Đề đề nghị thi olympic lần thứ 15 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Trường THPT Bến Tre

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH BẾN TRE
 TRƯỜNG : THPT CHUYÊN BẾN TRE
KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUYỀN THỐNG 30 - 4 LẦN THỨ 15
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN: ANH VĂN; LỚP : 10
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. Phonology: (5 pts)
a. Select the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. maple B. staple C. apple D. April 
2. A. Leonardo B. leopard C. leonine D. leotard 
3. A. isotherm B. worthy C. southern D. hitherto 
4. A. move B. womb C. tomb D. wolf
5. A. clamor B. grantor C. sailor D. parlor 
b. Pick out the word stressed on the different syllable from the others.
1. A. Arabic B. aerobic C. lunatic D. politics
2. A. infamous B. inundate C. internal D. intellect
3. A. safari B. detritus C. cognomen D. partisan
4. A. pianist B. facetious C. retrospect D. redolence
5. A. sunbathe B. rattan C. coiffeur D. charade
ANSWER I: PHONOLOGY (5.0 pts)
a. Pronunciation (.5 x 5 = 2.5 pts)
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B
b. Stress (.5 x 5 = 2.5 pts)
1. B 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A
ANSWER 
B. READING COMPREHENSION 
a. Reading comprehension (1.0 x 10 = 10 pts)
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. A, C, E
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE – READING COMPREHENSION
b. Read the passage. Decide whether the statements below are true or false (T/F) by referring 
to the information in the text. 
Types Of Memory
[1] As mentioned previously, one of the most important characteristics of a computer is its 
capability of storing information in its memory long enough to process it. Not all computers 
have the same type of memory. In this section, three types of memory will be discussed; core 
memory, semiconductor memory (or chip), and bubble memory.
[2] The memory of the first computers was made up of a kind of grid of fine vertical and horizontal 
wires. At each intersection where the wires crossed, there was a small ferrite ring called a core 
(hence the name "core memory") which was capable of being either magnetized or 
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demagnetized. Every intersection had its unique address; consequently, when an electrical 
current was passed through the wires, the magnetized as well as the unmagnetized cores were 
identified by their respective addresses. Each core represented a binary digit of either 0 or 1, 
depending on its state. Early computers had a capacity of around 80,000 bits; whereas now, it is 
not surprising to hear about computers with a memory capacity of millions of bits. This has been
made possible by the advent of transistors and by the advances in the manufacture of 
miniaturized circuitry. As the result, mainframes have been reduced in both size and cost. 
Throughout the 19508, 1960s and up to the mid-19708, core memory dominated the market.
[3] In the 1970s, there was a further development which revolutionized the computer field. This was
the ability to etch thousands of integrated circuits onto a tiny piece (chip) of silicon, which is a 
non-metallic element with semiconductor characteristics. Chips have thousands of identical 
circuits, each one capable of storing one bit. Because of the very small size of the chip, and 
consequently of the circuits etched on it, electrical signals do not have to travel far; hence, they 
are transmitted faster. Moreover, the size of the components containing the circuitry can be 
considerably reduced, a step which has led to the introduction of both minis and micros. As a 
result, computers have become smaller, faster, and cheaper. There is one problem with 
semiconductor memory, however, when power is removed, information in the memory is lost 
unlike core memory, which is capable of retaining information during a power failure.
[4] Another development in the field of computer memories is bubble memory. The concept 
consists of creating a thin film of metallic alloys over the memory board. When this film is 
magnetized, it produces magnetic bubbles, the presence, or absence of which represents one bit 
of information. These bubbles are extremely tiny, about 0.1 micrometer in diameter. Therefore, 
a magnetic bubble memory can store information at a greater density than existing memories, 
which makes it suitable for micros. Bubble memories are not expensive, consume little power, 
are small in size, and are highly reliable. There is probably a lot more to learn about them, and 
research in this field continues.
1. The most important function of a computer is to hold information in its memory in order to 
process it. 
2. Minicomputers, microcomputers, and mainframes all have the same kind of memory.
3. Semiconductor memory was developed before core memory and after bubble memory.
4. Core memory uses small metal rings which can be magnetized or unmagnified.
5. The state of the core can be represented by either 0 or 1.
6. Early computer memories had less storage capacity than newer ones.
7. A transistor and a chip are the same kind of device.
8. The development of chips made it possible (or minicomputers and microcomputers) to be 
invented.
9. Bubble memory is smaller than a chip.
10. Bubble memory doesn't have very many advantages.
B. READING COMPREHENSION 
b. Reading comprehension (1.0 x 10 = 10 pts)
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. T 10. F
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE – READING COMPREHENSION
III. Guided cloze test: Read the text and then choose the correct answer to fill in the gap.
Sir,
Recent letters in your columns about insurance companies prompt me to cite this example. Some
months ago a car (1) to my daughter was (2) from outside her house in
Birmingham.
As a doctor in daily need of her car, she was surprised when her insurers said she would have to
wait six weeks for (3)  .
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To her annoyance they managed, by all kinds of procrastination, to drag this out to three months;
and then only after a (4) of lengthy, rather unpleasant phone calls would they pay a penny.
My daughter was then (5) to find that there would be no refund, or no extension of the
period of insurance, to cover the three months lost. A full premium (no (6) sum for (7)
cover in Birmingham), had to be paid for a quarter of a year, when no cover was (8)
at all.
Surely this is another example of the way insurance companies (9) money, perhaps
legally but to my mind immorally, which gives them such a bad image. If any of your readers know
of a way (10)  this difficulty, I would welcome their advice.
Yours faithfully,
 R.R.E. Potter
1. A. owning B. pertaining C. trusted D. belonging
2. A. stolen B. robbed C. nicked D. broken
3. A. retribution B. premium C. compensation D. payment
4. A. number B. range C. lots D. heap
5. A. appalled B. intimidated C. shocking D. impressed
6. A. little B. bad C. lesser D. mean
7. A. complete B. integral C. comprehensible D. comprehensive
8. A. done B. made C. provided D. affected
9. A. obtain B. extort C. earn D. win
10. A. with B. round C. about D. avoiding
ANSWER
III. (1.0 X 10 = 10 pts)
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B
B. WRITTEN TEST
I. Put the verbs in parentheses in the correct tenses. Add a suitable modal verb or an 
equivalent where necessary.
I (1. become)  Managing Director five years ago when I (2. work)  as an
assistant to the predecessor. I (3. ever, be)  Personnel Manager for three years and (4.
join)  the firm in 1970, so I (5. be)  here for fifteen years. 
I (6. work)  in an office on the top floor where I (7. just, meet)  an important
customer. I (8. retire)  in five years. I think I (9. go)  and live in the country. I
(10. be)  with the firm for twenty years by then. 
I (11. be)  still working at eight o' clock yesterday evening. I (12. work) 
since early morning. We (13. work)  very hard at the office lately as we (14. negotiate)
 an important contract. 
Tomorrow I (15. fly)  to Milan. It (16. still, rain)  like this when I (17. get) 
 back, I (18. wonder) ? I hope not, because I (19. take)  a few days 
off as soon as I can. I (20. work)  non-stop for over three weeks.
ANSWER
I. Tenses & forms (.5 x 20 = 10 pts)
1. became 2. was working 3. had ever been 4. joined/had joined
5. have been 6. work 7. have just met 8. retire
9. will/shall go 10. will/shall have been 11. was 12. had been working
13. have been working 14. are negotiating 15. am flying 16. will still be raining
17. get 18. wonder 19. am going to take 20. will have been working
B. WRITTEN TEST
II. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition or an adverbial particle.
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Sir James succeeded (1) the hereditary title in 1969. His father died (2) 
injuries received in a road accident. Although Sir James takes pride (3) his ancestry, he's
no snob.
Sheila's very strict (4) the children in her class. She's particularly strict (5) 
punctuality. However, her relationship (6) the children is a happy one.
Hello, John. Good to see you. Come in for a few minutes and sit down. I suppose you want to
see Jane. She’s upstairs but she will soon be (7)  in a few minutes. In fact you are lucky to
find her (8)  as she’s just dressing herself (9) to go out with her friend. Anyway,
I am glad you called (10)  because I’d like to talk to you. 
11. My French isn’t very good but it’s enough to get  .
12. Business has fallen a lot lately: turnover is down 15% last year.
13. The old man told me to give from his daughter, but I just had to see her again.
14. Why is that man hanging outside our house? Do you think he’s a burglar?
15. It was not going to be easy to explain the lipstick which his wife had found on his 
collar.
16. He is now the head of his class.
17. Don’t lean the stove.
18. You will have to wait here Thursday.
19. His face is familiar me.
20. This soup tastes iodine.
ANSWER
II. Preposition & adverbial particle(1.0 x 10 = 10 pts)
1. to 2. from 3. in 4. with 5. about 6. with 7. down 8. in 9. up 10. in 
11. by 12. off 13. in 14. about 15. away 16. at 17. against 18. till/until 19. to 20. of
B. WRITTEN TEST
I. WORD FORM: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word at the end of the 
sentence.
1. Eddie just can't stop working and relax any more, he's turning into a real . 
WORK
2. . people are often critical and sarcastic. CONTENT
3. Tests have shown that people's blood pressure goes up when they are in red colored
.SURROUND
4. Insecure people often do things just to avoid other people's .APPROVE
5. Most of us think we have a rational and well-balanced . on life. LOOK
6. There has been a . increase in recovery from leukemia in the last 30 years.
MIRACLE
7. Faulty electrical . are a relatively common cause of fires in offices, factories
and hotels. APPLY
8. Without color dyes people would find a lot of processed food rather .
APPETITE
9. Because he said so little in meetings, his colleagues thought he was . to his
work, but actually he was just timid. COMMIT
10. Some hardwood is produced on . so that natural forests are not destroyed.
PLANT
ANSWER
I. Word form (1.0 x 10 = 10.0 pts)
1. workaholic 2. discontented 3. surroundings 4. disapproval 5. Outlook
6. miraculous 7. appliances 8. unappetizing 9. uncommitted 10. plantations
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B. WRITTEN TEST
II. Read the text and then fill in the blank with the correct form of the word chosen from the 
box. 
able accuracy believe confide express
ignore know loaf three understand
Seven-year-olds fail test
A study by the National Foundation for Educational Research of 3400 seven-year-old pupils
shows an (1) .of basic math and English which is simply (2) . . The results,
which were published recently, show that one in seven children lack basic (3) .of math
and cannot even do simple multiplication, such as 5 x 5. The results also show that a (4)
.of the children in this age group cannot count up to 100 and do not know what (5)
.such as half and a quarter, refer to. Moreover, only half of the children had any (6)
.of the decimal system for money and only one in thirty could (7) .read the
temperature on a thermometer. Finally, only one in seven could say what the cost of three 50p (8)
.is.
As regards English, more than a quarter have not learnt to read with any (9) .and have 
problems with the alphabet; meanwhile another 25% are (10) .to spell easy words, like 
can, man and hot.
ANSWER
II. Word form (1.0 x 10 = 10.0 pts)
1. ignorance 2. unbelievable 3. knowledge 4. third 5. expressions
6. understanding 7. accurately 8. loaves 9. confidence 10. unable
B. WRITTEN TEST
IV. There are 10 errors in the paragraph. Find and correct them. Some lines have more than 
 one mistake.
BODY LANGUAGE
Body language imparts meaning with the use of words. It is the type of non-verbal communication.
There are certain recognized distinctions like types of body language: voluntary/involuntary and
universal/cultural. The first distinction is often fuzzy in instance, a smile can be voluntary or
involuntary. However, with the second distinction, smiles aren’t universal. They are interpreting the
same across all cultures. Nodding and head shaking, however, are cultural. In Turkey, the former is
replaced by raising the eyebrows. It was thought that body language has its roots in animal
communication. However, great apes raised in captivity are quite proficient for reading human body
language.
ANSWER
IV. Error correction (1.0 x 10 = 10 pts)
L1: 1. with (the) → without
 2. the (type) → a 
L2: 3. like (types) → between
L3: 4. in (stance) → for 
L4: 5. with (the) → by 
6. aren’t (universal) → are 
L5: 7. interpreting (the) → interpreted 
L6: 8. was (thought) → is 
L7: 9. However → Indeed
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10. for (reading) → at
B. WRITTEN TEST
V. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
A.
Communication
Throughout our lives, right from the moment when (1) .infants we cry to express
hunger, we are engaging in social interaction of one form or another. Each and every time we
encounter (2) .human beings, some kind of social interaction will take place, (3)
.it's getting on a bus and paying the fare for the journey, or socializing with friends. It
goes without saying, therefore, that we need the ability to communicate. Without some method of
transmitting intentions, we would be (4) .a complete loss when it came to interacting
socially.
Communication involves the exchange of (5) ., which can be anything from a gesture
to a friend (6) .boredom to the presentation of a university thesis which may (7)
.ever be read by a handful of others, or it could be something in (8) .the two.
Our highly developed languages set us apart from animals. (9) .for these languages, we
could not communicate sophisticated or abstract ideas. Nor could we talk or write about people or
objects not immediately present. (10) .we restricted to discussing objects already present,
we would be unable to make abstract generalizations about the world.
ANSWER
V. (0.5 x 20 = 10.0 pts)
A.
1. as 2. fellow 3. whether 4. at 5. information
6. signaling 7. only 8. between 9. but 10. Were
B. WRITTEN TEST
V. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
B
Scientists are still curious about the effects of the oceanographic phenomenon called El Nino,
which (1) . in the south-west Pacific Ocean. There is no doubt, however, about the reason
for its occurrence. Every few years, a rise in surface temperatures (2) . to a temporary
decrease in trade winds makes sea levels rise, and waves head north-east up the coast of South
America. El Nino is noted (3) .its effect on local climates, but recent research has shown
that it is also (4) .for wider atmospheric changes, resulting, for example, (5)
.temporary drought in the Sahel or failure of the maize harvest in Zimbabwe.
Now scientists involved in oceanographic research are working on a new theory, that El Nino
can produce changes (6) .ocean patterns that may last for decades. Computers at the Naval
Research Laboratory in Mississippi, fed with the latest satellite (7) .on sea temperatures
and wave heights, show that the giant waves that roll across the Pacific may be the result of a
previous El Nino, which will (8) . to affect the circulation of the North Pacific for years to
come.
The 1982 El Nino, the strongest of the 20th century, is (9) .of causing the flooding of the 
Mississippi basin in 1993, with the loss of life and serious (10) .to crops and property that 
resulted.
ANSWER
B. (0.5 x 20 = 10.0 pts)
1. occurs 2. due 3. for 4. responsible 5. in 
6. in 7. information 8. continue 9. suspected 10. damage
B. WRITTEN TEST
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VI. Finish the second sentence without changing the meaning by using the words given at the 
 beginning or one word at the end of the sentence. 
1. Just after solving one problem, I was faced with another.
Hardly 
2. Getting specialized qualification will benefit you. 
It will be in 
3. We have to repay the loan, now that we have promised to.
We are.
4. ‘Oh, just a minute, was it Leonardo or Michelangelo who painted the Mona Lisa?’
He couldn’t remember 
5. The company will well make a profit next year.
I wouldn’t be surprised 
6. Don’t forget to contact me if you come here. 
Don’t forget to get ...
7. The defense contributed enormously to the team's success. MADE
8. I don’t agree with prohibiting smoking in bars. FAVOR
..
9. Chess is much more skilful game than backgammon. DEAL
..
10. I was just about to leave the house when I heard the phone ring. VERGE
..
ANSWER
VI. Sentence transformation (2.0 x 10 = 20.0 pts) 
1. Hardly had I solved one problem than I was faced with another.
2. It is/will be in your interests to get/that you get a specialized qualification.
3. We are obliged to repay the loan. / We are committed to repaying the loan.
4. He couldn’t remember if it was Leonardo or Michelangelo who (had) painted the Mona 
Lisa?
5. I wouldn’t be surprised if the company made a profit next year.
6. Don’t forget to get in touch with me if you come here.
7. The defense made an enormous contribution to the team's success.
8. I’m not in favor of prohibiting smoking in bars.
9. Playing chess requires a good/great deal more skill than playing chess.
10. I was on the verge of leaving/going out of the house when I heard the phone ring.
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