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Упорядник:

Штогун Ольга Олександрівна – вчитель англійської та німецької мов Щекичинської ЗШ І-ІІ ступенів. Спеціаліст ІІ кваліфікаційної категорії

 

Рецензент:

Шушковська Світлана Степанівна - вчитель української мови та літератури Щекичинської ЗШ І-ІІ ступенів. Спеціаліст вищої категорії

 

У посібнику  подано матеріали для використання при підготовці учнів до І та ІІ етапів Всеукраїнської олімпіади з німецької мови для 8-9 класів.

 

 

Розглянуто на засіданні МК вчителів предметників Щекичинської ЗШ І-ІІ ст. від18.11.2016 р. протокол №2

Рекомендовано до друку та поширення на засіданні методичної ради Щекичинської ЗШ І-ІІ ст. від 16.11.2016 №2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

На сьогодні найпопулярнішим та дієвим методом роботи, виявлення підтримки та розвитку обдарованих дітей є проведення конкурсів різних рівнів — від місцевих до міжнародних, учнівських олімпіад — від районних до всеукраїнських. Навчання обдарованих, талановитих дітей, їхня підготовка до професійної реалізації в самостійному житті — актуальне питання сьогодення. З огляду на це основними завданнями сучасної освіти є розвиток інтелектуальних і творчих здібностей, природної обдарованості учнів, формування в них творчого потенціалу, мислення, уміння самореалізуватися. Підтримка та розвиток обдарованості є одним із пріоритетних напрямків сучасної освіти, оскільки поступ будь-якої країни, регіону, міста залежить саме від здатності її громадян нестандартно, креативно мислити, впроваджувати перспективні інновації в різні сфери суспільного життя. Всебічний розвиток обдарувань школярів здійснюють не тільки в ході навчальної діяльності, а й під час проведення різноманітних конкурсів, олімпіад, під час яких учні не тільки поглиблюють знання з предметів, а й мають можливість розвивати інтелект, ерудицію, вміння спілкуватись. Учні здебільшого зорієнтовані на здобуття знань, необхідних для успішного навчання у старшій профільній школі, для участі в предметних олімпіадах та конкурсах. Успіхів на цій ділянці роботи можна досягти лише тоді, коли проведено добре продуману індивідуальну роботу з найбільш здібними та обдарованими дітьми.

Олімпіада — це конкурс, у якому переможцями стають найсильніші, а інші учасники збагачуються новими знаннями і здобувають необхідний досвід. Тільки добровільний принцип і зацікавленість допомагають залучати учнів до осмисленої плідної роботи в період підготовки до олімпіад. Під час підготовки до шкільної олімпіади слід особливо ретельно підбирати завдання, доступні учням, виконання яких дає можливість відчути радість подолання труднощів.

 Олімпіада — це «свято», на якому сяють яскраві ідеї і красиві судження. Без системної роботи на уроці і після уроків велика перемога в олімпіаді неможлива. Олімпіада — це позакласна форма навчання. Для вчителя підготовка учнів до олімпіад є благодатним полем експериментальної діяльності. Усі творчі знахідки, методичні наробки можуть бути впроваджені в педагогічну практику й принести вагомі результати. Олімпіади однозначно потрібні дітям як шлях до самовираження, до розвитку. Не можна заборонити будь-якій дитині брати участь у шкільній олімпіаді, а такі випадки траплялися. Іноді дитина з нестандартним мисленням може не порозумітися з учителем, прогулювати уроки, бо їй там не цікаво, а на олімпіаді виявляє свою обдарованість. На олімпіадах учням пропонують завдання, які потребують уміння логічно і нестандартно мислити. Підготовка до олімпіад повинна відбуватись систематично і планомірно.

  Успішний виступ на олімпіаді це:

•              психологічна підготовка школяра до виконання нестандартних завдань;
•              вміння сконцентруватися на виконанні певних завдань за стислий проміжок часу;
•              грамотність учасника;
•              добре володіння предметним матеріалом.

  Успіх на олімпіаді пов’язаний не тільки зі здібностями, а і знаннями з предмету. Тому до олімпіади потрібно готуватися серйозно.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening Comprehension Test for 9^th Form Students

 

Tape script

 

He first noticed the new man in the neighbourhood on a Tuesday evening, on his way from the station. The man was tall and thin, with a look about him that told Ray Bankcroft he was English. It wasn’t anything Ray could put his finger on, the fellow just looked English. That was all there was to their first encounter, and the second meeting passed just as casually, Friday evening at the station. The fellow was living around Pelham some place, maybe in that new apartment house in the next block.

But it was the following week that Ray began to notice him everywhere. The tall Englishman rode down to New York with Ray on the 8:09 train, and he was eating a few tables away at Howard Johnson’s one noon. But that was the way things were in New York. Ray told himself, where you sometimes ran into the same person every day for a week.

It was on the weekend, when Ray and his wife travelled up to Stamford for a picnic that he became convinced the Englishman was following him. For there, fifty miles from home, the tall stranger came striding across the rolling hills, pausing now and then to take in the beauty of the place.

‘Linda,’ Ray remarked to his wife, ‘there’s that fellow again!’

‘What fellow, Ray?’

‘That Englishman from our neighbourhood. The one I was telling you I see everywhere.’

‘Oh, is that him?’ Linda Bankcroft frowned through the tinted lenses of her sunglasses. ‘I don’t remember ever seeing him before.’

‘Well, he must be living in that new apartment in the next block. I’d like to know what he’s doing up here, though. Do you think he could be following me?’

‘Oh, Ray, don’t be silly,’ Linda laughed. ‘Why would anyone want to follow you? And to a picnic?’

‘I don’t know, but it’s certainly odd the way he keeps turning up...’

It certainly was odd.

And as the summer passed into September, it grew odder still. Once, twice, three times a week oblivious of his surroundings.

Finally, one night on Ray Bankcroft’s way home, it suddenly grew to be too much for him. He walked up to the man and asked, ‘Are you following me?’

The Englishman looked down his nose with a puzzled frown. ‘I beg your pardon?’

‘Are you following me?’ Ray repeated. ‘I see you everywhere.’

‘My dear chap, really, you must be mistaken.’

‘I’m not mistaken. Stop following me!’

But the Englishman only shook his head sadly and walked away. And Ray stood and watched him until he was out of sight.

‘Linda, I saw him again today!’

‘Who, dear?’

‘That Englishman! He was in the elevator in my building.’

‘Are you sure it was the same man?’

‘Of course I’m sure! He’s everywhere, I tell you! I see him every day now, on the street, on the train, at lunch, and now even in the elevator! It’s driving me crazy. I’m certain he’s following me. But why?’

‘Have you spoken to him?’

‘I’ve spoken to him, cursed at him, threatened him. But it doesn’t do any good. He just looks puzzled and walks away. And then the next day there he is again.’

‘Maybe you should call the police. But I suppose he hasn’t really done anything.’

‘That’s the trouble, Linda. He hasn’t done a single thing. It’s just that he’s always around. The thing is driving me crazy.

‘What - what are you going to do about it?

‘I’ll tell you what I’m going to do! The next time I see him, I’m going to grab him and beat the truth out of him. I’ll get to the bottom of this ...’

 

 

 

 

Listening Comprehension Test for 9^th Form Students

1. You will hear a story. On your answer sheet put T if the statement is true, F if it is false.

 

1. He first noticed the new man in the neighbourhood on a Thursday evening.       
2. A look about him that told Ray Bankcroft he was American                                
3. It was the following week that Ray began to notice him everywhere.                  
4. When Ray and his wife travelled up to Stamford for a picnic he became convinced the Englishman was following him.                                                                                
5. One night on Ray Bankcroft’s way home he walked up to the man.                     
6.   Linda laughed, ‘Why wouldn’t anyone want to follow you?                               
7.   Ray wasn’t certain the Englishman following him.                                             
8.  Ray had spoken to him, cursed at him, and threatened him.                                 
9. Linda proposed to call the police.                                                                          
10.            Ray was going to grab the Englishman and beat the truth out of him.                  

  II. Decide who does the following actions, the Englishman or Ray.

1) ran out of cigarettes

2) paused, out of breath

3) saw him waiting

4) followed him down the railroad
          5) was beckoning him to follow       

6) ran on, faster and faster 

7) turned and walked away

8) called out, 'Come back here!'

9) heard the Express train

10) I’m going to grab him

 

 

Reading Comprehension Test for 9^th Form Students 

Directions:

In this Test you will read five texts. Each text is followed by 7 – 15 tasks. You should do the tasks following a text on the basis of what is stated or implied in that text. For each task you will choose the best possible answer and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

TEXT 1

Read the article and choose the best answer (a, b or c), according to the text

The Hard Rock Cafe Story 

"No matter where you are or what time it is, there's something going on at a Hard Rock Cafe. All over the world our cafes not only serve great food, but they serve up great music."

Hard Rock Cafes around the world symbolize the timeless energy, originality and unifying spirit that have helped to shape rock music over the last century.

The first Hard Rock Cafe (HRC) opened its doors to the public on June 14, 1971, in London.

Founded by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, two enterprising and music-loving Americans, HRC was a classic at once, attracting crowds of customers with its first-rate, but moderately priced American bill of fare, warm service and ever present rock'n' roll music and sensibility.

With more than 108 Hard Rock Cafes in 41 countries Hard Rock Cafe has become a truly global phenomenon. From its launch in London, England, to New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo, and on to such exotic locales as Kuala Lumpur and Taipei, Hard Rock offers a special experience to its devoted, ever-expanding clientele.

HRC has also become the world's leading collector and exhibitor of rock 'n' roll memorabilia.*

It all started when Eric Clapton, a regular at the first Hard Rock Cafe in London, asked the staff if he could hang his guitar on the wall to mark his favourite bar stool as "his spot".

They did and one week later, a package from "The Who's" Pete Townshend arrived by messenger with a guitar and a note with the message, "Mine's as good as his! Love, Pete."

Ever since then, Hard Rock Cafes have been collecting pieces of rock memorabilia and covering their walls with them. Their unparalleled collection consists of more than 60,000 pieces. It is rotated from restaurant to restaurant and provides the world's most comprehensive "visual history" of rock 'n' roll.

These treasures include an awe-inspiring collection of classic guitars and other instruments, posters, costumes, music and lyric sheets, album art, platinum and gold LPs, photos and much more.

Throughout its history, HRC has been governed by a special service philosophy: "Love All - Serve All." HRC is a place where all people have always been welcome, regardless of age, sex or class.

Since it was established Hard Rock Cafe has taken part in a wide variety of human activities around the world. Following its idea of being more than just a restaurant, Hard Rock tries to connect its business and its passion to make the earth a safer, healthier and a better place to live. For example, HRC cafes take an active role in organizing parties to raise funds for different local charities.

They have also founded special initiatives like 'Save the Planet' or 'Ambassador Program'.

All in all, today Hard Rock Cafe International is an entertainment and leisure company that continues to successfully expand the Hard Rock brand through countless music-related activities.

1. The first Hard Rock Cafe (HRC) was opened by

A  London Hard Rock fans.

B  two Americans.

C  Eric Clapton.

2. Lots of people like these cafes because there you can hear

A  rock 'n' roll music.

B  all kinds of music.

C  your favourite heavy metal music.

 

3. The big collection of rock memorabilia

A  is shown in a museum in the USA.

B  can be seen in the London HRC.

C  is passed from restaurant to restaurant all over the world.

 

4. Pete Townshend sent his guitar to the first HRC in London because

A he wanted to do the same as Eric Clapton before him.

B  it was a present to the staff.

C  he wanted to pay his bill with it.

 

5. Hard Rock Cafes also organize

A  instrument sales for musicians.

B  school concerts.

C  activities to help people or the environment.

 

TEXT 2

Read the following article from a newspaper. Six paragraphs have been removed. You must choose which of the paragraphs A-G match the numbered gaps 1-6. There is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps.

The Pressure point Stressed out? Don't fret, enjoy it!   

I recently gave a course on stress, which had nothing to do with stress management. It said that stress is magical and needful to our inner lives. This is a very unfashionable idea. Everyone knows that stress at work is the disease of our time. That it can kill. That it should be avoided at all cost by stress management techniques such as visualisation of calm scenes, aromatherapy and yoga.

1

In peace and war, stress has turned ordinary people into heroes and heroines. It can galvanise and inspire. Those who actively seek stress know the value of it, so why does current thinking suggest that we should avoid it?

2

Yet the word 'stress' is used to refer to both cause and effect, to what makes people feel stressed and to how they feel when they are stressed. Because of this conflation of stimulus and response, arousal has come to be blamed for the harm caused by threats and dangers.

3

This isn't necessarily so, although it may happen. Animals, for instance, subjected to long-term, uncontrollable pain and threat eventually resign themselves to their fate and then succumb to disease. This behaviour has been labelled 'learned helplessness' and human research supports this theory. Helplessness causes changes which affect the immune system and make the body more susceptible to disease.

4

The unsatisfactory scientific research into stress has had two consequences. First, it has led to the medicalisation of the normal stress response, turning a survival mechanism into a disease. Second, it has led to a lucrative, underqualified and largely unregulated industry of stress counsellors, offering to 'manage' and manipulate stress arousal and make it go away. An industry that says both overwork and underwork can be “stressful”. An industry whose techniques have been questioned by a number of scientific investigators as to their effectiveness and their purpose. An industry that encourages people to be calm about real threats they face at home and at work, when they should be getting off their backsides and doing something to help themselves.

5

There is one pattern to them all. Arousal, increasing tension and exhilaration leading to a resolution of the experience. By these activities we learn to survive. They toughen us up and help us to cope.

Yet nowadays, while every emphasis is placed on stressing the body to achieve physical fitness, stressing the brain is avoided. We are into mind flab in a big way.

6

 

A The problem here is not stress arousal, but failure to act on it. Doing nothing about a threat is  clearly linked in the research literature to disease. Despair can be an anaesthetic but it is also a killer.

 

B In my course we look at society's training exercises for dealing with danger and actually go  through with the arousal experience. Spectator sport, fairground rides, quizzes, thrillers and chillers of every kind, childhood dares and daredevil pursuits.

 

C Recently, I have been looking at the research on stress. Disturbingly, I found no agreed definition of the term. Stress arousal is a response to threat or challenge.

 

D My course was rather different. It featured clips from the climaxes of horror films, interviews with sports stars, creepy-crawlies (I have a giant metal spider named Esmerelda) and lots of evidence from the arts and sciences on stress arousal as the key to peak experiences.

 

E Lamentably, if we see somebody working flat out on a project, the fashion is to say 'they'll kill themselves', How sad and strange. In reality, triumphing over adversity can give people a  tremendous sense of achievement.

 

F The experimental literature on stress and disease is also prone to another serious error. It says 'disease often follows stressful experience, so stress must cause disease.' In logic, this is a flaw known as post hoc, ergo propter hoc - which means that 'it followed it, therefore it was caused by it'.

 

G Third, it is my view that in the triumph over terror we find our greatest rewards. Such experiences help us to become mature and independent.

 

TEXT 3

 

Read the text below, and chose the word which best fits each gap from the list below.

 

 English in Europe

English has without a 1) ______________ become the second language of Europe and the world. European countries which have most 2) ______________ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours in Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the 3)____________ of Scandinavia.

 

The situation is so 4) ______________ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be 5) ______ of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio and print 6) __________ it into every home and the schoolyard 7) _____________ of children; advertisers use it to 8) __________ up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills 9) ___________ them. Increasingly one hears the 10) ______________ that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations ...

 

1	a	question	b	doubt	c	problem	d	thought
2	a	successfully	b	victorious	c	successful	d	lucrative
3	a	rest	b	additional	c	remaining	d	extra
4	a	plain	b	open	c	blatant	d	marked
5	a	ignorant	b	aware	c	oblivious	d	acquainted
6	a	guide	b	bring	c	shift	d	haul
7	a	conversation	b	head-to-head	c	consultatio	d	dialogue
8	a	life	b	energy	c	enthusiasm	d	pep
9	a	succeed	b	fall	c	fail	d	fizzle
10	a	feeling	b	posture	c	judgement	d	view

 

TEXT 4

 Read the text below and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

THE HAWKING STORY

 

 Jane Hawking met the man who was to become her husband in 1963, shortly before the beginning of his illness. They married two years later and, as Hawking got down to work, the disease progressed tandem with his fame.

A string of academic positions and awards came his way did an increasing dependence on his wife and those around him. For Mrs Hawking, life became paradoxically easier. An American philanthropic organization provided the for 24-hour nursing. For the first time in their marriage, she was no wholly for keeping him alive, and could devote more time concentrating on her work and their three children.

Mrs Hawking has a neat, organised air, and at that is high-pitched and genteel of which conceal the fact that she regards the world’s belief that her husband is about to come up with an explanation for the universe the deepest suspicion. It is ironic that his work threatens to undermine the foundations of her strongly religious convictions, which have sustained

 

1 Hawking’s illness prevented him from working.                                                   T/F

2 The Hawkings were initially unable to afford full-time professional nursing.      T/F

3 Jane Hawking gave up working when she had children.                                        T/F

4 Jane Hawking is dubious about her husband’s work.                                             T/F

5 Jane Hawking and her husband share the fundamental beliefs.                             T/F

6 There are certain beliefs that Hawking does not discuss with his wife.                 T/F

 

TEXT 5

For questions 1-7, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0 construction

 

                                                     NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

 

Dutch bridge-builder

Pieter Lodewijk Kramer (1881–1961) was responsible for the

(0) ….. of some of the most famous bridges in Amsterdam.                               CONSTRUCT

As road traffic increased in Amsterdam at the beginning of the last

century, the city started demolishing (1) ….. older structures in                         NUMBER

the city centre. But when workmen began pulling down the most

attractive bridges and (2) ….. them with modern iron ones, there                       PLACE

was strong public (3) ….. . As a result, the position of                                        APPROVE

architectural (4) ….. was created, and in 1917 Kramer took up the                    ADVICE

post.

Kramer built no fewer than 220 bridges. Each exemplifies Kramer’s

individual style: his acute sense of detail and his use of many

unusual (5) ….. of stone and iron.                                                                        COMBINE

Kramer’s bridges, which are now a (6) ….. part of the Amsterdam                    DISTINCT

landscape, were largely ignored until a Dutch museum presented

an (7) ….. successful exhibition of his work in 1995.                                          ASTONISH

 

 

Speaking Comprehension Test for 9^th Form Students

Directions:

In this Test you will select three task slips from those before you. After selecting three choose one you feel you are most capable to speak about and return the other two to the table face down. Then take about a minute to collect your thoughts before you begin to speak on the topic. You may refer to the topic as needed.

1.   Should the Olympic Games be held only in Greece or should they change between different countries? Where would you like to see them held next time?
2.   What transport do you think we’ll be using in 50 years time?
3.   Imagine you are an explorer and have the opportunity to make a big journey. Which continent would you visit? Where would you go? What would you hope to see?
4.   Is organised travel the best way of learning about the world?
5.   What would happen if there were no television? Why would this be good? bad?
6.   What kind of program do you enjoy most on TV--detective shows, comedies, game shows--and why?
7.   Should there be a dress code in places such as school, restaurants, and places of business? Why or why not?
8.   Many people visit museums when they travel to new places. Why do you think people visit museums?
9.   Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests, animals, or clean water. Choose one resource that is disappearing and explain why it needs to be saved.
10. Try to discuss the points about Your Hometown:
    • Describe your hometown.
    • What are your local industries?
    • Is your hometown famous for anything?
    • What changes have happened recently in your town and what do you think will happen in the future?
11. Describe a family celebration that you once attended. You should say:

• Where it took place.
• Why it was held.
• How you felt about it.

12. Try to discuss the points about Tourism:

• What are the most interesting places in your country/city
• Do you have a favourite (least favourite) building in your town? Which? Why? Why it was built?
• Do you prefer the town or the countryside? Why?
• How would you recommend a foreigner to spend time on holiday in Kyiv?

13. Try to discuss the points about Family life:

• Tell about your upbringing
• What activities did you do with your grandparents as a child?
• What does family life mean to you in general?
• How different is your life from the lives of your parents/grandparents
• Have these roles changed recently?

 

14. Try to discuss the points about Travel by air:

• Where/when did you last travel by air
• Tell about usual procedure at an airport from arrival to take off
• What are advantages/disadvantages of travelling by air compared with travel by car/bus/train
• How safe (frequent) is air travel in Ukraine?

15. Try to discuss the points about Pollution:

• Which kinds of pollution do you think are most harmful
• How important to you is it to be 'green'
• What should be done to tackle pollution
• Is it the responsibility of the government or the individual to prevent pollution
• How aware do you think people are nowadays about environmental issues?
• How ecologically friendly is the region you live in? (crowded buildings/parklands/green belt)

16.  Does travel help to promote understanding and communication between countries?
17. Will modern technology, such as the internet ever replace the book or the written word as the main source of information?
18. What is the most popular transport system in use? Talk about its reliability, frequency and fare. Do you have any problems using the public transport?
19. Which country/place would you most like to visit?
20. Describe the social and professional activities that give you the most opportunity to speak English.
21. Talk about the time of day, the day of the week, and the season of the year you enjoy most. Describe the kind of natural environment you enjoy best or would like to live in.
22. What are some of the activities you value most in life, and how do you find the time to pursue them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Test for 9^th Form Students

 

1.         Mobile telephones have become very popular nowadays. However, some people say that their use should be restricted.

What can you say for and against using a mobile telephone?

Write not less than 250 words.

2.         Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among friends and family.

                 Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

                 Write not less than 250 words.

3.         Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should read only those books that are about real events, real people, and established facts.

Use specific reasons and details to support your opinion.

Write not less than 250 words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         Listening Comprehension Test for 8^th Form Students

 

Tape script

 

   Believe it or not.

Now, I am going to tell you a story and I swear every word of it it is true. Three years ago I started to feel very sick. I had terrible headaches, I felt tired all the time, and all my body ached. In the end I went to hospital and had some tests. Well, when they told me the news…I couldn’t believe it. They said I had a rare bone disease, and there was nothing they could do. They said that within just a few months I would be in a wheelchair – for the rest of my life.

Well, I decided I wouldn’t give up without the fight. I’ve always been interested in alternative medicine, so when a friend told me about stories he’d heard of a kind of witchdoctor in Indonesia who could work miracles – I decided to take a chance. I sold my house, said goodbye to my friends and flew to Indonesia.

  When I got to Jakarta I took a train and then two buses up into the mountains to this tiny village in the middle of nowhere. When I arrived I asked people, “Yayang? Yayang?”

That’s the name of the witchdoctor my friend told me about. Then a small boy –he must have been seven or eight – took my hand and led me out of the village and further up into the mountains. For two days we walked. I was in terrible pain the whole time……but I was determined to go on. Eventually we reached a small hut and I could see a strange man standing outside. He was short, and covered in mud or something like that. He smiled and took me into his hut. I didn’t say anything – he just seems to know why I was there.

 Well……..in the hut it was really dark but I could see lots of bowls all around, each full of some kind of herb or plant or something. He told me to lie down and he put his hands on my head and started to sing. All of a sudden I felt a great energy come into me. He did this for maybe half an hour and then he gave me something to drink. I don’t know what it was. It was a thick brown liquid and it smelled awful, But I still drank it.

   Well, to cut the long story short, I stayed there for a week. Every day the witchdoctor did the same thing, and I drank the same liquid. After a week the boy came back. I felt so good I almost ran back to Jakarta. When I got home I went back to the same hospital and had the same tests, and guess what? The disease had completely gone. There was no sign of anything. They couldn’t believe it. Like I say, that was three years ago and here I am, still strong and healthy. Amazing.

 

 Listening Comprehension Test for 8^th Form Students

2.        You will hear the text. On your answer sheet put T if the statement is true, F if it is false.

1. Three years ago I had terrible headaches and all my body ached.

2. The doctors said I had a rare head disease, and there was nothing they could do.

3. I decided I wouldn’t give up without the fight.  

4. The doctor advised me use alternative medicine.

5.  The witchdoctor lived in a tiny village.  

6. When I reached the hut I saw a witchdoctor and told him about my disease.

7.  The witchdoctor was a tall man and covered in mud or something like that.

8.  Every day the witchdoctor gave me the same liquid.

9. I spent a week with a witchdoctor.

10. When I got home I went back to the same hospital and had no tests because I was healthy.

3.     Choose the right ending to the sentences.

 

1. The doctors  said that within just a few months I would be in a wheelchair –

A) for the rest of my life    B) for several months   

C) for several years            D) for an uncertain period of time

 

2.  I sold my house, said goodbye to my friends and .

       A) went to Indonesia      B) flew to Indonesia

       C) drove to Indonesia     D) sailed to Indonesia

 

3. When I got to Jakarta I took ................

1.                      a train and then two buses                         B) a train and then a bus

 C) two trains and then two buses                   D) two trains and then a bus

 

4.  I was ……but I was determined to go on.

                  A)  nervous the whole time                           B) happy all the whole time      

                  C) exhausted the whole time                         D) in terrible pain the whole time

 

   5. In the hut it was really dark..............

                   A) and I couldn’t' see anything                      B) but I could see lots of bowls all around

                   C) but I could see lots of stones all around    D) but I could see the witchdoctor

 

  6.  The witchdoctor told me to lie down and he put his hands on my head and ................................

                    A) started to sing                                           B) started to talk

                     C) started to ask me                                      D) started to message

 

 

7.  The witchdoctor gave me ..................to drink..

                     A) a clear liquid                                            B) a thick brown liquid

                     C) a thick dark liquid                                    D) a thick clear liquid

 

8.  Every day the witchdoctor did the same thing, and ....................................

        A)  I drank different liquids                           B) I drank  the same liquid

        C)  I  took different medicines                       D) I took  the same medicine

 

 

 

Reading Comprehension Test for 8^th Form Students   41 tasks

Directions:

In this Test you will read five texts. Each text is followed by 7 – 15 tasks. You should do the tasks following a text on the basis of what is stated or implied in that text. For each task you will choose the best possible answer and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

TEXT 1

 

Read the article and choose the best word (a, b, c or d), according to the text

A love of traveling

For Nigel Portman, a love of travelling began with what’s (0) …….. a ‘gap year’. In common with many other British teenagers, he chose to take a year out before (1) …….. to study for his degree. After doing various jobs to (2) …….. some money, he left home to gain some experience of life in different cultures, visiting America and Asia. The more adventurous the young person, the (3) …….. the challenge they are likely to (4) …….. themselves for the gap year, and for some, like Nigel, it can (5) …….. in a thirst for adventure.

Now that his university course has (6) …….. to an end, Nigel is just about to leave on a three-year trip that will take him (7) …….. around the world. What’s more, he plans to make the whole journey using only means of transport which are (8) …….. by natural energy. In other words, he’ll be (9) …….. mostly on bicycles and his own legs; and when there’s an ocean to cross, he won’t be taking a (10) …….. cut by climbing aboard a plane, he’ll be joining the crew of a sailing ship (11) …….. .

As well as doing some mountain climbing and other outdoor pursuits along the way, Nigel hopes to (12) …….. on to the people he meets the environmental message that lies behind the whole idea.

 

1 A settling down   B getting up C taking over D holding back 

2 A achieve             B raise           C advance           D win 

3 A stronger             B wider           C greater           D deeper 

4 A put                       B set                     C aim                      D place 

5 A result             B lead            C cause           D create 

6 A come             B turned            C reached            D brought 

7 A just             B complete  C whole          D right 

8 A pulled             B charged             C forced          D powered 

9 A relying              B using             C attempting D trying 

10 A quick             B short             C brief           D swift 

11 A anyway             B alike             C instead           D otherwise 

12 A leave             B keep              C pass            D give

 

TEXT 2

 

For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

 

Example:     0  ability

COMPUTERS THAT PLAY GAMES  

Computers have had the (0) ability to play chess for many              ABLE

years now, and their (56) ...............in games against the best          PERFORM

players in the world has shown steady (57)..............However,         IMPROVE

it will be years before the designers of computer games

machines can beat their (58)… challenge yet – the ancient              BIG

board game called Go.                                                 

The playing area is (59)    ...............larger than in                            CONSIDERABLE

chess and there are far more pieces, so that the (60)...........of          COMBINE

moves is almost (61).............The game involves planning so          END

many moves ahead  that even the (62) ........calculations of the       IMPRESS

fastest modern computers are (63) ...........to deal with the               SUFFICIENT

problems of the game. In a recent (64) .........for computer Go        COMPETE

machines, the best machine beat all   its computer rivals, but

lost (65) ........to three young schoolchildren, so there  is                 HEAVY

obviously still a lot of work to do!

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TEXT 3

 

Read the following. You must choose which of the titles A-G match the numbers 1-6. There is one extra title.

 

 

A.	INFORMATION
B.	TRANSPORT
C.	PEOPLE
D.	CLIMATE
E.	TELEVISION
F.	FOOD
G.	RADIO

 

1.	Ireland is located on an island. Winters in Ireland are not cold and rivers do not freeze. The summer months of June, July and August are mild. However, the weather is changeable. If you are going to visit Ireland in summer, do not forget to take an umbrella and warm clothes.
2.	Most buses in big cities in Ireland have conductors who collect the money, but in small places passengers pay the driver. The trains in Ireland are not cheap, but they usually leave on time. Taxies are easy to get although they are rather expensive in comparison to other countries.
3.	Irish farmhouse cheeses are very popular gift items. Other products to delight tourists  are Irish salmon, netted in autumn,  oysters and hand-made chocolates.
4.	The best place to learn how to get a room in a hotel, change money, and much more is your nearest Tourist office. In Dublin city-centre the Tourist office is situated at 14 Upper O'Connel Street, beside the Savoy cinema.
5.	Ireland has two national stations, RTE 1 and Network 2. You can watch different programmes. Most popular are political news, country news, sports and music programmes. People can also enjoy watching drama, films etc.
6.	It is impossible to make any statement about the characteristics of the Irish, but they are known for their humour, hospitality, kindness. The Irish know how to have a good time and very often they get enjoyment in the pub to the accompaniment of Irish folk music.

 

 

 

 

 

TEXT 4

Read the story and choose the best answer А8 – А14 according to the text,

 

During the baking hot months of the summer holidays my mother and I used to escape to one of the scattered lakes north of Prince Albert. In its magic surroundings we used to spend the long summer days in the open air, swimming and canoeing or just lying dreaming in the sun. In the evening the lake was always a bright, luminous grey after the unbelievable sunset colours had faded.

The last summer before we returned to England was particularly enchanted. For one thing, I was in love for the first time. No one will ever convince me that one cannot be in love at fifteen. I loved then as never since, with all my heart and without doubts or reservations or pretence.

My boyfriend Don worked in Saskatoon, but the lake was ''his place'' – the strange and beautiful wilderness drew him with an obsessive urgency, so I suspected it was not to see me that he got on his motor-cycle as many Fridays as he possibly could, and drove three hundred-odd miles along the pitted prairie roads to spend the weekends at our place.

Sometimes he couldn't come, and the joy would go out of everything until Monday, when I could start looking forward to Friday again. He could never let us know in advance, as we were too far from civilization to have a phone or even a telegraph service. Three hundred miles in those conditions is quite a journey. Besides, Don was hard up, and sometimes worked overtime at weekends.

One Friday night a storm broke out. I lay in bed and listened to the thunder and the rain beating on the roof. Once I got up and stood looking out over the treetops, shivering. I tried not to expect Don that night hoping he would have enough sense to wait until the storm ended. Yet in my frightened thoughts I couldn't help imagining Don fighting the storm. His motorbike, which had always looked to me so heavy and solid, seemed in my thoughts

 

frail enough to be blown onto its side by the first gust that struck it. I thought of Don pinned under it, skidding, his face pressed into the mud.

I crawled back into bed, trying to close my throat against the tears. But when my mother, prompted by the deep sympathy and understanding between us, came in to me, she kissed my cheek and found it wet.

"Don't get upset, Jane,'' she said softly. ''He may still come.''

When she had tucked me in and gone, I lay thinking about Don, about the danger of the roads … you couldn't ride or walk along them safely after heavy rain; your feet would slip from under you. The roads in Northern Canada are not like the friendly well-populated English ones, where there are always farmhouses within walking distance and cars driving along them day and night.

It was hours later, that I suddenly realized the sound of the roaring engine was real. The storm was dying. I lay absolutely still, relief and pain fighting for ascendancy within me, each in itself overwhelming enough to freeze the breath in my lungs as I heard Don's heavy tired footsteps on the wooden stairs.

 

 

The last summer was particularly fascinating for Jane because she

 

1)	spent it in the magic surroundings.
2)	had a lot of fun in the open air.
3)	enjoyed unbelievable sunsets by the lake.
4)	fell in love for the first time.

 

 

 

Jane believes that love at fifteen is

 

1)	a sincere deep  feeling.
2)	associated with doubts.
3)	full of reservations.
4)	connected with pretence.

 

 

 

Don travelled three hundred-odd miles  every weekend because he was

 

1)	desperate to see the author before she left.
2)	fond of riding his motorcycle.
3)	attracted by the beauty of the lake.
4)	fond of spending weekends with his friends.

 

 

 

Sometimes Don didn't come to see Jane and her mother on Friday because he

 

1)	thought they were too far from civilization.
2)	had given up hope of seeing the author.
3)	worked to make some extra money.
4)	hated travelling in exhausting conditions.

 

 

 

Mother came into Jane's room during the storm because she

 

1)	felt Jane was afraid of the thunder.
2)	felt Jane was worried about Don.
3)	heard Jane walking in the room.
4)	heard Jane crying in her bed.

 

 

 

According to the author the roads in Northern Canada were

 

1)	slippery.
2)	muddy.
3)	lonely.
4)	busy.

 

 

 

“… relief and pain fighting for ascendancy within me…” means that the author felt

 

1)	overwhelming pain.
2)	relief and pain alternately.
3)	relief as a prevailing emotion.
4)	neither relief nor pain.

TEXT 5

 

Read the text below and put these events in order.

Silly Crime

 

a. Firemen go up on the roof.

b. Fuller calls the fire brigade

c. Police arrive and take him away.

d. Foster goes down chimney.

e. Foster goes to court.

f. Foster pulled out of chimney.

 

A burglar, who became trapped in a chimney for seven hours after trying to break into a pub, had to be rescued by fire-fighters after a delivery man heard his cries for help coming from a ventilation shaft.

Six feet tall Foster had crawled into the 18 inch wide shaft, armed with screw drivers, pliers, a hammer, and chisel - believing it would lead him straight to where cash was kept. He managed to wriggle down 12 feet of aluminium piping, before he became lodged in a bend.

Greengrocer Thomas Fuller heard noises when he arrived at the King’s Head pub in Newcastle, to deliver fruit on Tuesday morning.

Foster claimed he got stuck after trying to rescue a cat just after midnight. It eventually took five fire-fighters to free him. The crew used extending ladders to clamber onto the roof and managed to lower a rope to the trapped man.

Foster was handed straight into the arms of two police officers who were waiting to arrest him.

Fire station officer Dave Cotton told the court: “The man was stuck 12 feet down the narrow shaft and was out of sight. He was wedged down the bend.

“We lowered a rope down and told him to put his foot in the loop and managed to slowly winch him up,” added the fire officer. “He was shouting and swearing as he was being brought up as his skin was scraping off his knuckles and other parts of his body. It took about 40 minutes to get him out.”

Foster made a full admission when he was questioned by police officers.

Judge Edward Luck told him: “You made a silly attempt at a crime. You risked your life getting out of that chimney and the lives of firemen.”

Speaking Comprehension Test for 8^th Form Students

 

Directions:

In this Test you will select three task slips from those before you. After selecting three choose one you feel you are most capable to speak about and return the other two to the table face down. Then take about a minute to collect your thoughts before you begin to speak on the topic. You may refer to the topic as needed.

 

1. What are some important festivals in your country?

•     What kind of holiday it is.
•     Where you should go for such a holiday.
•     What kind of people is likely to like this holiday.

 

2. What is the difference between shopping in Ukraine and shopping in Great Britain?

•     Give reasons to support your answer.

 

3. How do movies or television influence your behavior?

•     Give reasons to support your answer.
• Do you think we should control television in some way?

 

4. Have you been collecting for a long time?

• What items?
• Is it an interesting occupation?

 

5. What roles do our friends play in our lives?

•     Do they have positive or negative influences?
•     What do you look for in a friend?

 

6. Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think that it is always an advantage to have a teacher

•     Which do you prefer?

 

7. You are awarded a 10-day tour about Ukraine or any country abroad. You can choose only one city to visit.

•     Give your reasons where to go.
•     Present information on the place the city is situated.
•     What historic events took place in it, places of interest.

 

8.  Which is more important for success: the natural ability or hard work?

•     Explain your opinion.

 

9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

•     Face-to face communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters e-mail or telephone calls.

 

10. Some people prefer to spend most of their time alone; others like to be with friends most of the time.

•     What do you prefer?

 

11. Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and should spend most of their time on school studies. Others believe that young children should spend most of their time playing.

•     Compare these two views.
•     Which view do you agree with? Why?

 

12. Do you agree with the following statement?

•     Parents are the best teachers.
•     Give reasons to support your answer.

 

13. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement.

•     Only people who earn a lot of money are successful.
•     Explain your opinion.

 

14. Do holidays honor people or events?

•     If you could create a new holiday, what person or event would you honor?
•     How would you want people to celebrate it?

 

15. Movies are popular all over the world.

•     What makes them so popular? Explain your opinion.

 

16. The expression “Never, never give up” means to keep trying and never stop working for your goals.

•     Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

 

17. Do you agree or disagree that a person should never make an important decision alone?

•     Explain your opinion and give reasons to support it.

 

18. Most people enjoy travelling, but some things can spoil the impression of your journey.

•     What are they?
•     Can you give an example from your own experience?

 

19. “The progress rules the world”

•     Do you support this statement?
•     Can we state that progress ruins the world?

 

20. Do you agree that there is nothing that young people can teach older people?

•     Are older people open to this kind of experience?
•     Use specific reasons to support your position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Test for 8^th Form Students

 

You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with relevant evidence. Write at least 250 words.

 

 

1.  As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

 

 

2.  In some countries children have very strict rules of behavior, in other countries they are allowed to do almost anything they want.

 

To what extent should children have to follow rules?

 

 

3.  Some people regard work as the most important thing in life and have little interest in anything else. Other people are more enthusiastic about their hobbies and leisure interests than their jobs.

 

Discuss both these attitudes and give your own opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Список використаної літератури:

1.Англійська мова в початковій школі //2013р.

2.Морська Л. І. Англійська мова 7 клас /Л. І. Морська. – К.ІРПІНЬ. - 2007, - 238с.

3.Сірик Т. Л. Англійська мова 6 клас /Т. Л. Сірик. – Полтава. - 2006, - 214с.