«Лингвистёнок - 2007»

Задания для учащихся 7-8 классов

 Задания с 1 по 10 оцениваются по 3 балла

1. In what country is Danish spoken?

A) Finland.     Б) Brazil.      B) Holland.     Г) Switzerland.    Д) Denmark.

2. Which is the nationality of a person who lives in the Netherlands?

A) Bulgarian.      Б) Swedish.       B) Dutch.        Г) Danish.       

Д) German.

3. If you overtake the fifth person in a competition, in what position will you be?

A) the first.    Б) the third.     B) the last.     Г) the fifth.      Д) the sixth.

4. You've just broken your grandma's favourite porcelain. So, you expect her to tell you off, that is ... .

А) to congratulate you.             Б) to tell you something.   В) to be worried about you. Г) to be pleased with you.    Д) to be angry with you.

5. Choose the word that doesn't rhyme with the others:

A) nail.    Б) ball.     B) snail.   Г) whale. Д) trail.

6. How long have you been playing the trumpet?

A) About 50 cm.       Б) For four years.  B) In my room.      Г) By myself.

Д) Last year.

7. I'm going to Kansas next weekend so I have to travel ... .

A) south.     Б) southern.       B) in south.              Г) to south.        Д) at south.

8. I went to the lecture this morning, but I didn't learn anything. It was just ... .

A) a loss of time.       Б) a waste of time.               B) a time loss.     Г) a time out.   Д) timeless.

9. There  should  be  a  better  way  to  start  a  day  than   ...   every
morning.

A) get up.     Б) wake up.      B) waking.      Г) waking up.      Д) to get up.

 10. Play - game

        Think - thought
        Believe - ...

A) believer.    Б) belief.       B) believable.        Г) believed.        Д) belif.

 Задания с 11 no 20 оцениваются по 4 балла

11. Не looked at his watch quickly. Find a synonym for «looked quickly»:

A) searched.       Б) reached.       B) glanced.       Г) sobbed.  Д) raced.

12. «I'll be in touch» means that I'll ... later.

A) contact you.       Б) meet you.               B) come to you.    Г) see you.             Д) visit you.

13. No, ... a good time at this party. Let's leave!

A) I'm not having.       Б) I don't have.       B) I will be having.

Г) I didn't have.           Д) I have.

14. I lent your brother some money. He ... me $300.

A) gives.  Б) owns.  B) owes.  Г) borrows              Д) lends.

15. There ... my money.

A) go.          Б) walk.                   B) walks.             Г) goes.   Д) leaves.

16. - Would you like some tea?

A) - Yes, please.     Б) - Not at all.          B) - No really.

Г) - Yes, thank you.                Д) - Not.

17. «Soda» and «pop» are general words for ... .

A) candy.     Б) alcoholic drinks.     B) soft drinks.     Г) music.     Д) food.

18. «You don't have to do it» means ... .

А) «It isn't necessary to do it.»              Б) «You mustn't do it.»  В) «You can wait.» Г) «It isn't a good idea to do it.»     Д) «You should think about it.»

19. If somebody is illiterate, they ... .

A) can't speak well.      Б) can't read or write.      B) don't like literature.

Г) don't write legibly.   Д) are ill.

  20. How long is it from two to two to two two?

A) two minutes.      Б) five minutes.       B) a couple of seconds.   Г) four minutes. Д) two hours.

 Задания с 21 по 30 оцениваются по 5 баллов

21. I'm looking forward to ... .

A) have to hear you.               Б) hear you.                 B) be allowed to hear you.

Г) hearing from you.               Д) hear.

22. He ... his right hand towards the ... sun and felt its warmth in the
palm of his hand.

A) rose, rising.        Б) raised, rising.      B) rose, raising.

Г) raised, raising.    Д) raising, rised.

23. - May I open the window?

A) - I'd rather you didn't.        Б) - Not at all.          B) - No really.

Г) - No, thank you. Д) - Not.

24. You ... this test 20 years ago. You were not born.

A) may have taken. Б) must have taken. B) needn't have taken.

Г) couldn't have taken.    Д) shouldn't have taken.

25. «I saw him the other day» means «I saw him...».

A) some time.         Б) a few days ago.   B) several weeks ago.

Г) tomorrow.           Д) yesterday.

26. She was run over by a car hurrying along the road. Which sentence
means the same thing?

A) While hurrying along the road, she was hit by a car.

Б) She was hit by a car which was hurrying along the road.

B)            She hit a car while hurrying along the road.

Г) She was hurrying along the road when she was hit by a car.

Д) The car was run over by a hurrying woman.

 27. A: «What if I forget everything? What if my pen runs out?»

B: «... Stop worrying! You'll be fine! Just don't panic!»

A) for goodness' sake.      Б) for goodness sake.     B) for godness, sake.

Г) for godness' sake.        Д) for godnes's sake.

28. They couldn't find what they wanted, so they had to built their house

from ... .

A) begin.       Б) beginning.        B) scratch.       Г) scrape.     Д) first.

29. Maggie Mathematical has five sons. One is called Alpha, another is called Beta, the third is called Gamma and the fourth is called Fred. What is the fifth son's name. The fifth son is called ... .

A) Math.    Б) John.      B) Albert.              Г) What.                      Д) Who.

30. We were talking on the verandah when we saw our uncle pulling
a ... along the path.

А) heavy long rectangular brown wooden chest.

Б) long heavy rectangular brown wooden chest.

В) long heavy brown rectangular wooden chest.

Г) long heavy wooden brown rectangular chest.

Д) heavy long brown wooden rectangular chest.