ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC NĂM HỌC 2011- 2012 MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 CỤM TRƯỜNG THPT BA ĐÌNH – TÂY HỒ

ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC NĂM HỌC 2011- 2012 MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 CỤM TRƯỜNG THPT BA ĐÌNH – TÂY HỒ

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BA ĐÌNH – TÂY HỒ

ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC NĂM HỌC 2011-2012

Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 10 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề.

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Question 1→10 Choose and circle the word or phrase that best completes each sentence

1 I was passing their house, so I Claire and Michael

A dropped in B came up with C got on with D run into

2 I don’t really _winter sports very much

A deal with B face up to C go in for D get round to

3 The attorney told his client that _

A they had little chance of winning the case B it was nearly impossible to win him the case

C the case was of a small chance to win D the case had a minimum chance to be won by him

4 One of the professor’s greatest attributes is _

A when he gives lectures B how in the manner that he lectures

C the way which give lectures D his ability to lecture

5. better working conditions

A What’s interesting the workers most is B What’s interested the workers most is

C What interest the workers most is D What interests the workers most is

6 The concert was given the auspices of the Y.M.C.A

7 Her mother’s illness cast a cloud her wedding day

A over B for C in D on

8 She did six hours’ studying a day for her exam

A solid B heavy C strong D big

9 The weather was fine and everyone was the coast

A going in for B making for C joining in D seeing about

10 There isn’t any sugar, I’m afraid You’ll have to _

A run out B put up with C do without D make for

Question 11→20 Replace each italicized verb or phrase with the correct form of a synonymous phrasal verb.

11 One of the boys from my class objects to taking part in the performance and I don’t really know how to

persuade him

12 The question was so delicate and problematic that there was nobody willing to mention it

13 Your report deals too much with the side effects of the venture Why not write more about its good points?

_

14 This automobile manufacture produces about a thousand cars a year, half of which are exported

15 Even the extensive advertising campaign hasn’t prevented the demand for our printers from decreasing

_

16 “She says she’s going to be a medicine student”

“Oh, don’t believe her She’s deceiving you”

17 I’d had no idea there were jewels hidden in my attic I just found them completely by chance _

18 Don’t worry, he only pretends that he is such a strict teacher _

19 After two-hour search, the hunters decided to give up following the stags

20 We were convinced Patrick would get to like the moment he met him.

Question 21→30 Give the correct form of the words given - A Musical Genius

For many people Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is the most influential figure in the history of western classical music His (21 ORDINARY) _ talent was already clearly evident as a young man, (22 MERCY) _ surviving a somewhat unconventional (23 BRING) _ during which his eccentric father would often force him to take music lessons in the middle of the night The young Beethoven's ability won him the admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures Throughout the 1790s he worked hard to secure the interest of wealthy patrons Such patronage (24 ABLE) _ him to concentrate on becoming a successful composer Whatever his awe-inspiring musical (25 ACHIEVE) _, however, his personal life was something of a disaster His day-to-day (26

RELATE) _ with people invariably turned out to be rather turbulent Although he apparently fell in love with a number of society women, the identity of the girl who lay closest to his heart remains (27 ELUDE) to this day However, just at the point when Beethoven was beginning to reap the rewards of his early endeavours, he had to come to terms with the crushing (28 REALISE) _that his increasing deafness was (29 CURE) From that point on, his music displayed a (30 STRIKE) _change in style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale

Q31→35 Think of ONE word only which can be used appropriately in all THREE sentences

31 - You need to all applications before shutting down your computer

- Should the factory down, 100 people will lose their jobs

- Mike’s had three car accidents, plus a few other pretty shaves

32 - It’s just a to them They don’t care what happens

- John gave the away by laughing when Jim walked in

- We’ve been in this for twenty years

33 - Susan is not the to get annoyed

- Open up the accounts database, and in the amount of each order

- Your hair requires a specific shampoo

34 - We sat and talked by the of the fire

- They set out at first for the summit

- These discoveries may throw new on the origins of man

35 - Could you do me a and hold the door open while I bring in the shopping?

- All those in of the proposal please raise your hand

- After being out of fashion for years the painter is now in with the critics

Q 36 → 40 Choose the word in each group that has different stress pattern

36 A graduate B impression C applicant D category

37 A beautify B geology C photograph D enemy

38 A classify B humidify C personify D solidify

39 A academic B fantastic C terrific D historic

40 A sacrifice B compliment C nursery D determine

Q 41→45 Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest

41 A brown B down C now D show n

42 A sta gnant B expa nd C eventua lly D la ndlord

43 A compete B fetch C separate D yell

44 A minu te B mu ddy C fu nny D nu mber

45 A died B continued C contented D followed

Q46 →57 Fill in each blank with one suitable word

Too Good to be True

Some say you can do it in seven days, others promise success in 24 hours, or you may prefer to take your time and

do it in 5 weeks What are we talking about? Believe it (46) not, these periods (47) time refer to language learning courses that promise excellent results in less time (48) it takes to say 'Bonjour'! However, the

advertisements of these companies are not necessarily (49) best guide and if you don't know what to look for in a good course you could be left with little (50) than a large bill A complaint was recently made to a consumer rights group (51) WhizzLearn Systems, a language school chain, and the company has been forced to remove its claim that its technique is ten times better than any (52) method The Managing Director of WhizLearn Systems said “(53) we still believe our claim is true, we are willing to change our advert But the fact remains, if you spend 3 hours (54) day for 5 weeks on our language course you will soon be speaking the language What we (55) have done was to make (56) clearer in the advert Then we wouldn't (57) had these annoying

complaints"

Q58→64 Choose the most suitable sentence from the list A-H for each part (58-64) of the article There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use

Career success in the arts

John Prince, famous dancer and choreographer, gives advice on how to succeed in a career in the arts

I asked John how he got started and what requirements there are "Well, to be a professional dancer it's useful to have had acting lessons or some background in drama If you want to succeed in musical theatre you have to have a good singing voice as well When you approach an agent you should take a portfolio with your CV, your statistics sheet and some good photos and reviews of past performances You'll need dance clothes, ballet shoes, tap shoes,

and even roller skates depending on what kind of show you are going to go for." 58 "Of course, you need to

be extremely fit if you want to be a professional dancer I dance or move about for about six hours a day There are great health benefits to being a dancer I can eat a lot of pasta without gaining weight because dancing increases

your metabolism so much." 59 John has a very busy schedule in the next few months He took time out to

routine for the boys and they only had 2 days in which to learn it! I am going to be working on a video for another well known band - but that's top secret Next month I'll be touring Spain in a production of a musical that was

written by a friend of mine, Michaela Evans 60 As for the future, I've come to realise that I would never be

content to be just a chorus dancer - I'm too much of an individual for that Like all artists I'd love to become a household name by writing and choreographing my own musicals." John was born in Jamaica to a Jamaican father and a Scottish mother but the family emigrated to England 20 years ago "I have a little sister I adore, who is also

training to be a dancer." How does it feel to have someone else following in your footsteps? 61 Has he much

more to learn, I wondered "I've spent an incredible amount of my life training to get where I am I went to college for two years in England, I trained for six months in Paris and about eight months in America But you never really

stop training or learning your art." 62 So, would you say it's been plain sailing? "I feel I've been lucky to a

degree; many people hit problems breaking into the arts It can be a vicious circle really You can't become a member of Equity, which is the actors' and dancers' union, without good contracts and you can't get good contracts without being a member of Equity My advice to people who want to get into the arts would be to go out into the

world, and try everything else first 63 What has a dance career done for you as a person? "Thanks to dancing,

I've visited and performed in 23 countries so far This has opened my eyes to the world, and I've been able to

understand issues like racism and inequality from a wider perspective 64 "So all in all I'm really happy to be a dancer!"

A It's fine, but I try not to give out too much advice as it gets irritating!

B And if nothing you like comes out of it, then come back and be an actor or dancer.

C Without a strict daily timetable like this you find yourself wasting too much time.

D After that it's back to England to start a new term of dance classes.

E Hopefully this has enabled me to become a better and more tolerant person as a result.

F When it comes to coping with stress, I find that exercise helps me to cope with my problems, so I stay in good

shape mentally as well

G Like any profession where you're always travelling, you tend to acquire something new almost every day.

H Being fully equipped with all this stuff beforehand makes it easier when you go for auditions.

Q65 →79 Choose the appropriate words to complete the following passage

WHALES

How far would you travel for a good meal? If you were a humpback whale, the answer would be five

thousand miles These large sea animals travel at least that far from their winter home off the (65) of Columbia

to their summer (66) areas off Antarctica The distance covered by some types of whale is amazing, especially when you (67) their enormous size The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever (68) and it can weigh

as much as thirty elephants It (69) as no surprise, therefore, to hear that ancient folk legends tell of sailors (70) these creatures for islands The more we (71) about whales, the more wonderful they seem Some species can (72) their breath for more than an hour and dive to a (73) of over 200 metres They use a system of sounds (74) as echo-location to find the fish they eat and they have further sounds to keep in (75) with each other The noises they (76) can travel hundred of miles under water Some species seem to sing complicated songs which (77) of a number of separate themes, sung in a specific order which can (78) up to half an hour or more If you ever get the (79) to see one of these great creatures in the wild, you will understand why they have

inspired so many legends

65 A beach B coast C seaside D ground

66 A feeding B dining C eating D chewing

67 A view B think C consider D believe

70 A supposing B mixing C confusing D mistaking

71 A find out B look out C show up D turn up

73 A depth B length C width D breadth

74 A called B known C referred D named

76 A provide B propose C process D produce

77 A consist B compose C include D involve

Q80 →87 You are going to read three different opinions from leading scientists about the future of fuel For the questions below, choose from the writers A-C The writers may be chosen more than once.

A Howard Bloom, Author: Even though most people are convinced that peak oil has already passed, to me, peak

oil is just a hypothesis There is a theory that carbon molecules can be found in interstellar gas clouds, comets and

in space ice, and if this is the case, our planet could ooze oil for ever And even if we stay earthbound, those who say we have raped the planet of all its resources are wrong There's a huge stock of raw materials we haven't yet learned to use There are bacteria two miles beneath our feet which can turn solid granite into food If bacteria can

do it, surely we creatures with brains can do it better As far as the near future of energy is concerned, I believe the most promising alternative fuels are biofuels, such as ethanol It's an alcohol made from waste products such as the bark of trees, woodchips, and other 'waste materials' And that's not the only waste that can create energy My friend in the biomass industry is perfecting an energy-generation plant which can run on human waste We produce that in vast quantities, and it's already gathered in centralised locations

B Michael Lardelli, Lecturer in Genetics at The University of Adelaide: Nothing exists on this planet without

energy It enables flowers and people to grow and we need it to mine minerals, extract oil or cut wood and then to process these into finished goods So the most fundamental definition of money is as a mechanism to allow the exchange and allocation of different forms of energy Recently, people have been using more energy than ever before Until 2005 it was possible to expand our energy use to meet this demand However, since 2005 oil supply has been in decline, and at the same time, and as a direct result of this, the world's economy has been unable to expand, leading to global recession With the world's energy and the profitability of energy production in decline at the same time, the net energy available to support activities other than energy procurement will decrease We could increase energy production by diverting a large proportion of our remaining oil energy into building nuclear power stations and investing in renewable forms of energy However, this is very unlikely to happen in democratic

nations, because it would require huge, voluntary reductions in living standards Consequently, the world economy will continue to contract as oil production declines With energy in decline, it will be impossible for everyone in the world to become wealthier One person's increased wealth can only come at the expense of another person's

worsened poverty

C Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell: People are understandably worried about a future

of growing energy shortages, rising prices and international conflict for supplies These fears are not without foundation With continued economic growth, the world's energy needs could increase by 50% in the next 25 years However, I do not believe that the world is running out of energy Fossil fuels will be able to meet growing demand for a long time in the future Taking unconventional resources into account, we are not even close to peak oil The priority for oil companies is to improve efficiency, by increasing the amount of oil recovered from reservoirs At present, just over a third is recovered We can also improve the technology to control reservoir processes and improve oil flow However, these projects are costly, complex and technically demanding, and they depend on experienced people, so it is essential to encourage young people to take up a technical career in the energy industry Meanwhile, alternative forms of energy need to be made economically viable International energy companies have the capability, the experience and the commercial drive to work towards solving the energy problem so they will play a key role But it is not as simple as merely making scientific advances and developing new tools; the

challenge is to deliver the technology to people worldwide Companies will need to share knowledge and use their ideas effectively

Which writer

80 believes oil will be available for many more years _

81 believes that from now on, less oil is available _

82 believes there are ways to obtain energy that we have not yet discovered _

83 sees a great potential in natural fuels _

84 believes the fuel crisis will cause the poor to become poorer _

85 sees energy and the economy as intrinsically linked _

86 believes that better technology can help to maintain oil production levels _

87 thinks that oil companies are responsible for developing other types of energy _

Q 88→ 94 Complete the following sentences so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the first sentence Do not change the word given You must use between two and five words, including the words given.

88 On business trips, I prefer driving home to staying in a hotel overnight rather

On business trips, I’d in a hotel overnight

89 Jack found it difficult to control his skis on the steep slope under

Jack found it difficult to _ on the steep slope

90 My views on this subject are exactly the same as yours difference

There my views on this subject and yours

91 They will be selling tickets for the concert during the lunch hour sale

Tickets for the concert will during the lunch hour

92 I regret not contacting Brian when I was in Dublin touch

93 In my opinion, these two kinds of music are completely different from each other comparison

In my opinion, there is _these two kinds of music

94 I arrived late because I missed the 10.30 train turned

If I’d caught the 10.30 train, I _time

Q 95→ 100 Complete the following sentences so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given Do not change the word given

95 Nobody expected her to lose, but she did against

_

96 Peter always trusts me with his secrets in

Peter _

97 I thought it was marvellous that Jane could jump so high at

I _

98 Danny was asked to leave the school for bad behaviour from

Danny was _

99 They didn’t punish Karen, only gave her a warning got

Karen _

100 Gary is proud of the fact that he is never late on

Gary prides _

-THE END

-HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC KHỐI 10 - MÔN THI: Tiếng Anh

Tổng số câu toàn bài 100 x 0,2= 20 điểm Làm tròn đến 0,25

1 A dropped in

2 C go in for

3 A they had little chance of

4 D his ability to lecture

5 D What interests the workers most is

6 D under

7 A over

8 A solid

9 B making for

10 C do without

11 get round

12 bring it up

13 dwells on

14 turns out

15 falling off

16 having you on

17 ran across

18 makes out

19 tracking down

20 take to

21 extraordinary

22 mercifully

23 upbringing

24 enabled

25 achievement (s)

26 relationships

27 elusive

28 realization

29 incurable

30 striking

31 close

32 game

33 type

34 light

35 favour

36 B impression

37 B geology

38 A classify

39 A academic

40 D determine

41 D show n

42 C eventua lly

43 A compete

44 A minu te

45 C contented

46 or

47 of

48 than

49 the

50 more

51 against/ about/ concerning

52 other/ similar

53 Although/ While/ Whilst

54 a/ per/ every

55 should/ could

56 it/ this/ things

57 have

58 H

59 F

60 D

61 A

62 G

63 B

64 E

65 B coast

66 A feeding

67 C consider

68 D lived

69 B comes

70 D mistaking

71 A find out

72 C hold

73 A depth

74 B known

75 B touch

76 D produce

77 A consist

78 B last

79 C chance

80 C

81 B

82 A

83 A

84 B

85 B

86 C

87 C

88 rather drive home than stay

89 keep/ get/ have his skis under control

90 is no difference between/ is not any difference between

91 be/ go on sale

92 had been/ got/ kept in touch with

93 no (possible) comparison (at all) between

94 would have turned up on/ in time

95 Against everybody's expectation, she lost

96 Peter always confides in me

98 Danny was expelled from school for bad behaviour

99 Karen got off with a warning

100 Gary prides himself on always being early