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

Họ và tên thí sinh:…………………………………………………………..
Học sinh trường:………………………………………………......................
Lớp:…………….…; Số báo danh:……………….; Phòng thi:……………..

Mã phách

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
39. When are you leaving_________ Hanoi?
A. toward
B. forward
C. for
D. to
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 ready-wrapped 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
46.
A. manufactured
B.
produced
C. reproduced
D. resulted
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 sportinggoods 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
58. A. truly
59. A. But
60. A. relate

B. reward
B. really
B. Moreover
B. relationship

C. award
C. as well
C. Instead
C. relative

D. ceremony
D. probably
D. Additionally
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)
 ...................................................................................................................................
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