Đề thi ALL 2020 – Khối lớp 10-11-12
Đề thi National Language Arts League năm 2020 — Grade 10, 11 & 12 Contest. Làm bài có giờ, chấm điểm ngay và xem lại từng câu sai.
Đề thi thật của kỳ thi ALL. American Language League (trước năm 2024 mang tên National Language Arts League – NLAL) là kỳ thi tiếng Anh thường niên dành cho học sinh Mỹ từ lớp 1 đến lớp 12, kiểm tra từ vựng, ngữ pháp, chính tả và đọc hiểu. Đề này nguyên bản dành cho Grade 10-12; đề bài giữ nguyên tiếng Anh, phần hướng dẫn có thêm lời dịch tiếng Việt, đáp án theo bảng đáp án chính thức của ban tổ chức.
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Bảng câu hỏi
PART I Từ vựng Vocabulary
Câu 1–20Chọn từ phù hợp nhất để điền vào chỗ trống sao cho câu có nghĩa trọn vẹn.
Directions: In each of the sentences below there is a blank space indicating that a word has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are four choices. From these four words you are to choose the one word that when inserted in the blank space best fits in with the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
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1. The plants were not able to survive the onslaught of foreign parasites.
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2. The author’s plot line was strong, but his work was diminished by his frequent expressions.
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3. Because she is so about proofreading and editing, her papers are rarely flawed.
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4. After an acclaimed starring role in a musical, he did not want to be to the chorus.
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5. Although the band rehearsed regularly, they were not known for a melodious but rather for a(n) sound.
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6. Despite many attempts to bring the two groups together, the hostility between them was apparent.
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7. The inspirational politician was able to many formerly uninvolved voters.
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8. While she was willing to compromise on many points, the representative was about tax cuts.
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9. Although he had many years of classical training on the piano, his was for rhythm and blues.
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10. In attempting to complete the puzzle, the girl was ; the last two pieces did not fit.
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11. Although the student had been accused of vandalism, he was when another student confessed to the destruction.
Chọn từ có nghĩa trái ngược nhất với từ được gạch chân (hoặc từ được đánh số).
Directions: Each numbered word is followed by four words lettered A to D. Choose the lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the numbered word.
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12. altruistic
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13. condone
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14. foment
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15. archaic
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16. mellifluous
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17. erudite
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18. germane
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19. meticulous
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20. indigent
PART II Dấu câu, viết hoa và ngữ pháp Punctuation, Capitalization & Grammar
Câu 21–28Đọc câu và quyết định câu cần sửa gì về dấu câu, viết hoa hoặc ngữ pháp (nếu có), rồi chọn đáp án tương ứng.
Directions: Read each sentence. Decide what if any correction in punctuation, capitalization, or grammar the sentence needs. Write the correct letter on the answer sheet.
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21. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” in August of 1963.
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22. Mark Twain is famous for a number of works set on the Mississippi River; Life on the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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23. The review session before the grammar final was exhaustive, however, half of the students who attended still failed the test.
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24. Trying to secure a place on the varsity team, the new girl practiced more then the veteran players.
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25. When the teacher entered the room, she asked, “do you all have your calculators?”
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26. I borrowed my brother-in-law’s tent, the one with the screens and window, for our camping trip.
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27. The Secretary of State traveled to Iraq on a peace mission; however, she was mobbed by Anti-American protestors.
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28. The number of lobsters and clams found in the bay have diminished over the last thirty-six years.
PART III Đọc hiểu Reading Comprehension
Câu 29–43Đọc kỹ bài đọc rồi chọn đáp án đúng cho mỗi câu hỏi bên dưới.
Directions: Read each section. Answer each question by writing the letter of the correct answer in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Section A
In his early years, Arthur Miller did not offer an indication that he would become one of America’s premiere playwrights. Born in 1915, Miller was an adolescent when the Great Depression disrupted his family’s finances. He did graduate from high school (after flunking a math class three times) and worked at a number of jobs, many involving manual labor. While working in a warehouse, he read The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevski, and it altered the course of his life. Many see the book as offering a philosophical questioning of human existence; however, it inspired Miller to dream of becoming a writer.
Hindered by his poor academic record and financial difficulties, Miller spent two years before the University of Michigan would conditionally accept him. Once there he began to write and to win awards for his work; he also managed to graduate in four years. In 1938 his 1936 play, The Grass Still Grows, won the Theater Guild National Award, giving him national recognition. Although the first Broadway production of one of his plays in 1944 lasted only four performances, it further established his reputation. By the late 1940’s, Miller received solid critical success; he won the New York Drama Critics’ Award for All My Sons in 1947 and for Death of a Salesman in 1949. Later he won a Pulitzer Prize for that play as well. He won a Tony Award for The Crucible in 1953 and a Gold Medal Award for Drama in 1955 for A View from the Bridge. Miller won other awards over his career; also, he wrote other plays as well as novels, movie scripts, articles, and essays.
Not all of his works were uniformly praised and accepted. The Crucible, which he wrote in the early 1950’s using material that he had researched in his college days, stirred quite a bit of controversy. The play is based on the Salem witch trials of 1692, when nineteen people (along with two dogs) were hanged after being accused of witchcraft. Many people saw the play and its presentation of mass hysteria and paranoia as too closely reminiscent of the McCarthy anti-Communist hearings of 1950 to 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy held hearings in which many innocent people were accused of being Communists or traitors without evidence to back up these claims. Those called to testify were encouraged to name others as Communists. While McCarthy’s tactics fell out of favor, Miller was actually called before a Congressional committee in 1956 to testify about attending Communist meetings.
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29. Arthur Miller’s dream to pursue a career as an author was .
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30. The University of Michigan accepted Miller .
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31. According to the selection, Miller won awards for his plays, including all of the following EXCEPT the .
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32. According to the selection, Miller wrote plays as well as all of the following EXCEPT .
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33. From the selection one could assume that The Crucible might not have been as widely acclaimed because .
Section B
I have a math test and two chemistry labs;
I have a history paper due.
And when I’ll begin to work,
I haven’t got a clue.
Procrastination seems to sit
At the center of my soul.
I’ll change my ways,
Dedication will be my goal.
Okay, I’m in my room
I think I’m ready to go.
The inspiration to dig right in
Leaves once I see my laptop glow.
Do I have new email?
I’ll just have to check.
Just a quick look,
I shouldn’t, but what the heck!
Okay, two hours later,
Where did the time go?
I still haven’t studied,
And it’s time for my favorite show.
Only an hour,
Almost nothing at all.
The TV is beckoning;
I answer its call.
Now, I’ll really get going,
But where do I start?
The labs are like monsters,
Do I have to finish each part?
My stomach is rumbling
I really must eat.
It won’t take me long
Till I’m back in my seat.
Ah! It’s great to feel full.
I’ll look at my work now,
The paper or test?
I will start, but how?
If I lie on my bed,
I can really type fast.
I start my paper,
But I really don’t last.
RRRRINNNGG!
What? It’s morning? Oh, no!
No paper, no problems, no labs!
I worked so hard and have nothing to show.
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34. The rhyme scheme for this poem is .
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35. In the first line of stanza two, there is an example of a(n) .
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36. The seventh stanza has an example of a .
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37. The first line of the last stanza has an example of a(n) .
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38. The author would most likely title this poem .
Section C
During the Cold War following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaging in an arms race, stockpiling nuclear bombs and missiles. This race gave birth to the space race after the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth in 1957. America was shocked. If the Soviets could launch a satellite into space, could they launch a nuclear rocket that would reach the United States? Also, the US did not want the Soviet Union to control space. America scrambled to launch its own satellites and to develop new weapons systems. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, was set up to develop a space program that could compete with the USSR. The pressure was on as the Soviets put a man, Yury Gagarin, into space in 1961. American President John F. Kennedy made a speech in which he promised that the US would put a man on the moon “before the decade is out.” In 1969 the United States made good on this promise.
The Americans achieved their goal with a huge communal effort. Thousands of scientists as well as military and civilian personnel worked toward this achievement. In an early phase, Mercury missions, named after the classic messenger of the gods, attempted to take flight into space. Six flights lasted from 15 minutes to 34 hours. The next phase was named Gemini after the twin stars. These capsules were designed to accommodate two men; they were bigger and could be steered by a pilot. Huge accomplishments at this stage were the development of docking techniques in space and the first trips for astronauts outside their capsule.
Five months before the end of the decade of the 1960’s a thirty-story rocket was ready to lift off to fulfill Kennedy’s promise. Three men in the Apollo 11 capsule on top of the rocket would travel to the moon. An American would be the first to set foot on it. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and planted a US flag there. Millions of people around the world were mesmerized by his feat. Even today many people know the words that he spoke, “one small step for man, one giant step for mankind.”
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39. According to the selection, the space race was launched in response to .
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40. NASA’s purpose was .
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41. According to the selection, the Gemini program was known for developing the ability to do all of the following EXCEPT .
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42. The word mesmerized in the second to last sentence most closely means .
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43. The best title for this selection would be .
PART IV Chính tả Spelling
Câu 44–50Mỗi câu được chia thành ba phần (a), (b), (c). Nếu có từ viết sai chính tả, chọn phần chứa từ đó; nếu không có lỗi, chọn D.
Directions: Read each sentence. A word may be misspelled in one part of the sentence. If so, write the appropriate letter on the answer sheet. If no word is misspelled, write the letter D.
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44. (a) The novice chef / (b) felt it would be presumptous / (c) to deviate from the recipe.
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45. (a) The first lieutenant / (b) implored all his men to don / (c) camouflage uniforms.
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46. (a) The exhausted players / (b) perservered in their quest / (c) to win the tournament.
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47. (a) The amatuer player / (b) was ecstatically happy / (c) that she qualified for the US Open.
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48. (a) The prosecution’s argument / (b) challenged the defendant’s story / (c) and reccommended that no bail be set.
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49. (a) The surveillance camera / (b) yielded a treasure trove / (c) of incriminating evidence.
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50. (a) The students were enthusiastic / (b) about forming a committee / (c) to help protect the enviroment.