Задания второго этапа областной олимпиады учащихся 4-9 классов

по английскому языку
2015/2016 учебный год
9 класс

Максимальное количество - 80 баллов

Part А. Read the text and choose the best answer (8 points):
Aunt Helen’s House
haunted- с привидениями porch - веранда
disturb - беспокоить blame - обвинять
I'm going to tell you about my Aunt Helen's house. It's not her main house, that's in the city. No, this
house is by the lake. There was a small town by the lake called Miller's Ford, but all the people moved away
when the fishing and mining stopped about sixty years ago. But the houses stayed, of course. My Aunt
Helen uses that house as a vacation home and she goes there for a few weeks every year to relax.
But staying in that house isn't a relaxing experience. I think the house is haunted! I think there's a
ghost there from many many years ago. Helen says I'm silly and that I've got an over-active imagination. But
there are many things that happen in that house that cannot be easily explained.
One day, shortly after getting up, I went to find my Aunt Helen to say "good morning" and I heard
her talking in a room that she usually never uses. I think it used to be the nursery of the house when Miller's
Ford was a busy town in the 19th century. I listened at the door and could hear Helen reading something out,
or perhaps she was dictating a letter. I couldn't hear any other person in the room with her so it wasn't a
normal conversation. I didn't want to disturb my aunt, so I went back downstairs and went to make breakfast
in the kitchen, which I ate on the porch that overlooked the lake. It was a beautiful sunny morning. Half an
hour later, I heard my aunt's car arriving. She had been to the local store to buy some bread and milk. I
couldn't believe it!
"What are you looking so shocked for?" she asked me.
"I thought you were in the old nursery, working on your letters, Auntie," I replied.
"I never go in that room," she said. "I haven't been in that room for fifteen years."
A few other things like that happened over the next few visits I made to that house and I grew to
dislike it very much. Then, one day in my local library, I found a story in an old newspaper with the title
"The Constant Babysitter". The story was that a baby had died in one of the houses by the lake at Miller's
Ford and the babysitter was blamed, a woman of 37 who was a family friend and had offered to look after
the baby. But she spent all her time in the kitchen writing her letters and didn't know that someone had
climbed in the baby's window and taken her. The baby was never found. The woman killed herself through
depression after the baby's disappearance and local people then said her ghost stayed very close to where the
baby was left by the parents - in the nursery.
I never went back to that house, despite my Aunt Helen's many invitations.

1. The narrator describes the house where her aunt lives all year.
a) false b) true
2. Why did the people leave Miller's Ford?
a) the lake flooded b) the haunted house c) the economy
3. Aunt Helen also believes there's something "strange" in the house.
a) True b) false
Английский язык. 9 класс. Стр. 1 из 3.
4. Why was the narrator looking for Aunt Helen?
a) to tell her about the nursery b) to have breakfast c) to greet he
5. Why did the narrator think it wasn't a "normal conversation"?
a) she heard only one person b) the people were shouting c) the voices were strange
6. What did Aunt Helen say about the nursery?
a) she didn't like to use it b) that she never used it c) the room was locked
7. Who took the baby in the story?
a) a friend of the babysitter b) the babysitter c) nobody knows
8. Why does the ghost probably stay in the nursery?
a) it feels guilty about what happened b) because of the lake view c) she jumped from that window

Part В. Lexical-Grammar Test.

II. Choose the right preposition (8 points):

1. I hope to see my parents ______ the weekend.
a) over b) at c) in d) to
2. We waited and waited; _____ the end we decided to go back.
a) at b) on c) in d) for
3. They talked over the telephone _____ half an hour.
a) for b) at c) in d) by
4. Don’t ask me to play – I’m not good _______ computer games.
a) with b) at c) in d) about
5. Did he fall _____ stairs?
a) from b) off c) down d) of
6. Steve lives next door ________ number 45.
a) in b) on c) at d) by
7. I saw a taxi ______the end of the street.
a) in b) at c) on d) from
8. Sign your name ______ the bottom of the page.
a) at b) on c) in d) from
III. Insert «a», «the», «-» where necessary (17 points):
1. We are spending ______ summer somewhere by ______ sea.
2. That was ______ lovely breakfast.
3. We enjoyed ______ winter holidays in ______ Alps greatly.
4. That’s _____ third time she has phoned.
5. ______ next week they are having ______ test in ______chemistry.
6. _______ Bahamas is ______ nice place to have ______ rest.
7. What ______ charming smile ______ girl’s got!
8. _______ Daily Telegraph is very popular with the public.
9. _______ Browns live in _______ Liverpool.
IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense and voice form (18 points):
Dear Mum and Dad,
Just a quick note as I (1. be) __________________ in a hurry. Guess what – I just (2. interview)
__________________ by a journalist who (3. ask) __________________ me a lot of questions about how I
(4. get) __________________on here in America. There (5. go) __________________ to be an article about
me in the local paper. Fame at last! I (6. send) __________________ you a copy as soon as it (7. come)
__________________ out. Anyway, the journalist (8. wonder) __________________ if I (9. enjoy)
__________________ my stay and how long I (10. be) __________________ in the States. He also
(11. ask) __________________ me a rather embarrassing question: “You (12. like) __________________
American food?” You know I can’t stand it! He also (13. want) __________________ to know why I
(14. come) __________________ to the States and what I (15. remember) __________________ most and
best about the country when I (16. come) _________________ back home. I (17. find) _________________
those questions difficult to answer as I only (18. be) __________________ here two weeks. Don’t forget to
show the article to everyone!
Love, Andrew.
Английский язык. 9 класс. Стр. 2 из 3.

V. Choose the right option (8 points):

1. _____ you leave, _____ you will arrive home.
 a) The sooner, the earlier b) As soon, as early c) The soon. The early
2. Soon the weather began to turn _________.
a) badly b) bad c) badder
3. About half an hour _________ I suddenly recognized my surrounding.
a) lately b) later c) late
4. Could you lend ________ your watch?
a) my b) me c) mine
5. When I looked in the mirror, I didn’t recognize __________.
a) myself b) me c) my
6. I can’t find my keys ___________.
a) anywhere b) nowhere c) somewhere
7. “Do you know Dan?” – Yes, __________ knows him.
a) everybody b) anybody c) nobody
8. I can lend you ________ money.
a) a few b) a little c) no
VI. Change the words in capitals to form a new word (12 points):
Before the (1. INVENT) __________________ of instruments to measure weather conditions people
relied on their own (2. OBSERVE) __________________ of the wind and sky as well as the (3. BEHAVE)
__________________ of birds and animals in connection with different types of weather. Many rhymes that
have an (4. ASSOCIATE) __________________ with weather have become popular over the centuries. In
the short term, a (5. SAY) __________________ like ‘red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning’, often
proves to be (6. SURPRISE) _______________ accurate. However, it is very (7. LIKE) ________________
that next summer can be predicted from this winter. Such predictions can’t be (8. USE)
__________________ in precise weather forecasting. The (9. PROVE) __________________ of this can be
found in past records.
Nowadays, all aspects of weather such as hours of (10. SUN) __________________ and rainfall are
observed on a (11. DAY) __________________ basis by meteorological stations with special (12. EQUIP)
__________________.
VII. One word in each following sentences in out of place. Replace it by the correct one (9 points):
1. It was lovely to hear form you on Tuesday. _________________________________________________
2. I saw him behind the match. ______________________________________________________________
3. This queue is the most long I’ve ever seen.__________________________________________________
4. She was so tired she could hard speak.______________________________________________________
5. Despite the different in their ages they were close friends. ______________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6. I did a lot of interesting things through my holidays. __________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
7. Science is changed such rapidly.___________________________________________________________
8. I could smell Chinese vegetables cooker. ___________________________________________________
9. I’m looking forward to see you at my birthday party. __________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________

Английский язык. 9 класс. Стр. 3 из 3.