Завдання для I етапу олімпіади з англійської мови для 9 класу
I тур
9 клас
Аудіювання
Adrenalin
I’ve just done my first jump since the accident that nearly killed me just over a year ago. As I was lying in hospital after the accident, I wasn’t feeling glad to be alive. Instead, I was wondering how I could possibly live without skydiving again.
It all started one evening after another typical nine-to-five day. I was sitting at home thinking, “There has to be more to life than this,” when an advertisement came on the television. “Try skydiving,” it said. The next day, I called my local skydiving centre and booked my first jump. At the end of a day’s training, I signed a document to say that I understood I was taking part in an activity that could end in serious injury. At that moment I wondered if I was completely mad.
I will never forget my first jump. Five of us walked to the runway and got into a small plane. I was beginning to feel nervous, but the others were chatting and joking, and I started to feel more relaxed. It was a beautiful, cloudless day and the sun was just going down. We climbed to 11,000 feet, and then the trainer opened the plane door. Suddenly, it was time to jump, and I pushed myself away from the plane.
Words can’t describe the rush of adrenalin I experienced while I was free- falling. When I pulled the cord, and the parachute opened immediately. Suddenly, everything was silent and peaceful. Twice I shouted, ‘This is absolutely unbelievable!’ It was the most amazing four minutes of my life.
From the first jump, I understood I couldn’t live without it. I started spending every free moment I had skydiving. It became my reason for living, and nothing else mattered.
Things were going really well. Then disaster happened to me. Another skydiver collided with my parachute. I fell and hit the ground. I broke both legs, my right foot, left elbow, right arm, my nose and my jaw. I lost 19 teeth, but I was lucky to be alive.
People who have never experienced skydiving will find it hard to understand that my only motivation to get better was so that I could do it again. All I can say is that for me, skydiving is life, and life is skydiving.
I тур
9 клас
Аудіювання
Listen to a text read aloud twice and do the following tasks.
Task 1. Mark the statements T (true) or F (false)
1. The writer didn’t know that skydiving could end in injury. (false)
2. The writer had a day’s training at the local skydiving centre. (true)
3. The trainer pushed the writer away from the plane. (false)
4. From the first jump, the author wanted to do skydiving as much as possible. (true)
5. The author could do another jump a year after the accident. (true)
Task 2. Choose the correct answer a, b, or c
1. The author’s saw an advertisement about skydiving
a) in hospital
b) on the Internet
c) on TV
2. The writer signed a document to say that he understood how dangerous activity was
a) before his first jump
b) after his first jump
c) after the accident
3. Before his first jump the author was
a) joking
b) mad
c) nervous
4. What accident did the writer have?
a) another skydiver collided with his parachute
b) his parachute didn’t open
c) he collided with the plane
5. What was the writer thinking about in hospital?
a) he couldn’t live without skydiving
b) he would never be well again
c) he would never forget that accident
II Тур
9 клас
Читання
Read the text and do the following tasks.
Cold? Britain Is Actually Getting Hotter
Most Britons think a new Ice Age is upon us. However, the present cold is a sign that the British climate is generally getting milder.
Britain and Europe have experienced this cold weather before. In the 17th century, the Thames froze solid so often that it became a regular winter sports attraction. The weather then was so severe that it is sometimes called as a little Ice Age. Even in the early 19th century, Britain’s climate was still colder than it is today. We still have a picture of Charles Dickens’ Christmases – but, in fact, snow at Christmas has been rare in Southern England for 150 years.
Studies of temperature trends around the world show that it has been warming up since the middle of the 19th century. Most experts agree that it is a result of human activities. By burning coal and oil, we are putting harmful chemicals into the air. This acts like a blanket around the earth, keeping heat that would otherwise escape into space.
So why have we had such severe cold periods in Europe recently? According to the scientists of the University of East Anglia, it is all part of the same process. When the climate of the globe changes, it doesn’t do so in an equal way. Britain and Western Europe are just unlucky in being in the way of an important wind shift.
By comparing the weather in different seasons, during the 19th century and the coldest years of the 20th century, scientists have built up a picture of what is going on. Their new discovery is that although spring, summer and autumn are all warmer, severe cold periods in winter are most likely over whole of Central Europe. If their forecasts come true during the next 40 or 100 years we shall see a change in climate as dramatic as the one which ended the last Ice Age.
Task 1. Mark the statements T (true) or F (false)
1. Scientists believe that cold weather in winter in Central Europe is a sign of the new Ice Age. (true)
2. In the 17th century winters in Britain were colder than in the middle of the 19th century. (true)
3. Warming up is a result of heating harmful chemicals. (false)
4. The climate of the globe doesn’t change in the same way everywhere. (true)
5. In some years we will see the end of the Ice Age. (false)
Task 2. Choose the correct answers A, B, C or D
1. The author writes that by burning coal and oil we:
A. put a blanket around the earth
B. change the climate of the globe
C. end the Ice Age
D. use harmful elements from the air.
2. Why was the weather in the 17th century called as a little Ice Age?
A. it was so mild
B. it was so severe
C. it was so warm
D. it was so wet
3. Temperature has been warming up since
A. The 17th century
B. the early 19th century
C. the middle of the 19th century
D. the beginning of the 20th century
4. Snow at Christmas
A. was rather often in Southern England
B. was not often in Southern England
C. was 150 years ago in Southern England
D. was in the Ice Age in Southern England
5. Scientists have discovered that
A. spring, summer and autumn are getting colder
B. in 40 or 100 years we’ll have Ice Age
C. cold periods most likely will be in in winter
D. changes in climate will end the last Ice Age.
III Тур
9 клас
Творча письмова робота
1. Today, our world is confronted with many challenges: poverty, hunger, disease, environmental changes, and many others. In your opinion, what is the most serious problem that society faces today? What has caused this problem? Do you think that this problem can be solved? Explain.
2. A job should mean a job for life. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
3. Several pieces of literature and film have discussed the possibility of time travel in which people could go back to another period in history. If you had the ability to travel back in time to an event in Ukraine’s history, which would you choose and why? Would you attempt to change the course of events, and, if so, how would you change them?
IV Тур
9 клас
Усне мовлення
1. Many people dream of being famous musicians. If you could be a famous musician, what instrument would you play? What genre of music would you play? What kind of audience would you write your music for?
2. People often wish to be someone else. Have you ever wanted to be someone else, even for one day? Who and why? Do you think that other people ever want to be you? Explain? Does wishing to be someone else make your life better or worse? Explain.
3. Some would say it is important to have many friends, while others would argue that it is better to have a small group of friends. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a large group of friends? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a smaller group of friends? Do you feel it is more important to have many friends or few? Why?
4. Imagine that Ukraine has decided to colonize a new planet and you have been selected as one of five Ukrainians to go into space. If you could take only five things with you, what would you take? What would you miss most about Ukraine? What are the first three things you would do on the new planet?
5. Imagine you are in possession of a time machine that allows you to travel ONLY back in time. To what period of history would you travel? What would you do there? If your presence could change the course of events, what would you want to change and why?
6. School uniforms are becoming more popular in both Ukrainian and American schools, but students don’t always seem to like them. In your opinion, why are more and more schools requiring uniforms? What effects do uniforms have on students, teachers, and education? Why do people in certain professions have to wear uniforms? Is this a good or bad thing and why?
7. Many people play sports because they are fun and help us stay in shape. What do you think are the two best reasons to play sports? What can we learn from playing sports, either on a team or individually? What life lessons have you learned from playing sports?
8. Talk about a holiday that is celebrated in another country. What are the most important or interesting parts of this holiday? Is the holiday celebrated in Ukraine as well? How is it the same or different? If not, why. Is there a similar holiday in Ukraine?
9. Books have a positive influence on many peoples’ lives. What childhood books influenced you most? What do you think are the most important elements of a good story? If you could be any character from literature, who would you be and why?
10. Many school subjects are considered more important than others. What do you think they are, and how do students benefit from taking these classes? Are physical education and art considered to be important? Why or why not? What new subjects would you like to have introduced at your school?
11. Many young people have role models they admire. Who do you think is a good role model for young people in your country? Why? Would you consider yourself to be a role model? Explain. Do you consider your role model to be successful? Does success depend on individual effort or on luck? Why?
12.Imagine you are friends with a time traveller. Your friend has just arrived in 2010 from 100 years ago. What will be the biggest surprises for your new friend? How will you help guide your friend through modern life? Explain. What challenges will you and your friend face?
13.You have been chosen to create a new musical group. You will be in charge of creating the group’s image and sound. What kind of music will your group perform? Why? How will you select your performers, and where will you find them? What will you call your new group?
14.In the Harry Potter fantasy series, pupils at Hogwarts School are separated into four houses by a magical hat that can see into their minds. The bravest are sent to Gryffindor, the cleverest to Ravenclaw, the hardworking and loyal to Hufflepuff, and the cunning and resourceful to Slytherin. Do you think any of the above characteristics are better or worse than the others? Is one house ‘the best’? If you were to try on the hat, in which house do you think you would fit? Why? If everyone in your school was sorted like this, how would that change the divisions of class groups?
15.Many people think that parents are the most important role models. Are your parents your role models? If not, who are your role models? What qualities do you feel are important in a good role model? What responsibilities do role models have?