Олимпиада по английскому языку 6–7 классы — пригласительный этап ВсОШ 2026/2027: задания и ответы

Решения

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК. 2026 г. ПРИГЛАСИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 6–7 КЛАССЫ ОТВЕТЫ Максимальный балл за работу – 45. LISTENING Time: 10 minutes (5 points) Listen to part of a city tour around Moscow and decide whether the statements (1–5) are TRUE, FALSE or this information is not provided in the text – NOT STATED – according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice. Now you have 15 seconds to read the sentences. Задание 1. There are few old buildings in Ostozhenka street today. A) TRUE B) FALSE C) NOT STATED Задание 2. The house where Ivan Turgenev’s mother lived is one of the few houses that were lucky to survive the great fire of Moscow in 1812. A) TRUE B) FALSE C) NOT STATED Задание 3. Ivan Turgenev was an only child. A) TRUE B) FALSE C) NOT STATED Задание 4. What Ivan Turgenev is describing in his short story “Mumu” really happened. A) TRUE B) FALSE C) NOT STATED Задание 5. As soon as Ivan Turgenev died, his mother’s house became a museum. A) TRUE B) FALSE C) NOT STATED

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников. Английский язык. 2026 г. Пригласительный этап. 6–7 классы. Ответы

READING Time: 30 minutes (10 points) Read the text below and do the tasks after it. Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (1) Hurricane Katrina has been called one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. (2) When the storm struck in 2005, no place was harder hit than New Orleans, Louisiana. (3) The wind tore off roofs and wooden siding like it was peeling an orange. (4) Then, the worst disaster of all happened. (5) New Orleans is about five feet below sea level. (6) A series of levees protect the city from flood waters that might come in from lakes and the ocean. (7) But on August 29 and 30 the levees broke, and water flowed into the city. (8) Soon 80 percent of the city was covered in filthy water. (9) The water tossed cars around like toys, and homes floated from one place to another. (10) After the storm, there was no drinking water or electricity. (11) There was little food and no way to get around except by boat. (12) The storm snuffed out the life of the city like it was blowing out a candle. (13) Many people left New Orleans before the storm, but others did not. (14) Some older people wanted to stay and brave the storm while they had with Hurricane Betsy forty years earlier. (15) Others were too poor to pay for transportation out of harm’s way. (16) Many people watched the storm on television. (17) People crowded together in the Superdome sports stadium and the New Orleans convention center for safety. (18) Others sought high places like highway overpasses and bridges. (19) When the storm ended, everyone had to be bused or flown out of the city until it was safe to return. (20) Many people from New Orleans moved to other parts of the United States until their city could be put back together.

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников. Английский язык. 2026 г. Пригласительный этап. 6–7 классы. Ответы

Задание 6. Task 1. Use context clues to guess the meaning of the following words from the text and connect them to their meanings. There are two extra meanings you do not need to use. 1 2 3 4 5 6

siding levee filthy snuffed brave bused

Item Answer

A B C D E F G H 1 E

taken somewhere by bus extremely or unpleasantly dirty to deal with dangerous or difficult things having a lot of things to do material that covers the outer walls of a building a wall built to stop the river from overflowing showing no fear of something scary put out a flame by covering it with something 2 F

3 B

4 H

5 C

6 A

Task 2. This text has some mistakes. Choose the right option to make it sound better. Задание 7. What change should be made in sentence 14? A) Change earlier to ago B) Change had to did C) Change while to as D) Nothing needs to be changed Задание 8. Which sentence does not belong in paragraph 4? A) Sentence 13 B) Sentence 14 C) Sentence 15 D) Sentence 16 Задание 9. Which transition phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 17 to improve the last paragraph? A) In spite of the storm, B) Of course, C) During the storm, D) As a matter of fact,

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников. Английский язык. 2026 г. Пригласительный этап. 6–7 классы. Ответы

Задание 10. The author wants to add a new paragraph to the text. Which topic should be added after the last paragraph to keep the text focused on the main idea? A) Information about Hurricane Betsy which happened in 1965. B) Why scientists decided to give hurricanes women’s names. C) What New Orleans looks like now – 15 years after Katrina. D) Other big cities that suffered in 2005 from Hurricane Katrina.

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников. Английский язык. 2026 г. Пригласительный этап. 6–7 классы. Ответы

USE OF ENGLISH Time: 40 minutes (30 points) Задание 11. Task 1 (8 points) Read the text below and choose the word that fits best for each space. The first one is done for you. Example answer:

Firefighting Firefighting is a brave and courageous job. If you can’t imagine yourself working (0) _______, then this job isn’t for you. Firefighters (1) ________ through special training. They never take training (2) _______. Some trainees don’t make it (3) ______ this training. Firefighters (4) ______ train in real fires. They may find they don’t like climbing ladders that are (5) ______ high. Some may find they are hardly strong (6) ______. The firefighters who graduate are ready for the job. They don’t know anything about what lies (7) ______, but they are trained and ready. Firefighters (8) ______ us, our pets and our homes safe. Firefighting is a brave and courageous career to explore. A 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

hard come easily through may as enough before stay

heavy study lightly over might so yet in front get

well make softly around can much still ahead make

D difficult go slightly with must up already on keep

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников. Английский язык. 2026 г. Пригласительный этап. 6–7 классы. Ответы

Задание 12. Task 2 (10 points) There’s a word missing in each of these proverbs 1–10. Choose the correct one from the three possibilities. 1. An Englishman’s home is his ….. A) security B) castle

C) palace

2. Let sleeping dogs ….. A) sleep

C) lie

B) dream

3. Many ….. make light work. A) servants B) hands

C) cooks

4. It takes all sorts to make a ….. A) world B) war

C) salad

5. Prevention is better than ….. A) cure B) punishment

C) medicine

6. ….. is thicker than water. A) Сoffee

B) Blood

C) Soup

7. A miss is as good as a ….. A) mister

B) mile

C) wife

8. Birds of a ….. flock together. A) family B) cage

C) feather

9. It’s no use crying over …..milk. A) sour B) spilt

C) tinned

10. ….. begins at home. A) Charity

C) Love

B) Learning

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников. Английский язык. 2026 г. Пригласительный этап. 6–7 классы. Ответы

Задание 13. Task 3 (12 points) Read the text below and choose the correct word for each question 1–12. The first one is done for you. Example answer:

Many Thanks Giving thanks is (0) _A___ custom among people all around the world. Like the American Thanksgiving, (1) _______ celebrations began as a way of showing gratitude for a good harvest. In Korea, people (2) _______ an autumn holiday called Ch’usok for (3) _______ than 1,000 years. Families (4) _______ special foods (5) _______ newly harvested crops. On (6) _______ holiday itself, (7) _______ give thanks and remember (8) _______ ancestors – relatives who lived long before them. (9) _______ in the day, they (10) _______ a feast of rice cakes, fresh fruit, and vegetable soup. In the United States, Thanksgiving honors a tradition that (11) _______ in 1621 with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. A typical American Thanksgiving (12) _______ foods such as turkey, potatoes, cranberries, stuffing, vegetables, and pumpkin pie. A 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

a many celebrate more prepare use a Korea there Later enjoy has begun include

B the much celebrated much prepares uses the Korean their Lesser enjoyed was beginning includes

C few have celebrated many preparing using Koreans they’re Last are enjoying began is including

Решения — текст

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК. 2026 г. ПРИГЛАСИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП. 6–7 КЛАССЫ ТЕКСТ ДЛЯ АУДИРОВАНИЯ Listening comprehension Listen to part of a city tour around Moscow and decide whether the statements (1– 5) are TRUE, FALSE or this information is not provided in the text – NOT STATED – according to the text you hear. You will hear the text twice. Now you have 15 seconds to read the sentences. (Pause 15 seconds) Now we are ready to start. Tour Guide: We are now standing at the end of one of the oldest streets in Moscow – Ostozhenka street. Unfortunately, there are not very many old buildings here today, but those that have survived all these centuries are very beautiful. Right in front of us you can see one of the old wooden houses. Tourist 1: Excuse me, I have a question. Tour Guide: Yes? Tourist 1: How did it happen that this house wasn’t burnt in the great fire of Moscow in 1812 if it is made of wood? Tour Guide: This is a very good question! You are right, in 1812 during the fire, most of the wooden houses in Moscow were burnt. Very few wooden houses were lucky enough to survive that fire. However, this house was built after the war with Napoleon, after that fire. Tourist 1: Ahh, I see! Thank you! Tour Guide: You are welcome. But this is not the only fact that is interesting about this house. This is where the mother of one of the most famous Russian writers lived. And it is in this house that one of his stories takes place. It is a very sad story about a very little dog. Can anyone guess the name of the writer? Tourist 2: Is it Ivan Turgenev? Tour Guide: Yes, it is! Well done! And the story is called “Mumu”. All Russian children read this story at school but not very many of them know that you can come and look at this house and even come inside – it is a museum now. Ivan Turgenev’s sister said that the story was based on real facts. And you can actually guess where Mumu died. The Moskva River is very close here. And Turgenev describes in great detail where Gerasim, the owner of the dog, went to drown her. Tourist 1: Drown her? That sounds horrible! Why did he do it? Tour Guide: And for that you will have to read Ivan Turgenev’s short story! It is well worth reading! Now you have 20 seconds to fulfil the task. (Pause 20 seconds) 1

Всероссийская олимпиада школьников. Английский язык. 2026 г. Пригласительный этап. 6–7 классы. Текст для аудирования

Now listen again. (The recording is repeated) Now you have 20 seconds to check your answers. (Pause 20 seconds) This is the end of the Listening part.