Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh 7 - Năm học 2010-2011 - Trường THCS Hương Lâm - Đề số 8

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Giám khảo 1: ..
Giám khảo 2: ..............
Điểm bài thi
Bằng số: ...
Bằng chữ: .
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (1pt) 
1. A. family	B. can	C. graduate	D. party
2. A. pleasure 	B. please	C. easy 	D. leave
3. A. expensive 	B. event 	C. essay 	D. except 
4. A. together	B. guess 	C. regular 	D. teenager
5. A. education 	B. question 	C. collection	D. celebration
II. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word or phrase to complete the following sentences. (2pts)
1. If he eats all that food, he eats _____________.
 A. too much 	B. too many 	C. quite much 	D. quite many
2. I have enough food in the house, so I needn’t __________ to the shop tomorrow.
 A. to go 	B. go 	C. going 	D. will go
3. My new shoes don’t __________ me very well. They are too big.
 A. suit 	B. match 	C. agree 	D. fit
4. The girl decided to learn ____________ a sewing machine. 
 A. what to use 	B. which to use 	C. how to use 	D. to use
5. They prefer reading __________ watching TV. 
 A. than 	B. more than 	C. much than 	D. to
6. _________ have dinner at my house? - Yes, I’d love to.
 A. Would you like to	B. Do you like 	C. What about 	D. why don’t
7. This river is very __________ for the swimmers.
 A. danger 	B. dangerous 	C. dangerously 	D. in danger
8. She works six days ___________ week.
 A. the 	B. for 	C. in 	D. a
9. The pipeapples are not ripe. ____________ are the bananas..
 A. Neither 	B. So 	C. Both 	D. Either
10. Everybody ________ the symptoms, but nobody _________ a cure.
 A. know / knows 	B. knows / know 	C. know / know 	D. knows / knows
III. Give the correct form of the bold words in brackets. (2pts)
1. He played the guitar very (beautiful) last night.	1._____________
2. What is the (long) of the building?	 	2._____________
3. He said good morning in a most (friend) way.	3._____________
4. I like (fun) stories.	4._____________
5. The country looks very (color) now.	5._____________
6. The survey had some (surprise) result.	6._____________ 
7. It is (possible) for you to speak English well in only a week.	7._____________
8. Edison was the (invent) of electric light bulb.	8._____________
9. Did you make a (decide) not to go to Hanoi last week?	9._____________
10. If you want to have (health) teeth you must keep your teeth clean.	10.____________
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. (2pts)
1. Listen! What language they (speak _______________________).
2. Nam (not/sit ____________) in Dr.Hung’s surgery now. He (leave _________) two hours ago.
3. Lan Anh ( feel__________) very tired when she (catch__________) a bad cold three days ago.
4. You (go_________________) to the cinema last night?
- Yes, I (go___________) to the cinema but I (not/enjoy________________) the movie much.
5. I (have_________)a big breakfast this morning. I (eat________) a lot of bread and three eggs.
V. This passage contains ten errors. Each line has only one, underline them then correct. (0) is done as an example (2pts)
Nowadays, football become one of the world’s	0. ___ becomes_________
most popular games. Million of people play and	1.____________________ 
watch it all around a world. A football match	2.____________________ 
often has two parts. Each part are forty- five minutes.	3.____________________ 
The first part is the first haft and the two part	4.____________________ 
is the second half. There is a fifteen- minutes break	5.____________________ 
between the two halfs. There are two teams in	6.____________________ 
a football match. Each football team have eleven	7.____________________ 
players, including a goal keeper. The players in	8.____________________ 
the ground try kicking the ball into the other’s goal.	9.____________________
The team which scores less goals wins the match.	10.___________________
VI. Fill in the blank with one suitable preposition. (1pt)
1. What do students often do ____________ break?
2. I don’t feel like walking. - OK. We’ll go home ____________ a taxi.
3. Students take part ___________ different activities at recess.
4. Marry is not at home now. He is _____________ work.
5. Hoa is very worried ____________ her study at her new school.
6. How old will he be ____________ his next birthday.
7. We set the table ____________ plates, bowls, chopsticks and spoons.
8. Did you receive that letter _____________ Lee?
9. I am tired _______________ eating the same things every day.
10. What was ____________ TV last night? 
VII. Read this passage carefully then choose the best answer to each quetion below. (2pts)
A twenty year- stolen bicycle
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter the police asked him to meet them at the police station. Ted wondered why the police wanted him, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling policeman that they found his bicycle. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. They are now sending his bicycle to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.
1. Ted was worried because ____________.
 A. He received a letter 	B. He went to police station yesterday 
 C. The police would catch him 	D. He didn’t know why the police wanted him.
2. The police who talked to Ted was ___________.
 A. pleasant 	B. worried 	C. surprised 	D. small
3. What did the policeman tell him?
 A. His bicycle was lost. 	B. His bicycle was found five days ago.
 C. He was very surprised.	 	D. He never expected the bicycle to be found.
4. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?
 A. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago 
 B. Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.
 C. Because the bicycle was sent to him by train
 D. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.
5. Which of the following statements is not true?
 A. The police asked Ted to go to their station. 	B. Ted is no longer anxious. 
 C. The policeman told Ted the good news five days ago.	D. Ted is 35 years old now.
VIII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. (3pts)
England is not (1.__________) large country. There are no high mountains, no long rivers and (2.___________) very large woods in England, (3._____________) there are many factories in and near the towns. The English country is (4._______________) a carpet of many colors. (5.___________) spring and summer the fields and woods are green and the gardens are green, red, blue, yellow and white (6 _____________) flowers.
The English summer is never very hot and the winter is not very cold. Spring and autumn (7.____________) cool, snow doesn’t fall often in England. Spring and summer are beautiful seasons (8.________________) the sun often shines brightly in the blue sky. Autumn is a nice season, (9.__________). It’s the season of beautiful ripe apples and pears. (10.____________) are many fine days in winter when the sun shines in the cold blue sky.
IX. Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the sentences printed before them. You are not allowed to write more than five words. Do not change the word given in the brackets. (2pts)
1. Why were you absent from class last Monday? (didn’t)
 Why ________________________________last Monday?
2. Can you tell me the way to the post office? (show)
 Could you please __________________________ to the post office?
3. To do morning exercises regularly is good for your health. (health)
 It is __________________________________do morning exercises regularly. 
4. Can the little boy look after himself when his mother is away? (take)
 Can the little boy ______________________________when his mother is away?
5. John found driving on the left difficult. (driving)
 John wasn’t used _____________________________ on the left.
6. Sally is the cleverest student in the class. (than)
 Nobody in the class ________________________________Sally.
7. The exam was more difficult than we thought at first. (easy)
 The exam was not ____________________________________ at first.
8. Ha had a toothache yesterday. I had a toothache yesterday. (so)
 Ha had __________________________________ we.
9. Do you have a better motorbike than this? (the)
 Is this____________________________________ you have?
10. We didn’t go on our picnic yesterday because of the bad weather. (because)
 We didn’t go on our picnic yesterday ______________________________bad.
 X. Rewrite the following sentence in such another way which has the same meaning with the first sentence. (2pts)
1. Henry is a dangerous driver. Henry. 
2. What is the weight of your bag?
 How ?
3. I advise him to have regular meals.
 You’d . 
4. Would you like to join us on our trip to TamDao Mountain?
 Why ?
5. When were you born?
 What ?
6. My father spent two hours finishing his work yesterday afternoon.
 It took 
7. Your class has fewer students than my class.
 My class ....
8. Do you like playing football? Are you .....?
XI. Complete the following sentences by using the suggested word. You can add or change any words necessary. (2pts)
1. He / usually / get / 6 /every day / but / today / get / 7.
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2. She / look / tired /. What / be / matter / her / ? 
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3. I / not like / eggs / and / my brother / either.
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4. What / weather / like / tomorrow?
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5. He / not /well / yesterday /, so / have / see / doctor.
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6. She / have / go / bus stop / meet / aunt / uncle / tomorrow.
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7. She / get used / heavy traffic / city.
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8. Halong Bay / be / one / most famous / tourist / destination / Vietnam.
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9. What / clever / girl! / She / learn / cook / dish / quickly.
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10. You should eat / variety / foods / without / eat / too much / anything.
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