Конкурс понимания письменной речи Read the text and mark the following statements 1 – 10 as (1) TRUE, (2) FALSE и (3) NOT STATED. A kid’s bedroom Once upon a time a child’s bedroom had little more than a toy box, a book shelf and a few posters. Today it looks more like mission control at Houston. Computers, mobile phones, televisions, DVD players, game machines, and other 21st-century toys fill the room, and often make the child’s bedroom the most expensive in the house. Britain’s 8-to 16-year-olds have bedroom possessions worth an average of £3,300. But they don’t just have hi-tech items. The average child’s room also has designer clothes, sunglasses, watches, jewellery, and sports equipment. More than four in ten children have rooms that combine home office, mini cinema, and gym. Nine in ten have a TV, and seven in ten a DVD player. Nearly all of them have a stereo system and six in ten have either a personal CD player, iPod, or MP3 player. One in four has their own computer. With so much to do in their bedrooms, it is no surprise that children spend more time there than anywhere else in the house. One girl spends so long on her mobile phone in her room that her parents have to text her to speak to her. Another child disappears into his room as soon as he gets home from school and plays on his PlayStation until bedtime. Children’s bedrooms have become their kingdoms. Some families rarely do anything all together. People eat different meals at different times, and watch different TV programmes in different rooms. 1. Kids’ bedrooms used to be simpler. 2. The text speaks about kids from Houston. 3. A child’s room is usually the cheapest in the house. 4. British kids get about £3,300 pocket money per month. 5. Kids’ rooms have only modern gadgets there. 6. Parents sometimes work in kids’ rooms. 7. Modern kids dislike going to the gym. 8. More kids have a TV than a computer in their bedrooms. 9. Most modern children hate their bedrooms. 10. Some modern families don’t communicate much. Лексико-грамматический конкурс

Часть 1

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Two babies

On a cold autumn day in the second quarter of the 16ер century a boy was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor. He was wanted very much by the family and the whole nation. People 1 (to walk) along the streets talking only about the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who 2 (to lie) in silk and 3 (not to know) that all England 4 (to dream) of his birth so much. On the same day another English child was born to a poor family of the name of Canty. He 5 (to give) the name of Tom. Tom Canty’s parents 6 (never to want) him. And now he 7 (to lie) in his dirty rags crying softly. A few years 8 (to pass). Tom and his family still 9 (to live) not far from London Bridge in the house built in the previous century. Tom’s father often got drunk, 10 (to fight) with his neighbours and 11 (to beat) his children. “We 12 (to live) in this house since Tom’s Granny 13 (to come) to London. The house 14 (to get) old. In fact, it already 15 (to become) ancient. It is impossible to live here anymore. But we 16 (to move) only if we 17 (to have) a lot of money. I should make Tom 18 (to beg). He 19 (never to beg) before, I know. It’s high time for him to begin,” Tom’s father often 20 (to think).

Часть 2

Find the odd notion out. Explain why you think so to get an EXTRA point.

1.

A) Central Park

B) Hyde Park

C) Kew Gardens

D) Kensington Gardens

2.

A) The Plantagenets

B) The Stuarts

C) The Tudors

D) The Roosevelts

3.

A) G. Byron

B) P. Shelley

C) O. Wilde

D) J. Keats

4.

A) Shepherd’s Pie

B) Custard

C) Black Pudding

D) Haggis

5.

A) Alaska

B) Texas

C) Alabama

D) Arizona

Конкурс письменной речи

Напишите короткую заметку (120 – 150 слов) в школьную газету о Вашем мнении о необходимости школьных традиций. Выразите свою точку зрения, обоснуйте ее, приведите примеры, дайте рекомендации администрации школы по поводу необходимости школьных традиций. Форма свободная.