Olimpiada task for 11th form. Task 2. Reading. Deforestation Deforestation is cutting or burning trees. Most deforestation happens because people need lands for farming. In poor countries, most people must plant vegetables. Farming is the main resource for living. Economy is the main reason of deforestation. Poorer countries use their only resources for money. People use land for farming to make money because of poverty. Governments cut trees because of their debts and development of industries. But these solutions can cause even worse problems. Trees are made of about 50% carbon, so when trees are burnt, carbon is released into the atmosphere. Cutting them down reduces the amount of rain, raising temperatures. The sun heats the land and dry it out. Also it is very harmful for the animals and plants that live in the rainforests. Tropical rainforests hold about 50% of earth's species of animal. When we bum forests, we Kill the animals too. The solutions to problems such as deforestation must be found urgently. And. if deforestation continues, in just 100 years there will be no more rainforests left. What do you think about cause of deforestation?
Can you say the solutions of deforestation?
What will happen if deforestation continues?
Olimpiada task for 11th form. Task3. Testing.
The 11th form test for OLIYMPIAD
1.Complete the word combinations: Incredible … - an extraordinary talent
A) ability B) money C) master D) part
2. Earn …- to be paid in return for work or service
A) surprise B) money C) select D) part
3.Choose the suitable definition: expected
A) believing someone/something will arrive or happen soon
B) being improved or updated C) make more modern D) being encouraged
4. A fixed regular payment, typically paid monthly
A) strength B) updated C) salary D) success
5. Complete the sentence: While writing, it is important to know the ___ you are writing for?
A) consult B) person C) audience D) writer
6. Find the matching word: “____ ia a name of the greatest of all inventors”
A) Family B) accident C) happen D) meeting
7. In 1968 George land distributed among 1600 5-year-old children creativity test used by NASA to select innovative engineers and scientists. He re-started the same children at 10 years of age and again 15 years of age. Test results: 5-year-old- 98%; 10-year-olds - 30%; 15-year-olds - …%; adults - …%. A) 12,4 B)12,2 C) 18,12 D) 12, 98
8.Who is the 14-year-old “business teen” who earned a fortune by making jam
A) Fraser Doherty B) Milan Karki C) Jordan Romero D) Truong Son
9. Philip Micklin- …
A) He studied the Aral sea B) Famous writer C) Business man D) Dressmaker
10.What Uzbek scientist Yusuf Kamalov said about Aral Sea?
A) This the end of the sea B) This is what the end of the world looks like C) It is a hige desrt D) This is the biggest dryland
11. Many fish wouldn’t die if factories (not dump) so many chemicals into rivers and oceans.
A) didn’t dump B) don’t dump C) dumped D) would dump
12. People will run out of drinking water one day if they (not use) it more rationally
A) don’t use B) didn’t use C) hadn’t use D) not to use
13.Find the continuation: Noise pollution is not the problem only for people, … .
A) it also helps them prevent nature B) it also harmful for the world’s whale population
C) for environment D) it is also harmful for the space
14. Complete the sentences: ___ ___ , which are formed from the skeletons of sea creatures, give shelter to a variety of plants and animals
A)water shortage B) coral reefs C) climate change D) ice sheets
15. She says that she got into science because she wanted to ___ ___
A) make difference B) take care C) make money D) earn money
16. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentence: ecology/ is/ To keep/ our duty/ in balance. A) To keep ecology in balance is our duty. B) balance is our duty To keep ecology in C) To keep ecology in our duty D) To keep in balance is our duty
17. The tropical rainforests wouldn’t have disappeared if men (not cut) the tropical trees.
A) hadn’t cut B) didn’t cut C) would have not cut D) cut
18. __________ is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest
19. Take care of your body because it is only place you have to live.
20. If people had been careful, some forests ___ (destroy) because of fire
21. ________ - A skin doctor;________ - An eye doctor;
________ - A doctor who performs operation; _______ - A heart doctor
22. The nurse thinks crisps and biscuits are __________.
23. An active learner learns _____________ and share the process of learning with others.
24. You use the ________ to look up the word.
25. apology(n)- apologise(v)- ….(adj.); understand (V), …. (adj.)
