Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh 7 – Đề 8 – Năm học 2011-2012

Thời gian làm bài 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề PHẦN A: Phần chung cho mọi học sinh.

Listen to these flight announcements and choose the best options A, B, C or D.

1.	Flight number YZ243 is going to
A. Ankara.		B. Anchorage.	C. Accra.	D. Dakar.
2.	Dominic Andrew is
A. a pilot.			B. a passenger.
C. on the security staff.			D. on the airline staff.
3.	For the flight to New York, go to Gate
A. 9.		B. 16.	C. 19.	D. 90
4.	The flight to Jakarta is
A. early.		B. on time.	C. cancelled.	D. late.
5.	Mr. and Mrs. El Ghazi will find Mustapha
A. on the aeroplane			B. at Gate 21.
C. in the arrivals hall.			D. at the Customs desk.
6.	The flight from Cairo is late because
A. of freezing fog. B. snow and ice.			C. low cloud.	D. heavy rain.

Answer the questions.

1. Where does Oliver want to go?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Why does he want to go there?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3.How many people does he ask for directions?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. What happens when he arrives?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest.

1.

A. Review

B. Few

C. Renew

D. Sew

2.

A. Means

B. Physics

C. Indoors

D. Score

 

3.

A. Energetic

B. Enjoy

C. Experiment

D. Education

4.

A. Watched

B. Looked

C. Fitted

D. Stopped

5.

A. Chemistry

B. Orchestra

C. Ache

D. Chew

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group.

1.	A. Apartment	B. Family	C. Expensive	D. Eleven
2.	A. Number	B. Student	C. Parents	D. Complain
3.	A. Celebration	B. Collection	C. Entertainment D. Education
4. A. Chemistry		B. Biology	C. Physics	D. History
5.	A. Television	B. Communication C. Examination		D. Qualification

Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer among four options (A, B, C or D).

1.	Many people write books but _________		write good books.
A. enough		B. a little	C. few	D. much
2.	You should be careful when playing games. Video games can be _________ .
A. addicting		B. addictive	C. addiction	D. addicted
3.	In Today’s newspaper there _________		a lot of news about the earthquake.
A. have		B. has	C. is	D. are
4.	There isn’t _________ at the bus stop.
A. anybody		B. people	C. somebody	D. nobody
5.	Please keep silent! I _________ . It’s too noisy.
A. will study		B. study	C. am studying	D. studied
6.	Your composition is _________ better than his.
A. more		B. much	C. many	D. very
7.	You can find a book with either the author _________ the title.
A. and		B. nor	C. or	D. about
8.	_________	my students are familiar with this kind of school activities.
A. Most		B. Most of	C. A few	D. Few
9.	Tim and Hoa are the same _________
A. years old		B. tall	C. age	D. high.
10. Please let me _________ your address?
A. know		B. to know	C. knew	D. knowing.

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital. Write your answer on the answer sheet.

1.	Riding a motorbike without helmet is very _________.	DANGER
2.	I need to _________ you before the check-up.	WEIGHT
3. You should brush your teeth _________.		REGULAR
4.	It’s very _________ of you to give me a lift.	HELP
5.	Don’t worry, this kind of cancer is _________.	CURE
6.	Mr. Lam didn’t go to work yesterday because of his _________.	SICK
7.	I have _________ time to play than my friends.	LITTLE
8.	There was a wide _________ of vegetables on display.	SELECT
9.	Bill Gate is a famous _________.	BUSY
10. Peter can solve the problems _________.		WISE

VII. Each line in the following passage has one mistake. Find the mistake and correct it. There is one example which has been done for you.

Example: 0. Minh goed to the dentist yesterday morning.

goed went

Nowadays, keeping your teeth health is very	1.	_________
important. Dentists can do a lot to improving your	2.	_________
teeth. They can straighten your teeth by put wires on	3.	_________
them. This wires push the roots of the teeth the right	4.	_________
way. The goodest time for doing this is while the	5.	_________
teeth are grew. A lot of dentists, however, prefer not	6.	_________
to start doing this before a child is at less eight.	7.	_________
Sometimes a dentist even used elastic bands to	8.	_________
make a tooth straight. Sometimes pulled a tooth out	9.	_________
can prevent the other teeth with growing too close to	10. _________
one another.

VIII. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word to complete it.

Windsor, the old horse, is very sad. His owner is going to sell him. “Can’t we keep him?” asks his (1) _________ wife. “He is a good horse.” “No, he is (2) _________ old to work. He isn’t strong (3) _________ to pull the cart. He isn’t as fast (4) _________ before. I am going to take him to the market tomorrow.”

The next day, at the market, there is another horse for (5) _________. It is a beautiful, young, brown horse. Windsor thinks sadly: “I am not as young as that brown horse.

And I am not as big as him. I am too thin and I am too tired to do heavy work. (6) _________ is going to buy me?” Just then a farmer and his young son arrive. “We are looking (7) _________ a good horse”, they say. “Windsor is a good horse,” says the owner. “But isn’t he too old?” “No, we (8) _________ need a young horse.” “Isn’t he too thin?” “No, we don’t need (9) _________ strong horse. He is perfect. We need a good (10) _________ friendly horse

to take the children for rides!” So the farmer buys Windsor and Windsor is very happy.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B , C or D to complete it.

Dear Lan,

I’m ________ (1) to invite you to a party we are having at the flat next Friday, December 14th . As you know, ________ (2) Lien’s 13th birthday next week and my birthday next month, ________ (3) we thought we’d celebrate together and have a joint party. I can’t remember if you know my address or not, but anyway, if you ________ (4) the directions below, you shouldn’t get lost. Take the Number 15 bus from the station and ________ (5) at the Star Hotel. Walk down Long Viet Road, past the Dan Chu Cinema, and then ________ (6) the first turning on the right. That’s Le Loi Road. Turn left ________ (7) the first junction, then go straight past the church as far as the next crossroads . ________ (8) and our block of flats is the second on the right. Do try and come. Of course you’re _____ (9) to bring someone with you if you want to.

Look forward ________ (10) you then!
Love, Mai
1.	A. writing	B. write	C. writes		D. to write
2.	A. it’s	B. its	C. they’re		D. she’s
3.	A. too	B. but	C. because		D. so
4.	A. to follow	B. follow	C. following		D. follows
5.	A. get up	B. get by	C. get on		D. get off
6.	A. have	B. get	C. take		D. bring
7.	A. in	B. at	C. of		D. on
8.	A. Right turn	B. To right	C. To turn		D. Turn right
9.	A. welcomed	B. welcome	C. welcoming		D. to welcome
10. A. to see		B. for seeing		C. of seeing		D.
to seeing

Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.

The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds. They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live up to 70 years. Elephants can be trained to carry

logs with their trunks. They also use their trunks for drinking water, bathing, eating and communicating. There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephant can be characterized as larger ears. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds. The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 800 pounds. This elephant is characterized as smaller ears. Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.

1. What is the topic of the passage?

A. African elephant

B. Indian elephant

C. Elephants

D. Elephants’ trunks

2. How much does a baby elephant weigh at birth?

A. 70 pounds

B. 200 pounds

C. 300 pounds         

D. 1,200 pounds

According to the passage, elephants can use their trunks for the following activities

EXCEPT?

Bathing

communicating

Sleeping

Drinking

An Indian elephant has __________ than an African elephant.

a longer tail

a stronger trunk

smaller ears

bigger teeth

5. Which kind of elephant is the largest?

The Indian elephant

The African elephant

The Asian elephant

The Indian and Asian elephant

Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.

1. Our summer vacation lasts two months.

We have a ____________________________________.

2. You shouldn’t eat too much meat. You’d ________________________________________.

3. Trung didn’t go to school last Tuesday.

→ Trung was ____________________________________.

4. He borrowed my book, but he forgot to return it.

I ____________________________________________.

5. How heavy is the chicken?

What _________________________________________?

XII. What do students at your school often do at recess? Write a short paragraph of about 100 -120 words.

PHẦN B: Phần riêng cho học sinh trường THCS Vĩnh Tường- yêu cầu học sinh làm riêng phần B ra 1 tờ giấy thi; Complete the following dialogue with the correct letters.

Minh:                 I have an awful (1) t_ _ _ _a_ _e.

Dentist:	Open your (2) m_ _ _h, please. I can see it. I’m going to (3) f_ _l it at once.
The	(4) t_ _ _h looks very bad.
Minh:	Can’t you (5) p_ _l it out?
Dentist:	Surely you want to (6) k_ _p your teeth. I don’t want to (7) ext_ _ _t a tooth
if I	can save it.
Minh:	Well, I’m (8) frig_ _ _ned.
Dentist:	You won’t feel a thing. I’m going to give you an (9) in_ _c_ _on.
Minh:	I’d prefer it out. It’s quicker that way.
Dentist:	Nonsense. You don’t want (10) f_l_e teeth!

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