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Use of English. Task 3. For questions 1 - 9, read the text below and decide which
answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. 9 points.
Is a simple life better?
What have you been up to? When (1) up with a friend how do you tend to answer this
very common enquiry? The response often (2)
around such big events as career
developments, memorable holidays or family celebrations. I'm often struck, however, by
the (3) _
_ to which our real quality of life is affected more by smaller, simpler things. For
me, seeing a new seedling appear from a seed I've sown never (4)
to bring me great
pleasure. What's more, many moments of joy come unbidden - like a sudden cooling
breeze on a hot day. This (5)
the question of what is more relevant to our wellbeing -
the big or the small? To suggest that someone should (6)
out happiness in simple
pleasures if their career is on the (7)
would be absurd. Yet, we could (8)_
have a
row of ticks for all the big things and still feel miserable in our daily lives. Being
overwhelmingly (9) _
towards achievement, for instance, can make the small and the
simple disappear from our awareness.
1. A catching B making C chatting D keeping
2. A concentrates B revolves C focuses D deals
3. A amount B level C extent D quantity
4. A misses B disappoints C denies D fails
5. A rears B elicits C evokes D raises
6. Aseek B find Clook D search
7. A shambles B mess C creek D rocks
8. A barely B easily Chardly D mostly
9. A targeted B centred C oriented D determined
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Assistant: Sure! Here are the answers that best fit each gap in the text:

1. C chatting
2. B revolves
3. C extent
4. D fails
5. C evokes
6. A seek
7. B mess
8. A barely
9. C oriented

If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!
User: Use of English.
Task 1. For questions 1-9, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the
end of some of the lines to form a word that fits the space in the same line. 9 points.
The fascination of tennis
People who are unfamiliar with tennis often find its appeal (1). What is so
gripping about watching two people (2) hit a fluffy pressurised ball across a
net, they wonder. Yet tennis is a major spectator sport, that catches the
imagination of millions. This is partly because when we watch a match, we
(3) with the players sharing their triumphs and (4) as, like them, we focus
intently on every shot. The tension is palpable and the spectator is (5) drawn
into the duel being played out on court. But some of the fascination also
comes from the (6) of the game itself. David Foster Wallace, who wrote
Infinite Jest, a work of fiction about the sport, provides a valuable (7) into the
technical background when he describes tennis as 'chess on the run.'
According to Wallace, professional players are making (8) calculations every
moment the ball is in play, as they seek to anticipate how their (9) will return
a shot and what their own response needs to be.
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Assistant: Here are the words formed to fit each space in the text:

1. puzzling
2. repeatedly
3. empathize
4. setbacks
5. inescapably
6. intricacy
7. insight
8. multiple
9. opponent

If you have any further questions or need additional help, feel free to ask!
User: Use of English. Task 2. For questions 1-12, read the text below. Use the word from
the box to form a word that fits in the space line. 12 points.
latitude
vegetation
exclave
substantial
coniferous
hemisphere
roughly
value
strait
inhospitable
maritime
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Geography of Rissia
Comprising much of eastern Europe and northem Asia, it is the world's largest country in
total area. Due to its size. Russia displays both monotony and diversity. As with its
topography, its climates, vegetation, and soils span vast distances. From north to south the
East European Plain is clad sequentially in tundra, ..1) forest (taiga), mixed and broad-
leaf forests, grassland (steppe), and semi-desert (fringing the Caspian Sea) as the changes
in .. 2) reflect the changes in climate, Siberia supports a similar sequence but is taiga
The
country
contains
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Biosphere
Located in the northern and middle latitudes of the Northem ... (3), most of Russia is
much closer to the North Pole than to the equator. Individual country compansons are of
little ... (4) in gauging Russia's enormous size and diversity. The country's 17.1 million
square kilometers include one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Its. European
portion, which occupies a ... (5) part of continental Europe, is home to most of Russia's
industrial and agricultural activity. It was here, roughly between the Dnieper River and the
Ural Mountains, that the Russian Empire took shape. It is also located on the northemmost
tip of Asia. From west to east, the country stretches from Kaliningrad (the ... (6) separated
by the 1990 secession of Lithuania from the then-Soviet Union) to Ratmanov Island (one
of the Diomede Islands) in the Bering ... (7). This distance is ... (8) equivalent to the
distance from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Nome, Alaska. From north to south, the country ...
(9) from the northern tip of the Russian Arctic islands at Franz. Josef Land to the southem
tip of the Republic of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea, spanning about 4,500 kilometers of
extremely varied, often ... (10) terrain. Extending for 57,792 kilometers, the Russian
border is the world's longest. Along the 20,139-kilometer land frontier, Russia has
boundaries with 14 countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (via the
Kaliningrad Oblast), Belaris, Ukraine, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea. Approximately
2/3 of the frontier is bounded by water. Virtually all of the lengthy northern coast is well
above the Arctic Circle; except for the port of Murmansk-which receives currents that
are somewhat warmer than would be expected at that ... (11), due to the effects of the Gulf
Stream-that coast is locked in ice much of the year. Thirteen seas and parts of three
oceans- the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific wash Russian shores. Russia shares a ... (12)
boundary with the United States and with Japan.
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Assistant: Here are the words formed to fit each space in the text about the geography of Russia:

1. coniferous
2. latitude
3. hemisphere
4. value
5. substantial
6. exclave
7. strait
8. roughly
9. ranges
10. inhospitable
11. latitude
12. maritime

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Всероссийская олиминада школьников 2024-2025 учебного года
Школьный этап. Английский язык. 9-11 класс
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Part 1. Reading (10 points)
Task 1. You are going to read a text. For questions 1-10, choose the answer (A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K) which you think fits the gap best according to the text. Mark
your answers on the separate answer sheet. There is one extra answer. 10 points.
Ancient Russian architecture
In early times, wooden structures were favoured in Russia, and in the "wooden age" she
originated and developed certain basic forms, _
(1). In the larger
centres wooden and masonry achitecture developed side by side, one stimulating and
gratifying the love for verticality and slenderness, the other satisfying a yearning for
massiveness, monumentality, and lavish decoration. We know relatively little of Russia's
architecture, especially the ancient wooden structures. The few remaining examples of
them (now in Rostov, Kizhi and also in the museums of wooden buildings in Novgorod,
Kostroma and Suzdal), testify to the skill and taste of her builders in the composition arid
grouping of the architectural masses, the keen sense of proportion, expressiveness and
silhouette, -
(2).
One of the best known Russian church buildings in the northern style is the Church of the
Intercession on the Nerli (Pokrova na Nerli). According to archeologists, it was much
bigger in the twelfth century
(3). Surrounded by an open
gallery and mounted on a high knoll, it had a broad staircase leading up from the water.
Today it stands alone in the midst of low, green meadows, the small lake below
(4). In the 800 years of its existence, it has undergone other
changes. The old belfry is gone, the helmet-shaped dome has been replaced by a bulbous
cupola, and in the process of repairs, the rest of the roof was altered
(5) was covered over with sheet metal. And yet this church, in
its serene natural setting, is one of the most poetic creations ever to come down to us out
of the past.
It is not a large church, and fairly simple in plan, with the cubical basic structure usual for
the North. But the familiar shapes have a new look, not so austere as the earlier Novgorod
churches, nor yet so proud and imposing
(6). It is light and graceful, and
this is due in large part to the change in proportions. Each facade is made up of three
sections divided vertically by slender columns, and horizontally connected by a decorative
band of blind area made of the same white stone
(7). This was the
arrangement in Novgorod and Vladimir as well, but because the walls here lean very
slightly inward, because the pillars, both those separating the wall sections and those in the
frieze, are close together, because the horizontals in every part of the facade are visually
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