Tasks of Moscow Primary School Olympiad 2006

Part 1. Grammar and Vocabulary

Choose the right answer.

Our Sports Club (0) ___A___ great!

We all like our swimming pool. And many children (1)__________ there every day.

We usually (2)_____ part in basketball competitions in the sports hall. We (3) ______ got basketball teams for boys and girls and a wonderful football team for boys.

The players (4) ________ be tall, fast and strong.

Look! Our parents (5) _________ a football match now. It is very exciting!

Our tennis courts are outside. There are lights there. So, you can (6) __________ at night.

It is morning now. Some people (7) ____________ exercises in our gym.

Not everyone (8) ___________ active sports. People (9) __________ chess in our game room.

(10) ___________ also books, videos and board games in our Sports Club.

Welcome to our club and be healthy!

Key: 1. A; 2. B; 3. A; 4. C; 5. B; 6. C; 7. A; 8. C; 9. A; 10. B

Part 2. Reading

Read the texts and match with the sentences.

FAMOUS BOOKS

A This book is about a girl called Alice. She is seven years old. She goes to sleep and dreams that she jumps into a rabbit hole. She meets a lot of strange characters like the King and Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat. He’s a cat that smiles from ear to ear. Alice has a lot of adventures. At the end of the story she wakes up. It was all a dream!

B This book is about a boy called Charlie. His family is very poor. Charlie wins a prize to visit a chocolate factory. He goes to the factory with his grandfather. There are four children with their parents. They go on a tour of the factory and have a lot of adventures. At the end of the story Mr. Wonka, the owner of the factory, gives the factory to Charlie as a present.

C The main character is a man called Gulliver. He is a doctor on a ship. He sails all over the world and has many adventures. He visits a lot of islands where he meets people who are very small and then some who are very big! At the end of the adventures he goes back home to Great Britain.

D This book is about a man called Robinson Crusoe. He likes travelling. He finds himself on an island after a heavy storm. He builds a house from wood and eats food he finds on the island. He meets a man on the island and calls him Friday. They are friends. At the end of the story a ship comes and takes the man back to Great Britain.

E The Swiss family is looking for a new home in other lands. They want to have a farm and better life for their children. They are a family of six people. They are sailing to a new country when a terrible storm crashes the ship. They start to live on an island alone. The family is happy there. But two children come back to their country.

0 The Swiss want to have a farm. ______

1 The main character wins a prize to visit a chocolate factory. ______
2 The King and Queen of Hearts are in this book. ______
3 This doctor likes the sea and travelling. ______
4 Daniel Defoe is the author of this book. ______
5 The boy in this story has a lot of adventures. ______
6 The main character builds a house from wood. ______
7 He meets a lot of strange people. ______
8 In this story the girl goes to sleep and has a dream. ______

Key: 1. B; 2. A; 3. C; 4. D; 5. B; 6. D; 7. C; 8. A

Part 3. Writing

1. Read the letter from Nina’s father.

Dear Nina,

Mum and I are very well. We like London. We hope you are fine in the country. How is your cousin Freddy? Aunt Meg has got a present for you. It is a funny teddy bear.

With love, Dad.

2. Put these words in order to write Nina’s letter to her father.

Dad Mum and Dear
very am well I
like I country the
having with fun I Uncle Bob am Aunt Meg and
Freddy Cousin funny is very
in like weather What London is the
you the Thank toy for
love Lots Nina of

Part 4

Read the puzzle. Write the letters in the boxes. Make a word.

My first letter is in cat but not in bat.
My second letter is in rat but not in mat.
My third letter is in dog but not in dig.
My fourth letter is in cup and duck and cot.
My fifth letter is in hot but not in shut.
My sixth letter is in day and ride and red.
My seventh letter is in pin but not in pan.
My eighth letter is in leg and milk and old.
My ninth letter is in ten and bed and neck.

Key: CROCODILE

Part 5

Read. Write the names of the children on the train.

Six children are sitting on a train. The boys are Jack, Michael and Tom.
The girls are Linda, Mary and Sue. Mary is sitting in front of a boy.
Sue is sitting between 2 boys. She is not sitting next to Jack.
Jack is sitting next to Linda. Tom is sitting next to the window.
Linda is sitting in front of Sue. Michael isn’t sitting near the window.

Write a letter to your pen-friend

Listen and Choose

1. Read this list of questions.

A Do you get up early every day?

B Do you walk to school?

C Do you train after school too?

D Do you go to a special school?

E Do you do the same things every day?

F Do you enjoy gymnastics?

G Do you feel tired in the evening?

H Do you practice at home?

2. Listen to the interview. Match the question with the answer.

Narrator: Unit 1, Activity 3b. Listen to the interview. The questions are missing. Choose from the list.

Interviewer: Now, Tina, my first questions: (pause)

Tina: No, I go to a normal school. I study the usual lessons!

Interviewer: And my second questions: (pause)

Tina: Not the same things, no. I go to the gym every day – well, Monday to Friday – but I do different things there. There are different things there. There are different exercises – on the floor, on the bar, and others.

Interviewer: Question three: (pause)

Tina: Yes! My alarm clock rings at 5.30, and I get up at a quarter to six.

Interviewer: And questions four: (pause)

Tina: Yes, of course. It’s a great sport, and I love it.

Interviewer: Question five: (pause)

Tina: No, I’m busy after school. I do my homework, and then I go to bed!

Interviewer: And finally, question six: (pause)

Tina: Not at home, no. I practise at school, and I go to a gym club at the weekend.

Sayings

Example: 1+A = (Situation J)

F. If one person likes vanilla ice-cream and another person likes strawberry ice-cream, it means that people are different and everyone has his/her own taste.  G. People like travelling but when they are far away, they miss their relatives and friends. Only at home they feel nice and comfortable. H. Don’t worry about your health if you eat fruit and vegetables every day. I. We pick flowers in summer and play snowballs in winter.

Example:

J. If we have many friends, who are ready to help us in a difficult moment of our life, we are the happiest people in the world.

Read the signs

Put the words into the groups.