Laughter is the best medicine

ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОЛИМПИАДА ШКОЛЬНИКОВ

ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ 2016–2017 учебный год

ШКОЛЬНЫЙ ЭТАП

КЛАССЫ

Part 1 (10 minutes)

Listening

You will hear the pilot Kate Gingford talking about the last few days of her flight around the world in a small aeroplane. For each question 1–6choose the correct answer. You will hear the recording twice.

1.In Norway, Kate’s friends helped her

a) plan the route on the map.

b) cook a meal before her flight.

c) put on the clothes she would fly in.

2.During the flight to Denmark, Kate

a) felt very tired.

b) spoke to her son.

c) enjoyed views of the sea.

3.On Monday, Kate was worried because

a) she had to land unexpectedly.

b) the plane was difficult to fly.

c) a wheel was not working properly.

4.While staying at her friends’ farm, Kate

a) enjoyed hearing the birds sing.

b) got annoyed about losing flying time.

c) made sure she got some extra sleep.

5.Kate had to arrive at the flying club in England

a) during the afternoon.

b) while the weather was good.

c) before it got dark.

6.When she arrived in London, Kate was …

a) pleased she had done the trip.

b) keen to make another long trip.

c) nervous about seeing her family again.

Transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

Part 2 (20 minutes)

Reading

Read the text and questions below. For each question 7–11mark the correct letter a, b, cor d.

Laughter is the best medicine

Every week, Dr Doppit goes round the wards at the children’s hospital. But instead of a white coat and a stethoscope, Dr Doppit has a red nose and carries balloons. She is the hospital’s “clown doctor” and her real name is Hilary Day.

After studying drama at university, Hilary saw an advert for a clown doctor at the hospital. “The job was perfect for me,” she says. “My mother and grandmother were both nurses, so caring for people is in my blood. Also, I love doing children’s theatre.”

Before she started, Hilary did four weeks training, where she learnt how to do magic tricks and make balloons into funny shapes. She also had to study child psychology and basic medicine.

Her visits to the hospital start with a meeting with the nursing stuff to find out which patients a visit will be most useful for. Most children are delighted to see a clown, but there are some who are too ill, or areafraid of clowns. Hilary always checks first. Then she does some magic, makes balloon animals or tells them a story.

“We know that laughing can have a positive effect on a person’s health,” says Hilary. “It produces chemicals in the brain that make you relax and feel better.” Everyone agrees that regular visits from Dr Doppit can make a big difference to a child’s recovery. “Children in hospital miss their everyday life at home and at school,” says one hospital manager. “As well as possibly being frightened and homesick they are often bored. The clown doctor gives them something to look forward to and happy memories to take home afterwards.”

7.What is the writer’s aim in this text?

a) to describe a typical day in a children’s hospital

b) to explain a method of helping young patients

c) to encourage doctors to learn some circus skills

d) to show students how to get a job in a hospital

8.Why was Hilary particularly suitable for the job of clown doctor?

a) She had studied medicine at university.

b) She already knew how to do magic.

c) She enjoyed working with children.

d) She had been a nurse in a hospital.

9.Before Hilary starts, the stuff tell her which children

a) have asked to see her.

b) are going to leave the hospital soon.

c) want to hear a particular story.

d) will benefit most from her visit.

10.The hospital manager thinks that Dr Doppit’s visits

a) are useful if the parents can’t visit.

b) help children get better more quickly.

c) might be frightening for some children.

d) help the children forget they stay in hospital.

11.Dr Doppuit can influence

a) parents’ behavior.

b) nurses’ work.

c) kids’ getting better.

d) hospital manager’s decisions.

Part 3 (15 minutes)

Use of English

Read the text about a stuntman (a person who performs dangerous tricks in films) and choose the best word (a, b, cor d) for each space 12-24.

The Fall Guy

Nick Gillard earns a (0)__C___ working as a stuntman on films and TV shows but his first (12)_____ of show business was trick-riding circus horses when he was just 12 years old. Four years later he got the chance to (13)____ in his first film. “I really enjoyed working on the film,” Nick remembers, “so I started asking what I should (14)____ to become a stuntman.” Nick couldn’t just (15)____ as a stuntman straight away. First he had to be (16)____ by the British Stunt Register, which represents stunt professionals in Britain. To do this he had to reach instructor (17)____ in six sports including skiing, riding and gymnastics. Since qualifying (18)____ the age of 19, Nick has worked on many movies and has doubled for some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

Safety and timing are all-important for stunt professionals – they plan everything down to the (19)_____ detail. “We take the utmost (20)_____ . It’s not like being an actor where you can (21)_____ the shot again if it goes wrong. It’s got to work first time.” Nick has (22)_____ some terrifyingly dangerous stunts. For one film he jumped across a bridge in a speed boat, and in Alien 3 he was (23)_____ on fire, without air, for more than two minutes. Filming on location takes him all (24)_____ the world, often for months (25)_____ a time.

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