Find the Odd Word out and Write It in the Space Provided

Школьная олимпиада для учащихся 8-9 классов.

Task I

Find the odd word out and write it in the space provided.

1He was used to work hard when he was young.

2He must be is calling her now.

3They seem to have been enjoyed their holiday.

4She should have had let us know about her plans.

5Tom enjoys to taking part in car races.

6My parents are to pick me up when I will arrive at the station.

7She came to Greece for to spend her summer holidays.

8He made her to give him the car keys.

9They went for hunting last weekend.

10Will you let me to borrow the car on Friday?

11Learning a foreign language it is a long-term process.

12She would rather to see him.

13Sarah prefers eating out than to cooking her own meals.

14The audience were being amazed by the conjurer's tricks.

15You needn't to go see Grandma this afternoon.

16They had better to spend the night with us.

17He is more happier here than at home.

18I could hardly not see anything in the dark.

19She is the most cleverest student of all.

20Your car is twice as more expensive as ours.

Task II Using the word given complete the sentences so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

1Uncle Bert gave Jane a dog for her birthday.

givenJane ...... for her birthday.

2I'm sure the decision was difficult to accept.

beenThe decision ...... difficult to accept.

3I would have gone to the concert, but I didn't have a ticket.

wishI ...... a ticket for the concert; then I would have gone.

4That man's daughter has an original Picasso painting.

manThat...... has an original Picasso painting.

5I don't think he caught measles from Sally.

caughtHe...... measles from Sally.

6They are building a new shopping centre just outside the town.

beingA new shopping centre ...... just outside the town.

7We called the train station. Otherwise we wouldn't have known the time of your train.

notIf ...... the train station, we wouldn't have known the time of your train.

8He is a talented footballer and an excellent basketball player as well.

onlyNot...... footballer, but he's also an excellent basketball player.

9No one in the club can beat him at tennis.

playerHe is...... in the club.

10She would have come to the party but she had to work.

notIf...... work, she would have come to the party.

11The class was so noisy that nobody at the back of the room could hear him.

makeThe class was so noisy that he...... at the back of the room.

12The decorators were painting the office while we were working.

painted The office ...... while we were working.

13"Yes, I drank all the Cola," she said.

drinking She ...... all the Cola.

14I don't want to go to the gym today.

ratherI...... the gym today.

15It was only after she'd bought the milk, that she realised she already had some at home.

realiseOnly after she'd bought the milk...... she already had some at home.

Task III Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.

1It is...... when going on a long trip, to plan well in advance.NECESSITY

2She became a...... singer after many years of hard work.SUCCESS

3I was under the...... that I needed qualifications for this job.IMPRESS

4Reading a newspaper is an...... way of keeping informed.EFFECT

5That shop has a...... of sweets to choose from.VARIOUS

6You must take out...... before you can drive a car.INSURE

7It's important to get a good...... in order to find a job.EDUCATE

8The police are always happy to give you...... ASSIST

9This boutique has a wide...... of clothes.SELECT

10They were repairing the road, much to the...... of the nearby residents.ANNOY

11Honesty is a very...... asset.VALUE

12If you don't have your boarding pass, you'll be...... to board the plane.ABLE

Task IV Read the text and fill in the gaps with parts of the sentences from A to G (one part of the sentences is useless).

Elephants sense 'danger' clothes

St AndrewsUniversity researchers discovered that elephants could recognize the degree of danger posed by various groups of individuals.

The study found that African elephants always reacted with fear

1______previously worn by men of the Maasai tribe. They

are known to demonstrate their courage by 2______.

The elephants also responded aggressively to red clothing, which defines traditional Maasai dress.

However, the elephants showed a much milder reaction to clothing previously

worn by the Kamba people, 3______and pose little threat.

The researchers first presented elephants with clean, red clothing and with red

clothing that had been worn for five days by 4______.

They revealed that Maasai-smelt clothing motivated elephants to travel significantly faster in the first minute after they moved away.

They then investigated whether elephants could also use the colour of clothing as a cue to classify a potential threat and found the elephants reacted with aggression

5______. This suggested that they associated the colour red

with the Maasai.

The researchers believe the distinction in the elephants' emotional reaction to

smell and colour might be explained by 6______. They

might be able to distinguish among different human groups according to the level of risk they posed.

"We regard this experiment as just a start to investigating precisely how elephants 'see the world', and it may be that their abilities will turn out to equal or exceed those of our closer relatives, the monkeys and apes," researchers added.

1. either a Maasai or a Kamba man
2. who do not hunt elephants
3. when they detected the smell of clothes
4. who carried out the research
5. the amount of risk they sense
6. spearing elephants
7. when they spotted red but not white cloth

Keys 8-9класс

Максимальное количество баллов по 5-му заданию – 10

10баллов = 5 (отлично)

7 баллов = 4 (хорошо)

5 баллов = 3 (удовлетворительно)

4 и менее = 2 (неудовлетворительно)

При проверке применять критерии оценки школьного сочинения.

Максимальное количество баллов = 63

Рекомендуемое время выполнения – 60 минут

Финальный бланк ответов 8-9 класс