Đề thi olympic môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 (Có đáp án)

Part I: Phonetics (2.5 points)
Question 1-5: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1.	A. warm 	B. wash	C. wall	D. walk
2.	A. delayed	B. bathed	C. damaged	D. hoped
3.	A. prefer	B. better	C. worker	D. teacher
4.	A. character	B. stomach	C. chemist	D. children
5.	A. bus	B. fun	C. busy	D. husband
Question 6-10: Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others
6.	A. another	B. tobacco	C. buffalo	D. occasion
7.	A. children	B. breakfast	C. routine	D. water
8.	A. enjoy	B. suffer	C. study	D. differ
9. 	A. improve	B. answer	C. become	D. result
10.	A. capable	B. beautiful	C. interesting	D. attractive
Part IV: Reading (5 points)
Read the following passages and choose the options that best complete the blanks.
	Have you ever had to stay ( 51 ) .. a long time? Yes. About six months ago, I ( 52 ) .. very ill so I went ( 53 ) .. a doctor. He looked at me and asked a lot of questions. “ Have you been working ( 54 ) .. ? “ Have you ( 55 ) .. anything special?” And so on. Finally he ( 56 ) .. that it was not serious by that I ( 57 ) .. not to meet other people. I had to stay in bed for two weeks and take some medicine ( 58 ) .. . It wasn’t so bad because my friends came and talked to me ( 59 ) .. the window. I’m glad my bedroom is on the ( 60 ) ..	
51. A. in the bed for	B. in the bed since 	C. in bed for	D. in bed since
52. A. felt	B. filled	C. fell	D. feel
53. A. and see	B. to see	C. for see	D. for to see
54. A. too hard	B. too hardly	C. too much hard	D. too much hardly
55. A. ate or drank	B. ate or drunk	C. eaten or drunk	D. eat or drank
56. A. told	B. said me	C. told to me	D. told me
57. A. ought 	B. would	C. should	D. must
58. A. all the days 	B. every days 	C. all days 	D. every day
59. A. through	B. along	C. though	D. across
60. A. flat ground	B. ground flat	C. floor ground	D. ground floor
Read the passage and choose the best answer:
	Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821 and emigrated to New York City when she was 10. One day, she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the 19th century. After writing many letters seeking admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined was she that she taught at school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition. In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea. On returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female physician in the United States and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.
61. Why couldn’t Elizabeth realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.	
B. She decided to further her education in Paris.
C. A serious eye infection halted her quest.	
D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.
62. What main obstacle almost destroyed her chances for become a doctor?
A. She was a woman.	
B. She wrote too many letters.
C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.
D. She couldn’t establish her hospital.
63. How many years elapsed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
	A. 8 	B. 10 	C. 19 	D. 36
64. All of the following are “ firsts” in the life of Elizabeth EXCEPT _________ 
A. She became the first female physician in the United States.	
B. She was the first woman surgeon in the United States.
C. She and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children.	
D. She established the first medical school for women.	
65. How old was Elizabeth Blackwell when she graduated from medical school?
	A. 10 	B. 21 	C. 28 	D. 36
66. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Elizabeth Blackwell overcame serious obstacles to become the first woman doctor in the United States.
B. Elizabeth Blackwell had to abandon her plans to become a doctor because of an eye infection.
C. Elizabeth Blackwell taught music to pay for her medical studies.	
D. Elizabeth Blackwell founded the first medical school for women.
67. Why was it impossible for Elizabeth Blackwell to get into medical school?
	A. She had a serious eye infection. 	
B. She had little or no money to pay tuition. 	
C. She wanted to be part of a profession that no woman had entered before. 	
D. Her family didn’t want her to be a doctor.
68. The word “ abandon” is closest in meaning to..
	A. undertake 	B. give up 	C. continue 	D. look into
69. The word “founding” underlined means nearly the same as
A. locating 	B. looking for 	
C. establishing	 	D. buying
70. The reason Elizabeth Blackwell could not become a surgeon is explained in _____
A. “ After .. Philadelphia”
B. “ In 1849 .. woman”
C. “ Besides .. hospital, ..”
D. “ .., she .. women”
Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
I grew up ( 71 ) .. a farm. We had to care for the animals morning and evening, seven ( 72 ) .. a weeks. Even during school vacations and on weekends there ( 73 ) ... no work to do. I was paid for my work. From the ( 74 ) .. of ten, I was paid a dollar ( 75 ) .. hour. Because I was paid a small salary, I learned ( 76 ) .. to save and budget money. ( 77 ) .. I was only eleven, I saved enough to ( 78 ) .. a ten-speed bicycle. In high school, I took a ( 79 ) .. in a nearby town during the summer to save money ( 80 ) .. college. I learned how to manage money at an early age.
Key to the Olympic test – Grade 10 	(School year: 2015-2016)
Part I: Phonetics
 1 - 5:	1. C	2. D	3. A	4. D	5. C
6 - 10:	6. C	7. C	8. A	9. B	10. D
Part IV: Reading
51. C	52. A	53. B	54. A	55. C	56. D	57. A
58. D	59. A	60. D	61. C	62. A	63. A	64. B	
65. C	66. A	67. C	68. B	69. C	70. C	
71. on	72. days	73. was	74. age	75. an	76. hour	77. when	78. buy	79. job	80. for