Задания второго этапа областной олимпиады

по учебному предмету «Английский язык»

2023/2024 учебный год

VII класс

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Part А.   Read the text and do the tasks below the text

Why People Use Pseudonyms

You can’t choose the name you are given at birth, but in many countries you can change it legally when you reach adulthood. Of course, most people never change their names even if they feel unhappy about them. However, some people do take this course of action – particularly artists! What makes an artist want to change their name? Sometimes it’s for purely personal reasons, such as the Nobel Prize winning poet fr om Chile, Neftali Reyes. He didn’t want his father to know he was writing poetry, so he changed his name to Pablo Neruda when he was a young man. At other times the reason may appear eccentric, take the case of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, who wrote under 75 different names. The reason? “When I use a different name, I always write in a different way,” he explained. In most cases, however, the reason is for social, historical, political, or cultural reasons. Here are some of the most common:

The person’s real name is just too long and difficult to remember. Let’s be honest, Madonna Louise Ciccone is not as easy to remember as just plain “Madonna”. And short names are much easier to remember: William Bradley became Brad Pitt and Edson Arantes do Nascimento became Pele.

Sometimes names are changed for marketing purposes. For example, if a name sounds too “foreign”, it may be changed to something that is more recognizable in a market. So in the film world, Ramon Estevez adopted the name Martin Sheen. Or maybe the artist’s real name doesn’t sound very attractive – Chad Everett does sound a lot better than Raymond Cramton!

Artists sometimes choose the name of someone they admire. Robert Zimmerman changed his name to Bob Dylan because of his admiration for the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas.

Another reason may be practicality: in the past, women found it very difficult to get published. To avoid this situation they sometimes gave themselves men’s names, so the English author Mary Ann Evans became George Eliot, and she did get her books published!

1. Find the synonyms from the text
2. a period of human life, when he or she is responsible for the life and other people __________
3. strange, exotic, unfamiliar, distant _____________________
4. respect, appreciation, love _________________

1. Mark the statements as TRUE or FALSE
2. The name given at birth can be changed at any time. ________________
3. Personal reasons can make an artist change the name ________________
4. Some centuries ago in some countries women found it difficult to publish their books under their names. ______________

Part B. Lexical-Grammar Test

1. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets

When I was ten years old, my mother  1) ______________________________ (give) me a dog. I 2) ________________________ (have)  the dog for two years now and I 3) __________________________ (love)  him very much. At the moment he 4) ______________________________  (sit) by my bed. If it stops raining, I 5) _______________________________ (take) him to the park for a walk. We usually  6)__________________________(go) to the park in the afternoon. Yesterday we 7) ___________________________ (see) lots of other dogs there, too but my dog is the most beautiful dog I 8) ________________________ (ever/see).

1. Choose the correct item
2. Please, give me ________________ apples.
3. A) a B) an                    C) some
4. There is ________________ coffee in the jar.
5. A) few B) a little              C) a few
6. Ann _____________________ in the bathroom.
7. A) sing B) sung                 C) is singing
8. This is Mary’s book. It’s _________________ book.
9. A) her B) she                   C) hers
10. I am going to meet Liz ________________ 6 o’clock.
11. A) on B) in                     C) at
12. “______________ did you meet yesterday?” “John”     
13. A) Who B) When               C) Why
14. The bag is empty. There is _____________ in it.
15. A) something B) anything       C) nothing
16. Tonia went shopping two hours _____________
17. A) ago B) since                C) for
18. I have been in Athens ____________ Monday.
19. A) yet B) for                    C) since
20. John is ________________ than Jim.
21. A) the heaviest B) heavier       C) heavy
22. She was born ______________ March 1^st .
23. A) at B) on                    C) in
24. The soldier is carrying __________ gun.
25. A) an B) a                      C) –
26. This is my bicycle. It is _______
27. A) me B) mine                 C) my
28. We watch TV ______the evening.
29. A) at B) on                     C) in
30. Peter is _______ boy in our class.
31. A) the oldest B) the older       C) oldest

1. Complete the sentences with SOME, ANY, NO or their derivatives

There is 1) ____________________ sleeping on the beach. He is homeless. He hasn’t got 2)____________________ blankets to keep him warm. He is using 3)__________________ newspapers. He has 4)____________ for  his head. He has 5)_____________ to go because he has got 6)_____ friends. There is 7) __________________ else in the park.

1. Use the correct form of Gerund or Infinitive

Sarah is very pretty. She wants 1)_____________________(be) a model when she grows up. She loves 2)________________________(go) to fashion shows and 3) __________________(buy) all the fashion magazines. She always enjoys 4)_____________________(watch) fashion programmes on TV. Sarah also likes 5)____________________ (listen) to music and she hopes 6)___________________(start) music lessons this year. But her mother says that she must 7) ____________________ (work) harder at school, if she wants 8)_______________________ (have) these lessons.

1. Complete the sentences using TOO or ENOUGH
2. “Can he buy the car?” “No, he can’t. The car is __________________________________(expensive).
3. “Can she reach the cake?” “No, she can’t. she is __________________________________(short).
4. “Can she wear the skirt?” “Yes, she can. She is ______________________________________(thin).

1. Fill in the correct article wh ere necessary (a/an, the,--)

At  the weekend, Alex and Amanda went to ) _____ theatre. They saw 2) _____ great play called “I Would Die for You” . 3) _____ play was 4) ______ romantic story about 5) _____ lives of 6) ____ couple in love. After going to 7) ____ theatre, Alex and Amanda went to 8)_____ restaurant. They both ate 9)____ very large meal. Amanda had 10) ____ huge bowl of spaghetti and Alex had 11) ____ enormous plate of various kinds of meat. 12) ____spaghetti and meat were followed by chocolate cake.  After leaving 13) ____ restaurant, Alex and Amanda got 14) ____ taxi home.

1. Complete by changing the form of the word in capitals when it is necessary
2. I’ve made my __________________________ (DECIDE). I’m going to buy the blue one.
3. This dress is wonderful – but it’s a little too _____________________ (EXPENSE) for me.
4. I’ve broken my new CD player and now it’s _____________________ (USE).
5. In the past, rich people often had _______________________________ (SERVE) to do everything for them.
6. We offer top quality products at _____________________ (AFFORD) prices.
7. The advert was __________________ (TRUE), so I complained to the manager.
8. Please be careful with that painting – it’s extremely ____________________________ (VALUE).