of them are extra.

A. such as B.B. King, and watched black musicians play.
B. he often played with other ambitious musicians who lived in the neighbourhood.
C. teenagers loved him.
D. if he would ever become a full-time musician.
E. that Hayride show hired him to perform every Saturday for a year.
F. if he could ever find a more highly-paid job.
G. who were not popular at that time.

Task 3. Choose the correct answer.

16. Elvis listened to black musicians

A. To know more about music
B. To learn more about different kinds of music
C. To cross the colour line
D. To weaken segregation in the South

17. A song «That’s All Right (Mama)” was a success

A. as it was sung by Elvis.
B. so it was played again and again.
C. and everybody sang it.
D. as it was composed by a well-known writer

18. Elvis ended his permanent work because he

A. became successful.
B. worked fourteen times a year.
C. got regular shows at Hayride.
D. didn’t need to earn any more.

19. The youth became crazy for Elvis’s music and he

A. did his best at every show.
B. sang lovely songs.
C. cheered them violently.
D. screamed.

20. People of different ages

A. feel adoration to Elvis.
B. related to Elvis differently.
C. supported Elvis’s songs.
D. found him indecent.

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 60 minutes
(40 points)

Task 4.

For items 1–10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of
each line to form a new word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an
example at the beginning (0).

Example:
0 CONSIDERED

The History of the Doughnut

Although doughnuts are sold in many countries across the
globe, more often than not, they are (0) ___CONSIDERED____

to be a (21) ___TYPICAL____ American food.
In fact, many people make the mistaken assumption that
doughnuts (22) ___ORIGINATED ____ came from America,

In regard to the fact that they are cooked and eaten in over
21 (23) ___DIFFERENT ____ countries round the world.
Doughnuts have a disputed history. According to one
theory, they are a Dutch (24) ___INVENTION____ – Oliebollen or oil
cakes because they were deep-fried in oil.
Popular in Holland in the 16th century, they were brought to
America by Dutch (25) ___MIGRANTS____
In the (26) ___TRADITIONAL____ Dutch recipe, doughnuts were dipped in
sugar.
However, over time, several (27) ___VARIETIES____ have emerged.
Today, doughnuts are served with toppings such as icing
and chocolate, and often have a hole in the middle.
The hole appeared in 1847, when sea captain Hanson
Gregory made the (28) ___DISCOVERY____
that his mother’s doughnuts not only tasted far (29) ___GOODER____
with a hole in the middle,
but that this new shape would (30) ___ENSURE____ the doughnut
was cooked right through and not still raw in the centre.

Task 5.

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best
fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example:
0             A               B               C              D
complete       finish         fulfil       succeed
0             C

Coming second: pleasure or pain?

Every ambitious athlete hopes to (0) ___C____ their dream of winning a gold
medal at the Olympics. However, not everyone can win, and often talented athletes
must accept second place. A team of psychologists recently (31) __conducted__B__ some
research on the emotional responses of those finishing second. For certain
individuals, a silver medal may (32) ___exceed__A__ their expectations and so naturally
they will be delighted. They may also enjoy surprising experts and journalists who
believed they had absolutely no (33) ___outlook__A__ of achieving anything.
In (34) ___contrast__B__, the athlete who everyone assumed would win with ease, but
then suffers a (35) ___slight__D__ defeat, may not celebrate their silver medal. This
reaction differs sharply from the athlete who comes second but finished a long way
behind the winner. There is a (36) ___tendency __D__ in the research that shows such a person
will feel significantly happier.
To a certain (37) ___extent__A__, these findings are not surprising. Silver medallists
who were close to victory will almost certainly (38) ___reflect__D__ on what might have
happened if they had trained harder, or done things differently.

A                         B                       C                 D
31.         controlled           conducted         directed         guided
32.           exceed              overtake             pass          overcome
33.           outlook                view               estimate       prospect
34.        opposition            contrast          distinction     contradiction
35.             thin                    tight               narrow             slight
36.            habit                   trend              custom         tendency
37.           extent                amount             range              level
38.           review                wonder           consider          reflect

Task 6.

For questions 1–18, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the
lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct
put a tick. Use the letter «V» as a tick.
If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in a given space. There
are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).
0     ✓
00   the

What will our homes be like in 2030?

0          There are some things that we cannot predict about the world in 2030,          ✓
00         but the others seem certain. the
39         For example, we are definitely going to have many more homes
in larger cities

40        as if the world’s population continues to grow. But what will
these homes be like?

41         Firstly, ‘The Internet of Things’ will be an established part of

42         everyone’s lives by now then.

43          All electronic devices in your home will be connected,

44          and they will be communicating with each other constantly.

45          By 2030, you will also be equipped your house

46          with smart technology, so you’ll have a movement,

47          temperature and humidity sensors well throughout the house.

48          These will be measuring the environment in your house

49          constantly. In fact, they will even be able to tell to you

50           if you’ve left a door open behind, or a tap on!

Task 7.

Find the odd one out.
Which of the following …

51. is not a feeling?

anxiety / survival / enthusiasm / curiosity / nostalgia

52. does not describe a place?

dreary / remote / disorientated / picturesque / cosmopolitan

53. does not work for a living?

civil servant / probation officer / estate agent / teammate / family practitioner

54. are not people?

colleagues / yuppies / tenants / dwellings / mates

55. is not associated with money?

wage / budget / county / price / rent rise

Task 8.

Guess the word, using the prompt in brackets. Use this word to guess the names of
Russian poets and writers. Write the word and the name of the author.
The first one is done for you.

0          _____ (use physical pressure or force) the door, please, it’s stuck a little.
_____-kin
0          Push
Pushkin

Unscramble it!

56. Talent like hers is rare __in__ (forming a part of
something) someone so young.
Esen-_in_

57. Leave daddy’s camera alone — it isn’t a __toy___
(an object for children to play with)!
Tols-_toy__

58._do __ (used to give extra force to the main verb) give me
a ring if ever you’re in Cambridge.
Houseboats can be inexpensive, but
on prices for bigger boats the __sky__ (the area above
the earth) is the limit.
__do_-stoev-__sky__

59. The illness is believed to be caused by
a defective __gene ___ (a part of the DNA in a cell).
Tur-_gene__-v

60. Can we move __onto__ (used about changing to a
different subject) the next item on the agenda? Lerm-_onto__-v