Grade Four Olympiad Tests
Grade Four Olympiad Tests Name: ………………………………….…………….
Part A: Grammar
1. I went to the university ……………… I was 18 years old.
a. since b. whether c. when d. because
2. We got more and more tired ……………… we climbed the mountain.
a. whether b. as c. for d. since
3. The teacher made the students ……………. their homework.
a. to do b. doing c. do d. done
4. The plants …………… around the playground make a nice scene over there.
a. are grown b. to grow c. which growing d. grown
5. They can increase their products by ………… modern technology.
a. to employ b. employing c. employed d. employ
6. The story ………… to everyone here is one that has actually happen.
a. told b. is told c. telling d. it is told
7. The weather is ……… bad today that we can't go on a picnic.
a. too b. such c. so d. very
8. I've come early ………… I can talk to your father.
a. so that b. since c. in order to d. while
9. I like football …………… my brother likes music.
a. when b. therefore c. because d. whereas
10. I am sure my teacher will let me …………… his library for a week.
a. use b. to use c. uses d. using
Part B: Vocabulary
11. Today unemployment is a very real ………… for university graduates in our country.
a. struggle b. problem c. interest d. service
12. The ………………… of the heart is to pump blood though the body.
a. effect b. activity c. observation d. function
13. It is …………… difficult to find a good job nowadays without a university degree.
a. probably b. economically c. extremely d. finally
14. We should …………… trees to reduce air pollution.
a. climb b. fell c. cut d. plant
15. I am sure that you will ………. all the difficulties if you keep on working like this.
a. concentrate b. overcome c. emphasize d. improve
16. The number one fear of most people is speaking in ………..
a. peace b. public c. practice d. program
17. Some insects as well as other kinds of animals …………… food.
a. improve b. stretch c. increase d. store
18. The importance of the test will sometimes increase the ………… of the students.
a. nervousness b. expression c. movements d. gesture
19. Exercising is a good way to ………… your stress, anger, and worries.
a. increase b. release c. encourage d. explain
20. They are …………… heavy rain in the north for tomorrow.
a. floating b. shaking c. predicting d. providing
21. One of the……………. of birds is their ability to fly.
a. samples b. features c. bases d. phases
22. I believe ……………. life is usually more peaceful than city life.
a. prefect b. available c. rural d. unions
Part C: Cloze Passage
Fill in the blanks with the best choice.
Industrial Revolution occurred first in Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century. England became an industrial …23… . Many factories were …24… and large quantities of cheap …25… were produced. At first people thought that this …26… would result in a better life for everybody. They …27… that the new factories could …28… everybody’s needs and that most English people would get …29… . But this did not happen. A few
people became richer, but many people became …30… , even rich industrialists sometimes lost their money when factories produced goods which people didn’t want or couldn’t buy.
23. a. city b. capital c. country d. village
24. a. destroyed b. built c. closed down d. discovered
25. a. goods b. jewels c. carpets d. ropes
26. a. agreement b. entertainment c. disappointment d. development
27. a. told b. asked c. believed d. ordered
28. a. consume b. supply c. equip d. delay
29. a. rich b. lost c. wet d. sick
30. a. better b. fewer c. poorer d. fatter
Part D: Reading comprehension: Passage (1)
The economic and social changes of the past few decades have changed the European family. What was once normal – two parents, father employed, mother at home, stable financial situation – is now exceptional. Today, half of all marriages end in failure, and about half of all children spend several years in a single – parent family. Some mothers never marry again, some parents lose husband or wife through death and some single women and men adopt children. It means that they decide to raise other people's children. Single mothers are greater in number than single fathers.
A single – parent family is at a greater risk for much negative outcomes as decline in income, poverty, and behavioral problems. Most single parents find it difficult to meet all their financial duties. A decrease in income may require them to move the family to a less
expensive home in a different neighborhood, transfer the children from one school to another, and spend less money on goods.
While the pressures on the single – parent family are great, problems don’t always occur.
If a single mother can manage the different tasks of taking care of her children and herself, her family can not only survive but also advance a lot.
31. The first paragraph is mainly about ……………… .
a. the problems of today's children
b. how to help single – parent families
c. recent economic and social changes in Europe
d. the change in the structure of the European family
32. According to the text, in the past normal European family had ……………. .
a. so many children b. a father at work and a mother at home c. no financial problems d. people to take care of the children
33. The word "them" in line 10 refers to …………. .
a. duties b. problems c. single parents d. negative outcomes
34.The word ……… has been defined in the passage
a. adopt b. decade c. outcome d. neighborhood
35. The word "exceptional" in line 3 is closest in meaning to ………. .
a. interchangeable b. ordinary c. unstable d. uncommon
Passage (2)
The environmental matters that are worrying me most is the pollution of the sea. I think that the pictures we saw recently on the TV news while Easter holidays, still exist in our minds; all the accidents of the sea’s vital and natural resources are caused by letting petrol
– oil in to the sea from big tankers concerning the fact that every day a big part of the sea is destroyed from similar accidents which happen all over the world, we could measure that in half century there will be no part of the sea without pollution. As a result, fish
which is one of the healthiest foods will be unsuitable for people. Furthermore, many
kinds of the sea’s vital and natural resources will disappear, people won’t be able to swim and entertain themselves at sea and so on. Some possible solutions of these misfortunes are: 1) careful control of ships, which carry dangerous things, 2) all factories must clean their unwanted materials which are near the sea, and 3) research must be done by scientists in order to find ways for cleaning the already polluted parts.
36. The main point of the passage is about ……………… .
a. pollution of the sea b. unwanted materials
c. environmental matters d. pictures recently shown on TV
37. According to the passage, in a half century, there will be no ……………… .
a. foods at all b. natural resources left
c. clean areas in seas d. accidents happening in seas
38. The sea pollution is mainly caused by ………………… .
a. dangerous things b. not finding a proper way to clean seas c. not cleaning the already polluted d. entering oil into seas accidentally
39. The word “entertain” underlined in the passage means to………….
a. improve b. amuse c. explain d. excite
40. The writer says the pollution of the sea is ………. day after day.
a. reducing b. increasing c. evaluating d. ending
Good luck Rahimian