KỲ THI OLYMPIC Tiếng Anh - LỚP 10

       SỞ GD & ĐT HÀ NỘI                                       KỲ THI OLYMPIC CÁC MÔN VĂN HÓA

TRƯỜNG THPT THĂNG LONG                                     NĂM HỌC 2015-2016

                                                                                    ĐỀ THI MÔN: Tiếng Anh - LỚP 10

Đề thi có 5 trang, gồm 100 câu

Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

Điểm	Chữ ký GK

Phách:

 

I. PHONETICS

A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each question.

1.     A. remote                               B. control                             C. connect                            D. personal

2.     A. birthday                            B. firm                                  C. chirrup                             D. term

3.     A. possess                              B. brass                                C. moss                                D. gross

4.     A. stooge                               B. proof                                C. gooey                               D. hookworm

5.     A. measure                             B. dreadful                           C. treasure                            D. breathe

B. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest in the question.

6.     A. collection                          B. magazine                         C. electronic                         D. entertain

7.     A. agricultural                        B. environmental                  C. biological                         D. geographical

8.     A. volcano                             B. compulsory                      C. necessity                          D. stationary

9.     A. telegraph                           B. commercial                      C. monitor                            D. industry

10.   A. effectiveness                     B. accountancy                    C. satisfaction                      D. appropriate

II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences.

11.   After the flash flood, all the drains were overflowing ____________ storm water.

        A. from                                  B. with                                 C. by                                    D. for

12.   Would you mind _____________ me a favour and posting this letter for me?

        A. making                              B. doing                               C. getting                             D. giving

13.   She brought _____________ to her country as an Olympic medal – winner.

        A. victory                              B. champion                         C. promotion                        D. honour

14.   Of the six people in the plane when it crashed, only one _______________ .

        A. existed                              B. lived                                C. hurt                                  D. survived

15.  _____________ been diverted, they would have arrived early.

        A. Hadn’t the plane               B. Had the plane not            C. The plane had not            D. The plane not had

16.   She wondered whether she'd be able to __________ with three children and a frisky dog on a three- hundred- mile drive.

        A. look after                          B. measure up                      C. be equal                           D. cope 

17.   Marge’s children are used to ________ after school every day. They don’t have to walk home.

        A. picking up                         B. being picked up               C. be picked up                    D. pick up

18.   ____________ the public concern about the local environment, this new road scheme will have to be abandoned.

        A. In view of                         B. As regards                       C. In the event of                 D. However much

19.   If you ____________ to my advice in the first place, you _____________ in this mess right now.

        A. listen/ won’t be                                                              B. listened/ wouldn’t have been     

        C. will listen/ wouldn’t be                                                  D. had listened/ wouldn’t be

20.   Rescue teams continue to search for the people who got lost during the avalanche, but after so many days hopes are _____________

        A. dying away                       B. flying away                     C. fading                              D. disappearing 

21.   I'd sooner they _____________ deliver the new furniture tomorrow.

        A. wouldn't                           B. shouldn't                          C. didn't                               D. mustn't   

22.   Why don't you have a night out? It would take your ______________  off your worries.

        A. thoughts                            B. head                                 C. mind                                D. heart 

23.     My new glasses cost me ______________ the last pair that I bought last month.

          A. more than three times                                                  B. three times as much as 

          C. more than three times                                                  D. more three times than

24.     The painting which was believed to be by Monet turned out to be a ______________  .

          A. forgery                            B. falsehood                         C. pretence                           D. mistake 

25.     Certain pollens are more likely _______________ .

          A. to be caused an allergic reaction than others               B. to cause an allergic reaction as others 

          C. to cause an allergic reaction than others                      D. for an allergic reaction to be caused than others

26.     _____________ in 1912 that Titanic sank while crossing the Atlantic.

          A. When it was                    B. When was                        C. Being                               D. It was

27.     In spite of _____________, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.

          A. her old age                      B. her age                             C. her age old                       D. old age 

28.     ____________ big books on ____________ table are for my history class.

          A. The/ a                              B. A/the                               C. -/the                                 D. The/the 

29.     Music is clearly different_____________ language.

          A. with                                B. from                                 C. in                                     D. of

30.     Mary Smith decided to give up her job for the _____________ of her children.

          A. reason                             B. concern                            C. sake                                 D. care

B. Complete the passage by putting a suitable preposition in each space.

31. Her bright red hair made her stand _____________ from the others.          

32. I applied for a part – time job at the supermarket. They’re going to take me _____________.                 

33. The sorrow of separation is still present ______________ my memory.             

34. Brown’s business is not going well; he is finding it difficult to keep his head _____________ water.

35. Are you willing to make___________ the whole property to your brother?       

36. The workforce felt that they had been bullied _____________ accepting the new contract by the management.  

37. They had to call _____________ the football match because of the bad weather.       

38. The Vietnamese people successfully carried ______________ the August Revolution in 1945.    

39. She has gone ________________ a terrible illness.   

40. When I saw the house ______________ fire, I didn’t know what to do.       

C. Use the words in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Vietnamese people generally shake hands when greeting and (41)____________________. Using both hands showing respect, as a slight bow of             PART

the head. In rural areas, elderly people who do not extend their hand are greeted with a slight bow. Women are more likely to bow their head (42)______________________________ than to shake hands. Vietnamese names               SLIGHT

begin with the family name and are followed by a given name. People address one another by their given names, but add a title that indicates their perceived (43)________________________ to the other person. These title are family related             RELATION

rather  than (44) ________________________. Among colleagues, for example,                 PROFESSION

the younger of  the two might combine the given name with the title of Anh (“Older Brother”). A basic (45)_________________________ combined with the given                   GREET

name and the title is Xin chao (“Hello”). Classifiers for gender and (46)_________________________________ are also combined with the greeting.               FAMILIAR                            

In formal meetings, business cards are sometimes exchanged on greeting. Vietnamese have a strong sense of (47)_________________________________                  HOSPITABLE

and feel (48) _________________________ if they cannot show their guests full                EMBARRASS

respect by preparing for their arrival. Therefore, it is (49)___________________________ to visit a home without having been invited.              APPROPRIATE                  

Gifts are not required, but are appreciated. Flowers, incense, or tea may be appropriate gifts for the hosts. Hosts also appreciate a small gift for their children or (50) _____________________parents.                                                                                    ELDER                                                                                                           

 

III. READING

A. Read the following passages and choose the best opinion to complete the blank or answer the questions.

         The ocean bottom – a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth – is a vast frontier that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago, the deep – ocean floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally without light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth’s surface, the deep – ocean bottom is a hostile environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.

         Although researchers have taken samples of deep – ocean rocks and sediments for over a century, the first detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation’s Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP’s drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean’s surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.

         The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15 – year research program that ended in November 1983. During this time, the vessel logged 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 core samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world. The Glomar Challenger’s core samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will probably look like millions of years in the future. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger’s voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.

         The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also yielded information critical to understanding the world’s past climates. Deep – ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion and the intense chemical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land – based evidence of past climates. This record has already provided insights into the patterns and causes of past climatic change – information that may be used to predict future climates.

51. The author refers to the ocean bottom as a “frontier” because it………………

   A. is an unknown territory.                                                           B. contains a wide variety of life forms

   C. attracts courageous explorers.                                                  D. is not a popular area for scientific research

52. The word “inaccessible” is closest in meaning to ………………

   A. unrecognizable                      B. unreachable                           C. unusable                       D. unsafe

53. The author mentions outer space in the first paragraph because…………………

   A. the Earth’s climate millions of years ago was similar to conditions in outer space

   B. it is similar to the ocean floor in being alien to the human environment

   C. rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor

   D. techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration

54. Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?

   A. It is a type of submarine                                                          B. It is an ongoing project

   C. It has gone on over 100 voyages                                              D. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968

55. The word “extracting” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________________.

   A. breaking                                B. locating                                  C. removing                      D. analyzing

56. The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was ________________.

   A. an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas             B. the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom

   C. composed of geologists from all over the world         D. funded entirely by the gas and oil industry

57. The word “strength” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to________________.

   A. basis                                      B. purpose                                  C. discovery                      D. endurance

58. The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ________________.

   A. years                                      B. climates                                 C. sediments                     D. cores

59. The DSDP can be said to be ________________ in terms of geological exploration.

   A. of crucial importance            B. a waste of time and effort     C. a great success              D. a total flop

 

60. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep Sea Drilling Project?

   A. Geologists were able to determine the Earth’s appearance hundreds of millions of years ago.

   B. Two geological theories became more widely accepted by scientists.

   C. Information was revealed about the Earth’s past climatic changes.

   D. Geologists observed forms of marine life never before seen.

B. Fill in each space with one suitable word.

Many years ago people believed that all (61)____________________ the heavenly bodies moved around the earth. As we watch the sun rise and set and the stars move across the sky, it is easy to see (62)_________________ the ancient people believed (63)_________________ they did.
      Today we know that the earth and many of the other heavenly bodies move around the sun. The sun and all of the heavenly bodies (64)__________________  moves around it make up the solar system. Since we owe almost everything we have on this earth to the sun, it is really the most (65)___________________   member of the solar system.
      (66)___________________ the sun's light, this would be a dark and gloomy world. Day and night might have become (67)___________________  a habit with us that it is hard to imagine living without (68)______________________ . Our plants need light to make their food. We need light for our health, work and play. A small amount of light comes to us from other stars (69)_____________________  the sun, but this light alone would not be (70)____________________  for living things to grow.

C. Choose the best answers to complete the reading passage.

Medical science has made enormous advances in the twentieth century. Most of the great ‘killer' diseases have been (71)___________ , and almost every day a new drug appears on the market. But the medical profession is (72)___________  a crisis of confidence. Surveys indicate that less than 40% of people really trust their family doctor. People are (73)__________  away from conventional medicine to look for alternative forms of treatment. The main reason for this is that conventional medicine has (74)___________  to satisfy the needs of the (75)___________  of people. In spite of the apparent progress made by medical science, we are actually less healthy than our parents or grandparents. Medical students are taught that diseases are (76)___________  by germs, viruses and toxins. Therefore treatment must (77)___________  on attacking these things. The mind and the emotions are not thought to play any part in the disease process. But people who practise ‘natural' medicine (78)___________  with this principle, and try to treat the whole person. They believe that personality and lifestyle are important when considering a patient's (79)__________  health. Some conventional doctors are beginning to (80)________  that there is a lot of truth in these ideas, and believe that natural medicine can be a valuable aid. Others still regard it as a dangerous threat to their profession.

71.	A. erased	B. broken	C. defeated	D. won
72.	A. experiencing	B. bearing	C. living	D. holding
73.	A. taking	B. turning	C. growing	D. coming
74.	A. failed	B. missed	C. stopped	D. lost
75.	A. lot	B. largest	C. most	D. majority
76.	A. made	B. brought	C. involved	D. caused
77.	A. function	B. try	C. aim	D. concentrate
78.	A. disagree	B. dislike	C. object	D. reject
79.	A. normal	B. typical	C. common	D. general
80.	A. recognise	B. know	C. observe	D. view

IV. WRITING

A. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes write their correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

Traditionally, mental test have been divided into two types. Achievement tests are designed to measure acquiring skills and knowledge, particularly those that have been explicitness taught. The proficiency exams required by few states for high school graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed and measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills but knowledge. For example, vocation aptitude tests can help you decide whether you would do better like a mechanic or musician. However, all mental tests are in some sense achievement tests because they assumption some sort of past learning or experience with certainly objects, words, or situations. The difference between achievement and aptitude tests is the degree and intention use.

0) test  =>  tests 81) _______________ 82) _______________ 83) _______________ 84) _______________ 85) _______________ 86) _______________ 87) _______________ 88) _______________ 89) _______________ 90) _______________

 

B. Rewrite the sentences with the given word at the beginning or in brackets in such a way that their meaning remain unchanged.

91. Have you ever used gestures to communicate before?

- Is _____________________________________________________________________________________?

92. It is said that he made a serious mistake.

- He ____________________________________________________________________________________

93. People will be forced to use computers. They know they have no choice.

- Knowing _______________________________________________________________________________

 94. “I won’t answer any questions,” said the arrested man.

- The arrested man _________________________________________________________________________

95. Kate swam a length of the pool. No other girls as young as her did that.

- Kate ___________________________________________________________________________________

96. Nothing would induce him to leave the house without locking the door. (CIRCUMSTANCES)

- Under __________________________________________________________________________________

97. Mary thought it would be a good idea for me to see a doctor. (ADVISED)

-  ______________________________________________________________________________________

98. Jane is very likely to be promoted. (STANDS)

-  _______________________________________________________________________________________

99. The neighbors will look after our house while we are away. (EYE)

- The neighbors ___________________________________________________________________________

100. Tear gas was released as soon as the thieves touched the safe. (SOONER)

- No ____________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

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SỞ GD & ĐT HÀ NỘI                                        KỲ THI OLYMPIC CÁC MÔN VĂN HÓA

TRƯỜNG THPT THĂNG LONG                                         NĂM HỌC 2015-2016

                                                                            ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM MÔN: Tiếng Anh - LỚP 10

 

(Tổng số câu toàn bài là 100 x 0,2 = 20 điểm)

Làm tròn điểm tổng đến 0,25

Lẻ 0,2 làm tròn thành 0,25

Lẻ 0,4 làm tròn thành 0,5

Lưu ý: Nếu thí sinh có cách viết khác đáp án nhưng đúng ngữ pháp, ngữ nghĩa, vẫn cho điểm tối đa. Nếu sai giới từ hoặc 2 lỗi chính tả trong 1 câu phần viết trừ nửa số điểm trong câu, sai ngữ pháp không cho điểm.

 

1. A	21. C	41. parting	61. of	81. acquiring => acquired
2. C	22. C	42. slightly	62. why	82. explicitness => explicitly
3. A	23. B	43. relationship	63. as	83. few => a few
4. D	24. A	44. professional	64. that/which	84. and => to
5. D	25. C	45. greeting	65. important	85. but => and
6. A	26. D	46. familiarity	66. Without	86. vocation => vocational
7. B	27. A	47. hospitability	67. such	87. like => as
8. D	28. D	48. embarrassed	68. sunshine	88. assumption => assume
9. B	29. B	49. inappropriate	69. besides	89. certainly => certain
10. C	30. C	50. elderly	70. enough	90. intention => intended
11. B	31. stand out	51. A	71. C
12. B	32. take on	52. B	72. A
13. D	33. to be present to the mind	53. B	73. B
14. D	34. to keep one’s head above water	54. D	74. A
15. B	35. make over	55. C	75. D
16. D	36. to bully sb into doing smt	56. B	76. D
17. B	37. call off	57. A	77. D
18. A	38. carry out	58. C	78. A
19. D	39. go through	59. C	79. D
20. C	40. on fire	60. D	80. A

                                                           

91. Is ……it the first time you have used gestures to communicate…?

92. He …is said to have made a serious mistake.

93. Knowing……that they have no choice, people will be forced to use computers…..

94. The arrested man…refused to answer any questions/ said (that) he wouldn’t answer any questions

95. Kate…was the youngest girl to swim a length of the pool….

96. Under…….no circumstances would he leave the house without locking the door……

97. ….Mary advised me to see a doctor…………..

98. …Jane stands on a good chance of being promoted……

99. The neighbors…….will keep an eye on our house while we are away……

100. No……sooner had the thieves touched the safe than tear gas was released…….