ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC 10-3 LẦN 4 NĂM 2019

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 10

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Part 1: PRONUNCIATION: (10 PTS)

1. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group.
1. A. stored B. ploughed C. laughed D. smiled
2. A. candy B. sandy C. many D. handy
3. A. says B. stays C. pays D. plays
4. A. few B. new C. threw D. knew
5. A. thus B. thought C. though D. with
1. C 2.C 3. A 4. C 5. B
2. Pick out the word that stressed differently from the others:
6. A. technology B. comfortable C. activity D. experience
7. A. repair B. harrow C. arrive D. announce
8. A. television B. community C. committee D. advantage
9. A polite B. career C. museum D. politics
10. A. investigate B. information C. submarine D. Independent
6. B 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. A
Part 2: WORD CHOICE: (10 PTS)
1. Choose the best alternative to fill the gap in each of the following sentences:
11. Prevention is better than ________.
A. treatment B. pills C. cure D. doctors
12. It was raining very ________ so I had to wear my raincoat.
A. wet B. badly C. hard D. heavy
13. Siberian tiger are considered________ species.
A. endangered B. danger C. dangerous D. endanger
14.Computers were a wonderful ________
A. inventive B. discover C. invention D. discovery
15. When she answers the phone, she often ________ in a funny accent, which annoys me.
A.repeats B. says C. speaks D. tells
16. I am going to ________all my clothes and decide which to keep and which to give away.
A. get on B. go through C. hand in D. look up
17. Sorry, I'm late, but I had a lot of ________ to do.
A. job B. work C. works D. labour
18. I feel terrible, I didn’t sleep ________ last night.
A. an eye B. a wink C. a jot D. an inch
19. _____ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. On behalf B. In place C. Instead D. On account
20. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly ________ ends meet.
A. work B. do C. make D. let
11. C 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. C
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES: (10 PTS)

21. Alan and Sue ________ an argument. They are not speaking to each other.
 A. must have B. must have had C. might have D. might had
22. I think that the head injury will ________ her for life.
A. deafen B. deaf C. deafness D. deafless
23. _________ do women do all the housework with their hands.
A. No sooner B. Not until C. Only when D. No longer
24. It was ________ that we spent the whole day at the beach.
A. so nice a weather B. such nice weather
C. such nice a weather D. so a nice weather
25. It is important that he ________ to Dr. Baker immediately.
A. will speak B. speaks C. speak D. speaks
26. ________ trying to make him change his mind.
A. It’s no point B. It’s no hope C. It’s useless D. It's no use
27. ________ you to be offered that job, would you have to move to another city?
A. Provided that B. Should C. Were D. Had
28. By the time the boss comes back from England, the work _______.
A. will have been finishing B. will be finishing
C. will have been finished D. will be finished
29. She’d rather ________ a hot beverage during a meal.
A. me not to have B. me did not have C. I did not have D. I do not have
30. . “Your parents must be proud of your result at school.” - ________________ “
A. Sorry to hear that B. Of course
C. I’m glad you like it D. Thanks. It’s certainly encouraging.

21. B 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D
PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS: (10 PTS)
31. - Don’t let the good chance go ________ .
A. by B. on C. over D. off
32. My uncle _______ golf when he retired from work.
A. took on B. took up C. took over D. took after
33. Quite soon, the world is going to _________ energy resources.
A. get into B. run out of C. keep up with D. come up against
34. Poverty and poor health often go hand ________ hand. A. in B. for C. on D. into
35. My parents saw me ________at the railway station. A. in B. for C. up D. off
36. After her mother died, she was raised by her grandparents.
A. grown up B. brought up C. come into D. put up
37. If you do not understand the word "superstitious," look it up in the dictionary.
A. find its meaning b. write it C. draw it D. note it
38. Does this jacket ________ my trousers
A. go with B. go through with C. go ahead D. go off
39. I don’t really know this city. Could you ________ a bit?
A. show me inside B. show me around C. show me down
40. Half of John’s class has _______________ influenza.
A. got down to B. gone down with C. come down with D come up with
31.A 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. A 39. B 40 B

PART III: READING COMPREHENSION: Multiple Choice (20 PTS)

Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for the question below.
THE FIRST PASSAGE
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions from 71 to 80.
Long ago prehistoric man began to domesticate a number of wild plants and animals for his
own use. This not only provided more abundant food but also allowed more people to live on a
smaller plot of ground. We tend to forget that all of our present-day pets, livestock, and food plants
were taken from the wild and developed into the forms we know today.
As centuries passed and human cultures evolved and blossomed, humans began to organise
their knowledge of nature into the broad field of natural history. One aspect of early natural history
concerned the use of plants for drugs and medicine. The early herbalists sometimes overworked their
imaginations in this respect. For example, it was widely believed that a plant or part of a plant that
resembles an internal organ would cure ailments of that organ, Thus, an extract made from a heart-
shaped leaf might be prescribed for a person suffering from heart problems.
Nevertheless, the overall contributions of these early observers provided the rudiments of
our present knowledge of drugs and their uses.
41. What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. Cures from plants. B. The beginning of natural history.
C. Prehistoric man. D. Early plants and animals.
42. Domestication of plants and animals probably occurred because of ______ .
A. need for more readily available food B. lack of wild animals and plants
C. early mans power as a hunter D. the desire of prehistoric man to be nomadic
43. The word “This” in the first paragraph refers to ________ .
A. providing food for man B. man’s domestication of plants and animals
C. mans ability to live on a small plot of land D. the earliest condition of prehistoric man
44. The word “blossomed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______ .
A. produced flowers B. changed
C. learned D. flourished
45 . An herbalist is which of the following?
A. A dreamer. B. An early historian.
C. Someone who uses plants in medicine. D. A farmer.
46 . The phrase “in this respect” in the second paragraph refers to ______.
A. the development of human culture B. the development of the field of natural history
C. the use of plants for drugs and medicine D. the origin of knowledge of nature
47. The word “extract” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. design B. substance
C. flavour D. ailment
48 . Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The shape of a plant is indicative of its ability to cure ailments of a similarly shaped organ.
B. There is little relation between a cure for illness and the physical shape of a plant.
C. The work of early herbalists has nothing to do with present day medicine.
D. Early herbalists were unimaginative.
49. The word “rudiments” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. beginnings B. history
C. requirements D. proofs
50 . The passage would most likely lead to a more specific discussion in the field of _____ .
A. zoology B. biology
C. anatomy D. astrology

41. B 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. C 46. C 47. B 48. B 49. A 50. B
THE SECOND PASSAGE
Birds that feed in flocks commonly retire together into roosts.The reasons for roosting
communally are not always obvious, but there are some likely benefits. In winter
especially, it is important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve precious food
Line reserves. One way to do this is to find a sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter in
(5) dense vegetation or enter a cavity - horned larks dig holes in the ground and
ptarmigan burrow into snow banks - but the effect of sheltering is magnified by
several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown creepers,
bluebirds, and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air,
so the birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were found to
(10) reduce their heat losses by a quarter and three together saved a third of their heat.
The second possible benefit of communal roosts is that they act as “information
centers.” During the day, parties of birds will have spread out to forage over a very
large area. When they return in the evening some will have fed well, but others may
have found little to eat. Some investigators have observed that when the birds set out
(15) again next morning, those birds that did not feed well on the previous day appear to
follow those that did. The behavior of common and lesser kestrels may illustrate
different feeding behaviors of similar birds with different roosting habits. The common
kestrel hunts vertebrate animals in a small, familiar hunting ground, whereas the very
similar lesser kestrel feeds on insects over a large area. The common kestrel roosts and
(20) hunts alone, but the lesser kestrel roosts and hunts in flocks, possibly so one bird can
learn from others where to find insect swarms.
Finally, there is safety in numbers at communal roosts since there will always be a
few birds awake at any given moment to give the alarm. But this increased protection is
partially counteracted by the fact that mass roosts attract predators and are especially
(25) vulnerable if they are on the ground. Even those in trees can be attacked by birds of
prey. The birds on the edge are at greatest risk since predators find it easier to catch
small birds perching at the margins of the roost.

51. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. How birds find and store food B. How birds maintain body heat in the winter
C. Why birds need to establish territory D. Why some species of birds nest together
52. The word "conserve" is closest in meaning to
A. retain B. watch C. locate D. share
53 . Ptarmigan keep warm in the winter by
A. building nests in trees B. huddling together on.the ground with other birds
C. digging tunnels into the snow D. burrowing into dense patches of vegetation
54 . The word “ magnified” in line 6 is closest in meaning to.
A. combined B. caused C. modified D. intensified
55. The author mentions kinglets in line 9 as an example of birds that
A. prorect themselves by nesting in holes B. usually feed and nest in pairs
C. nest together for warmth D. nest with other species of birds
56 . The word “ forage” in line 12 is closest in meaning ro
A. rest B. fly C. feed D. assemble
57 . Which of the following statements about lesser and common kestrels is true?
A. The lesser kestrel feeds sociably but the common kestrel does not.
B. The lesser kestrel and the common kestrel have similar diers.
C. The common kestrel nests in larger flocks than does the lesser kestrel.
D. The common kestrel nests in trees; the lesser kestrel nests on the ground.
58 . Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage derived by birds that
huddle together while sleeping?
A. Some birds in the flock function as information centers for others who are looking for food.
B. Staying together provides a greater amount of heat for the whole flock.
C. Some members of the flock warn others of impending dangers.
D. Several members of the flock care for the young.
59 . Which of the following is a disadvantage of communal roosts that is mentioned in the passage?
A. Diseases easily spread among the birds.
B. Food supplies are quickly depleted.
C. Some birds in the group will attack the others
D. Groups are more attractive to predators than individual birds are.
60. The word “they”in line 25 refers to
A. a few birds B. mass roosts C. predators D. trees

51.D 52.A 53.C 54.D 55.C 56. C 57. A 58. D 59. D 60. B

PART IV: GUIDED CLOZE TEST: (20 PTS)

Choose the best answer for each gap in the passage:
THE FIRST PASSAGE
GOING ON A DIET

A typical person needs about 1,800 calories per day to stay running.. They keep your organs
operating (61)_______ and your brain running. They also keep your body warm. A person gains weight
because he or she consumes more calories per day than (62) ________. The only way to lose fat is to
reduce the (63) ________ of calories that you consume per day. This is the basic principle (64) ________
going on a diet.
Unfortunately, diets don’t work for most people. They do lose weight but then go off the diet and
put it back. Building a sensible diet and exercise plan is the key (65) ________ maintaining a consistent
weight. You need to figure out how many calories you need in a day and how many you actually (66)
________. The next step is to add exercise (67) ________ you can raise the number of calories you can
consume per day.
Burning 250 or 500 calories per day can make a big (68) ________. You can ride an exercise bike
while you are watching television (69) ________ you can take the stairs instead of the elevator. Find an
exercise partner. Exercises can be a lot easier if there is someone to talk to. It’s a good idea to wear firm-
fitting clothes if you are (70) ________. Tight clothing acts as a reminder of what you are trying to
accomplish.
61. A. proper B. properly C. improper D. improperly
62. A. necessity B. need C. needed D. necessary
63. A. number B. amount C. deal D. plenty
64. A. behind B. beside C. inside D. outside
65. A. for B. with C. at D. to
66. A. take off B. take in C. take up D. take away
67. A. as a result B. so as to C. so that D. in as much as
68. A. sense B. mistake C. impression D. difference
69. A. and B. or C. but D. so
70. A. on a holiday B. on a balance C. on either side D. on a diet
61.B 62.D 63.B 64.A 65.D 66. B 67. C 68. D 69. B 70. D

THE SECOND PASSAGE

One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water.
Having clean drinking water is a basic human right. But acid rain, (71) ________ pollution and garbage
have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast
pools (72) ________ poison. LakeBaikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It (73)
________ a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist (74)
________ else in the world. But they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of toxic effluent which
(75) _______ into the lake every day. Even where law existed, the government did not have the power to
enforce them.
Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea (76) ________ 1% of the
world's water surface. But it is the dumping (77) ________ for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16
countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles (78) ________ shore.
Water is free to everyone. A few years ago, people thought that the supply of clean water in the
world was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been (79) ________ by pollution and sewage.
Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious (80) ________. We should
do something now.
(Source: v14ilovetranslation.com)
71. A. industrious B. industry C. industrial D. industrialized
72. A. on B. in C. of D. to
73. A. composes B. contains C. encloses D.consists
74. A. where B. somewhere C. everywhere D. anywhere
75. A. stay B. pour C. boil D. burn
76. A. makes B. occupies C. comprises D. holds
77. A. shore B. land C. ground D. soil
78. A. away B. of C. on D. off
79. A. ruined B. kept C. made D.conserved
80. A. well B. outlet C. nature D. source
71.C 72.C 73.B 74.D 75.B 76. B 77. C 78. D 79. A 80. D
B. WRITTEN TEST: (120 PTS)
PART 1: OPEN CLOZE TEST: (20 PTS)
Fill in each gap in the passages below with ONE suitable word
THE FIRST PASSAGE.
COULD COMPUTER GAMES BE GOOD FOR YOU AFTER ALL
In Britain, the average young person now spends more money on games each year than on (81) ______ to
the cinema or renting videos. But is this necessarily a bad thing? For years, newspaper reports have been
(82) ______ that children who spend too much time playing computer games become unsociable, bad-
tempered, even violent as a (83) ______ But new research (84) ______ out in both Europe and the USA,
suggests that the opposite may be true.
Indeed, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to improve certain
skills. Researchers claim that this is because the games(85) ______ the brain work harder in certain ways,
like noticing sounds and movements quickly and identifying (86) ______ they are. The fact that people
play the games repeatedly(87) ______ that they get a lot of practice in these skills which are therefore
likely to become highly developed.
Social skills may benefit, too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first- person shooter games (88)
______ as “Counterstrike” are better than non-players when it comes to building trust and co-operation,
and that this(89) ______ them to make good friendships and become strong members of their
communities. So rather (90) ______ giving up computer games, perhaps young people need to spend
more time on them?
81.going 82. saying 83. result 84. carried 85. make
86. what 87.means 88. such 89. helps 90. than
THE SECOND PASSAGE.
Early writing and Alphabets
When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to
(91) ______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture
for (92) ______ word.
The Ancient Egyptians had a (93) ______ of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics.
The(94) ______ of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (95)
______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (96) ______ a thousand years. It
had both Greek and hieroglyphics (97) ______ it and researchers were finally able to understand what the
hieroglyphics meant.
An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (98) ______ of letters or symbols that
represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, (99) ______ lived about
3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet
is now used (100) ______ throughout the world.
91. show 92. any 93. system 94. meaning 95. discovered
96. over 97.on 98. consists 99. who 100. widely

PART 2: WORD FORM: (40PTS)

I. Use the correct form of the words given in brackets to fill in the blanks in each sentence:

101. We should learn about keeping our environment ................... . ( POLLUTE )

102. She looks .................... in her new dress. ( ATTRACT )
103. The ................... have to cook rice in this contest. ( PARTICIPATE )
104. He was not promoted due to his .............. .................... ...... (RESPONSIBLE)
105. .............is a very serious problem in many countries (EMPLOY)
106. The tiger wanted to see the farmer's ............. (WISE)
107. Her husband's death made her life ........... (MEAN)
108. A fairy appeared and ............changed her old clothes. ( MAGIC)
109. Heavy rain and excessive use have.............................the soil. (POOR)
110 Let me get an ...............................form and we can fill out (APPLY)

101 unpolluted 102 attractive 103 participants 104 irresponsibility 105 unemployment
106 wisdom 107 meaningless 108 magically 109 Impoverished 11 0application

II. Complete the following passage with the correct form of the words given.
III.
The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the ..............(111- refuse) of the inhabitants of
No.13 to have any form of communication with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise
..............( 112 - pollute). Every evening, the ...........(113- think) neighbours used to turn up the volume on
the TV so loud that no one in the (114 - neighbour) was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what
............(115 - act) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any ............(116 - suggest)
as to how to deal with the problem. A decision was ............(117 - make) to send a number of people to
talk to the family in No. 13 and ask them ....................(118- polite) to turn their music down after six in
the evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to be ............(119 - succeed), as the inhabitants of
No.13 refused to talk to them. So on the ..............(120 - advise) of local police, the matter is now in the
hands of the court.

111. refusal 112. pollution 113. thoughtless 114. neighborhood 115. action 116. suggestions 117. made
118. politely 119. successful 120. advice

III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION (20PTS)

Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms
in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

Line
Over a period of time, much habitats change with respect to the types 00. many
of plants and animals that live there. This change is known as successive 1.___________
Succession occurs because plants and animals causes a change in the 2. ___________
environment on which they live. The first weeds and grasses that appear on a 3. ___________
bare field, for example, change the environment by shielding the soil from 4. ___________
5. ___________
the direct sunlight. As these plants spread, the ground surface becomes
6. ___________
coolest and moisture, than it was originally. Thus, the environment at the 7. ___________
ground surface has been changing. The new surface conditions favor the 8. ___________
sprouting of shrubs. As shrubs grow, they kill the grass by preventing light 9. ___________
 from reach them and also build up the soil in the area, in addition, they attract 10. ___________
animals that also enhance the shrubs. They are not able shading out oak and 11. ___________
hickory seedlings, therefore, they have found the forest floor suitable. These 12. ___________
seedlings grow in to large trees that eventual shade out the pines. 13. ___________
14. ___________
15. ___________

Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction

121 2 Successive Succession 126 10 Grass Grasses
122 3 Causes Cause 127 11 Reach Reaching
123 4 On In 128 13 Shading To shade
124 7 Coolest Cooler 129 14 Therefore however
125 9 Changing Changed 130 15 Eventual eventually

IV: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: (40 PTS)

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it mean exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it.

131. It takes him about two hours each day to do his homework.
→ He ______________________________________________________________.
 He spends about two hours each day doing his homework.
132. Although he was rich, he never helped the poor.
Rich ________________________________________________________________.
Rich as he was , he never helped the poor.
133. I haven't seen my uncle for a long time.
→ It's a long time ____________________________________________________________.
→ It’s a long time since I last saw my uncle/
134. She dances beautifully and she sings sweetly, too.
→ Not only ________________________________________________________.
→ Not only does she dance beautifully but she also sings sweetly.
135. I don’t intend to apologize to either of them.
→ I have _______________________________________________________
→ I have no intention of apologizing to either of them
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the given
word.
136. How old is your father? (AGE)
→What ___________________________________________
→ What is your father’s age?
137. I don’t agree with prohibiting smoking in bars. (FAVOR)
→ I’m _______________________________________________________.
→ I’m not in favor of prohibiting smoking in bars.
138. I used to be familiar with every corner of this school. (HAND )
→ I used to know __________________________________________________________.
→I used to know every corner of this school like the back of my HAND
139. She liked Paris very little and Rome less. (WORSE)
→ She thought ___________________________________________________________.
 → She thought Rome even worse than Paris.
140. If he calls, ask him to leave a message. (SHOULD)
→ _____________________________________________________.
→ Should he call, ask him to leave a message

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