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(Tailieudieuky.com) Đề Thi Olympic 30 Tháng 4 Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh Mở Rộng - Năm 2021 Môn Tiếng Anh 11
(Tailieudieuky.com) Đề Thi Olympic 30 Tháng 4 Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh Mở Rộng - Năm 2021 Môn Tiếng Anh 11
B. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage.
There are two extra words that you cannot use.
mammal usual expense hot absorb heat
understand normal built adapt cold depth
Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of (1)______ for reducing the effects of extreme
(2)______. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun’s rays. Desert mammals also
depart from the normal (3)______ practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the
body temperature (4)______ inside the body, which would involve the (5)______ of water and energy, desert mammals
allow their temperatures to rise to what would (6)______ be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius
have been measured in Grant’s gazelles. The (7)______ body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed
the temperature may fall (8)______ low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is an advantage since
the heat of the first few hours of daylight is (9)______ in warming up the body, and an excessive (10)______ of heat does
not begin until well into the day.
PASSAGE B
On January 15th 2009 US Airways (1)______ 1549 crash-landed on the Hudson River in New York City. Due to a
combination of (2)______ skill in pure luck, everyone on the plane (3)______ the accident. And it’s safe to guess that
most, if not (4)______ of them, changed the way they think about their lives as a result.
Although it is an (5)______ that he hadn’t wanted to have, Ric Elias learned a lot that day. He says that three
important lessons (6)______ out of that terrifying moment. The first is that in a life-or-death situation, “everything changes
in an (7)______.” He realized that it was important to do the things he wanted to do (8)______ postponing them.
As the (9)______ went down, the second lesson Elias learnt was that it was important to eliminate negative
energy from his life. He saw that he had (10)______ too much time on winning arguments and feeling important. Now, he
says, “I no (11)______ try to be right, I choose to be happy.”
The final important lesson Elias learned was that although it wasn’t frightening to look death in the (12)______, it
was sad. He realized the only thing he wanted was to see his children (13)______ up. He understood that “the only thing
that (14)______ in my life is being a great dad.” He encourages other parents to be the best mothers and fathers they can
be, above all (15)______.
1. “Don’t disobey me, or I’ll stop your pocket money,” said Jane’s father. (if)
Jane’s father _______________________________ him.
2. Someone is making a new pair of dining room curtains for us. (made)
We _______________________________ for dining room.
3. Pollution may be responsible for the dolphins’ loss of immunity to the virus. (blame)
We may _______________________________ the dolphins’ loss of immunity to the virus.
4. Most people consider Mr. Jarvis to be the best dentist in town. (widely)
Mr. Jarvis _______________________________ town’s best dentist.
5. You may dislike folk music very much, but you’ll like this particular band. (however)
You are _______________________________
6. You scarcely ever see owls during the daytime. (few)
Only _______________________________ during the daytime.
7. After 10 minutes, waiting began to depress Kathy. (fed)
Kathy _______________________________ after she’d been waiting ten minutes.
8. Providing everyone agrees, next week’s meeting will be cancelled. (held)
Unless _______________________________ next week.
9. Reports say that the invading army left the city early this morning. (have)
The invading army _______________________________ early this morning.
10. I inherited this old table from my grandmother. (handed)
This _______________________________ by my grandmother.
PASSAGE B
(1) flight (9) (air/aero)plane / aircraft / airliner
(2) pilot / great (10) wasted / spent
(3) survived (11) longer
(4) all (12) eye(s) / face
(5) experience (13) grow
(6) came (14) matters
(7) instant (15) else
(8) without
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