ĐÁP ÁN CHÍNH THỨC OLYMPIC 10 (2019)
Phần trắc nghiệm (0.5 pt each) 1. B. Although 21. C. opt 41. A. substitutes 2. A. Assuming 22. A. circumvent 42. C. made 3. D. haven’t been waiting 23. C. tribe 43. D. preventing 4. A. cleaned 24. D. elusive 44. C. use 5. D. can't 25. C. par 45. D. namely 6. A. could have called 26. B. relinquish 46. B. method 7. D. should 27. B. pluck 47. B. dangerous 8. C. If only you could 28. C. hint 48. D. by 9. B. Provided that 29. A. grind 49. C. time 10. B. whom 30. B. chattering 50. A. did 11. A. of 31. B. curb 51. C. accurate 12. C. out 32. A. scoured 52. C. much 13. D. make up for 33. B. point 53. B. image 14. B. of 34. C. huddled 54. D. then 15. D. in 35. C. slithered 55. D. sense 16. A. out 36. A. tentative 56. A. in 17. D. nail down 37. A. shrank 57. D. because 18. C. off 38. B. rendered 58. B. which 19. D. with 39. B. get 59. A. nostril 20. D. up for 40. C. moderation 60. B. strongest
61. C. to learn what makes college students exercise
62. D. College students answered questions about themselves.
63. B. The more support they have to exercise, the more they exercise.
64. B. about the same amount as average
65. A. to emphasize that they do not see their families every day
66. D. intelligence and birth weight
67. C. It decreased as the subjects grew older.
68. C. Those who were full-term, heavier babies.
69. A. The study did not consider some environmental factors.
70. D. Bigger babies may be more intelligent than smaller ones.
71. B. Ribs that are not attached to the breastbone.
72. A. to explain why whales can do something that humans cannot 73. B. Blood flow decreases. 74. C. fewer floating ribs.
75. B. The whale’s ribcage can bend without breaking.
76. B. Two separate research studies had the same results.
77. C. The Earth is older than was believed in the past.
78. B. measuring the radioactive elements in an object
79. D. indirectly, by dating meteorites
80. B. the separation of Earth’s core from its mantle Phần tự luận: OPEN CLOZE (1 pt each) 1. works 8. order 15. course 2. rock 9. change 16. and 3. which 10. number / lot 17. cause 4. result / consequence 11. yields 18. response 5. keeping / making 12. practices / methods 19. increase / rise 6. sound 13. temperature 20. result 7. without 14. daytime
WORD FORMATION (1 pt each) 1. undated 8. inadequacy/ inadequacies 15. withstand 2. unrestrained 9. unquestionably 16. complications 3. forerunner 10. non-existent 17. occurrence 4. unaccompanied 11. diners 18. independently 5. unthinkingly 12. delicacy 19. unwelcome 6. inhumanity 13. terrifying 20. defensive 7. contributory 14. exposure
ERROR IDENTIFICATION (1 pt each) 1. line 2: make  cause/do
6. line 9: must  can / may / might 2. line 4: at  in 7. line 10: is  are
3. line 5: medicinal  medical 8. line 12: in  from 4. line 6: when  why 9. line 13: its  their 5. line 8: for  above
10. line 14: balance  balanced
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (2 pts each)
1. I'm better known as a novelist than as a playwright. //
I’m better known for my novels than for the plays I write.
2. So intense was the hatred for his new policies (that) the staff went on strike. //
So intense was the staff’s hatred for his new policies (that) they went on strike.
3. Regular exercise would do wonders for your attitude to life.
4. The office is staffed twenty-four hours a day.
5. Do you think her grandmother took exception to what I said?
6. The way he conducted himself at the conference gave him the bad reputation he now has.
7. Unless further information is forthcoming, we can't process your claim.
8. Our teacher would prefer us to make as much progress as we can.
9. The manager kept me waiting for the best part of an hour before he would see me.
10. Frequently as they fall out (with each other), they remain close friends.