Олимпиада по английскому языку 8–10 классы — пригласительный этап ВсОШ 2025/2026: задания и ответы

Решения

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК. 2025 г. ПРИГЛАСИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 8–10 КЛАССЫ ОТВЕТЫ Максимальный балл за работу – 45. LISTENING Time: 15 minutes (10 points)

For items 1–10 listen to an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is talking about his trip to the moon, and decide whether the statements 1–10 are TRUE according to the text you hear, or FALSE, or the information on the statement is NOT STATED in the text. You will hear the text twice. 1. As a child, Charles showed no particular interest in space travel. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 2. Charles started his career in the Air Force as a pilot. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 3. The hardest part of the training for Charles was endlessly practising the lunar landing. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 4. The interviewer is pretty sure Charles sailed through his training. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 5. When he first found out he was going to the moon, Charles was exhilarated. A) True B) False C) Not Stated

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6. Charles had to stop doing all sports. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 7. During the process of landing, the crew panicked since they couldn’t find a landing spot because of the dust. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 8. After landing, the crew had to rest for 6 hours before going out onto the moon surface. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 9. The loneliness of the moonscape made the greatest impact on Charles. A) True B) False C) Not Stated 10. He didn’t return after the mission empty-handed, since Charles fetched a physical lunar souvenir. A) True B) False C) Not Stated

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USE OF ENGLISH Time: 45 minutes (35 points)

Task 1 (10 points) For items 1–10, 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: IMPRESSION 0 BRITISH FOOD Many people are under the (0) _________ that British food is awful. It is said to be (1) _________ and cooked badly, so the idea that Britain has some of the best restaurants in the world is usually met with roars of (2) _________ . However, perhaps this is a little (3) _________ . There have been some wonderful (4) _________ in recent years. There are now many (5) _________ restaurants serving high quality dishes that have been very (6) _________ prepared. Also, many British chefs now have Michelin stars, which are only awarded to the world’s very best chefs. A good (7) _________ of food is available these days, too. In other words, the food being served isn’t just French gourmet. There has been a huge rise in the popularity of (8) _________ British dishes. Fortunately, gone are the days when the only things on the menu were boiled vegetables and stewed meat! So, the next time you get a chance, be (9) _________ and try some real British food. You just might find it no longer deserves its terrible (10) _________ .

IMPRESS TASTE LAUGH FAIR IMPROVE EXCITE SKILL

VARY TRADITION

ADVENTURE

REPUTE

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Answer TASTELESS LAUGHTER UNFAIR IMPROVEMENTS EXCITING SKIL(L)FULLY VARIETY TRADITIONAL ADVENTUROUS REPUTATION

Task 2 For items 1–10, read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0 0

A Conservatively

B Traditionally

C Customarily

D Practically

B A YOUNG CONTENDER

(0) ___ ,bowls is described (1) ___ being a game which is played by senior citizens, so the announcement that a ten-year-old will be taking part in the National Bowls Championship has come as a shock to many players. At the age of five, Ean Morton (2) ___ his football boots for a set of bowls which once (3) ___ to his great-grand-mother. He (4) ___ to bowls at once but it (5) ___ have been easy for Ean because he had to play against people who could take (6) ___ of his inexperience. In spite of the fact that Ean did not achieve (7) ___ success at bowls, he refused to allow it to spoil his enjoyment of it. Now, five years later, Ean is more than a match for most of his opponents. He is very excited (8) ___ playing in the tournament but admits that he doesn’t really know what to expect. His father, who will also be playing in the Championship, is more optimistic. He believes that Ean will reach the (9) ___ and is prepared to (10) ___ by him every step of the way.

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A from swapped owned liked mustn’t benefit sudden for peak support

B with converted belonged stood can’t advantage straight from top set

C as switched possessed set oughtn’t profit direct about summit stand

D for bartered effected took shouldn’t gain instant with crest back

Task 3 (15 points) For Questions 1–15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct put a tick. Use letter "V" as a tick. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in a given space. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). Example: 0 00

V had

Russian Winter Harmony 0

The history of Russian landscape painting is rather short, about 200 years.

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It might seem that a creative soul can’t remain unmoved by the beauty of Russian nature. And yet, the earliest landscapes had created by Russian artists were views of Italy.

In a greater sense, it was natural: the Russian artists of the time received their academic training in Western Europe and, on their return to Russia, proceeded to paint such portraits and genre scenes as were in demand at the time.

One of the first paintings depicting wintry Russian nature was by Nikifor Krylov. His contemporaries remarked on the gently captured winter light, the foggy view, and the feeling of frost.

The traditions of German and Dutch art were being especially visible in winter scenes – the same pictorial devices and a certain harshness of approach. 9

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It’s interesting to note that most winter landscapes created by Savrasov, Levitan and Shishkin are marked by a kind of bottomless gloom.

Savrasov’s art is often far called lyrical, but his every painting bears a mark of loneliness, desolation, and sadness.

Perhaps that was the artist’s way of understanding beauty and subtle lyricism of Russian nature which their contemporaries had admired.

The art of Levitan also deeply affected the viewer’s soul. He was one of the first Russian artists to leave the confines of his studio and paint in the open air.

Levitan is a national artist, and his art simply does not exist outside the nature around Moscow and the Volga region.

Savrasov and Levitan were thought of as poetic artists, whereas Shishkin was often accused of having being too detached and photorealistic.

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One of the most perceptive Russian critics, Benois, wrote about Shishkin’s excessive scientific precision of a copyist.

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A truly fairy-tale likeness of Russian winter is found on the canvases of Yuly Klever.

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His paintings were so magical that scandals broke out down at exhibitions; visitors climbed over the partitions to look behind the canvas, to find a ‘trick’, to check if the paintings were lit from behind.

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At the turn of the 20th century, landscape art became extremely popular in Russia. New artists, were inspired by Impressionism, wanted to see and analyse the artistic material in new ways.

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In the early years of the 20th century Igor Grabar was discovered one of the main motifs of his future works, hoarfrost, the sight that he would call the exquisite lace of the sky’s azure enamel.

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Igor Grabar knew how to convey the beauty of the endless play of azure and violet on the snow, and the most fantastic hues appeared in his paintings.

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Answer greater V being V far had V V having V V down were was V

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Решения — текст

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК 2025 уч. г. ПРИГЛАСИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 8–10 КЛАССЫ ТЕКСТ ДЛЯ АУДИРОВАНИЯ Listening comprehension For items 1–10 listen to an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is talking about his trip to the moon, and decide whether the statements 1–10 are TRUE according to the text you hear, or FALSE, or the information on the statement is NOT STATED in the text. You will hear the text twice. You have 20 seconds to look through the statements. (pause 20 seconds) Now we begin Interviewer: My guest today is Charles Duke, one of the few people to have walked on the moon as part of an Apollo mission. Charles, welcome to the studio. Have you always been hooked on space travel? Charles: Quite frankly, as a kid, it'd never entered my head. There wasn't even a space program when I was young . . . so there weren't any astronauts. Interviewer: What about science fiction films at the cinema? Charles: I'd seen them, of course I used to wonder what space travel might be like — but it was never what you might describe as a fascination — if you follow me. Interviewer: So, how did it all come about? Charles: It was at the Naval Academy. . . Interviewer: Not in the Air Force? Charles: No, but I was a navy pilot. I had fallen in love with planes and nothing else would do. And that gave me the opportunity to start — to get selected for the astronaut program. Interviewer: Presumably by then they were talking about putting rockets into space? Charles: Absolutely. Interviewer: And how did you find the training? Charles: I suppose the lunar surface training in the spacesuit was physically demanding in a way. Interviewer: Quite uncomfortable, I imagine. Charles: It's not what you might expect. Once the spacesuits get inflated, it gets very rigid. You had to fight to bend your arms and move your fingers inside the gloves. Interviewer: And how long did you spend inside it? Charles: Around four to five hours. But actually, the most challenging part was worrying about how to handle the simulator because we needed to know how to land and then take off on the moon.

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Interviewer: I don't think I could have coped with that! Charles: I’m not sure I did. But if you did something wrong, you were in trouble and we often spent eight hours a day trying to learn what to do! Interviewer: So how did you feel when you first heard that you were actually going to the moon? Charles: I suppose you're expecting me to say 'exhilarated'. But I knew there were lots of ‘ifs' — it would happen if they didn't cancel the program, if I didn't get sick and so on. So I stopped doing all the dangerous sports I was involved in. Interviewer: So you knew you had one chance and if you blew it, you wouldn't get another? Charles: That just about sums it up! Interviewer: And when you eventually got there, what impact did it have on you? Landing on the moon, I mean! Charles: When we saw the moon for the first time from about 1500 meters, we recognized the landmarks but, as we got closer, we saw that the spot we were going to land on was very rough — big rocks and craters —and we panicked a bit. And the more we tried to maneuver and the closer we got, the more moon dust we blew out. Interviewer: But you landed safely? Charles: Eventually, yes. We were six hours late. So when we touched down, we erupted in enthusiasm. We shook hands and hugged each other. Interviewer: Not an easy feat in spacesuits. Charles: [laughs] No, indeed. But after that . . . we had to rest for a certain period . . . we got outside for the very first time. Interviewer: You must have been terrified. Charles: We had no sense of fear about stepping off the ladder onto the moon. We just jumped off and started bouncing around like lambs in a field in springtime. Interviewer: And when you saw the lunar landscape, did it live up to expectations? Charles: What struck me most, apart from its awesome attraction, was its desolation. The sky was jet black. You felt as if you could reach out and touch it. There were no stars and the sun was shining all the time. Interviewer: And what went through your mind at that moment? Charles: The fact that it was so untouched. The fact that nobody had ever been to that particular spot before. It was simply breathtaking. Interviewer: And do you have a favorite memory of the mission? Charles: Definitely. It was the thing that we did during the last moonwalk. We were about 6 kilometers or so from the base, and on the edge of a big crater, 100 meters deep. We had to be careful as we walked along the ridge because one slip would have been dangerous. Suddenly we saw this huge rock. It was a long way off, and there are no people or cars to judge distances or give you any sense of scale. Interviewer: But you managed to get down to it? Charles: Eventually. It was enormous. The biggest rock anybody had ever touched on the moon. I had a hammer and I hit a chunk of it — and it came off in my hand — a piece the size of a small melon. 2

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Interviewer: A different kind of souvenir! So do you think we should go back? What's the reason for investing all this time and money in the space race anyway? Charles: Oh, it's the prime place for a scientific base… You have 20 seconds to check your answers. (pause 20 seconds) Now listen to the text again. (text repeated) This is the end of the listening comprehension task.