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Luong tai N
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2 high school
The Luong tai N
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2 high school Olympic Examination
School year : 2010 -2011
Exam subject: ENGLISH
Time allowed : 180 minutes
(not consisting of the time used to hand the paper test out to the students)
Exam Date : 07, November 2010
Full name :………………………………………Order Number ( on the name-list of candidates):……..………
Note :
The students can write down their answers on the paper test .
I. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question:
1. A. naked B. completed C. wicked D. looked
2. A. exhaust B. exhibit C. anxiety D. luxury
3. A. character B. chemistry C. chapter D. scholar
4. A. school B. good C. foot D. book
5. A. eradicate B. character C. magazine D. marine
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II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question:
1. A. mountain B. maintain C. fountain D. maintenance
2. A. republic B. example C. existence D. exercise
3. A. contestant B. satellite C. similar D. interview
4. A. comment B. compact C. commence D. compound
5. A. similarity B. referee C. procedure D. magazine
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3. We (not see)--------------- Mary since last Saturday .
4. People are busy (buy) --------- gifts , (clean)------------- , ( decorate)--------------- their houses and
(cook)--------------- traditional foods. ?
5. On the days of Tet everyone (try)-----------(be)-------------nice and polite to each other. People believe that
what they (do)---------------on the first day of the year (influence)-------------- their luck during the whole
year.
6. We urge that he (leave)------------now.
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V. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or participle :
1. I take _______ my father. Who do you take_______ ?
2. I used ________ all of the soap, so we need to buy some more.
3. After battling cancer for several years, he finally passed ________ at the age of 87.
4. I was named _________ my grandfather.
5. He really made _________ in the stock market last year.
6. I sometimes mix the verb tenses ________.
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VI. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with one suitable word:
Education is not an (1)-----------, but a means to an end . In other words, we do not educate (2)------------
only for the (3)------------ of educating (4)----------------. (5)----------- purpose is to fit (6) ------------- for
(7)--------. In some (8) --------------- countries it has, for (9) ------------ time , been fashionable to think
that by free (10) - --------- for all – whether rich or poor , clever or (11) ----------- – one can solve all
the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that (12)-------------
(13)------------- for all is not enough; we find in such countries a larger number of people with university
degree; they (14)--------- to do what they think “low” work; and, in fact, work with (15) ------------ is
thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.
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Example: O. was --> is
“Where was the university ?” is a question many visitor to Cambridge asks, but no one can give him a clear
answer, for there is no wall to being found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the
classrooms buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city . And most of its
members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one college.
Cambridge was an already developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago.
It grew up in the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built on the river so early as 875.
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5.------------ 6.------------- 7.------------ 8.-----------
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X. Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space. Underline the option (A,B,C or D) as
your answer:
In the home a dad is very important. He is the (1)---------- who provides us with money to feed and (2)-------
ourselves. He can decorate your bedroom, mend your radio, make (3) ------------ for your pets, repair a
puncture in your bicycle tyre and help you with maths homework. A dad can be very useful for (4)----------
you in the car to and from parties, music and dancing lessons. A dad is the person whom you ask for
(5)-------- money. He is the one who (6)----------- about the time you spend talking on the phone , as he has
to pay for the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in an (7)---------------, if he believes you to be
right.
1.
A. man B. someone C. person D. anyone
2.
A. clothe B. clothing C. clothes D. cloth
3.
A. rooms B. houses C. places D. cages
4.
A. bringing B. taking C. picking D. carrying
5.
A. pocket B. spending C. expense D. account
6.

disruption this may cause.
For questions 1-5 select:
True if the statement is true
False if the statement is false
Not Given if the information is not given in the passage
1. The general public can only use the 50m pool for lane swimming . 1.------------
2. The general public cannot use the 50m pool on Sundays. 2. -----------
3. Men will be able to use the 25m pool on the 18th August. 3.-----------
4. The whole of the 25m pool is available to the public during recreational swimming hours. 4.-----------
5. The 50m pool is open during college holidays. 5.-----------
XII . For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence, but using the word given. This word must not be changed in any way. (4 pts)
1. I bought myself a present because I wanted to stop myself feeling unhappy.
(CHEER)
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2. The news of his death was such a shock that it hasn't been clearly understood yet.
(SUNK)
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3. The offer to go and work in Australia was a complete surprise.
(BLUE)
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4. Considering that she's only just started, she's doing very well.
(BEARING)
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5. The number of comprehensive schools was growing, with Central Government encouragement. (GROWTH)
XIII. Read the following passage and do the exercises below:
After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United
States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard's MBA School has shown a substantial increase in
enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990,
the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3