Thi Olympic Tieng Anh Lop 11 Keydoc

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PART I: PHONOLOGY:

A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounceddifferently from that of the others:

1. A. dinosaur B. diorite C. diode D. dint2. A. baths B. bathymetry C. clothier D. thaw

3. A. close B. close-up C. nosegay D. nosy4. A. huddle B. hooch C. hoody D.hautboy5. A. tear B. teasel C. tearful D. teargland6. A. clime B. clinch C. cling D. clinic7. A. tomb B. tomboy C. tombstone D.comb8. A. dangle B. Danish C. dapper D. slap9. A. chemosphere B. chenille C. machine D.chauvinism10. A. leisure B. occasion C. cosy D. usualB. Underline the stressed syllables of the following words:

1. Twinborn 2. Parachute 3. Psychiatry 4. Memorial 5. Secession 6.Seclusionist

7. Fanaticise 8. Conctative 9. Canasta 10. VerbatimPART TWO: VOCABULARY:A. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets:1. The _________ accused the government of an evasion of responsibility.

(OPPOSE)2. Two members of the expedition died from _________. (EXHAUST)3. Carol's new catering business turned out to be very ___________. ( BENEFIT)

4. The weather _________ changes for the worse whenever we go on holiday.(VARY)5. We have already made _________ progress towards solving the problem.

(SUBSTANCE)6. You can travel from one end of the park to the other on a __________ railway.

(MINIMISE)7. At the moment there is no _________ of the Prime Minister resigning. (LIKE)8. Is it possible to _________ between a hobby and an interest ? (DISTINCT)9. Our city has some open spaces, but they are not very __________. (ACCESS)10. Two people have been arrested for illegal possession of _________ in a

police raid. (ARM)B. Choose the most suitable word or phrase:1. I only ________ we were running low on petrol after we had passed the last

filling station.A. observed B. witnessed C. beheld D.noticed

2. Peter agreed reluctantly to sign the form but looked extremely ill at______________.A. agreement B. ease C. heart D. soul

3. Kate spent the morning __________ along the sea-front.A. hiking B. rambling C. strolling D.

crawling4. We decided to celebrate by going out and painting the town ___________.A. red B. purple C. gold D.brown

5. The bus stopped at the traffic lights with a ___________ of the brakes.


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A. screech B. howl C. crash D. grind6. The saucepans fell onto the floor with a great _____________.

A. clatter B. rattle C. crunch D.squeak

7. With the end of childhood, and the onset of_________ , young peopleexperience profound changes.

A. teenage B. childhood C. middle-age D.adolescence8. Jean has a very easy-going _________ , which is why she is so popular.

A. role B. characteristic C. personality D.reputation

9. The barman began to ________ his fists in a threatening manner so I left.A. gather B. fold C. bundle D.clench

10. We have just having a friendly _________ about football.A. chat B. whisper C. gossip D. report

PART III: GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES:

A. Put a suitable word or phrase in each space so that the sentence contains aphrasal verb:

1. The exact total _________ at just over $750.2. We are having our living room _________________.3. The crisis was ______________ by Brenda's resignation.4. The plan ______________ at the last minute.5. Sue is ________________ well with her new job.6. I think you _____________ the whole story.7. Guess who I ____________ at the supermarket yesterday afternoon.8. Don't worry about that missing book, it's bound to __________ sooner or later.

9. An inquiry into the accident has been _____________.10. Don't be ____________ by her apparent shyness.B. Supply an appropriate form or tense of the verbs in brackets:1. Have you tried __________ ( windsurf ). It's great.2. She is considered ________ (be) the finest pianist of her generation.3. How dare you __________ (speak) like that to the headmaster ?4. Having been abandoned by his colleagues, the Minister was forced ________

(resign).5. I'll get round to _________ (do) the washing up sooner or later.6. Here is the news. The Home Office _________ (announce) that the two

prisoners who _________(escape) from Dartmoor prison earlier this

morning_________ (give themselves up) to the local police.7. - Who are you ?

- What do you mean ? I _________(live) here.8. Don't phone after 11.00. I __________ (be) asleep.

C. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverbial particle:1. I'm very glad to get this awful business ______ with.2. I can offer you a temporary job ________ a clerk.3. Queen Victoria was not amused ________ naughty stories.4. I think the chief let us go simply _____ ______ sympathy for our plight.5. Everyone was shocked _______ hearing your bereavement.6. Herbert was a man _______ few words but he was a man _______ a sense of

when to say the right thing.7. Every vote ________ me will be a vote ________ the party I oppose.8. I was totally baffled _________ Tim's behavior.


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9. Stop running everybody __________.10. Guess who turned __________ at our party last night? Your ex-boyfriend,

Harry.D. Supply the missing word(s):1. ______ he stayed up late for film last night, he would be tired now.2. She is considering not _______________.

3. Although he had run as fast as he __________, he only placed fourth in therace.

4. _________ eaten and drunk too much the night before, he woke up with aheadache.

5. If she knew _______ to drive, he would lend her his car.6. "Here is a message on my desk". It may be concluded that , "my friend

_______ have called me last night."7. There is no ____________ in going in Mary's car if there is no parking space.8. _____________ early the following year was he able to take up the post.9. _____________ had the doctor fallen asleep when the phone woke him up.10.To __________, it was rather disappointing.PART FOUR: COMPREHENSION:A. Read each of the following selections carefully. After each

selection, there are questions to be answered or statements to becompleted. Choose the best answer:

Passage 1: One man's productivity, however, varies greatly from country tocountry. It depends on the amount of assistance the average worker is given inthe form of machinery - that is to say, on the horsepower per head. It dependsalso - and this may be a point of growing importance - on the spirit and staminaof the workers. The industrial workers of certain countries have been workingunder heavy strain for many years. During that time they have been badly fed.

Moreover, the countries referred to have become independent in a significantdegree on slave labour, the inefficiency of which is notorious.1. The main topic of this passage is

A. machinery makes the difference B. horse power per headC. worker productivity D. the importance of spirit andstamina

2. The author implies thatA. workers have neglected their health B. slaves are weakC. machinery adds one horsepower to each worker D. working under strainreduce output

3. Productivityas used in this passage is most nearly similar in meaning toA. horsepower per head B. output under strainC. stamina D. efficiency

Passage 2: Much has sometimes been made of the great importance forhuman evolution of the hand with its opposable thumb; it was important,certainly, but only as the servant of the growing brain. The hands of the highermonkeys would be perfectly capable of the finest skills had they a mind to setthem to work; monkeys could be watchmakers had they ever conceived thenotion of time.

A further stimulus to mental growth was given our ancestors when they leftthe trees and a mainly vegetarian diet and began to adapt themselves to living

in relatively open country and eating meat. Undoubtedly meat's nutritive value,so much greater than thatof herbs and fruit, relieved them of the necessary of perpetual eating. Moreimportant, the need for a creature with a relatively flat muzzle and no sharpclaws or canine teeth to kill, skin and break up animal food must have led first


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to the use and then to the manufacture of tools.4. The most important element in human evolution, according to the author,was a

A. growing brain B. sharpening of sightC. flexible hand D. opposite thumb

5. It can be inferred that when man learned to eat meat, he

A A. improve his brain B. spent less time eatingC. suffered nutritionally D. was equipped to obtainanimal food6. Man's beginning to eat meat had as its first direct consequence

A. a flat muzzle B. canine teethC. the use of tools D. increased barbarity

B. Choose the most suitable word for each space:Someone once described the age we live in as that of a vanishing world,

one in which the familiar is constantly disappearing for ever and technologicalchange is often difficult to (1)____with. So it should come as no surprise to mostof us to hear that yet another part of everyday life is (2)______ to go for ever.Still, when I read recently that within the next decade money as we (3)______ itwill probably cease to exist to technologically advanced countries, I had to readthe article twice to make sure it wasn't April 1st (4)______ to Professor GerryMontague of the Institute for Economic Reform, the familiar (5)____andbanknotes will soon be replaced entirely by credit cards of various kinds. Andthe shop of the future (the 'retail outlet' as Prof. Montague put it) will be(6)______ directly to the network of banking computers. The assistant willsimply key in your bank account code number and the (7)______ you havespent, and thank you politely. You won't have to dig deep in your (8)_____ forchange or pretend at the pub that you have left your money at home. You may

not even have a number for your (9)______ as such, as the computer may bythen be able to read your handprint. So no morecredit card frauds (10)______ . But I am afraid that I shall (11)______ money. Ihave felt strongly attached to it, ever since I received my first pocket moneywhen I was five, and kept it in a money-box. Even if my credit card of the futurewill be able to tell me exactly how much (12)_____ power I have left in thecomputer files, even if it lights up and plays a happy (or sad) tune at the sametime, nothing will be able to replace the sheer pleasure I gained from (13)____

The coins in my money-box. Not to (14)______ the other obvious problemswhich will be caused by (15)______ of real money - like how to start a footballmatch, for example!

1) A. keep B. manage C. cope D. survive2) A. about B. almost C. ready D.tending3) A. earn B. know C. use D. need4) A. Thanks B. Contrary C. According to D.Accustomed5) A. banks B. coins C. change D.pence6) A. taken B. alone C. responsible D.linked7) A. money B. charge C. cost D.amount8) A. pockets B. wallet C. cheque book D. cash9) A. wealth B. savings C. account D.payment


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10) A. arrested B. either C. stolen D. however11) A. miss B. spend C. waste D. borrow12) A. more B. financial C. economical D.spending13) A. rattling B. withdrawing C. estimating D.throwing

14) A. tell B. confront C. guess D. mention15) A. a shortage B. an expense C. an absenceD.a replacementC. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE appropriate word:

The computer has brought nothing (1)______problems to the world of thetwentieth century.

Chief among the problems has (2)____the dehumanization of society. Peopleare no (3)____ human. Each of us is a series of numbers, numbers to be fed intocomputers. There are our credit card numbers, our bank account (4)______ , oursocial security numbers, our telephone and electricity numbers - the computernumber game is endless.

What happens to these computerized numbers ? They are distributed to anetwork of government agencies and business (5)______can use them to invadeour privacy. The Internal Revenue Service stores millions of facts about everycitizen. Credit agencies exchange (6)____ on the spending and saving practicesof nearly every American adult. Mailing lists are (7)_____ available bycomputers to dozens of organizations, public and private, who bombard us withunwanted mail.

Just let the computer which stores (8)______ concerning our accounts, let ussay with a credit card company, make an error and it is almost impossible tocorrect it. The result is an avalanche of bills, threads, and loss of credit

standing.The computer has thrown thousands of people out of (9)______ . The gamutof computer- generated unemployed runs from highly skilled technicians totypists.

These are some of the reasons why I feel that the (10)______ of thecomputer has been detrimental to the quality of our life in the twentiethcentury.D. There are 11 errors in the following passage. Identify, then underline andcorrect them:O is an example:

Drug abuse is like a communicable disease it spreads - by example, byword of mouth, and by imitation. Drug abuse is certainly increasing, but so are

the number of young people who has tried drugs and want out. As we providetreatment services for them. These young people become able to tell otheryouth that the drug scene is not as great as they thought they was, before theygot hooked. And, of greater importance, they are beleived by theircontemporaries before experimentation become habit.

Parents can help use drug usage by setting example, by knowledge, and byunderstanding. If they are to talk to their children about drugs, they must beinformed, usually they know far less about drugs than do their children.

Ideally, before their child is tempted to experiment, they will have be ableto explain to him the undesirability of the drugged life. What is even moreconvincing to young people, they will have been able to communicate of himthe actual damage that a drug abuser does to their body.PART FIVE: WRITING:

A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it meansexactly the same as the sentence printed before it:


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1. The keeper had no sooner opened the cage door than the lion attacked him.Hardly _______________________________________________________.

2. No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh City.Ho Chi Minh City is ______________________________.

3. They produce a lot of paper, so they need a lot of wood pulp.The more _________________________________________.

4. We spent our childhood in that beautiful mountain resort, and we alwaysremember it.We always ____________________________________________________________.

5. She insisted that she should be called Joyce.She insisted on ______________________.

6. It might be a good idea to use honey instead of sugar.Why _______________________________________.

7. When you lie, some gestures can show you are lying.Some gestures _______________________________.

8. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.At no _____________________________________.

9. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band's decision to stopplaying.

The moment ________________________________________________________.10. The only way to eliminate world terrorism is by untied opposition.

Only by _______________________________________________.B. Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. Do not alter

these words:1. Whatever difficulties Anna had, she still attended university. (SHINE)2. I can imagine how worried Barbara's husband was. (MUST)3. These things must be done, so make sure that they are. (SEE)

4. Nobody does her any harm. (FINGER)5. The price of the house has been reduce as much as possible because theowner needs some money. (BONE)

6. I am sure the entertainer will cheer them up. (BOUND)7. You haven't explained exactly how the money disappeared. (ACCOUNTED)8. You can't get to the village in winter because of the snow. (ACCESS)9. I realised I had said something wrong. (CONSCIOUS)10. The whole team was in a happy mood. (SPIRITS)KEY:PART I. PHONOLOGY: (10 m. 0.5 for each correct word)

A. 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. CB. 1. Twinborn 2. Parachute 3. Psychiatry 4. Memorial 5. Secession 6.Seclusionist 7. Fanaticise 8. Conctative 9. Canasta 10.VerbationPART II: VOCABULARY: (10m. 0.5 for each)A. 1. opposition 2. exhaustion 3. beneficial 4. invariably 5. substantial 6.miniature 7. likelihood 8. distinguish 9. accessible 10. armamentB. 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A 6.A 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. APART III: GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE: ( 20 m - 0.5 for each )A. 1) worked out 2) done up 3) brought about 4) fell through 5) getting on6) made up 7) ran into/ came across 8) turn up 9) set up 10) taken inB. 1) windsurfing 2) to be 3) speak 4) to resign 5) doing 6) hasannounced - escaped - having given themselves up. 7) live 8) shall beC. 1) over 2) as 3) by 4) out of 5) at 6) of - with 7) against - for / for-against


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8) by 9) down 10) upD. 1) Had 2) going 3) could 4) Having 5) how 6) must 7) point 8) Notuntil 9) Hardly/ Scarcely 10) To tell the truthPART IV: COMPREHENSION ( 20m. 0.5 for each)A. Passage 1: 1. C 2. D 3. D

Passage 2: 4. A 5.B 6. C

B. 1.C 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.B 6.D 7.D 8.A 9.C 10.B 11.A 12.D 13.A 14.D 15. CC. 1) but 2) been 3) longer 4) numbers 5) which 6) information 7)made 8) data 9) work 10) advent

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D. 0) it -> which 1) are -> is 2) has -> have 3) they -> it 4) beleived ->believed 5) become -> becomes 6) use -> prevent 7) by setting -> by 8) be-> been 9) their body -> his body 10) be -> beenPART V: WRITING: (20m. , 1 m. for each correct sentence)A.1. Hardly had the keeper opened the cage door when the lion attacked him.2. HCM City is larger than any other city in Vietnam.3. The more paper they produce, the more wood pulp they need.4. We always remember spending our childhood in that beautiful mountain

resort.5. She insisted on being called Joyce.

6. Why don't you try using honey instead of sugar .7. Some gestures can give you away when you lie.8. At no time did he suspect (that) the money had been stolen.9. The moment I got up to dance the band stopped playing10. Only by united opposition can/will/could we eliminate world terrorism.B.1. Anna still attended university (come) rain or shine.2. Barbara's husband must have been very worried.3. You must see to it that these things are done.4. Nobody has laid a finger on her.5. The house has been cut to the bone because the owner needs some money.

6. The entertainer is/will be bound to cheer them up.7. You haven't accounted exactly for the disappearance of the money.8. There is no access to the village in winter.9. I was conscious of having said something wrong.10. The whole team was in good spirits.

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