KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUYỀN THỐNG 30-4 LẦN THỨ XXIV
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH; LỚP: 10
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH KHÁNH HÒA
TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG CHUYÊN LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (40 PTS)
I. WORD CHOICE (5 PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
The vegetation on the island was ______. A. exuberant B. chivalrous C. overcast D. ingenious
He became an outlaw by ______ the law. A. defying B. observing C. sticking to D. abiding by
The plague, otherwise known as the Black Death, was a ______ disease. A. contagious B. contiguous C. contingent D. congenial
The Prime Minister will decide whether to release the prisoner or not; that’s his ______. A. prerogative B. derogatory C. abdication D. humanity
He ______ the illusion that he will live to be a hundred. A. grows B. relishes C. develops D. cherishes
They continued fighting despite all the ______ they met with. A. adversities B. amenities C. properties D. liabilities
I’d love to live in these ______ surroundings. A. desolate B. bashful C. gloomy D. serene
The Secretary of State handled the matter ______ and prevented a war. A. adroitly B. intensely C. abjectly D. slightly
Her condition seems to be ______. We’ll have to take her to intensive care. A. ameliorating B. deteriorating C. amputating D. imitating
Not only is little Jonny’s grammar incoherent and his spelling atrocious but also his pronunciation ______. A. slothful B. sluggish C. hazard D. haphazard
KEY TO WORD CHOICE:
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D
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B
D
II. STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR (5 PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
______ so incredible is that these insects successfully migrate to places they have never seen.
A. That makes the monarch butterflies’ migration
B. The migration of the monarch butterflies is
C. What makes the monarch butterflies’ migration
D. The migration of the monarch butterflies, which is
It is mandatory that smoking in public ______.
A. prohibited B. prohibit C. be prohibited D. is prohibited
______ with about fifteen times its weight in air does gasoline allow the carburetor to run smoothly.
A. It is mixed B. Only when mixed C. When mixed D. To mix it
He ______safety goggles, but he wasn’t and, as a result, the hot steel badly damaged his eyes.
A. could have been wearing B. must have been wearing
C. should wearing D. ought to have been wearing
If the Moon ______ one orbit around the Earth and one complete revolution on its axis at the same rate, we sometimes ______ the other side of it.
A. won`t complete – will see B. didn’t complete – would see C. doesn’t complete – had seen D. wouldn’t complete – see
The two boys were caught ______ the exam papers from the teachers’ room, so they definitely deserved ______ from school.
A. to be stealing – having suspended B. to steal – being suspended C. stealing – to be suspended D. having stolen – suspended
No whale has ever been known to attack human except in defence; ______ stories have come down since the Biblical Jonah of men being swallowed by whales.
A. consequently B. whatever C. inasmuch as D. nonetheless
After the First World War, the author Anais Nin became interested in the art movement known as Surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both ______ her novels and shorts stories.
A. in which the influence B. of which influenced
C. to have influence D. its influence in
Nebraska has floods in some years, ______.
A. in others drought B. droughts are others
C. while other droughts D. others in drought
______ native to Europe, the daisy has now spread throughout most of North America.
A. Although B. If it were C. In spite of D. That it is
KEY TO STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR:
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B
D
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B
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A
III. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (5 PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
I need to ______ your offer very carefully before I make a decision.
A. look over B. see out C. figure out D. mull over
There’s nothing to ______ as it’s a general knowledge quiz.
A. come round
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