Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 11

[girlkute]

Fill in each blank space with an appropriate word.
THE BIRTH OF THE T-SHIRT
The T-shirt, or at least the T-shirt as we know it, was born in the theatre. When Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Oesire opened in New York in December 1947, a young actor (1) ____________ Marlon Brando went (2) __________ stage wearing a (3) _________ of blue jeans and a bright, white, capped-sleeve T-shirt. It was the first time the T-shirt had been seen publicly as anything (4) ____________ an item of underwear and it set a fashion trend that was to last through (5) _____________ the end of the century. The idea for the T-shirt came (6) __________ Brando himself. He had worn one at rehearsals for the play. The director was so impressed by the look that was created that he asked Brando to wear the shirt in the play itself. Brando may have seen the shirt being advertised by the American company Sears Roebuck. They had decided to market the shirt (7) ___________ a fashionable garment in its (8) ____________ right, rather than just something to be worn (9) __________ warmth beneath a denim workshirt (10) ___________ an army uniform. It was Brando, however, who popularized it, especially with the release of the film version of Streetcar in 1951. A short leather jacket completed the look that was to be adopted by teenage rebels in many countries for decades afterwards

1. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.
Hard _____________________________________________________.
2. Do all the washing, please!
Let ______________________________________________________.
3. I regret not going to the airport to say good bye to him.
I wish ___________________________________________________.
4. Mick thought that we were married.
Mick was under ____________________________________________.
5. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
But for his command _______________________________________.

 

[tamloctan1183]

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[Aquarius]

THE BIRTH OF THE T-SHIRT
The T-shirt, or at least the T-shirt as we know it, was born in the theatre. When Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Oesireopened in New York in December 1947, a young actor (1) called Marlon Brando went (2) on stage wearing a (3) pair of blue jeans and a bright, white, capped-sleeve T-shirt. It was the first time the T-shirt had been seen publicly as anything (4) except an item of underwear and it set a fashion trend that was to last through (5) to the end of the century. The idea for the T-shirt came (6) from Brando himself. He had worn one at rehearsals for the play. The director was so impressed by the look that was created that he asked Brando to wear the shirt in the play itself. Brando may have seen the shirt being advertised by the American company Sears Roebuck. They had decided to market the shirt (7) as a fashionable garment in its (8) own right, rather than just something to be worn (9) for warmth beneath a denim workshirt (10) or an army uniform. It was Brando, however, who popularized it, especially with the release of the film version of Streetcar in 1951. A short leather jacket completed the look that was to be adopted by teenage rebels in many countries for decades afterwards

1. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.
Hard as she works, she never seems to succeed.
2. Do all the washing, please!
Let all the washing be done.
3. I regret not going to the airport to say good bye to him.
I wish I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to him.
4. Mick thought that we were married.
Mick was under the impression that we were married.
5. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
But for his command of the local dialect, we could have been put into prison.