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DA PHUC HIGH SCHOOL Group: English School year: 2012-2013 THE OLYMPIC EXAMINATION THE ENGLISH TEST FOR GRADE 11 Time allowance: 90 minutes Student’s code: Mark: I. PHONETICS (10 P) A.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. Identify your answer by cycling the corresponding letter A, B, C, D. (5p) 1. A. foot B. pool C. moon D. food 2. A. plumber B. doubt C. debt D. herbage 3. A. opportunity B. menu C. aptitude D. muscular 4. A. singer B. single C. younger D. stronger 5. A. adventure B. advantage C. advertise D. addition B. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest (5p) 6. A. refugee B. decisive C. catastrophe D. committee 7. A. figure B. ever C. apply D. happy 8. A. salary B. essential C. industry D. interview 9. A. sincerely B. faithfully C. completely D. extremely 10. A. eventually B. capacity C. altogether D. particular II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (45 P) A. Multiple choice: Choose the best answer (20p) 1.Her mother asked her to…… the table for the evening meal. A. place B. put out C. serve D. lay 2. The student failed to meet the necessary…………for admission to the course. A. fulfillments B. requirements C. qualities D. aptitudes 3. Working hours will fall to under 35 hours a week, ? A. will they B. Won’t they C. Won’t it D. Will it 4. According to a recent survey, most people are on good with their neighbors. A. relations B. Acquaintance C, relationships D, terms 5. Jean has a very easy-going , which is why she is so popular. A. role B, characteristic C, personality D, reputation 6. In this job you must up to the problems and not run away from them. A. gaze B, face C, raise D, play 7. with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all. A. When compared B. Compared them C. If you compare D. A comparison 8. The total influence of literature upon the course of human history A, an evaluation B, is difficult to evaluate C, difficult to evaluate it D, it is difficult to evaluate 9. A baby might show fear of an unfamiliar adult, he is likely to smile and reach out to another infant. A, if B, whenever C, whereas D, so that 10. She has work to do that she gets very tired. A, so many B, much more C, too much D, so much 11. He went into the bank out some money. A, to be taking B, to take C, and take D, and taking 12. Driving a car with faulty brakes is quite a risk. A, putting B, setting C, taking D, being 13. the wet weather, the football match went ahead. A, Although B. In spite of C, Owing to D, However 14. It tasted so of lemon that the other flavors were lost. A. hardly B, forcefully C, strongly D, fully 15. We expected him at eight but he finally at midnight. A, turned up B, turned out C, came to D, came off 16. More than two hundred police officers are …………in the investigation. A. absorbed B. engrossed C. specialized D. involved 17. The doctor has advised him to cut down…….his drinking. A. on B. in C. with D. to 18. It’s time we………away with our old-fashioned prison. A. do B. did C. have done D. shall do 19. It is a great………that the exhibition was cancelled at the last minute after all your work. A. sorrow B. complaint C. pity D. sadness 20. One of the problems local authorities have to deal with is the…… of plastic containers. A. dispersal B. disposition C. disssolution D. disposal B. Word formation: Supply the correct form of the word in the brackets (10p) 1.I’m afraid that your report is full of (accurate)_______________________ 2.I have told you on (number)___________________occasions not to leave the safe unlocked. 3. The company was hit by a (success)_______________________of crises. 4. Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to (different)________________ between the two. 5. This matter is very (confidence)____________________. Don’t discuss it outside the office. C. Verb tenses and forms: Put the verb in the brackets into the correct tense or form (10p) 1.If it _______________________(not be) for you, I would still be in prison today. 2. You (need not tell)________________________him the news; he (know) __________________it already. 3. It’s no use (get)________________impatient. The plane (not arrive)______________until the weather (clear)________________up. 4. Hardly he (take)____________________________up the book when the phone rang. 5. For the past few days, I (work)_________________in Jack’s office, as my own office (redecorate) __________________________ 6. (Convince)__________________that they were trying to poison him, he refused to eat anything. D. Prepositions: Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition (5p) 1.Don’t sit_________________for me. I shall probably be back very late. 2. Put________________the cigarette, please. I don’t like the smell of your tobacco. 3. He was the sort of person who immediately made you feel ________________ease. 4. Just look at these photographs. I came___________________them when I was clearing out an old cupboard. 5. Please, think it_________________and you’ll find it easy to find the solutions to the problems. IV. Writing: (25p)  Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it: (10p) 1. Most of the students ignored what the teacher was saying. Few___________________________________________________________ 2. They didn’t get married because their parents were against it. But for_________________________________________________________ 3. It’s possible that your car was stolen. Your car may____________________________________________________ 4. Carol finds it easy to make friends. Carol has no_____________________________________________________ 5. Mark is too young to see the horror film. Mark is not______________________________________________________  Rewrite the following sentences, using the given words, these words must not be altered (10p) 6. Many people nowadays finds it increasingly difficult to exist on the money they earn. ______________________________________________________________________ (ends). 7. “I wonder if you could possibly open the door for me?” _______________________________________________________________________ (mind) 8. Someone has stolen her bike. Page 2/4 _______________________________________________________________________ (had) 9. As a boy, he was a regular churchgoer. _______________________________________________________________________ (used) 10. Eating Chinese food is new to me. ________________________________________________________________________ (before)  Mistake recognition. There are five mistakes in the following paragraph. Underline and correct them: Line Line1 Line 2 Line3 Line4 Line5 Line6 Line7 Line8 When I got to London, I went to the accommodation office in my English school to find a family to live. They gave me an address and a map so that I could find the right house, the bank, the supermarket and the launderette. Of course I also wanted to know where the doctor’s was. When I arrived, the new landlady wasn’t at home; she was at the hospital and her children were at school, but her husband was there unfortunately. He was very worried and asked me to go to the chemist’s for him immediately. He was waiting for his children to come home so he could take them to hospital to see their grandchildren who ran over. It turned out that they were a very nice family but I arrived on a bad day! 11. Line ____ : _________->___________ 12. Line: ____: _________-> ___________ 13. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 14. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 15. Line ____: _________->____________ V. Reading (20p) A. Cloze test: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word In 1973, when the tiger appeared to be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Indian Government agreed to set ( 1)……… “Operation Tiger”- a campaign to save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks ( 2)……… that tigers could live in safety. The first was at Ranthambhore, a region ( 3)…………….was quickly turning into a desert ( 4)……… too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there were just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which meant moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land( 5)…………… be handed back to nature. Today, Ranthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall ( 6)………… for tigers to hide in, and there are now at least forty of them ( 7)………… the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also benefited. For example, there are many ( 8) deer and monkeys than before. The people (9) …………… were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away ( 10) …………… the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animal’s future looks a little safer. B. Reading comprehension: Read the passage and choose the best answers. Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents. This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent. Thus, the hydrosphere permits organic existence. The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid. One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids contract on cooling. For this reason, ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of surface melt water Page 3/4 during the summer season. Thus, all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm and cold currents, which moderates climate, would be notably absent. Another outstanding charateristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia. This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat, thereby often preventing climatic extremes. In addition, water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents. In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited. Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised, potash is extracted from the Dead Sea, and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast. 11: The author’s main purpose in this passage is to ___________. A. illustrate the importance of conserving water B. describe the properties and uses of water C. compare water with other liquids D. explain how water is used in commerce and industry 12: The phrase “this vast amount” in line 4 of paragraph 1 refers to __________ . A. 80,000 million cubic miles of water B. 24,000 cubic miles of rain C. 80,000 cubic miles of water D. 300 million cubic miles of water 13: The word “replenish” in paragraph 1 can best replaced by ________ . A. fill again B. replace C. evaporate D. form 14: According to the passage, fish can survive in the oceans because ________ . A. evaporation and condensation create a water cycle B. there are currents in the oceans C. they do not need oxygen D. ice floats 15: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characterisitic of water? A. Water can absorb heat B. Water is good solvent. C. Water contracts on cooling D. Water expands when it is frozen 16: The word “outstanding” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________ . A. exceptionally good B. special C. amusing D. important 17: According the passage, the hydrosphere is NOT ___________ . A. the part of the earth covered by water B. responsible for all forms of life C. in danger of freezing over D. a source of natural resources 18: The author’s tone in the passage can best be described as ________ . A. dispassionate B. speculative C. biased D. dogmatic 19: The author organizes the passage by _______. A. juxtaposition of true and untrue ideas B. comparison and contrast C. general statement followed by examples D. hypothesis and proof 20: Which of the following statements would be the most likely to begin the paragraph immediately following the passage? A. Water has the ability to erode land B. Droughts and flooding are two types of disasters associated with water C. Another remarkably property of ice is its strength D. Magnesium is widely used in metallurgical processes Good luck to you! Page 4/4 . For this reason, ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of surface melt water Page 3/ 4 during. admission to the course. A. fulfillments B. requirements C. qualities D. aptitudes 3. Working hours will fall to under 35 hours a week, ? A. will they B. Won’t they C. Won’t it D. Will it 4. According. (number)___________________occasions not to leave the safe unlocked. 3. The company was hit by a (success)_______________________of crises. 4. Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to