ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC NĂM HỌC 2011- 2012 MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 CỤM TRƯỜNG THPT BA ĐÌNH – TÂY HỒ

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CM TRNG THPT K THI OLYMPIC NM HC 2011-2012
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THI MễN TING ANH LP 11
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1- 5. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
(5 points)
1. A. clothes B. maths C. mouths D. youths
2. A. beverage B. average C. advantage D. engage
3. A. encounter B. envious C. enslave D. ensure
4. A. gambling B. gratitude C. gamekeeper D. guarantee
5. A. haunt B. fauna C. sausage D. laugh
6-10. Choose the word in each group that has different stress pattern (5 points)
6. A. trustworthy B. envisage C. prosperity D. intensify
7. A. enhance B. dispirited C. optimistic D. hallucinate
8. A. focus B. frontier C. format D. forward
9. A. immigration B. diagnostic C. universal D. innovative
10. A. eligible B. embarrassment C. emergency D. exploit
11- 22. Choose one best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (12 points)
11. It was awful, not ________ to see you for so long.
A. able B. to be able C. being able D. have been able
12. It is _______ that has helped us to build this bridge.
A. he B. his C. him D. hes
13. We were all in ________ of the fact that the new manager was our old friend Duncan.
A. surprise B. shock C. awe D. amazement
14. The government announced today that they intend to ____________ the rise of crime

in the inner cities by increasing police budgets in the areas most affected.
A. beat B. win C. retaliate D. counter
15. I am in favour of his proposal that a special committee ____ to examine the problem.
A. sets up B. will be set up C. be set up D. to be set up
16. The new road currently under _______ will solve the traffic problems in the town.
A. design B. progress C. construction D. work
17. Another cup of coffee? No, but thanks _________.
A. not at all B. for all C. all the same D. you for all
18. It may have _______ your notice, but its Mrs. Hodges birthday today.
A. slipped B. skipped C. missed D. escaped
19. Private printing was simply a means ________ he could increase his income.
A. whereupon B. whereby C. wherewithal D. whereabouts
20. According the contract, we are __________ to supply the materials.
A. certain B. sure C. bound D. about
21. I expected all of the customers ___________ of the change of our address.
A. to be informed B. to inform C. being informed D. informing
22. We can expect to treble our turnover once the January sales get into full _________.
A. force B. flight C. speed D. swing
23- 30. Give the correct forms of the words given (8 points)
(23. Doubt) __________________ you know someone who is (24. terror)
______________ of spiders. The problem is so common that (25.
psychology)________________ even have a word for it - arachnophobia. No one is sure
what it is that inspires this (26. rational)_______________ terror. Some people believe it
is the legs, the numerous eyes, or even their scuttling form of movement. Perhaps it is a
(27. combine) _________________ of all these things. Many people spray spiders with

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(28. insect) _______________ as soon as they see them, despite the fact that spiders are
useful in keeping down (29. infest) _________________ of other insect pests in the house.
Mind you, for some people anything is (30. prefer) ___________________ to spiders!
31- 38. Choose the verbs to make appropriate phrasal verbs and fill in the blanks their
correct forms. The bare forms of the verbs are provided. (8 points)
eat die pull feed prey break dry wash
Text A: Elephants (31) _______ _______ plants. By (32) _______ ________ trees to eat
leaves,(33) ______ ________ branches and pulling out roots, they create clearings in
which new vegetation can grow to provide nutrition in the future. However, their
destructive habits have meant that a number of plants are in danger of (34) ______ ____.
Text B: Here in this cold landscape of cliffs and stony beaches, seals (35) _____ _____
the abundant fish stocks which are found offshore. It is hard to imagine that if global
warming increases, these wonderful creatures may never be seen again at this latitude. Sea
levels will rise and (36) _____ _____ _____ the cliffs and rocky shores, (37) ____ _____
their natural habitats forever. And paradoxically, as the temperature and sea levels rise,
some of the inland lakes may (38) _____ _____ altogether, leaving an arid landscape.
39- 43. Think of one word only which can be used in all three sentences. (5 points)
39. - Although this applicant has ____________ all the requirements of the jury board, her
performance was considered lackluster compared to several others.
- We _______ severe technical difficulties that forced us to abandon our holiday plans.
- The two presidents ___________ for a discussion of bilateral ties in the field of
economics and trade.
40. - The fishing trip was called off due to impossibly ________ waves offshore.
- Mikhail’s tremendous academic achievements is expected to earn him a _________
ranking at this competition.
- Putting on some festive music will put your teammates in ________ spirits during

the entire trip.
41. - The cliff ___________ was starting to crumble into the sea.
- I don't know how I'm going to ____________ her after what happened.
- The Wasps _____________ the Hornets in two weeks.
42. -The building began _______________ as a church.
- The riots presented a considerable risk to ___________ and property.
- Try to put some ______________ into your painting.
43. - Tom is bound to get a real wake up _______ when he enters the world of work after
being closeted in the university for the last seven years.
- Many young men answered the _____ to arms and signed up as soon as war was
declared.
- That car nearly drove into us, it was a really close ________________.
44 – 51. There are 8 mistakes in the passage. Underline and correct them. (8 points)
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Kansas is know for many things - wheat, sunflowers ... and tornadoes! What famous
story set in Kansas feature a tornado? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank
Baum, tells the story of Dorothy, who gets caught in a Kansas tornado and lands in

the imaginative land of Oz. This story has been dramatized on stage and film. You
might have seen the movie version, which stars Judy Garland like Dorothy.
Tornadoes are storms within rapid rotating winds that form a funnel cloud. Also
known as "twisters," they extend downward from the huge clouds of a severe
thunderstorm. The winds that rotate within a tornado usually reach a speed of mostly
300 miles per hour! A tornado often sweeps through an area quickly, but it can cause
considerable destruction. There have been the number of remarkable reports of
tornadoes. In one instance, a schoolhouse was demolished while the 85 students
originally inside it were carried more than 400 feet with none killed. There was also
a case of five railway coaches, each weighs 70 tons, lifted from their tracks.
44. Line ____ : _________->___________ 48. Line ____: _________->____________
45. Line: ____: _________-> ___________ 49. Line ____ : _________-> ___________
46. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 50. Line ____ : _________-> ___________
47. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 51. Line ____ : _________-> ___________
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52-60. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. (9 points)
Urbanization has been a constant feature in human development for the past ten thousand years. While there has always been the
necessity for a minimum - sometimes a very substantial minimum - of the (52) _______ to work the land, such surplus individuals
as can be sustained have tended to gather in cities. Two thousand years ago, the cities of antiquity formed an administrative (53)
_______ for the surrounding area, and a refuge from attack. In the Middle Ages, it was the city folk (54)_____ were the first to
break the stultifying grip of feudalism, and it was in the cities of Northern Italy that the phenomenon of the Renaissance was born.
Today only a fraction of mankind lives in the country, and the (55) ________ which does so is decreasing. Mega-cities with
populations exceeding ten million are common, and they will become even (56) ______ so over the coming decades. While many
aspects of city life are unattractive - pollution, stress, and separation from nature to name but a few - more and more of humanity
(57) ______ to be choosing an urban existence. Adjusting to this fact is going to be (58) _________ of the major challenges of the
coming century. And what of the country? The (59) _______ are that its relative decline will be reversed as the information
revolution makes it possible to enjoy the benefits of social contact (60) ________ needing to leave one's rural residence.
61- 70. Choose the appropriate words to complete the following passage. (10 points)
Great Britain, the (61) _____ industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading (62) _____ in developing

parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its (63) ______ the British Empire stretched over one-fourth
of the earth's (64) _____. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously (65) _____ in two World Wars. The
second half (66)____ the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation.
The UK currently is weighing the (67) _____ of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain
(68)______ of the EMU for the time (69)______ . Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. Regional assemblies
with (70) ________ degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999.
61. A. minor B. single C. dominant D. principle
62. A. role B. actor C. plays D. character
63. A. best B. high C. zenith D. top
64. A. nations B. surface C. countries D. region
65. A. losing B. missing C. depleted D. lost
66. A. bought B. looked at C. witnessed D. watched
67. A. period B. degree C. heaviness D. weight
68. A. outside B. far C. away D. inside
69. A. now B. being C. remaining D. at hand
70. A. varying B. optional C. various D. varied
71- 80. Read the following passage and answer the questions. Write your answers onto the provided spaces. There is only ONE
ANSWER to each question. (10 points)
Questions Your answers
(71) - Which film allows viewers to appreciate the director's technical skills?
(72) - Which film is so entertaining that its lack of originality is unimportant?
(73) - Which film has a central character whose personality reflects the setting?
(74) - Which film is a greater achievement in terms of planning than of artistic merit?
(75) - Which film interprets a story in a comparatively straightforward manner?
(76) - Which film is criticised for its extravagant production?
(77) - Which film is an older treatment of a recent cinema release?
(78) - Which film is criticised for having a poor script?
(79) - Which film is described as being rather better than many films of its type?
(80) - Which film features characters who care little about the harm they may be doing others?
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A – Abyss : Long before Titanic, director James Cameron made this sweaty, claustrophobic Cold War thriller about oil riggers
and navy experts trying to rescue a nuclear submarine stranded many miles beneath water. The banter and self-deprecating
bravery of foreman- Bud and his men rekindle memories of similarly laconic heroes in movies directed by Howard Hawks.
Production design and special effects are hugely impressive. It's only the dialogue and characterization that creak . For all the
craftsmanship which goes into the film-making, the story itself is strictly B-movie material.
B- The Thin Red Line: The video release of this version of the James Jones novel about the battle for Guadalcanal directed by
Andrew Marton makes a fascinating counterpart to Terrence Malick's new film. Whereas Malick's approach is mystical and
poetic, Marton made a much more conventional war movie albeit one that is often truer to the book. He concentrated on a single
soldier, and on his relationship with his abrasive sergeant. Malick's film is infinitely richer and more complex, but Marton's
version has its moments. The flashback sequence, in which the soldier dreams of the wife he longs for, is handled with a harshness
which arguably works better than Malick's soft-focus imagery of the woman on the swing.
C- On Guard: Loosely based on Paul Feval's 1875 novel, this corny but highly watchable swashbuckler is a cut above most
musketeer adventures It has a consummate villain in Fabrice Luchini's clammy politician, orchestrating death and destruction
behind the scenes Vincent Perez makes an exuberant (if rather short-lived) hero, and while Daniel Auteuil is perhaps too moody a
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presence for a romp like this, he too has his moments as an acrobat-turned-swordsman. The film-makers peddle costume-drama
cliches with so much wit and sparkle it never seems to matter.
D- Character: A handsome but dour tale, set in turn-of-the-century Rotterdam. The excessively detailed production and costume
design leave the film looking like a museum piece. Taking his cue from the surroundings, Jan Decleir is endlessly morose as the
brutal bailiff Dreverhaven, who behaves ruthlessly when evicting tenants. His antagonistic relationship with his son is at the core
of the story, but the film-makers seem too busy laying on the period detail to do justice to the dark and vicious parable.

E - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: This digitally re-mastered video re-release shows off director Leone's craftsmanship to its
best advantage. The sound editing, in particular, stands out every footstep, creaking floorboard or barking dog registers loud and
clear. The storytelling is relentlessly cruel and whenever there's a lull, it only takes a burst of Morricone's magnificent music to
quicken the pulse on a moral level. There isn't much to distinguish between the good (Clint Eastwood), the bad (Lee van Cleef)
and the ugly (Ell Wallach), all of whom seem equally unscrupulous as they maraud across the post Civil War West.
F - The Longest Day: 'Forty-eight International stars' trumpets the publicity for this three-hour Darryl Zanuck war epic. With four
directors and 23,000 extras as well, this is one pudding which is definitely over-egged. The early sequences, in which the battle-
hardened veterans wait for confirmation of when the invasion will happen, drag as much for the audience as for the soldiers. On a
logistical level (if not an aesthetic one), this is an impressive enough feat but it cries out for the big screen. Panned and scanned on
video, it is inevitably a diminished experience.
81- 87. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not alter the word given.
(7 points)
81. It was so hot that she fainted.
-> (if) She ………………….………………………….. it hadn’t been so hot.
82. It was almost dark that we got home.
-> (until) It was not ……………………..…………..………… we got home.
83. All the guests enjoyed themselves at home apart from George.
-> (who) George was the ……………………….……..enjoy himself at home.
84. She just looks like my cousin Mary.
-> (reminds) She …………………………………………… my cousin Mary.
85. I’d rather not go out this evening.
-> (feel) I ……………………………………………………. out this evening.
86. Martha wasn’t surprised at all that you got the highest prize at the competition.
-> (came) It …………………………………………………… you got the highest prize at the competition.
87. It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.
-> ( as) Sad …………………………………………………………………. this year
88- 94. Rewrite each sentence so that it has similar meaning and contains the word in bold .Do not alter the word given.
(7 points)
88. Nobody at all came to the meeting.
-> (single) ……………………………………………………………………..

89. I can’t bear so much pollution.
-> (put) ………………………………………………………………………..
90. We paid a visit to my aunt on her birthday.
-> (called)………………………………………………………………………
91. Last year they painted our house.
-> (had)…………………………………………………………………………
92. The book you lent me was not as good as I expected it to be.
-> (live) ………………………………………………………………………..
93. You can stay with us for a week.
-> (put) ………………………………………………………………………..
94. In this area, Thailand is much better than all other countries in football.
-> (shoulders)…………………………………………………………………
95- 100. Put the words in order and make sentences. (6 points)
95- 96. else / to / better / Sarah / has / one / go / everyone / always / than /./
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97- 98. to / to / worse / going / be / bad / Conditions / seem / from /./
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99- 100. the / tried / to / best / we / was / make / bad / a / job / weather / The / of / bad / but /./
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TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN KỲ THI OLYMPIC NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
ANSWER KEY
There are 100 points in this test. For each correct answer, the student gets a point. The raw score then is converted according to the
scale of mark 20. All other correct answers which are not mentioned here are acceptable. It is advisable for the teachers to discuss
if there is an alternative answer different from the given answer.
1. B. maths
2. D. engage
3. B. envious
4. C. gamekeeper

5. D. laugh
6. A. trustworthy
7. C. optimistic
8. B. frontier
9. D. innovative
10. A. eligible
11. C. being able
12. A. he
13. C. awe
14. D. counter
15. C. be set up
16. C. construction
17. C. all the same
18. D. escaped
19. B. whereby
20. C. bound
21. A. to be informed
22. D. swing
23. Doubtless/Undoubtedly
24. terrified
25. psychologists
26. irrational
27. combination
28. insecticide
29. infestations
30. preferable
31. feed on
32. pulling down
33. breaking off
34. dying out

35. prey on
36. eat away at
37. washing away
38. dry up
39. met
40. high
41. face
42. life
43. call
44. line 1 – know -> known
45. line 2 – feature -> features
46. line 4 – imaginative -> imaginary
47. line 5 – like -> as
48. line 6 – rapid -> rapidly
49. line 8 – mostly -. almost
50. line 10 – the -> a
51. line 13 – weighs -> weighing
52. population
53. center
54. who
55.proportion
56.more
57.seems/appears
58.one
59.chances
60.without
61. C. dominant
62. A. role
63. C. zenith
64. B. surface

65. C. depleted
66. C. witnessed
67. B. degree
68. A. outside
69. B. being
70. A. varying
71 E
72 C
73 D
74 F
75 B
76 F
77 B
78 A
79 C
80 E
81.wouldn’t have fainted if
82. until it was almost dark that
83. only guest who/ that didn’t
84. reminds me of
85. don’t feel like/ up to going
86. came as no surprise to Marta that
87. as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down
88. Not a single person came to the meeting.
89. I can’t put up with so much pollution.
90. We called on my aunt on her birthday.
91. Last year we had our house painted.
92. The book you lent me didn’t live up to my expectation.
93. We can put you up for a week.
94. In this area, Thailand is head and shoulders above all other

countries in football.
95- 96. Sarah always has to go one better than everyone else.
97-98. Conditions seem to be going from bad to worse.
99 -100. The weather was bad, but we tried to make the best of
a bad job.
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