Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh Lớp 7 - Năm học 2006-2007 - Phòng GD&ĐT Tam Dương

Phòng GD Tam Dương
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Đề THI HọC SINH GIỏI LớP 7 (2006-2007)
 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 
Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể giao đề)
I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from others.
1.	A. get	B. game	C. guess	D. gently
2. 	A. image	B. arcade	C. take	D. awake
3.	A. plays	B. stays	C. says 	D. bays
4.	A. home	B. hour	C. help	D. hurry
5.	A. decided	B. preferred	C. listened	D. enjoyed
II - Choose two words which do not belong to the capital word.
Example:	(0)	family	: brother, parents, teacher, daughter, work
Answer:	teacher, work
1.	war	temple, battle, bulb, army, soldier 
2. 	author	novel, poetry, story, problem , border
3.	ocean	puppet, region, coral, fish, dive
4.	history	shadow, ancient, sail, tradition, culture
5.	pilot	plane, fly, stamp, album, sky 
III - Find one mistake from four underlined parts (A,B,C or) of every sentence, then correct it.
1.	Mr. Binh soon got used to travel to work by bicycle.	
	A 	 B 	 C D 
2. 	There is a ten floors building in front of my house.	
	A 	B 	C 	 D 
3.	The public library in the city has thousand of good books.
	A 	 B 	C 	 D 
4.	The doctor says you should spend a little time to play.	
	A 	 B 	C 	 D 
5.	We’re going to the amusing center this afternoon.	
	 A	 B 	 C 	 D 
IV - Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the printed before it.
1.	Going to the cinema is better than reading books at home.
ề	I prefer____________________________________________________________
2. 	Why don’t we go to see a comedy for a change?
ề	How about_________________________________________________________
3.	He likes eating out more than cooking at home.
ề	He’d rather_________________________________________________________
4.	Who is the owner of this book?
ề	Who does__________________________________________________________
5.	What about having dinner at my house tonight?
ề	Let’s______________________________________________________________
V - Read the below paragraph then choose one correct answer for every question.
sumo
	Sumo wrestling is a national sport in Japan. Every year there are six tournaments, and millions of Japanese watch them on television. Sumo is almost as old as the nation of Japan itself. Stories say that there was sumo wrestling over 2,000 years ago. History says that there were national sumo tournaments in the eight century.
	Usually athletes are thin and can move very quickly. It is beautiful to watch them play. However, sumo wrestlers weigh from 100 to 160 kilos. One famous wrestler weighed 195 kilos. Sumo wrestlers do not look beautiful, and sumo wrestling is very slow sport.
	Sumo wrestlers wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor. A wrestler loses the match if he leaves the ring. He is also the loser if any part of the body except his feet touches the floor. Each wrestler tries to push the other down on the floor or out of the ring.
	People from other countries usually think sumo is very strange, but the Japanese love it. Even young people find this traditional sport exciting.
1. How old is Sumo wrestling?
	A. over twenty years	B. over two hundred years
	C. over two thousand years	D. over tw million years
2. Sumo wrestlers are________________ .
	A. thin	B. quick	C. small	D. fat
3. Sumo wrestling is a very____________ .
	A. slow sport	B. fast sport	C. boring sport	D. dangerous sport
4. A sumo wrestler loses the match if________________ .
	A. his feet touch the floor	B. he is inside the ring
	C. he pushes the other down	D. he is out of the ring
5. Young Japanese people find Sumo wrestling_______________ .
	A. quickly	B. exciting	C. boring	D. bad
VI - Read and fill in the gap with one suitable word.
	Many people who work in London prefer to (1)_________outside it and to go into their offices, factories or schools every day (2)_________train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up ealier in the morning and come home (3)_________in the evening.
	One (4)_________of living outside Londonis that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden (5)_________quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country (6)_________a garden of one’s own. 
	Then, in the country one can rest (7)_________the noise and hurry of the town. Althoughone has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can (8)_________better at night, and during weekends. In summer evenings one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can (9)_________one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one (10)_________jobs which are needed in a garden.
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Phòng Gd Tam Dương
đáp án + hướng dẫn chấm đề thi h.S.G lớp 7- năm học 2006-2007 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 7
I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from others.
1.D. gently	2. A. image	3.C. says 	4.B. hour	5.A. decided	
II - Choose two words which do not belong to the capital word.
1.	war	bulb, temple	2. 	author	problem , border
3.	ocean	puppet, region	4.	history	shadow, sail
5.	pilot	stamp, album
III - Find one mistake from four underlined parts (A,B,C or) of every sentence, then correct it.
1.B	to travel 	ề traveling	2.B	ten floors 	ề ten- floor
3.C	thousand 	ề thousands	4.D	to play 	ề playing
5.C	amusing 	ề amusement
IV - Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the printed before it.
1.	Going to the cinema is better than reading books at home.
ề	I prefer going to the cinema to reading books at home. 
2. 	Why don’t we go to see a comedy for a change?
ề	How about going to see a comedy for a change?
3.He likes eating out more than cooking at home.ềHe’d rather eat out than cook at home.
4.Who is the owner of this book?	 ềWho does this book belong to?
5.What about having dinner at my house tonight?ềLet’s have dinner at my house tonight.
V - Read the below paragraph then choose one correct answer for every question.
1. How old is Sumo wrestling?	C. over two thousand years	
2. Sumo wrestlers are________________ .	D. fat
3. Sumo wrestling is a very____________ .	A. slow sport	
4. A sumo wrestler loses the match if________________ .D. he is out of the ring
5. Young Japanese people find Sumo wrestling_______________ . B. exciting	
VI - Read and fill in the gap with one suitable word.
	Many people who work in London prefer to (1)__live__outside it and to go into their offices, factories or schools every day (2)___by___train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up ealier in the morning and come home (3)__late__in the evening.
	One (4)__reason__of living outside Londonis that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden (5)__costs/takes___quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country (6)___with___a garden of one’s own. 
	Then, in the country one can rest (7)___without______the noise and hurry of the town. Althoughone has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can (8)___sleep___better at night, and during weekends. In summer evenings one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can (9)_spend__one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one (10)___of___jobs which are needed in a garden.