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KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUYỀN THỐNG 30 - 4 - LẦN THỨ XXII

ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH; KHỐI: 10
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A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

I. PHONOLOGY (5pts)
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group.
1. A. distortion B. attorney C. torture D. portable
2. A. azure B. razor C. amaze D. ozone
3. A. feasible B. feather C. feat D. feature
4. A. suit B. bruise C. suite D. fruit
5. A. foul B. fowl C. howl D. bowl
2. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in the list.
6. A. architectural B. cosmopolitan C. appreciative D. archeologist
7. A. comprise B. convert C. conceal D. combat
8. A. vigorous B. scandalous C. victorious D. dangerous
9. A. delicious B. dynamic C. emphatic D. confiscate
10. A. profile B. morale C. blindfold D. insight
ANSWERS
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C
5. D 6. C 7. B 8. C
9. D 10. B

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II. WORD CHOICE (5 pts)

Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
[Link] to the ________ of the contract, tenants must give six months’ notice if they intend to live.
A. laws B. rules C. terms D. details
2. The door hinges had all been oiled to stop them ________ .
A. squeaking B. screeching C. shrieking D. squealing
3. The dealer wanted £400, I wanted to pay £300, and we finally agreed to ______ the difference.
A. divide B. split C. drop D. decrease
4. He spent ten years in the army and for most of the time he was ________ abroad.
A. camped B. situated C. placed D. stationed
5. Would you like me to _________ you another slice of chicken?
A. carve B. splash C. peel D. shave
6. You should _______ at least three days for the journey.
A. expect B. permit C. accept D. allow
7. The fact that trade links were well developed at this time _________ some plausibility to his opinion.
A. provides B. supplies C. lends D. offers
8. A(n) _________ has been ordered into why so many safety rules were broken just before the accident
occurred.
A. inquiry B. research C. search D. query
9. The woman’s clothes gave no __________ to her origin.
A. sign B. signal C. clue D. hint
10. It is regretted that there can be no _________ to this rule.
A. exclusion B. alternative C. exception D. deviation

ANSWERS
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. C

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III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES (5 pts)

Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. If only motorists ________ drive more carefully!
A. might B. shall C. would D. should
2. He was deaf to everything _________ than what he wanted to hear.
A. other B. apart C. else D. except
3. We wish __________ .
A. you knew but you don’t B. you know but you don’t
C. you knew but you didn’t D. you know but you didn’t
4. She tried to set ________ a few minutes each day for her exercises.
A. about B. down C. aside D. in
5. I have several problems at the moment, _______the least of which is lack of money.
A. But B. not C. only D. far
6. The singer’s performance was so exciting that many of his fans were _______ enthusiasm.
A. carried away with B. moved to C. taken aback with D. stirred up with
7. _________ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain do not seem high at all.
A. When compared B. Compare them
C. If you compare D. A comparison
8. Are you shopping for ________ health club to join so you can get in shape?
A. this B. a C. the D. no article is needed
9. You may not have liked her, but _________ be quite so rude?
A. should be B. did you dare to
C. did you need to D. would you have to
10. I didn’t learn very much _______ my time at that college.
A. during B. throughout C. on D. all

ANSWERS
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C
5. B 6. A 7. A 8. B
9. C 10. A

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IV. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS (5 pts)

Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. They’ve come _________ our way of thinking at last.
A. down B. round to C. aside D. up
2. Can you do _________ my dress, please?
A. down B. with C. up D. out of
3. I truly feel _______ you in your terrible misfortune.
A. about B. in C. back D. for
4. What are you getting ______? I can’t understand what you’re trying to say.
A. across B. with C. over D. at
5. How are you getting ______ at school?
A. on B. up C. down D. in with
6. News of their “secret” wedding got _______ fast.
A. about B. out in C. round to D. off
7. This blouse is too tight for me. I’d better let it ______ .
A. up B. out C. on D. off
8. I wish you’d ________ telling me what to do all the time.
A. lay off B. let out C. take in D. go with
9. The lecturer had difficulty in ________ across his ideas.
A. coming B. doing C. putting D. passing
10. His proposal met ________ total opposition from the committee.
A. out B. off C. down D. with
ANSWER
1. B 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D

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V. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer the question.
Reading 1: (5 pts)
While many nineteenth-century reformers hoped to bring about reform through education or by
eliminating specific social evils, some thinkers wanted to start over and remake society by founding ideal,
cooperative communities. The United States seemed to them a spacious and unencumbered country where
models of a perfect society could succeed. These communitarian thinkers hoped their success would lead to
imitation, until communities free of crime, poverty, and other social ills would cover the land. A numberof
religious groups, notably the Shakers, practiced communal living, but the main impetus to found model
communities came from nonreligious, rationalistic thinkers.
Among the communitarian philosophers, three of the most influential were Robert Owen, Charles
Fourier, and John Humphrey Noyes. Owen, famous for his humanitarian policies as owner of several
thriving textile mills in Scotland, believed that faulty environment was to blame for human problems and
that these problems could be eliminated in a rationally planned society. In 1825, he put his principles into
practice at New Harmony, Indiana. The community failed economically after a few years but not before
achieving a number of social successes. Fourier, a commercial employee in France, never visited the United
States. However, his theories of cooperative living influenced many Americans through the writings of
Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man explained Fourierism and its self-sufficient associations or
phalanxes. One or more of these phalanxes was organized in every Northern state. The most famous were
Red Bank, New Jersey, and Brook Farm, Massachusetts. An early member of the latter was the author
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Noyes founded the most enduring and probably the oddest of the utopian
communities, the Oneida Community of upstate New York. Needless to say, none of these experiments had
any lasting effects on the patterns of American society.

1. The main topic of the passage is ……………

(A) nineteenth-century schools (B) American reformers
(C) the philosophy of Fourierism (D) model communities in the nineteenth century
2. Which of the following is NOT given in the passage as one of the general goals of communitarian
philosophers?
(A) To remake society (B) To spread their ideas throughout the US
(C) To establish ideal communities (D) To create opportunities through education
3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word impetus?
(A) Stimulus (B) Commitment (C) Drawback (D) Foundation
4. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word thriving?______
(A) Prosperous (B) Famous (C) Failing (D) Pioneering
5. The phalanxes described in the second paragraph were an idea originally conceived by ……………
(A) Albert Brisbane (B) Robert Owen (C) Charles Fourier (D) John Humphrey Noyes

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6. Why does the author mention Nathaniel Hawthorne?

(A) He founded Brook Farm in Massachusetts.
(B) He was a critic of Charles Fourier.
(C) He wrote a book that led to the establishment of model communities.
(D) He was at one time a member of the Brook Farm community.
7. Which of the following communities lasted longest?
(A) New Harmony (B) The Oneida Community (C) Red Bank (D) Brook Farm
8. The word oddest is closest meaning to which of the following?
(A) Earliest
(B) Most independent
(C) Largest
(D) Most unusual
9. The author implies that, for readers, the conclusion of the passage is ……….
(A) obvious (B) surprising (C) absurd (D) practical
10. Why did the author probably divide the passage into two paragraphs?
(A) To compare nineteenth-century reforms with twentieth-century reforms.
(B) To present an overview of a concept in the first paragraph and specific examples in the second.
(C) To contrast the work of utopian thinkers with that of practical reformers.
(D) To give the causes for a phenomenon in the first paragraph and its consequences in the second.

ANSWERS
1.D 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.B

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Reading 2: (5 pts)

In the early 1800s, to reach the jump-off point for the West, a family from the East of the United States
could either buy steamboat passage to Missouri for themselves, their wagons, and their livestock or – as
happened more often-simply pile everything into a wagon, hitch up a team, and begin their overland rek
right in the front yard.
Along the macadamized roads and turnpikes east of the Missouri River, travel was comparatively fast,
camping easy, and supplies plentiful. Then, in one river town or another, the neophyte emigrants would
pause to lay in provisions. For outfitting purposes, the town of Independence had been preeminent ever
since 1827, but the rising momentum of pioneer emigration had produced some rival jump-off points.
Westport and Fort Leaven worth flourished a few miles upriver. St. Joseph had sprung up 55 miles to the
northwest; in fact, emigrants who went to Missouri by riverboat could save four days on the trail by staying
on the paddle-wheelers to St. Joe before striking overland. At whatever jump-off points they chose, the
emigrants studied guidebooks and directions, asked questions of others as green as themselves, and made
their final decisions about outfitting. They had various, sometimes conflicting, options.
For example, either pack animals or two-wheel carts or wagons could be used for the overland crossing.
A family man usually chose the wagon. It was the costliest and slowest of the three,but it provided space and
shelter for children and for a wife who likely as not was pregnant. Everybody knew that a top-heavy covered
wagon might bow over in a prairie wind or be overtuned by mountain rocks that it might mire in river mud
or sink to its hubs in desert sand- but maybe if those things happened on this trip, they would happen to
someone else. Anyway, most pioneers, with their farm background, were used to wagons.

1. What is the topic of the passage?

A. Important river towns.
B. The advantages of traveling by wagon.
C. Getting started on the trip west.
D. Choosing a point of departure.
2. All of the following can be inferred from the passage about travel east of the Missouri EXCEPT that it
A. was faster than in the west B. took place on good roads
C. was easier than in the west D. was usually by steamboat
3. The phrase “jump-off point” is closest meaning to
A. a bridge across a river B. a point of departure
C. a gathering place D. a trading post
4. Which of the cities that served as a jump-off point can be inferred from the passage to be farthest west?
A. Independence
B. St. Joseph
C. Westport
D. Fort Leavenworth
5. The word “preeminent” is closest in meaning to
A. oldest B. superior C. most easily reached D. closest

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6. The author implies in the passage that the early emigrants
A. knew a lot about travel
B. were well stocked with provisions when they left their homes
C. left from the same place in Missouri
D. preferred wagon travel to other types of travel
7. The word “neophyte” is closest in meaning to
A. eager B. courageous
C. prosperous D. inexperienced
8. All of the following were mentioned in the passage as options for modes of transportation from the
Missouri River to the West EXCEPT
A. A wagon B. A riverboat
C. A pack animal D. A two-wheel cart
9. All of the following features of the covered wagon made it unattractive to the emigrants EXCEPT
A. the speed at which it could travel B. its bulk
C. its familiarity and size D. its cost

10. The phrase “those things”refers to

A. the types of transportation B. the belongings of pioneers
C. the problems of wagon travel D. the overland routes

ANSWERS
1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.B 6.D 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.C

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VI. GUIDED CLOZE TESTS
Read the texts below and decide which answer best fits each space.
TEST 1 (5 pts)

FEELING TIRED
A year ago, Laura reached her lowest point utterly exhausted after a short walk, she was (1)________ up off
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the pavement and driven home by the police. “My feet felt nailed to the ground”, she recalls. With
permanent flu (2)_______ panic stricken and confined to a wheelchair, she was eventually diagnosed as
having chronic fatigue syndrome, the term doctors now use for her illness. Laura, a 30-year-old marketing
manager, has since made a remarkable (3)_______ in her health. She is now able to walk for an hour, swims
twenty lengths three times a week and is (4)_______ going back to work. She (5)_______ her new-found
sense of well-being down to a technique called cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT aims to help people
understand how the beliefs they (6)_______ about themselves and others influence mood and behavior - and
how re-evaluating negative beliefs can help them to feel and behave differently. It has been successful in
dealing with problems ranging from depression to chronic, unexplained pain. Research shows that CBT can
also help people like Laura. Yet many suffers are (7)________ opposed to the treatment, arguing that their
(8)_______ is physical not psychological. Psychological therapy, they believe, implies that they are to
(9)_______ and their disorder is not genuine. Laura says CBT helped her change the way she thought about
her problems without implying that they were her fault “ I was an ‘all-or-nothing’ thinker and felt I had to be
perfect in everything. The therapy has encouraged a less perfectionist approach to life and helped me
gradually to (10)_______ up more physical activity”.
1. A. collected B. moved C. taken D. picked
2. A. indications B. signs C. symptoms D. characteristics
3. A. renewal B. return C. recovery D. restoration
4. A. contemplating B. regarding C. reflecting D. judging
5. A. puts B. gets C. takes D. turns
6. A. carry B. hold C. keep D. possess
7. A. intensively B. extremely C. bitterly D. severely
8. A. condition B. state C. case D. circumstance
9. A. criticize B. blame C. accuse D. disapprove
10. A. serve B. give C. build D. aid

ANSWERS
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A
5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A
9. B 10. C

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TEST 2 (5 pts)

Nobody knows for certain that the origin of music was. Music is certainly older than poetry and painting
but as early man had no way of (1)_________it, we can only guess what it sounded like. Watching a child
(2)________ on drum with his hands or a piece of wood, it is easy to see that this is the simplest of
instruments. It doesn’t (3)_________ much effort to produce a rhythm on it.
Wall paintings show that some of the first instrument looked like. Barely civilizations had already
discovered the three basic (4)_________ of producing music: bowing into a tube, striking an object, and
scraping a string. We know that western music comes from the (5)_______ Greeks. The musical scales we
use now are (6)_________ on certain sequences of notes which the Greeks used to create a particular
(7)_________. Until the sixteenth century, most players of instruments were performers, but as music
became more (8)_________ , orchestra sand musical groups began to (9)________. This (10)________
about the writing of music to be played by several musicians at once time. This can certainly be called the
birth of modern music.
1. A. recording B. playing C. producing D. performing
2. A. hitting B. knocking C. crashing D. banging
3. A. make B. call C. take D. do
4. A. forms B. manners C. systems D. ways
5. A. ancient B. old C. aged D. antique
6. A. raised B. based C. established D. supported
7. A. spirit B. temper C. mood D. humor
8. A. widespread B. enlarged C. expanded D. extended
9. A. turn B. appear C. spring D. be
10. A. produced B. affected C. caused D. brought

ANSWERS

1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D

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B. WRITTEN TEST
I. CLOZE TEST: Read the text below and think of one word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
WORD for each space.

OPEN CLOZE 1 (10 pts)

In the early eighteenth century the New World still belonged to Britain. However, here people found
(1)________ free from the power of kings and priests, and there was no aristocracy (2)_________ owned all
the land. In 1776, the British Americans (3)_________ independence from Britain and, after fighting and
winning a war against the British, established a new nation called the United States of America. They were
now (4)________ free from the power of European kings, and in 1789 they wrote a Constitution for the new
nation. This Constitution (5)________ the values which Americans had fought (6)_________ and when they
wrote it they wanted to make sure that the freedom which they (7)_________ fought to win would continue.
They wanted to be (8)__________ that the government of the new country would not (9)_________ too
strong, that the power of the church would also be limited, and that there would never (10)_________ a
hereditary’ aristocracy in America.
ANSWERS
1. themselves 2. who 3. declared 4. completely
5. Expressed 6. for 7. had 8. sure
9. become/be 10. be

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OPEN CLOZE 2 (10 pts)

One of the main problems facing the environmental movement is that it may become a victim of its
own success. It is now generally accepted that issues such as global warming need to be (1)__________ with
seriously, and that the Scandinavian forests are being destroyed (2)__________ to the effects of
(3)_________ rain. Views (4)_________ these have now become an accepted part of the political scene, and
consumers are constanly bombarded with green or (5)_________ friendly products. However, this does not
mean that environmental groups can now afford to relax. On the (6)__________, the green movement must
consider how the momentum will (7)_________ sustained when the current enthusiasm has (8)__________.
The environment must not be (9)__________ to fade from people’s minds, because the progress of
ecological collapse has already been (10) __________ in train, and so far very little has been done to reverse
it.

ANSWERS
1. dealt [Link] [Link] 4. like 5. environmentally
6. contrary 7. be 8. passed 9. allowed/ permit 10. set

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II. WORD FORMATION

PART 1: Complete each sentence, using the correct form of the word in parentheses. (10 pts)
1. The show was so ________ that nobody knew who was coming on next. (ORGANIZE)
2. One of the aims of te organization is to provide ________ aid to the refugees. (HUMAN)
3. Why don’t you take the ________ and arrange a meeting? (INITIATE)
4. After some ________ one of the children began to speak. (HESITATE)
5. The International Red Cross has its ________ in Geneva, Switzerland. (HEAD)
6. After the tsunami many people lost their families, friends and ________. (LIVE)
7. A mother has to be a nurse, house keeper, shopper, cook, teacher, etc…. She plays a ________ role.
(LATERAL)
8. Was the ________ of International Red Cross inspired by a Sweden? (FOUND)
9. The doctor gave him an injection to ________ the pain. (DIE)
10. The mother was ________ to see her son eating prperly again. (RELIEF)
ANSWERS
1. disorganzied 2. humanitarian 3. initiative 4. hesitation 5. headquarters
6. livelihoods 7. multilateral 8. foundation 9. deaden 10. relieved

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PART 2: Give the correct form of the capitalized word. (10 pts)

PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS

Copyright is the inalienable, legally secured right to publish, reproduce, and sell
the matter and form of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. Copyright
is designed (1)_______ to protect an artist, publisher, or other owner against any SPECIFIC
(2)_______ copying of his works - as by reproducing the work in any material AUTHORISE
form, publishing it, performing it in public, filming it, broadcasting it, causing it
to be distributed to (3)_______ or making any adaptation of the work. SUBSCRIBE
A copyright supplies a copyright holder with a kind of (4)_______ over the OWN
created material, which assures him both control over its use and the monetary
benefits derived from it. (5)_______, copyrights grew out of the same system as HISTORY
royal patent grants, by which certain authors and printers were given the
(6)_______ right to publish books and other materials. EXCLUDE
The (7)_______ purpose of such grants was not to protect authors’ or BASE
publisher’s rights but to raise government revenue and to give governing
authorities control over (8)________ PUBLIC
Contents. The Statue of Anne, passed in England in 1770, was a (9)________ in MILE
the history of copyright law as it recognised that authors should be the
(10)________ beneficiaries of copyright law. Today, the Berne Convention of PRIME
1886 and the Universal Copyright Convention of 1955 protect rights on an
international level recognised in all countries.

ANSWERS
1. specifically
2. unauthorised
3. subscribers
4. ownership
5. historically
6. exclusive
7. basic
8. publicised
9. milestone
10. primary

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III. ERROR CORRECTION (10pts)

There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them.
Crime preventing is as crucial in the workplace as it is in the home or [Link] crime is
as much a part of good management as prompt delivery, good staff relations, and other accepted
management functions. Losses from shops through shoplifting are extremely high and ultimate, those
losses are payment for by all of us in high prices. There are many opportunities for shopkeepers
themselves to reduce shoplifting. As with all types of criminal, prevention is better than cure. The best
deterrent is the present of staff properly trained in how toidentify potential shoplifters. There are also
many secure devices now available.
Video camera surveillance is a popular system, even with quite small retailers. In clothes shopping,
magnetic tag marking systems that set off an alarm if they are taken out of the shop have proved their
worthlessness. However, there are many simpler measures that retailers should consider. Better lighting
and ceiling-hung mirrors can help staff to watch all parts of the display area. Similarly, simply
arrangement shelves and display units to allow clear fields of visible is a good deterrent.

IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (10 pts)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using the word given. Use
between three and eight words, including the word given.
[Link] they strike the consultant off, she will never work again.
→ Should she ………………………………………………………………………………
2. It was much of an argument than a discussion.
→ It was not so …………………………………………………………………………………..
3. He threatened the officers with violence.
→ He made……………………………………………………………………………………..

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4. Jane is very likely to be promoted. (STANDS)
→……………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. His whole life was one of deceit and treachery. (THROUGHOUT)
→……………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Only the managing director and the chief chemist know the details.
→ Knowledge………………………………………………………………………………….
7. There’s nothing new about defence alliances. (HILLS)
→……………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. I never thought that we’d have legal problems. (CROSSED)
→ It…………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. A government official leaked the story to the world press. (WIND)
→……………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. Does he know enough French to work as a translator?
→ Is his………………………………………………………………………………………..?

ANSWERS
1. be struck off, the consultant will never work again.
2. much a discussion as an argument.
3. threats of violence against the officers.
4. Jane stands on a good chance of being promoted.
5. Throughout his life he was deceitful and treacherous.
6. of the details is limited/restricted to the managing director and the chief.
7. Defence alliances are as old as the hills.
8. never crossed my mind that we’d have legal problems.
9. The world press got wind of the story from a government official.
10. knowledge of French good enough for him to work as a translator?

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