Школьный этап ВсОШ – 2025/26 в городе Москве, 9-11 классы, английский язык

Задание 1

Why was the pianist's answer unhelpful?

Задание 2

What happened as a result of the Beatles going to Carnegie Hall?

Задание 3

What happened in the 1950s?

Задание 4

What does the writer seem to think about the future of the Carnegie Hall.

Задание 5

For items 1−10, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct put a tick. Use letter "V" as a tick. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in a given space. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются! 0. Woody Guthrie has traveled America during the 1930s—an era called has 00. the Great Depression. People were out of work, and families were out V 1. of money. Woody saw the forlorn faces of people moving west, looking 2. for a work. He watched dust storms wipe out midwestern farms. As he 3. crossed America carrying his guitar, he would wrote more than a 4. thousand songs. Some became famous. Others, which he traded for a 5. night’s lodging. In 1941, Woody went to Oregon to write music for a 6. film about the Columbia River. Out of that project came out his best- 7. known song— “This Land Is Your Land.” Its lyrics describe as the 8. awesome wonders he’d seen. This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island; From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters This land is made for you and me. 9. Woody believed that songs had little power. People might ignore speeches, 10. but most of them might listened to music. His famous song also tells about some of America’s problems. One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple By the Relief Office I saw my people. As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if This land was made for you and me. Woody Guthrie became one of America’s most famous folk singers. In a very real way, his music is a history of hard times in America.

Задание 6

For items 1—10, read the text below and for each gap unscramble the word given in CAPITAL LETTERS. In some cases, a definition of the word is also given. There is an example at the beginning (0). В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются! Pen Names Many authors don’t put their own names on their work. They use pen names, also called (0) pseudonyms UPSMONEYS. Some people write under pen names to protect their (1) VIPYCAR (freedom from unauthorized intrusion). But there are other reasons to use a pseudonym. In the 19th century, women often used male pen names. Why? This was an era of (2)NOTICDINSIMIRA (prejudiced treatment). Women were taken much less seriously than men. When British novelist Mary Ann Evans wrote about (3) lRIOTVERSACLON (causing a lot of angry public disagreement) social problems, she used the (4)SCAMULINE (considered to be characteristic of men) name George Eliot. (5)SILKEWIE (in a similar way), George Sand was the pen name chosen by the Frenchwoman Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Duphan. In more recent times, Susan Eloise Hinton published her books under the name S. E. Hinton. The best-known of her novels, The Outsiders, is (6)DATERARN (told in detail) by a teenaged boy. The male character is so believable that many readers (7)MUSEAS (think or accept that something is true but without having proof of it) that S. E. must be a man with (8)STANDRHIF (coming from direct personal experience) experience of the same problems. American author Samuel Clemens, who was once a Mississippi riverboat pilot, used Mark Twain as his pseudonym. That name comes from a riverboat term meaning “two fathoms”—a (9)TEDPH of 12 feet. There are many other pen names you might recognize. Children’s writer Dr. Seuss was actually Theodor Seuss Geisel. Lewis Carroll, the creator of Alice in Wonderland, was born Charles Dodgson. Two American mystery writers—Fredric Dannay and Manfred B. Lee—used the pen name Ellery Queen. It can be interesting to think about the story (10)DINEBH a pen name. What name might you select for a pseudonym? Why?

Задание 7

For items 1—5, add two letters to the following words to make a new word that fits the definition or synonym. There is an example at the beginning (0). В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются! 0. port to carry or send something to another country export 1. cat a part on something that fastens it and keeps it closed 2. map a tree with colourful autumn leaves that produces a substance like sugar 3. cast a large, strong building with towers and high walls 4. list to give attention to someone or something in order to hear them 5. cart a group of companies who join together to control prices and limit competition

Задание 8

Holmes immediately spotted two ___ marks on the neck of the victim which he thought might have been left by a snake of some kind. Don't ___ the hand that feeds you. It was me who got you promoted and now, Ron, you're plotting behind my back. Shame on you! 'Fred, can I have some of your apple?' 'Sure. Have a ___.' В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются!

Задание 9

I didn't know about her problems. They never came to my ___. The ___ on the wall of the building said 'No entry'. It is next to impossible to organize relief at such short ___ . We need some more time to make it work. В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются!

Задание 10

I'll never let you get away with it. You can be sure one day you'll ___ for all your crooked ways. Where are your manners? Don't ___ me back, you rude boy. Can you ___ the door? I'm having a shower. В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются!

Задание 11

In small villages news travels fast. It is spread by word of ___. The refugee camp was built near the ___ of the river to make relief work more efficient. The bad smell that was coming from his ___ put off all the girls in our class. В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются!

Задание 12

The house on the outskirts of the town was in a sorry ___. It desperately needed renovating. For years the two neighbouring countries were in a ___ of war. Those who came to the airport were able to see a few heads of ___ coming out of the plane to the accompaniment of the orchestra. В поле ответа запишите только ОДНО слово. Слова с орфографическими ошибками, опечатками и лишними знаками не засчитываются!