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KỲ THI OLYMPIC CẤP TỈNH

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Khóa ngày 14 tháng 3 năm 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 10

ĐỀ DỰ BỊ

Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Họ và tên thí sinh:………………………………………………………….

Mã phách

Học sinh trường: …………………………………………………………..
Lớp:…………….…; Số báo danh:……………….; Phòng thi:………….
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS: (40PTS)
I. PHONOLOGY: (5 PTS )
Choose the word in each group that has different stress pattern
1. A. Rhinoceros

B. Vehicle

C. Whale

D. Uninhabitable

2. A. Gait

B. Lair

C. Fair

D. Dairy

3. A. Mosaic

B. Conserve

C. Reserve

D. Poison

4. A. Canal

B. Casino

C. Canary

D. Canon

5.A. Manufacture

B. Mature

C. Pasture

D. Nature

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.
6. A. Technical

B. Introduce

C. Villager

D. Family

7. A. Technology

B. Important

C. Popularity

D. Impossible

8. A. Territory

B. Australia

C. Geography

D. Society

9. A. Affect

B. Effective

C. Expand

D. Charity

10. A. Family

B. Probably

C. Animal

D. Minority

II. VOCABULARY (5PTS)
Choose the best answer.
11. She loved tennis and could watch it till the _____ came home.
A. she

B. everyone

C. horses

D. cows

12. Could you close the window? There is a bit of a _____.
A. current

B. wind

C. draught

D. breeze

13. Thousands of steel _____ were used as the framework of the new office block.
A. beams

B. girders

C. stakes

D. piles

14. The ceiling fans were on, but unfortunately they only _____ the hot, humid air.
A. stirred up

B. poured through

C. turned into

D. cut back

15. He set one alarm-clock for five o‟clock and the other for five past so as to _____ that he did not
oversleep.
A. assure

B. ensure

C. insure

D. reassure

16. When Tim was eating a cherry, he accidentally swallowed the _____.
A. nut

B. stone

C. seed

D. core


17. It was only _____ he told me his surname that I realised that we had been to the same school .
A. then

B. until

C. as soon as

D. when

18. He got an excellent grade in his examination _____ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard .
A. on account of

B. because

C. in spite of

D. although

19. Their eventual choice of house was _____ by the time Peter would take to get to the office.
A. related

B. consequent

C. determined

D. dependent

20. It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.
A. hadn‟t

B. should have

C. mustn‟t

D. needn‟t have

III. STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR (5PTS)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence .
21. It's wonderful here tonight! It's ______________ I have ever enjoyed a garden party.
A. a long time

B. the first time

C. time

D. several times

22. I don‟t know French, so I cannot read letters ______________ French.
A. of

B. in

C. by

D. about

23. It‟s kind ______________ you to help me get ______________ the problem .
A. for / up

B. to / over

C. of/ over

D. with / along

24.He‟s always busy. He has ______________ time to enjoy himself.
A.a lot of

B.a little

C.little

D.much

25. I‟ll never forget ______________ he has told me.
A.which

B. when

C. where

D. what

26. “ I thought that the tour began at 3:00.” – “Oh no, you‟re __________ It began at 1:30 “
A. too much late here

B. here too much late

C. here much too late

D. too much here late

27. The following day she felt __________ well to go to work.
A. sufficient

B. sufficiency

C. suffice

D. sufficiently

28. He drives so fast that I am afraid one day he will __________ somebody crossing the street.
A. crash down

B. knock down

C. turn over

D. run across

29. He got an excellent grade in his examination ______ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard
A. on account of

B. because

C. in spite of

D. although

30. It was only ________ he told me his surname that I realised that we had been to the same school .
A. then

B. until

C. as soon as

D. when

IV. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (5 PTS)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence .
31. Unlike my brother, who always fails to finish English tests, I am quite good _________ this subject.
A. in

B. about

C. of

D. at

32. If you have anything important to do, do it straight away. Don't put it ______.

A. on

B. off

C. over

D. up


33. The plane from Dallas ______ two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to
London.
A. took off

B. took on

C. left on

D. left out

34. Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn‟t get _______ his boss.
A. up to

B. on for

C. on well with

D. in with

35. Why do they ______ talking about money all the time?
A. keep on

B. give up

C. take after

D. stop by

36. My father gave up smoking two years ago.
A. liked

B. continued

C. stopped

D. enjoyed

37. Mary doesn‟t mind living____________ her own.
A. with

B. by

C. on

D. at

38. It is of great importance to create a good impression _______ your interviewer.
A. on

B. about

C. for

D. at

C. for

D. to

39. When are you leaving_________ Hanoi?
A. toward

B. forward

40. The children are excited________ going to the circus.
A. for

B. about

C. with

D. of

V. GUIDED CLOZE TEST: (10 PTS )
GUIDED CLOZE TEST 1
Read the following passages and choose the options that best complete the blanks.
It is an accepted part of everyday nostalgia to assume that in the past, food was
somehow better than it is today. The fruit and vegetables were more (41)…grown and this was not seen as
an extra bonus which added ten percent on to the price. (42)………food was fresh, not frozen, and you
had the chance to (43)……….it to see whether you wanted it. When you went shopping, you could ask
for exactly what piece of meat you wanted and see the butcher cutting it, instead of finding it readywrapped in plastic. And our local tradesman soon got to know what you wanted, and provided it for you;

otherwise he would have gone (44)……..business. Of course, unless we invent time- travel we shall never
know whether this is all true. Survivor from those (45)……….days obviously tend to dislike today‟s
convenience foods, and to prefer the Good Old Days when a joint of beef filled the oven,
(46)……….thick red juice instead of water when cooked, and cost the same (47)……..a can of Coke.
What is always forgotten is that then as now the quality of your food depended very much
(48)………who you were, how well-off you happened to be, and where you lived. Shopping then
(49)………considerable skill, and shoppers had to be able to (50)……………the fresh from the nor so
fresh. There was no shell-by date to act as a guide. If you were hard up then frozen meat and canned foods
would have been on the menu, just as they are today.
41. A. nature

B. natural

C. naturalness

D. naturally

42. A. Most

B. Several

C. Plenty

D. Few

43. A. examine

B. experiment

C. distinguish

D. detect

44. A. in to

B. on to

C. away from

D. out of

45. A. far

B. outlying

C. distant

D. further

C. reproduced

D. resulted

46. A. manufactured B. produced


47. A. with

B. to

C. as

D. than

48. A. upon

B. from

C. of

D. off

49. A. ordered

B. demanded

C. commanded

D. prepared

50. A. say

B. talk

C. speak

D. tell

GUIDED CLOZE TEST 2
Read the following passages and choose the options that best complete the blanks.

If asked who ____________(51) the game of baseball, most ___________(52) would probably reply that
it was Abner Doubleday. At the beginning of this century, there was some disagreement over
___________(53) the game of baseball had actually originated, so sporting-goods manufacturer
Spaulding inaugurated a commission to research the ____________(554). In 1908 a report was published
by the commission _________(55) which Abner Doubleday, a U.S. Army officer from Cooperstown,
New York, was ____________(56) credit for the intervention of the game. The National Baseball Hall of
Fame was established in Cooperstown in __________(57) of Doubleday.
Today, most sports historians are in agreement that Doubleday ____________(58) did not have much to
do with the development of baseball. __________(59), baseball seems to be a close ____________(60) to
the English game of rounders and probably has English rather than American roots.
51. A. discovered

B. founded

C. invented

D. found

52. A. Americans

B. American

C. The US

D. America

53. A. what

B. how

C. when

D. that

54. A. problem

B. question

C. matter

D. issue

55. A. at

B. to

C. of

D. in

56. A. provided

B. passed

C. given

D. delivered

57. A. honor

B. reward

C. award

D. ceremony

58. A. truly

B. really

C. as well

D. probably

59. A. But

B. Moreover

C. Instead

D. Additionally

60. A. relate

B. relationship

C. relative

D. relation

VI. READING COMPREHENSION (10 PTS)
Passage 1
Read the passage and choose the best answer:
MUSIC
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”, the film has never
been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an
indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in
the Unites States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At
first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was
sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film
became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their styles.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to
the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number
of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or
leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill
or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor


seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky
enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.
To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for
musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such
indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “”lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so
emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and
precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.
Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores
was that composed and arranged for D.W.Griffith‟s film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.
61. The passage mainly discusses music that was……………..
A. performed before the showing of a film
B. played during silent films.

C. specifically composed for certain movie theaters
D. recorded during film exhibitions
62. What can be inferred from the passage about the majority of films made after 1927?
A. They were truly “silent”
B. They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras
C. They incorporated the sound of the actors‟ voices.
D. They corresponded to specific musical compositions.
63. The word “solemn” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to……………….
A. simple

B. serious

C. short

D. silent

64. It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters needed to
A. be able to play many instruments
B. have pleasant voices
C. be familiar with a wide variety of music
D. be able to compose original music
65. The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to………………..
A. years

B. hands

C. pieces

D. films

66. According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?
A. It produced electricity

B. It distributed films

C. It published musical arrangements

D. It made musical instruments.

67. It may be inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around
A. 1896

B. 1909

C. 1915

D. 1927

68. The word “composed” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to………………..
A. selected

B. combined

C. played

D. created

69. The word “scores” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to………………
A. totals

B. successes

C. musical compositions

D. groups of musicians


70. The passage probably continues with a discussion of……………………
A. famous composers of the early twentieth century
B. other films directed by D.W.Griffith
C. silent films by other directors.
D. the music in Birth of a Nation.
Passage 2
Read the passage and choose the best answer:
The Sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It is fueled by thermonuclear reactions near its center that convert
hydrogen to helium. The Sun has existed in its present state for about four billion six hundred million
years and is thousands of times larger than the Earth. By studying other stars, astronomers can predict
what the rest of the Sun‟s life will be like. About five billion years from now, the core of the Sun will
shrink and become hotter. The surface temperature will fall. The higher temperature of the center will
increase the rate of thermonuclear reactions. The outer regions of the Sun will expand approximately 35
million miles, about the distance to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun. The Sun will then be a
red giant star. Temperatures on the Earth will become too high for life to exist. Once the Sun has used up
its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink. After it shrinks to the size of the Earth, it
will become a white dwarf star. The Sun may throw off huge amounts of gases in violent eruptions called
nova explosions as it changes from a red giant to a white dwarf. After billions of years as a white dwarf,
the Sun will have used up all its fuel and will have lost its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After
the Sun has become a black dwarf, the Earth will be dark and cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it
will have frozen over the Earth‟s surface.
71. It can be inferred from the passage that the Sun ______.
A. is approximately halfway through its life as a yellow dwarf

B. will continue to be a yellow dwarf for another 10 billion years
C. has been in existence for 10 billion years
D. is rapidly changing in size and brightness
72. What will probably be the first stage of change for the Sun to become a red giant?
A. Its surface will become hotter and shrink.
B. It will throw off huge amounts of gases.
C. Its central part will grow smaller and hotter.
D. Its core will cool off and use less fuel.
73. When the Sun becomes a red giant, what will the atmosphere be like on the Earth?
A. It will be enveloped in the expanding surface of the sun.
B. It will become too hot for life to exist.
C. It will be almost destroyed by nova explosions.
D. It will freeze and become solid.
74. When the Sun has used up its energy as a red giant, it will ______.
A. get frozen

B. cease to exist

C. stop to expand

D. become smaller

75. Large amounts of gases may be released from the Sun at the end of its life as a ______.
A. black dwarf

B. white dwarf

C. red giant

D. yellow dwarf

76. As a white dwarf, the Sun will be ______.
A. the same size as the planet Mercury

B. around 35 million miles in diameter

C. a cool and habitable planet

D. thousands of times smaller than it is today

77. The Sun will become a black dwarf when ______.
A. the Sun moves nearer to the Earth

B. it has used up all its fuel as a white dwarf

C. the core of the Sun becomes hotter

D. the outer regions of the Sun expand

78. The word “there” in the last sentence of paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A. the planet Mercury

B. the core of a black dwarf

C. our own planet

D. the outer surface of the Sun

79. This passage is intended to ______.

A. describe the changes that the Sun will go through
B. present a theory about red giant stars
C. alert people to the dangers posed by the Sun
D. discuss conditions on the Earth in the far future
80. The passage has probably been taken from ______.
A. a scientific journal

B. a news report

C. a work of science fiction

D. a scientific chronicle

B. WRITTEN TESTS (60 PTS)
VII. OPEN CLOZE TEST: (20PTS)
OPEN CLOZE TEST 1:
Fill in the each numbered blank with ONE suitable word.
LONDON
London is a big city, but many people who live there (81)………………. it as a number of small towns
put together. Each one district has its (82)………… identity and atmosphere and some of parts are even
described by their inhabitants as „villages‟. Much of the centre of the city consists (83)………….. shops
and businesses and the majority of people they live in the suburbs. A (84)…………. many of them travel
to work in the city every day (85)………… a train, bus, tube or car; this is call commuting. Commuters
might spend as (86)… ………. as two hours every morning getting to work and (87)………… two hours
getting home again. The cost of living in London is higher (88)………. so in most other parts of Britain,
and many people are paid extra money on the top of their salaries because of this. Millions of visitors
come to London every year from all over the world for to see the famous sights, such as Buckingham
Palace, (89)………….. the Queen lives, and many other historic buildings. London is also very famous
for including its theatres, red buses, and black taxis. Some people find (90)………….. a noisy, dirty
place but it has many large, pleasant parts where everyone can enjoy themselves some peace and quiet.

London has many attractions there, both for people from overseas and for people from other parts of
Britain.
OPEN CLOZE TEST 2:
Fill in the each numbered blank with ONE suitable word.
The cinema is today a favourite place of entertainment to most people, young and old. Hundreds of
people visit the cinema today.There are many things that we can learn (91)...... ………..our visits to the
cinema. The pictures we can (92)............. in the cinema often show us many useful things. They show


how people in (93).............. lands live and think. Sometimes they also show how people in the past lived
and died. There (94)............... also pictures which show many things about the world of birds and animal.
Some pictures, (95)........... , sometimes spoil the minds of many people especially (96)............... of small
boys and girls. Pictures which show how people steal, kill or kidnap, for example, have done a lot of
harm, but these (97).............. pictures also show how, in the end the criminals are caught and punished,
and many people have learnt to obey the law, as a result. Thus, whether such pictures are good or bad
depends on (98)............ lesson the person has learnt from them. On the (99)…………, most pictures try to
teach many useful lessons. The cinema may therefore be described as a school where people can learn a
lot of god lessons. It is for all these reasons that cinema is still the (100).............. favourite place of
entertainment.
VIII. WORD FORMS (10 PTS)
Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
101. The ………………….of his knowledge surprised them.

(EXTEND)

102. ……………….…..fish always live in lakes and rivers.

(WATER)

103. IQ stand for ……………….…quotient.

(INTELLIGENT)

104. Everyone admired her ……………….beauty. She‟s old but she is still beautiful. (TIME)
105. Thomas ………….…………broke the expensive vase.

(ACCIDENT)

106. There are many good ...............................programmes on VTV2.

(DOCUMENT)

107. Newspapers and magazines present information...........................

(VISION)

108. It is a good book because it is very................................

(INFORM)

109. Lasers can be used to treat

(DEAF)

..........................

110. Watching Wildlife World programmes makes us more aware of our global...............
(RESPONSIBLE)
IX. ERROR CORRECTION (10 PTS)
The following passage contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them.

If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause great
damage to him. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes
which some parents made. Generally, the child will understand very well which the parents expect, and
will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to the children.
However, if parent are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a
sensible way, the child may success in doing very well especially if the parents are very supportive of
their children.
Michael Smiths is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him lot by taking him to
concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons. Because Michael's father plays the trumpet in a
large orchestra, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael's friend, Winston Maier, however, is not so lucky. As both his parents are successful musicians,
they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son be as succeed as they are, and so they enter
him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. "When I am at your
age, I used to win every competition I entered," Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that
he will disappoint his parents and now he always seem quiet and unhappy.


X. SENTENCE TRANSFORMTION ( 20 PTS)
Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
121. It is extremely difficult for us to make ends meet these days.
We find …………………………………………………………………………………………
122. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child.
Only when …………………………………………………………………………………….
123. While mending the road, they accidentally blocked our water pipes.
They accidentally cut off ……………………………………………………………………..
124. He brought the umbrella along but it didn't rain.
He needn't ……………………………………………………………………………………..
125. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
Despite ………………………………………………………………………………………….
Rewrite the sentences, use the given words and do not change them.

126. We have made neither a profit nor a loss this year. (even)
............................................................................................................................. .....
127. The house shouldn‟t be left unlocked for any reason . ( ACCOUNT )
............................................................................................................................. .....
128. Someone paid five thousand pounds for the painting. (WENT)
............................................................................................................................. .....
129. He unwillingly asked her for help. (Turned)
..................................................................................................................................
130. He is different form his brother in almost all respects. (Bears)
............................................................................................................................. ......
-------------------------THE END-------------------------


SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

KỲ THI OLYMPIC CẤP TỈNH

TỈNH ĐĂK NÔNG

Khóa ngày 14 tháng 3 năm 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐÁP ÁN DỰ BỊ

Họ và tên thí sinh:………………………………………………………….

Mã phách

Học sinh trường: …………………………………………………………..

Lớp:…………….…; Số báo danh:……………….; Phòng thi:………….

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST: (40PTS)
I. PHONOLOGY: (5 PTS)
1. D

2. A

3. B

4. D

5. B

6. B

7. C

8. A

9. D

10. D

II. VOCABULARY (5PTS)
11. D. cows

12. C. draught

13. B. girders

14. A. stirred up

15. B. ensure

16. B. stone

17. D. when

18. C. in spite of

19. C. determined

20. D. needn‟t have

23. C. of/ over

24. C.little

29. C. in spite of

30. D. when

III. STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR (5PTS)
21. B. the first time

22. B. in

25. D. what

26. B. here too much late

27. A. sufficient

28. B. knock down

IV. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (5PTS)
31. D

32. B

33. A

34. C

35. A

36. C

37. C

38. A

39. C

40. B

V. GUIDED CLOZE TEST: (10 PTS )
GUIDED CLOZE TEST 1
41. D

42. A

43. A

44. D

45. C

46. B

47. C

48. A

49. B

50. D

GUIDED CLOZE TEST 1
51. C

52. A

53. B

54. B

55. D

56. C

57. A

58. B

59. C

60. D


VI. READING COMPREHENSION (10PTS)
Passage 1
61. B

62. D

63. B

64. C

65. D

66. B

67. B

68. D

69. C

70. D

71. A

72. C

73.B

74. D

75. C

76. D

77. B

78. C

79. A

80. A

Passage 2:

B. WRITTEN TESTS (60PTS)
VII. OPEN CLOZE TEST ( 20PTS)
OPEN CLOZE TEST 1:
1. regard

3. of

5. by

7. another

9. where

2. own

4. great

6. much

8. than

10. it

OPEN CLOZE TEST 2:
1. from

3. other

5. however

7. same

9. whole

2. see

4. are

6. those

8. what

10. most

VIII. WORD FORMS (10PTS)
101. extensiveness

102. freshwater

103. . intelligence

104. timeless

105. accidentally

106. documentary

107. visually

108. informative

109. deafness

110. responsibilities
IX. ERROR CORRECTION (10PTS)

The following passage contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them.
If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause great
damage to him. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes
which some parents made. Generally, the child will understand very well which the parents expect, and
will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to the children.
However, if parent are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a
sensible way, the child may success in doing very well especially if the parents are very supportive of
their children.
Michael Smiths is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him lot by taking him to
concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons. Because Michael's father plays the trumpet in a
large orchestra, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael's friend, Winston Maier, however, is not so lucky. As both his parents are successful musicians,
they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son be as succeed as they are, and so they enter
him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. "When I am at your


age, I used to win every competition I entered," Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that
he will disappoint his parents and now he always seem quiet and unhappy.

LINE

Mistake

Correction

LINE

Mistake

Correction

3

made

make

10

because

although

4

which

what

14

be

to be

6

parent

parents

15

succeed

successful

7

success

succeed

16

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X. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20PTS)
121. We find it difficult to make ends meet these days
122. Only when Alice and Charles had their second child, did they decide to move to a bigger house
123. They accidentally cut off our water supplying while mending the road
124. He needn't have brought the umbrella along (because it didn't rain anyway).
125. Despite my strong disapproval of your behaviour/ the fact that I strongly disapprove of your
behaviour, I will help you this time.
126. We have broken even this year.
127. On no account / Not on any account should the house be left unlocked .
128. The painting went for five thousand pounds.
129. He unwillingly turned to her for help.
130. He bears little/ hardly any resemblance to his brother.