Задания на интелектуалный марафон 1 вариант

Intellectual MARATHON-2015

English Contest

Variant 1

Grade 7 Name________________________

Reading.

Read the text and do the tasks below.

Sarah had a son of ten, who was called Jack. He did not like studying, but loved watching television. Sarah used to drive to school at half past four in the afternoon, bring Jack back home and give him some tea, but as soon as he got home, he always rushed to the television set and turned it on. "Haven't you got any homework, Jack?" his mother always asked him as she began to make tea. "Eh? Oh, yes, I have got a little," he used to answer. "I'll do it later when there's nothing interesting on television." At first Sarah had allowed Jack to watch television instead of starting his homework first, but soon she discovered that lie never had a little homework - it was always a great deal - and that there was never a time when there was nothing interesting on television, so that after putting off doing his homework for a couple of hours, Jack was too tired to do Ids homework properly, if at all. Sarah then decided to make him do it first. This was always a battle, and often when Jack obeyed his mother, he did his work quickly and carelessly as he wanted to finish it quickly and get back to his beloved television. The result was the same as when he left his homework until last; bad work, which he was punished for the next day at school by getting low marks, either because his homework was full of mistakes, or because he did not know the work he was supposed to have prepared the night before. One evening Jack's science homework was about famous inventors like Thomas Edison, who made important discoveries and inventions in the field of electricity. When he had homework that consisted of learning facts, his mother began to test him when he finished, to try to make sure that he had really done the work properly and not left anything out, and this is what she did this time. She did not let him stop until she was sure that he knew what was in his book. But this time, it was less of a battle than usual to make Jack sit down and go over what he had learnt carefully, because it had strong connection with television. In class the next day, the teacher said to Jack, "What are some of the things that Thomas Edison did for science?" "Well," Jack answered happily, "first of all, if it were not for Edison, we'd all be watching television by candlelight."

A. Write down whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Jack had a lot of homework.

2. He did not do his homework well because he was not a clever boy.

3. Jack's mother made him do his homework.

4. Jack enjoyed doing his homework about Thomas Edison.

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В Answer the following questions.

1. Was there sometimes nothing interesting on television for Jack? __________________________________________________________________

2. Were Jack's results better when his mother made him do his homework? ______________________________________________________________

3. What did Jack's mother do to stop him being punished at school?

______________________________________________________________

4. Why was Jack's answer funny?

________________________________________________________________

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Use of English

Open the brackets and put the verbs into the proper tense form.

A forester with his dog Tarzan was riding through the thick forest. Suddenly his horse 1 ................... (stop). The forester 2 ................... (feel) that something 3 ................... (frighten) it. He 4 ...................... (look) round and 5 ................... (see) a pack of wolves 6 ..................... (come) to them. Then the dog Tarzan 7 .................... (run) over to the wolves, 8 ................... (sniff) and 9 ....................... (disappear) with them in the forest. The forester remembered the day when he 10 ................... (find) a helpless hungry wolf-cub. He 11 ............ (pick) it up, 12 ............. (bring) it home, 13 ............... (warm) it, 14 ................... (give) it food and 15 ................... (put) it in Tarzan's dog house. Soon the cub 16 ................... (grow up). Then the forester 17 ................... (take) the young wolf back to the place where he 18 ................... (find) him and 19 ................... (leave) him there. Now the forester understood why the wolves 20 ....................... (not attack) him or his dog. Among them 21 ................... (be) Tarzan's friend. Tarzan 22 ............................ (return) home the next morning safe and sound.

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Complete the sentences below with the correct preposition.

1. Jack is responsible__________ advertising.
a) of b) on c) for d) by

2. That's very kind __________ you. Thank you very much!

a) to b) with c) for d) of
3. My boyfriend is very interested __________ art.
a) in b) to c) into d) by

4. My school is close __________ the swimming pool.
a) by b) with c) to d) at
5. The policeman was shouting __________ the boys who were throwing stones.
a) on b) after c) at d) to

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Choose from see / watch / look.

1. I couldn't_______ anything in the dark. ( see / watch / look)

2. I don't _______ soap operas. ( see / watch / look)

3. You need to _______ in order to see. ( see / watch / look)

4. Did you _______ how he kicked the ball. ( see / watch / look)

5. How far can you ______ without glasses? ( see / watch / look)

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Logical problems

Each problem consists of three statements. Based on the first two statements, the third statement may be true, false, or uncertain.

Tanya is older than Eric.
Cliff is older than Tanya.
Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is…..

1. True

2. False

3. Uncertain

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Writing Write full sentence answers to these questions:

1. What is your name?

2. Where are you from?

3. How old are you?

4. Which grade are you in?

5. What is your homeroom teacher's name?

6. Where do you live?

7. Have you got any brothers or sisters?

8. What do you look like?

9. What are your hobbies?

10. What school subjects do you like and dislike?

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TOTAL