olympic writing 2017/18

Comment on the following statement: «Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth» (Aristotle)…

Comment on the following extract. Can Artificial Intelligence Replace the Real Human Intelligence? They say   Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon replace many blue collar and white collar jobs.  Artificial Intelligence   is exhibiting a slow but continuous influence on the value and availability of work  - in the form of wages and the number of adult workers with full-time jobs. The widespread disappearance of jobs would result in a soci…

Babies are born able to produce all of the sounds of all the world languages and ready to speak any of them. Write down your ideas on this statement…

Give up to 10 examples of healthy nutrition and eating habits. (1) Not to eat after 6 o’clock…

Comment on the following extract. Is there necessarily a limit to human aging? The wish to extend the human lifespan has a long tradition in many cultures. Optimistic views of the possibility of achieving this goal through the latest developments in medicine feature increasingly in serious scientific and philosophical discussion. Focusing on interventions in biological ageing, one can distinguish between research that is first and foremost aimed at prolonging life by slowing or e…

Comment on the story in pictures. В задании не указывался предполагаемый формат ответа и его объем…

Представьте, что вы стали невольным свидетелем важного разговора, но Вам удалось расслышать не все реплики. Восстановите недостающие фразы по картинке и запишите их в лист ответов. Waiter: Good evening, sir, madam. 1. ____________________________________ Mr Adams: No, we aren't. Give us another minute or two, please. Waiter: Perhaps I could help you. Mr Adams: Oh, yes, please. Waiter: Of course. 2. ____________________________________ Mrs Adams: No, we aren't. We eat meat and fish…

Read the fable and write down the moral it contains in the space below the fable. The Ant and the Grasshopper Fable. In the field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. “Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling in that way?” “I'm helping to lay up food for winter,&r…

Write the appropriate ending to the story given below.after Somerset Maugham I suppose every family has a black sheep. Tom had been a sore trial to his for twenty years. He had begun life decently enough: he went into business, married, and had two children. The Ramsays were perfectly respectable people and there was every reason to suppose that Tom Ramsay would have a useful and honourable career. But one day, without warning, he announced that he didn't like work and that he was…

Write a fairy tale based on one of the given sayings: God helps those who help themselves. Those who chase two rabbits at once will catch neither. All's well that ends well. Use your imagination. Your fairy tale must have: A title Good and bad characters A setting (when and where the story is taking place) A plot (sequence of ordered events) A morale (which supports the saying) Total: 200–250 words…

Докажите, что «Реклама — двигатель торговли»! Представьте, что Вы маркетолог и отвечаете за продвижение товаров на рынке Великобритании. Выберите один из изображенных ниже товаров и напишите к нему слоган и рекламное объявление. Ваша задача — сделать товар привлекательным для покупателя. Важно использовать многообразие средств выразительности английского языка. В задании не указывался предполагаемый объем ответа…