Đáp án OLYMPIC 11 (2021)

Phần trắc nghiệm (0.5 pt each)

1. C. will you 21. D. swiped 42. B. run
2. C. had 22. C. compulsive 43. A. sue
3. D. have finished 23. D. rise 44. B. teething
4. C. had been making 24. C. jiffy 45. C. drum
5. A. could have been shown 25. C. remain 46. B. wits’
6. A. but he is also able to 26. B. lost 47. B. tackle
work as an interpreter 27. B. pestering 48. A. gap
7. A. lies the city of Elizabeth 28. A. dropped 49. D. run
8. B. styled 29. A. kettle 50. D. sort
9. A. Much as 30. B. nestled 51. B. opt
10. B. to have seen 31. B. rocks 52. C. value
11. D. up 32. C. senses 53. B. acquired
12. A. on 33. B. patch 54. B. game
13. B. on 34. B. nose 55. C. bear
14. B. out on 35. D. advance 56. C. fall back on
15. C. on at 36. D. scampered 57. B. ceases
16. D. ticked 37. C. load 58. D. Abstention
17. D. down to 38. D. roaring 59. A. precautions
18. A. off 39. A. tandem 60. B. derived
19. C. into 40. A. exert
20 D. off 41. C. overdrawn

61. A. Green roofs have a variety of environmental benefits.

62. D. only once when created
63. B. It retains rainwater.
64. A. by promoting gas exchange
65. B. They capture less heat from the sun than traditional roofs.
66. A. It accurately measures the width of the American continents.
67. C. No one knows.
68. D. Western America must have been explored before 1507.
69. A. He knew the size of the American continent.
70. C. to discuss the significance of a particular map
71. C. electricity
72. B. to control gene activity to a certain extent
73. A. affect the metabolism of special mice
74. B. It does not harm mammalian cells.
75. D. optimistic about the potential of ecdysone
76. C. to illustrate a new application of plant products
77. A. one form bio-based plastic can take
78. D. became cheaper as they became more widely used
79. C. They benefit the agricultural industry.
80. D. less expensive

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OPEN CLOZE (1 pt each)
1. fewer 11. but/yet
2. merely/just/only 12. no
3. over 13. seeking
4. here 14. doing
5. one 15. between
6. contrast 16. are
7. so 17. while
8. exist 18. also
9. in 19. trend
10. all 20. among

WORD FORMATION (1 pt each)

1. unattainable 11. expectancy
2. non-aligned 12. unprecedented
3. empowerment 13. foundation(s)
4. well-earned 14. deterioration
5. mind-numbing 15. immutable
6. disciplinarian 16. preordained
7. proactive 17. preconceptions
8. inequalities 18. overturned
9. irrecoverable 19. unavoidable
10. servitude 20. indefinitely

ERROR IDENTIFICATION (1 pt each)

1. Line 2: what  when
2. Line 3: that  whether
3. Line 6: redundancy  redundant
4. Line 8: into  toward(s)
5. Line 10: has  takes
6. Line 12: fatigues  fatigue
7. Line 12: have  are
8. Line 13: farther  further
9. Line 15: at  in
10. Line 16: pursuer  pursuit
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (2 pts each)
1. I wouldn't have been given promotion but for a/the recommendation from
Laurence. (but for Laurence’s recommendation) – I wouldn’t have been promoted
but for …
2. Sales have doubled since the new manager took over.
3. The Prime Minister’s decision to reintroduce the tax aroused/raised/caused /provoked a
storm of protest.
4. There’s not a shadow of doubt in my mind that Paul committed this crime.
5. He wasn't given any credit for doing all the illustrations in the book.
6. When it comes to politics, my father and I are often on the same ground.
7. There are chances that their arguments won’t cut any ice / (will cut no ice with) her.
8. It is the ending of this film that brings it home to me the pointlessness of this war.
9. It came as no surprise that Jack was on the wrong side of the law.
10. On the clown’s falling off the ladder, the children died laughing.