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KÌ THI OLYMPIC 10-3 LẦN IV
(2)ĐỀ ĐỀ NGHỊ VÀ ĐÁP ÁN Part I MULTIPLE CHOICE
A PHONETICS
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.(2.5 points)
1 A naked B stopped C decided D learned A thousand B smooth C Southern D worthy
3 A paints B maps C sings D laughs
4 A low B bow C know D slow
5 A competition B completion C question D information
1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C
I Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.(2.5 points)
6 A interview B impression C company D formally A stressful B pressure C prepare D future A employment B remember C concentrate D position
9 A express B effort C office D comment
10 A advice B relate C during D forget
6.B 7.C 8.C 9.A 10.C
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (15.0 points)
11 Alice hasn't been working; she won't her examinations
A get off B get through C keep up D keep off 12.There were so many kinds of cameras , and I didn't know which to buy
A to choose B choosing from C chosen D to choose from 13 It took her a long time to the death of her husband
A take away B get over C take off D.get through 14.Tom arrived the train station good time for the last train
A in - on B to - in C at - in D to - for 15 Did Mr Tan the class while Miss Fiona was ill in hospital?
A take away B take over C take up D take off 16 If orders keep coming in like this, I'll have to more staff
A give up B add in C gain on D take on 17.What would happen if they didn’t arrive in time?
A go along B count on C keep away D turn up
18 The first census to be in Ottoman Istanbul in 1477 revealed a total of 16,324 households A on B carried out C counted against D done for
19 Byron De La Beckwith _ having murdered the civil right leader Medgar Evers for 30 years, but in 1994, a new trial finally convicted him the crime
A lived up to B got away with C watched out for D kept out of 20 The young businesswoman was charged _ the murder her stepmother
A with- of B up- about C from- by D of- with
(3)A No sooner B As long as C As soon as D Regardless 23 How much did you have to pay ?
A to have painted all the rooms B for having painted all the rooms C to have all the rooms painted D for painting all the rooms 24 I found the idea identical dresses very eccentric
A to make them all wear B to make them all to be wearing C of making them all wear D of making them all wearing 25 You must always have a good breakfast every morning _ late you are
A whatever B however C no matter D even if
26 you can sort out your problem with your parents, _you can concentrate on your studies A As soon as- so much B The soonest- the most
C Very soon- very much D The sooner- the more
27 The greatest number of Native American Indians are Navejos, one sixth still live in traditional one-room houses called Hogans
A of whom B with whom C for which D in which
28 _ bicycles are all red, _ is the only blue one
A Ours- hers B Theirs- yours C Others- his D The other- mine 29 The renovation work in the building is very frustrating, but fortunately, it’s being carried out _ I
had initially expected
A as quick as B more quickly than C so quickly that D quick enough 30 I’m sure he _ in your lecture He _ monarch butterflies for ten years now
A had been interested- studies B interested- will have been studying C will have interested- in studying D will be interested- has been studying 31 The Statue of Liberty is a popular tourist
A experience B attraction C building D sculpture
32 Students sometimes support themselves by of evening jobs
A ways B methods C efforts D means
33 We have a huge with detailed information about all our customers
A database B storage C treasure D stock
34 Oh, no! My wallet has been _
A stolen B picked C theft D robbed
35 There weren’t many at the Games because the tickets were too expensive
A competitors B viewers C spectators D contestants
36 There is a large for rare tropical birds in the National Park
A cage B aviary C reserve D zoo
37 When the two teams ran onto the football _, the crowd cheered
A pitch B stadium C arena D court
38 It’s important to keep your body in good _
A contour B shape C form D figure
39 Put the salt in the water and let it before adding the pasta
A mix B melt C dissolve D soften
40 Julian Snoe has been a war _for many years and covered a number of conflicts
A news-agent B publisher C editor D correspondent
11 B 12 D 13 B 14 C 15 B 16 D 17 D 18 B 19 B 20 A 21 B 22 C 23.C 24.C 25 B 26 D 27 A 28 D 29.B 30 D 31 B 32.D 33 A 34 A 35 C 36 B 37 A 38 B 39 C 40 D
(4)C READING
I/ Choose one word/ phrase from A,B,C or D which best completes each gap of the passages, then write the word onto your answer sheets The first one has been done for you ( from 41 to 60) (10.0 pts)
FEELING TIRED
A year (00) ago _, Laura reached her lowest point Utterly exhausted after a short walk, she was (41) _ up off the pavement and driven home by the police ‘My feet felt nailed to the ground’, she recalls With permanent flu (42) , panic stricken and confined to a wheelchair, she was evenly diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome, the term doctors now use for her illness Laura, a 30-year-old marketing manager, has since made remarkable (43) in her health She is now able to walk for an hour, swims twenty lengths three times a week and is (44) going back to work She (45) her new-found sense of well-being down to a technique called cognitive behavior therapy CBT aims to help people understand how the belief they (46) about themselves and others influence mood and behavior- and how re-evaluating negative beliefs can help them to feel and behave differently It has been successful in dealing with problems ranging from depression to chronic, unexpected pain Research shows that CBT can also help people like Laura Yet many sufferers are (47) _ opposed to the treatment, arguing that their (48) _ is physical not psychological Psychological therapy, they believe, implies that they are to (49) and their disorder is not genuine Laura says CBT change the way she thought about her problems without implying that they were her fault “ I was an “ all-or-noting” thinker and felt I had to be perfect in everything The therapy has encouraged a less perfectionist approach to life and helped me gradually to (50) _ up more physical activity
00. A before B ago C since D later
41.A collected B moved C taken D picked
42.A indications B signs C symptoms D characteristics
43.A renewal B return C recovery D restoration
44.A contemplating B regarding C reflecting D judging
45.A puts B gets C takes D turns
46.A carry B hold C keep D possess
47.A intensively B extremely C bitterly D severely
48.A condition B state C case D circumstance
49.A criticise B blame C accuse D disapprove
50.A mount B grow C build D develop
41.D 42.C 43.C 44.A 45.A
46.B 47.C 48.A 49.B 50.C
About 50 or so kinds (00) of modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal- nonrenewable natural resources We (51) well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away A high (52) of our annual consumption is in the (53) of packaging and this (54) about seven percent by weight, of our domestic (55) Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (56) is growing fast
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (57) than coal and one (58) of “recovery” strongly (59) by plastic manufacturers is the (60) of waste into a fuel
00. A on B out C of D with
51.A consign B import C consume D remove
52.A amount B rate C portion D proportion
53.A form B way C type D kind
(5)54.A constitutes B carries C takes D makes
55.A goods B refuse C rubble D requirements
56.A plant B manufacture C factory D industry
57.A effect B degree C value D demand
58.A method B measure C medium D mechanism
59.A argued B presented C desired D favored
60.A melting B conversion C change D replacement
51.B 52.D 53.A 54.A 55.B
56.D 57.C 58.A 59.D 60.B
II. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 61 to 70 (5.0 pts)
Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species, habitats has been a growing
appreciation of the importance of biological diversity, the number of species in a particular ecosystem, to the health of the Earth and human well-being Much has been written about the diversity of the terrestrial organisms, particularly the exceptionally rich life associated with tropical rainforest habitats Relatively little has been said, however, about diversity of life in the sea even though coral reef systems are comparable to rain forests in terms of richness of life
An alien exploring Earth would probably give priority to the planet’s dominant, most-distinctive feature-the ocean Humans have a bias toward land that sometimes gets in the way of truly examining global issues Seen from far away, it is easy to realize that landmasses occupy only one-third of the Earth’s surface Given that two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is water and that marine life lives at all levels of the ocean, the total three-dimensional living space of the ocean is perhaps 100 times greater than that of land and contains more than 90 percent of all life on Earth even though the ocean has fewer distinct species
The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world’s rain forests does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species One scientist found many different species of ants in just one tree from a rain forest While every species is different from every other species, their genetic makeup constrains them to be insects and to share similar characteristics with 750,000 species of insects If basic, broad categories such as phyla and classes are given more emphasis than differentiating between species, then the greatest diversity of life is unquestionably the sea Nearly every major type of plant and animal has some representation there
To appreciate fully the diversity and abundance of life in the sea, it helps to think small Every spoonful of ocean water contains life, on the order of 100 to 100,000 bacteria cells plus assorted microscopic plants and animals, including larvae of organism ranging from sponges and corals to starfish and clams and much more
61.What is the main point of the passage?
A There are thousands of insect species B Humans are destroying thousands of species C Coral reefs are similar to rain forests D The sea is even richer in life than the rain forests 62.The word “appreciation” in paragraph is closest in meaning to
A ignorance B recognition C tolerance D forgiveness 63.Why does the author compare rain forests and coral reefs in paragraph 1?
A They are approximately the same size B They share many similar species C Most of their inhabitants require water D Both have many different forms of life 64.The word “bias” in paragraph is closest in meaning to
A concern B disadvantage C attitude D prejudice 65.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “accelerating”?
A ceasing B rising C swelling D increasing
66.The passage suggests that most rain forest species are
A insects B bacteria C mammals D birds
(6)67.The word “there” refers to
A the sea B the rain forests C a tree D the Earth’s surface
68.The author argues that there is more diversity of life in the sea than in the rain forests because
A more phyla and classes of life are represented in the sea B There are too many insects to make meaningful distinctions C Many insect species are too small to divide into categories D Marine life-forms reproduce at faster rate
69.Whichof the following is NOT mentioned as an example of microscopic sea life?
A Sponges B Coral C Starfish D Shrimp
70.Which of the following conclusions is supported by the passage? A.Ocean life is highly adaptive
B.More attention needs to be paid to preserving ocean species and habitats C.Ocean life is primarily composed of plants
D.The sea is highly resistant to the damage done by pollutants
61 62 63 64 65
66 67 68 69 70
III/Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 71 to 80.( 5.0 points)
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop
Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects No moist- skinned, water-loving animals can exist there Few large animals are found The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth Yet they are not emaciated
Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the word The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology None could survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees
71. The title for this passage could be
A “Animal Life in a Desert Environment” B “Desert Plants” C “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment” D “Life Underground” 72. The word “tissues” in the passage mostly means
A “the smallest units of living matter that can exist on their own”
B “the simplest forms of life that exist in air, water, living and dead creatures and plants” C “collections of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants” D “very small living things that cause infectious disease in people, animals and plants”
73. Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as A water is an essential part of his existence
B water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things C very few lager animals are found in the desert
(7)D sources of flowing water are rare in a desert
74 The phrase “those forms” in the passage refers to all of the following EXCEPT
A many large animals B water-loving animals
C moist-skinned animals D the coyote and the bobcat 75 According to the passage, creatures in the desert
A are more active during the day than those in the tangled forest B are not as healthy as those anywhere else in the world
C run and leap more slowly than those in the tangled forest D run and leap faster than those in the tangled forest
76 The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT A they dig home underground B they sleep during the day
C they are watchful and quiet D they are noisy and aggressive 77. The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means
A “living or growing in natural conditions, not kept in a house or on a farm” B “large and strong, difficult to control or deal with”
C “thin and weak because of lack of food and water”
D “able to get what one wants in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating” 78 According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that A they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
B they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees C they live in an accommodating environment
D they are less healthy than animals living in other places 79 The word “burrows” in the passage mostly means
A “places where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found” B “holes or tunnels in the ground made by animals for them to live in”
C “places where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young” D “structures made of metal bars in which animals or birds are kept”
80 We can infer from the passage that
A desert life is colorful and diverse B living things adjust to their environment C healthy animals live longer lives D water is the basis of desert life
71 A 72 C 73 A 74 A 75 D
76 D 77 C 78 A 79 B 80 B
PART II WRITING
A Read the two texts below and think of the word which best fits each gap Use only ONE word in each gap ( from to 20) ( 20 points)
WEATHER IN ANTARCTICA
(8)1 or/and 2 a 3 for 4 so/less/two 5 are 6 as 7 during/in/
throughout
8 There 9 on 10 much TRAFFIC JAMS ARE NOTHING NEW
In the age before the motor car, (0)_what was travelling in London like? Photographs taken 100 years ago showing packed streets indicate that it was much the ( 11) as it is now It has ( 12) _
calculated that , even with new anti-congestion systems in place, commuters who choose the car to get to work travel at ( 13) _ average speed of 17 kph from their homes (14) in the suburbs to offices in the centre ( 15) _ is virtually the same speed that they ( 16) _have travelled at in a horse and carriage a century ago
As towns and cities grow, ( 17) _ does traffic, whether in the form of the horse and carriage (18) _ the modern motor car It would seem that, wherever ( 19) are people who need to go somewhere, they would ( 20) be carried than walk or pedal The photographs show that , in term of congestion and speed, traffic in London hasn’t changed over the past 100 years London has has traffic jams over since it became a huge city It is ony the vehicles that changed
11 same 12 been 13 an 14 in 15 This/ That/ It 16 would/
must
17 so 18 or 19 there 20 rather/ soon
B Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in parentheses ( from 21 to 40) (20.0pts) Ex Because of his bad , I don’t want to make friend with him (BEHAVE)
=> Because of his bad BEHAVIOR/ BEHAVIOUR, I don’t want to make friend with him.
21.Trinh Cong Son is one of the most well-known in Vietnam (MUSIC)
22.His sudden must be a shock to your family (DIE)
23 The for modern schools takes a lot of money (EQUIP) 24 A complaint letter should be ended _ (POLITE) 25 Rain will reach _ areas at the end of this week (COAST)
26 In _, it is comfortable to wear casual clothes (CONCLUDE)
27.When she was young, Mrs Nhung wanted to be an _ (ACT)
28 Are there any _between them? (SIMILAR)
29.It was very of you to leave the medicine where the children could get it (CARE)
30 We were all bored and sleepy because of his long _ (SPEAK)
21.MUSICIANS 26.CONCLUSION
22.DEATH 27.ACTRESS
23.EQUIPMENT 28.SIMILARITIES
24.POLITELY 29.CARELESS
25.COASTAL 30.SPEECH
LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
(9)However, many serious space (36 RESEARCH) are now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might (37 ACTUAL) look like One early result is Arnold the Alien, (38 DESIGN) by biologist, Douglas Dixon This strange being, (39 LIKE) humans, has its eyes, ears, and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs but, despite its odd (40 APPEAR) , its behavior is not very different from our own
31 ELSEWHERE 36 RESEARCHERS
32 NATURALLY 37 ACTUALLY
33 CONVENIENCE 38 DESIGNED
34 ACTORS/ACTRESSES 39 UNLIKE
35 SCIENTIFIC 40 APPEARANCE
C Each line in the following passage has one missing word Put an oblique stroke (/) where the word has been omitted and write the missing word in each blank The first one has been done for you (10.0pts).
It was a long day, but / o’clock the children had gone to bed They had cleared away the supper things and now they were looking to a couple hours in front of television Unfortunately the film was rather boring Jim soon fell asleep and Sue started to think all her work She was sure that she heard a noise outside the window, so she looked up A shadow was moving slowly through garden Her heart raced She turned out the light that she could see better There was nobody there But she saw that it had snowed earlier evening and across the grass was a line of footprints A fox had walked across right in front of the window, and now it was looking her from far corner of the garden
00. by 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
41 forward (to a couple) 46 so
42 of 47 that
43 about 48 there
44 had 49 at
45 the 50 the
D SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20.0pts)
I Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it
51.I’m quite sure she didn’t steal the necklace
She can’t 52.The result of the match was never in doubt
At no time 53.I was surprised to hear that Kathy had changed her job
It came 54.I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting
Rather
(10)II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one Do not change the word given
55.His arrival was completely unexpected
TOOK
56 Christmas and roast turkey go together in my mind
WITH
………… 57.I expect people ate more vegetables in the past
MUST
………
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given Do not change the word given You must use between three and six words, including the word given
Here is an example.
1. I not intend to stay in my present job very much longer
NO
I have no intention of staying in my present job very much longer 58.He is likely to lose his job if he keeps disagreeing with his boss
DANGER
If he keeps disagreeing with his boss, he’s from his job 59.I think learning to use a typewriter is a waste of time
POINT
I can’t how to use a typewriter 60 Della said that she would no longer tolerate her colleagues being rude
PUT
‘ I’m not willing from my colleagues any longer,’ said Deila
51.She can’t have stolen the necklace.
52.At no time was the result of the match in doubt.
53.It came as a surprise to me to hear that Kathy had changed her job. 54.Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye. II/
55.His arrival took us ( completely) by surprise. 56 I associate Christmas with roast turkey.
57.People must have eaten more vegetables in the past. III/
(11)59 see the point in /of learning OR see any point in learning 60 to put up with (any) rudeness