Đề bài giao lưu học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 7

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO VĨNH YÊN
GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
ĐỀ BÀI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 7
Thời gian làm bài 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
 (Đề thi gồm 03 trang)
A. PHONETICS
 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 
1. A. likes
B. sports
C. songs
D. crickets
2. A. changed
B. listened
C. viewed
D. wished
3. A. image
B. luggage
C. teenage
D. village
4. A. monument
B. puppet
C. culture
D. result
5. A. foot
B. tooth
C. food
D. choose
B. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR
I. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D) to complete the following sentences. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 
1. I hope I ...good marks in the English test.
A. will get
B. get
C. getting
D. gets
2. I stayed there for....one month.
A. near
B. nearly
C. most
D. mostly
3. There were five absences yesterday due to.. 
A. sick
B. ill
C. sickness
D. sick note
4. The medicine makes him ..better.
A. feel
B. fells
C. to fell
D. felling
5. She had.homework to do. She couldn’t finish it until 10.
A. a few
B. a little
C. too many
D. too much
6. Habits of eating can.your whole life.
A. affects
B. affect
C. affect to
D. affect on
7. All my friends agree to come. from Janes.
A. only
B. accept
C. except
D. apart
8. I didn’t see the end of the film because I.asleep.
A. feel
B. felled
C. went
D. fell
9. Baby birds depend their parents for food.
A. for
B. on
C. of
D. by
10.There’s a good film. at the August cinema.
A. in
B. off
C. on
D. of
II. Each sentence below has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, D. Circle one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 
The public library in the city has thousand of good books. 
 A 	 B C D
 2. Summer activities give children the opportunity learning and practice some skills.
 A B C D
3. He stopped smoking because smoking cigarettes are harmful to his health.
 A 	 B 	 C D
We are planning to going camping next month.
 A B C D
They are hanging their clothes to make them to dry.
 A B C D
 6. He lived very happy with his wife for many years.
 A B C D
We must be hurry, otherwise we should be late for school.
 A B C D
He was absent from work yesterday because he is ill.
 A B C D
 9. My brother live in a small village in the south-west of England.
 A B C D
We left our luggage at the station and go to find something to eat.
 A B C D
III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answer on your answer sheet. 
1. He is a businessman. (success)
Why do they give suchparties? (noise)
Is there anythingin this book? (interest)
These shoes look very smart but they are.. (comfort)
He made an to see her yesterday morning. (arrange)
 6. I’d like a nice..................orange. (JUICE)
 7. The most famous . was the electronic bulb. (INVENT)
 8. This dictionary is very ..............for you to learn English. (USE)
 9. I have ....................time to play than my friends. (LITTLE)
 10. Did you make a .................to go to Nha Trang? (DECIDE)	
C. READING
II. Read the following passage then choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C and D) to complete the numbered blanks in the passage. Identify your answers by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Some people do not eat meat ..( 1 )..they believe it is cruel..(2)animals. This may be because their religion forbids it or because they do not like to think that an animal had to suffer and die just so they could have a(3) . Many people who are..(4).for this reason also avoid..(5)..clothes and shoes that are made of animal fur and leather.
Some people do not eat meat because they believe it is too ..(6) . By not buying meat, these vegetarians have more money left over to buy (7).. kinds of food. Meat is high in protein, which is an important element of food that people need to stay alive. Vegetarians..(8)sure they get the protein their body need by eating other, less expensive types of food like nuts, cheese and milk. ..(9)people decide to stop eating meat, they must find alternative sources for nutrients they need to(10)..healthy. After a while, a vegetarian diet becomes a regular part of daily life.
1. A. so
B. because
C. because of
D. as of
2. A. killing
B. for killing
C. to kill
D. kill
3. A. lunch
B. breakfast
C. dinner
D. meal
4. A. vegetarians
B. vegetarian
C. a vegetarian
D. the vegetable
5. A. put on
B. getting on
C. wearing
D. wear
6. A. cheap
B. delicious 
C. sour
D. expensive
7. A. another
B. other
C. others
D. one another
8. A. gets
B. can
C. make
D. go
9. A. On
B. While
C. When
D. At
10. A. stay
B. keeping
C. maintain
D. service
I. Fill in the blank of the following passage with ONE suitable word. Write your answer on your answer sheet. 
	Health is something we tend to ignore when we have it. When our body is rather well, we're hardly ever aware of (1) ... But illness can come, even (2)........ we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very vulnerable time. Many diseases attacked children in particular and people knew very (3) . about how to prevent such illness or how to (4) .... them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About century (5) , however, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The cause of (6) . diseases was known, and cures were developed. As this medical knowledge spread the world became much safer (7) . children. The result is that whereas a hundred years ago the average man lived for 35 years. Nowadays, in many places of the world, people can expect to (8)........ for years. And what do we expect by the years 2015? Undoubtedly, medical science (9) . continue to advance. Some people will be able to solve (10)  problems that are unavoidable today.
D. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answer on your answer sheet. 
A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning.
There is.
We didn’t enjoy the trip because of the heavy rain.
The heavy rain
Hoa is a better swimmer than Lan.
Lan can’t swim..
Peter can cook very well.
Peter is.
You don’t need to finish the work today.
It isn’t..
II. Use the cue words to write the complete sentences: 
His / date/ birth/ be/ October/ second.
..
Movie/ start/ in / ten / minutes.
..
noise / sometimes / keep/ awake / night.
..
Tom/ spend/ most / time/ lie/ couch/ front/ TV.
Lam/ be / music room/ now/ and/ learn/ play/ guitar.
..
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