S GIO DC V O TO K THI OLYMPIC THNG 4 THNH PH H CH MINH LN 1

TP H CH MINH NM HC 2014-2015
MN: TING ANH 10
Thi gian lm bi: 150 pht (khng k thi gian giao )
CHNH THC Ngy 04 thng 4 nm 2015
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LISTENING (20 pts)

SECTION I. Listen to the recording carefully and write down the missing words on your answer sheet.
Driving a taxi isnt only (1)______. Its bad for a persons health as well. Taxi drivers (2)______ a lot of stress every day out on the
street. Of course, we all know they have to drive in (3)______ traffic, but they also have to drive in bad weather (4)______. Think about
having to try in a big city during a(n) (5)______. In addition, taxi drivers have to work on holidays! There isnt much time for them to
spend (6)______ with their friends and families. All of these can (7)______ a drivers health. Its no (8)______ a lot of taxi drivers have
high blood (9)______ and other health problems. Driving a taxi is (10)______ a stressful job.
SECTION II. Listen to the recording. For questions 11 - 15, choose the option (A, B, C, or D) which best completes the blank space or
best answers the question.
11. At ballet school in New York, Elena ______.
A. was the only student from Bulgaria B. found learning the language hard
C. suffered from a rare disease D. learned to be dependent
12. What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella?
A. Children will enjoy it. B. The music was unfamiliar to her.
C. She was so moved when performing it. D. She saw it when she was a child.
13. In her free time, Elena likes to ______.
A. go fishing B. go sightseeing C. go to clubs D. go shopping
14. What does Elena often do to her fans?
A. She gave them a flower. B. She eats out with one of them.
C. She sends them a free ticket. D. She signs one of her photographs.
15. What does Elena like best about her job?
A. getting applause B. appearing on TV C. doing something she loves D. travelling to different countries.
SECTION III. Listen to two pieces of radio news. Give brief answers to the questions.
16. Why did the explosion happen, according to the Gas Board officials?
17. What cracked the gas main?
18. How many goals did Rangers score in the first half?
19. When did Franklin start limping?
20. How was the weather during the match?

USE OF ENGLISH (40 pts)

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1. They told me he was _______ home then.
A. a great place from B. far away C. a distance of D. a long way from
2. Dont you think they are able to help _______?
A. each other one B. their own C. one another D. together
3. Up high in the sky ______.
A. is a plane flying past B. the plane is flying C. past flew a plane D. is flying past a plane
4. He doesnt drink much ________ the police catch him as he drives home.
A. in the event B. in case C. despite D. otherwise
5. He gave me a lot of information, and I couldnt remember _______.
A. them all B. it all C. nothing D. none of it
6. This plan is very good _______ its feasibility.
A. in contact with B. in terms of C. in return for D. in addition to
7. They may have their flight rescheduled, _______ they will let you know.
A. in which event B. in which case C. by which time D. at which point
8. She seldom goes shopping without her mother by her side, _______?
A. doesnt she B. does she C. is she D. wouldnt she
9. Men cause _______ fatal accidents as women do for every mile they drive.
A. twice more B. twice as many C. double as much D. as double
10. Had we known they _______ a road right there, we would never have bought the house.
A. were building B. could have built C. must be building D. were going to build
11. The government set up a(n) _______ body on the use of drugs in sport.
A. advisable B. inadvisable C. well-advised D. advisory
12. The principal doesnt allow _______ in the auditorium.
A. us smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. us smoking
13. I'm not _______ them staying with us, as long as it's only for a couple of days.
A. disagreeing with B. looking forward to C. opposed to D. objected to

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14. That worker is ______ than sick.
A. lazier B. more lazy C. so lazy D. much lazy
15. There is one kind of sports which I like playing above all _______, and it is tennis.
A. sports B. other of sports C. of others D. others
16. He drove away as soon as the lights ______ green.
A. became B. turned C. changed D. grew
17. The spectators hurled ______ at the referee when he disallowed the goal.
A. abuse B. complaint C. petition D. objection
18. Hes so ______. Hell believe anything you say.
A. generous B. stubborn C. believable D. gullible
19. He promised her a loan but disappointingly he _______ on his word.
A. turned over B. stood off C. went back D. sat down
20. I feel a bit dizzy; I didnt sleep _______ last night.
A. an eye B. a wink C. a jot D. an inch
21. That was not a genuine Van Gogh. Its a ______.
A. fraud B. fake C. counterfeit D. wreck
22. Your steak looks really ______; mine is so tough I cant chew it.
A soft B. flexible C. tender D. mild
23. Our planning for the sales _______ at the last minute.
A. went up B. fell through C. came apart D. broke away
24. Id rather ______ it differently in that situation!
A. be doing B. to have done C. I did D. have done
25. I could play the guitar well. I _______ a professional guitarist, but I decided to become a businessman instead.
A. may have become B. would become C. could have become D. was becoming
26. We cant bear ______ nothing.
A. to sit around to do B. sitting around to do C. sitting around doing D. to sit around without doing
27. People came from _______ to take part in the peace demonstration in Washington.
A. round and round B. out and about C. there and back D. far and wide
28. The teacher requested all the assignments _______ by the end of this week.
A. are submitted B. be submitted C. should submit D. will have been submitted
29. Would you like tea or coffee? ________
A. Yes, please. B. Please, do. C. Id prefer both. D. Either will do
30. Lose this important match, ________.
A. or you will have been sacked B. you will be fired
C. so you will be sacked immediately D. and youll be fired right away
31. She would make an excellent lawyer - she's conscientious and has a ______ mind.
A. well-trained B. well-intentioned C. well-built D. well-informed
32. The baby cannot crawl yet, ______ walk.
A. let alone B. not to mention C. least of all D. by degrees
33. The internship in a psychiatric ward ________ for the rest of his life.
A. had an influence on him B. had influenced on him C. had him as an influence D. exerted an influence for him
34. Since he changed professions, Fred's yearly income has _______.
A. nearly tripled B. got almost three times bigger
C. almost grown by three times D. just about gone up three times
35. Advertising ______ people into buying things that they dont really want.
A. makes B. blackmails C. brainwashes D. threatens
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that is incorrect.
36. Nearly all the electricity for industrial use almost comes from large generators driven by steam turbines.
A B C D
37. The class leader, on behalf of the others, promised not to come to the school late again any more.
A B C D
38. We all should increase the usage of alternative energy since it helps reduce the emission of carbon dioxide.
A B C D
39. There are now some interesting handsome Spanish tall exchange students staying in our hostel.
A B C D
40. Printmaking is the generic term for a number of processes, which woodcut and engraving are two prime examples.
A B C D
WORD FORMS (40 pts)
A. Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in brackets.
1. For all his ______, he never really connects with other people. (SOCIAL)
2. The work was done well thanks to their ______ attitude. (OPERATE)
3. They started the search in a ______ farm. (DESERT)
4. Hes one of the best ______ we have ever worked with. (NEGOTIATE)
5. Her ______ is more important to her than anything else. (DEPEND)
6. The rate of crime is ______ high in the area, and the authorities must do something about it. (INCREASE)
7. They made certain ______ about the market. (ASSUME)
8. Isnt it time for you to have a medical ______. (CHECK)
9. They are discussing the ______ of the effectiveness of the system. (MAXIMUM)
10. The hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment is called ______. (BIRD)
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B. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage. There are
two extra words that you cannot use.
wander plenty ease camp cruise starve
spirit probable politics concept vary study
It is a common (11)______ that people in the Stone Age lived on the edge of (12)______, in small groups, (13)______ around
from place to place. On the contrary, recent (14)______ of archaeological sites have in fact shown that life was a great deal (15)______
than it was for later farming communities. After the Ice Age the weather was warmer than it is today and food was (16)______. There
were large numbers of animals to hunt, fish could easily be caught in rivers and the sea, and a huge (17)______ of plants and berries
grew in the forests.
During the Stone Age or Mesolithic Period, as it is known to archaeologists, men and women led an active social and
(18)______ life. Large (19)______, where up to 200 people may have lived, have been found in several parts of Europe, in addition to
the remains of communal tombs and temples. Making stone tools was (20)______ seen as a communal activity, in which even children
used to take part.
GUIDED CLOZE TEST (10 pts)
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.
Speech the act of uttering sounds to (1)_______ meaning is a kind of human action. Like any other repeated action, speaking
has to be learned, but once it is learned, it becomes a generally (2)_______ and apparently automatic process.
As far as we can determine, human beings do not need to be (3)_______ to speak; most babies seem to possess a sort of
instinctive drive to produce speech-like noises. How to speak and what (4)_______ are another matter altogether. These are learned
from a particular society (5)_______ the baby is born: so that, like all conduct that is learned from a society from the people around us
speech is a patterned activity.
The meandering (6)_______ and chatter of young child are eventually channeled by imitation into a few orderly grooves that
(7)_______ the pattern accepted as meaningful by the people around him. Similarly, a child's indiscriminate (8)_______ of putting
things into his mouth becomes limited to putting food into his mouth in a certain day. The sounds that a child can make are more
(9)_______ and numerous than the sounds that any particular language utilizes. However, a child born into a society with a pattern of
language is encouraged to make a small (10)_______ of sounds and to make these few sounds over and over until it is natural for him
to make these sounds and no others.
1. A. transmit B. describe C. convey D. reveal
2. A. unconscious B. unknown C. insensible D. irrational
3. A. explained B. forced C. directed D. learned
4. A. to talk B. telling C. to say D. speaking
5. A. into where B. into which C. into this D. into that
6. A. blabber B. chirp C. babble D. croon
7. A. represent B. express C. tell D. give
8. A. routine B. practice C. custom D. habitation
9. A. changed B. distorted C. varied D. reflected
10. A. gathering B. accumulation C. get-together D. selection
READING COMPREHENSION (10 pts)
Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage.
Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One
adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun's rays. Desert mammals also depart from the normal
mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the
body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would
normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant's gazelles. The overheated
body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees
Celsius in the camel. This is an advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and an
excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day.
Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be fatal for non-adapted
animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing
only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert
animals can drink prodigious volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very
dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one session, because the human stomach is not
sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of
obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-
flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated, it is a common
experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate thirst.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
(A) Weather variations in the desert (B) Adaptations of desert animals
(C) Diseases of desert animals (D) Human use of desert animals.
2. According to the passage, why is light coloring an advantage to large desert animals?
(A) It helps them hide from predators. (B) It does not absorb sunlight as much as dark colors.
(C) It helps them see their young at night (D) It keeps them cool at night.
3. The word "maintaining" is closest in meaning to
(A) measuring (B) inheriting (C) preserving (D) delaying
4. The author uses of Grant's gazelle as an example of
(A) an animal with a low average temperature (B) an animal that is not as well adapted as the camel
(C) a desert animal that can withstand high body temperatures (D) a desert animal with a constant body temperature

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5. When is the internal temperature of a large desert mammal lower?
(A) Just before sunrise (B) In the middle of the day (C) Just after sunset (D) Just after drinking
6. The word "tolerate" is closest in meaning to
(A) endure (B) replace (C) compensate (D) reduce
7. What causes water intoxication?
(A) Drinking too much water very quickly (B) Drinking polluted water
(C) Bacteria in water (D) Lack of water.
8. What does the author imply about desert-adapted mammals?
(A) They do not need to eat much food. (B) They can eat large quantities quickly
(C) They easily lose their appetites. (D) They can travel long distances looking for food.
9. Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
(A) To show how they use camels. (B) To contrast them to desert mammals.
(C) To give instructions about desert survival. (D) To show how they have adapted to desert life.
10. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an adaptation of large desert animals?
(A) Variation in body temperatures (B) Eating while dehydrated
(C) Drinking water quickly (D) Being active at night.
OPEN CLOZE TEST (60 pts)
Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to make a meaningful passage.
PASSAGE A
For years, concern has been (1)______ by parents and teachers about the effect of computer games on the moral and
(2)______ make-up of the next (3)______. Some have warned that a relentless diet of whiz-bang shoot-em-ups fosters antisocial
behavior, (4)______ playground violence. (5)______ believe that the age of the zombie is upon us.
But expert opinion is (6)______ radically. Psychologists in America and Britain now suggest that (7)______ computers games
hold some dangers for children, they also provide opportunities their parents (8)______ enjoyed to amplify powers of concentration and
memory. Researchers (9)______ also highlighted the positive (10)______ of children to the way computer games reward success,
thereby spurring (11)______ on to look for greater challenges a boon if the same attitude is applied to school (12)______. A leading
academic at the University of Washington has even claimed that children think (13)______ when they play computer games, learning to
deal with problems in parallel rather than in sequence. In (14)______, children are being trained to tackle problems in a (15)______
which is not only more rapid but also more effective.
PASSAGE B
The geographical (1)______ of a country and its physical characteristics are very important to its (2)______ and progress. The
United States is very fortunate in this (3)______.
First of all, it has a good climate. In (4)______ all sections of the country it is possible to live comfortably during the (5)______
year. It is true that in the south it sometimes gets very (6)______, and in the north very cold. But the people who live in these (7)______
become accustomed to the climate and never suffer (8)______ when the weather is either very hot or very cold.
In a large country (9)______ is usually a great variety of different physical characteristics. In the United States, there are wide
plains and high (10)______, thousands of lakes and rivers of all sizes, cool forests and hot (11)______, and a coastline several
thousand miles long.
The many lakes and rivers, as well as the long coastline, have been of great (12)______ to the development of the country,
since they have made (13)______ the easy transportation of people and all the things they need. Transportation by water is still
necessary and important. In modern (14)______, however, trains, automobiles, trucks and airplanes are doing much of the work which
was (15)______ done by ships and boats.
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20 pts)
Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it. Use the word in brackets
without making any change to it.
1. He took little notice of the man standing at the gate. (WAS)
He didnt pay __________________________________________
2. She burst into tears immediately after saying it. (HAD)
No sooner ____________________________________________
3. The artists performance attracted such a big crowd that it had to start late. (SHOWED)
So many _____________________________________________
4. I should have bought the car at last weeks auction. (AUCTIONED)
If ____________________________________________________
5. The farmer and his children used to do most of the farm work. (WELL)
Most of _______________________________________________
6. The attendance at the football match was very low. (SEE)
Hardly ________________________________________________
7. Although he perhaps has some faults, meanness is not one of them. (INCLUDE)
Whatever _____________________________________________
8. Everyone heard about the accident before I did. (INFORMED)
I was _________________________________________________
9. Someone has suggested banning cars from the city center. (AUTHORITY)
It ____________________________________________________
10. You cannot find that precious book anywhere else except in her private library. (RATHER)
It is __________________________________________________

THE END OF THE TEST