ԱՆԳԼԵՐԵՆ ԼԵԶՎԻ ՄԱՐԶԱՅԻՆ ՕԼԻՄՊԻԱԴԱ 2020թ.

(Տևողությունը 150 րոպե)

VIII-IX-X ԴԱՍԱՐԱՆՆԵՐ

I.Read the text and answer the questions, choosing the right answer. (0,3x5=1.5)

1. As computers have become powerful tools for the rapid and economic
2. production of pictures, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most
3. rapidly growing fields in computer science. It is used routinely in such
4. diverse areas as business, industry, art, government, education, research,
5. training and medicine.
6. One of the initial uses of computer graphics, and ultimately its greatest
7. use, has been as an aid to design, generally referred to as computer-aided
8. design (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how
9. an object will look after construction and make changes freely and much
10. more quickly than with hand drafting. For three-dimensional rendering
11. of machine parts, engineers now rely heavily on CAD. Automobile,
12. spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to design
13. vehicles and test their performance. Building designs are also created with
14. computer graphics systems. Architects can design a building layout, create
15. a three-dimensional model, and even go for a simulated “walk” through
16. the rooms or around the outside of the building.
17. Business graphics is another rapidly growing area of computer
18. graphics, where it is used to create graphs, charts, and cost models to
19. summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific, and economic
20. data. As an educational aid, computer graphics can be used to create
21. weather maps and cartographic materials. Computer art also has creative
22. and commercial art applications, where it is used in advertising,
23. publishing and film productions, particularly for computer animation,
24. which is achieved by a sequential process.

1. The word “it” in line 3 refers to

A. computer graphics
B. computer science
C. fields
D. computers
2. Where in the passage does the author discuss the greatest advantage of computer-aided design?
A. Lines 4 -7
B. Lines 8-10
C. Lines 13-16
D. Lines 18-24
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 3. According to the passage, engineers use CAD for
A. a simulated “walk” through model rooms
B. rendering machine parts
C. making cost models
D. advertising
4. The word “applications” in line 22 means
A. jobs
B. uses
C. creativity
D. layers
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a use of computer graphics in business?
A. charts
B. cost models
C. graphs
D. hiring

II. Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals. (5x0,3=1,5)
1. This is really difficult to understand. Why don't we ______ it a little? SIMPLE
2. Why do they put so many ______ in processed food? ADD
3. Einstein’s _____ went unnoticed at school. BRILLIANT
4. You’re acting completely ____. Just calm down and pull yourself together. RATIONAL
5. Your argument is _____. Just because you want me to be a doctor doesn’t mean I want to be
one. LOGIC

III. Choose the correct preposition in each sentence. (5x0,7=3.5)

1. The brain uses at/up/off 25 percent of the oxygen you breathe in.
2. The fire gives away/in/off a lot of heat, doesn't it?
3. While driving through that development, we had to watch out at/for/on the little children
playing in the street.
4. My sister has always looked for/at/up to me.
5. This job calls out/for/off knowledge of a foreign language.

IV. Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters. (5x0,2=1)
1. NURTURE
A. to be critical of B. to be devoted to C. to take care of D. to believe in

2. GURU
A. an old person B. a spiritual teacher C. a young child D. a disobedient person
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 3. PRECEDE
A. to capture B. to come closer C. to come before D. to quote

4. OBLIGATORY
A. absent B. pointless C. rude D. required

5. FLOURISH
A. to decide or choose B. to decorate or adorn
C. to cook or bake D. to grow or develop

V. Identify the tautologies in each of the following sentences and rewrite each sentence correctly.
(10x0,3=3)
1. Our progress was delayed when David reversed the Land Rover backwards.
2. Let’s join together and give grateful thanks that this male is now being married to this lovely
girl.
3. This theatre is fully filled to capacity because the show now on is known.
4. Although polar bears hunt other animals, they seldom rarely kill people.
5. Advertisement: Our new prices have been reduced down today so come in and receive a gift
at the door.
6. Right now a boring TV show is being advertised as a new innovation in the art of the mini-
series.
7. The wall was marred by a small, tiny speck of paint.
8. The mountain climbers proceeded forward on their long trek up the side of the mountain.
9. The twins have the same identical birthmarks on their backs.
10. The number of crimes is increasing but detectives don’t know the reason why.

VI. For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
space. (15x0,5=7,5)

It took a few days after the cheque had arrived for me to (0)B that our life would never be the
same again - it was a dream which (1)--- true. Like everyone else, I had often (2) ----- what it
would be like not having to worry about paying the bills and just (3) --- both ends meet. My
husband, Colin, always (4) --- to say there would come a day when he could (5) --- the lights on
without worrying how much it was going to (6) --- us. Colin had been out of work for the last (7)
--- of years and we had begun to wonder whether things would (8) --- get better. He had become
dressed and irritable. Suddenly, we were (9) --- plans to move into a big, new house in one of the
more fashionable suburbs of town. We knew that we would lose (10) --- with the neighbors with
whom we had shared so much (11) --- the years, but both of us felt we needed more space and a
proper garden. I had always been (12) --- on gardening but there hadn’t been much scope for my

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 talents in the little (13) --- of grass we had at the front and the tiny (14) --- at the back of the
house. Before moving, however, we decided to (15) --- ourselves to a nice, long holiday.

0 A notice B realize C find D convince

1 A made B came C being D get
2 A tried B became C imagined D enjoyed
3 A having B doing C putting D making
4 A would B ought to C used D repeated
5 A let B leave C remember D listen
6 A cost B pay C spend D ask
7 A some B few C several D couple
8 A nearly B never C ever D rather
9 A making B drawing C looking D deciding
10 A advice B speech C touch D money
11 A into B over C at D on
12 A fond B good C enthusiastic D keen
13 A slice B patch C edge D abundance
14 A porch B exit C corridor D yard
15 A treat B make C behave D spoil

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the word given which mustn't
be changed. (5x 0,4=2)

1. I often think that Sean is actually his twin brother, Michael. mix
I often ………………………………....his twin brother, Michael
2. Would you like to do what the Prime Minister does? places
Would you like to …………… the Prime Minister?
3. Don’t you think we should decorate the living-room? up
Isn’t it about time …………….. the living room?
4. Why should I offer you advice if you won’t listen? use
What’s ……………….you advice if you won’t listen?
5. They made me wait for over 20 minutes on the phone! kept
I…………………….for over 20 minutes on the phone!