Đề thi khảo sát Olympic tháng 4 Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh năm học 2023 – 2024 môn Tiếng Anh

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NGÀY HỘI OLYMPIC THÁNG 4 THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH
THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày khảo sát: 06/4/2024
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề khảo sát)
(Đề khảo sát gồm 06 trang) USE OF ENGLISH (30 pts)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1. They arrived home only to find the house _____ into when they were away. A. was broken B. has broken C. had been broken D. was breaking
2. He was a great athlete when he was younger. He now still _____ if he hadn’t had that accident. A. would have been B. had been C. wil be D. would be
3. Many studies have shown that smokers have a shorter life span, _______ nonsmokers. A. as compared to B. as comparing C. in compared to D. in comparison
4. Doctors recommend starting each day _______ healthy breakfast. A. with eating B. while eating C. by eating D. to eat
5. The committee’s proposal _______ funding for the next three years wil be very controversial. A. we increase B. we wil increase C. that we increase D. what we increase
6. The laws of this country apply to everyone, _______ you are rich or poor. A. despite B. whether C. both D. including
7. Xtreme sport racing! Bring _______ with this exciting new game. A. your home the arcade B. to your home the arcade C. your home to the arcade D. the arcade to your home
8. Mike: “I’m tired of taking the bus to work every day.” Peter: “I wish I had a car _______ give you a ride.” A. because I can B. that I could C. so that I can D. so that I could
9. I can’t concentrate! I wish they _______ that annoying noise on the upper floor. A. all could stop B. had al stopped C. would all stop D. are al stopping
10. The Beatles remain hugely popular among the _______ and the old alike. A. youth B. young C. adolescents D. teenagers
11. George’s only _______ is that he’s too friendly. A. blame B. fault C. error D. restraint
12. Not much happened on our trip. It was rather _______. A. unspeakable B. unthinkable C. unlikely D. uneventful
13. No matter what she tried, nothing would _______ Jane’s fear of flying. A. withdraw B. dismiss C. repel D. dispel
14. She did _______ well and thus won the contest. A. exceptionally B. exclusively C. explicitly D. extensively
15. There is a wide _______ of options to choose from, with something to suit al tastes. A. degree B. variance C. scale D. range
16. Carrie doesn’t do her own washing; she _______ her younger sister to do it. A. makes B. gets C. puts D. lets
17. Expect seminars and tutorials to _______ 15% of your time at university. A. cover B. occupy C. receive D. complete
18. The young waitress decided to ________ her job because the customer had insulted her. A. give up B. cut down C. send off D. back away
19. Unless we ______ up to these problems, many species of animals wil become extinct. A. look B. turn C. face D. get
20. Choose the synonym of the underlined word.
Scientists warn of forthcoming extinction of many species of plants and animals. A. irrefutable B. imminent C. formidable D. absolute
21. Choose the synonym of the underlined word.
Lots of the students in this class take English as their major. A. specialization B. greatness C. breakthrough D. employment
22. Choose the synonym of the underlined word.
Thanks Mom! You are a great mother who is always supportive, caring and loving. A. sympathetic B. humorous C. helpful D. serious
23. Two students talking about a test:
_ Student 1: “What was the test like?” _ Student 2: “________” A. I don’t like tests. B. Let’s do it now! C. Just a breeze!
D. Everyone knows it’s true.
24. Two people talking after one doing something for the other:
_ Person 1: "So, these are all the things you need." _ Person 2: "_______"
A. You’re telling me! B. I hope not. C. That stinks! D. Awesome!
25. Two fans talking about the possibility of a football team becoming the champion:
_ Fan 1: _ Do you think SHB Danang can win the championship this season? _ Fan 2: _ “_______” A. True enough! B. Not a chance! C. Nothing but the truth! D. Real y? It is
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that is incorrect.
26. If we kept on using energy at this rate, most of coal mines would be used up in 50 years. A B C D
27. Barely had he looked up than he saw the invigilator staring at him as though he was doing something bad. A B C D
28. Al the spectators stood up and gave the young pianist a round of applause for his wonderful performance. A B C D
29. What makes him become a popular person is that he always acts friendly towards others. A B C D
30. For fear of his instruction being vague, he explained everything again once more time. A B C D WORD FORMS (40 pts)
A. Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in brackets.
1. Do not leave ______ in your car. Thieves are active in this area. (value)
2. There aren’t many websites that can rival eBay started by Pirerre Omidyar, who is ______ rich. (enormity)
3. Health service is often heavily _______ upon government support. (rely)
4. I like ______ music from various websites because it’s cheaper than buying CD’s. (load)
5. From an advert: This is described, by many experts, as a wonder-drug, a kind of a medical ______. (break)
6. Caution: Make sure your home is equipped with ______ fire extinguishers. The hot, dry season can be extra dangerous. (suffice)
7. Damask roses require quite a lot of sun _______ to stimulate growth. (expose)
8. _______ enough, the situation is getting uncontrol able. (worry)
9. In Olympic boxing it is _______ for all boxers to wear face protectors. (compel)
10. Safety in the home: Make sure all electrical ______ are not in damaged condition. (apply)
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. near origin expense fantasy
consist habitat pave knowledge realize fashion big
include
Los Angeles, on the United States west coast, is one of the most exciting cities in the world. With about 3.8
mil ion (11)_______, it is the second (12)_______ city in the United States.
LA has built its reputation on the glamour of the movie industry in (13)_______ Hollywood. On the Hollywood
Mile (14)_______, there are over 2,000 pink stars with the names of the famous movie stars. Beverly Hills, with its
fabulous houses and (15)_______ stores, is home to the rich and famous.
Nearly half the population of LA came (16)_______ from Latin America. There are also many Asian residents,
(17)_______ Japanese and nearly half a mil ion Chinese people. This creates a (18)_______ mix of different languages, cultures, fashions, and food.
LA has quite a few amazing beaches. Some, such as Malibu, are world famous because they are the location
for (19)_______ movies or TV series. Others are great for surfing and attract (20)_______ young people. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (30 pts)
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.
Before the invention of the photocopier, documents were copied using carbon paper. Carbon paper is a thin
paper (1)_______ with a dark coloring substance on one side. Typical y, a (2)_______ of wax and pigment is used to
(3)_______ the dark surface, but original y carbon paper was made by soaking both sides of a sheet of paper in ink and
drying it. It is interesting to note that in the early 1800s two inventors, an Englishman and an Italian, independently
(4)_______ up with the idea of carbon paper. Perhaps (5)_______ amazing is the fact that they both invented this “black
paper” as a way to help blind people write. Instead of using the (6)_______ quill pen that one would (7)_______ to dip
in ink, a blind person could use a metal tool to press on the carbon paper that was sandwiched between two pieces of
writing paper. When the writer pressed on the (8)_______ layer, it transferred the ink from the carbon paper to the
bottom sheet of good writing paper. (9)_______, the same technique was applied to make (10)_______ of private letters
or business documents. The carbon copy didn’t (11)_______ on right away, because there was (12)_______ of time
and enough (13)_______ in offices to make hand copies of documents if needed. By the late 1800s, (14)_______ the
invention of typewriting machines, the (15)_______ of carbon copies really took off and soon became standard practice.
The notation “cc”, which stands for “carbon copy” is still used today in E-mail, where no actual paper, carbon or otherwise, is involved. 1. A. combined B. coated C. that D. over 2. A. collection B. mixture C. little D. set 3. A. create B. protect C. print D. show 4. A. came B. brought C. made D. caught 5. A. what B. how C. more D. further 6. A. abstract B. only C. invisible D. common 7. A. put B. scratch C. have D. be 8. A. side B. carbon C. top D. bottom 9. A. After then B. Nowadays C. But D. Later 10. A. use B. copies C. plenty D. sense 11. A. call B. move C. catch D. take 12. A. plenty B. short C. lack D. full 13. A. workers B. machines C. space D. paper 14. A. until B. with C. before D. at 15. A. number B. size C. price D. idea
READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)
A. Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage.
Television’s contribution to family life in the United States has been an equivocal one. For while it has, indeed, kept
the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By dominating the time families
spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family from another, a quality that depends to a
great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games, recurrent jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates.
“Like the sorcerer of old,” writes Urie Bronfenbrenner, “the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech
and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as the enchantment lasts. The primary danger of the television
screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces — although there is danger there — as in the behavior it prevents:
the talks, games, the family festivities, and arguments through which much of the child’s learning takes place and
through which character is formed. Turning on the television set can turn off the process that transforms children into people.”
Of course, families today still do special things together at times: go camping in the summer, go to the zoo on a
nice Sunday, take various trips and expeditions. But the ordinary daily life together is diminished – that sitting around
at the dinner table, that spontaneous taking up of an activity, those little games invented by children on the spur of the
moment when there is nothing else to do, the scribbling, the chatting, the quarreling, all the things that form the fabric
of a family, that define a childhood. Instead, the children have their regular schedule of television programs and
bedtime, and the parents have their peaceful dinner together. But surely the needs of adults are being better met than
the needs of children, who are effectively shunted away and rendered untroublesome.
If the family does not accumulate its backlog of shared experiences, shared everyday experiences that occur and
recur and change and develop, then it is not likely to survive as anything other than a caretaking institution.
1. Which of the following best represents the author’s argument in the passage?
A. Television has negative effects on family life.
B. Television has advantages and disadvantages for children.
C. Television should be more educational.
D. Television teaches children to be violent.
2. The word it in line 3 refers to _____. A. dominating B. time C. television D. quality
3. Why is Urie Bronfenbrenner quoted in paragraph 2?
A. To present a different point of view from that of the author
B. To provide an example of a television program that is harmful
C. To expand the author’s argument
D. To discuss the positive aspects of television
4. The word freezing in the passage is closest in meaning to _____. A. controlling B. halting C. dramatizing D. encouraging
5. Urie Bronfenbrenner compares the television set to _____. A. a statue B. an educator
C. a family member D. a magician
6. The thing that “form the fabric of a family” in paragraph 3 are _____. A. special things B. ordinary things C. television programs D. children
7. Which of the following would be an example of what the author means by a special thing that families do?
A. Going on vacation in the summertime
B. Playing cards together in the evening
C. Reading to the children at bedtime D. Talking to each other
8. The word it in line 20 refers to _____. A. the television B. the family C. its backlog D. an institution
9. According to the author, what distinguishes one family from another?
A. Doing ordinary things together
B. Watching television together
C. Celebrating holidays together D. Living together
10. It can be inferred from the passage that a caretaking institution is one in which care is given _____. A. charitably B. lovingly C. constantly D. impersonally
B. Choose one of the sentence endings from the list (A -L) to complete the blanks in the passage. There is
one ending you cannot use. Follow the example.
In modern times, left-handed people (0)____C____. However, whether someone is left or right-handed,
(1)______. For example, you need only look at a person's fingers and hands to know whether they do physical work or
not. A farmer or fisherman will have tough, thickened skin on his hands (2)______.
In some countries and cultures, the fingernails also (3)______. In ancient China, rich people would grow their fingernails
very long and paint them gold. This was to show that their hands (4)______. These long nails were actually very
uncomfortable (5)______. So, in later years, (6)______. However, a similar tradition survives today when (7)______.
Another way our hands can give away information about us is through the ancient tradition of wearing wedding
rings. Just by looking at a woman's hand we know (8)______. This was originally very symbolic. The wedding ring
(9)______. It is also always worn on the left hand which, (10)______. This was meant to symbolize the weakness of
women, and their dependency on men. This symbolism is completely forgotten these days, however, and men as well
as women now happily wear a wedding ring.
A. women grow their nails quite long and paint them with bright-coloured nail varnish
B. give a clue as to what sort of work a person does
C. are no longer regarded as strange or dangerous
D. Right-handers were also considered more intel igent
E. whether she is single, engaged or married
F. whereas the hands of a teacher or doctor wil still be smooth and soft
G. and made the simplest of tasks almost impossible
H. is worn on the fourth finger, which is the weakest finger I.
this habit was limited to the fingernail on the little finger only
J. for the majority of people, is the weaker hand
K. were never used to do any work
L. their hands can stil say a lot about what sort of person they are OPEN CLOZE TEST (40 pts)
Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to make a meaningful passage. PASSAGE A
Every year people throw away mil ions of tonnes of plastic bottles, boxes and wrapping. These create huge
mountain of waste that are extremely hard to get (1)_______ of. Now a new recycling process promises to reduce this
problem by turning old (2)_______ new plastic.
Scientists have taken a long time to (3)_______ their ideas because waste plastic has always been a bigger
problem than substances like waste paper. You can bury plastic, but it takes many years to (4)_______ down. If you
burn it, it just becomes (5)_______ form of pol ution. A few products such as bottles can be reused, but it is expensive
or difficult to do this with a lot of plastic products.
Now a group of companies has developed a new method of (6)_______ that could save (7)_______ all plastic
waste. Nearly every type of waste plastic can be used as it does not have to be sorted. In (8)_______, labels and ink
may be left on the products. Everything is simply mixed (9)_______ then heated to more than 400 degrees centigrade
so that it (10)_______. It is then cooled, producing a waxy substance that can be used to make new plastic products, including computer hardware. PASSAGE B
Deciding when you and your child are ready to shift responsibility
You might need to experiment to (1)_______ out when and in what areas your child is ready for more responsibility.
You could start by using family meetings to give your child a real (2)_______ in important decisions. This helps your
child feel valued. It’s also a good way for you to learn (3)_______ about how your child deals with choices.
Hear are other things to consider. Level of maturity
Some teenagers are more (4)_______ than others. Also, teenagers’ ability to act responsibly varies from situation
to situation. Think about your child’s skil s when deciding whether or not they’re (5)_______ for responsibility. For
example, a teenage child who asks to go to the city with friends might be al owed to go if they’ve been responsible when
going out with friends at other times.
Learning from experience
Teenagers need the opportunity to work out some things for themselves. If there’s no immediate danger,
experience can be an effective teacher (6)_______. Experience gives your child the chance to show you (7)_______
responsible they can be. It also gives them practice and (8)_______ in making decisions. Legality
Legal age is when you’re legal y al owed to do things like (9)_______ school or home, get a job or license, give
medical or sexual consent, drink alcohol, and so on. Legal age means some things need to stay in the ‘no’ category,
(10)_______ of what other teenagers do and other parents al ow.
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (30 pts)
Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it. Use the word
in brackets without making any change to it.
1. It wouldn’t be a good idea to make him angry. (anger)
 You’d ___________________________________________________________
2. The boy resembles his grandfather a lot. (ways)
 The boy takes ____________________________________________________
3. Joe didn’t attend the conference. Nor did Keith. (showed)
 Neither __________________________________________________________
4. We spent hours until we were able to fix the car. (fixing)
 It took ___________________________________________________________
5. Warning: Children under 10 should not play this game without their parents’ permission. (advised)
 Warning: Unless their ______________________________________________________
6. Just after the secretary hung up, the phone rang again. (went)
 No _____________________________________________________________
7. Andy Murray said that he didn’t deserve such a high honor. (worthy)
 _________________________________________________ said Andy Murray.
8. Payment wil be made when the order is received. (receipt)
 We’l transfer _____________________________________________________
9. The test was so difficult that most students couldn’t finish it. (hardly)
 Such ____________________________________________________________
10. The designing didn’t take long because I had some help from my friends. (assistance)
 Had it _________________________________________________________ THE END OF THE TEST
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM USE OF ENGLISH (30 pts) (1 pt each correct answer) 1. C 11. B 21. A 2. D 12. D 22. C 3. A 13. D 23. C 4. C 14. A 24. D 5. C 15. D 25. B 6. B 16. B 26. C 7. D 17. B 27. B 8. D 18. A 28. A 9. C 19. C 29. D 10. B 20. B 30. D WORD FORMS (40 pts)
A. (2 pts each correct answer)
B. (2 pts each correct answer) 1. valuables 1 1 . inha bitants 12. biggest 2. enormously 13. nearby 3. reliant 14. pavement 4. downloading 15. expensive 5. breakthrough 16. originally 6. sufficient 17. including 7. exposure 18. fantastic 8. Worryingly 19. well-known 9. compulsory 20. fashionable 10. appliances GUIDED CLOZE TEST (30 pts)
(2 pts each correct answer) 1. B 2. B 6. D 11. C 3. A 7. C 12. A 4. A 8. C 13. A 5. C 9. D 14. B 10. B 15. D
READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)
A. (2 pts each correct answer) 1. A 6. B 2. C 7. A 3. C 8. B 4. B 9. A 5. D 10. D
B. (1 pts each correct answer) 1. L 6. I 2. F 7. A 3. B 8. E 4. K 9. H 5. G 10. J OPEN CLOZE TEST (40 pts)
Passage A. (2 pts each correct answer) 1. rid
Passage B. (2 pts each correct answer) 11. work 2. into 12. voice 3. develop 13. more 4. break 14. mature 5. another 15. ready 6. recycling 16. too 7. almost 17. how 8. addition 18. confidence 9. together 19. leave 10. melts
20. regardless / irrespective
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (30 pts)
(3 pts each correct answer)
1. You’d better not cause his anger.
2. The boy takes after his grandfather in many ways.
3. Neither Joe nor Keith showed up at the conference.
4. It took us hours to succeed in fixing the car.
5. Warning: Unless their parents permit / allow them (to), children are advised not to play this game.
6. No sooner had the secretary hung / did the secretary hang up than / before the phone went off again.
7. “I’m not worthy of such a high honor,” said Andy Murray.
8. We’ll transfer the money (to you) on / upon (the) receipt of the order.
9. Such was the difficulty of the test that most students could hardly finish it.
10. Had it not been for my friends’ assistance, the designing would have taken longer. 2