Đề Thi Olymic Anh 10

DA PHUC HIGH SCHOOL
Group: English
School year: 2012-2013
THE OLYMPIC EXAMINATION
THE ENGLISH TEST FOR GRADE 10
Time allowance: 90 minutes


I. Find the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1 point).
1. A. grammar B. damage C. drama D. mammal
2. A. operate B. personal C. interact D. receiver
3. A. foot B. moon C. food D. pool
4. A. protection B. education C. exception D. question
5. A. endanger B. condition C. handkerchief D. dangerous
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II. Find the word whose stressed pattern is different from the others in each group (1 point).
1. A. afternoon B. tomorrow C. banana D. umbrella
2. A. sorrow B. passion C. native D. complaint
3. A. brilliant B. harbour C. mature D. difficult
4. A. government B. disappoint C. audience D. talented
5. A. important B. experience C. different D. continue
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III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence (4 points).
1. Have you lived here …… life?
A. your all B. all your C. the whole D. all the
2. - Do you need some more paper? - No, thanks. I …………….
A. have still a piece left B. have a piece still left
C. still have a piece left D. have left a piece still
3. The athlete would have won the gold medal …….not fallen over.
A. had he B. if he C. if not D unless he had
4. - Stop laughing! - I can’t ……………………..
A. resist! B. do anything against it! C. hold myself! D. help it!
5. You’d better get someone ………………your living room.
A. redecorate B. to redecorate C. redecorating D. redecorated
6. We decided to eat outside in spite ………… the bad weather.
A. with B. for C. at D. of
7. The girl ……….father is a chef at a famous restaurant can’t cook.
A. who B. which C. whose D. whom
8. He’d prefer …….. to music rather than …….to the cinema.
A. to listen/ go B. listening/ going C. listen/ go D. listened/ went
9. - When can I take my holiday? - …………..
A. It’s for you. B. How you like. C. After your wish. D. It’s up to you.
10. Hello! Is that 39567821? Please put me ……………… to the manager.
A. through B. across C. up D. over
11. Peter closed all the windows …………….. the rain could not come in.
A. because B. so that C. so D. as
12. I shall do the job to the best of my ……………..
A. capacity B. knowledge C. talent D. ability
13. The boy remained …..after being scolded by his mother.
A. silence B. silent C. silently D. being silent
14. I’m interested in ………….. history, especially …….. history of Western Europe.
A. the/ the B. X / the C. X / X D. a/ a
15. ………….he was sick, he still turned up for his music lesson.
A. Although B. Despite C. Because D. Since
16. Shall I ………..you a story?
A. speak B. talk C. tell D. say
17. ……………Mary, give her my love.
A. If you saw B. Should you see C. Do you see D. By seeing
18. Not until he was 16 ………….English.
A. that he learned B. when he learned