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KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG _ KHỐI 11 TỈNH ĐĂK LĂK NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
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KỲ THI OLYMPIC 10-3 LẦN THỨ II, NĂM 2018
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH- Lớp 11
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH ĐẮKLẮK
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KỲ THI OLYMPIC 10-3 LẦN THỨ III, NĂM 2018
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH; LỚP 11 ĐỀ THI VÀ ĐÁP ÁN
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. (40 points) I. PHONOLOGY (10 points)
A/ Choose the word which has the underlined partpronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. storage B. encourage C. garage D. teenage Đáp án câu 1: D 2. A. asthma B. thunderous C. athlete D. thesis Đáp án câu 2: A 3. A. fierce B. weird C. wearing D. tearing Đáp án câu 3: C 4. A. resign B. resound C. resonant D. resource Đáp án câu 4: A 5. A. automobile B. mobile C. facile D. compile Đáp án câu 5: A
B/ Choose the word that is stressed differently from the others in the list. 6. A. prestigious B. prosperous C. remedial D. unconscious Đáp án câu 6: B 7. A. introduce B. multimedia C. femininity D. facsimile Đáp án câu 7: D 8. A. minority B. providence C. monument D. ancestor Đáp án câu 8: A 9. A. photocopy B. explanation C. ceremony D. consequence Đáp án câu 9: B 10. A. assimilate B. existence C. generation D. inflexible Đáp án câu 10: C 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C II. WORD CHOICE (10 points)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
11. The pointed __________ of the church could be seen from miles away. A. dome B. building C. summit D. steeple
Đáp án câu 11: D steeple
12. At the end of the winter the price of winter clothes in the shop usually ___________. A. drops B. lowers C. sinks D. reduces Đáp án câu 12: A drops
13. As you are non-resident in this country, I am afraid that you are ____________ to vote. A. inequitable B. illegible C. illegal D. ineligible
Đáp án câu 13: ineligible
14. Because of cutbacks in council spending, plans for the new swimming pool had to be ______. A. stockpiled B. overthrown C. shelved D. disrupted
Đáp án câu 14: C shelved
15. The explosion shattered hundreds of ___________ of glass in the building. A. windows B. fragments C. sheets D. panes Đáp án câu 15: D panes
16. She was __________ out of 115 applicants for the position of Managing Director. A. short-changed B. short-listed C. short-sighted D. short-handed
Đáp án câu 16: B short-listed
17. Among various T-shirts, I think the blue one ___________ your jeans best. A. suits B. matches C. goes with D. fits Đáp án câu 17: A suits
18. An international hotel has recently been built on the ___________ of the old school. A. expedition B. landscape C. site D. ground Đáp án câu 18: C site
19. Due to the nature of the earthquake, a much larger _________ population might be affected. A. density B. segment C. totality D. division
Đáp án câu 19: B segment
20. There can be no _____________ fixed or magic solutions to the problem of unemployment A. fast B. speedy C. quick D. sudden
Đáp án câu 20: C quick
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES (10 points)
21. My supervisor is angry with me . I didn’t do all the work, I __________ last week. A. should have done B. may have done
C. need to have done D. must have done Đáp án câu 21: A
22. ______________ law degrees as today.
A. Never have so many women received
B. Never have women ever received
C. Never so many women have been receiving
D. Never have there been so many women recieving Đáp án câu 22: D
23. He was _________________ we had expected.
A. much efficient at written work than B. efficiently working like
C. not nearly as efficient at working as a writer as
D. not more efficient in writing than Đáp án câu 23: C
24. Don’t worry, David. _____________, you can depend on me. I’ll never let you down. A. Comes what comes B. Come what may C. Whatever it comes D. Comes what might Đáp án câu 24: B
25. It is estimated that _________ 10% of the population goes to university A. any B. a C. some D. the Đáp án câu 25: B
26. ___________ Jim’s support, I wouldn’t have got the job. A. As for B. Except for C. But for D. Just for Đáp án câu 26: C
27. “Why doesn’t Constance buy a dishwasher?”
“She can’t _____________ because there isn’t enough space in the kitchen. A. have one installed B. have installed one C. have one install D. have install one Đáp án câu 27: A
28. _________________, only people who agree with her are real Jews.
A. we can infer how she is concerned
B. Inferred from what she is concerned
C. We can infer what she is concerned
D. We can infer that as far as she is concerned Đáp án câu 28: D
29. It was ony when the police came to the house to question him that he realized ____________.
A. what he had made a fool of himself
B. what he had made himself a fool of
C. what a fool he had made of himself
D. what he himself had made a fool of Đáp án câu 29: C
30. _____________ at the site of a fort established by the Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is
now one of Canada’s fastest growing cities. A. It is built B. To build C. Having built D. Built Đáp án câu 30: D
IV. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS. (10 points)
31. Mr. Jones has __________ painting since he retired. A. taken up B. taken of C. taken over D. taken in Đáp án câu 31: A
32. The singer’s performance was so exciting that many of his fans were _________ enthusisam. A. moved to B. stirred up with
C. carried away with D. taken back with Đáp án câu 32: C
33. Beaches were _______ as police searched for canisters of toxic waste from the damaged ship. A. cut off B. sealed off C. washed up D. kept out Đáp án câu 33: B
34. His illness _________ his underachievement at work. A. accounts for B. comes up C. relies on D. puts on Đáp án câu 34: A
35. An artist has to ______ his imagination and experience when he engaged in artistic creation. A. make up B. stick on C. follow up D. draw on Đáp án câu 35: D
36. His success can be put _________ his cleverness and good luck. A. up to B. down to C. forward D. on Đáp án câu 36: B
37. The doctor told him to keep ____________ sweets nd chocolate to lose weight. A. off B. up C. at D. back Đáp án câu 37: A
38. She didn’t like flying and was apprehensive ___________ making the journey alone. A. at B. with C. about D. for Đáp án câu 38: C
39. She nearly lost her own life ___________ attempting to save the child from drowning. A. with B. for C. at D. in Đáp án câu 39: D
40. A corporation might write a debt _________ if it looks uncollectible. A. away B. out C. over D. off Đáp án câu 40: D
V. READING COMPREHENSION (20 points)
Reading the following passages and choose the best answer. Passage 1
The word laser was coined as an acronym for Light Amplification by the stimulated Emission
of Radiation. Ordinary light, from the Sun or a light bulb, is emitted spontaneously, when atoms
or molecules get rid of the excess energy by themselves, without any outside intervention.
Stimulated emission is different because it occurs when an atom or molecule holding onto excess
energy has been stimulated to emit it as light.
Albert Einstein was the first to suggest the existence of stimulated emission in a paper
published in 1917. However, for many years, physicists thought that atoms and molecules always
were much more likely to emit light spontaneously and that stimulated emission thus always
would be much weaker. It was not until after the Second World War that physicists began trying
to make stimulated emission dominate. They sought ways by which one atom or molecule could
stimulate many others to emit light, amplifying it to much higher powers.
The first to succeed was Charles H. Townes, then at Columbia University in New York.
Instead of working with light, however, he worked with microwaves, which have a much longer
wavelength, and built a device he called a “maser”, for Microwave Amplification by the
Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Although he thought of the key idea in 1951, the first maser
was not completed until a couple of years later. Before long, many other physicists were building
masers and trying to discover how to produce stimulated emission at even shorter wavelengths.
The key concepts emerged about 1957. Townes and Arthur Schawlow, then at Bell Telephone
Laboratories, wrote a long paper outlining the conditions needed to amplify stimulated emission
of visible light waves. At about the same time, similar ideas crystallized in the mind of Gordon
Gould, then a 37-year-old graduate student at Columbia, who wrote them down in a series of
notebooks. Townes and Schawlow published their ideas in a scientific journal, Physical Review
Letters, but Gould filed a patent application. Three decades later, people still argue about who
deserves the credit for the concept of the laser.
41. The word “coined” in line 1 could best be replaced by A. created B. mentioned C. understood D. discovered Đáp án câu 41: A
42. The word “intervention” in line 4 can best be replaced by A. need B. device C. influence D. source Đáp án câu 42: D
43. The word “it” in line 6 refers to A. light bulb B. energy C. molecule D. atom Đáp án câu 43: A
44. Which of the following statements best describes a laser?
A. A device for stimulating atoms and molecules to emit light
B. An atom in a high-energy state
C. A technique for destroying atoms or molecules
D. An instrument for measuring light waves Đáp án câu 44: C
45. Why was Towne’s early work with stimulated emission done with microwaves?
A. He was not concerned with light amplification.
B. It was easier to work with longer wavelengths.
C. His partner Schawlow had already begun work on the laser.
D. The laser had already been developed. Đáp án câu 45: B
46. In his research at Columbia University, Charles Townes worked with all of the following EXCEPT A. stimulated emission B. microwaves C. light amplification D. a maser Đáp án câu 46: A
47. In approximately what year was the first maser built? A. 1917 B. 1951 C. 1953 D. 1957 Đáp án câu 47: D
48. The word “emerged” in line 23 is closest in meaning to A. increased B. concluded C. succeeded D. appeared Đáp án câu 48: C
49. The word “outlining” in line 24 is closest in meaning to A. assigning B. studying C. checking D. summarizing Đáp án câu 49: B
50. Why do people still argue about who deserves the credit of the laser?
A. The researchers’ notebooks were lost.
B. Several people were developing the idea at the same time.
C. No one claimed credit for the development until recently.
D. The work is still incomplete. Đáp án câu 50: C Passage 2
In the world of birds, bill design is a prime example of evolutionary fine-tuning. Shorebirds
such as oystercatchers use their bills to pry open the tightly sealed shells of their prey,
hummingbirds have stiletto-like bills to probe the deepest nectar-bearing flowers, and kiwis smell
out earthworms thanks to nostrils located at the tip of their beaks. But few birds are more
intimately tied to their source of sustenance than are crossbills. Two species of these finches,
named for the way the upper and lower parts of their bills cross, rather than meet in the middle,
reside in the evergreen forests of North America and feed on the seeds held within the cones of coniferous trees.
The efficiency of the bill is evident when a crossbill locates a cone. Using a lateral motion of
its lower mandible, the bird separates two overlapping scales on the cone and exposes the seed.
The crossed mandibles enable the bird to exert a powerful biting force at the bill tips, which is
critical for maneuvering them between the scales and spreading the scales apart. Next, the
crossbill snakes its long tongue into the gap and draws out the seed. Using the combined action
of the bill and tongue, the bird cracks open and discards the woody seed covering and swallows
the nutritious inner kernel. This whole process takes but a few seconds and is repeated hundreds
of times a day. The bills of different crossbill species and subspecies vary ― some are stout and
deep, others more slender and shallow. As a rule, large-billed crossbills are better at seeming
seeds from large cones, while small-billed crossbills are more deft at removing the seeds from
small, thin-scaled cones. Moreover, the degree to which cones are naturally slightly open or
tightly closed helps determine which bill design is the best.
One anomaly is the subspecies of red crossbill known as the Newfoundland crossbill. This
bird has a large, robust bill, yet most of Newfoundland's conifers have small cones, the same
kind of cones that the slender-billed white-wings rely on.
51. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The importance of conifers in evergreen forests
B. The efficiency of the bill of the crossbill
C. The variety of food available in a forest
D. The different techniques birds use to obtain food Đáp án câu 51: B
52. Why does the author mention oystercatchers, hummingbirds, and kiwis in lines 2-4?
A. They are examples of birds that live in the forest
B. Their beaks are similar to the beak of the crossbill
C. They illustrate the relationship between bill design and food supply
D. They are closely related to the crossbill Đáp án câu 52: C
53. Crossbills are a type of ____________________. A. shorebird B. hummingbird C. kiwi D. finch Đáp án câu 53: D
54. The word “gap” in the passage is closed in meaning to _________________. A. opening B. flower C. mouth D. tree Đáp án câu 54: D
55. The word "discards" in the passage is closest in meaning to A. eats B. breaks C. finds out D. gets rid of Đáp án câu 55: D
56. The word "others" in the passage refers to A. bills B. species C. seeds D. cones Đáp án câu 56: A
57. The word "deft" in the passage is closest in meaning to A. hungry B. skilled C. tired D. pleasant Đáp án câu 57: B
58. The word "robust" in the passage is closest in meaning to A. strong B. colorful C. unusual D. sharp Đáp án câu 58: A
59. The final paragraph of the passage will probably continue with a discussion of ____________.
A. other species of forest birds
B. the fragile ecosystem of Newfoundland
C. what mammals live in the forests of North America
D. how the Newfoundland crossbill survives with a large bill Đáp án câu 59: D
60. Where is in the passage does the author describe how a crossbill removes a seed from its cone? A. The first paragraph B. The second paragraph C. The third paragraph D. The fourth paragraph Đáp án câu 60: B
VI. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (20 points) CLOZE TEST 1
In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being
attracted (61) ________ the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is by
investigating their own family history. They can try to find out more about (62) ________their
families came from and what they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries
with a (63) ________short history, like Australia and the United States.
It is (64) ________ thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and to take
the (65) ________ to investigate your own family’s past. It is just another to (66) ________ the
research work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganised way and (67)
________yourself many problems which could have been avoided with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories tell you that you are (68) ________with a famous character, whether
hero or criminal, do not let this idea take over your research. Just (69) ________it as an
interesting possibility. A simple system for collecting and storing your information will be
adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get in your (70) ________. The most
important thing, though, is to get started. Who knows what you might find? 61. A. with B. to C. at D. for 62. A. which B. when C. where D. why 63. A. fairly B. greatly C. mostly D. widely 64. A. a B. one C. no D. some 65. A. idea B. plan C. purpose D. decision 66. A. carry out B. put out C. find out D.wear out 67. A. produce B. cause C. build D. create 68. A. connected B. joined C. attached D. related 69. A. treat B. control C. contact D. direct 70. A. track B. path C. road D. way KEY / CLOZE TEST 1 61. B 62. C 63. A 64. B 65. D 66. A 67. B 68. A 69. A 70. D CLOZE TEST 2
Global warming could cause drought and possibly famine in China, the source of much of
Hong Kong’s food, by 2050, a new report predicts. Hong Kong could also be (71) ____________
from flooding as sea levels rose. The report (72) _____________ building sea-walls around
low-lying areas such as the new port and airport reclamations. (73) ______________ by the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the report, which includes work by members of the
Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, uses the most recent projections on climate
change to point to a gloomy (74) ______________ for China.
By 2050, about 30 to 40 per cent of the country will experience changes in the type of
vegetation it (75) _____________, with tropical and subtropical forest conditions (76)
______________ northward and hot desert conditions rising in the west where currently the
desert is temperate, crop-growing areas will expand but any benefit is expected to be negated by
increased evaporation of (77) ____________, making it too dry to grow crops such as rice. The
growing season also is expected to (78) ______________, becoming shorter in southern and
central China, the mainland’s (79) ______________. The rapid changes make it (80)
______________ that plants could adapt. 71. A. at a loss B. at risk C. at it again D. at random 72. A. comments B. realizes C. agrees D. recommends 73. A. To publish
B. Having published C. Published D. Publishing 74. A. outlook B. perspective C. view D. sight 75. A. supports B. grows C. raises D. rises 76. A. running B. shifting C. dashing D. rushing 77. A. land B. soil C. moisture D. humid 78. A. reshape B. remain C. rotate D. alter 79. A. breadwinner B. breadline C. breakbasket D. breadboard
80. A. unforthcoming B. unlikely C. unchanged D.unregulated KEY / CLOZE TEST 2 71. B 72. D 73. C 74. A 75. A 76. B 77. C 78. D 79. C 80. B B. WRITTEN TEST (70 points) I. OPEN CLOZE TEST (20 points)
Fill in each gap in the passages below with ONE suitable word. Passage 1
About twenty percent of the world’s present energy already comes from the sun in one
form or another. Special devices have been (1) _______________ available to place on the (2)
__________________ of houses or flats to catch the sun’s rays and thus heat water. Thousands of
these (3) ___________________ are now being used to provide (4) ___________________ in
homes throughout the United States while more than a million solar water – heating units have
already been (5) __________________ in homes in Japan. Other purposes for which energy is at
present (6) ____________________ used include the extraction of salt (7) _________________
seawater, irrigation ad sewage disposal.
(8) _____________________ most people in deveoping countries, the need is (9)
__________________ for air condition or central heating but for cheap (10) ________________
of cooking food, drying crops and lighting home. KEY / Passage 1 1. made 2. roof 3. devices 4. energy 5. installed 6. being 7. from 8. for 9. not 10. ways Passage 2
ADVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT TO START WORK
In these days of high unemployment, it is often difficult (1) ______________ young people to
find a job. If they are lucky (2) __________________ to be asked to go for an inteview, they may
find (3) ____________________ there are at least 20 other applicants for the (4)
__________________. If a company is thinking of offering (5) _________________ a job, they
will ask you for at least one reference from either your previous employer (6)
________________ someone who knows you well. (7) __________________ taking up your job,
you may have to sign a contract. You will
probably have to do some training, (8)
_________________ help you to do the job more successfully. Once you have decided that this is
your chosen career, you will then have to work (9) _________________ to try and get promotion,
which usually brings more responsibility and more money! If you are unlucky, you may be made
redundant, and not be able to find (10) __________________ job. It is also a good idea to pay
some money into a pension scheme, which will help you to look after yourself and your family
when you are retired. Finally, good luck! KEY / pasage 2 1. for 2. enough 3. that 4. job 5. you 6. or 7. Before 8. which 9. hard 10. another II. WORD FORMS (40 points)
Part 1: Supply the correct form of the words in the CAPITAL LETTER
1. “Remember to _______________ the water from the stream before you drink it,” Kumar said. (PURE) Đáp án câu 1: purify
2. Lisa is very ________________ . She always manages to look good in photographs.(PHOTO)
Đáp án câu 2: Photogenic
3. Have you read the latest _________________ about Madonna’s privte life? (REVEAL)
Đáp án câu 3: Revelations
4. The launch of the space – rocket was delayed because the fuel system was ________________ (FUNCTION)
Đáp án câu 4: Malfunctioning
5. Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to ______________ between them. (DIFFER)
Đáp án câu 5: differentiate
6. The teacher expressed her ____________________ with Tony because he’s so disobedient in class. (SATISFY)
Đáp án câu 6: Dissatisfaction
7. Being so close to the Atlantic, the weather in Ireland is often both changeable and
___________________. (PREDICT)
Đáp án câu 7: Unpredictable
8. I remember her as a quiet, hard-working and ___________________ girl. (SPEAK)
Đáp án câu 8: Well-spoken
9. _______________ statements, feelings, opinions etc. are wrong because they are not based on facts. (FOUND) Đáp án câu 9: unfounded
10. Before enrolling on a course, you should first ensure that it has been ________________ by
an officially recognized body. (VALID)
Đáp án câu 10: validated
Part 2: Fill in each blank with the suitable form of a word in the box. ASSUME GO OVERWHEM HIGH DESTROY TECHNOLOGY QUESTION PERFECTION PESSIMISM BE
The image that we have of science has (1) ______________ radical change in the last
hundred years. An enormous (2) ______________ explosion, together with a number of very real
anxiety about the environment and all the moral and political ramifications of economic growth
have (3) _______________ put science at the centre of public debate.
The twentieth century began with a challenge to the (4) ________________ that human
knowledge was approaching completion. It will come, perhaps, as something of a surprise to all
of us to realize that emegence of this highly (5) ________________ process came both from within and outside science.
New scientific theories (6) __________________ reveal the limitations of the old
perspective. We had thought that the world, understood through the medium of rational (7)
_________________, as, indeed, the real world. Now we know that this was no more than a
simplification that just happened to work. Once we realize this, though, we can move in a number
of opposing directions. We can re-evaluate all knowledge (8) __________________ and decide
that it is eternally fragmentary and full of a vast of (9) _________________, or we can be more
positive and view these vast explosions of scientific awareness as new challenges still to come
and as celebrations of the (10) ________________ that human imagination has so far scaled. 1. undergone 2. technological 3. 4. assumption 5. destructive unquestionably 6. 7. beings 8. 9. imperfections 10. heights overwhelmingly pessimistically
III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION (20 points)
There are 10 mistakes in the following paragraph. Find them and correct them. There may
be more than 1 mistake in one line.
When I told an architect friend that I was writing a brief book on 0. _____X_______
opera, he asked if it would tell him “what he was missing”. The 0. what that
feeling what he was missing something was a step in the exact right 0. exact exactly
direction, but the fact that he had lived in England for 45 years 1. ______________
without set foot in the theatre for an opera performance was a
reflection on the small part that opera plays in the lives of the 2. ______________
majority of intelligence people in Britain. The basic appeal of opera 3. ______________
is to the heart, not the head, and an British find the outpouring of
emotion and passionate melody a little embarrassed. Unlike the 4. ______________
Italians, the Germans and the French, the British have no native 5. ______________
operatic traditional of long standing, and but opera has remained a
largely suspect foreign important, indulged in by the rich, and 6. ______________
condemned by intellectual on the old premise that “anything too silly 7. ______________
to be said, could be sang”. Opera is not really like that at all. The half
of its origins may be aristocratic, but other half are firm rooted in the 8. ______________
songs, stories and dances of popularity entertainment through the 9. ______________ centuries. 10. ______________ 1. set setting 2. intelligence intelligent 3. an the 4. embarrassed embarrassing 5. traditional tradition 6. but so 7. intellectual intellectuals 8. sang sung 9. firm firmly 10. popularity popular
IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION. (40 points)
Rewrite the following sentences using thw words given.
1. I expected the film to be good, but it wasn’t at all. (LIVE)
The film _______________________________________________ at all.
Đáp án câu 1: The film didn’t live up to my expectation at all.
2. Could you watch my bag while I’m away, please? (EYE)
__________________________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 2: Could you keep your (an) eye onmy bag while I’m away, please?
3. Not until I left home did I realize how much my dad meant to me.
It was only when ___________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 3: It was only when I left home that I realized how much my dad meant to me.
4. Without his help, we would all have died.
Had it _____________________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 4: had it not been for his help, we would all have died.
5. If anyone succeeds in solving the problem, it will probably be him.
He is the most _______________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 5. He is the most likely person to succeed in solving the problem.
6. Many species of wildlife are threatened with extinction. (VERGE)
___________________________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 6. Many species of wildlife are on the verge of extinction.
7. Would you like to contribute something to our campaign? (MAKE)
___________________________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 7. Would you like to make a contribution to our campaign?
8. John and his friend arrived in Ho Chi Minh City at the same time.
John’s arrival ________________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 8. John’s arrival in Ho Chi Minh City coincided with his friend’s
9. She doesn’t pass the exams. She fails and this depresses her.
Her ________________________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 9. Her failure in passing (to pass) the exams depresses her
10. You brought the umbrella along but it didn’t rain.
You needn’t ___________________________________________________.
Đáp án câu 10. You needn’t have brought the umbrella along because it didn’t rain.