Đề thi Olympic 24/3 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Năm học 2015-2016

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7. __________ further rioting to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers.
A. Should 
B. Did
C. Were 
D. Had
8. I want 200 worth of Swiss Francs. What is the ________ rate, please?
A. market
B. exchange
C. currency
D. money
9. I ________ her number but the line was engaged.
A. dialed
B. made
C. found
D. counted
10. He ________ on the bed staring at the ceiling wondering what to do next.
A. lay
B. laid
C. lain
D. lied
11. The phone rang but you didn’t hear it, you ________ asleep.
A. were
B. must be
C. must have been
D. would have been
12. What are the qualifications of a good worker? - It is essential that he ________ efficient.
A. is
B. be
C. will have been
D. could be
13. The flight was cancelled at the last moment, otherwise we ________ in Saigon now.
A. am
B. would be
C. were
D. had been
14. Marry: Thank goodness! It’s Friday! 
 Ann: “__________”
A. Congratulations!
B. Yeah. Have a nice weekend!
C. I have no idea.
D. It doesn’t matter.
15. They delayed ________ so long that they almost missed the last train.
A. for leaving
B. to leave
C. in leaving
D. leaving
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2. Part 2. Give the correct form of the words given in each bracket to complete the following passage then write your answers in the box provided.
Students learning English as a second language are sometimes given a word by their teacher and asked to give an/a ___1__ (explain) as to what that word means; in other words, to provide a __2__ (define). The __3__ (assume) is that if you know a word, you can define it. __4__ (logic), that might make sense, but in reality it is not always __5__ (reason) to assume that. There are words and phrases that even native speakers use in conversation without much __6__ (think) which can lead to __7__ (confuse) when you ask a native speaker to define them. Take the __8__ (conceive) of ‘zeitgeist’, for example, which has entered English from German. It’s __9__ (doubt) much easier to use than it is to define. With a word like ‘zeitgeist’ it may be more __10__ (sense) to test the student’s understanding in ways other than asking them to define it.
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3. Part 3: Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. There is an example at the beginning.
0. ....appreciate.....
* One doesn't need to be an expert to appreciate the beauty of classical music.
* He seems confident that houses in this area will appreciate in value in thae next few years.
* I'll always appreciate your help and support.
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* The birds build their nests in early September and begin to _________their eggs two weeks later, always being on the lookout for predators.
* The press speculated whether the new telecommunications company was going to _______cables on the seabed to improve the existing system.
* One of my responsibilities at home is to ________the table in the evening.
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* The aim of this task is to ________your knowledge of vocabulary.
* The drug company has decided not to _______ its products on animals in future.
* In order to __________out his new theory, the scientist has taken over the university laboratory.
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* Blankets and shelters were in ___________ suply in the aftermath of the disaster.
* Nobody in this business knew his real name. he was called Bill for _________
* She reacted angrily when her name hadn't been included on the _______list for the job.
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* Marijuana is not regarded as a _________ drug. That's why some countries are thinking of letting people use it, at least for medical purposes.
* It's ________to believe that there are no good people out there. I'm sure you can find some good-natured individuals in this area.
* I'm trying to spare you learning things the _______ way. Follow my advice and you don't need to make mistakes.
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* He was afraid that his revolutionary proposals would __________with strong opposition from hardliners.
* The Chinese factories were operating non stop churning out shoes to ______ the demand in Europe and the US.
* With only 200 dollars a month, the family struggled to make ends ________
III. Reading
Part 1: . Fill in each numbered blank with ONE appropriate word:
	The computer has brought nothing (1)______problems to the world of the twentieth century.
	Chief among the problems has (2)____the dehumanization of society. People are no (3)____ human. Each of us is a series of numbers, numbers to be fed into computers. There are our credit card numbers, our bank account (4)______ , our social security numbers, our telephone and electricity numbers - the computer number game is endless.
 What happens to these computerized numbers ? They are distributed to a network of government agencies and business (5)______can use them to invade our privacy. The Internal Revenue Service stores millions of facts about every citizen. Credit agencies exchange (6)____ on the spending and saving practices of nearly every American adult. Mailing lists are (7)_____ available by computers to dozens of organizations, public and private, who bombard us with unwanted mail.
 Just let the computer which stores (8)______ concerning our accounts, let us say with a credit card company, make an error and it is almost impossible to correct it. The result is an avalanche of bills, threads, and loss of credit standing.
 The computer has thrown thousands of people out of (9)______ . The gamut of computer- generated unemployed runs from highly skilled technicians to typists.
 These are some of the reasons why I feel that the (10)______ of the computer has been detrimental to the quality of our life in the twentieth century.
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Part 2. Read the passage then choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each space then write your answers in the box given.
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world's climate. Many scientists __(1)__ the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase __(2)__ the world's temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at __(3)__ from the force of the wind, rain and sun. __(4)__ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events; such as hurricanes and droughts, even more ___(5)___ and causing sea levels all around the world to ____(6)__ __. Environmental groups are putting ____(7)__ on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given ____(8)__ __ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in __(9)__ of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power stations. Some scientists, __(10)__ , believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.
1.	 A. give 	B. put 	C. take 	D. have
2.	 A. in 	B. at 	C. by 	D. to
3.	 A. threat 	B. danger 	C. risk 	D. harm
4.	 A. Concerning 	B. Regarding 	C. Depending 	D. According
5.	 A. strike 	B. strong 	C. severe 	D. heavy
6.	 A. raise 	B. arise 	C. lift 	D. rise
7.	 A. force 	B. pressure 	C. persuasion 	D. encouragement
8.	 A. off 	B. away 	C. up 	D. over
9.	 A. belief 	B. request 	C. favor 	D. suggestion
10. A. because 	B. however 	C. despite 	D. although
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Part 3: Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). 
 After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony.
 Nobel’s original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30.000 to $ 125.000.
 Every year on December 10th, the anniversary of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges’ decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.
 No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare, others have shared their prizes.	 	T F
1. Where Alfred Nobel was born in Switzerland.
2. The first award ceremony took place in1901
3. The Nobel Prize was set to recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity.
4. Americans have received the most awards in literature.
5. A large number of individuals have won two awards.
4. Part 4: Read the passage then choose the best answer A, B, C or D
If by "suburb" is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the emergence of the industrial city in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Before that period the city was a small highly compact cluster in which people moved about on foot and goods were conveyed by horse and cart. But the early factories built in the 1830's and 1840's were located along waterways and near railheads at the edges of cities, and housing was needed for the thousands of people drawn by the prospect of employment. In time, the factories were surrounded by proliferating mill towns of apartments and row houses that abutted the older, main cities. As a defense against this encroachment and to enlarge their tax bases, the cities appropriated their industrial neighbors. In 1854, for example, the city of Philadelphia annexed most of Philadelphia County. Similar municipal maneuvers took place in Chicago and in New York Indeed, most great cities of the United States achieved such status only by incorporating the communities along their borders.
With the acceleration of industrial growth came acute urban crowding and accompanying social stress conditions that began to approach disastrous proportions when, in 1888, the first commercially successful electric traction line was developed. Within a few years the horse - drawn trolleys were retired and electric streetcar networks crisscrossed and connected every major urban area, fostering a wave of suburbanization that transformed the compact industrial city into a dispersed metropolis. This first phase of mass - scale suburbanization was reinforced by the simultaneous emergence of the urban Middle class whose desires for homeownership In neighborhoods far from the aging inner city were satisfied by the developers of single-family housing tracts.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The growth of Philadelphia 	
B. The Origin of the Suburb
C. The Development of City Transportation	
D. The Rise of the Urban Middle Class
2. The author mentions that areas bordering the cities have grown during periods of
A. industrialization	B. inflation
C. revitalization	D. unionization
3. In line 10 the word "encroachment" refers to which of the following?
A. The smell of the factories	B. The growth of mill towns
C. The development of waterways	D. The loss of jobs
4. Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a factor in nineteenth-century suburbanization?
A. Cheaper housing	
B. Urban crowding
C. The advent of an urban middle class 
D. The invention of the electric streetcar
5. It can be inferred from the passage that after 1890 most people traveled around cities by
A. automobile	B. cart
C. horse-draw trolley	 	D. electric streetcar
IV: WRITING:
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it:
1. My brother prefers driving to being driven.
à	My brother would rather.................................................................................................
2.	I didn't notice that I had the wrong umbrella until I got home.
à	Not until ...................................................................................................................
3. Because he didn’t study hard, he failed the exam.
à	Had ...........................................................................................................................
4. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
à	The man ................................................................................................................
5. Are you against working on Sunday?
à	Do you object ............................................................................................................?
6. She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard.
à However ..........................................................................................................................
7. Provided your handwriting is legible the examiner will accept your answer.
à So long as the examiner .............................................................................................
8. They believe the students were educated in Canada.
à The students ......................................................................................................................
9. That’s an insulting name to use for him.
à Don’t call him ...................................................................................................................
10. She is proud of being such a good cook.
 à She prides ......................................................................................................................
Part 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. Do not alter these words:
I am sure the entertainer will cheer them up. (BOUND)
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The whole team was in a happy mood. (SPIRITS)
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3. The rate of inflation has fallen steadily during recent months ( DECLINE)
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4. John was shocked to hear that he had failed his driving test. ( CAME)
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5. Final year students don’t have to attend lectures. ( OPTIONAL)
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Part 3: Write a composition of around 250 words in order to answer the following question: Many teacher assign homework to students every day. Do you think that daily homework is necessary for students? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer. 
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