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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐẮK LẮK
TRƯỜNG THPT KRÔNG ANA
KỲ THI OLYMPIC 10-3 LẦN THỨ IV, NĂM 2019
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH; LỚP: 11 PHẦN 2
MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 11 A.
MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 pts) I. PHONOLOGY (5 pts)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others 1. A. intaglio B. digestible C. legitimize D. vegetative 2. A. disguise B. guillotine C. guinea D. cuisine 3. A. disembowel B. personnel C. parallel D. hotel 4. A. sacred B. blessed C. ragged D. promised 5. A. thyme B. thyroid C. thuggish D. thighbone
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the other three 6. A. calaminelotion B. classification C. myxomatosis D. recrimination 7. A. rectangular B. recyclable C. northwesterly D. neonatal 8. A. molybdenum B. mollycoddle C. impediment D. reiterate 9. A. crematorium B. cockerspaniel C. brownfieldside D. apparatchik 10. A. bugaboo B. appetite C. dunderhead D. eisteddfod II. WORD CHOICE (5 pts) 1.
Sam’s face was grey with_____________. A. fatigue B. knavery C.myopia D. precursor 2.
I’d like to have a bath, but there doesn’t seem to be a _____________or anything to stop the water running away. A. lid B. cork C. plug D. cap 3.
“But son,” I told him, “You’re my own____________.” A. heart to heart B. body and soul C. flesh and blood D. skin and bone 4.
Some useful ideas were suggested while the social committee was _____________the club’s
programme for the coming season. A. arguing about
B. quarrelling about C. discussing D. disputing about 5.
You had better keep a box of matches _____________in case the lights go out again. A. handy B. by hand C.in touch D. in the way
6. She never says a word: she is as quiet as_____________. A. a mouse B. a rabbit C. a dog D. an ant
7. The low, unbroken _____________of the machine next door gradually bored its way into his brain. A. din B. thud C. blare D. hum
8. His wonderful performance will be impressed upon my _____________for a long time. A. heart B. mind C. head D. soul
9. I don’t really know all _____________of the matter. A. the ins and outs
B. the pros and cons C. odds and ends D. leaps and bounds
10. After the theft of his car he put in an insurance _____________for $3.000. A. account B. invoice C. assessment D. claim
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES (5 pts)
1. Tuan usually keeps the lights on, but now they are off. He _____________at home. A. didn’t have to be B. must not be C. would rather not be D. isn’t allowed to be
2. Only after _____________how much damage had been caused. A.I realized B. I had realized C. did I realize D. I would realized
3. The onion is characterized by an edible bulb composed of leaves rich in sugar and a pungent oil,
_____________the vegetable’s strong taste. A. which the source of B. that the source is C. the source of D. of the source is
4. Having been served lunch, _____________.
A. the problem was discussed by the members of the committee
B. the committee members discussed the problem
C. it was discussed by the committee members the problem
D. a discussion of the problem was made by the committee
5. _____________, he is not to be trusted.
A. Friendly though he may seem
B. He may have friends though C. He is too friendly
D. How many friends he seems
6. He objected to_____________.
A. his mistakes being laughed at
B. laughing his mistakes at
C. his mistakes laughing at
D. his mistakes at laughing
7. _____________, he didn’t receive respect from the people.
A. Influencial as he was B. Influencing people
C. However influentially
D. No matter how influential
8. Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972_____________.
A. the realization of its full extent
B. that its full extent was realized
C. when was its full extent realized
D. was its full extent realized
9. _____________you would like to go first? A. Which of B. Any of C. Who of D. All of
10. “How annoying! You_____________!”
A. have made the same mistake yet
B. may yet make the same mistake
C. Have made the self - same mistake yet of your
D. have yet to make the same mistake
IV. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS (5 pts)
1. Could you possibly _____________me at the next committee meeting? A. stand in for B. make up for C. fall back on D. keep in with
2. As we waited on the pavement, a black Mercedes _____________besides us. A. pulled up B. pulled down C. pulled off D. pulled through
3. Deirdre and Paul have just bought a small house _____________of the town. A. in the district B. in the edge C. in the suburb D. on the outskirts
4. _____________of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would improve. A. At the bottom B. At the height C. On the top D. In the end
5. We’ve talked about our hopes and ambitions but let’s get down _____________now and see what it’s
possible to do with the money available. A. to the nitty-gritty B. in the bud C. in good nick D. on the ropes
6. A journalist is _____________on a politician in order to damage the politician’s image. A. digging it out
B. digging up out of the earth C. digging up dirt
D. digging his own grave
7. Politicians frequently _____________a lot of criticism. A. get up to B. catch up with C. come in for D. come out in
8. If a child knows that he can never _____________a bad behavior, then he is less likely to do it. A. get away with B. put through C. keep up D. make out
9. The criminal ripped 20 people _____________before the police caught him. A. off B. against C. within D. out of
10. Living by the ocean really _____________your_____________. Once you’ve lived there, you never want to leave. A. came in - heart B. get in - blood C. get in - heart D. came in - blood
V. READING PASSAGES (10pts) Passage 1:
BANJOS, HARMONICAS AND GUITARS ( 5pts)
Every country has its native instruments which capture the mood and spirit of its culture. For the
Japanese it may be the koto and shamisen, for Indians it may be the sitar and vina. For Americans
there are three instruments which reflect the mood of the country and can be called typically
American ones although their origins, like most things American, may be elsewhere.
The first of these instruments is the banjo a simple four stringed instrument. This stringed musical
instrument originally came from Africa and was most probably brought over by the black slaves in
the early nineteenth century. After working all day in the cotton fields the black slaves would relax
in the evening under the shade of plantation trees and sing simple songs of their native lands. They
would accompany themselves on simple banjos evocative of the spirit of their homelands.
Later after the Civil War banjos were widely played in minstrel shows throughout the South
featuring folk music and jazz ensembles. It has a crude sound when plucked and, although it
resembles the guitar, its sound was not as mellow and its range was not as wide. Yet, when played
well, it creates a distinct atmosphere which evokes the feeling of life on the early American plantation.
A second instrument associated with American is the harmonica. Sometimes called a mouth organ it
is a simple reed instrument which can easily be held in one hand. Originally the first harmonicas
were made in Germany, but the early pioneers brought this instrument with them from their
homeland when they came to America. They would play in the evenings while passing the night
under the stars. On the lonely prairie after a long day’s work the sound of the harmonica is especially melancholic.
If the banjo has a jittery sound, then the harmonica has a distinctly melancholic one. It is the sound
of a sad, nostalgic lament. It is the sound of someone yearning for his home or wanting to return to
the lost experiences of happier days. When properly played it captures the mood of the vast frontier
especially in the west where the cult of the cowboy dominated the wilderness.
The third instrument associated with America is the guitar. Originally it is an instrument of European
origin, most likely from Spain. Yet, the guitar also played an important part in the American frontier.
After a hard day’s work rounding up and branding cattle, cowboys would sit around an open
campfire and sing songs of love and nature while strumming on the guitar. Today the banjo and
harmonica may not be as popular as they once were but the guitar is still very much alive.
The revival of folk music back in the 1960s brought guitars to college campuses and there is hardly a
rock band today which does not feature an electrical guitarist as part of the ensemble. 1.
From which continent did the banjo originate? A. Europe B. Africa C. Asia D. South America
2. Who brought the banjo to America? A. The pioneers B. The early traders
C. The New England colonists D. The black slaves
3. When was the banjo introduced into America? A. Before the civil war B. In late 19th century
C. Early in the 19th century
D. Shortly after Independence
4. Where were banjos often played after the civil war? A. On slave plantations B. In minstrel shows C. In jazz ensembles D. In the home
5. What’s the difference between a banjo and a guitar?
A. A guitar has a string, a banjo doesn’t
B. The sound of a banjo is not as mello and has a limited range
C. A banjo is a crude instrument; a guitar is more sophisticated
D. A banjo is made of wood and a guitar is usually electronic.
6. What is the another name for a harmonica? A. a mouth piece B. a harmonica C. a hand organ D. a mouth organ
7. Where did the harmonica originally come from? A. Germany B. France C. Africa D. Spain
8. Who brought the harmonica to America? A. The black slaves
B. The Spanish conquistadors
C. The German immigrants D. The early pioneers
9. How can one describe the sound of a harmonica?
A. It is a jittery sound B. It is a melancholic sound C. It is a mellow sound D. It is a high - pitched sound
10. What trend brought about a renewed interest in guitars in the 60s on college campuses?
A. The growth interest in electronic music
B. The revival of interest in folk music
C. Popularity of rock and roll groups
D. The growth of student activity on campuses. Passage 2: (5pts)
Printmaking is the generic term for a number of processes, of which woodcut and engraving are two
prime examples. Prints are made by pressing a sheet of paper (or other material) against an image –
bearing surface to which ink has been applied. When the paper is removed, the image adheres to it,
but in reverse. The woodcut had been used in China from the fifth century A.D for applying patterns
to textiles. The process was not introduced into Europe until the fourteenth century, first for textile
decoration and then for printing on paper.
Woodcuts are created by a relief process; first, the artist takes a block of wood, which has been
sawed parallel to the grain, covers it with a white ground, and then draws the image in ink. The
background is carved away, leaving the design area slightly raised. The woodblock is inked, and the
ink adheres to the raised image. It is then transferred to damp paper either by hand or with a printing
press. Engraving, which grew out of the goldsmith’s art, originated in Germany and northern Italy in
the middle of the fifteenth century. It is an intaglio process (from Italian intagliare, “to carve”). The
image is incised into a highly polished metal plate, usually copper, with a cutting instrument, or
burin. The artist inks the plate and wipes it clean so that some ink remains in the incised grooves. An
impression is made on damp paper in a printing press, with sufficient pressure being applied so that the paper picks up the ink.
Both woodcut and engraving have distinctive characteristics. Engraving lends itself to subtle
modeling and shading through the use of fine lines. Hatching and cross – hatching determine the
degree of light and shade in a print. Woodcuts tend to be more linear, with sharper contrasts between
light and dark. Printmaking is well suited to the production of multiple images. A set of multiples is
called an edition. Both methods can yield several hundred good – quality prints before the original
block or plate begins to show signs of wear. Mass production of prints in the sixteenth century made
images available, at a low cost, to a much broader public than before.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The origins of textile decoration
B. The characteristics of good – quality prints
C. Two types of printmaking
D. Types of paper used in printmaking
2. The word “prime” is closest in meaning to A. principal B. complex C. general D. recent
3. The author’s purposes in paragraph 2 is to describe
A. the woodcuts found in China in the fifth century
B. the use of woodcuts in the textile industry
C. the process involved in creating a woodcut
D. the introduction of woodcuts to Europe
4. Which is NOT mentioned in a process creating woodcuts?
A. A block of wood is chopped
B. the artist covers the block of wood with a white ground
C. The woodblock is inked
D. the background is carved
5. The word “incised” is closest in meaning to A. burned B. cut C. framed D. baked
6. The word “distinctive” is closest in meaning to A. unique B. accurate C. irregular D. similar
7. According to the passage, all of the following are true about engraving EXCEPT that it
A. developed from the art of the goldsmiths
B. requires that the paper be cut with a burin
C. originated in the fifteenth century
D. involves carving into a metal plate
8. The word “yield” is closest in meaning to A. imitate B. produce C. revise D. contrast
9. According to the passage, what do woodcut and engraving have in common?
A. Their designs are slightly raised
B. They achieve contrast through hatching and cross – hatching
C. They were first used in Europe
D. They allow multiple copies to be produced from one original
10. According to the author, what made it possible for members of the general public to own prints in the sixteenth century?
A. Prints could be made at low cost.
B. The quality of paper and ink had improved
C. Many people became involved in the printmaking industry
D. Decreased demand for prints kept prices affordable.
VI. GUIDED CLOZE 1 (5pts)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space. THE NEW BRITISH LIBRARY
Originally commissioned 14 years ago, the new British Library was supposed to open in 1990.
However, the project has been delayed by political infighting, poor planning and financial problems.
The most recent……..(1)……..came in June when inspectors discovered that 60 miles of new metal
shelving had started to ………….(2)…………and needed to be…………(3)……… That would
postpone the opening of the project’s first phase for yet another two years. “Things have gone from
bad to worse,” said Brian Lake, secretary of the Regular Readers, an association of writers and
scholars who are not happy with plans for the new library. “It is a grand national project that has
become a great national scandal.”
It sounds like a splendid idea when the government …….. (4) …………its £164 million project in
1978. Sophisticated electronic ………..(5) ………..would help keep the library’s irreplaceable stock
at an optimal temperature and humidity. A computer – controlled delivery system would provide
books to readers within minutes of a …………(6)………..rather than days. And to serve other needs
of the reading public, the library would also include………(7)……..galleries, a restaurant and a conference hall.
That was the plan, ……..(8)…………. The start of construction was delayed until 1982 by
arguments about planning and by a change of government. Four years later, members of the cabinet
ordered a ………….(9)……..report and discovered that the committee responsible
for………(10)………..the project hadn’t met in four years. 1. A. comeback B. setback C. drawback D. cutback 2. A. fade B. melt C. mould D. rust 3. A. substituted B. replaced C. abandoned D. rejected 4. A. imposed B. unveiled C. claimed D. manifested 5. A. items
B. computers C. equipment D. tools 6. A. reservation B. demand C. wish D. request 7. A. exposition B. show C. exhibition D. demonstration 8. A. especially B. anyway C. eventually D. meanwhile 9. A. progress
B. progression C. progressive D. progressing 10. A. guarding B. supervising C. overlooking D. watching
VII. GUIDED CLOZE 2 (5pts)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space. THE TEXTING PIGEONS
Not everybody recognizes the benefits of new developments in communication technology. Indeed,
some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative…….(1)….on young
people’s communication and language skills, especially when we hear that primary school children
may be at ………(2)………….of becoming addicted to the habit. So widespread has texting
become, however, that even pigeons have started doing it. ………..(3)…………., in this case, it’s
difficult to view the results as anything but positive.
Twenty of the birds are about to …….. (4) ………..to the skies with the task of measuring air
pollution, each……….(5)………….with sensor equipment and a mobile phone. The ………… (6)
………made by the sensors will be automatically……. (7)…………. into text messages and beamed
to the Internet – where they will …….(8)………….on a dedicated ‘pigeon blog’.
The birds will also each have a GPS receiver and a camera to capture aerial photos, and researchers
are building a tiny ‘pigeon kit’ containing all these …………(9)………….. Each bird will carry
these in a miniature backpack, ……….(10)……….., that is, from the camera, which will hang around its neck.
The data the pigeons text will be displayed in the form of an interactive map, which will provide
local residents with up-to-the-minute information on their local air quality. 1. A. result B. outcome C. effect D. conclusion 2. A. danger B. threat C. risk D. peril 3. A. Therefore B. What’s more C. Whereas D. That is 4. A. make B. launch C. reach D. take 5. A. armed B. loaded C. granted D. stocked 6. A. studies B. readings C. reviews D. inquiries 7. A. adapted B. converted C. revised D. applied 8. A. attend B. present C. issue D. appear 9. A. gadgets B. utensils C. appliances D. implements 10. A. instead B. except C. apart D. besides B. WRITTEN TEST (60 pts) I.
CLOZE TEST: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only ONE WORD for each space. OPEN CLOZE 1. (10pts) Making leather
Hides and skins are the (1)……………….material of the leather manufacturer or tanner. When
man first used animal skins is not known. Skins, even when preserved by tanning, do not last as long
as stone, pottery, metals and bone, and our knowledge about the early use of skins is vague.
(2)………………, the numerous flint scrapers and bone or ivory sewing needles in our museums
show that tens of thousands of years ago, in the early Stone Age, skins were prepared and used long
before textiles. Nowadays, hides and skins are essential raw materials and important articles of commerce.
Any animal skin can be made into leather, but the skins chiefly used come from cattle, sheep,
goats, pigs and horses. To a lesser (3) ……………. the skins from dogs, deer, reptiles, marine
animals, fish and birds are also used. Snakes, lizards, seals, whales, and sharks all contribute to leather manufacture.
“Hide” is the trade word for the skins of large animals such as full-grown cattle, and horses; and
“skin” for the smaller animals, and immature large animals such as ponies and calves. Some skins
are made into leather after the hair or wool has (4) ……………..removed; but the skins of the
fur-bearing animals and sometimes of sheep, lambs and ponies are processed, or “dressed”, with the hair or wool still in place.
Most cattle hides come from South America, the U.S.A. and from Australia with smaller
(5) …..………….from East and West Africa, Central American and the Sudan. Sheepskins come
from Australia and New Zealand, and the best goat skins come from India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Arabia and Nigeria.
There is usually a long interval (6) ……………….the flaying, or stripping of the skin from the
animal and putting it into the tannery for processing. If the flayed skins were left wet, they would go
bad, just like meat; they must therefore be preserved in some way. The commonest method is salting.
This involves sprinkling the skins with salt on their inner side; or immersing the skins completely in
strong salt solution for some hours after (7) ……………. they are drained and sprinkled with solid salt.
(8) ………………method of drying is to stretch the skins out on the ground, or on frames and to
dry them in the sun, or even better in the shade. Beetles and other insects eat skins and must be kept
away by the use of some chemical such as D.D.T. The dried skins are called “crust” leather and are
sent in this form to the tanneries for the very complicated (9) …………..of tanning. After tanning,
only the “corium” or middle layer of skin is left to provide leather as we know it. It is to the closely
knit fibre structure of the corium that leather owes its virtues of flexibility, strength and elasticity, its
resistance to rubbing and its unique power of allowing water vapour and air to pass through it (10)
……………resisting penetration by liquid water itself. ANSWER: 1. raw 2. However 3. extent 4. been 5. quantities 6. between 7. which 8. Another 9. process 10. while OPEN CLOZE 2. (10pts) Electric fish
The idea of a fish being able to (1) …………..electricity strong enough to light lamp bulbs – or
even to run a small electric motor – is almost unbelievable, but several kinds of fish are able to do
this. Even more strangely, this curious power has been acquired in different (2)………….by fish
belonging to very different families.
Perhaps the best known are the electric rays, or torpedoes, (3)………….which several kinds live
in warm seas. They possess on each side of the head, behind the eyes, a large organ consisting of a
number of hexagonal shaped cells rather like a honeycomb. The cells are filled with a jelly – like
substance, and contain a series of flat electric plates. One side, the negative side, of each plate, is
supplied with very fine nerves, connected with a (4)……………nerve coming from a special part of
the brain. Current passes from the upper, positive side of the organ downwards to the negative, lower
side.(5)………….., it is necessary to touch the fish in two places completing the circuit, in order to receive a shock.
The strength of this shock depends on the size of the fish, but (6)………….born ones only about
5 centimeters across can be made to light the bulb of a pocket flashlight for a few moments, while a
fully grown torpedo gives a shock capable of knocking a man down, and, if suitable wires are
connected, will operate a small electric motor for several minutes.
Another famous example is the electric eel. This fish gives an even (7)…………powerful shock.
The system is different from that of the torpedo in that the electric plates run longitudinally and are
supplied with nerves from the spinal cord. Consequently, the current passes along the fish from head
to (8)…………... The electric organs of these fish are really altered muscles and like all muscles are
apt to tire, so they are not able to produce electricity for very long. People in some parts of South
America who value the electric eel as food, take advantage of this fact by driving horses into the
water against which the fish discharge their electricity. The horses are less affected than a man would
be, and when the electric eels have exhausted (9)………….….., they can be caught without danger.
The power of producing electricity may serve these fish both for defence and attack. If a large
enemy attacks, the shock will drive it (10)……………….; but it appears that the catfish and the
electric eel use their current most often against smaller fish, stunning them so that they can easily be overpowered. ANSWER: 1. generate 2. ways 3. of 4. main 5. Generally 6. newly 7. more 8. tail 9. themselves 10. away
II. WORD FORMATION (20pts)
PART 1: Complete the passage with appropriate forms of the words given in the box. (10pts)
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH TOWN Example: (0) natural
The site of the town Winchester was a ……(0)…… place NATURE
for a …….(1)……….., at the point where a river cut through the SETTLE
chalk of the …………..(2)…….…hillsides. A simple camp at St SOUTH
Catherine’s Hill was the………….(3)……..known use of the site. EARLY
This was followed by an Iron Age hill – fort, but this was left
………….(4)…………by 100 BC. It was the Romans who finally INHABIT
established the town and ………….(5)…….it with a defensive wall ROUND
for the protection of their people and trade.
With the ……..(6)………..of its first cathedral in the BUILD
seventh century, the town became an important………(7)………… RELIGION
centre. Later King Alfred, who had…………..(8)………pushed SUCCESS
back the invading Danes, moved his palace to Winchester. The
town then experienced rapid …………(9)……………, and its DEVELOP
………..(10)………role in English history was underlined in 1066 CENTRE
when the conquering Normans, like Alfred, made Winchester their capital. ANSWER: 1. SETTLEMENT 5. SURROUNDED 6. BUILDING 2. SOUTHERN 7. RELIGIOUS 3. EARLIEST 8. SUCCESSFULLY 4. UNINHABITED 9. DEVELOPMENT 10. CENTRAL
PART 2: Complete each sentence, using the correct form of the word in parentheses (10pts)
1. As she is so………………….……with her present job she has decided to leave. SATISFACTION
2. The situation is so……………….. in some cities now that it is difficult to see any solution. CHAOS
3. John Shaw will shortly be setting off on a 50,000 km run, which will make him the first
person to perform the…………………..act of running all the way round the world if he succeeds. ORDINARY
4. Citizens should be…………………in the society they live in. HOLD
5. Our company has always been at the…………………….of science and technology. FRONT
6. Many firms in this city are………………………their operations. CENTRAL
7. From time to time, the receptionist, …………….. or whoever it is, may have to deal with
someone whose presence in the building is not welcome and fulfil guard-type duties. COMMISSION
8. The closure of the local hospital has caused a huge public……………. CRY
9. Halloween is ……………one of the most popular traditions in the United States and Britain. DOUBT
10. Belgian officials are discussing this with their French……………………… PART ANSWER: 1. DISSATISFIED 2. CHAOTIC 3. EXTRAORDINARY 4. STAKEHOLDER 5. FOREFRONT 6. DECENTRALIZING 7. COMMISSIONAIRE 8. OUTCRY 9. UNDOUBTEDLY 10. COUNTERPARTS III. ERROR CORRECTION (10pts)
The following passage contains 10 errors that are not neccessary. Identify them. THE POWER OF PAINT
People have been always painted their bodies. The reasons are many: religious 0. been
ceremonial, or simply for decoration. In Brazil, the Kayapo Indians
paint to each other’s bodies using the blue-black juice of 1. ….…
the genipap fruit. An unpainted body can mean so that the person has no one who cares 2. .……
enough to do it. Other Indians regard that an unpainted person as naked. Sometimes 3. ……..
body painting can be quite complicated because of every color and shape has a 4. …….
particular meaning. A popular design among the Thompson Indians in North America
was to paint half the face red and the other half black; red did brought the warrior good 5. …….
luck, while black gave his enemy misfortune. In decoration for a religious occasion, the
Australian Aborigines use themselves traditional colors and patterns and these are 6. …….
applied by a special person. For instance, when mourning the mourners they are covered 7. …….
in white paint. Among the Nuba in the Sudan, body painting is art for art’s sake: it has
no religious meaning, it simply makes the body quite more beautiful. In fact, as a man 8. …….
gets older and less attractive, he replaces paint by clothing. Also a man suffering illness
or injury will wear clothes until he recovers. Throughout the world, because people like
to decorate themselves according to their own customs. In the Western World there is a
multi-million pound cosmetics industry with vast amounts of money which being spent 9. …….
on advertising campaigns to persuade the men and women to buy cosmetics. 10. ……
IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (10pts)
1. Only time will tell whether Ella was right to change her training program.
It………………………………………………………………………………………(REMAINS)
It remains to be seen whether Ella was right to change her training program.
2. Yolanda’s family persuaded her to enter the competition.
…………………………………………………………………………………………..(TALKED)
Yolanda was talked into entering the competition.
3. Graham was not the only person who felt disappointed with the food in the restaurant.
……………………………………………………………………………………..(ALONE)
Graham was not alone in feeling disappointed with the food in the restaurant.
4. Even if she runs really fast, Tina won’t get to school on time.
………………………………………………………………………………………….(HOW)
No matter how fast she runs, Tina won’t get to school on time.
5. Not many people predicted the result of the race.
………………………………………………………………………………………….(MANAGED)
A few people managed to predict the result of the race.
6. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures.
My purpose……………………………………………………………………………..
My purpose in calling this meeting is to present the latest sales figures.
7. Melissa’s father was very busy, but he still played with her.
Busy…………………………………………………………………………………..
Busy as/though he was, Melissa’s father still played with her.
8. Their chances of success are small.
It is not……………………………………………………………………………….
It is not (very) likely that they will succeed.
9. We couldn’t find George anywhere.
George……………………………………………………………………………………
George was nowhere to be found
10. It’s such a marvelous opportunity that we mustn’t miss it.
It’s too……………………………………………………………………………………..
It’s too marvelous an opportunity for us to miss.