Выполнение задания     "Лингвистёнок-2020" английский язык (7-8 класс)

1

Answer the questions:

Which country has a maple leaf on its flag?

A) the USA

Б) Canada

В) Sri Lanka

Г) New Zealand

Д) India

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

2

What does your friend look like?

A) She is happy.

Б) She is a student.

В) She is tall and blond.

Г) She likes pop music.

Д) She is ok.

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

3

Which of these creatures doesn’t have fins?

A) a trout

Б) a pike

В) a crow

Г) a shark

Д) a dolphin

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

4

Which two countries does the Channel Tunnel join?

A) Ireland and England

Б) England and France

В) England and Holland

Г) Wales and Ireland

Д) Northern Ireland and Denmark

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

5

What do lots of Britons cook on Shrove Tuesday?

A) roast beef

Б) turkey

В) pancakes

Г) cakes

Д) pudding

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

6

Which meaning of the word ‘Macintosh’ is not correct?

A) a name

Б) a waterproof jacket

В) waterproof boots

Г) computers

Д) a sort of apples in North America

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

7

Which is not a movie genre?

A) a blockbuster

Б) a western

В) a thriller

Г) an action

Д) a cartoon

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

8

Complete the sentences:

Advent calendars are traditionally used to count down the days to _____.

A) New Year       Б) Christmas       В) Easter       Г) Maslenitsa       Д) Halloween

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

9

Children often go round the streets raising money for _______.

A) history       Б) offer       В) suggestion       Г) charity       Д) dinner

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

10

The world’s largest reef system, the Great Barrier Reef, is found off the north-eastern coast of _______.

A) Australia       Б) Austria       В) Argentina       Г) America       Д) Antarctica

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

11

Drivers in _________ use the left-handed side of the road.

A) Canada       Б) Scotland       В) Belarus       Г) Poland       Д) Germany

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

12

Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy ______.

A) rain       Б) lightning       В) thunder       Г) snow       Д) sun

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

13

The tennis match has ended with the score three to love. What is on the scoreboard now?

A) 3:3       Б) 3:2       В) 3:0       Г) 3:1       Д) 3:4

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

14

The main character of the famous book by Eleanor Hodgman Porter is talented at finding something to be glad about in every circumstance. What is her name?

A) Matilda       Б) Consuelo       В) Pollyanna       Г) Anna       Д) Jane

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

15

Demography is the study of ______.

A) disease

Б) abnormal behaviours

В) types or systems of government

Г) human populations

Д) religious figures, especially saints

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

16

What is another name of the famous polonaise composed by Michal Kleofas Oginski?

A) Farewell to my Love.

Б) Farewell to my Friend.

В) Farewell to Belarus.

Г) Farewell to my Home.

Д) Farewell to the Homeland.

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

17

When do people make each of the following sounds?

a) snore 1) when they are sick
b) cough 2) while sleeping
c) sigh 3) when they want to sleep
d) yawn 4) when they are disappointed
e) slurp 5) while eating

A) 1b2e3c4d5a

Б) 1e2d3a4c5b

В) 1d2a3b4c5e

Г) 1c2a3b4e5d

Д) 1b2a3d4c5e

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

18

Choose one correct verb to complete these idioms:

1) ____high

2) when pigs____

3) ____off the handle

4) ____off the handle

A) leave       Б) drive       В) jump       Г) fly       Д) run

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

19

Complete sentences 19-24 using the most appropriate and accurate English:

If what you say is true, there is ____ we can do about it.

A) little

Б) not many

В) many

Г) few

Д) a few

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

20

I can’t understand why you let your brother ____ to the country alone.

A) to go

Б) went

В) has gone

Г) go

Д) goes

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

21

He has been playing basketball ____ two hours.

A) since       Б) just       В) at       Г) for       Д) after

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

22

What will our planet look like if we ____ our nature?

A) didn’t protect

Б) won’t protect

В) don’t protect

Г) doesn’t protect

Д) aren’t protect

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

23

The windows ______ by the boy.

A) is broken

Б) were broken

В) broke

Г) was broken

Д) has been broken

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

24

Fill in: a) ON;   b) UP;   c) AROUND;   d) INSIDE OUT.

Mr. Jackson is an absent-minded man. When he went to bed yesterday he turned his shirt 1) _____, put it 2) _____, buttoned it 3) _____, and wound his scarf 4) _____ his neck.

A) 1a2c3d4b

Б) 1d2a3b4c

В) 1d2a3c4b

Г) 1c2b3d4a

Д) 1b2a3c4d

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

25

Unscramble the words and find the holiday which is celebrated in spring.

A) RISTCHMAS

Б) TEREAS

В) LLOOEENHWA

Г) THNKSGVNGAII

Д) YANAMGOH

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

26

In which situations can each of the following words be heard?

1) hang up a) at a concert
2) try on b) launching a spaceship
3) tune in c) at the doctor’s
4) countdown d) at the shop
5) come down with e) putting someone through on the phone

A) 1e2d3a4b5c

Б) 1c2d3e4b5a

В) 1b2c3e4a5d

Г) 1d2e3a4b5c

Д) 1a2d3c4b5e

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

27

I’m an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I

A) 11       Б) 12       В) 7       Г) 27       Д) 10

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

28

It takes 12 hours to get from London to Singapore by plane. It is twice as long as from London to Minsk and two hours shorter than from Minsk to New York. How long are the flights from Minsk to London and from Minsk to New York taken together?

A) 8       Б) 38       В) 20       Г) 32       Д) 16

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

29

Paula is in charge of buying soap to clean penguins covered in oil from oil spills. During the month of April, they cleaned 149 penguins with soap at a price of £40 each. What was the total cost for soap in April?

A) £6690       Б) £5960       В) £9160       Г) £1690       Д) £5690

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)  

30

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This is an extract from the famous poem “This is the House that Jack Built”. Put the missing words in the correct order according to the text:

This is the (1) ____ with the crumpled horn. That tossed the (2) ____ that worried the (3) ____. That killed the (4) ____ that ate the 5) ____. That lay in the house that Jack built.

a) malt       b) cow       c) cat       d) rat       e) dog

A) 1b2c3e4d5a

Б) 1c2b3e4a5d

В) 1d2c3b4e5a

Г) 1e2c3d4a5b

Д) 1b2e3c4d5a

А)         Б)         В)         Г)         Д)