Đề thi Olympic môn Tiếng Anh Khối 10 năm học 2015-2016 - Mã đề 132 - Trường THPS Nguyễn Trãi

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TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN TRÃI
ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC KHỐI 10 
NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
Mã đề thi 132
Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:...............................................................................
PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 điểm)
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 
Câu 1: 	A. sings	B. eats	C. signs	D. gains
Câu 2: 	A. preferred	B. fetched	C. worked	D. fixed
Câu 3: 	A. cheerful	B. chicken	C. character	D. choice
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. 
Câu 4: 	A. important	B. difficult	C. discover	D. invention
Câu 5: 	A. academic	B. historic	C. terrific	D. fantastic
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct one to complete each of the following sentences. 
Câu 6: His family ________ in the first row now.
A. is sitting	B. are	C. is	D. are sitting
Câu 7: A number of students ________ for a rise since last year
A. asked	B. has asked	C. ask	D. have asked
Câu 8: I have been fascinated by _________ since I was at secondary school.
A. photographic	B. photographer	C. photograph	D. photography
Câu 9: She has difficulty ________ and ________ English.
A. speak-writing	B. to speak- to write	C. speak-write	D. speaking-writing
Câu 10: Her mother’s illness cast a cloud__________her wedding day
A. for	B. over	C. on	D. in
Câu 11: I don’t really___________winter sports very much
A. deal with	B. face up to	C. get round to	D. go in for
Câu 12: Well- ___________child often behaves quite differently from one who did not get good schooling.
A. education	B. educated	C. educate	D. educating
Câu 13: When my grandfather was alive, he ________ morning exercises.
A. used to do	B. use to do	C. used to doing	D. wasn't used to do
Câu 14: There is no __________ explanation for what happened.
A. scientifically	B. scientist	C. science	D. scientific
Câu 15: –“I’ve passed my driving test.” –“_____________.”
A. It’s nice of you to say so.	B. Do you?	
C. Congratulations!	D. That’s a good idea.	
Câu 16: We ______ them before the reception yesterday
A. haven't met	B. hadn't met	C. didn't meet	D. wouldn't meet
Câu 17: In spite of______, we decided to go out.
A. tired	B. feeling tired	C. all of us felt tired	D. we felt very tired
Câu 18: “Do you mind if I borrow a chair?" 	“____ Do you need only one?”
A. Yes, I would.	B. Yes, I do.	C. Not at all.	D. I'm sorry.
Câu 19: My parents saw a ________ play last night.
A. three - act	B. three - acts	C. three acts	D. three act
Câu 20: Lucy was late for school this morning because the alarm didn’t ______ as usual
A. get off	B. go off	C. ring off	D. take off
Câu 21: These books belong to you. I’m sure they are_____.
A. you’re	B. your’s	C. yours	D. your
Câu 22: – “What would you like to drink? “ – “ __________.”
A. Yes, please	B. Milk, please	C. No, thanks	D. OK
Câu 23: The number of cars on the roads ______ increasing, so we need to build more roads.
A. is	B. was	C. were	D. are
Câu 24: ______ the class size is our school’s immediate aim.
A. Reduces	B. Reduce	C. Reducing	D. Reduced
IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. 
	As the twentieth century began, the importance of formal education in the United States increased. The frontier had mostly disappeared and by 1910 most Americans lived in towns and cities. Industrialization and the bureaucratization of economic life combined with a new emphasis upon credentials and expertise to make schooling increasingly important for economic and social mobility. Increasingly, too, schools were viewed as the most important means of integrating immigrants into American society.
The arrival of a great wave of southern and eastern European immigrants at the turn of the century coincided with and contributed to an enormous expansion of formal schooling. By 1920 schooling to age fourteen or beyond was compulsory in most states, and the school year was greatly lengthened. Kindergartens, vacation schools, extracurricular activities, and vocational education and counseling extended the influence of public schools over the lives of students, many of whom in the larger industrial cities were the children of immigrants. Classes for adult immigrants were sponsored by public schools, corporations, unions, churches, settlement houses, and other agencies.
Reformers early in the twentieth century suggested that education programs should suit the needs of specific populations. Immigrant women were once such population. Schools tried to educate young women so they could occupy productive places in the urban industrial economy, and one place many educators considered appropriate for women was the home.
Although looking after the house and family was familiar to immigrant women, American education gave homemaking a new definition. In pre-industrial economies, homemaking had meant the production as well as the consumption of goods, and it commonly included income-producing activities both inside and outside the home, in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States, however, overproduction rather than scarcity was becoming a problem. Thus, the ideal American homemaker was viewed as a consumer rather than a producer. Schools trained women to be consumer homemakers cooking, shopping, decorating, and caring for children "efficiently" in their own homes, or if economic necessity demanded, as employees in the homes of others. Subsequent reforms have made these notions seem quite out-of-date.
Câu 25: The paragraph preceding the passage probably discusses _____.
A. the most important means of integrating immigrants into American society in the nineteen century.
B. the urbanization in the United States in the nineteen century.
C. the industrialization and the bureaucratization of economic life the United States in the 19th century
D. the formal schooling in the United States in the nineteen century.
Câu 26: It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that one important factor in the increasing importance of education in the United States was _____.
A. the increased urbanization of the entire country
B. the expanding economic problems of schools
C. the growing number of schools in frontier communities
D. an increase in the number of trained teachers
Câu 27: The word "means" in line 5 is closest in meaning to _____.
A.  probability	B. qualifications	C. advantages	D. method
Câu 28: The phrase "coincided with" in line 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A.  ensured the success of	B. began to grow rapidly
C. happened at the same time as	D.  was influenced by
Câu 29: According to the passage, one important change in United States education by the 1920's was that _____.
A. most places required children to attend school
B. adults and children studied in the same classes
C. new regulations were imposed on nontraditional education
D. the amount of time spent on formal education was limited
Câu 30: “Vacation schools and extracurricular activities” are mentioned in line 9 to illustrate _____.
A. the importance of educational changes
B. alternatives to formal education provided by public schools
C.  the increased impact of public schools on students
D. activities that competed to attract new immigrants to their programs.
Câu 31: According to the passage, early-twentieth century education reformers believed that _____.
A.  different groups needed different kinds of education
B.  corporations and other organizations damaged educational progress
C. more women should be involved in education and industry
D. special programs should be set up in frontier communities to modernize them
Câu 32: The word "it" in paragraph 4 refers to _____.
A.  homemaking	B. consumption	C.  education	D. production
Câu 33: Women were trained to be consumer homemakers as a result of _____.
A. overproduction in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
B.  economic necessity in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
C. scarcity in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
D. income-producing activities in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
Câu 34: The word “others” in paragraph 4 means_______.
A. other women	B. other homes	C. other children	D. other employees
V. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following question from 35 to 37. 
Câu 35: He passed his exams with flying colours
A. badly	B. easily	C. successfully	D. difficult
Câu 36: Gradually more children were sent to the class as their parents realized that the young teacher was trying her best to help their poor kids.
A. Progressively	B. Firstly	C. Weakly	D. Slowly
Câu 37: She harboured the thought of being a member in the Parliament to struggle for women’s rights.
A. determined	B. passed	C. took charge of	D. keep in mind
VI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following question from 38 to 39. 
Câu 38: Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind and deaf people?
A. easy	B. slight	C. soft	D. light
Câu 39: As a brilliant and mature student with a rare gift of concentration, Marie harbored the dream of a scientific career which was impossible for a woman at that time.
A. dark	B. ugly	C. dull	D. dirty
VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. 
Câu 40: Before he retired last month, Mr. Smith has been working as a secretary in the House of Parliament.
A. has been working	B. a secretary	C. Before	D. as
Câu 41: He was one of the first inventor to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention.
A. mass production	B. to apply
C. the process of invention	D. one of the first inventor
Câu 42: Sometimes it is difficult to avoid to drink when we enjoy an informal party.
A. Sometimes	B. to drink	C. an informal party	D. it is difficult
Câu 43: Despite there is a lot of stress and pressure in my job, I have never thought of quitting it.
A. of quitting	B. have never thought	C. there is	D. pressure
Câu 44: Education, whether it happens at school or anywhere else, is a important part in our life
A. or	B. a important part	C. Education	D. whether
VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks. 
READING WITH THE FINGERS
Blindness is one of the most difficult of human (45) ____. The fact that our eyes are so important (46) ____ our learning is one of the key problems. One thing making education (47) _____ and life more pleasant for the blind is the development of a system by (48) ____ they are able to learn to read.
Since the blind cannot use their eyes, they are taught to use the (49) _____ of touch in their fingers. Reading raised printed matters of the common type is very, very difficult. A special system now used was invented by a Frenchman, Louis Braille. This reading device is called Braille, (50) ______ Louis Braille, who made it usable for the blind. In the Braille plan, the letters are (51) ______ by raised dots. The Braille alphabet uses from one to five dots. These dots are arranged upon a six-dot plan. Different patterns are used for (52) _____ letters.
Many thousands of books are now printed in Braille and sent to most countries in the world. A blind person who has (53) ____ this system passes the ends of his fingers along the line of Braille print. At first his reading may be painfully slow, but it becomes faster with (54) _____.
Câu 45: 	A. drawbacks	B. handicaps	C. sufferings	D. shortcomings
Câu 46: 	A. with	B. for	C. to	D. on
Câu 47: 	A. easy	B. possible	C. probable	D. enabled
Câu 48: 	A. what	B. whom	C. which	D. that
Câu 49: 	A. sense	B. feeling	C. sensitivity	D. sensation
Câu 50: 	A. after	B. by	C. on	D. for
Câu 51: 	A. represented	B. taken over	C. made	D. symbolized
Câu 52: 	A. another	B. each	C. all	D. every
Câu 53: 	A. mastered	B. learned	C. taught	D. received
Câu 54: 	A. training	B. use	C. practice	D. direction
IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. 
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. 
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. 
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. 
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Câu 55: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ______.
A. help their child to become a genius	B. push their child into trying too much
C. make their child become a musician	D. neglect their child’s education
Câu 56: Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they ______.
A. force their children into achieving success	B. arrange private lessons for their children
C. understand and help their children sensibly	D. themselves have been very successful
Câu 57: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?
A. Successful musicians.	B. Educational psychologists.
C. Their children.	D. Unrealistic parents.
Câu 58: Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______.
A. his parents are quite rich	B. his father is a musician
C. his mother knows little about music	D. his parents help him in a sensible way
Câu 59: The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. "confused about"	B. "surprised at"
C. "completely unaware of"	D. "extremely interested in"
Câu 60: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he ______.
A. has become a good musician	B. cannot learn much music from them
C. is afraid to disappoint them	D. has won a lot of piano competitions
Câu 61: The word "They" in the passage refers to ______.
A. concerts	B. parents in general	C. Michael’s parents	D. violin lessons
Câu 62: All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _____.
A. Winston’s mother	B. Winston’s father	C. Michael’s father	D. Michael’s mother
Câu 63: The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. " not objecting to doing anything "	B. "eager to do something"
C. " not wanting to do something "	D. " getting ready to do something"
Câu 64: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that ______.
A. successful parents often have unsuccessful children
B. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants
C. successful parents always have intelligent children
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education
PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: (2 điểm)
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given word. 
1. It is a difficult question. I’m trying to puzzle it out. Nobody has answered it yet.
ð The difficult question that __________________________________________________________
2. The house is very beautiful. Its gate was painted blue.
ð The house, the ___________________________________________________________________
3. The lesson was so boring that she fell asleep. 
ð It _____________________________________________________________________________
4. "If Brian doesn't train harder, I won't select him for the team," said the manager.
ð The manager threatened ___________________________________________________________
5. I couldn’t be in time for the meeting because of the traffic.
ð The traffic ______________________________________________________________________
1. It is a difficult question. I’m trying to puzzle it out. Nobody has answered it yet.
ð The difficult question that I’m trying to puzzle out has not been answered yet.
2. The house is very beautiful. Its gate was painted blue.
ð The house, the gate of which was painted blue, is very beautiful.
3. The lesson was so boring that she fell asleep. 
ð It was such a boring lesson that she fell asleep
4. "If Brian doesn't train harder, I won't select him for the team," said the manager.
ð The manager threatened Brain NOT to select him for the team if he did not train harder
5. I couldn’t be in time for the meeting because of the traffic.
ð The traffic was so heavy that I couldn’t be in time for the meeting.
II. Write a paragraph to tell about your recent journey. (About 150 words) 
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