Тренинг по решению олимпиадных заданий
Test
(80 points)
I. There are TEN extra appearances of the in the following text. Underline them.
The word processor and the calculator are without a shadow of doubt here to stay, and in the many respects our lives are the much richer for them. But the teachers and other academics are claiming that we are now starting to feel the first significant wave of their effects on a generation of the users. It seems nobody under the age of 20 can spell or add up any more. Even several professors at leading universities have commented on the detrimental effect the digital revolution has had on the most intelligent young minds in the country. The problem, evidently, lies with the automatic spellcheck now widely available on the word processing software. Professor John Silver of the Sydney University, Australia, said: “Why should we bother to learn how to spell correctly, or for that matter to learn even the most basic of the mathematical sums, when at the press of a button we have our problem answered for us. The implications are enormous. Will the adults of the future look to the computer to make the decisions for them, to tell them who to marry or what the house to buy? Are we heading for a future individual incapable of the independent human thought?”
II. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form.
A friend in the rain
Last week I (1) ________ (walk) home after playing tennis when it (2) _______________ (start) raining very heavily. “Oh, no, I (3) ______________ (get) soaked before I (4) _____________ (reach) home”, I thought. “I wish I (5) _________________ (remember) to bring my raincoat”. But unfortunately I (6) ______________ (leave) it at home. How stupid of me! I (7) _________
________ (always forget) to bring it with me. Luckily just then a friend of mine passed in her car and offered me a lift. “(8) _________________ (you go) home?” she asked, “or (9) __________
(you want) to go for a drink?” “I think I’d rather you (10) ____________ (take) me home, “ I said. “if I (11) ______________ (not change) my clothes, I know I (12) _____________ (fall) ill, and then I (13) _____________________ (not be able) to play in the tennis tournament next week. And I (14) ______________________ (practice)hard for the last month” “ I (15) _______
________ (wait) for you to change if you (16) __________ (like),” she told me. “I think it’s time you (17) ______________ (relax) for a change. You (18) __________________ (worry) too much about thingslately. And people who (19) _________________ (worry) too much (20) __ ____________ (fall) ill more easily. It’s got nothing to do with the rain!”
III. Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals.
This year, (1) ____________________ in the factory has suffered because of PRODUCT
a lack of expert technical knowledge. As a result we have made very substantial (2) _________________ in sending employees on training courses. The fact INVEST
remains that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get skilled labourers with the
right (3) ________________ experience, and above all, QUALIFY
(4) _________________. The company has also suffered this year from EXPERT
the industrial (5) _______________ in November, which saw 340 union members ACT
out in a pay dispute. Union (6) _____________________ eventually sat down REPRESENT
down with management and negotiated a 4 per cent rise, but not until 5 working
days had been lost to the strike. As a result of such problems we recognize the
need to (7) ________________ in certain areas, and, on the advice of our ECONOMY
external (8) ________________ , Prior and Young, we have identified the need CONSULT
for at least 3 departments to be (9) _______________ . It is thought that this will STREAM
mean the loss of between 6 and 10 jobs, though the exact figures and nature of
redundancies will be (10) _______________ in the next report. CLEAR
IV. Read the following sentences and decide which phrasal verb (A-J) best fits each space.
A.call onD. keep up with G. cut off J. take down
B.call for E. get ahead H. cut down
C call off F. get down I. try out
- I’ll send someone to ___ the parcel on Thursday.
- You’ll have to work hard to ___ the rest of the class.
- I’m afraid we’ll have to ___ the meeting ___. Alice and John can’t come.
- He is working hard because he really wants to ___ in his career.
- The other car didn’t stop after the accident but luckily I was able to ___ its number.
- The company had to ___ the electricity because the bill was unpaid.
- Stop worrying about it. Don’t let this failure ___ you ___ .
- Let’s ___ the new food processor.
- He’s smoking too much. He really needs to ___ .
- We have some new neighbours. I think I’ll ___ them later this afternoon.
V. For questions 1-5 complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the firstsentence, using the word given.
1. I haven’t been to the cinema for two months.
time
The ______________________________the cinema was two months ago.
2. The weather is fine, but my flowers haven’t come out.
of
My flowers haven’t come out _____________________ weather.
3. Many people think Steve stole the money.
believed
Steve _________________________________________the money.
4. I suppose that this is Trafalgar Square.
be
This ________________________________ Trafalgar Square.
5.we paid some people to landscape the garden for us last year.
had
We _______________________________ last year.
VI. Rewrite each of the following sentences TWICE, using the words given in turn, in such a way that they are similar in meaning to the first.
The questions were very difficult and I got very depressed.
1)so 2) such
I turned on the TV and the doorbell rang a moment later.
3)no sooner 4)hardly
I took the country roads because I didn’t want to get stuck in traffic.
5)so as 6) fear
VII. Rearrange the words in each line to make one sentence.
- soon she leave want amazing that should so is to
- escaped police mystify continues how the to he
- believed find that incredible I him you
VIII. Fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
TEXT 1. I hope you can give me (1) ___ practical advice about where to go and what to see in my short stay. Are (2) ___ any local specialities I should try when I’m eating (3) ___ ? And what will the weather be (4) ___ ? Let me (5) __ if I need to pack sunglasses or an extra sweater.
TEXT 2. Whenever I travel the (6) ___ problem is that I’m always worried that I’m going to (7) ___ the plane, and I imagine the plane taking (8) ___ without me, so I always (9) ___ at the airport very early. Last winter I had to fly to Paris to visit an old friend of (10) ___. We made friends at school and had always got on very well.
IX. You are going to read an article in which four teenagers speak about their attitude to social media. For questions 1-6 , choose from interviews A-D.
A. Gabby
I have a strange relationship with social media. I can go for months without using it and then I’ll spend a week or so posting stuff on my wall every half an hour. Then someone will write something horrible on it and I’ll stop using it again for a while. I think when I’m generally happy I don’t feel the need to use it but when I’m not quite so happy it makes me feel better if I do use it. It’s funny really, everyone on social media always seems so happy but I’m sure they aren’t. They’re probably just like me – pretending to be. I helped my mum set up an account the other day. It was funny to see how excited she got with this ‘new’ technology.
B. Andy
I used to be a massive fan of social media but these days I don’t use it nearly as much as I used to. To be honest, I think it’s something that appeals more to old people like my parents. They think it’s a brilliant way of getting back in touch with people they haven’t seen for years. It’s different to my situation. I see most of my friends every day so I don’t really need it to keep in touch. I do use it, however, for organising things. I play football on Sunday mornings so every Saturday evening I send out a message to see who wants to play and to check if we’ve got enough players. It’s really useful for that sort of thing but I don’t really feel the need to share my life online.
C. Carmen
I never really use social media. It’s not that I’m against it, it’s just that I don’t really have the time. I’m too busy with my day-to-day life, school work, piano lessons, dance classes. I just don’t really have the time to sit down and let people know what’s happening in my life. But I wasn’t always like this. When I first got my phone about three years ago I used to spend hours updating my Facebook page, but then I started to get some nasty comments on my wall. They were pretty upsetting and I found the best way to stop this happening was to not use social media. To be honest I don’t really miss it much.
D. Mike
I love social media. I use it all the time. I must write at least eight posts a day on my wall. I’ve got friends in quite a few different places and I think it’s the perfect way of keeping in touch with everyone and letting them know what’s going on in my life – it doesn’t have to just be the big things, I think it’s important to share the small things too, like a good book you’ve read, a photo of a delicious meal and so on. I know some people think it’s a bit silly to share so much of your life but I think if you’ve got good friends, they’re interested in hearing these things. It’s great to see their comments too. It makes you feel like you’re actually with them and you don’t miss them so much.
Which teenager
1. thinks it’s more popular with the older generation?
2. uses social media less than they did before?
3. gave up using social media because of a bad experience?
4. uses social media to let their friends know a lot of the things that are happening in their life?
5. thinks people hide their true emotions on social media?
6. uses social media to feel closer to friends they don’t see every day?
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