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KÌ THI OLYMPIC TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề


PART 2. PHONETICS:
I. Choose one word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D: (5x 0.2=1.0 pts)
1. A. absent B. comb C. crab D. bulb
2. A. concert B. contestant C. compliment D. comic
3. A. depend B. carelessly C. calendar D. souvenir
4. A. plays B. days C. says D. stays
5. A. tables B. noses C. boxes D. changes

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others: (5x 0.2=1.0pt)
1. A. lifeguard B. campaign C. harvest D. veteran
2. A. explore B. excited C. essay D. except
3. A. neglect B. absent C. agree D. balloon
4. A. character B. regularly C. measure D. selection
5. A. mixture B. detective C. improve D. rehearse

PART3. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
I. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (10x0,2=2,0 pts)
1. “Was he disappointed?” – “Yes, he found the movie___________.”
A. boring B. boringly C. bored D. bores
2. Mr. Brown goes__________ work__________ his car every day.
A. for/ in B. for/ by C. to/ by D. to/ in
3. In Today’s newspaper there__________ a lot of news about the earthquake.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
4. Now Hoa is used__________ the busy roads in the city.
A. to cross B. crossing C. for crossing D. to crossing
5. No one can do it well and__________.
A. so can she B. neither can she C. she can’t, too D. she can, either
6. My classmate, Oanh, likes collecting things. She has a good__________ of coins.
A. collector B. collect C. collection D. collective
7. Fluoride toothpaste helps__________ tooth decay.
A. with prevent B. for preventing C. preventing D. prevent
8. There are two restaurant in the town and__________ of them are extremely old.
A. each B. all C. both D. most
9. My funny story made the whole class__________.
A. smile B. laughing C. laugh D. crying
10. She needed__________ these postcards to her friends
A. to send B. sending C. sent D. send

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions. (5x0,2=1,0 pts)
1. Lam tired the blue shirt but it didn’t fit.
2. Lien made a cushion__________ her own room.
3. Nam lives a long way__________ his grandparents’ house.
4. Liz helped me a lot__________ my stamp collection.
5. There is a souvenir shop near the exit__________ the zoo.

III. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters: (10x0.2=2.0 pts)
1. There are about two hundred__________ in this company. EMPLOY
2. Some of the__________ of computer games are as young as 14 or 15. INVENT
3. In__________ to that, my bike tires was flat. ADD
4. Diana is a__________. She sells flowers at a shop in New York. FLOWER
5. The noise in the city kept Hoa__________ at night. WAKE
6. We must remember to eat__________. SENSE
7. Jane likes to wear__________