Подготовка к олимпиаде 8 класс

 2022/2023 учебный год   8 класс

  

Lexical-Grammar Test 1

 

I. Choose the right variant (6 points)

1)      -Come with me. I’m going to see a new film tomorrow.

a)                  -Are you?

b)                 -Do you?

c)                  -Will you?

2)      -Could you pass me a glass?

a)                  -You are welcome.

b)                 -Here you are.

c)                  -I’d like to.

3)       -It’s 11.30, isn’t it?

a)                  -Yes, it’s thirty after eleven.

b)                 -Yes, it’s thirty to twelve.

c)                  -Yes, it’s half past eleven.

4)      -Is this your hat there?

a)      -Is this your hat there?

b)      -Is that yours hat there?

c)      -Is that your hat there?

5)      -I’m terribly sorry I’ve said that.

a)                  -Oh, that’s OK.

b)                 -It’s my pleasure.

c)                  -Not at all.

6)      -Is it far from here?

a)                  -As far as I know.

b)                 -It depends.

c)                  -Don’t mention it.

 

       II. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate pronouns (7 points) 

1.   Have you had enough to eat? - Yes, thank you. I can't eat_____ more.

2.   Did the children behave _____while I was away?

3. _____people learn languages easily; others find it very difficult.

4. So _____ questions need to be considered before a decision can be made.

5. Many questions were asked, but _____ were answered.

6. Both buses are headed in that direction, you can get on _____of them.

7. Cars may be parked on _____side, it’s against the law.

 

III. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets (12 points)

I'm sorry I (1)____________________________ (not  write) for so long, but we (2)___________________________ (be) very busy recently with the new house and we (3)____________________ (not  have) any time at all to ourselves. Luckily, the worst part is over now. We (4)___________________________ (have) to stay in a hotel until we could move in, and we (5)____________________________(be) there for three months. Still it (6)___________________________ (give) us a chance to do lots of major repairs.

We (7)______________________ (live) in the house since last Monday, and I (8) _____________________________(be) very busy redecorating. We (9)___________________________ (do) all the rooms downstairs, and they are very nice. Last week I (10)__________________________ (make) the curtains, so now everything looks lovely. Upstairs, it's a different story. I (11)__________________________(paint) the bedroom this week, but I (12)_______________________________ (not / finish) yet. Anyway, with a bit of luck, we should be finished by the weekend.

 

IV Fill in articles where necessary (a/an, the, -) (14 points)

In 1)_days before 2) ___invention of 3) ___ radio or television, 4)___majority of people made their own entertainment at home. Many 5) ___ evenings were spent reading 6) __ novel, playing the piano or painting 7) ___ picture. In many ways, people were almost forced to find 8) ___ creative outlet in one form or another. Things have changed a lot since then, however. Now, 9) ___typical evening’s entertainment would be so spend 10) __ few hours in front of 11) ___television . This is not really 12) __ very productive use of one’s time or energy and has maybe contributed to13) ___ breakdown of communication within 14) ___family.

 

V Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given (5 points)

1. I haven’t ridden a bicycle for years.

rode It’s years ____________________________a bicycle.

2. The last time I went to Paris was two years ago.

been I _________________________________for two years.

3.I have never heard such a silly story.

silliest It’s ________________________________ever heard.

4. I haven’t finished my homework yet.

still I ________________________________________ homework.

5. He wasn’t tall enough to be a policeman.

short He was _____________________ a policeman.

 

VI Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line ( 5 points)

1.Some people find holidays ___________________________(bore) and _______________(interest).

2. Allan is not only disturbing the whole school but he is setting back his own academic _______________________. (achieve)

3. Agatha Christie was found nine days after her ________________.(appear)

4. ___________, (fortune) nobody was injured in the accident.

5. Although it was __________________(polite), he couldn’t help laughing.

 

 Read the texts and do the following tasks (10 points)

In class I was very slow, untidy and silent. I trembled with worry nearly all the time. Sums were a mystery to me: I just couldn't add or multiply. The squared paper on which we did sums still makes me unhappy whenever I use it. Reading lessons were a little better, because I didn't mind books. When I first started school, I was able to read fairly well, but there were occasional words that puzzled me and held me up. After a few weeks of patient struggling, confidence seemed to burst inside my head: I heard myself reading big words aloud, without much hesitation, and soon I found I could read fluently. The last word to puzzle me was "laugh". I remember poring over this odd word in my reader. The sentence ran: "And so the princess began to laugh and laugh and laugh."What could it be that the princess had begun to do? I was reading aloud, the class listening hard to catch my words, for I had a very soft voice. I came to the first "laugh", got my tongue round the "f", voiced the "a" and - it was like a miracle! - the "f' sound followed as if instinctively. "Laugh!" I said, very slowly. As the other two "laughs" came with increasing confidence I really felt like laughing myself, for the first time since I had started school.

 

 I.Mark the statements below as "true" or "false".

1. In class the boy was lively and confident.___________________

2. Sums were very difficult to him.________________________

3. They did sums on special paper._________________________

4. Reading lessons were less difficult.__________________________

5. He learned to read after a few months at school.____________________

6. It was not easy for the class to understand what the boy was reading about._____

7. The boy laughed when he had read the word finally._____________________

II. Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences.

1. Sums were a mystery to me.

a) Примеры казались мне таинственными.

b) Задачи были для меня загадкой.

c) Суммы были неизвестны мне.

2.I didn't mind books.

a) Я не любил книг.

b) Я любил книги.

c) Я не обращал внимания на книги.

3. …for I had a very soft voice.

a) из-за того, что у меня был очень мягкий голос.

b) чтобы у меня был очень ясный голос

c) так как у меня был очень тихий голос