Олимпиада по английскому языку 10 класс вариант 1 reading

1. 
   Romford sighed as he picked up the piece of paper and tried hard to read the message on it. He was sure that this would be yet another clue which would lead him further away from the truth instead of closer to finding the murderer.
   
2. 
   Born into a poor family, his life was hard from the start. His father was rarely home, and spent months at a time travelling to find work. His mother struggled to make enough money to feed her children by cleaning houses, often taking the young James with her to help scrub floors and polish furniture.
   
3. 
   Bobby the bear couldn’t believe his luck – a whole jar of honey all for himself. “I should share this with the others”, he thought, but he decided to have just a little taste … and then another taste, and another. Soon, the jar was empty. “Oh, no” thought Bobby.
   
4. 
   Clara mixed the eggs and sugar together in the bowl with slow circular movements. She really wanted this meal to be perfect so that Mike would be impressed. She imagined him gazing lovingly at her over the dessert. Suddenly, a terrible burning smell from the oven brought her back to reality.
   
5. 
   Sir Horace walked through the great castle, turning over a long wooden table as he went. “Where are all my servants? He roared. He heard a noise and turned to see Lady Gertrude running down the stone steps from the tower. “Hurry!” she gasped. “Come quickly!”
   
6. 
   “Get into the Galactron!” shouted Zoltor. “The whole planet is going to explode!” “We have to get back to Zetron 5!” They climbed aboard just in time and soon the tiny spacecraft was speeding off into deep space.
   

2.

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Task I.

City Farms