olympic writing 2019/20

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

Comment on the following extract. Koalas Aren’t Extinct, but Their Future Is in Danger, Experts Say. Claims that koalas were “functionally extinct” spread widely online as fires raged in Australia. With large areas of their crucial habitat ravaged, it is unclear what the future holds for a species that was already under threat before this round of bush fires. Some koalas have been rescued, and with blazes still burning, it is hard to know how many have been kille…

Write the appropriate ending to the story given below.after Somerset Maugham The Third Wish (after Joan Aiken) Once Mr. Peters was driving in his car at dusk. He entered a straight, empty stretch of road and heard a faint crying, and a struggling and thrashing, as if somebody was in trouble far away in the trees. He left his car and climbed the mossy bank beside the road. Then he saw the gleam of water. Coming closer he found that it was a swan that had become entangled in the tho…

Comment on the following statement: «Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference» (Sir Winston Churchill)…

You are going to read an encyclopedic article on a famous artist. Using the information from the text or your background knowledge, explain why the works of art following the text could (or could not) be created by the said artist. Banksy is an anonymous British graffiti artist known for his antiauthoritarian art, often done in public places. Though Banksy’s identity was well guarded, he came to notice as a freehand graffiti artist in 1993. Using stencils since 2000 to enhan…

TASK 5. WRITING (60 points) (40 minutes, 250-300 words) Imagine that your school magazine has a weekly column called “Education Today”. As part of their investigation into modern trends, they have asked you to write a news report based on the results of your own survey demonstrated in the table below.  In your report say: who participated in the survey; what changes or trends can be seen comparing the data in the table below; what are the possible reasons for su…

You have decided to enter a contest held by an English-language club at school. Write a short story for this contest. In your story: follow the rules of short story writing; use direct speech at least twice; describe feelings and emotions; make the picture part of the narration; use the following words at least once: (underline the word from the list when using it for the first time) flabbergasted, adj seize,V look up to, V mutely, adv viral, adj The verbs may be used in any t…

TIME: 60 minutes. Maximum: 25 points.   Today many people are raving about the virtue of ‘being yourself4. What does that mean? Are we really meant to be ourselves? You were asked to write the article entitled “Be Yourself!” to the school magazine. Your article must include: your explanation and interpretation what it means to ‘be yourself; one of these quotations and its interpretation relevant to the article: ‘To be yourself in a world that i…

Read the following task and write an essay. Provide the comparison and contrast of how two book characters view an important theme/issue. The essay must contain references to particular titles of novels/stories/poems, etc. The chosen classic authors can belong either to the national (Russian) or international (world) literary movements. Which two book characters represent opposing views on art? Paragraph 1, the introduction, must contain brief information on the chosen writers/po…