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 ĐỒNG THÁP
TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG CHUYÊN NGUYỄN ĐÌNH CHIỂU
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (40 PTS)
I. WORD CHOICE (5 PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
1. Employees who have a _________ are encouraged to discuss it with the management.
A. hindrance B. grievance C. disadvantage D. disturbance
2. The police are _________ certain who the culprit is.
A. in some ways B. more or less C. here and there D. by and by
3. Women’s participation _________ in the workforce was lower in the countries which had less-developed economies.
A. scale B. speed C. velocity D. rate
4. Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no _________ improvement in her condition.
A. decipherable B. legible C. discernible D. intelligible
5. I’ve been doing my best to reduce the backlog but I must admit that I’ve hardly put _________ in the problem so far.
A. a dent B. a foot C. a brave face D. damper
6. From time to time he _________ himself to a weekend in a five-star hotel.
A. craves B. indulges C. treats D. benefits
7. Men still expect their jobs to take _________.
A. superiority B. imposition C. priority D. seniority
8. According to a recent survey, most people are on good _________ with their neighbors.
A. terms B. relations C. relationships D. acquaintance
9. The police have been ordered not to _________ if the students attack them.
A. combat B. rebuff C. retaliate D. challenge
10. The police finally arrested the _________ criminal
A. famous B. renowned C. respectable D. notorious
KEY TO WORD CHOICE:
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A
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D
II. STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR (5 PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
1. It is only recently that ballets have been based on themes ________ American life.
A. reflecting B. reflects C. is reflecting D. reflected
2. Between the California Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada ________.
A. great Central Valley B. the great Central Valley
C. being the great Central Valley D. lies the great Central Valley
3. Blue-green algae are found ________ there is ample moisture.
A. wherever B. ever where C. ever D. there ever
4. ________ of staging a play that help the audience understand its structure and meaning
A. Specific aspects B. When specific aspects
C. Specific aspects are D. There are specific aspects
5. George belongs to the ________.
A. class of the upper middle B. upper middle class
C. class from the center up D. high medium class
6. Only ________ of the breeds of cattle have been brought to the United States.
A. a small amount B. a little amount C. a small number D. a little number
7. According to anthropologists, the earliest ancestors of humans that stood upright resembled chimpanzees _______, with sloping foreheads and protruding brows.
A. facially B. their faces C. having facial D. they had faces
8. A communications satellite orbits the earth at the same rate that the earth revolves ________ over a fixed point on the surface.
A. so it can remain B. so that it can remain C. it can remain D. so can remain
9. Anxiety about uncontrollable situations is thought to cause ________.
A. to fitfully sleep B. fitful sleep C. fitful in sleep D. sleep fitfully
10. ________ as the most important crop in Hawaii is sugar cane.
A. It ranks B. It is ranked C. What ranks D. The rank
KEY TO STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR:
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D
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III. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (5 PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences
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