ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH LỚP 7 TRƯỜNG THCS TIÊN LỮ

NĂM HỌC 2014-2015.

I, Phonetics:

1, Choose the word which has the underlined part differently pronounced from the others(1,0p)

1. A-seat         B-read                       C-area            D-overseas

2. A-birthday               B-AprilC-thirdD-invite

3. A-kichenB-coachC-changeD-mechanic

4. A-questionB-celebrationC-collectionD-invitation

5. A-holdB-hourC-honeyD-hundred

6. A-drugB-futureC-usefulD-computer

7. A-thousandB-aroundC-souvenirD-about

8. A-laughedB-ploughedC-coughedD-sunbathed

9. A-copiedB-studiedC- worriedD- prevented

10. A-teenagerB-togetherC-guestD-regularly

2, Choose the word which has the different stress from the others (0,5p)

1, A- explainB-surgeryC-improveD-material

2, A-measureB-preferC- periodD-distance

3, A- addressB-amazingC-authorD-complain

4, A-eventB-essayC-complimentD-employee

5, A-surprisingB-terribleC- awfulD-furnished

II, VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES:

1, Choose the best option(1,5p)

1, When he is at school. He always wear……… uniform

A-the

B-an

C-a

D-A+B

2, Look! The plane is flying to Noi Bai airport. It ………….

A-will land

B-is going landing

C-intend to lend

D-is landing

3, Her father …………………..

A-bought for her a cap

B-bought a cap to her

C-buy her a cap

D-bought a cap for her

4, you/ watch/ football match/ TV/ yesterday/ night?

A- Did you watch a football match on TV yesterday night?

B- Do you watch a football match on TV yesterday night?

C- Did you watch a football match on TV yesterday last night?

D- Did you watch a football match on TV at night yesterday ?

5, You …….last Saturday.

A-have flu

B-had flu

C-got flu

D-catch flu

6, her/ what/ sister’s/ is/ weight/ friend’s/ ?

A-What is her friend’s sister weight?

B-What is her  sister’s friend’sweight?

A-What is her sister friend’s weight?

A-What is her sister’s weight friend’s  ?

7,

A- How heavy is your brother

B- How much does your brother weigh?

C- What’s your brother’s weight?

D-all are correct

8, He stopped in front of the gas station ………..some petrol an hour ago

A-getting

B-to get

C-got

D-would get

9, How much does it ………to mail a local letter?

A-take

B-pay

C-cost

D-price

10, We have fun …………. together on the farm evey year.

A-working

B-to work

C-to working

D-all are incorrect

11, He is reading comics with great ………………

A-please

B-pleasant

C-pleasure

D-pleased.

12, Mr John ……..the gardening when he was sicteen

A-made

B-did

C-took

D-worked

13, Will you please …………..home?

A-give me a pen

B-give me a ride

C-take me a ride

D-B+C

14, Is she very ……with wearing skirts?

A-popular

B-busy

C-famous

D-used

15, I’ll phone her ….I get home

A-if

B-as soon as

C-as

D-while

2, Give the correct form of the words to complete the sentences below.(1,0p)

1, I have ( little)….. time to play soccer than he does.

2, We will take part in ( act)…. a play for our school anniversary celebration.

3,That (music) ……..plays a lot of instruments.

4, (Art)…. paint beautiful pictures.

5, Thanks for ( invite)……..me to your wedding.

6, They (celebrate)…….their wedding for ten years and many people attended their( celebrate)…..

7, Did many (visit)…. come to Hue last year?

8, Yesterday night I had a slight fever and a (run)………. nose.

9,People feel (please) ……when they catch the common cold.

10, This building is very beautiful but it is ( safe) ……….for people to live in .  

3, Find out an error and correct it (1,0p)

1, How high large modern the bridge is !

2, Do you think she is going to appear in the meeting tonight?

3, Lan didn’t join her classmate’s party and so did Mai.

4, This kichen is more lovely and more pretty than yours.

5, Your children always talking in Math class.

6, Could she tell me how to get to the city center?

7, What did he eat for dinner? He eats rice , vegetable and boiled eggs.

8, Did you and your friends  meet a headache?

9, Lien with her children are showering in the bathroom.

10, They may perhaps keep awake if there’s a strange noise.

4, Fill the suitable prepositions in the blanks(1,0p)

1, Where are you going ………..your holidays?

2, My friend – Quang is afraid …..snakes.

3, Children are looking forward ……..their summer holiday.

4, She was good at drawing and swimming when she was …the age of thirteen.

5, My friend took me …the temple last Saturday

6, Were you very tired …………the trip last month?

7, The shirt is yellow ….white flowers …..it.

8, They stopped ……..the restaurant …..a while.

III, READING.

1, Fill one suitable word to complete the passage.(1,0p)

          I’d like to tell you about my family. My Dad is fifty five . He’s (1)…older than my Mom. She is only forty two. My father has his (2) …business. Mom (3)….. him with the business. I have two brother and a sister, so we are six (4) …us altogether in the family.

         My (5)……brother is Jack. He’s twenty six . He is (6)….and has two children. My sister Marie is the (7)…older . She’s twenty one years old. She’s an accountant and she works in a bank. Next to her is (8)….. I’m (9) …..my second year of university. The next youngest is Jame. He’s thirteen. He(10)……to secondary school.

2, Read the text and choose the best option.(1,0p)

Our class are going (1)… a trip to the mountains. Everyone (2)….bringing some thing to eat(3)…. to drink. Kate is bringing some bread and oranges. Mary is bringing some bananas and eggs. Liz is bringing ten apples and two big (4)…of Coca cola. Peter is bringing a lot of meat and I am bringing some orange juice, pork and chicken. Now we (5)…hungry . We are sitting (6)….. a big tree and (7)…… lunch. Peter is eating a lot (8)….. he doesn’t have breakfast. We are talking and laughing a lot (9)….. we are eating. (10)…… we have lunch, we go hiking in the mountains.

Every one of us are happy because we are having a lot of fun

1, A-on

B-in

C-to

D-for

2, A-are

B-is

C-likes

D-enjoy

3, A-and

B-both

C-or

D-0

4, A-cans

B-bottles

C-packets

D-boxes

5, A-are feeling

B-feel

C-are

D-B+C

6, A-on

B-below

C-under

D-beneath

7, A-taking

B-cooking

C-having

D-preparing

8, A-and

B-so

C-as

D-if

9, A-when

B-as soon as

C-because

D-while

10, A-After

B-Then

C-Before

D-Finally

IV, WRITING

1, Rewrite the sentences without chaning their meaning.(1,0p)

1, I get to work in half an hour by bike.

It ……………………………………………….

2, How much were these books ?

What…………………………………………..?

Did your classmates enjoy listening to music?

Were…………………………………………………?

3, They had a two-week summer vacation

Their…………………………………………………..

4, She’ll probably take an English course for six weeks.

She ………………………………………………………..

5, It isn’t important for you to finish the work

You don’t ……………………………………………..

6, She works more hours than him (many)

……………………………………………………….

7, Aren’t you going hiking next weekend?(of)

……………………………………………………………?

8, Mr Jack produces the most rice of all farmers.

No ………………………………………………………..

9, How long did it take her to travel to her hometown?

How…………………………………………………………?

10, It is impossible for the boys to play soccer here

The ……………………………………………………………..

2, Rearrange the words or phrases to make the meaningful sentences.(1,0p)

1, takes/ father/ it/ my/ to/ learn/ speak/ English/ three/ months/ to.

2, please/ three/ I/ have/ local/ can/ stamps ?

3, week/ they/ a / moved/ new/ Ha Noi/ last/ to/ apartment/in .

4, not/ keep/ difficult/ will/ to/ in/ be/ too/ touch/ each other/it/ with.

5, always when/ we/ with/ them/ we/ speak/ meet/ English/ them.

6, good/ what/ play/ you / a/ rehearsing/ , girls/ are !.

7, I / to/ before/ camping/ Shall/ go/ take/ the/ you/ dentist’s ?

8, studying/ we/ lots/ together/ on/ had/ weekends/ of/ fun .

9, in /with / Does/ behave/ her/ lovely/ she/ a / seldom/ way / neighbors/?

10, walk/ tonight/ has/ a/ he/ go/ to/ with/ girl friend/ out/ his/for/.

Rearrange: 

5, always when/ we/ with/ them/ we/ speak/ meet/ English/ them.

6, good/ what/ play/ you / a/ rehearsing/ , girls/ are !.

10, walk/ tonight/ has/ a/ he/ go/ to/ with/ girl friend/ out/ his/for/.

 Rewrite 

6, She works more hours than him (many)

7, Aren’t you going hiking next weekend?(of)

  I’d like to tell you about my family. My Dad is fifty five . He’s (1)…older than my Mom. She is only forty two. My father has his (2) …business. Mom (3)….. him with the business. I have two brother and a sister, so we are six (4) …us altogether in the family.

         My (5)……brother is Jack. He’s twenty six . He is (6)….and has two children. My sister Marie is the (7)…older . She’s twenty one years old. She’s an accountant and she works in a bank. Next to her is (8)….. I’m (9) …..my second year of university. The next youngest is Jame. He’s thirteen. He(10)……to secondary school.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

A striking example of a successful multiethnic country is Switzerland, where French, German, and Italian speakers from diverse religious groups live and work harmony and prosperity.

XII. Combine the following sentences into one sentence, using (not) + adj + enough.

1. He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

2. She can’t ride a motorbike because she is too young.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

3. The boy is too young. He doesn’t understand it.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

4. You can’t put this book in your pocket because it is too big.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

5. The weather isn’t very warm. We can’t go swimming.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

6. I am very lucky because I have many good friends.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

7. This exercise is too difficult for me to do.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

8. He is too young to drive a car.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

9. The book was so interesting that I read it twice.

=> _{........................................................................................................................................................................................................}

10. It is such cold water that you can’t go swimming today.

=>          

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

(1) In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.

(2) Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.

(3) Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way.

(4) In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people.

(5) Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.

(6) Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West.

(7) Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius’s famous saying “One picture is worth a thousand words.”

Which of the following is most likely the traditional subject of Chinese cartoons?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 43.

The difference between the nuclear family and the extended family is that a nuclear family refers to a single basic family unit of parents and their children, whereas the extended family refers to their relatives such as grandparents, in-laws, aunts and uncles, etc. In many cultures, and particularly indigenous societies, the latter is the most common basic form of social organization.

A nuclear family is limited, according to Kristy Jackson of Colorado State University, to one or two parents (e.g. a father and mother) and their own child, or children, living together in a single house or other dwellings. In anthropology, they only must be related in this fashion; there is no upper or lower limit on the number of children in a nuclear family.

The extended family is a much more nebulous term, but in essence refers to kin or relations not covered by the above definition. In historical Europe and Asia as well as in Middle Eastern, African, and South American Aboriginal cultures, extended family groups were typically the most basic unit of social organization, The term can differ in specific cultural settings, but generally includes people related in age or by lineage.

Anthropologically, the term "extended family" refers to such a group living together in a household, often with three generations living together (grandparents, parents, and children) and headed in patriarchal societies by the eldest man or by some other chosen leadership figure. However, in common parlance, the term "extended family" is often used by people simply to refer to their cousins, aunts, uncles, and so on, even though they are not living together in a single group.

What is the passage mainly about?

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

(1) In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.

(2) Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.

(3) Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way.

(4) In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people.

(5) Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.

(6) Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West.

(7) Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius’s famous saying “One picture is worth a thousand words.”

Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 43.

The difference between the nuclear family and the extended family is that a nuclear family refers to a single basic family unit of parents and their children, whereas the extended family refers to their relatives such as grandparents, in-laws, aunts and uncles, etc. In many cultures, and particularly indigenous societies, the latter is the most common basic form of social organization.

A nuclear family is limited, according to Kristy Jackson of Colorado State University, to one or two parents (e.g. a father and mother) and their own child, or children, living together in a single house or other dwellings. In anthropology, they only must be related in this fashion; there is no upper or lower limit on the number of children in a nuclear family.

The extended family is a much more nebulous term, but in essence refers to kin or relations not covered by the above definition. In historical Europe and Asia as well as in Middle Eastern, African, and South American Aboriginal cultures, extended family groups were typically the most basic unit of social organization, The term can differ in specific cultural settings, but generally includes people related in age or by lineage.

Anthropologically, the term "extended family" refers to such a group living together in a household, often with three generations living together (grandparents, parents, and children) and headed in patriarchal societies by the eldest man or by some other chosen leadership figure. However, in common parlance, the term "extended family" is often used by people simply to refer to their cousins, aunts, uncles, and so on, even though they are not living together in a single group.

What can be inferred from the reading passage?