ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

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Школьный этап. 9-11 классы.
2013 – 2014 учебный год
USE OF ENGLISH (40 min.)
Task 1
For questions 1-15, read the text and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
correct and some have a word that shouldn’t be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) in the
appropriate box on your answer sheet. If a line has a word which should not be there, write
the word down in the appropriate box on your answer sheet.
Big brother is watching your health
0. By 2030, we can expect our clothes, food and local authorities – as opposed to our doctors– √
00. to check we’re in shape. The health system won’t be as if we know it. Instead of if
1. spending the billions on cures for the ailing, it will invest primarily in prevention and
2. day-to-day well-being. Stethoscopes will be sound out our surroundings. The precise
3. contribution of pollution to a disease and ill-health will be known, and public demonstrations
4. will call for more green space or demand fast food outlets are banned. For climate change
5. and affordability reasons, as well as to health, vegetarianism will boom, growing from
6. around 7% of the UK population today to more like a quarter of in 2030. Foods to enhance
7. health, such as nutraceuticals, will be top sellers. Health monitoring will be ubiquitous.
8. Your toilet will check out your urine and flag up anything untoward, and clothes with built-in
9. heart rate and body temperature on monitors will keep an eye on you. And there’ll be rewards
10. for wholesome lifestyle choices: bonuses from your employer if you will go vegetarian,
11. or government tax breaks for running a race. If ever you do feel a bit peaky, remote
12. diagnostics will get into you back on your feet. Home testing and down the line advice mean
13. you’ll not have had to leave your house. If this vision fills you with hope or horror, it’s
14. likely be for a number of reasons. With an ageing population, preventative medicine is a
15. great way to cut down off costs leading to more effective interventions as well.
Task 2
For questions 16 - 20, complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the
first sentence, using the word given. You must use between two and five words. Do not change
the word given.
Example:
I can’t wait to see you all in Britain soon.
looking
I’m …looking forward to … seeing you all in Britain soon.
16. When Monica finished her lunch, she set out on a shopping spree.
having
……………………… her lunch, Monica set out on a shopping spree.
17. I hope you are not going to tolerate such outrageous behaviour.
put
I hope you are not going to ………………. such outrageous behaviour.
18. This is how vanilla ice-cream is made in Denmark.
way
This ……………….. vanilla ice-cream is made in Denmark.
ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ
Школьный этап. 9-11 классы.
2013 – 2014 учебный год
19. Jim, I’ll take care of the arrangements while you’re away.
see
Jim, I ……………. the arrangements while you’re away.
20. Mom always blames me for the mess in the cupboard, but this is ridiculous.
who
It ………………………….. Mom always blames for the mess in the cupboard, but this is
ridiculous.
Task 3
For questions 21 - 30, complete the following text by filling in each gap with a missing word.
Caffeination: Australia’s obsessive coffee culture
Strike (0) up a conversation with an Australian abroad and you’ll inevitably (00) uncover
a national quirk: the obsessive quest (21) … a “decent” coffee. It will usually be accompanied by
disapproving tales of the watery/weak/burnt offerings that have (22) … their path (unless of
course you (23) … to be in Italy, where the tone may well be deferential).
Global chains (24) … Starbucks were surprised when they (25) … to take root in
Australian cities, seeming not to have noticed there was a fully formed coffee scene already (26)
… place and some very fussy customers to contend with. Coffee drinking is, in (27) …, a
diehard national habit with real estate sold on its proximity to cafe strips; local baristas, roasters
and an increasing number of growers have world (28) … qualifications.
Rum was the country’s first favourite beverage, though it was soon usurped by tea; it
wasn’t (29) … the 1920s that Russian refugees (30) … as Ivan Repin opened coffee shops that
rapidly popularized brewed coffee and take-home beans.
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