ПОШ Английский язык ответы 7-8 класс. 3 декабря 2024 г. Разбираем задания и ответы первого тура Подмосковной олимпиады школьников по Английскому языку для 7-8 класса
ПОШ Английский язык ответы 7-8 класс
Задание 1. LISTENING
Listen to the text and mark the statements below with “Т” if they are true and “F” if they are false. You will hear the recording twice.
There is no rain at all in the desert.
The day temperature in some deserts can rise over .
Deserts cover almost of the land on our planet.
The Sahara Desert is much bigger than the USA.
The Atacama Desert is located in South America.
There is a lot of sand in most places in the Gobi Desert.
The Gobi Desert is the hottest one on Earth.
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Задание 2. LISTENING
1. Listen to 4 people speaking. For each speaker choose the correct occupation. There is one occupation you do not need.
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
A player
A commentator
A footballer
A jockey
A referee
2. Listen again. Choose the correct answer. According to Speaker 1, what is essential for becoming a professional in their sport?
Respecting the member of the team
Having a lot of experience
Being short and light
3. How does Speaker 2 describe the players’ reactions?
Players are always calm and polite.
Players only scream when the speaker makes a mistake.
Players scream at the speaker regardless of her decision.
4. What does Speaker 3 say about his experience in sport?
He has played it since childhood.
He started playing it at university.
He has been playing it all his life.
5. According to Speaker 4, one of the jobs she does
is to give people a detailed description of what is happening.
is more exciting that the other.
is to state obvious things.
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Задание 3. READING
Read the text and match the questions with the sports (A-E). You can use the letters more than once.
Five Strange Sports
Every country has a national sport and most major sports are now played across the world. Everyone has heard of sports like football, basketball, cricket and golf. However, in many countries, people also play unusual sports, with strange and interesting rules. Here are our top five unusual sports from around the planet.
A. Man vs. horse marathon
This race takes place in Wales. It is called a marathon, but it is actually 35.4 km, not 42.2 km like a usual marathon. People race against horses across the hills and mountains. It started in 1981, but a human did not win until 2004.
B. Dragon boat racing
Every year in Singapore, thousands of people come to watch the dragon boat race. A dragon boat is a traditional Chinese boat with a painted dragon’s head on one end. There are people in each boat and they race in the water. Dragon boat racing is also popular in China, Malaysia and Indonesia.
C. Caber toss
In this sport, people compete to throw a large piece of wood called a caber as far as they can. The caber toss is an ancient Scottish sport. The caber has no official size or shape, but it is usually the size of a small tree.
D. Chess boxing
You need both strength and intelligence to be a good chess boxer. Players play a round of chess, followed by a round of boxing. There are eleven rounds in total. Chess boxing was invented in 1992 by an English comic book writer. The sport is most popular in England and Germany.
E. Camel wrestling
In Turkey, camel wrestling is a very old sport. The largest camel wrestling competition takes place in Ephesus every year and thousands of people come. In the sport, two male camels wrestle each other. Sometimes the camels do not want to fight and they run through the crowds, which can be dangerous.
Which sport …
began at the early 1980s?
is practised in the north of the UK?
requires being both smart and strong?
is popular in several Asian countries?
allows humans to compete with animals in a race?
is full of danger for spectators if something goes wrong?
requires using a long wooden pole?
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Задание 4. READING
Read the text and mark the statements below with “Т” if they are true and “F” if they are false.
Golden Hook
Have you heard of Golden Hook? Golden Hook is a group of twenty grannies and a young man with a clever business idea. They make beautiful, handmade, wool hats and sell them all around the world. You can’t buy Golden Hook hats in a shop. If you want one, you go to their website and choose the style, size and colours you want. Then you look at photographs and choose a grandma. The granny knits the hat by hand just for you. One week later, you get the hat with a special message from the granny inside. You can see people wearing Golden Hook hats in Paris, London, Tokyo and New York. People love the hats because every hat is different.
Golden Hook was started in Paris, by Jeremy Emsellem. In 2005, when he was 19, Jeremy began knitting hats for fun. He wore the hats in class, and other students really liked them. Everyone wanted one! Jeremy made hats for 50 students, but he didn’t have time to make hats for everyone. Then, in 2007, he visited his old aunt and had an idea. His aunt and her friends were all grandmothers. They didn’t have a job and they didn’t look after children, so they had a lot of time. They were really bored. They were also very good at knitting. Jeremy talked to his aunt’s friends. He asked them if they wanted to make hats for him. Six of the grandmothers said ‘Yes’. In 2008, Jeremy started the Golden Hook company and set up a website. In the first year, they only sold 300 hats, but the company expanded quickly. Soon after, in 2010, Golden Hook employed 20 grannies. Three years later, in 2012, a famous shop introduced the hats to Tokyo – Japanese people loved the grannies’ hats.
With Golden Hook, everyone wins. The customers get excellent hats. The grannies get money, and something interesting to do. And Jeremy? Jeremy is 38 now, and he is a Chief Executive Officer of an international company.
Golden Hook hats can be purchased in shops around the world.
Customers can personalise their hats by choosing the style and colours.
Jeremy Emsellem started knitting hats as a business when he was 19.
The grannies who knit the hats were first employed by Jeremy’s aunt.
Golden Hook expanded quickly after its first year of operation.
Japanese people were not interested in Golden Hook hats.
Everybody involved in this business benefits.
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Задание 5. READING
Read the text. Choose the correct answer to each question.
Predicting Earthquakes
Since the beginning of recorded history, almost every culture in the world has reported observations of unusual animal behaviour before earthquakes but conventional science has never been able to adequately explain the phenomenon.
Nevertheless, the Chinese and Japanese have been using such observations for hundreds of years as an important part of their earthquake warning systems.
Most significantly, on February 4, 1975 the Chinese successfully evacuated the city of Haicheng several hours before a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, saving nearly 90.000 lives. It was based on observations of unusual animal behaviour.
Helmut Tributsch’s classic work on the subject of earthquakes and unusual animal behaviour – ‘When the Snakes Awake’ – details numerous accounts of the phenomenon from all over the world. However, although these behaviour patterns are documented very well, most specialists do not take them very seriously. In fact, most geologists do not believe that there are any earthquake prediction techniques which perform any better than chance; they include unusual animal behavior as well.
Unusual behaviour is difficult to define, although there are some distinct patterns which have emerged. An example of this is an intense fear that appears to make some animals cry or bark for hours, and others run away in panic. Equally typical is the phenomenon of wild animals losing their usual fear of people.
Although the majority of accounts relate to dogs and cats, there are also many stories about other types of animals in the wild, on farms, and in zoos. Unusual behaviour has been reported in many other animal species as well, including fish, reptiles, and even insects. This strange behaviour can occur at any time in advance of a quake – from weeks to seconds.
A number of theories have been proposed to explain this phenomenon. One of them states that some animals become sensitive to the variations of the Earth’s magnetic field, and since variations in the magnetic field occur near the epicenters of earthquakes, it has been suggested that this is what the animals are picking up on.
Other mysterious phenomena are often connected with earthquakes. Water levels in wells change or the water itself becomes cloudy. Many people report that suddenly there is stillness in the air, and that everything around them becomes completely silent. Strange lights are often seen glowing from the earth, and unusual fogs appear. More puzzling is the fact that a number of people even claim that they have seen UFOs flying around earthquake sites.
Currently Western science does not have any reliable means of forecasting earthquakes. Any clues that may be used to help us predict when and where the next quake is coming should be taken into account with an open mind, and strange animal behaviour is one of them.
1. What do animals do before an earthquake happens?
They start hiding underground.
They start flying away.
They start behaving strangely.
2. Which country used animal behaviour to predict an earthquake in 1975?
The USA
China
Japan
3. What adjective describes Tributsch’s work ‘When The Snakes Awake’?
Complete
Controversial
Classic
4. Why can animals behave strangely before an earthquake?
They can hear noises underground.
They can see the earthquake coming.
They can sense changes in the Earth’s magnetic field.
5. What is the attitude of most geologists to using unusual animal behaviour for earthquake prediction?
They take it seriously.
They are skeptical and do not believe it.
They think it is a reliable method.
6. Which type of unusual animal behaviour is mentioned in the text?
Animals lose their usual fear of people.
Animals refuse to eat and drink.
Animals become more aggressive towards people.
7. What other phenomena are often connected with earthquakes?
Unusual cloud formations and rainstorms.
The appearance of strange lights and fogs.
Increased volcanic activity and landslides.
8. What is the text about?
The scientific theories on unusual animal behaviour after earthquakes.
The history of earthquake prediction methods in China and Japan.
The use of unusual animal behaviour in predicting earthquakes.
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Задание 6. USE OF ENLISH
The letters of the words in bold are given in the wrong order. Use the clues in brackets to guess the correct words. The first question has been done for you.
Fennec Fox
The fennec fox is a small 0. TRUECARE creature found in the Sahara Desert of North Africa. This tiny fox is known for its large ears, which 1. TOPTREC (=help overcome) it from the heat and help find prey 2. EDROUNDRUNG (=below the surface). These animals have a 3. EGEIB (=very light brown) coat with a fluffy white belly and black tail. They can live in the desert for long periods by getting water from their food. Fennec foxes are most active during the 4. THING (=dark time), when temperatures are cooler. They feed on a variety of insects, small animals, and plants. These foxes are 5. ALSOIC (=living in groups, not alone) animals and live in groups of up to ten animals. These foxes use a series of 6. KRABS (=dog-like sounds), and other sounds to communicate with each other. They are fast climbers and diggers, which allows them to 7. PEACES (=avoid) predators and find food. These lovely little foxes are in danger of dying out and people must do everything in their power to make sure they survive.
1. TOPTREC (=help overcome)
2. EDROUNDRUNG (=below the surface)
3. EGEIB (=very light brown)
4. THING (=dark time)
5. ALSOIC (=living in groups, not alone)
6. KRABS (=dog-like sounds)
7. PEACES (=avoid)
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Задание 7. USE OF ENLISH
Cross out any TWO letters to get a new word to match the given definition.
1. fridge → _________ a short journey on a vehicle, bicycle or horse
2. monitor → _________ an engine
3. basket → _________ make a pie
4. clean → _________ a container for liquid
5. roller → _________ a part in a play
6. friend → _________ the opposite of ‘lose’
7. board → _________ of low quality
8. spring → _________ turn round and round
9. whistle → _________ a period of time
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Задание 8. USE OF ENLISH
Change the word TOAD into LARK in six stages. Change only one letter at a time.
1. something that a person or a vehicle carries, it can often be heavy
2. a master
3. something that consists of letters and has a meaning
4. something that helps you make a living
5. a type of meat
6. a garden in a city
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Задание 9. USE OF ENLISH
Some words in English have more than one meaning. Read the short poem below and match the words in bold to the correct meaning. In this list, there are 8 odd definitions that you do not need.
To A Bird by Annette Wynne
O bird that darts now low, now high,
You know the streets across the sky;
You know where leafy lanes lie deep
And quiet nooks to go to sleep;
You know the place to build a nest,
What twigs to use, what shape is best;
I wonder how you found things out
That scholars never know about;
I’ve studied large books through and through,
But never can be wise as you!
darts
lie
place
shape
scholars
something that is not true
physical condition
a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in detail
students who have been given scholarships
form
moves suddenly and quickly in a particular direction
a town or a building (like a cafe or a theatre)
have an important influence
are located
are in a flat position, not standing or sitting
a game in which little arrows are thrown at a round board
put something somewhere
point or area
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Задание 10. USE OF ENLISH
Fill in the gaps using the correct words derived from the words in brackets.
Yarn Bombing
Yarn bombing, also known as yarn graffiti or guerrilla 1. ____ (knit), is a form of street art that has been gaining momentum worldwide. This unique art form involves adorning public spaces or objects with 2. ____ (colour) knitted or crocheted yarn, transforming mundane objects into whimsical and vibrant displays.
Yarn bombing allows artists to showcase their creativity in 3. ____ (expect) places, adding a touch of 4. ____ (warm) and colour to urban landscapes. From street signs and bike racks to statues and tree trunks, no surface is off-limits for these yarn-bombers.
What sets yarn bombing apart is its 5. ____ (able) to bring art to the streets in a fun and non-destructive way, offering a temporary burst of colour and creativity to passersby. This art form also fosters a sense of community among artists who come together to create yarn-bombing installations, often collaborating on large-scale projects that 6. ____ (bright) up entire 7. ____ (neighbour).
1. _______ (knit)
2. _______ (colour)
3. _______ (expect)
4. _______ (warm)
5. _______ (able)
6. _______ (bright)
7. _______ (neighbour)
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Задание 11. USE OF ENLISH
Some famous buildings have names. Why do you think they were called this way? Match the building to the fun fact about it.
1. The Gherkin, London
2. Empire State Building, Manhattan, New York City
3. Falling Water House, Pennsylvania
4. Tribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois
5. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, New York City
6. The Palace of Westminster, London
The name of this building comes from the nickname of the state where it is located. The state’s nickname in its turn was probably intended as a way of expressing admiration for the strength and wealth of the land in question.
This house was built as a private residence by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. It is situated over a very beautiful part of the Bear Run river.
This iconic building got part of its name from a famous nearby abbey. The other part comes from a luxurious edifice that had been constructed on this exact spot during the Medieval epoch.
This neo-Gothic skyscraper was built for the rich owner of a newspaper. The name of the newspaper is partly mentioned in the nickname of this famous building.
This famous skyscraper takes its name from a German word that means ‘a small pickled cucumber’. Although not quite so small, it does resemble this delicacy in shape.
This building is called after the founder of the art institution that it houses. This is a landmark of the XX century American Architecture.
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