S GIÁO D C VÀ ĐÀO T O GIA LAI Ở Ụ Ạ
TR NG : THPT CHUYÊN HÙNG V NG ƯỜ ƯƠ
K THI OLYMPIC TRUY N TH NG 30 - 4 L N TH XXIVỲ Ề Ố Ầ Ứ
Đ THI Đ NGH MÔN: TI NG ANH ; KH I: 10Ề Ề Ị Ế Ố
NĂM H C 2017 - 2018Ọ
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (40 pts)
QUESTION 1: WORD CHOICE ( 5pts)
Choose the word or phrase from A, B, C or D that fits each blank.
1.I’m afraid Jennifer’s very ______ She believes everything she’s told.
A. gullible B. trustworthy C. credible D. honest
2.In the hands of a reckless driver, a car becomes a _____ weapon.
A. lethal B. fatal C. mortal D. venal
3. I slept badly last night and am feeling particularly ______ this morning.
A. slow-witted B. far-reaching C. off-hand D. top-heavy
4.Radio and television make it possible for the news to be widely______ .
A. disseminated B. dislocated C. dismantled D. expressed
5. You can’t bury your head ______ and hope that this problem goes away, you know.
A. in the mud B. in the pool C. in the sand D. in the water
6.Unanswered, the demands for nuclear deterrents have _______ fears of civil war.
A. flashed up B. prognosticated C. sidetracked D. stoked up
7.This evidence should prove ______ that he was telling the truth
A.once and for all B.from time to time C.over and above D.now and then
8.A new computer has been produced, which will ______ all previous models
A.overdo B.supersede C.excel D.overwhelm
10. My decision to drop out of university after a year is one I now _____ regret.
A. painfully B. harshly C. heavily D. keenly
KEYS : 1A 2.A 3. D 4.A 5.C 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. A
QUESTION 2 : STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR (5pts)
Choose the answer which best complete each sentence
1. I supposed, as ______ we all, that the meeting would be cancelled.
A. did B. would C. only D. just
2. Although the Moon appears ______, it reflects on average only 7 percent of the light that
falls on it.
A. bright to the eye B. brightly to the eye
C. bright in the eye D. brightly in the eye
3. “What would you do in my place?” - “Were ______ treated like that, I’d complain to the
manager.”
A. I to be B. I to had been C. I have been D. to I be
4. ______ the catfish is prized for its taste.
A. With ugly look B. As ugly looking
C. Ugly looking as it is D. As it is ugly looking
5. His advice that it ______ at once is reasonable.
A. should do B. be done C. needs to be done D. is done
6. At no time ______ you pay a rise.
A. did I ever promise B. do ever I promise
C. I have ever promised D. had ever I promised
7. Dick put ______ ball in ______ net in ______ second half but ______ goal was disallowed
A. a/a/a/a B. the/the/the/the C. the/the/a/a D. a/a/the/the
8. ______ about what he had heard, John telephoned hia brother
A. Having worried B.To worry C. He worried D. Worried
9. ______ given to the various types of microscopic plants and animals found in water
A. Named plankton B. the name of plankton
C. Plankton’s name D. Plankton is the name
10. You must ______ asleep in the train.
A. have been tired if you fallen B. be tired if you fallen
C. have been tired if you fell D. have been tired if you fall
KEYS : 1A 2.A 3. A 4.C 5.B 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. C
QUESTION 3 : PREPOSTIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (5pts)
Choose the most suitable options to complete each sentence
1. Both the favourite and then the second favourite pulled out. Naturally, we thought we were
______ a chance.
A in with B up for C in for D up with
2. His company went bankrupt, three years of hard work ______ the drain.
A. into B. in C. down D. low
3. Don’t quote me. What I am about to say is ______ the record.
A. on B. off C. without D. above
4.I was so tired that I just ______ in the armchair
A.flaked out B.broke up C.dropped out D.fell over
5.The subject of sex equality seem to ______ in every discussion lesson in my school
A.burst out B.zero in C.crop up D.harp on
6.Our teacher tendsto ______ certain subjects which she finds difficult to talk about
A.boil down B.string along C. skate over D.track down
7.It’s a good idea to ______ people before taking them into your confidence
A.tumble to B.root out C.bank on D.size up
8.Some people can just ______ a cold,but my colds seem to linger for weeks
A.shrug off B.cough up C.pull through D.stamp out
9.The man in the market was selling leather coats very cheaply: they were such bargainsthat
were soon ______ .
A.cleared off B.done for C.bought out D. snapped up
10.I couldn’t remember where I had left my car , when it suddenly ______ me that I didn’t
have a car any longer!
A.dawned on B.ran into C.went through D.tumbled to
KEYS : 1A 2.C 3. B 4.A 5.C 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. A
QUESTION 4 : COLLOCATIONS AND IDIOMS ( 5pts)
Choose the answer which best complete each sentence
1. It’s great here. Have had ______ ever since we arrived. We’re having a wonderful time.
A. broken sunshine B. unbroken sunshine
C. unbroken light D. unbroken clouds
2. Palair Airlines offers excellent ______ entertainment, with the latest movies and music.
A. on-flight B. during-flight C. in-flight D. over-flight
3. The cottage is in some wonderful ______ countryside on the edge of a dense forest.
A. far B. unspoiled C. great D. spoilt
4. As students, David, Kevin and William were as thick as ______ .
A. thieves B. boy scouts C. a team D. thistles
5. Whenever I feel embarrassed I always go as red as ______ .
A. a rose B. lipstick C. a raspberry D. a beetroot
6. He might look kind and sympathetic, but deep down he’s as hard as ______ .
A. nails B. a mountain C. a gangster D. an iceberg
7. Nagging Susan to stop smoking has no effect on her. It’s like water off ______ .
A. a windmill B. a duck’s back C. a dripping tap D. an umbrella
8. My father ______ when he found out that I’d damaged the car.
A. hit the roof B. saw pink elephants
C. made my blood boil D. brought the house down.
9.My mother ______ for an anvironmental group. She helps raise money to protect wildlife
A. indentifies B. encourages C. shares D. volunteers
10.At the 1952 Olympics, speed skaters who had taken amphetamines became ______ ill.
A grimly B. gravely C. solemnly D. rigorously
KEYS : 1D 2.C 3. A 4.A 5.D 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. B
QUESTION 5: READING COMPREHENSIONS. (10ms)
Passage 1: Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or
answer the question. (5 pts)
Life originated in the early seas less than a billion years after Earth was formed.
Yet another three billion years were to pass before the first plants and animals appeared
on the continents. Life's transition from the sea to the land was perhaps as much of an
evolutionary challenge as was the genesis of life.
What forms of life were able to make such a drastic change in lifestyle ? The traditional
view of the first terrestrial organisms is based on megafossils relatively large specimens of―
essentially whole plants and animals. Vascular plants, related to modern seed plants and
ferns, left the first comprehensive megafossil record. Because of this, it has been commonly
assumed that the sequence of terrestrialization reflected the evolution of modern terrestrial
ecosystems. In this view, primitive vascular plants first colonized the margins of continental
waters, followed by animals that fed on the plants, and lastly by animals that preyed on the
plant-eaters. Moreover, the megafossils suggest that terrestrial life appeared and diversified
explosively near the boundary between the Silurian and the Devonian periods, a little more
than 400 million years ago. Recently, however, paleontologists have been taking a closer look
at the sediments below this Silurian-Devonian geological boundary. It turns out that some
fossils can be extracted from these sediments by putting the rocks in an acid bath.The
technique has uncovered new evidence from sediments that were deposited near the shores of
the ancient oceans plant microfossils and microscopic pieces of small animals. In many―
instances, the specimens are less than one-tenth of a millimeter in diameter. Although they
were entombed in the rocks for hundreds of millions of years, many of the fossils consist of
the organic remains of the organism.
These newly discovered fossils have not only revealed the existence of previously
unknown organisms, but have also pushed back these dates for the invasion of land by
multicellular organisms. Our views about the nature of the early plant and
animal communities are now being revised. And with those revisions come new
speculations about the first terrestrial life-forms.
1. The word “drastic” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. widespread B. radical C. progressive D. risky
2. According to the theory that the author calls “the traditional view,” what was the first form
of life to appear on land?
A. Bacteria B. Meat-eating animals
C. Plant-eating animals D. Vascular plants
3. According to the passage, what happened about 400 million years ago?
A. Many terrestrial life-forms died out
B. New life-forms on land developed at a rapid rate.
C. The megafossils were destroyed by floods.
D. Life began to develop in the ancient seas.
4. The word “extracted” in line 18 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. located B. preserved C. removed D. studied
5. What can be inferred from the passage about the fossils mentioned in lines 17-20 ?
A. They have not been helpful in understanding the evolution of terrestrial life.
B. They were found in approximately the same numbers as vascular plant fossils.
C. They are older than the megafossils.
D. They consist of modern life-forms.
6. The word “instances” in line 21 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. methods B. processes C. cases D. reasons
7. The word “they” in line 22 refers to ______.
A. rocks B. shores C. oceans D. specimens
8. The word “entombed” in lime 22 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. crushed B. trapped C. produced D. excavated
9. Which of the following resulted from the discovery of microscopic fossils?
A. The time estimate for the first appearance of terrestrial life-forms was revised.
B. Old techniques for analyzing fossils were found to have new uses.
C. The origins of primitive sea life were explained.
D. Assumptions about the locations of ancient seas were changed.
10. With which of the following conclusions would the author probably agree?
A. The evolution of terrestrial life was as complicated as the origin of life itself.
B. The discovery of microfossils supports the traditional view of how terrestrial life
evolved.
C. New species have appeared at the same rate over the course of the last 400 million
years.
D. The technology used by paleontologists is too primitive to make
accurate determinations about ages of fossils.
KEYS:
1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. C
6. C 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. A
Passage 2: Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or
answer the question. (5 pts)
Animation traditionally is done by hand-drawing or painting successive frames of an
object, each slightly different than the preceding frame. In computer animation, although the
computer may be the one to draw the different frames, in most cases the artist will draw the
beginning and ending frames and the computer will produce the drawings between the first
and the last drawing. This is generally referred to as computer-assisted animation, because the
computer is more of a helper than an originator.
In full computer animation, complex mathematical formulas are used to produce the final
sequence of pictures. These formulas operate on extensive databases of numbers that define
the objects in the pictures as they exist in mathematical space. The database consists of
endpoints, and color and intensity information. Highly trained professionals are needed to
produce such effects because animation that obtains high degrees of realism involves
computer techniques for three-dimensional transformation, shading, and curvatures.
High-tech computer animation for film involves very expensive computer systems along
with special color terminals or frame buffers. The frame buffer is nothing more than a giant
image memory for viewing a single frame. It temporarily holds the image for display on the
screen.
A camera can be used to film directly from the computer's display screen, but for the
highest quality images possible, expensive film recorders are used. The computer computes
the positions and colors for the figures in the picture, and sends this information to the
recorder, which captures it on film. Sometimes, however, the images are stored on a large
magnetic disk before being sent to the recorder. Once this process is completed, it is repeated
for the next frame. When the entire sequence has been recorded on the film, the film must be
developed before the animation can be viewed. If the entire sequence does not seem right, the
motions must be corrected, recomputed, redisplayed, and rerecorded. This approach can be
very expensive and time consuming. Often, computer-animation companies first do motion
tests with simple computer-generated line drawings before selling their computers to the task
of calculating the high-resolution, realistic-looking images.
1. What aspect of computer animation does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The production process B. The equipment needed
C. The high cost D. The role of the artist
2. According to the passage, in computer-assisted animation the role of the computer is to
draw the____.
A. first frame B. middle frames
C. last frame D. entire sequence of frames
3. The word "they" in the second paragraph refers to____.
A. formulas B. databases C. numbers D. objects
4. According to the passage, the frame buffers mentioned in the third paragraph are used
to____.
A. add color to the images B. expose several frames at the same time
C. store individual images D. create new frames
5. According to the passage, the positions and colours of the figures in high-tech animation
are determined by____.
A. drawing several versions B. enlarging one frame at a lime
C. analyzing the sequence from different angles D. using computer calculations
6. The word "captures" in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to____.
A. separates B. registers C. describes D. numbers
7. The word "Once" in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to____.
A. before B. since C. after D. while
8. According to the passage, how do computer-animation companies often test motion?
A. They experiment with computer-generated line drawings.
B. They hand-draw successive frames.