Đề thi ALL 2021 – Khối lớp 10-11-12
Đề thi National Language Arts League năm 2021 — 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.
Đồng hồ bắt đầu chạy khi bạn chọn đáp án đầu tiên — hãy làm trọn 35 phút như thi thật, không tra từ điển, rồi mới nộp bài để xem điểm và đáp án từng câu.
Bảng câu hỏi
PART I Từ vựng Vocabulary
Câu 1–14Chọn 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 lettered words. 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. Helga her former ideas and is determined to change her ways of thinking.
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2. We had to the procedure if we wanted to get the contract.
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3. The argument caused too many unsuspecting people to vote for the bill.
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4. The attitude of the director made the job difficult.
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5. She felt of mind and body after her illness.
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6. The last thing the accountant needed as he added the figures was his client's attitude.
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7. Dirk admired not only his colleague's competence but also his .
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8. Leslie admitted to being a bit by the costly mistake.
Chọn từ có nghĩa trái ngược nhất với từ được gạch chân (hoặc từ được đánh số).
Directions: Each underlined word is followed by four words lettered A to D. Choose the lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
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9. affinity
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10. jubilant
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11. inane
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12. deprecate
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13. saturnine
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14. remonstrate
PART II Dấu câu, viết hoa và ngữ pháp Punctuation, Capitalization and Grammar
Câu 15–20Đọc 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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15. Ellen called this list of activities her load: work, exercise, study, recreation, and sleep.
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16. He asked her bluntly "Will you go to the party with me?"
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17. Laura and her Brother were questioned by the principal of the local high school.
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18. He is as interested in English, History, and science as I.
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19. While my cousin and I were waiting for the bus on Dover Street, the sun came out.
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20. The storm came ashore near Taylor, New Jersey; it's winds were measured at 80 miles per hour.
PART III Đọc hiểu Reading Comprehension
Câu 21–35Đọc kỹ bài đọc rồi chọn đáp án đúng cho mỗi câu hỏi bên dưới.
Directions: Read each paragraph. Answer each question by writing the letter of the correct answer in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Paragraph A
A city of thousands
Pushes me into a corner of no escape…
The void is infinite and
its vastness traps me…
The very space cramps my spirit
and glares at me with empty eyes…
I fear to stay in my hole
But it produces less anxiety than
being free…
The pressure of isolation
Pushes me into my own stomach
And I feel like a pouch carrying
myself inside out…
I am so solitary that my presence
is magnified
And I feel the stares
of no one all around me…
I'm not good alone
Or in a crowd…
Am I a misfit who can't
Pretend to be anything
But what I am?
Why must I be shy?
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21. In stanza one the persona (speaker in the poem) seems .
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22. The persona's main problem is .
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23. The persona feels as though he/she is in .
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24. The persona is being stared at by .
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25. The best title for this selection is .
Paragraph B
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was born in England of Quaker parents. He had little education and as a young man ran away to sea. He worked at various jobs such as a teacher and preacher. While in England, Benjamin Franklin met Paine and encouraged him to cross the ocean to Philadelphia. Paine expected to open a school in this city, but he instead became the editor of a magazine. He found the job a perfect outlet for his energy. In January, 1776, Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense." He wrote with clarity, vividness, and eloquence. He expounded the doctrine of social contract. He appealed to those who in the face of wilderness had built their own association of people for safety and mutual support. Paine believed the concept was the basis of true society. In his writing, Paine pointed out, using clear statistics, that Americans were strong enough to become free of England. He also dramatically listed the abuses that had been piled upon the Americans. He fired the sentiment for independence. In December, 1776, when the outbreak of revolutionary enthusiasm began to fade, Paine published the first number of "The American Crisis." "These are the times that try men's souls," became perhaps the most famous exordium a pamphlet ever had. Paine also wrote The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason.
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26. Thomas Paine's best career choice seems to have been when he .
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27. Paine wrote about his belief in .
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28. One of Paine's first works that pointed out to Americans that they had the basis for a true society was .
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29. When American zeal to continue their fight for independence began to lessen, Paine wrote .
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30. The best title for this selection is .
Paragraph C
The man who was to emerge as the most prominent leader of the first successful colonizing expedition to North America was the son of a not very prosperous English yeoman. John Smith had decided to risk all as a soldier of fortune. His chief assets were his daring, his cunning, and his luck. And he was also a bit of a windbag. Early in the voyage to Virginia the colonists decided that they had among themselves a potential tyrant. He constantly harangued the passengers about his exploits against the Turks and the techniques that he had learned from reading Machiavelli's On the Art of War. He offended so many that he actually arrived in Virginia in chains. Ironically, his name was on a list of councilors that was among the secret instructions that were to be read only after landfall. This was not acceptable, and the colonists did not allow him to take the oath of office. Smith was furious at this treatment, but he saw an even greater problem. Immediately the colonists had been blinded by self-interest and specifically their desire for immediate wealth. There was no hope and no work; only the constant grasping for gold moved the colony. As Smith saw it, the colonists did not seem to realize that their pursuit for private wealth would doom the colony. As a result the life of the colony was one of spite and on-going furious battles. The hopes of the colonists and the realities of the situation were not meshed. John Smith understood. He saw a colony hemmed in by Indians with the potential for great destruction. For its salvation there had to be the intercession of a strong-willed man who could impose order. Little by little John Smith would impose his will.
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31. John Smith's first activities were as a .
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32. Not among the assets that aided John Smith was .
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33. From reading Machiavelli, John Smith saw himself as somewhat of an expert on .
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34. The first months of the colony in Virginia saw .
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35. What this colony most needed was .
PART IV Chính tả Spelling
Câu 36–40Mỗi 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.
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36. (a) Countless times she had / (b) tried to goad him into dicisive / (c) action against people she thought usurped his authority.
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37. (a) Frances was not insensitive, / (b) and she knew her husband's resumption / (c) of his eating was to cover up his awareness of her mistake.
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38. (a) Stan noticed that the furniture had been moved / (b) so that a filing cabinat obscured / (c) a wallboard with its array of notices.
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39. (a) Strolling along the corridor / (b) towards the cafiteria, Ken encountered / (c) Lee's emerging from the narrow door.
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40. (a) Your superiors must have a high opinion / (b) of your discretion / (c) and pertinacity.
PART V Quan hệ giữa các từ Word Relationships
Câu 41–50Hai từ đầu câu có một mối quan hệ nhất định. Trong các cặp từ bên dưới, chọn cặp có quan hệ giống như vậy. Ví dụ: Fat is to skinny as — A. tall is to short (đáp án đúng là A).
Directions: In each of the incomplete statements below, two words are related to each other. Following these words are four pairs of related words. Select the pair of words which are related to each other in the same way as the original pair of words are related to each other. Put the correct letter on your answer sheet.
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41. Enter is to intrude as .
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42. Soliloquy is to debate as .
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43. Plump is to fat as .
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44. Bell is to ring as .
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45. Water is to swimming as .
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46. Mankind is to men as .
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47. Sale is to sail as .
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48. Stymie is to defeat as .
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49. Brilliant is to bright as .
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50. Neck is to nape as .