Statements 11 through 20 (on your answer sheet circle the correct letter A, B, C, or D)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Donetsk Regional State Administration
Donetsk Regional Institute of Postgraduate Education
Stage IІІ regional Students Olympiad in the English Language
ROUND I
Teacher’s Booklet
Listening Comprehension Test
For 10 th Form Students
Listening Comprehension Test for 10 th Form Students
RULES OF FRIENDSHIP
In addition to inquiring about actual activities, we asked some specific questions about what people would or would not do with friends, both in general and in certain hypothetical situations. We wanted our survey to give us an idea of some of the "rules" that govern, or perhaps define, behavior between friends.
As both theory and the data suggest, one rule of friendship is that friends confide in each other, sharing intimate aspects of their personal lives and feelings. Perhaps most significantly, bad as well as good news can be shared. Even though in our society, one's success is often equated with success at work, 89 per cent of our sample said they would tell a close friend about a failure at work.
Furthermore, over two-thirds (68 per cent) said that if they had a terminal illness, they would tell a friend. Eighty-seven per cent of the respondents say they talk with friends about sexual activities (60 per cent discussing activities in general, 27 per cent in detail).
Our respondents clearly indicated that in some situations, the rules of friendship involve the right to ask for help (presumably the obligation to help a friend is also implicitly acknowledged). When asked who they would turn to first in a crisis, over half (51 per cent) said they would turn to friends before family. This was true for all subgroups, even though older people in the sample said they tend to rely more on family and professional counselors in a crisis than do the younger age groups, and a higher proportion of men than women said they do it alone.
Yet friendship has limits. Only 10 per cent of the sample said they thought a friend should help another commit suicide if the friend wanted to, but was too feeble to do it alone (41 per cent said no and 36 per cent were opposed to suicide).
In short, there are no striking contradictions between people's descriptions of actual friendships, their beliefs about friendship in general, and their perception of the rules that apply to these relationships. This consistency, and the enthusiastic descriptions of friends and friendship we received, suggest that our readers are satisfied with their friendships, even though 67 per cent of the respondents also acknowledge feeling lonely "sometimes" or "often".
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ROUND I
Student’s Booklet
Listening Comprehension Test
For 10th Form Student
DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL ADVISED BY THE TEACHER
DICTIONARIES ARE NOT ALLOWED
STUDENT NUMBER: ____________
Listening Comprehension Test for 10th Form Students
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS BOOKLET.
Statements 1 through 10 (on your answer sheet circle + if the statement is true, - if it is false).
1. The survey was to find out about certain rules.
2. Some facts prove the ideas expressed before the survey.
3. Friends must keep their secrets from one another.
4. Friends should tell each other not only about good events in lives.
5. Less than a half questioned people would confide their disease.
6. More than a half of respondents proved extremely open before friends.
7. Asking friends for help is defined by some published rules.
8. Older people prefer family help to friends'.
9. Most questioned people support the idea of friends' help with suicide.
10. Most respondents are unhappy about their friendships because they often feel lonely.
STOP. WAIT FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE TEXT.
Questions 11 through 20 (on your answer sheet circle the correct letter A, B, C or D).
11. The survey was…
A) to ask friends for help
B) to find out about certain rules
C) not to feel lonely
D) to share about their work
12. There was a suggestion about:
A) certain relationships
B) certain people
C) certain pieces of writing
D) certain governors
13. Nowadays a person's success is believed to be the same as:
A) family life
B) sexual victories
C) possessions
D) career
14. True friends are more likely:
A) to share about their new property
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B) to share about their investments
C) to share about their pets
D) to share about their work
15. This text does NOT mention friends discussing:
A) their health
B) their jobs
C) their families
D) their love affairs
16. Helping a friend in a difficult situation:
A) goes without saying
B) should be asked for
C) is not necessary
D) is a part of a written code.
17. Asking friends for help in the first place is true for:
A) younger responders
B) older responders
C) male responders
D) all categories of responders
18. True friends will help each other in: .-
A) absolutely everything
B) absolutely nothing
C) almost everything
D) a very limited number of activities
19. The rules of friendship:
A) are different from what people expect
B) agree with people's feelings about them
C) are different for every age group
D) do not apply to people
20. The survey results indicate that:
A) many people feel lonely
B) few people feel good about their friendships
C) people show little enthusiasm
D) there hardly can be true friendship at all
ROUND II
Reading Comprehension Test
For 10th Form Students
DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL ADVISED BY THE TEACHER
DICTIONARIES ARE NOT ALLOWED
STUDENT NUMBER: ____________
WARNING: TOP SECRET COLUMN
I wanted to be a spy when I was a kid. I wanted to drive around in cool cars, wear sharp suits, drink vodka martinis, and have beautiful women throw themselves at me, a la James Bond. After I watched my first Bond movie, I was convinced of the awesome power of suits and vodka martinis.
I knew I would be a good spy, because at age nine, my friend Eric Pratt and I snuck around the neighborhood on summer nights, trying to annoy all of our neighbors who were actually enemy spies. We didn't know who they were spying for, only that they were enemy spies. As we saw it, it was our patriotic duty to thwart these ne'er-do-wells from their villainy. (That was our battle cry.)
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We were pretty good at it too. We snuck around from backyard to backyard, and not once did we ever get caught. Oh sure, the occasional dog would bark at us, but that's to be expected when they're highly trained enemy attack dogs. Those Scottish Terriers can be extremely vicious.
Eric's and my spying efforts were based on the ability to ring people's doorbells and run away without getting caught. We got good enough at it that we could do 15 doorbells in a single night. We had a few close calls, like the people who answered their door too quickly, or the people we rang three times in a row. But other than that, we were careful planners who plotted our escape routes and meeting points before each ring.
We eventually had to stop after the parents of one of our so-called "friends" ratted us out after we hit his house one night when he couldn't go out with us. But my dreams of being a spy never died.
When I was 13 years old, I got a book about spies. It was a behind-the-scenes look at what spies did and how they were recruited. There was even a test that I could take to see if I had the temperament to be a spy. I figured out that by answering 'C to all the questions, I would achieve the ideal score for a spy. And it only took me three tries to do it. The problem was, I didn't know who to tell about my test score or that it showed that I was qualified to drive cool cars and sleep with beautiful women. So I thought about writing a letter.
"Dear CIA, I took a test in the 'Handbook for Spies' book recently. I am sure you're familiar with the book, since it was written by someone in your line of work. I achieved a score of 82 on the test, which said that I would make an ideal spy. Do you have an opening for any agents? If so, could you please tell me where to get my suits and car? Sincerely yours, [Name stricken for security purposes]."
However, I decided against this approach, since an enemy spy might interpret my letter at the post office. That, and I didn't have the CIA's address.
But I was undeterred. I continued reading James Bond books and watching his movies. I even bought a plastic gun that fired suction cup darts, because it looked like the kind of gun Bond carried. For hours, I practiced concealing it, pulling it out quickly, and making difficult shots in my room. The end result was that if I ever came face to face with an enemy spy who could be killed with a suction cup dart from six feet away, I had nothing to worry about.
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That all changed when I finally read a newspaper article about spies, and how James Bond basically over-glamorized the spy business. "It's not really like that", the article said. "It's all about sitting in windowless rooms, analyzing information. You never get to drive cool cars, and beautiful women don't throw themselves at you on a daily basis".
That article popped my dream of becoming a spy like a balloon on broken glass. I was adrift, without any motivation or long-term goals for weeks. But soon, I was embarked on a new career. One of glamour, intrigue, and even more beautiful women. Thanks to the TV show, "Magnum P. I.", I had a new goal in life.
"Dear Private Eye Agency, I would like to be a private investigator. I am very good at gathering secrets, and I already know how to shoot a plastic Walther PPK. Do you have an opening for any investigators? If so, could you please tell me where I could pick up my red Ferrari? Sincerely, [Name stricken for security purposes]".
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS BOOKLET.
Statements 1 through 10 (on your answer sheet circle + if the statement is true, - if it is false)
1. The author seems to be possessed with something.
2. The events of the story cover at least four years.
3. It can be inferred that the boys' parents were not very attentive to their children.
4. The boys were trying to spot enemy spies.
5. The boys' night activities were based on pure impulse.
6. The test in the spy-book was dead easy.
7. If the letter had been sent, it would have resulted in something.
8. The boy found an authentic example to follow.
9. We may infer that the author could be easily affected by mass media. lO.The author's goal in life drastically changed.
EU gives green light for cloned food to go on sale in UK shops
EU scientists say meat and milk from cloned farm animals should be cleared for sale.
They admit cloned animals suffer higher rates of early death and disease but say there is no food safely reason to keep their products off shop shelves. The draft opinion of the European Food Safety Authority will horrify critics who see the development of such animals as "Frankenstein Farming", tampering with nature in a similar way to GM foods.
The authority's support would open the door to clone farming in the UK and the importation of products made from cloned meat and milk in the U.S., where the technique is already used.
Major supermarkets stressed last night that it is their policy not to stock cloned products. But they could f ace an impossible task in identifying them unless the EU insists on a costly system of labeling. This is highly unlikely, as the safety authority's report says there are no safety issues.
The Soil Association, which speaks for organic producers, said it was clear the rush to approve clone farming was being driven by pressure from the U.S. government, keen to boost the profits of the American companies behind the technology.
Association spokesman said: "Cloning involves ghastly and invasive techniques. The EFSA committee says there is no food safety issue, but now can they know? The research has not been done. When you have lots of clones dying at birth or suffering terrible malformations, that should raise serious questions of food safely which need to be understood".
Opponents say allowing clone farming will accelerate the trend towards super-size cows, producing vast quantities of milk, and monster pigs.
The draft opinion will now go out to public consultation and a final report is expected in May. EU ministers will be askeda final decision later this year, . and no individual government will be able to opt out. The UK government has indicated in the past that it has no objections to clone farming and rejected advice from one of its own expert committee to set up a regime to police it. But this policy may change as Hilary Benn, the new head of Defra, is a vegetarian who takes the suffering of farm animals particularly seriously.
Supermarkets - including Tesco, Salisbury's. Asda, Morrisons and Narks & Spenser - made clear they do not want to stock cloned foods. But a lack of labelling rules would make such policies virtually impossible to enforce.
Peter Stevenson, chief policy advisor at Compassion in World Farming said: "The only point of cloning is to produce faster growing chickens and pigs and higher-yielding dairy cows. Going down the road of cloning would lead to greater industrialization of farm animal production, which would be a disaster. We would urge the EU and the British government to step back from any support for clone farming".
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS BOOKLET.
Statements 11 through 20 (on your answer sheet circle the correct letter A, B, C, or D)
11. The main idea of the article is most probably:
A) the debate on food stuff
B) the cloning techniques
C) the opinion of major food sellers
D) the history of cloning animals
12. It can be concluded from the article that cloned animals:
A) seldom get ill
B) are absolutely safe
C) die quite often
D) do not exist
13) The abbreviation "GM" most probably stands for:
A) General Medicine
B) Gender Malfunction
C) Garden -Made
D) Genetically Modified
14) One can make a conclusion that clone farming is:
A) not that new
B) already used in Britain
C) the invention of the UK government
D) the idea of major food sellers in the country
15) The idea of selling the products of clone farming:
A) seems to find great support
B) is resisted by certain businesses
C) has just become the EU law
D) is going to be adopted legally in May
16) The opponents of the idea may find it difficult to:
A) buy cloned food
B) import cloned food
C) recognize cloned food
D) store cloned food
17. There is no direct answer if cloned food is safe because:
A) nobody has tasted it
B) there has been no cloned food so far
C) the issue has not been investigated
D) it requires a lot of time
18. There is an opinion that clone farming may lead to:
A) changes in animal genetics
B) changes in the animals' basic parameters
C) changes in food taste
D) changes in the basic nutrition factors
19. After the decision has been made by the EU:
A) the EU members should ratify it
B) the non-EU members will not be able to join
C) it will be mandatory for the EU countries
D) it will end clone farming in the U.S.
20. According to one of the opinions, clone farming will turn regular farms into:
A) virtual markets
B) production facilities
C) research centres
D) hi-tech laboratories
ROUND Iii
Writing Comprehension Test
For 10 th Form Students
STUDENT NUMBER: ___________
Writing Comprehension Test for 10th Form Students
1. Today, our world is confronted with many challenges: poverty, hunger, disease, environmental changes, and many others. In your opinion, what is the most serious problem that society faces today? What has caused this problem? Do you think that this problem can be solved?
2. Several pieces of literature and film have discussed the possibility of time travel in which people could go back to another period in history. If you had the ability to travel back in time to an event in Ukraine's history, which would you choose and why? Would you attempt to change the course of events, and, if so, how would you change them?
3. Boethius, 6th century Roman moralist and essayist, declared:" Music is a part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior". What do you think of this quote? Many people today blame the messages carried in music for the negative actions that youth take. In your opinion, do these messages have an impact on today's youth? Is this positive or negative? Should musicians be kept from using bad words and negative messages? Is it possible to censor what children listen to? Is censorship the answer to these problems?
ROUND IV
Speaking Comprehension Test
For 10-th Form Students
1. If you were asked to send one thing representing your country to an international exhibition, what would you choose? Why?
2. Fantasy books such as Harry Potter and Twilight series have been very popular for some years now. Why do people like fantasy books? Are they targeted to one age group? If you could bring a character from a fantasy book to life, who would it be and why?
3. Computer use in the home, classroom, and other common places is becoming common place around the world. Do you think computers help society? Do you think computer use can have bad effect on a person? How do you think computers have changed the world?
4. Each country has different rules of etiquette and behavior. Why is it important to respect the rules of etiquette in a foreign country? Are there any common rules of etiquette in Ukraine that you believe are outdated?
5. People define "family" in different ways. What is your definition of a family?
* Can the definition of "family" change with time?
* Is it possible to have more than one family? How?
* What influences our perceptions on what a "family" is?
6. It has been said that young people today are too materialistic - they want their parents to buy them expensive clothes, mobile phones and music players. At the same time, some of these young people are passive in their attitudes towards the hard work necessary to get prepared for a good job. Do you have any friends like that? What do you think will happen to them?
7. Some people believe that violent films and computer games make our society more violent.
* Do you think there is a connection between violence in the media and violence in real life?
* Should there be greater restrictions on portraying violence in films and games?
* Do you enjoy watching films or playing video games that have violent content?
8. We all try to avoid illness through healthy habits and diets. When we get ill,
most of us go to the doctor for advice or prescription medicines.
* What preventative measures do you take to maintain your health?
* How do different cultures approach health care? Compare and contrast Ukrainian health care with another culture.
* In your opinion, do people rely too much on pharmaceuticals?
9. Art and music classes should be banned in schools in order to provide more
time for lessons that are considered more academic such as foreign
languages, maths and sciences.
* Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why or why not?
* How would banning art and music affect your school and your
country?
* What do art and music bring to or take away from your school?
10. There is evidence that the act of smiling can lead to feelings of happiness.
* Do you think that smiling is always good, or can it be a negative thing too? What are your reasons?
* How does laughing affect you?
11. Difficult tasks often require something positive to motivate us.
* What factors best motivate you when you have a difficult task to accomplish?
* Which people play a role in motivating you? Why?
* For what tasks do you need to be motivated? Why?
12. Fashions come and go. How important do you think being fashionable is?
* What kinds of clothes are in fashion now? What do you think of these styles?
* What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of style within two years?
* What kind of clothes do you usually wear? Who and what influence your style?
13. Imagine that you are a journalist.
* What magazine or newspaper would you like to work for? Why?
* What would you write about? Why?
* What do you think would be the most important aspect of your
job?
14. Let's imagine that yours is the first generation to not have any obligations and only have free time. What would you do with your time? Why?
* What would be positive about this, and what would be negative?
* How would you appear to the rest of the society, and what would your reaction to this be?
* What would happen as your generation ages?
15. Around the world mobile phones have become greatly popular. People depend on mobile phones to do their daily jobs or to keep in contact with other people. But what would the world be like without mobile phones? Have mobile phones truly improved the quality of life of those who use them?
16. You are travelling to another country for one year and can only take one
suitcase. What will you bring?
* What items do you think you cannot live without?
* What items from your country would you like to show someone from another culture?
* How do these items represent you and your country?
17. Your family wants to adopt a new pet. Everybody has a chance to state
their opinion.
*What kinds of pets would NOT be good for your family?
* How would you convince the rest of your family your idea is perfect for all of them?
* What kind of care would this pet need?
18. If you could have any talent that you don't already possess, what would it
be?
* Why is this talent so important for you to have?
* How would you use it?
*What is better: to gain talents through hard work or through natural
ability? Why?
19. Do you think that being involved in sports is a good way to stay healthy?
What are some risks of participating in sports? Do the health advantages of sports outweigh the risks? Do you think sporting events nowadays are too competitive? Do you think some people take unnecessary risks just to win a spots competition?
20. What does the word "leadership" mean? Why is good leadership
important? Have you ever been in a position of leadership? Who in the world
do you think possesses the greatest leadership skills? Why?
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Donetsk Regional State Administration
Donetsk Regional Institute of Postgraduate Education
Stage IІІ regional Students Olympiad in the English Language
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