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ĐỀ THI BỒI DƯỠNG HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 7 ĐỀ SỐ 5 PART A: PHONETICS Section 1: Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 1. A. bucket B. underline C. multiple D. sugar 2. A. alone B. worried C. smoke D. host 3. A. ceiling B. cinder C. celebrate D. cello 4. A. wicked B. knocked C. cooked D. hooked 5. A. repeats B. coughs C. amuses D. attacks Section 2: Choose the word that has different stress word from the others in each of the following questions. 1. A. capitalize B. commodity C. affectionate D. traditional 2. A. religion B. consumption C. companion D. situated 3. A. disposition B. expedition C. development D. scientific 4. A. product B. convert C. fulfill D. dispose 5. A. general B. subscription C. risky D. habitat PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Section 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following questions. 1. I _____________ all of the questions correctly since I _____________ this grammar exercise on verb tenses. A. have answered - have begun B. answered - have begun C. answered – began D. have answered - began 2. “Are you interested in joining a festival?” - “Very. Festivals are undoubtedly _____________”. A. fascinating B. fascinated C. being fascinating D. being fascinated 3. Every now and then, our children _____________ by us. A. have been told off B. are told off
C. are being told off D. have been being told off 4. Since when _____________ to talk again? A. is the patient being able B. does the patient able C. has the patient been able D. was the patient able 5. Frederick J. Turner, _____________, argued that the frontier shaped a distinctive way of life. A. a famous American historian who B. a famous American historian C. despite a famous American historian D. he is a famous American historian 6. _____________ people with high blood pressure may not exhibit symptoms, they may not be aware they have the disease. A. However B. Although C. Because D. So that 7. Last year, we participated in _____________ funds for street children. A. raising B. making C. gathering D. taking 8. By the end of this year, Ami _____________ Japanese for 9 months, but she will still need more training and experience before mastering the language. A. has studied B. studies C. will be studying D. will have been studying 9. The twins disappeared on Christmas eve, 1832. _____________ of them was ever seen again. A. None B. Neither C. Not one or other D. Neither one nor another 10. _____________ Rosaline arrives, we will have finished this group project. A. By the time B. Until C. Since D. Now that 11. The weather in the far north is not _____________ it is near the Equator. A. like humid as B. as humid as C. humid as D. so humid that 12. Fortunately, _____________ single nation has to have the task of learning all we need to know about the ocean. A. not B. none C. no D. never 13. The major cause of death for children living in the slum is _____________. A. immigration B. malnutrition C. density D. illiteracy 14. Someone left the door open, _____________? A. did they B. did he C. didn’t they D. didn’t he
15. Kai split wine on her silk dress and had to _____________. A. dry-clean it B. clean it in dry C. make it dry-cleaned D. have it dry-cleaned Section 2: Complete the passage using the correct form the words in brackets. To be successful in the business market, it is vital for a company to keep up with all the latest (1) _____________ (TECHNOLOGY) development. Nowadays it is widely accepted that running a company without computers, in particular, is virtually (2) _____________ (POSSIBLE). This is why businesses are so keen to hire the best people available for their technology departments. Apart from the needs of the technology department, it is important that almost all (3) _____________ (EMPLOY) have some degree of (4) _____________ (FAMILIAR) with personal or desktop computers, even if this involves no more than the (5) _____________ (COMPLETE) of a basic computer course. Like all new things, however, most people will only become (6) _____________ (COMFORT) with using computers after practical experience. Thanks to computers, today's businesses are run and managed with far less (7) _____________ (DIFFICULT) than companies could hope to achieve in the past. For example, computers enable the (8) _____________ (ORGANIZE) of huge amounts of information and greatly speed up the (9) _____________ (PREPARE) of documents and reports. In short, although the average businessperson has no need to be a technology expert, they are likely to get very far without at least a basic (10) _____________ (KNOW) of computers. Section 3: Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions and then correct it 1. Don’t let the children to go to the party on Sunday. A. Don’t B. the C. to go D. on Sunday 2. I was coming to your home yesterday evening but you are out. A. was coming B. to C. yesterday evening D. are 3. In this city, people always have turkey at Thanksgiving. A. In B. have C. turkey D. at 4. Scientists must have to discover an alternative source of energy before oil runs out. A. must have to B. alternative source C. before D. runs out 5. To enjoy an opera fully, the listener should be familiar with the story, particularly if the opera
is singing in a foreign language. A. To enjoy B. fully C. should be familiar D. is singing 6. People organize the festival pray for the better crop. A. organize B. pray C. for D. better crop 7. What would you do if you will win a million pounds? A. Would B. do C. will win D. a milion 8. Your marks in English are low because you don’t study enough hard. A. in B. because C. don’t D. enough hard 9. There are more opportunities to find jobs in Hong Kong as in Bangkok. A. are B. opportunities C. find D. as 10. Those are Picasso well-known pictures. A. Those B. Picasso C. well-known D. pictures Section 4: Fill each blank with a suitable preposition. 1. Taxis bring people _____________ the airport and the train stations _____________ the hotels. 2. We were satisfied _____________ the latest film _____________ that director. 3. I found the book so gripping that I couldn’t put it _____________. 4. We should put solar panels _____________ our roof _____________ the heating and hot water. PART C: READING Section 1: Read the passage and choose the word which best fits each gap. WALT DISNEY There is possibly no one who has not heard of Walt Disney, one of the most famous cartoon producers in the twentieth century, and (1) _____________ most people know hardly anything about him. Although he is considered one of the most successful men in history, he (2) _____________ school at the age of sixteen and then studied arts for a short time. By the (3) _____________ years of this century, he had already started producing some cartoons with his brother, who never (4) _____________ to become as famous as Walt. Disney is perhaps most well-known on (5) _____________ of his cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, who first (6) _____________ in 1928 in a film called “Steamboat Willie”. One of the most (7)