Республиканская олимпиада по английскому языку
второй этап (районный, городской), 2014-2015 учебный год
Утверждаю
Заместитель председателя областного оргкомитета республиканской олимпиады,
первый заместитель начальника управления образования
Витебского облисполкома
”__05___“ __ноября___ 2014
10 класс Письменная работа
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST 10 FORM
I. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in the appropriate tense form.
A 55-year-old woman 1) ……………………………….. (attack) yesterday by what she claims was a huge black cat when she 2) …………………………… (take) her two dogs for a walk near Bodmin Moor. Local police 3) ……………………………………. (start) investigations into the incident which follows a whole series of similar reports in recent months that 4) ……………………….……(cause) grave worries among residents. Parents 5) …………………………….. (tell) to make sure their children do not play in the areas where incidents 6) ……………………………………. (occur). Last time the creature 7) ………………………..…… (see) on Sunday morning . Mrs. Joan Williams, the wife of a local farmer, says that though it 8) ……………………………………….. (run) very fast, she 9) ……………………………………………... (catch) a glimpse of the creature which, as she says, 10) ……………………….. (resemble) a large puma.
II. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with an appropriate phrasal verb from the box, MAKING ANY NECESSARY CHANGES.
*do up *get away from *give in *pull down *move in *get run over *settle in *wear off
1. My parents wanted to …………..…….. the city so the whole family had to move to the country.
2. However, their enthusiasm for country life soon ……………………………………….. .
3. My brother and I begged to go back to the city and in the end my parents ……………………….. .
4. We’ve managed to buy a new apartment in the city. We ……………………. last month.
5. It felt strange at first but I’ve ………………………………….. now.
6. The city has changed. They’ve ………………………… a lot of old buildings in the center and put up smart new office blocks in their place.
7. They’re ………………………….. the old quarter and giving the buildings a fresh coat of paint.
8. They’ve turned the shopping area into a pedestrian precinct, so nobody ………………………. while crossing the roads these days, thank goodness!
III. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given. Annual trip to london
On this year’s class trip to London we visited the Museum of the 1) ______________ (Move) Image. According to the museum guide, MOMI has been collecting and maintaining television programmes and films for over 40 years. 2) _________________ (belief) today it has an almost 3) __________________ (rival) archive of more than 275,000 feature films and 200,000 television programmes!
The best exhibit was 4) ______________ (dispute) the one about small-screen television. It showed popular archive programmes, ranging from serious documentaries to pop programmes and game shows. This gave a 5) _______________ (strike) fascinating insight into TV twenty or thirty years ago, as well as everyday life.
After looking around the exhibitions, we planned to see a film at the MOMI film theatre, but it was closed for 6) _________________________ (renovate). Nevertheless, it appeared to be an 7) __________________________ (forget) trip. With pinpoint 8) _______________ (accurate) and 9) ____________ (precise) one student summed up MOMI as ‘one of the best museums I’ve been to’. All in all it was a very 10) ______________ (pleasure) experience.