Практика показывает, что зачастую олимпиады - terra incognita как для учеников, так и для их родителей. Да и учителя далеко не всегда владеют полной информацией. Цель данной статьи - кратко рассказать, какие бывают олимпиады, как они проводятся и для чего нужны.

Главные различия между Всероссийской олимпиадой и перечневыми - схемы проведения и льготы.

Всероссийская олимпиада

• Проводится Министерством образования
• Состоит из четырех этапов (ШЭ, МЭ, РЭ и ЗЭ)
• Дает льготы при поступлении
• Подтверждать льготы не надо
• Диплом действителен 4 года

Перечневые олимпиады

• Проводятся вузами
• Состоят из двух этапов (отбор и финал)
• Дают льготы при поступлении
• Льготы надо подтверждать баллами ЕГЭ
• Дипломы действительны 4 года в теории и 1 год на практике

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников

Всеросс - самое престижное событие олимпиадного сезона. Про эту олимпиаду обычно знают больше, чем про остальные. Причина проста: первый этап ВОШ проводят во всех школах , поэтому не услышать о ней хоть что-нибудь практически невозможно. За школьным этапом следуют муниципальный, региональный и заключительный . В школьном этапе могут участвовать все желающие, а для участия в каждом последующем необходимо набирать установленный проходной балл.

Призеры и победители заключительного этапа Всероссийской олимпиады получают различные льготы при поступлении в вузы : БВИ (поступление без экзаменов), 100 баллов в зачет ЕГЭ, баллы за личные достижения. Эти льготы не требуют подтверждения результатами ЕГЭ.

Призерство и победа на Всероссе - очень сложная задача , зачастую с непредсказуемым финалом («два года ботал, и даже на ЗЭ не прошел»). Поэтому нельзя делать ставку только на одну эту олимпиаду. Обязательно подстраховывайтесь с помощью перечневых (особенно в 11 классе).

Перечневые (вузовские) олимпиады

Перечневые олимпиады, в отличие от Всероссийской, к школам никакого отношения не имеют. Их проводят вузы (поэтому перечневые олимпиады часто именуются вузовскими). Например, олимпиаду «Высшая проба» проводит ВШЭ, «Евразийскую» олимпиаду проводит МГЛУ, олимпиаду РАНХиГС проводит, как легко догадаться, РАНХиГС. Поскольку школы не занимаются вопросом вузовских олимпиад, отслеживать все связанные с ними события необходимо самостоятельно.

Во-первых, нужно знать, какие олимпиады являются перечневыми . Каждый год Российский совет олимпиад школьников (РСОШ) составляет список олимпиад, а Министерство образования утверждает его. Этот список и есть перечень. Если олимпиада находится в этом списке, значит она перечневая. Если отсутствует, значит она не перечневая, и никаких вступительных льгот по ней не предусмотрено. Олимпиады по английскому языку, вошедшие в перечень текущего года, собраны на соответствующей странице сайта Upwego.

Каждой перечневой олимпиаде присваивается определенный уровень: от I до III. В 2017/18 учебном году, например, было четыре олимпиады по английскому языку I уровня, 7 олимпиад II уровня и 2 олимпиады III уровня (одна из которых проводилась не по всей России). Знать уровень олимпиады необходимо для определения того, какая вам достанется льгота.

Набор льгот по перечневым олимпиадам такой же, как и у Всеросса: БВИ, 100 баллов в зачет ЕГЭ или несколько баллов личных достижений. Однако в отличие от льгот Всероссийской олимпиады, любые льготы по перечневым олимпиадам нуждаются в подтверждении результатами ЕГЭ : нужно сдать экзамен на 75 баллов и выше (количество баллов может отличаться в разных вузах, но обычно это именно 75).

Определившись, какие олимпиады входят в перечень, нужно идти на сайты этих олимпиад и изучать регламент их проведения. Общая схема одинакова для всех: сначала проходит отборочный тур (как правило, online), затем следует финал (очный) . Точные даты проведения публикуются на сайтах олимпиад.

Важный момент: для участия в любой перечневой олимпиаде необходима регистрация, которая у разных олимпиад открывается в разное время. За этим нужно следить, заглядывая на олимпиадные сайты начиная с октября. На некоторых олимпиадах (например, на «Высшей пробе») регистрация заканчивается раньше, чем начинается отборочный тур. Поэтому вопросом регистрации следует озаботиться заранее, не откладывая на последний момент. Для регистрации, как правило, требуются определенный набор документов: согласие родителей, справка из школы. Полный список требований указан на сайтах олимпиад. Обязательно изучите их, когда планируете участие.

Информация о том, когда и как проводится отборочный тур, также публикуется на сайтах олимпиад. Узнав дату и время проведения, необходимо самостоятельно зайти на сайт олимпиады и пройти отборочный тур в отведенные для этого сроки. Набрав на отборочном туре проходной балл, вы проходите в финал.

Финалы перечневых олимпиад проводятся очно. У большинства из них есть несколько площадок проведения - в разных городах. Искать подходящий город проведения олимпиады, а также ехать туда необходимо самостоятельно. Некоторые олимпиады предоставляют иногородним участникам общежития и оплачивают транспортные расходы.

Внимание! Перечневые олимпиады - это личная ответственность участника. Никто не будет напоминать, что надо зарегистрироваться, пройти отборочный тур, посмотреть свои баллы, съездить на заключительный тур. Если вы забыли, не уследили, не успели - сами виноваты.

Как понять, какие льготы полагаются за олимпиаду?

Решение о том, какие льготы давать олимпиадникам, принимают вузы. Поэтому, чтобы узнать, какие вам полагаются льготы, необходимо идти на сайт вуза, который вас интересует, и искать там документы под названием «Особые права, предоставляемые победителям и призерам Всероссийской олимпиады школьников» (если у вас диплом ВОШ) и «Особые права, предоставляемые победителям и призерам олимпиад школьников, включенных в Перечень олимпиад» (если у вас диплом перечневой олимпиады). В этих документах подробно расписано, какие дипломы олимпиад на каких факультетах принимают.

Обратите внимание, что разные факультеты одного и того же вуза устанавливают разные льготы . Например, в 2018 году факультет ВШЭ «Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация» принимал без вступительных экзаменов только победителей олимпиады «Высшая проба», а факультет «Язык и литература Ирана» в том же вузе давал БВИ победителям и призерам любой олимпиады I уровня, а также победителям любой олимпиады II уровня. Также обратите внимание, что в течение года опубликованный список льгот может меняться без предупреждения , причем как в сторону расширения, так и в сторону сужения. Следите за этим внимательно и проверяйте его почаще.

Сроки действия олимпиадных дипломов

Дипломы Всероссийской олимпиады действуют 4 года. Это означает, что выиграв Всеросс в 9 классе, при поступлении в вуз после 11 класса вы можете воспользоваться всеми льготами, которые дает ваш диплом.

Теоретически срок действия дипломов перечневых олимпиад тоже составляет 4 года. Однако здесь, в отличие от Всеросса, вузы имеют право уточнять, класс, в котором был получен диплом, и в большинстве случаев требуют, чтобы он был получен в 11 классе . Таким образом, диплом, полученный, например, в 9 классе, является формально действительным (4 года не истекло), но практически бесполезным (его нигде не принимают). Точные сведения о том, какие классы учитываются, можно почерпнуть на сайтах вузов, в тех же документах об особых правах.

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Занятия в группах

Я готовлю к олимпиадам в мини-группах (от 2 до 6 человек). На занятиях основное внимание уделяется расширению словарного запаса, работе над идиомами, страноведением и прочими олимпиадными штучками. Занятия идут полностью на английском языке. Обязательным компонентом являются домашние задания.

Программы обучения

Готовясь самостоятельно, легко упустить из виду что-нибудь важное. Чтобы этого не произошло, я предлагаю вам специальные олимпиадные программы . Занимаясь по программе, вы регулярно получаете организованный набор упражнений. В отличие от групповых занятий, программы проходят on-line, поэтому доступны для любых регионов.

Курсы

В отличие от программ, которые охватывают сразу несколько направлений, каждый курс посвящен отдельной области. Например, курс «Олимпиадное ассорти» даст возможность попробовать на вкус разные форматы олимпиадного письма, а курс «Олимпиадный доклад» детально прорабатывает формат Report. Полный список доступных курсов можно найти на странице Курсы, грамматика , страноведение , говорение. Также решайте варианты прошлых лет. Нужно заниматься каждый день, уделяя подготовке не менее часа. поможет в этом непростом деле:)

2010–2011 учебный год

9–11 класс

Ключи к заданиям

Аудирование

Faegbc
A1 – 2

Чтение

Bcfageh cfebag
A15 – 3

Грамматика

B4 – later

B10 – hasworked

B11 – independent

B12 – southern

B14 – extremely

B15 – commercial

A22 – 3

ТЕКСТЫ ДЛЯ АУДИРОВАНИЯ

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего 1–6 и утверждениями, данными в списке A–G. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей буквой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. У вас есть 20 секунд, чтобы ознакомиться с заданием.

Now we are ready to start

Speaker 1

My cat is rather special. She understands perfectly well when I ask her to come and sit with me, but she can pretend that she doesn"t hear. And she always knows which of the people that I invite to my home are okay and which ones aren"t. And when I have a headache in the eve­ning she comes and sleeps over my head. I sometimes ask myself how she knows that I have a headache.

Speaker 2

When I was 4 years old, my mum found a kitten in the street and brought it home. So, the kitten and I grew up together! I remember that every night the cat would scratch at my door and I let her in. She waited for me to come home from school to be with her and liked watching me, as I was doing my homework. She lived 8 years. And she was truly my cat. I really miss her much.

Speaker 3

The thing I love about cats is the way they look. Their eyes are big and the colour is deep-blue like the sky, green like leaves or brown like amber. Their fur can be long or short, and if you treat your cat well, its fur will look shiny and rich. I haven"t seen a combination of colours that looked bad on cats – black and white, gray and white, orange and white – they all look perfect.

Speaker 4

The best thing about cats is that they"re wonderful to talk to when you"re sad or angry and you can"t control your emotions. Cats won"t talk back while you are talking to them, and will listen intently. They make me laugh when I"m in a bad mood, they comfort me when I"m sick. And when I"m happy they start playing with me and we all have lots of fun.

Speaker 5

Although I have had many cats, for everyone of them there is a reason why we found each other. Now I have three cats. One of them is the boss of my other cats. The second one is very smart and likes to open doors. And the third one thinks that the world turns around her and she is very proud of herself. All of my cats are very special to me because each of them has her or his own character. They are a great part of my life!

Speaker 6

What I like about cats is that they can take care of themselves. You don"t have to take a cat out for a walk several times a day. You don"t need to wash them too often, because they clean themselves. Cats can play on their own and don"t require too much of your attention. They can spend most of the time sleeping. And they even can get their own food by catching mice and spiders.

Now you will hear the texts again. (Repeat.)

Вы услышите разговор мужа с женой. Определите, какие из приведенных утверждений А1–А7 соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чем в тексте не ска­зано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not Stated). Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды. У вас есть 20 се­кунд, чтобы ознакомиться с заданиями.

Now we are ready to start.

Philip: Ellen, come here and stand by the back door. Look at the rain.

Ellen: This is quite a storm! It"s good to be home in such a nasty weather.

Philip: Remember the last time we had thunder and lightning like this? The old cherry tree we had in our back yard was struck by lightning. I was afraid the nearby trees would also catch fire. If I"m not mistaken it was two or three years ago. We lost our electrical power as well.

Ellen: Luckily, it was in the middle of the day. Having no electricity at night is a lot different from having none during the day.

Philip: We must have talked about that because I remember going out the next day to buy a box of candles – just in case of a power failure.

Ellen: Well, let"s hope that doesn"t happen tonight and we won"t need them. Shall I call your friend Mark and ask him for dinner? He is a good storyteller and it would be nice to hear one of his stories.

Philip: Why not? Would you hand me the electric mixer, please? I forgot to fin­ish mashing the potatoes.

Ellen: Here you are.

Philip: Thanks.

Ellen: There go the lights. It has happened again. We"ve got no electricity.

Philip: I can"t see a thing. I guess, no mashed potatoes for dinner today.

Ellen: Philip, why don"t you call the power company? Tell them we have a prob­lem on Linden Street. And I"ll light the candles if I manage to find a box of matches in the cupboard. Here they are. Philip, doesn"t the kitchen look great in candlelight?

Philip: It does... I called the company. They already know about the electrical problem. A tree fell onto a power line on the next street. People from nearby houses called them. They don"t know how long the lights will be out.

Ellen: Philip, I just thought about Mrs. Romero. She"s quite old, and she lives all alone in that big house. Wouldn"t she be more comfortable spending the evening with us?

Philip: Ellen, set another place for dinner. I"ll go and invite her over right now.

You have 15 seconds to complete the task. (Pause 15 seconds.)

This is the end of the task. You now have 15 seconds to check your answers.

А8–А14

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях А8–А14 обведите цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды. У вас есть 50 секунд, чтобы ознакомиться с заданием.

Now we are ready to start.

Interviewer: With us today is Cynthia Barnes, a travel writer. Cynthia, how did you happen to become a travel writer? Let"s start with a bit of history. Tell us about your childhood.

Cynthia: I grew up in a small town in the state of Arkansas with kids who had never been to any other places and who desperately wanted to see the world. They used to invent adventures for themselves in order to make up for the monotony of their real life. But I was lucky. My mom used to go on business trips to the neighboring states and once in a while she took me with her. They were real adventures and I was delighted but it had always been my dream to go to the far off countries I had read about in the "National Geographic" maga­zines. There were piles of them in dad"s study as well as an unlimited supply of books about explorations and adventures.

Interviewer: What do you usually feel before you set out on a journey?

Cynthia: I remember when I was little the night before we"d leave for a trip I had an ab­solutely unforgettable feeling – that "can"t-sleep, butterfly feeling". I couldn"t wait to go. It"s still with me today.

Interviewer: And how did you get started writing?

Cynthia: I have always been writing. I even won a Daughters of the American Revolu­tion poetry contest in the fifth grade, and they gave me a fifty dollar saving bond. It was a childish little poem that began: "Our nation, it was founded by brave people long ago..." Then I moved to Columbia and fell in with a group of writers... Actually after school, all my jobs eventually were about producing newsletters, correcting ads, rewriting bad brochures. I"ve always kept journals, written letters, played around with personal essays. I never stopped writing. I can"t do without it. It"s in my blood.

Interviewer: You spend most of your life traveling. What do you do when you don"t travel?

Cynthia: If I don"t travel, I write. But I don"t stop traveling, to be honest. I travel eve­rywhere at any time and in any possible way: by car, by plane, by horse or camel, by canoe or simply on foot.

Interviewer: Is it the major challenge for you as a travel writer?

Cynthia: Well, you see, traveling is a great pleasure and a thrill for me although some of my friends find it tiring to be constantly away from home for a long time. I like meeting new people, hearing their stories, tasting their food. But writers need time alone to reflect on what they have seen, what they have heard. And that"s where the problem lies. In a true to life story, a lot depends on whether you can balance your own solitary exploration and other peo­ple" stories. When you"re with others, you"re distracted. But when you"re by yourself, you have only your own impressions and observations and they can be misleading.

Interviewer: What was the most thrilling experience you had as a traveler?

Cynthia: It was an incredible expedition together with two adventurous travelers. We went to the rainforest in New Guinea, the most remote forest on Earth. We trekked across the island and lived with the local tribe. They are hunters, they live in total isolation from the rest of the world. Their only tools are stone axes and arrows. To survive in the jungle with them was a hard-core challenge. We had to learn how to eat insects as we simply couldn"t hunt even small wild animals the way they do. But in fact the biggest challenge was to establish contacts with the local tribe. You see, when we arrived, they met us with arrows, which they pointed at our heads very aggressively. It wasn"t the kind of greeting we were used to. We didn"t know a word in their language to speak to them, to ask them what all these rituals meant. We had to learn all this stuff to survive, to watch our gestures and tone of voice or we would die in the jungle.

Interviewer: What advice would you give to someone who is considering going into travel writing?

Cynthia: It"s great work... but it"s work. It"s also an obligation. You are in charge of what you write. Maybe your reader will never go to a place you"re writing about but he has always dreamt about it. Don"t sell yourself or your observations short. And never ever trade your stories for TV clips. Writing is not about bargaining or getting profits. Telling stories about travel is an honorable profession. Mark Twain was a travel writer. So was Hemingway.

Interviewer: What is the biggest reward of life as a travel writer?

Cynthia: I sometimes go to luxury resorts to write stories about the area. Of course I"m kidding (laughs). You see, I"ve watched the sunrise on the Pacific coast and seen the Grand Canyon under a full moon. I saw fascinating sights in these places, the views. But most valu­able is the incredible generosity and the spirit of the people I"ve met on my routes. It"s the biggest blessing to have a glimpse into their lives. This is what makes me stay in my business.

You have 15 seconds to complete the task. (Pause 15 seconds.)

Now you will hear the text again. (Repeat.)

This is the end of the task. You now have 15 seconds to check your answers.

This is the end of the Listening Test.

Линия УМК М. В. Вербицкой. Английский язык "Forward" (5-9)

Английский язык

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников по английскому языку. Задания конкурса Writing

Корпорация «Российский учебник» в серии вебинаров представляет разбор олимпиадных заданий по английскому языку. Как известно, олимпиада состоит из пяти конкурсов: Listening (понимание устного текста), Reading (понимание письменного текста), Use of English (лексико-грамматический тест), Writing (письменная речь), Speaking (устная речь). Председатель Центральной методической комиссии Всероссийской олимпиады школьников по английскому языку Юлия Курасовская представила примеры заданий Writing и образцы их успешного выполнения, рассказала о типичных ошибках на олимпиадах, отметила - на что нужно обратить особое внимание при подготовке.

Для данных этапов Центральная комиссия не предоставляет задания, а лишь дает рекомендации по их составлению. Одна из основных рекомендаций - предлагать ученикам задания по нежанровому письму: «выразите свое мнение», «прокомментируйте цитату», «посоветуйте книгу для школьной библиотеки» и т.д. Задача получается похожей на задание № 40 ЕГЭ, однако не должна повторять его полностью. Число слов может быть 100-120 или больше.

Пример

Time: 30 minutes. Comment on the following problem: Elderly people who live alone should be taken care of. In your comment use information from the article below:

Elderly people who live alone can be monitored by new technology that analyses household sounds to ensure their safety. The new sound monitoring system, developed by Fujitsu, the Japanese electronics company, examines noises in homes via a microphone connected to a data centre. The technology is refined enough to differentiate between the sound of a falling object or a collapsing human and can instantly alert family members or security firms if any abnormality is detected. From breathing and coughing to sleeping, all noises made by the resident can be detected by the technology, in addition to analysis of daily routines, heat and humidity levels.

Write 100-120 words. Remember to: make an introduction, express your personal opinion on the problem and give reasons for your opinion, express your attitude towards the information from the article, make a conclusion. Write in your own words.

Пояснение: От ученика требуется высказать свою точку зрения по предложенной проблеме, привести аргументацию и выразить свое отношение к информации, представленной в статье. Задача отчасти знакома по заданию № 40 ЕГЭ, поэтому не вызывает затруднения. Очень важно приучить школьников читать задание полностью и выполнять его строго по критериям.

Типичные ошибки:

• Невнимательность при прочтении задания.
• Несоответствие заданному объему.
• Отсутствие вступления и заключения.
• Элементарные грамматические, лексические, пунктуационные ошибки.

Writing: школьный и муниципальный этапы

Задания для данных этапов составляет Центральная предметно-методическая комиссия. Ученики работают уже с жанровым письмом. Даются те же жанры, что и на международных экзаменах: рассказ (story), статья (article), доклад/отчет (report), рецензия (review), личное и деловое письмо (letter). Задачи также представляют собой модифицированные задания ЕГЭ.

Типичные ошибки (независимо от жанра):

• Непонимание формата высказывания, жанра.
• Замена жанра.
• Неполное или неточное раскрытие темы.
• Нарушение логики (отсутствие или неправильное использование средств логической связи, резкие переходы, отсутствие вступления и заключения).
• Лексико-грамматические, орфографические, пунктуационные ошибки.

Рассмотрим подробнее наиболее распространенные творческие задания в жанрах рассказа и отчета.

Рассказ

Рассказ - это малая литературная форма, имеющая сюжет (фабулу). Текст в этом жанре должен соответствовать следующим требованиям:

• Оригинальный динамичный сюжет.
• Естественный тон повествования.
• Использование таких приемов как описание, повествование, рассуждение.
• Наличие индивидуально-авторской оценки событий и факторов, выражение чувств и эмоций автора и его героев.
• Наличие элементов диалогической речи.
• Четкая композиция (зачин, основная часть с кульминацией, развязка).
• Наличие заголовка.
• Разнообразие языковых средств.

• Прежде чем приступить к написанию рассказа, продумайте сюжетную линию, характеристику героев, составьте план и набросайте ключевые слова к пунктам плана.
• Учтите, что динамика событий в рассказе очень важна, ее можно подчеркнуть, используя слова at first, before, until, while, during, after, finally, when, etc., а также глаголы happen, realize, start, run, appear, disappear, occur, exclaim, sigh, mutter, say, wonder, etc.
• Используйте прилагательные и наречия, чтобы описать чувства и действия героев. При этом вместо приевшихся слов: big, small, good, bad, very употребляйте их синонимы и эквиваленты: enormous, tiny, terrific, horrible, extremely, etc.
• Будьте внимательны с использованием грамматических времен. Например, Past Continuous подходит для описания погоды в момент действия, Past Simple - для основных действий, Past Perfect - для событий, предшествующих истории.
• Примите во внимание, что в рассказе часто описываются герои, места, предметы, события.
• Помните, что в рассказе очень важны начало и конец.

Пример 1

Write a short story. Choose any subject but use in your story the following words at least once (underline the word from the list when using it for the first time): Fluffy, Ignorant, Board, Cord, Traffic.

Title your story using a word from the list. Include description of feelings and emotions. Include direct and indirect speech. Make an unexpected ending. Write 200-250 words. Time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Пояснение: От ученика требуется написать рассказ с использованием определенных слов. Основная трудность в том, чтобы правильно употребить эти слова. На олимпиаде много сложностей было с Ignorant - участники путали его значения с русским словом «игнорирующий» и употребляли в неправильных конструкциях. Однако некоторые участники, напротив, удачно обыграли это многозначное слово.

Критерии оценивания

• Рассказ написан, в нем правильно использованы все 5 слов, указанных в задании. Слова подчеркнуты.
• Сюжет рассказа есть, он оригинален, понятен, динамичен и интересен.
• Есть заголовок, соответствующий содержанию рассказа, в заголовке использовано одно из заданных слов.
• Рассказ включает элементы прямой и косвенной речи, которая органично вписывается в сюжет.
• В рассказе переданы чувства и эмоции автора и/или героев.
• Конец рассказа неожиданный, но при этом полностью вписывается в сюжет и соответствует заданному жанру и стилю.
• Объем работы либо соответствует заданному, либо отклоняется от заданного не более чем на 10% в сторону увеличения или уменьшения (180-275 слов). Если объем работы отклоняется от заданного более чем на 10% в сторону увеличения (более 275 слов), проверке подлежат только первые 250 слов.

Организация текста (2 балла):

• Логика повествования не нарушена.
• Присутствуют и правильно используются средства логической связи.

Лексика (3 балла):

• Участник демонстрирует богатый лексический запас, необходимый для раскрытия темы, точный выбор слов и адекватное владение лексической сочетаемостью.
• Работа не имеет ошибок с точки зрения лексической сочетаемости.

Грамматика (3 балла):

• Участник демонстрирует грамотное и уместное употребление грамматических структур.

Орфография и пунктуация (2 балла):

• Участник демонстрирует уверенное владение навыками орфографии и пунктуации.

Рассказ, получивший наибольшее количество баллов:

A fluffy tail

Once upon a time, I was sitting in my office and observing my ignorant colleagues. I glanced at the watch and discovered that it was time to go home. So, I unplugged all the cords from my laptop, put a note on the board and left my workplace. Bob told me: «Have a nice day!» I told him to have a nice day too.

I left the office building, found my car in the car park and headed off to my home place. The way home usually takes an hour. It’s a boring trip, because while covering the distance I have to stay in an enormous traffic jam. Not to feel bored I switched on the radio and started waiting for the cars in front of me to move. Suddenly I saw something strange in front of my car. It looked like a roll of a newspaper. Then I understood that it was something fluffy and alive. I left the car and took the fluffy ball in my hands. It turned out to be a small cat with a fluffy tail. It looked miserable and was shivering with cold.

I decided to take it home just to feed it, because my wife would never let it live with us. A year ago our cat left home and didn’t come back. After this incident Monica couldn’t see any other cats. Well, this time she was about throwing the poor kitten away, when she suddenly found a necklace on the cat with the cat’s owner’s address. The address was ours! It was our cat that we had lost. How happy we were!

Пример 2

Дана фотография, на которой изображены детский палаточный лагерь и выходящий из леса медведь.

Write your own version of the story based on the picture. Remember to: include a title, describe events in an entertaining way, include elements of direct speech, description of feelings and emotions, make an unexpected ending. Write 220-250 words.

Пояснение: От ученика требуется написать рассказ по картинке (историю с сюжетом, а не только описание представленной ситуации).

Отчет

Отчет - развернутое информационное сообщение. Текст в этом жанре должен соответствовать следующим требованиям:

• При необходимости наличие заголовка и подзаголовков перед абзацами.
• Описание цели во введении.
• Данные о том, как собиралась информация.
• Анализ фактов, оценивание мнений, сравнение, сопоставление, выяснение причин в основной части.
• Финальное оценивание и рекомендации в заключении.
• Соответствие формальному стилю (в отличие от эмоционального рассказа). Использование выражений «The aim of this report is to assess...», «The majority said that they...», «while, whereas» (comparison), «The following conclusions can be drawn...», «As can be seen from the findings of this report, the only...».

Пример

Даны графики с информацией о сдаче экзаменов по различным предметам в 2015/2016 гг.

Write a report to your school administration based on the chart below. Give recommendations what should be done to increase students’ interest and success in some subjects. Use the following words in your report: Affect, Fluctuate, Percent, Percentage, Trend. Underline the required words when used in your report. Time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Remember to: make an introduction, summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features (2 or more), make comparisons where relevant (2 or more), give recommendations (2 or more), make a conclusion, USE YOUR OWN WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS in your report. Write 300-350 words.

Пояснение: От ученика требуется написать с использованием определенных слов отчет для школьной администрации. Отчет по графикам: сравнить данные и представить рекомендации о том, как поднять интерес к менее популярным предметам.

Критерии оценивания

• Отчет написан в соответствующем заданию нейтральном (или официальном) стиле.
• В отчете есть, основанные на графиках, описания двух и более тенденций.
• В отчете содержится сравнение графиков по двум и более пунктам.
• В отчете содержатся рекомендации для школы - две и более.
• В отчете правильно использованы все указанные в задании слова.

Организация речи (4 балла):

• Текст построен логично.
• Текст правильно разделен на абзацы.
• В тексте присутствуют и правильно используются разнообразные средства логической связи.
• В тексте присутствуют все необходимые структурные компоненты: вступление, основная часть, заключение.

Языковое оформление (6 баллов):

• Работе не имеет лексических ошибок.
• Работа не имеет грамматических ошибок.
• Работа не имеет ошибок с точки зрения орфографии и пунктуации.

Отчет, получивший наибольшее количество баллов:

The aim of this report is to recommend what should be done in order to make students interested and successful in some school subjects. The chart was used to analyze the information. The biggest number of both boys and girls has passed state exams in computer science, mathematics and foreign languages. The percentage of them is higher than 40. The choice of chemistry, physics and geography appears to be a little bit lower - its data fluctuates from 30 to 40 percent. History is the least popular subject students have passed state exam in.

Computer science exam was the most popular one among girls. It is because of the fact that the IT development greatly affected the demand for programmers. However, in 2015-2016 academic year most boys passed mathematics exam, following the trend of being more interested in mathematical sciences than practical areas. Speaking about less popular subjects, it should be stressed that only 14 percent of girls succeeded in passing state exam in chemistry, whereas 20 percent of boys managed to pass geography exam.

Judging by our research, me can give the following recommendations. On the one hand, to raise students’ interest in unpopular subjects such as chemistry, history and geography teachers should use modern technology such as computers and eboards during the lesson. On the other hand, group work and school projects may make them more interested in the subject. In conclusion, we can make a point that both interests and success of students do not depend on what kind of science a particular subject refers to. It is all about the education progress which can be improved by the use of special equipment and another way of studying.

Рабочая тетрадь входит в состав учебно-методического комплекта «Forward» для 10 класса и дополняет учебник системой заданий, обеспечивающих комплексное развитие навыков в аудировании, говорении, чтении и письме. В тетрадь включены тесты для самооценки с ключами и аудиотекстами. УМК «Forward» для 10 класса входит в систему учебно-методических комплектов «Алгоритм успеха». Соответствует Федеральному государственному стандарту среднего (полного) общего образования (2012).

Комбинированные задания

Комбинированные задания в конкурсе Writing встречаются нечасто, однако ставят перед учениками очень интересные задачи, которые те выполняют с большим удовольствием. Суть в совмещении жанров, разных заданий из ЕГЭ.

Пример

Imagine that you are a teacher of English at school and you have given your students the writing assignment: Comment on the following statement. When you are studying away from home, the best choice for you is to live with your acquaintances. What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200-250 words. Use the following plan: make an introduction (state the problem), express your personal opinion and give 2-3 reasons for it, express an opposing opinion and 1-2 reasons for it,explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion,make a conclusion restating your position One of your students has sent you her essay by e-mail.

Task A. Find and correct the mistakes. The first one has been corrected as an example. Find 5 more mistakes (grammar, vocabulary or spelling) and correct them.

Task B. Playing the role of a school teacher, write an email to your student, expressing your opinion on her work. Do not comment on the grammar, vocabulary or spelling mistakes in your letter. Comment on the composition and general idea of the essay. Observe the rules of letter writing, except for the address. Do not write your real name! (use 100-140 words).

Student’s Essay When you are studying away from home, the best choice for you is to live with your acquaintances.

I disagree to this statement. If you are thinking of going away to study, your choice of accommodation will be very important. You may be lucky enough to have the chance of staying with somebody your parents know, for example, your distant relatives or your parents’ friends. However, this can bring problems as well as advantages. Family life may well distract you of your studies, and there will also be the question of what you should pay to your hosts. No matter how carring they may be and no matter how much they want you with them, they won’t expect to keep you for nothing. Paying too much or too little can easily lead to feeling awkward but setting the right amount can be tricky and embarrassed. You will also have to adjust with your hosts’way of life and put up with their habits. They will also have to do their best to make you feel at home. In other words, it is wrong to believe that if you are living with somebody you know it will be costing nothing either for you or for them. Living in a dormitory can often be the best arrangement after all.

Ann Applewood

Пояснение: От школьника требуется представить себя учителем английского, задавшим ученикам известное задание «выразить точку зрения по предложенной проблеме», проверить эссе одной из учениц, найти в нем 5 ошибок, прокомментировать это эссе в письме. То есть школьник имеет дело с жанром эссе, но сам при этом должен написать ответ в форме письма.

Ответ, получивший наибольшее количество баллов:

Dear Ann,

On the whole, your essay is very well done. Your point of view is clearly stated and supported by several arguments. Unfortunately, the opposing opinion is not mentioned in your work and is not commented upon. I am afraid there is no introduction in your essay. Try to add two sentences at the beginning where you paraphrase the statement and show that there are different views on the problem. I would also make two more paragraphs, starting with the words «Family life» and «In other words».

With best wishes,

Mr. Brown

В целом, для олимпиадных заданий характерно усложнение стандартных задач, ориентация на креативность учеников, обращение к межпредметным связям. Тренируясь к олимпиаде, помимо тематических пособий, стоит также использовать пособия для подготовки к международным экзаменам.

Практикум предназначен для подготовки учащихся 10–11 классов к устной части ЕГЭ по английскому языку и включает подробный разбор заданий устного экзамена и критериев их оценивания, а также систему практических упражнений, формирующих стратегии работы на экзамене. В практикум включены 10 типовых тренировочных вариантов устной части экзамена, которые предназначены для обучения устной речи и контроля умений говорения, а также для моделирования ситуации устного экзамена. Предлагаемые в практикуме образцы устных ответов, справочник по фонетике и аудиоприложение можно использовать в ходе самостоятельной работы для самоконтроля. Практикум рекомендуется для использования в 10–11 классах общеобразовательных организаций при изучении английского языка как на базовом, так и на углублённом уровне.

Task 1

For items 1–10 listen to a passage from a lecture and decide whether the statements (1–10) are TRUE (A) , or FALSE (B) according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice .
Аудиозапись

1. Some time ago the speaker went to buy a new bicycle.
   • A) True
   • B) False
2. The speaker left the shop without buying anything.
   • A) True
   • B) False
3. The speaker promised the shopkeeper to come back later.
   • A) True
   • B) False
4. The speaker didn’t want to offend the shopkeeper.
   • A) True
   • B) False
5. The speaker thinks that his behaviour in the shop was tactful.
   • A) True
   • B) False
6. The speaker disagrees with the Collins Dictionary definition of tact.
   • A) True
   • B) False
7. The speaker wants to find words that would make people feel better.
   • A) True
   • B) False
8. The speaker doesn’t refer to the situations when one needs to compliment somebody.
   • A) True
   • B) False
9. The speaker calls the behaviour when one is trying to help people avoid feeling bad negative behaviour.
   • A) True
   • B) False
10. The speaker thinks that only positive behaviour is important.
    • A) True
    • B) False

Task 2

For items 11–15 A, B or C ) to answer questions 11–15 . You will hear the text only once .

1. How does Patrick describe the Isle of Collett?
   • A) As a place with bad weather conditions.
   • B) As a very distant place.
   • C) As a stony island.
2. What helped Patrick pass the time?
   • A) Work on his university thesis.
   • B) Weather research.
   • C) Birdwatching.
3. When Patrick says ‘It took me less than 20 minutes’ he means that…
   • A) he couldn’t leave his work for longer.
   • B) the island is very small.
   • C) he doesn’t like long walks.
4. What does Patrick say about his PhD thesis?
   • A) He still has a year to work on it.
   • B) It was rejected by the university.
   • C) He has finished it.
5. Where does Patrick plan to spend his short holiday?
   • A) In London.
   • B) In the Mediterranean.
   • C) Back on the Isle of Collett.

READING

Time: 45 minutes (40 scores)

Task 1

For items 1–10 , read the passage below and choose option A, B, C or D which best fits according to the text.

Duncan Phyfe

Duncan Phyfe made some of the most beautiful furniture found in America. His family name was originally Fife, and he was born in Scotland in 1768. In 1784, the Fife family immigrated to Albany, New York where Duncan’s father opened a cabinet making shop. Duncan followed in his father’s footsteps and was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker. After completing his training, Duncan moved to New York City. Duncan Fife was first mentioned in the 1792 NYC Directory as a furniture “joiner” in business at 2 Broad Street. Two years later, he moved, expanded his business, and changed his name to Phyfe. He was a quiet-living, God-fearing young man who felt his new name would probably appeal to potential customers who were definitely anti-British in this post-Revolutionary War period. Duncan Phyfe’s name distinguished him from his contemporaries. Although the new spelling helped him better compete with French émigré craftsmen, his new name had more to do with hanging it on a sign over his door stoop.
The artisans and merchants who came to America discovered a unique kind of freedom. They were no longer restricted by class and guild traditions of Europe. For the first time in history, a man learned that by working hard, he could build his business based on his own name and reputation and quality of work. Phyfe’s workshop apparently took off immediately. At the peak of his success, Phyfe employed 100 craftsmen. Some economic historians point to Phyfe as having employed division of labor and an assembly line. What his workshop produced shows Phyfe’s absolute dedication to quality in workmanship. Each piece of furniture was made of the best available materials. He was reported to have paid $1,000 for a single Santo Domingo mahogany log.

Phyfe did not create new designs. Rather, he borrowed from a broad range of the period’s classical styles, Empire, Sheraton, Regency, and French Classical among them. Nevertheless, Phyfe’s high quality craftsmanship established him as America’s patriotic interpreter of European design in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Although the number of pieces produced by Duncan Phyfe’s workshop is enormous, comparatively few marked or labeled pieces have been found extant. In antiques shops and auctions, collectors have paid $11,000 for a card table, $24,200 for a tea table, and $93,500 for a sewing table.

1. Based on the information in the passage, what can be inferred about Duncan Phyfe?
   • A) He regretted that Great Britain no longer governed New York City.
   • B) He was an excellent businessman with a good sense of craftsmanship and design.
   • C) He built all his furniture by himself in a workshop in Santo Domingo.
   • D) He joined the cabinetmakers’ guild after he moved to Scotland in 1792.
2. According to the passage, which of the following does the author imply?
   • A) Duncan Fife and his father had the same first name.
   • B) Duncan Fife worked for his father in Scotland.
   • C) Duncan Phyfe made over 100 different kinds of tables.
   • D) Duncan Fife and his father were in the same business.
3. Which sentence in paragraph 2 explains Duncan’s name change?
   • A) The third sentence.
   • B) The second sentence.
   • C) The first sentence.
   • D) None of the above.
4. Which choice does the word ‘it’ refer to in the second paragraph?
   • A) His spelling.
   • B) His chair.
   • C) His name.
   • D) His French.
5. Which of the following does the word ‘freedom’ refer to?
   • A) Restricted.
   • B) No longer restricted.
   • C) By working hard.
   • D) Took off.
6. Which choice is closest in meaning to the word ‘guild’ in the third paragraph?
   • A) Organization of craftsmen.
   • B) Verdict of a jury.
   • C) Political party of émigrés.
   • D) Immigrants’ club.
7. Where in the passage could the following sentence be added to the passage? Every joint was tight, and the carved elements were beautifully executed.
   • A) After the word “workmanship” in paragraph 3.
   • B) After the word “cabinetmaker” in paragraph 1.
   • C) After the word “stoop” in paragraph 2.
   • D) After the words “sewing table” in the last paragraph.
8. In his business, Duncan Phyfe used all of the following EXCEPT:
   • A) division of labor.
   • B) an assembly line.
   • C) continental designs.
   • D) inexpensive materials.
9. Based on information in the passage, what can be inferred about Duncan Phyfe’s death?
   • A) He died in the eighteenth century.
   • B) He died in England.
   • C) He died in the nineteenth century.
   • D) He died in Scotland.
10. The author implies that furniture from Duncan Phyfe’s work-shop
    • A) no longer exists.
    • B) costs a lot of money today.
    • C) was ignored by New Yorkers.
    • D) was made by his father.

Task 2

For items 11–20 , read the passage below and choose which of the sentences A–K fit into the numbered gaps in the text. There is one extra sentence which does not fit in any of the gaps. Write the correct letter in boxes 11–20 on your answer sheet.

Ever since the 1910s, when film-makers first set up shops in Hollywood, mapmakers have been making quite unusual and even unique things: maps showing the locations of the fabulous homes of the stars. Collectively, they form an unofficial version of the Oscars, showing who’s in and who’s out in the film world. ‘Each one looks different,’ says Linda Welton, whose grandfather and mother pioneered these maps. 11 ________. Former film stars vanish from them, new ones appear on them, and some of the truly greats are permanent fixtures on them.
In 1933, noticing the steady stream of tourists going westward to follow the stars from Hollywood to Beverly Hills (the nearby district where most of the stars went to live), Linda’s grandfather, Wesley Lake, got a copyright for his Guide to Starland: Estates and Mansions. 12 ________. For 40 years Linda’s mother, Vivienne, sold maps just down the road from Cary Cooper’s place at 200, Baroda*. The asterisk indicates that it was the actor’s final home, as opposed to a plus sign (denoting an ex-home) or a zero (for no view from the street).
‘My grandfather asked Mom to talk to the gardeners to find out where the stars lived,’ Linda recalls. ‘She would come up to them and say: “ 13 ________” Who would suspect a little girl?’ Linda Welton and her team now sell about 10,000 maps a year from a folding chair parked curbside six days a week. 14 ________.

The evolution of the maps mirrors both the Hollywood publicity machine and real estate and tourism development. 15 ________. The first celebrity home belonged to the artist Paul de Longpre. 16 ________.

Although it is not known for certain who published the first map, by the mid-1920s all sorts of people were producing them. 17 ________.
One of the most famous of the early maps was produced to show the location of Pickfair, the home of the newly married stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, and the homes of some of their star friends. During World War I, they opened their home to serve refreshments to soldiers. As Vivienne Welton once explained in an interview, to a map and cartography magazine, ‘She asked a few friends to do the same. 18 ________.’

For over 40 years, people have marched toward the corner of Sunset and Baroda with hand-painted yellow signs saying: ‘Star Maps, 2 blocks’, ‘Star Maps, 1 block’, ‘Star Maps here’. The maps reflect the shifting geography of stardom as celebrities, looking for escape from over-enthusiastic fans, some with quite unhealthy intentions, have moved out to various districts in Malibu. 19 ________. Legendary stars – Garbo, Monroe, Chaplin – remain on them. 20 ________.

• A. As they do so, they give advice to the tourists on star safaris through the lime green landscape of Beverly Hills.
• B. Studios like Paramount published the names and addresses of its stars on theirs, and businesses distributed them as a promotional gimmick.
• C. Others, however, say that the star maps are still an essential part of Hollywood and the film world.
• D. More profoundly, perhaps, the maps suggest the temporary nature of fame.
• E. Early film stars like Lillian Gish lived in modest, somewhat grubby rooming houses, taking street cars to and from the studio.
• F. Updated regularly, they are still for sale at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Baroda Drive.
• G. And so a map was needed.
• H. It is the oldest continuously published star map and one of a half-dozen or so maps of varying degrees of accuracy and spelling correctness sold today.
• I. Oh, this is a beautiful garden, but who lives here?
• J. Others, however, hang on for about a decade and then vanish.
• K. He had a luxuriously-landscaped house at Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood and real estate agents would take prospective clients past it on tours.

USE OF ENGLISH

Time: 60 minutes, (50 scores)

Task 1. Questions 1–15

For Questions 1–15 , read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word on your answer sheet. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00 ).

Example:

0	V
00	far

The Plaza hotel

0	The Plaza is situated close to the centre of town and only
00	20 minutes’ drive far from the airport. There are 605 guest
1	rooms providing a luxurious accommodation for tourists
2	and business people alike. Each room it is equipped with
3	a colour television, a mini bar and an individually-controlled
4	air conditioning. Guests have the choice of five superb
5	restaurants. Why not to sample local specialities in the Bistro
6	on the ground floor or enjoy yourself the finest international
7	cuisine in the fabulous Starlight Room with its panoramic
8	view of the city? There is a wide range of facilities for
9	relaxation and enjoyment including of a swimming pool,
10	health club, beauty salon and karaoke bar. In addition,
11	our modern conference centre which has been
12	designed to meet all your business needs. Why should you not stay
13	elsewhere when you can be sure of a warm welcome
14	and excellent service at the Plaza? For reservations
15	and information please to call 010 534 766 (24 hours).

Task 2. Questions 16–25

Example: 0 . The pool isn’t deep enough to swim in.
too
The pool ……………………. swim in.

0	is too shallow to

1. Laura had to pay a fine of 50 dollars because she didn’t have a ticket.

dollar
Laura had to pay …………………… because she didn’t have a ticket.

1. The concert wasn’t as good as we had expected.

live
The concert didn’t ……….. our expectations.

1. I’ve been too busy to answer my emails, but I’ll do it soon.

round
I haven’t ………… my emails yet, but I’ll do it soon.

1. It’s nearly lunchtime, so would you like to eat something?

feel
It’s nearly lunchtime, so do ……………………………… something to eat?

1. Complaints about the food! That’s all I ever hear from you!

always
You …………………………… the food!

1. They took advantage of the day-off at work and went to the seaside!

most
They ………………… of the day-off at work and went to the seaside!

1. Two detectives investigating the robbery questioned us for over an hour.

enquiries
Two detectives ……………….. the robbery questioned us for over an hour.

1. Jake was the person who started my interest in collecting pottery.

got
It was Jake ………… in collecting pottery.

1. He really wanted to impress the interviewers.

desperate
He ………………………. the interviewers a good impression.

1. Because he was injured he couldn’t play in the next game.

prevented
His ……….…. in the next game.

Task 3. Questions 26–30

Informal English	Neutral Equivalents
26. Oh well, don’t let it get you down	A) to borrow sth for a short time
27. I wish you’d stop going on about it for hours on end.	B) to change one’s mind
28. It really bugs me when people don’t return my pen after they’ve borrowed it.	C) to fool sb
29. My bicycle’s been nicked	D) to annoy sb
30. He flipped his lid	E) to upset sb
	F) to steal sth
	G) to argue
	H) to lose one’s temper
	I) to speak steadily
	J) to surprise sb

Task 4. Questions 31–40

31 . The Trail of Tears	A) the artist who made his masterpieces by putting the painting on the floor and then walking around it, letting the paint drip from sticks
32 . John Bull	B) a figure who stands for the USA sometimes represented by the figure of a man with a white beard and tall hat
33 . The Great Gatsby	C) This book deals with a poor Cockney girl who is taught how to speak and behave like an upper class lady as a scientific experiment.
34 . Prohibition	D) the period from 1919 to 1933 in the US when the production and sale of alcoholic drinks was illegal
35 . Louisiana Purchase	E) an English filmmaker of the 20-th century who specialized in thrillers
36 . Pygmalion	F) the massive area of land bought from France in 1803 which doubled the US size
37 . The Great Depression	G) a figure who stands for England in literary and political satire
38 . Jackson Pollock	H) a group of eight old and respected universities in the Northeastern US
39 . The Ivy League	I) the path that the Cherokees, forced to move away from their homes, travelled in the autumn and winter of 1838 to 1839
40 . Alfred Hitchcock	J) the severe economic problems that followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and resulted in the failure of many banks and businesses
	K) This novel describes the rise and fall of the main character, who extravagantly lives from bootlegging. He loves a beautiful woman who is the cause of his downfall.
	L) an English animator of the 20-th century who is famous for inventing some of the best-known cartoons
	M) Oxford and Cambridge together

WRITING

Time : 60 minutes, (30 scores)

Comment on the following quotation.

“All that glisters is not gold.”

Write 200–250 words .

Use the following plan:

• explain how you understand the author’s point of view;
• express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons in its support;
• give examples to illustrate your reasons, using your personal experience, literature or background knowledge;
• make a conclusion.

Внимание!

При превышении объема более чем на 10% от заданного (276 слов и более), проверяются первые 250 слов . При превышении объёма менее чем на 10% от заданного, баллы за содержание не снижаются.

Audioscript

Listening comprehension

For items 1–10 listen to a passage from a lecture and decide whether the statements (1–10) are TRUE (a), or FALSE (b) according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice.
You have 20 seconds to study the statements.
(pause 20 seconds)

Now we begin.

Some time ago, I was in a bicycle shop looking for a new lock for my bicycle. The shopkeeper showed me several, patiently explaining their advantages and disadvantages. None of them was quite what I wanted and eventually I said to the shopkeeper, “I’ll think about it. Thanks very much”, and left the shop. Why did I say, “I’ll think about it”? Not something more straightforward like, “None of these is right”, “They’re too big”, “They are too small”, “They’re too expensive”, “I’ll go elsewhere”? I think, there are two reasons why I chose to say “I’ll think about it”. The first is that I didn’t want the shopkeeper to feel that his products were not valued or that his time had been wasted and second is that I didn’t want to be the object of his possible annoyance or irritation. In other words, I didn’t want him to feel bad. And I didn’t want me to feel bad. We have words for this general behavior pattern of not wanting ourselves or other people to feel bad as a result of the interactions that we have… have with other people. We talk about tact, which is defined in the Collins Concise Dictionary as ‘the sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others so as to avoid giving offence’, or we might equally call this, as many people do, politeness behaviour. Now notice that the definition of tact talks about avoiding giving offence. It is not talking about something positive that we do in order to make people feel better than they otherwise would. So, here we are not talking about the kind of behaviour we get into when, for example, we console a friend whose cat has just been run over or compliment our partner on a very well-cooked meal. We are not trying here to positively make people feel better, but trying to avoid them feeling bad. So, this is a negative kind of behaviour that I’m talking about. But the fact that it’s negative doesn’t mean that it’s not terribly important. It is extremely important. It is essential to our self-preservation and to social cohesion. And for this reason avoidance behaviour is of great interest to many different kinds of scholars.

(pause 20 seconds)

Now listen to the text again.

(text repeated)

You have 20 seconds to check your answers.

(pause 20 seconds)

For items 11–15 listen to the dialogue. Choose the correct answer (A, B or C ) to answer questions 11–15 . You will hear the text only once.
You now have 25 seconds to study the questions.

(pause 25 seconds)

Now we begin.

A Lonely Job

Jane : Wherever have you been, Patrick? I haven’t seen you for months. Someone said you’d emigrated.

Patrick : Whoever told you that? I’ve been working on a weather research station on the Isle of Collett.

Jane : Where on earth is that?

Patrick : It’s a lump of rock about 100 miles north-west of Ireland.

Jane : Whatever did you do to pass the time?

Patrick : Fortunately I had my university thesis to work on. If I hadn’t had a pile of work to do, I’d have gone off my head.

Jane : Was there anything else to do?

Patrick : Well, if you were a bird watcher, it would be a paradise; but whenever I got tired of studying, I could only walk round the island – and that took me less than twenty minutes.

Jane : However did you stand it? If I’d been in your shoes I’d have taken the first boat back to civilization.

Patrick : Well, I needed some information for my research there, and they paid me, so I saved some money. Now I can have a short holiday before I start looking for a job.

Jane : Have you finished your PhD already? I thought you had another year to do.
Patrick : No, time flies, you know. As long as they don’t reject my thesis, I’ll be leaving for London next week.

Jane : If I were you, I’d go off to the Mediterranean or somewhere before starting work.

Patrick : No thanks, I’ll stay in London. I’ve had enough of the sea for a while. This is the end of the listening comprehension part. You have 1 minute to complete your answer.

Keys

Use of English
Item	Answer
1	a
2	it
3	an
4	V
5	to
6	yourself
7	V
8	V
9	of
10	V
11	which
12	not
13	V
14	V
15	to
16	a 50-dollar fine
17	live up to
18	got round to answering
19	you feel like having
20	are always complaining about
21	made the most
22	making enquiries into/ about
23	who/ that got me interested
24	was desperate to give
25	injury prevented him from playing
26	E
27	I
28	D
29	F
30	H
31	I
32	G
33	K
34	D
35	F
36	C
37	J
38	A
39	H
40	E

Подсчёт баллов за все конкурсы

Listening – максимальное количество баллов 30. Задание проверяется по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два.

Reading – максимальное количество баллов 40. Задание проверяется по ключам. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два.

Use of English – максимальное количество баллов 50. Задание проверяется по ключам. В заданиях 1, 3, 4 каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. В задании 1 орфография не учитывается. В задании 2 каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 2 балла. За неверный ответ или отсутствие ответа выставляется 0 баллов. Орфография учитывается. Если дан грамматически правильный ответ, но в ответе допущены орфографические ошибки, ответ оценивается в 1 балл.

Writing – максимальное количество баллов 30. Задание оценивается по Критериям оценивания. Затем полученное количество баллов умножается на два. При подведении итогов баллы за все конкурсы суммируются. Максимальное количество баллов за все конкурсы – 30 + 40+ 50 +30 = 150.

Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования

Тульский государственный

педагогический университет им. Л.Н. Толстого

(ФГБОУ ВО «ТГПУ им. Л.Н. Толстого»)

Задания муниципального этапа всероссийской олимпиады школьников_2017/2018 учебного года

по английскому языку

Тула 2 O 17

Список разработчиков

1. Андреев В.Н. - канд.филол.наук, доцент, зав.кафедрой английской филологии

2. Игнатова И.В. - канд.филол.наук, доцент кафедры английской филологии ТГПУ им.Л.Н.Толстого

3. Трайковская Н.П. - канд.филол.наук, доцент кафедры английской филологии ТГПУ им.Л.Н.Толстого

4.Уварова Е.А. - канд.филол.наук, доцент кафедры английской филологии ТГПУ им.Л.Н.Толстого

5. Болушевская И.Н. - ст.преподаватель кафедры английской филологии ТГПУ им.Л.Н.Толстого

6. Калинина Е.В. - ст.преподаватель кафедры английского языка ТГПУ им.Л.Н.Толстого

7. Конистерова Е.А. - ст.преподаватель кафедры английского языка ТГПУ им.Л.Н.Толстого

Список использованной литературы

1.Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley. Upstream. Level B1+. Student’s Book. Express Publishing, 2006

2. V. Evans Round-up 4. English Grammar Practice. – Longman: Pearson Education, 2009

3. R. Murphy English grammar in use. – London: Cambridge University Press, 2009

4.Listening Extra - CUP, 2007

5.Reading Extra- CUP, 2004

6.Cochrane S., Nicholas R., Aravanis R. Code Red B2 Student Book. – Macmillan, 2010

7.Spencer D. Gateway 2nd Edition B2+ Student’s Book Premium Pack. – Macmillan, 2016

8.Busyteacher.org – образовательный сайт

Задания для 9-11 классов

Аудирование (Listening )

Time: 15 minutes

You will hear people talking in ten different situations. For questions 1-10, choose the best answer (A, B or C). You will hear the recording once.

1 You hear a person speaking about the clothes suitable for some occasion. Where does the occasion take place?

A a wedding

B a friend’s birthday party

C a classical ballet

2 The speaker is discussing a person’s style. What is wrong with it?

A It is untidy.

B It is too informal.

C It is too formal.

3 You hear two people talking about a friend of theirs. What does the woman say about the friend?

A He talks a lot about his lifestyle.

B He leads a comfortable lifestyle.

C He may change his lifestyle.

4 You overhear a man talking to a friend on his mobile phone. Why is he phoning?

A to persuade his friend to do something

B to ask for some information

C to change an arrangement

5 You hear a woman talking about her family’s financial situation. What is she going to do?

A ask someone to help her

B try to find a job

C sell something valuable

6 You overhear a man and a woman talking about their morning routine. How does the man feel about his mornings?

A He hates travelling to work.

B He does not like getting up early.

C He finds it difficult to talk to other people.

7 You hear a woman on the radio talking about her experiences in a foreign country. What surprised her about the people?

A the importance they give to clothes

B the type of food they eat

C their attitude to work

8 You turn on the radio and hear the following. What is it?

A a review

B a news report

C an advertisement

9 You hear two people talking about the village they both live in. What does the woman think of the village?

A People are not always very friendly.

B Some of the roads are dangerous.

C There are not enough children.

10 You hear a man talking about his job. Who is the man?

A a hotel doorman

B a hotel receptionist

C a hotel manager

Чтение (Reading)

Time: 3 0 minutes

1. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS.

Good Neighbours

According to a recent survey, most people are (1) _____with
their neighbours and think they deserve better! It’s not that they want to have a close (2) _____with them, but they would
like them to be more (3) _____. The ideal neighbour is
apparently ‘friendly, but not too (4) _____, easygoing and
dependable.’ Noise is one of the biggest problems, with loud music and barking dogs at the top of the list. (5) _____between neighbours are becoming more and more
common. Take the recent case of a man in the United Kingdom who was (6) _____ to control his fury when his
neighbour started mowing his lawn at seven o’clock one Sunday morning. Still dressed in his pyjamas, the man climbed over the garden fence and grabbed the lawnmower. Then, while his neighbour watched in (7) _____, he threw
the lawnmower into the garden pond! ‘I’m usually a (8) _____
person,’ the man later said. ‘The (9) _____ is I was tired and I
wanted to have a lie-in.’ Fortunately, most people don’t go to these extremes, even if they aren’t always in (10) _____ with their neighbours about everything!

2. Read the text and answer the questions that follow (only one answer can be correct)

Pyramid Legends

There are persistent legends that the Great Pyramid was used as some sort of sacred initiation center. According to one legend, students who had first undergone years of preparation, meditation and metaphysical instruction in an esoteric school (the mythic "Hall of Records" hidden deep beneath the desert sands somewhere near the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx) were placed in the granite coffer of the main chamber and left alone throughout an entire night. The coffer was the focal point of the energies gathered, concentrated, aimed, and directed at the main chamber by virtue of the precise mathematical location, alignment, and construction of the pyramid. These energies, considered to be especially potent at certain precisely calculated periods when the earth was in a particular geometric alignment with solar, lunar, and stellar objects, were conducive to the awakening, stimulation, and acceleration of spiritual consciousness in the suitably prepared adept. While it is now nearly impossible to spend an evening alone in the coffer of the main chamber, it is interesting to read the reports of those persons who have done so in the past. Mention will be made of experiences both terribly frightening (perhaps because of the lack of any appropriate training on the part of the experimenter) and also deeply peaceful, even spiritually illuminating. Napoleon himself spent a night alone in the chamber. Emerging pale and dazed, he would not speak of his powerful experiences, only saying, "You would not believe me if I told you."

A second matter needing further inquiry from the scientific community studying the Great Pyramid - and one that might help explain the subject just discussed - concerns the matter of unexplained energetic anomalies frequently noticed and recorded in the main chamber. In the 1920s, a Frenchman named Antoine Bovis made the surprising discovery that, despite the heat and high humidity of the main chamber, the dead bodies of animals left in the chamber did not decay but completely dehydrated. Thinking that there might be some relationship between this phenomena and the position of the main chamber in the pyramid, Bovis constructed a small-scale model of the pyramid, oriented it to the same direction as the Great Pyramid, and placed the body of a dead cat at the approximate level of the main chamber. The result was the same. As he had observed in the Great Pyramid, the cat"s body did not decay. In the 1960s, researchers in Czechoslovakia and the U.S., conducting limited studies of the geometry of the pyramid, repeated this experiment with the same results. They also found that the form of the pyramid somehow mysteriously kept foods preserved without spoiling, sharpened dull razor blades, induced plants to germinate and grow more quickly, and hastened the healing of animals" wounds. Other scientists, in consideration of the high quartz content of the granite blocks in the main chamber and the incredible pressures those blocks are subjected to, theorized that the main chamber may have been the focal point of a powerful piezoelectric field; magnetometer measurements inside the chamber indeed showed higher levels than the normal background geomagnetic field.

Although much research remains to be done in these areas, legend, archaeology, mathematics, and earth sciences seem to indicate that the Great Pyramid was a monumental device for gathering, amplifying, and focusing a mysterious energy field for the spiritual benefit of human beings. We do not know exactly how the pyramid and its main chamber were used, and the geometric structure of the pyramid has been subtly altered by the removal of the casing stones and the cap-stone. None-the-less, the Great Pyramid of the Giza plateau still emanates great power as a transformational power place. It has done so for uncounted thousands of years and seems destined to continue for ages to come.

11 Why were the ancient meditation students placed inside the Great Pyramid?

1) to practice meditation skills

2) to be taught there

3) to learn more about there inner balance

4) To gain physical and spiritual power

12 It’s impossible to spend a night in the Pyramid because

1) it’s too scary

2) it’s forbidden by law

3) the admittance is not allowed

4) there are too many people there

13 The potential energy of the Pyramid could be experienced

1) at night only

3) when the Earth is in balance with solar system

4) when stellar objects are close to the Earth

14 Which energetic anomalies were not registered in the Pyramid?

1) it kept water fresh

2) it kept the dead bodies from decay

3) the injuries were healed quicker

4) it made the plants grow faster

15 What helped to keep food fresh in the Pyramid?

1) the form of the Pyramid

2) sharpened dull razor blades

3) the geomagnetic field

4) a powerful piezoelectric field

Лексико-грамматический тест (Use of English )

Time: 15 minutes

I. Read and complete the following sentences (only one answer can be correct)

1. «What …?» «I’m a student.»

a. do you b. do you do

c. you d. you do

2. … I have a table for two please?» «Sure.»

a. Would b. Must

c. Could d. Do

3. That isn’t your umbrella. It’s ….

a. her b. my

c. him d. mine

4. His English is very good. He speaks Italian …, too.

a. badly b. bad

c. good d. well

5. My cousin … for my birthday.

a. gave me a camera b. gave to me a camera

c. gave a camera me d. me gave a camera

6. The woman … came yesterday is very rich.

a. she b. who

c. which d. than

7. «Please be patient.» He told me … .

a. to be patient b. be patient

c. that be patient d. that I be patient

Read the text and choose the right alternative.

How I got my dream job

Andy Collins , 46 : “ As a student, I earned $295 a week in cash working in a beach café. At the time, it was my 8 (job dream / dream job / job of dream)! Later I became a 9 (cooker / waiter / chef). It was hard work, I was 10 (never / rarely / often) in a hot kitchen for twelve hours a day, six days a week. But you 11 (might / could / have to) know the meaning of hard work if you want to 12 (achieve / deliver / pass) your goals. I now own five restaurants around the U. S. My best advice 13 (was / is / were) to find 14 (in / out / on) what your skills and talents are. Talent is something you’re born with. Skills are something you’ve learned to do. People like doing things that come 15 (nature / natural / naturally) to them, so work and enjoy!”

For questions 16-25 , read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Sales of George Orwell"s 1984 surge after Kellyanne Conway"s

"alternative facts"

Sales of George Orwell’s dystopian drama 1984 have soared after Kellyanne Conway, adviser to the reality-TV-star-turned-president, Donald Trump, used the (16) ________“alternative facts” in an interview. As of Tuesday, the book was the sixth (17)______ book on Amazon.

Comparisons were made with the term “newspeak” used in the 1949 novel, which was used to signal a fictional language that aims at (18) ______ personal thought and also “doublethink”. In the book Orwell writes that it “means the power of (19) _____ two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind (20) _______, and accepting both of them”.

The connection was initially made on CNN’s Reliable Sources. “Alternative facts is a George Orwell phrase,” said Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty.

Conway’s use of the term was in reference to White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s comments about last week’s inauguration (21) ______“the largest audience ever”. Her interview was widely criticized and she was sub-tweeted by Merriam-Webster dictionary with a definition of the word fact. On last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host joked: “Kellyanne Conway is like someone trying to do a Jedi mind (22) ____ after only a week of Jedi training.”

In 1984, a superstate wields extreme control (23) ____ the people and persecutes any form (24) ___ independent (25) _____thought.

				D simultaneously

24. A. of B. to C. forward to D. up to

25. A. idea B. thought C. country D. frame

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