Đề thi Olympic Anh lớp 10 năm 2010-2011

decision Part II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.. Part IV: WRITING Question 1: Finish each sentences in such a way

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ĐỀ THI Olympic TiÕng Anh

Khèi: 10

Ngày thi: 03/ 04 /2011 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

Part I: PHONETICS

Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.(5 pts)

5 A concentrate B confidence C distract D casual

Question 2: Choose the word with the different stress pattern (5 pts)

2 A arrangement B destruction C telephone D sensation

3 A mystery B assistant C appearance D decision

Part II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences (20 pts)

1 to the national park before, Mary was amazed to see the geyser

A Not having been B Being not C Having not been D Have not been

2 Hardly the captain of the team when he had to face the problems

A was he appointing B did he appoint C was he being appointed D had he been appointed

3 I think she will join us, ?

4 I am sorry I have forgotten a table at the restaurant for you

A having reserved B to reserve C reserving D to be reserved

5 I am leaving the key under the pot in the garden you should be home earlier than usual

6 Be quiet! It’s rude to people when they are speaking

7 I hope you don’t mind me so late at night

A to telephone B telephone C telephoning D telephoned

8 There are not many interesting of news in the “Afternoon”

9 I don’t think that the red dress _her

10 The articles I have cut out from newspapers for years are now with age

11 Can I ask a favor you, Tom? Could you please move this sofa backwards?

12 I spent a(n) _ night because of my toothache

13 All the rooms in this small hotel are _, and that would make it too expensive to stay in

A air-condition B air-conditioning C air conditioners D air-conditioned

14 Next summer, he’s a swimming pool built in his back garden

15 When I _at his birthday party , everyone _

A arrived / had left B had arrived / left C arrive / would have left D arrived / has left

16 Children good food if they are to be healthy

Mark

A have B receive C eat D need

17 I wanted some coffee but there was in the pot

18 Our holiday was by bad weather

19 He asked if we would to share the room

20 I am sorry I opened your handbag, but I it for mine

Question 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in standard English (10 pts)

1 What easy to learn English is!

A B C D

2 The choice of which restaurant to go to for tonight’s meal is entirely your

A B C D

3 A film festival is often held in one or more movie theaters with a special program showing many films

A B C D

4 He takes after like his father in so many ways that it's hard to believe

A B C D

5 The Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland was established in 1947 and has been longest

A B C

continually ranging film festival in the world

D

6 It is really annoyed to talk to such a stubborn person like him

A B C D

7 Students who study abroad often have to confront cultural shock and homesick

A B C D

8 What I told her a few days ago were not the solutions to most of her problems

A B C D

9 Scientists have researched the effects of music on lungs and hearts for a long time because the value

A B C

of music to health and disease prevention

D

10 As soon as Sylvia and Ronald will arrive , the meeting will start

A B C D

Question 3: Give the correct form of the words in parentheses Write your answers in the space provided (10 pts)

1 The public were angry with the Minister’s to tell the truth about the bribery (

REFUSE)

2 This city has over half a million (INHABIT)

3 I can’t sit on this chair It’s really ( COMFORT )

4 Eggs soon go in hot weather ( BAD)

5 The old man hid all his under the mattress

( SAVE)

6 All our factories are with the latest machinery ( EQUIPMENT )

7 She is one of the greatest) _to appear in this theatre ( PERFORM)

8 Teenagers always try to be _ of their parents ( DEPEND)

9 The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is _ ( POLLUTE )

10 Her boring essay is the _one that I have ever read (LENGTH)

Question 4: Fill in the gaps with the most suitable prepositions to complete the letter (5 pts)

Dear Mr Rooney,

Thank you very much for your letter on 14th April Naturally I am delighted, and very excited at the prospect of my holiday in Britain

I would like to take my holiday ( 1) 27th June to 15th July, which I believe is the time (2) the Wimbledon tennis championships, and I would be very grateful if you could arrange (3) _ me to see some of the matches I would also like to see some test cricket There will be no football then, but perhaps I could spend a day on the races at Ascot, too The places I would like to visit are the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, where I would like to see one of Shakespeare’s plays, and if possible I would really love to visit an old English village with a typical country pub

I am very grateful ( 4) you and the company ( 5) giving me this opportunity of a lifetime

Yours sincerely,

Cong Vinh

Part III: READING COMPREHENSION

Question 1: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word by circling A, B, C or D (10 pts)

LOOKING FOR A JOB

I finished university six month ago, I’ve got a degree in business administration I enjoyed the course very much [1] _ I realized I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have [2] got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting [3] something suitable to turn up Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy I look through the job advertisements in the newspapers everyday and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear

of any vacancies [4] they work What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while The [5]

is not so important at this stage, provided I earn enough to live on, because I don’t want to continue [6] to depend on my parents , although they are [7] generous to me At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings [8] week, washing

up and generally helping out, which brings a little money The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same [9] as me, so we have lots of to talk [10]

5 A wage B salary C money D fee

Question 2: Read the passage carefully and give your answers to the following questions (5 pts)

Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Augouleeme He described it as “a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the middle of which flowed a river” Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the greatest bridge was named after him

The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island It has a span of 4260 feet The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer Two great towers support four huge cables The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea These alone took sixteen months to build Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to create “an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible”

1 Why does the name of Verrazano, who “is by no means considered to be a great explorer”, remain immortal?



2 Where is exactly the Verrazano Bridge?



3 Why did the designer of the bridge have to take the shape of the earth into account when designing it?



4 What do the two towers support?



5 How strong is the bridge?



Part IV: WRITING

Question 1: Finish each sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one (5 pts)

1 It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone

 You should _ _

2 Mrs Green is proud of her son’s contribution to the play

 Mrs Green is proud of what _ _

3 Only two out of the five rooms we have booked have air conditioners

 We have booked five rooms, only _ _

4 The film’s ending is dramatic

5 Success depends on hard work

 The harder _ _ _

Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in capital Do not alter these words (5 pts)

1 On arrival, she went straight to her hotel room (AS SOON AS )

 _ _

2 You’d better not buy this bicycle ( IF)



3 They say exercise is good for you (BE)



4 We ran out of gas because we didn’t stop at the gas station ( WISH)

 _ _

5 It was only when the office phoned that I found out about the meeting ( NOT UNTIL )

 _

* Good luck to you *

Answer Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.(5 pts)

Question 2: Choose the word with the different stress pattern (5 pts)

2 A arrangement B destruction C telephone D sensation

4 A engagement B musician C condition D engineer

5 A tolerate(de chiu) B underline C analyze/e.or.ai/ D motivate= encourage

Part II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences (20 pts)

1 to the national park before, Mary was amazed to see the geyser

A Not having been B Being not C Having not been D Have not been

2 Hardly the captain of the team when he had to face the problems

A was he appointing B did he appoint C was he being appointed D had he been appointed

3 I think she will join us, ?

4 I am sorry I have forgotten a table at the restaurant for you

A having reserved B to reserve C reserving D to be reserved

5 I am leaving the key under the pot in the garden you should be home earlier than usual

6 Be quiet! It’s rude to people when they are speaking

7 I hope you don’t mind me so late at night

A to telephone B telephone C telephoning D telephoned

8 There are not many interesting of news in the “Afternoon”

9 I don’t think that the red dress _her

10 The articles I have cut out from newspapers for years are now with age

11 Can I ask a favor you, Tom? Could you please move this sofa backwards?

12 I spent a(n) _ night because of my toothache

13 All the rooms in this small hotel are _, and that would make it too expensive to stay in

A air-condition B air-conditioning C air conditioners D air-conditioned

14 Next summer, he’s a swimming pool built in his back garden

15 When I _at his birthday party , everyone _

A arrived / had left B had arrived / left C arrive / would have

left

D arrived / has left

16 Children good food if they are to be healthy

17 I wanted some coffee but there was in the pot

18 Our holiday was by bad weather

19 He asked if we would to share the room

20 I am sorry I opened your handbag, but I it for mine

Question 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in standard English Write your answers in the space provided (10 pts)

1.(A) What (B) easy (C) to learn English (D) is! => How

2 The choice (A) of which restaurant to go (B) to for (C) tonight’s meal is entirely (D) your => yours

3 A film festival (A) is often held in one (B) or more movie theaters with (C) a special program (D) showing many films.=> (d- shown/ which is shown)

4 (A) He takes after (B) like his father (C) in so many ways that it's (D) hard to believe => B: ko co tu

LIKE

5 (A) The Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland (B) was established in 1947 and has been

(C) longest continually (D) ranging film festival in the world (c- the longest)

6 It is (A) really annoyed to (B) talk to such a stubborn (C) person (D) like him

7 Students (A) who study (B) abroad often have to (C) confront cultural shock and (D) homesick. => D- homesickness

8.(A) What I told her a few days ago (B) were not the solutions (C) to (D) most of her problems => was

9 Scientists (A) have researched the effects of music (B) on lungs and hearts for a long time (C)

because the value of music (D) to health and disease prevention => because of

10 (A) As soon as Sylvia and Ronald (B) will arrive , (C) the meeting (D) will start => arrive

Question 3: Give the correct form of the words in parentheses Write your answers in the space provided (10 pts)

1 The public were angry with the Minister’s REFUSAL(n) to tell the truth about the bribery ( REFUSE)

2 This city has over half a million INHABITANTS (INHABIT)

3 I can’t sit on this chair It’s really UNCOMFORTABLE ( COMFORT )

4 Eggs soon go WORSE in hot weather ( BAD)

5 The old man hid all his SAVINGS under the mattress ( SAVE)

6 All our factories are EQUIPPED with the latest machinery ( EQUIPMENT )

7 She is one of the greatest PERFORMERS to appear in this theatre ( PERFORM)

8 Teenagers always try to be INDEPENDENT of their parents ( DEPEND)

9 The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is UNPOLLUTED ( POLLUTE )

10 Her boring essay is the LONGEST one that I have ever read (LENGTH)

Question 4: Fill in the gaps with the most suitable prepositions to complete the letter (5 pts)

Dear Mr Rooney,

Thank you very much for your letter on 14th April Naturally I am delighted, and very excited at the prospect of my holiday in Britain

I would like to take my holiday ( 1) _ 27th June to 15th July, which I believe is the time (2) the Wimbledon tennis championships, and I would be very grateful if you could

arrange (3) _ me to see some of the matches I would also like to see some test cricket There will be no football then, but perhaps I could spend a day on the races at Ascot, too The places I would like to visit are the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, where I would like to see one of Shakespeare’s plays, and if possible I would really love to visit an old English village with a typical country pub

I am very grateful ( 4) you and the company ( 5) giving me this opportunity of a lifetime

Yours sincerely,

Cong Vinh

Part III: READING COMPREHENSION

Question 1: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word (10 pts)

LOOKING FOR A JOB

I finished university six month ago, I’ve got a degree in business administration I enjoyed the course very much [1] _ I realized I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have [2] got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting [3] something suitable to turn up Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy I look through the job advertisements in the newspapers everyday and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies [4] they work What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while The [5] is not so important at this stage, provided I earn enough to live on, because I don’t want to continue [6] to depend on my parents , although they are [7] generous to me At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings [8] week, washing up and generally helping out, which brings a little money The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same [9] as me, so we have lots of to talk [10]

Question 2: Read the passage carefully and give your answers to the following questions (5 pts)

Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Augouleeme He described it as “a very agreeable situation located within two s mall hills in the

midst of which flowed a river” Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21 st, 1964, the greatest bridge was named after him

The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island It has a span of 4260 feet The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer Two great towers support four huge cables The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea These alone took sixteen months to build Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to create “an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible”

1 Why does the name of Verrazano, who “is by no means considered to be a great explorer”, remain immortal?

 for/ because on November 21 st , 1964, the greatest bridge was named after him.

2 Where is exactly the Verrazano Bridge?  It joins Brooklyn to Staten Island

3 Why did the designer of the bridge have to take the shape of the earth into account when designing it?

 Because the bridge is too long

4 What do the two towers support?  The towers are built on immense underwater platforms

5 How strong is the bridge?

 it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity (1/3 tong trong luong)

Part IV: WRITING

Question 1: Finish each sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one (5 pts)

1 It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone

 You should not allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.

2 Mrs Green is proud of her son’s contribution to the play

 Mrs Green is proud of what her son (has) contributed to the play

3 Only two out of the five rooms we have booked have air conditioners

 We have booked five rooms, only two of which have air conditioners.

4 The film’s ending is dramatic The film ends dramatically

5 Success depends on hard work

 The harder you work, the more successful you get/ will get

Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in capital Do not alter these words (5 pts)

1 On arrival, she went straight to her hotel room (AS SOON AS )

 As soon as she arrived, she went straight to her hotel room.

2 You’d better not buy this bicycle ( IF)

 If I were you, I wouldn’t buy this bicycle

3 They say exercise is good for you (BE)

 Exercise is said to be good for you

4 We ran out of gas because we didn’t stop at the gas station ( WISH)

 We wish we had stopped at the gas station.

5 It was only when the office phoned that I found out about the meeting ( NOT UNTIL )

 It was not until the office phoned that I found out about the meeting.

Part II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences (20 pts)

Question 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in standard English (10 pts)

6 A 7- D- Homesickness 8 B-was 9 C 10 B-arrive

Question 3: Give the correct form of the words in parentheses (10 pts)

1 refusal (n) 2 inhabitant (cu dan) 3 uncomfortable 4 worse (and worse) 5 savings

6 equipped 7 performers 8 independent 9 unpolluted 10 longest

Question 4 : Fill in blank with an appropriate prepositions (5 pts)

Part III: READING COMPREHENSION

Question 1: Fill in each numbered blank by choosing A, B, C or D (10 pts)

Question 2: Read the passage carefully and give your answers to the following questions (5 pts)

1  for/ because on November 21 st , 1964, the greatest bridge was named after him

2  It joins Brooklyn to Staten Island

3  Because the bridge is too long

4  The towers are built on immense underwater platforms

5  it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity (1/3 tong trong luong)

Part IV: WRITING

Question 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one Write your answers in the space provided (5 pts)

1  You should not allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone

2  Mrs Green is proud of what her son (has) contributed to the play

3  We have booked five rooms, only two of which have air conditioners

4  The film ends dramatically

5  The harder you work/ do , the more successful you get/ will get

Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in capital Do not alter these words (5 pts)

1 On arrival, she went straight to her hotel room (AS SOON AS )

 As soon as she arrived, she went straight to her hotel room.

2 You’d better not buy this bicycle ( IF)

 If I were you I wouldn’t buy this bicycle

3 They say exercise is good for you (BE)

 Exercise is said to be good for you

4 We ran out of gas because we didn’t stop at the gas station ( WISH)

 We wish we had stopped at the gas station.

5 It was only the office phoned that I found out about the meeting (NOT UNTIL )

 It was not until the office phoned that I find out about the meeting.