Всероссийская олимпиада по английскому языку 2009 г. Муниципальный этап. Время проведения конкурсов

Шкала критериев оценивания заданий в разделе «Устная речь»

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   had to live on a construction site for a while.
   
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   decided to bring their parents to the city.
   
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   experienced terrible loneliness.
   

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   was busy taking care of her children.
   
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   wanted to make a career in management.
   

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   they had to wait for their parents to collect them from school.
   
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   their parents wanted them to do their homework with a teacher.
   
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   their parents were back home from work in the evening.
   

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   able to combine his work at the hospital and teaching
   
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   true to his beliefs and principles.
   
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   admired by a big majority of his students.
   

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   has a prestigious private surgery.
   
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   holds a very influential position.
   

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   her father was responsive to all her wishes.
   
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   she was the centre of attention on campus.
   
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   she could develop an interest in different activities.
   

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   her parents failed to prepare her for adult life.
   
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   she has had to stand up for herself since childhood.
   
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   she feels ready to face real problems.
   

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   Most accidents happen at home when people are cooking, doing housework or repairs. So it’s very important to know what to do. For example, if someone has an electric shock when changing a light bulb or fitting a socket. I did some courses on first aid at a local hospital. I found them really interesting, but I honestly don’t feel confident enough to put all the ideas into practice. I’m quite shy and slow.
   
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   I don’t know any first aid. And I must say that I’m not really interested in the topic. I think that if somebody has an accident the best thing to do is to take him or her quickly to hospital. It’s important that a doctor or a nurse deals with the problem. Not somebody who has done a few first aid classes. I think we should let the experts look after people. I don’t think unqualified people can really help in serious situations.
   
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   I don’t know much about first aid. I took a short first aid course after school a few months ago. We didn’t really learn a lot. The problem was that the course wasn’t at all practical. They just spoke about what to do but we didn’t have a chance to practice ourselves. I’m sure most of us are afraid of making a mistake. So there is always a risk of making things worse.
   
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   My small brother cut his leg quite badly last week when he was playing with his friends in the garden. Fortunately, I had just finished a first aid course at school and knew exactly what to do. First of all I washed the cut with cotton wool, clean water. And then I put an antiseptic cream on it. After that I put on a bandage and hold him to sit in an armchair with his leg on a stool. I felt quite pleased with myself.
   
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   I was at my friend’s house a few days ago and we watched TV. We both love home channel. They showed how to stop blood if you suddenly cut your arm or leg and there is nobody to help you. It was really helpful. They showed what to do step by step and encouraged viewers to practice several times using soft toys or dolls. I hope I’ll be able to do something like that if there is a need.
   

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  Yes, I really enjoyed it. And what about you?
  
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  I was planning to go on Saturday, but I caught a really bad cold and had to spend a whole weekend in bed. So I missed it. And I had really been looking forward to it for so long. What did you like best about it?
  
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  I liked all the paintings, but I greatly admired the early 20^th century water colours. They were so beautiful, you can’t imagine.
  
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  Were they scenes of the countryside?
  
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  A few, yes. But most of them were the paintings of the life of ordinary people in a big industrial city round about the year 1910.
  
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  Oh, that sounds fascinating.
  
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  Yes, I’m sure you would have loved it. The colours were very interesting. The artists used lots of different shades of grey and brown. I got the impression that life in big cities at that time was pretty gloomy.
  
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  And what were the buildings like?
  
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  Well, that’s an interesting question. In fact, you could hardly see the buildings in the pictures. They were just part of the background. They didn’t have definite outlines. The artists focused mainly on the people. They showed what life must have been like for ordinary people in a big industrial town. The people were walking, running, selling, buying, arguing, you know, all everyday activities.
  
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  I’m really sad about missing it. You know that I’m as much interested in the history of English towns as you are in English art.
  
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  Never mind. I’ve bought a full catalogue so you can see everything at home. The quality of the print is very good. So it’s almost like looking at the real thing. You can keep it as long as you need.
  
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  Great, thanks.
  

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  Monica,can you tell me when and where you were born? And a bit about your family?
  
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  I was born in Sao Paolo in 1986. I think that both my parents were quite young when they migrated to the city and the four of us, my three brothers and I, were poor men.
  
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  And what do you remember most about your childhood?
  
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  I had the impression that Sao Paolo was a very busy city and there were a lot of building sites around where we were. You know, up to the age of seven it seemed like they were rebuilding the whole area nearby all the time. I also think there was a strong feeling of strangeness, of not belonging because my mom and dad came from a small town and they missed their friends and parents a lot. It must have been quite a traumatic experience for them to leave the security and familiarity of their home town. But under the circumstances they could only dream of the family reunion and so I had this feeling that life was tough, and it was tough for them too.
  
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  So you are a closely knit family.
  
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  Yes. We were very close I suppose. My father was a doctor, a skin specialist, and he taught at the university, and although he is officially retired now he loves medicine and now teaches students voluntarily. And my mother was a hospital manager for many years. She seemed to have liked her job a lot. Now she is doing acting. You know, she brought up the four children and now that we are all grown up she’s doing what she really loves and what she wanted to do since her childhood. I think it’s vital that people should follow their own stuff and do what they want to do in life. Good for her!
  
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  Ok. So tell me a bit more about your childhood. For example, what kind of school did you go to?
  
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  Ok, both my parents were professional people and worked regular hours from 9 a. m. to 6 p.m. So unlike a lot of our classmates who would stay just half a day we had to go to school and stay there till the time when we knew for sure that our parents were back home from work. On the one hand I used to envy the other kids who came home after lunch, you know, and could do the homework when they chose to. But on the other hand we always had our teacher’s help with our homework if necessary. I would also like to say that it is a nice feeling when there is somebody from your family to greet you when you come back home from school.
  
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  Could you tell me more about your father?
  
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  Yes, sure. I think he is a very special person. He does medicine as a vocation, not as a profession or trade. He is a heroic figure for me and for a big majority of his students who admire him for his anticapitalism and anticonsumerism. He refuses to be shaped by fashion or what other people think. I think he just rises above all the other people around him because of his clear and sincere convictions and inner strength of character.
  
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  You obviously love and admire him very much.
  
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  Yes, he is very different from most people in his position. Well, for example, he doesn’t have a secretary, he doesn’t have a telephone at this office and he has students from the university to his prestigious private surgery and teaches them there. Nowadays I think many people in his position and preserve would be actually to share their knowledge, because your knowledge represents money and power. But he never had that attitude. I suppose he is a very individual character with very strongly havebeliefs.
  
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  Your family life sounds quite interesting. I mean what kind of things would you do? Did you go to interesting places?
  
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  My father never approved of our doing what other kids did, like going to the cinema, partying and buying chewing gum, that kind of stuff. When I wasn’t at school I would go to a leisure centre which was located on the university campus where my father taught. Because we were the children of the professor the staff didn’t mind us spending hours in the centre. So we grew up there making good use of the centre facilities. We went swimming, played different sports, did crafts, the things that appealed to us. When I look back on my childhood I can see that we led an ideal existence.
  
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  Do you think that you are prepared for the real world outside?
  
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  A lot of people ask me that question. And I could well understand why. It’s true that I led a very sheltered existence after my father became a professor. I wish I could say that I was prepared to cope with real problems and issues and could stand up for myself, but unfortunately it isn’t so. I need to learn to stand up for myself. Nevertheless I didn’t forget my earlier experiences that life was tough.
  

5. 
   Use beginner level skills to make T-shirts, skirts, dresses, tank tops, jogging
   suits, shorts and other clothing popular in today's world. Practise making
   necklines and cuffs, applying zippers, choosing fabrics. Use all these skills
   to make very economical clothes. You need to know how to use your sewing
   machine and bring your own sewing kit and thread
   
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   With better opportunities for education and training, today's people under
   twenty- five can earn fairly high wages and usually spend a good deal on
   personal luxuries, such as clothes. Young-style boutiques, full of exciting
   and colourful clothes and accessories, have sprung up everywhere. The
   larger shops have special departments where not only clothes but goods of
   all descriptions, attractive to teenagers, are displayed. Advertising is
   skillfully aimed at making them buy the latest expensive novelty.
   
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   Modern women often totter about in agony on feet squeezed into such
   pointed high-heeled shoes that "My feet are killing me" has become a
   popular joke. In 1958 women wore a dress so shapeless that it was called
   "the sack", even the cave women made themselves more shapely garments.
   And who, except a film-star, can look her best in a hat shaped like a tea cosy
   or an upturned flower pot?
   

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   supposed to produce a novel each year.
   
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   considered to be a promising writer.
   
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   in the habit of meeting with his readers.
   
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   an author whose books were in demand.
   

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  felt that the visitor's first name had aroused his curiosity.
  
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  thought that the visitor had something important to say.
  
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  was glad to have a short break from his hard work.
  
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  wanted to find out what kind of mission the visitor had .
  

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   make the visitor understand that Mellowkent was a man of importance
   
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   show the visitor that Mellowkent was a hard-working person.
   
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   encourage the visitor to speak about Mellowkent's new novel.
   

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   he never used any reference material in his work.
   
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   the information given in the encyclopedia was very brief.
   
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   historical facts given in the book were not accurate.
   
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   he already had books with the necessary data.
   

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  show Caiaphas where one might find accurate information.
  
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  prove that it contained more information than 'Right Here\
  
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  boast of his beautiful polished rose-wood stand.
  
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  assure Caiaphas of Mellowkent's interest in geography .
  

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   could let the bookseller have them at a lower price.
   
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   wanted Caiaphas to start advertising and selling his novels.
   
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   felt it was the best way to get rid of the persistent visitor.
   
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   was sure that Caiaphas would enjoy reading them .
   

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   had a strong aversion to the kind of fiction Mellowkent wrote.
   
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   couldn't help appreciating the way Mellowkent had outwitted him.
   
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   was displeased to realise that Mellowkent wouldn't read the books.
   
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   was annoyed at having wasted so much time talking to the writer.