Questions 11 through 20 refer to Text 3.



Miністерство освіти і науки України

II етап Всеукраїнської учнівської олімпіади з англійської мови

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE

STAGE II NATIONAL STUDENTS OLYMPIAD

IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Reading Comprehension Test

For 9th form Students

Student’s Booklet

 

 

Do not open this booklet

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Dictionaries are not allowed

 

 

Reading Comprehension Test for 9 Form Students

Directions:

In this Test you will read four texts. Each text is followed by 5-10 tasks. You should do the tasks following a text on the basis of what is stated or implied in that text. For each task you will choose the best possible answer from four possible answers (A, B, C, or D), or two symbols (+ or -) as specified prior to each task.. Choose the best answer and mark the letter or symbol of your choice on the Answer Sheet.

Questions 1 through 5 refer to Text 1.

Text 1:

Glossary:dye – фарбувати.

Levi Strauss, a young immigrant from Germany, arrived in San Francisco in 1850. California was in the middle of the Gold Rush. Thousands of people were coming to California to dig for gold. And Levi Strauss came to sell canvas to these gold miners. Canvas is a heavy material. So Levi Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents.

One day Strauss heard a miner complain that he couldn’t find clothes strong enough for the work he was doing. Strauss got an idea. He quickly took some of the canvas and made it into pants. These pants were what the miners needed. In one day Strauss sold all the pants he had made.

Later Strauss bought a fabric that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France. The miners liked this fabric. They called it “denim”.

However, denim had no colour. Because of this the denim pants did not look very interesting and they got dirty easily. To solve these problems, Strauss dyed the denim blue.

Strauss continued to improve his jeans. Today, the company he started is known all over the world.

Questions (on your answer sheet circle the correct letter A, B, C, or D)

1. Why did thousands of men come to California at that time?

A. To look for jobs.

B. To work at farms.

C. To dig for gold.

D. To see the sights.

2. And why did Levi Strauss come to California?

A. To find a job.

B. To sell canvas to gold miners.

C. To dig for gold.

D. To buy jeans.

3. What idea did Strauss get?

A. To make some pants of his canvas.

B. To sell food to miners.

C. To try to dig for gold.

D. To return home.


4. What was “denim” fabric like compared with canvas?

A. Thicker.

B. Thinner.

C. Softer.

D. Warmer.

5. Why did Strauss dye “denim” blue?

A. Because it was his favourite colour.

B. Because miners liked it.

C. Because “denim” had no colour and got dirty easily.

D. Because it was the only colour Strauss had.

Questions 6 through 10 refer to Text 2.

Text 2:

George Washington, who was the first President of the United States, was a wise man. Once a certain neighbour of his stole one of Washington’s horses. Washington together with a police officer went to the neighbour’s farm to get the horse. But the neighbour refused to give the horse up; he claimed that it was his own. Covering both of the horse’s eyes with his hands, Washington said to the neighbour, “If the horse is really yours, you must tell us in which eye he is blind”. “In the right eye”, the neighbour said.

Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind in the right eye. “Oh, I must have made a mistake”, the neighbour said, “He is blind in the left eye”. Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the left eye either.

“I guess I have made another mistake”, said the neighbour. “Yes”, said the police officer, “and you have also proved that the horse does not belong to you. You must return it to Mr Washington”.

Questions (on your answer sheet circle the correct letter A, B, C, or D)

6. Who stole one of Washington’s horses?

A. His cousin.

B. His neighbour.

C. A thief.

D. A police officer.

7. What did the neighbour claim?

A. That he didn’t see the horse.

B. That he found it on the fields.

C. That it was his own.

D. That his brother gave it to him.

 

8. How did Washington act to prove that the horse was his?

A. He called the horse by name.

B. He examined his ears.

C. He examined his back.

D. He closed his eyes with his hands.

9. What did the officer think of the case?

A. That the horse belonged to the neighbour.

B. That the horse didn’t belong to anybody of them.

C. That the horse belonged to Washington.

D. That it was difficult to say.

10. What kind of a man did G. Washington prove to be?

A. Jolly.

B.. Wise.

C. Silly.

D. Ill-tempered.

Questions 11 through 20 refer to Text 3.

Text 3:

Francis Drake, one of the most famous of English sailors and pirates, was born in Plymouth, a seaport and the largest town in the south of England. The boy spent much of his time looking at the ships in Plymouth Harbour and talking to the seamen. His cousin, Captain Hawkins, told him long stories about his adventures at sea. At fifteen Francis was taken on a small ship and worked there for some years. The boy learned the duties of a sailor very soon and did his work so well that the master of the ship said the boy was born to be a great sailor. When Drake was twenty-five Captain Hawkins made him mate on his ship.

Drake’s first sea-fight took place on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean where a small fleet of six English ships was attacked by Spanish men-of-war. Four of the English ships were burnt and only two — the one commanded by Hawkins and the other by Drake - came back to England.

Drake asked the king of Spain to pay him for his ships but was refused. Drake was very angry and promised he would take all he could from the king of Spain. And he did so.

Drake was the first Englishman who sailed round the world. Englishmen have set up a monument to Francis Drake in Plymouth.

 

Questions (on your answer sheet circle + if the statement is true, — if it is false)

11. Francis Drake was a famous English traveller.

12. Plymouth was a small town in the south of England.

13. His cousin told him long stories about sea adventures.

14. Francis Drake was born to be a great sailor.

15. When Francis was twenty-five he worked as a sailor on a small ship.

16. Drake’s first sea-fight took place in the Atlantic Ocean.

17. All English ships were burnt when a small fleet of six English ships was attacked by Spanish men-of-war.

18. The king of Spain agreed to pay Drake for his ships.

19. Francis Drake took all he could from the king of Spain.

20. Englishmen have built a monument to Francis Drake in Plymouth.

 

 


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