SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TP LONG XUYÊN , TỈNH AN GIANG
TRƯỜNG : THPT CHUYÊN THOẠI NGỌC HẦU
KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUYỀN THỐNG 30 - 4 LẦN THỨ _____
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN: ANH ; LỚP : 10
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Câu hỏi 1: ( 5 điểm)
I. WORD CHOICE
Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences:
The criminal performed 100 hours of community service work to atone for his crime.
A. make out B. compensate C. give up D. scarifice
As a child, Mozart was considered to be an infant _____.
A. fantasy B. miracle C. prodigy D. sensation
Marie was nettled by her sister’s constant jocularity and preferred a _____ .
A. miserable B. indignant C. sycophantic D. staid
If the student had been less _____, he would not have been expelled from his grade school.
A. indefatigable B. perseverant C. refractory D. indigent
Despite his intense _____, he failed to secure the prestigious university’s coveted diploma.
A. imbibition B. lugubriousness C. lucubration D. magnanimity
It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be _____ .
A. predictable B. unexpected C. explicit D. confusing
As my eyesight began to _____ , I spent a lot of time writing about it – both poems and ‘eye journals’ – describing what I saw as I looked out through damaged eyes.
A. deteriorate B. sharpen C. recover D. adjust
Her _____ should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need.
A. stinginess B. thrift C. illiberality D. intolerance
Modern agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity of major food crops, yet despite heavy use of pesticides, _____ losses to diseases and insects pests are sustained each year.
A. reasonable B. equitable C. considerable D. incongruous
A recent study suggests that vitamin E supplements, despite widespread belief in their _____, are no better than sugar pills for delaying the onset of the degenerative disease.
potential B. misuse C. popularity D. efficacy
Đáp án câu hỏi 1:
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. D
_______________________________________________________________________________
Câu hỏi 2: ( 5 điểm)
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES.
Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences:
1. Natural selection is defined as the process _____the course of evolution by preserving those traits best
adapted for an organism`s survival.
A. to which directs B. of which directs it C. directs it D. that directs
2. Manufacturing is Canada`s most important economic activity, ____17 percent of the workforce.
A. engages B. and to engage C. that it engage D. engaging
3. ____ 363 miles between the cities of Albany and Buffalo in New York State, the Eric Canal helped link the
Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes.
A. The extension of B. The extension C. Extending D. Extends
4. ____ that life began billions of years ago in the water.
A. It is believed B. In the belief C. The belief D. Believing
5. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as the locus of all points _____ distances from two fixed points is
constant.
A. which as the sum of B. of the sum which
C. the sum of whose D. whose sum that the
6. _____ no two people think exactly alike, there will always be disagreement, but disagreement should not
always be avoided; it can be healthy if handled creatively.
A. There are B. Why C. That D. Because
7. Social scientists believe that _____ from sounds such as grunts and barks made by early ancestors of human
beings.
A. the very slow development of language B. language developed very slowly
C. language which,, was very slow to develop D. language, very slowly developing
8. _____ technically proficient; it also explores
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