Блок В. Read the text about Valentine’s Day.

Задания VI Всероссийской дистанционной олимпиады

По английскому языку для 7-8 классов «Вот задачка» II Тур

Предлагаем проверить свои знания в олимпиаде по английскому языку для учащихся 7-8 классов.

Блок А. Choose the correct answer.

Dear Megan,

Thanks so much for your letter. It was lovely to hear from you again and to get all your news.

Things (1) _________to go very well. I (2) _________to London in the beginning of July, and (3) _________a room the first day I was here. That was really lucky – some people (4) _________ages looking for somewhere to live. It's a nice place in a big house. The landlady's really friendly, and there are a lot of other students. They (5) _________from all over the world, but most of them (6) _________good English, so it's easy to talk to them.

Social life is great! I (7) _________out every night this week, and tomorrow I (8) _________a party in my room for my new friends. Next weekend some of us (9) _________to Wales – let's hope the weather's OK. I (10) _________tennis two or three times a week, too.

Write again soon.

Love,

Jane.

1. a. are starting b. start

2. a. have come b. came

3. a. have found b. found

4. a. are spending b. spend

5. a. came b. come

6. a. are speaking b. speak

7. a. 've been b. went

8. a. have b. 'm having

9. a. go b. are going

10. a. play b. 'm playing

Блок Б. Choose the correct antonyms for each underlined word below.

1) It is not uncommon to find tigers around this forest.
a) under b) unusual c) hard d) usual

2) There are many active workers in the construction site.
a) busy b) lazy c) easy d) smelly

3) Jonathan is brave enough to stop the man with a knife from hurting a little child.
a) coward b) afraid c) courageous d) smart

4) The soldiers will do anything to halt the enemies from entering.
a) stop b) start c) continue d) kill

5) Bobby’s house is very large.
a) small b) beautiful c) ugly d) big

6) The ordinary hive has many worker bees.
a) unusual b) strange c) normal d) big

7) Wow! Your room is very clean.
a) beautiful b) ugly c) bright d) dirty

8) Ben looks very old in that gray suit.
a) thin b) young c) fat d) handsome

9) I was foolish enough to believe that I would pass the exam without studying.
a) strong b) wise c) brave d) enjoy

10) He is strong for the man his own age.
a) weak b) smart c) fast d) small

Блок В. Read the text about Valentine’s Day.

Valentine's Day is a romantic day observed on February 14th. People send greeting cards called valentines to their loved ones. Many valentines have romantic verses, and others have humorous pictures and sayings. The most common saying is, "Be my Valentine."

Valentine decorations and cards can go on store shelves as early as the day after Christmas. Schools decorate their classrooms with paper hearts and streamers just for this occasion. The most common gifts to give on Valentine's Day are candy and flowers.

The holiday of Valentine's Day probably came from the ancient Roman feast called "Lupercalia." In the early days of Rome, dangerous wolves lived in the forest nearby. The Romans called upon one of their gods, Lupercus, to keep the wolves away. A festival held in honor of Lupercus was celebrated February 15th. The festival was celebrated as a spring festival. Their calendar was different at that time, with February falling in early springtime.

One of the customs of Lupercalia for young people was called "name-drawing." On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia, the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and put in a jar. Each young man drew a piece of paper with a name on it. The girl whose name was chosen would be his sweetheart for the year.

Legend says that the holiday became Valentine's Day after a priest named Valentine. Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time when Christianity was a new religion. The Emperor at that time was Claudius II. He ordered the Roman soldiers not to marry or become engaged. Claudius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars. Valentine disobeyed the Emperor's order and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned, and executed.

Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, the eve of the Roman holiday Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine was named a saint. As Rome became more Christian, the priests moved the spring holiday from the 15th of February to the 14th - Valentine's Day. Now the holiday honored Saint Valentine instead of Lupercus.

1. Valentine’s Day is on:

a. 14th of February

b. 14th of January

c. 15th of February

2. On this day people send:

a. e-mails

b. cards

c. sms

3. People usually give gifts such as:

a. perfumes

b. flowers

c. books

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