SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH
KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUYỀN THỐNG 30/4 LẦN XVI- NĂM 2010
Trường THPT Chuyên Lê Hồng Phong
Môn thi: ANH – Khối :10
Ngày thi: 03/04/2010
Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút
Ghi chú: Đề này có ... 7.... Trang. Thí sinh làm bài trên phiếu trả lời riêng A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. PHONOLOGY
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
other three.
1. a. rhinoceros b. vehicle c. whale d. uninhabitable
2. a. unconcernedly b. ragged c. sacred d. hiccupped
3. a. archaic b. archive c. choir d. archery
4. a. suggestion b. congestion c. digestion d. devotion
5. a. dairy b. lair c. fair d. gait
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other
three.
6. a. credulous b. acropolis c. dialect d. obsolete
7. a. ecotourism b. compromise c. disposal d. neighborhood
8. a. beneficial b. detrimental c. understanding d. magnificent,
9. a. zoology b. cement c. conquest d. duet
10. a. argumentative b. psychological c. contributory d. hypersensitive

II. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the
blank or answer the question.
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greatest part of the tissues of
all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a

13. The word 'inexorable' is closest in meaning to ...
a. relentless
b. indispensable
c. full
d. demanding
14. The author mentions all of the following as examples of the behavior of
desert animals except ...
a. animals sleep during the day
b. animals dig homes underground
c. animals are noisy and aggressive
d. animals are watchful and quiet
15. The word 'them' refers to...
a. mad dogs and Englishmen
b. desert animals
c. behavior and physiology
d. minutes
16. The word 'emaciated' is closest in meaning to ...
a. wild
b. cunning
c. unmanageable
d. unhealthy
17. The author states that one characteristic of animals living in the desert is
that they ...
a. are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
b. are less healthy than animals living in different places
c. can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
d. live in an accommodating environment
18. Which of the following generalizations is supported by the passage?
a. Water is the basis of life.
b. All living things adjust to their environments.

events, the filmmaker tries to suggest the copiousness of life itself. Both
realist and formalist film directors must select (and hence emphasize) certain
details from the chaotic sprawl of reality. But the element of selectivity in
realistic films is less obvious. Realists, in short, try to preserve the illusion
that their film world is unmanipulated, an objective mirror of the actual
world. Formalists, on the other hand, make no such pretense. They
deliberately stylize and distort their raw materials so that only the very naive
would mistake a manipulated image of an object or event for the real thing.
We rarely notice the style in a realistic movie; the artist tends to be self-
effacing. Some filmmakers are more concerned with what is being shown
than how it is manipulated. The camera is used conservatively. It is
essentially a recording mechanism that produces the surface
of tangible objects with as little commentary as possible. A high premium is
placed on simplicity, spontaneity, and directness. This is not to suggest that
these movies lack artistry, however, for at its best the realistic cinema
specializes in art that conceals art.

21. What does the passage mainly discuss?
a. Acting styles
b. Film plots
c. Styles of filmmaking
d. Filmmaking 100 years ago
22. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely
to agree?
a. Realism and formalism are outdated terms.
b. Most films are neither exclusively realistic nor formalistic.
c. Realistic films are more popular than formalistic ones.
d. Formalistic films are less artistic than realistic ones.
23. The phrase " this distinction" in the first paragraph refers to the
difference between

a. modest
b. shy
c. egocentric
d. introverted
30. Which of the following films would most likely use a realist style?
a. A travel documentary
b. A science fiction film
c. A musical drama
d. An animated cartoon

III. GUIDED CLOZE
Read the following passage and choose the options that best complete the
blanks.
Sylvia Earle, a (31)_____botanist and one of the (32)_____deep - sea
explorers, has spent over
6,000 hours, more than seven months, under water. From her earliest years,
she took her first plunge into
the open sea as a teenager. In the years since then, she has taken part in a(n)
(33)______ of landmark
underwater projects, from exploratory expeditions around the world to her
celebrated "Jim dive" in 1978,
which was the deepest solo dive (34)_____made without cable connecting
the diver to a support vessel
at the surface of the sea.
(35)_____in aJim suit, a futuristic suit of plastic and metal armor, which was