tailieunhanh - Đề thi HSG Olympic 30/4 năm 2007 Grade 11

Tài liệu tham khảo về đề thi môn tiếng anh lớp 11 của kỳ thi Olympic truyền thống 30/4 lần thứ XIII tại thành phố Huế. Thời gian làm bài là 180 phút. Điều lưu ý là mỗi câu hỏi thí sinh làm bài trên 01 tờ giấy riêng biệt. | Many celebrated artists have found (1) __ hard to (2) __ ends meet early on in their careers. (3) __ a few well-known exceptions, however, (poor Van Gogh being perhaps the most famous one) (4) went on to find recognition within their own lifetime. Picasso’s life story is the kind of rags-to-riches tale (5) gives hope to many (6) unknown artist. In 1904, he was sharing a draughty and primitive studio complex (7) thirty other artists. But (8) __ his death, he was a multi-millionaire and probably the most celebrated modern artist ever . Nevertheless, (9) every success story, there must be dozens of artists (perhaps some potential ‘greats’) who have endured a lifetime (10) hardship in obscurity. (11) they were never recognised because their work was (12) of sympathy with the prevailing fashion, or (13) __ they lacked talent, is impossible to say. Most people see art (14) __ a vocation rather (15) __ a career. There (16) indeed be some truth in the idea (17) __ artists need to (18) __ exceptionally dedicated to succeed, and even relatively successful artists sometimes have (19) __ supplement their income by working (20) __ other areas occasionally.