UBND HUYỆN DUY XUYÊN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 7

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014

Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 17/4/2014

SECTION ONE: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (40pts)

Question 1. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to finish each of the following sentences.
Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 has been done as an example. ( 16pts))
0.​0. ​He _____ a teacher.
A.​ be B.​ is C.​ are D.​ am
1​.There are two churches in the town and ………of them are extremely old.
A​. each B​. all C​. both D​. most
2.The news on TV last night ……………………. very good.
A​. was B​. has C​. were D​. be
3​.Please ask him to do me a favour when you .................. him tomorrow
A.​ see B.​ will see C.​ seeing D. are going to
see
4​.I’m .............................. to go on holiday on my own! I’m nineteen!
A​. so old B​. such an old C​. too old D​. old enough
5.I don’t know much about computers, so I asked the assistant for ................ advice
A.​ a lot B​. many C​. a few D​. a little
6​.His father earns ............... much money that she can’t spent it at all
A​. such B​. enough C​. so D​. too
7​.Just put the statue .......................... the corner of the room
A​. on B​. in C​. at D​. over
8​.Do you remember .................... to Germany when you were four years old?
A​. go B​. to go C.​ going D.​ went
9​.I want .......................... me what’s wrong, but she won’t.
A​. Lisa to tell B​. to tell Lisa C​. Lisa telling D​. Lisa to telling
10​. I don't like American football, and……………..
A​. my friend doesn't like it, too B.​ my friend doesn't like it, either
C​. my friend like it, either D​. my friend doesn't like it, neither
11​.When you are in the swimming pool, play .......and listen to the pool lifeguards.........
A​.safe/ careful B​. safely / careful C​. Safe/ carefully ​D​.safely/
carefully
12​.He was only thirteen, but he ate ........................ his father did
A​. as much as B​. more that C​. much than D​. as much than
13​. The lesson was difficult.............. us, but the teacher was capable......... making us
understand it thoroughly.
A.​ with/ of B​. for/ with C​. for / of D​. of / for
14.Which underline part is pronounced differently from the others?
A.​ book​s B​. friend​s C​. road​s D​. live​s
15​.Children usually play video games in......................................
A​. arcades B​. libraries C​. parks D​. entertainment
16​. These CD players are small enough to be…….

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 A​. carried B​. brought C​. portable D​. taken along
✍ Write your answers here​. ​You can write only the letter A, B, C or D.
0. B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Question 2. Match the two halves of the sentences. Write your answer on the answer sheet(
10pts)
1​. I wasn’t sure of the answer, so D A.​ progress this year, well done.
2​. You are all make alot of B.​ an English teacher or a tour guide
3​.After every experiment in Chemistry, we C​.he was on diet
4​. The taxi driver asked us to get D.​I guessed and I was right.
5.​ I would love to work as E.​because he is telling a joke
6.​ It’s getting quite late and we ought F.​ out on the right because It was safer
7.​ They are laughing G​.to think about getting a taxi
8​. He ate the chocolate cake even though H.​as much as the last pair that I bought.
9.​ Were you successful I.​ have to write a report on what
happened
10.​My new glasses cost me three times J.​in getting a loan from a bank?
11.​ When I wake K​. up, I realised I was late for school
Question 3. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
correct but some have a word which is not correct. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) at the
end of the line. If a line has a word which is not correct, UNDERLINE the word and
CORRECT it. Some lines have been done as examples.(7pts)
Mai:​ What nice photos! Have you been to all ​this​ places? 0.>These
Tom:​ Yes, I have been to most of them. This is Rio de Janeiro. It’s 0. √
an excited city but sometimes it’s very hot 1.
Mai:​ Is the weather there hoter than in Sydney? 2.
Tom:​ Oh, yes. Sydney isn’t so hot. I’ve been to the beaches many time. 3.
with my family. They are the most beautiful and the cleaner in the world 4.
Mai:​ Is this London? What bad weather! 5.
Tom:​ Yes, We’ve been there two. This is Times Square in New York. 6.
Mai:​ It looks greatly, doesn’t it? 7.
Tom​: Of course, I have never seen any ​place​ as modern as this before. 8. places
Mai: ​Me, too. 9. ​√
Question 4. Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in BLOCK
CAPITAL. Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 has been done as an example(
7pts)
GOING ABROAD
Up until the 1960s, not many 0)......................... people had flown abroad for BRITAIN
their holidays. Although the idea was (1).................flying was still too ATTRACT
expensive
for most people. The only(2)........................... people had was to go to British CHOOSE
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resorts. Instead of flying, families (3)........................... to the British coast. DRIVE
Places
like Blackpool and Brighton had millions of (4)....................... every year. VISIT
During
the 60s and 70s, price dropped and (5)..........................began to visit places like TRAVEL
Spain. At first, hotel were (6)..................., but they slowly got better. These COMFORT
days,
the departure lounges at airports are full and people travel backwards and
forwards across the world for work and on holiday. Every summer, tourists go
in
all directions to look for the perfect beach and the (7)............. resort. WONDER
✍ Write your answers here​.
0. Bristish 1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6. 7.
SECTION TWO: READING ​( 30pts)
Question 1. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each
space. Write your answer in the numbered box below. ( 10pts)
PERSONAL SPACE
More and more people live in large cities these days and this means that it is becoming
more and more difficult to find space and time for ourselves. But for many people,
personal privacy is very important. In many home, a few minutes in the bathroom is all the
privacy that is (1)..................
Teenagers especially need their own personal space at home where they can feel relaxed
and private. But, of course, not all teenagers are (2)..............enough to have a room of their
own. When space is lacking, they often have to (3).................. a bedroom with a brother or
sister. In that case, it’s a good (4).................. for them to have a special area or corner of
the room to (5).................. their own. It’s especially important for young people to have
somewhere to (6)................... their personal things. This may or may not be a tidy place
and it is not a good idea for parents to try and tell teenagers how to (7)..................... their
space as this is (8).................... to lead to arguments. Parents can, however, (9)...................
sure that there are enough storage spaces such as shelves, cupboards and boxes. This will
(10)................ the teenager to keep their space tidy if they want to.
1 A.confident B. available C. general D. average
2 A. dizzy B.early C.lucky D.happy
3 A.seperate B.share C.divide D.join
4. A.sense B.opinion C.idea D.thought
5 A.mind B.call C.say D.tell
6 A.belong B.save C.support D.keep
7 A.organize B.repair C.operate D.review
8 A.really B.quickly C. actually D.likely
9 A.find B.make C.get D.put
10 A.afford B.let C.allow D.set
✍ Write your answers here. You can write only the letter A, B, C or D.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 2. Complete the text with the words in the box.). There are two extra words
which you do not need to use. Write your answer in the numbered boxes.( 10pts)

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biggest bought cook could first other
popular restaurants serve started there work
MCDONALD’S
McDonald’s is the (1).......................... and most successful fast- food restaurant in the
world. It (2)............................ in 1937 when brother Dick and Mac McDonald began
selling hotdogs and hamburgers in California. The hamburgers were cheap and very
(3).................. and soon they had four(4)............................. In 1954, Ray Kroc visited a
McDonald’s restaurant and started to (5).................... with the brothers. He opened
restaurants in (6)............................American cities. In 1961 he (7)............................ the
McDonald’s company from Dick and Mac for $2.7 million. In the same year, Kroc
opened Hamburger University. There, young people (8).............. study how to cook
hamburgers. In 1967 the (9)................................ McDonald’s restaurant outside the USA
opened in Canada, and in 1971 restaurants opened in Canada and Japan. Today, there are
over 1,000 McDonald’s in the UK. They (10)..........................nearly 2.5 million
customers everyday.
✍ Write your answers here.​
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
Question 3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only
ONE word in each space. Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 is an example.(
10pts)
MY FIRST AND LAST DAY AT WORK
I’ll never forget my first day(0) ................. work. It was (1)...................... a disaster
that I lost my job! The boss explain (2)............................. I had to do, but she talked
(3)........................ quickly that I didn’t understand. I wasn’t brave enough to ask her to repeat
(4)........................, so I pretended I knew what to do. It wasn’t difficult at first- just putting
number (5).................... a computer. Soon, though, I was so busy that I start (6) ...................
more and more mistakes. I made such a lot of mistakes that the (7)................ workers
noticed. They tried to help me, but it (8)....................too late. (9)..................the end, I just
had so much to do that I gave up . I sat there and stared at my computer for two hours! The
boss came back and she was so shocked that she fired me immediately! My first day was
also my (10)..................
Brave: can đảm Disaster: thảm họa pretend: giả vờ
✍ Write your answers here.​
0.at 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
SECTION THREE: WRITING. (30 pts)
Question 1. Make any changes and addition to build the sentences from the cues given.
(20pts)
1. My elder brother / usually/go/ work/ motorbike/ morning/ but/ today/ he/go/ foot .
=>
2. She/ not/ buy/ rice and vegetables yesterday/ neither/ mother .
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3. Could/ show me/ way/ nearest park?

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=>
4. Yesterday/ I / absent/ school/ because / I / ill.
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5. There/ a lot / interesting shops / in / city?
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6. The policeman/ not/ run/ fast/ so/ he/ unable / catch/ the burglar.
=>
7. It/ interesting/ travel/ Bach Long Vi Island/ boat
=>
8.How long/ it/ usually/ take/ you/ get/ Ha Noi/ plane?
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9. He/ tired/ this morning/ because/ he/ go/ bed/ early last night
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10.No cars / world /be/ expensive/ than/ Japanese ones.
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Question 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
Use the word given in brackets. ​Don’t change the form of the word given. 0 has been
done as an example.(10pts)
​ he sang very beautifully. (HOW)
0. S
=> How beautifully she sang
1. This tea is too hot for him to drink. (SO)
=>
2. There will be more than 8 billion people in the world in 2020 (HAVE)
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3. The tourists like to lie on the beach sunbathing. (IN)
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4. How nice that Jane could come with you! (TO)
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5.Tom will be twenty next week. (IT)
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6. She spends two hours a day practicing English. (TAKES)
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7. The children are always excited about Tet holiday. (LOOKING)
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8. Mr Thanh couldn’t enjoy the meal because of the stomachache. (FROM)
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9. Protecting the environment from pollution is very important. (TO)
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10. Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world. (AS)
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UBND HUYỆN DUY XUYÊN HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN TIẾNG ANH
7
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao
đề)
Ngày thi: 17/4/2014
SECTION ONE: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (47.0pts)
Question 1. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to finish each of the following
sentences. Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 has been done as an
example.(16 PTS)
0. 1.C 2.A 3.A 4.D 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.B
B 11.D 12. 13.C 14.D 15.D 16.C
Question 2. Match the two halves of the sentences. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
(10pts)
1. I wasn’t sure of the answer, so D A. progress this year, well done.
2. You are all make alot of A B. an English teacher or a tour guide
3.After every experiment in Chemistry,we I C.he was on diet
4. The taxi driver asked us to get F D.I guessed and I was right.
5. I would love to work as B E.because he is telling a joke
6. It’s getting quite late and we ought G F. out on the right because It was safer
7. They are laughing E G.to think about getting a taxi
8. He ate the chocolate cake even though C H.as much as the last pair that I bought.
9. Were you successful J I.have to write a report on what happened
10.My new glasses cost me three times H J.in getting a loan from a bank.
11. When I wake K K. up, realised I was late for school
Question 3. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
correct but some have a word which is not correct. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) at the
end of the line. If a line has a word which is not correct, Underline the word and correct
it. Some lines have been done as examples.

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Mai:​ What nice photos! Have you been to all ​this​ places? 0.>These
Tom:​ Yes, I have been to most of them. This is Rio de Janeiro. It’s 0. √
an excited city but sometimes it’s very hot 1.Exciting
Mai:​ Is the weather there hoter than in Sydney? 2.hotter
Tom:​ Oh, yes. Sydney isn’t so hot. I’ve been to the beaches there many time 3.times
with my family. They are the most beautiful and the cleaner in the world 4.cleanest
Mai:​ Is this London? What bad weather! 5.​√
Tom:​ Yes, We’ve been there two. This is Times Square in New York. 6.twice
Mai:​ It looks greatly, doesn’t it? 7.great
Tom​: Of course, I have never seen any place as modern as this before. 8.places
Mai: ​Me, too. 9.​√
Question 4. Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in
BLOCK CAPITAL. Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 has been done as an
example.

0. ​FLIGHTS
1.ATTRACTIVE 2.CHOICE 3.DROVE 4.VISITORS
5.TRAVEL(L)ERS 6.UNCOMFORTABLE 7. WONDERFUL

SECTION TWO: READING. (29 pts)

Question 1. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each
space. Write your answer in the numbered box below. (0) has been done as an example.

1.B 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.B

6.D 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C
Question 2. Complete the text with the words in the box

1. biggest 2. started 3. popular 4. restaurants 5. work

6.other 7. bought 8. could 9. first 10. serve

Question 3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only
ONE​ word in each space. Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 is an example.

0. ​at 1. such 2.what 3.so 4.it 5. into

6.making 7.other 8. was 9.in 10.last
SECTION THREE: WRITING. (29 pts)
Question 1. Make any changes and addition to build the sentences from the cues given.
(10pts)
1. This tea is so hot that he can't drink it

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2. The world will have more than 8 billion people in 2020
3. The tourists are interested in lying on the beach sunbathing
4. It is nice of Jane to come with you

5. It's Tom's twentieth birthday next week.

6. It takes us two hours a day to practice English
7. The children are looking forward to the Tet holiday
8. The stomachache prevented Mr Thanh from eating the meal.
9. It's important to protect the environment from pollution
10. No city in the world is as expensive as Tokyo.

Question 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
Use the word given in brackets. You must use between three and five words, including the
​ on’t change the form of the word given.​ (10pts)
word given. D
1.My father usually goes to work by motorbike in the morning but today he goes on foot.
2.She didn’t buy rice and vegetables yesterday and neither did her mother.
3.My youngest brother doesn’t like reading.
4.Could you show me the way to the nearest park, (please)?
5.Yesterday I was absent from school because I was ill.
6.The policeman could not run very fast, so he was unable to catch the burglar.
7.It's interesting to travel to Bach Long Vi Island by boat
8.How long does it usually take you to get to Ha Noi by plane?
9.He is tired this morning because he didn’t go to bed early last night.
10.No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones.

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