Đề thi giao lưu học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh 7 - Năm học 2012-2013

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ĐỀ THI GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI 6,7,8
Năm học 2012- 2013
Môn: Tiếng Anh 7
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút 
Đề thi này gồm 04 trang
PART A. LISTENING	
You are going to listen to a talk between Nicole and Susan. Listen carefully and fill in each blank with one missing word. You will hear the talk TWICE.
Nicole is running for student body president. She must give a speech next week. She discusses the speech with her (1)__________.
Susan:	 What's up, Nicole?
Nicole:	 I pulled an all-nighter working on my election speech.
Susan: 	 No wonder you look like a basket case! Did you finish your speech?
Nicole: Yes, at (2)__________a.m.
Susan: That must be a load off your mind!
Nicole: It's (3)__________. I've got to give the speech tomorrow in front of 1,500 (4)__________. 
 I'm a nervous wreck!
Susan: Just remember the old rule of thumb: Imagine your audience naked.
Nicole: That's gross. Why would I want to (5)__________that?
Susan: According to conventional wisdom, it'll make you less nervous.
Nicole: Only practice will do the trick.
Susan: Okay, let's (6)__________the speech.
Nicole: Good (7)___________, everyone. There are (8)__________candidates running for president. 
 	 You think you (9)____________several choices. In reality, you have just one choice: me!
Susan: You can't say that. You'll turn off your audience immediately.
Nicole: It sounds like I have a big (10)__________?
Susan: I'll say!
PART B. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. 
1. A. birthday	B. author	C. athletics	D. together
2. A. absent	B. comb	C. crab	D. bulb
3. A. physics	B. useful	C. disease	D. rehearse
4. A. concert	B. contestant	C. compliment	D. comic 
5. A. area	B. album 	C. pastime 	D. cavity
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group.
1. A. arcade	B. image	C. defeat	D. event
2. A. collector	B. teenager	C. orchestra	D. moderate
3. A. souvenir	B. overseas	C. disappear	D. uniform
4. A. lifeguard	B. campaign	C. harvest	D. veteran
5. A. explore	B. excited	C. essay	D. except
PART C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B,C,D) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. We know that the food we eat affects our ____________life.
 A. whole	B. all	C. most	D. during
2. I don’t like brown rice. Haven’t you got____________?
 A. no white	B. white ones	C. any white	D. a white	
3. Children are ____________of seeing the dentist.
 A. afraid	B. interested	C. worried	D. keen 
4. Don’t buy plenty of ____________foods because they’re not ____________for you.
 A. fatty/ good	B. fatter/ better	C. fat/ good	D. fatty/ well	
5. I divided the sweets ____________several children. 
 A. during	B. between	C. into	D. among
6. ____________ people in our country earn enough for a comfortable life.
 A. Most of	B. The most	C. Almost all the	D. Mostly
7. "Look at that schoolbag", she said to Nam. "Isn't it one of ____________?"
 A. ours' 	B. ours 	C. our's 	D. our	
8. “Was he disappointed?” – “Yes, he found the movie ____________.”
 A. boring	B. boringly	C. bored	D. bores
9. Mr. Brown goes ____________work ____________his car every day.
 A. for/ in	B. for/ by	C. to/ by	D. to/ in 
10. In Today’s newspaper there ____________a lot of news about the earthquake.
 A. have	B. has	C. is	D. are	
11. Now Hoa is used ____________the busy roads in the city.
 A. to cross	B. crossing	C. for crossing	D. to crossing
12. No one can do it well and ____________.
 A. so can she	B. neither can she	C. she can’t, too	D. she can, either
13. This letter is ____________French and I cannot read a word of French.
 A. in	B. with	C. by	D. on	
14. Always ____________honest in whatever you do.
 A. to be 	B. be 	C. are	D. being	
15. The doctor advised me ____________.
 A. smoke	B. not smoking	C. not to smoke	D. not to smoking
II. Choose the underlined words or phrases (A, B, C or D) that are incorrect in standard English. 
1. I had not to work yesterday because it was my day off.
 A B C D
2. The table was so heavy that I could hard lift it.
 A B C D
3. You look tired. You’d better staying inside at recess.
 A B C D
4. The teacher, together with his students, are planting trees.
 A B C D
5. The doctor measured her temperature and said that it was normal.
 A B C D
III. Give the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the sentences.
1. Catching the common cold is ___________for everybody.	PLEASE
2. Videos are also very useful in ___________.	EDUCATE
3. This lovely apartment has two bedrooms and it is ___________.	FURNISH
4. You mustn’t drive ___________on busy streets.	CARE
5. Some of the ___________of computer games are as young as 14 or 15.	INVENT	
IV. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable preposition.
1. In a game of singles, two players play ___________each other.
2. Food leaves here ___________Laos and Thailand.
3. His parents are very strict ___________him.
4. We’re going to see a movie. Why don’t you come ___________? 
5. They study and listen to music ___________the same time.
PART D. READING
I. Choose the correct answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)___________written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2)___________London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)___________school, he worked in his father’s shop and (4)___________articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)___________in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)___________ him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)___________on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoe’s novel lived on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)___________novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)___________; his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)___________famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731.
1. A. has	B. have	C. was	D. were 
2. A. in	B. at	C. on	D. from 
3. A. coming	B. going	C. staying	D. leaving 
4. A. sold	B. wrote	C. bought	D. read
5. A. few	B. much 	C. plenty	D. many 
6. A. made	B. did	C. brought	D. let
7. A. visited	B. came	C. went	D. lived
8. A. a 	B. an	C. the	D. Ø
9. A. And	B. Because	C. So	D. However
10. A. very	B. much	C. most	D. best
II. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct option marked A,B,C or D to answer the questions.
John Smith is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has a lot of jobs. He is a policeman, a fireman, a school bus driver, a postman, a taxi driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Susan, have a shop and a small hotel.	
John lives and works on the island of Gingham in the west of Scotland. Only one hundred and twenty people live there but in summer this number will be doubled because of tourists who come by boat every day.
Every day John gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00, he drives the island’s children to school. At 9.00, he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Susan in the shop.
He says, “Susan likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we do not like watching television. In the evenings, Susan makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00, we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it”.
1. John Smith is a very busy man because____________.
 A. he lives and works on the island	 	B. he is 60 years old
 C. he has thirteen jobs	D. he is a policeman and a taxi driver.
2. In summer, about ____________ people and tourists are on the island of Gingham.
 A. 120	B. 60	C. 150	D. 240 
3. He usually takes the island’s children to school by ____________.
 A. bus	B. taxi	C. boat	D. ambulance
4. What does John do in the evenings?	~ ____________.
 A. He makes supper	B. He does the accounts 
 C. He goes to bed early	D. He watches television
5. They don’t watch television in the evenings because ____________.
 A. They have a glass of wine	B. They have lots of things to do
 C. They are always tired in the evening	D. They don’t like it 
III. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
WALKING IS FUN
 At my school there are different sports activities but I only take (1)__________in one club called “Walking For Fun” or WFF. Last year there was a district walking competition (2)__________ school children and my school team won the first (3)__________. Everybody was so happy and wished to keep this activity, (4)__________, we organized this club. The number of participants increases every week. The regular activity of the club is a 5 km (5)__________to the beach (6)__________Sunday morning. Another activity is a walk-to-school day or (WTS day). Members living near school volunteer to take a walk (7)__________of taking motorbike or bicycle trips every Wednesday. (8)__________is a fun, easy and inexpensive activity, and people of all (9)__________and abilities can (10)__________it.
PART E. WRITING
I. Write the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the original one. 
1. How heavy was your son last summer?
à What	
2. Be sure to come back home before 9.30!
à Remember	
3. Listening to music at home is more interesting than going to the concert.
à I prefer	
4. This girl is the most hardworking in our class.
à No one	
5. You should not eat too much meat.
à You’d	
II. Use the following set of words and phrases to complete the following sentences. You can put additional words and make any changes necessary. 	
1. Ha Long Bay / be / famous / many / beautiful / islands.
à 	
2. Lan / feel / nervous / when / come / see / dentist.
à 	
3. If / someone / have / flu / they / keep / sneeze.
à 	
4. How long / it / take / you / here / restaurant?
à 	
 5. Mr. Hai / not / go / work / yesterday / because / sickness.	
à 	
III. Write a passage (80-100 words) about your activities at school.
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KÌ THI GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI 6,7,8
Năm học 2012- 2013
Môn: Tiếng Anh 7
ĐÁP ÁN + HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
PART A (10 điểm)
	1. mother	2. 6/six	3. not	4. people	5. do
	6. hear	7. afternoon	8. 4/four	9. have	10. head	
PART B (10 điểm)
I.(5)	1D	2B	3C	4B	5A 
II.(5)	1B	2A	3D	4B	5C 
PART C (30 điểm)
I.(15)	1A	2C	3A	4A	5D	6C	7B	8A	9D	10C
	11D	12B	13A	14B	15C
II.(5)	1A	2D	3C	4D 	5A
III.(5)	1. unpleasant	2. education	3. furnished	4. carelessly	5. inventors 
IV.(5)	1. against 	2. for	3. with	4. along	5. at	 
PART D (30 điểm)
I.(10)	1C	2A	3D	4B	5B	6A	7D	8C	9D	10C
II.(10)	1C	2D	3A	4B	5D	
II.(10)	1. part	2. for	3. prize	4. therefore	5. walk 
6. on	7. instead 	8. Walking	9. ages	10. enjoy 
PART E (20 điểm)
I.(5)	1. What was your son’s weight last summer?
2. Remember to come back home before 9.30!
3. I prefer listening to music at home to going to the concert.
4. No one in our class is more hardworking than this girl.
5. You’d better not eat too much meat.
II.(5)	1. Ha Long Bay is famous for many beautiful islands.
2. Lan felt nervous when she came to see the dentist.
3. If someone has the flu, they will keep sneezing.
4. How long does it take you from here to the restaurant?
5. Mr. Hai could not go to work yesterday because of his sickness.
III.(10) 	Write a passage (80-100 words) about your activities at school. The candidate’s paragraph should include the following points: 
	- (2) Organization: Introduction- body- ending- linking words
- (6) Content: should be clear, logical and creative with explanations 
- (2) Language skills: should be free of grammatical and spelling errors 
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