Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.. Read the following passage then choose the best answer for each question.. Choose a word with the underl
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Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others Identify your answers by writing down the corresponding letter A; B; C or D
4 A watch B chair C machine D chore
II Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fill in each blank
1 … are we going to have for dinner tonight?
2 There will be a football match … Sunday afternoon
3 Lan is a beautiful girl … long black hair
4 The weather is … enough for us to go out for a walk
5 In the past, children … work hard at early age
6 Where … yesterday evening?
A do you go B were you go C did you go D did you went
7 The holiday was great Mary and I enjoyed … so much
A myself B ourself C weselves D ourselves
8.I have to … after my little brother every afternoon
9 My father … me a new bike two weeks ago
10 I used … In a small house when I was young
III Read the following passage then choose the best answer for each question
My best friend’s full name is Stuart Kenneth Young His family call him Ken, for short, but his nick name at school is “Sky” ! He was born in Manchester, but now he lives in
He hates people who smoke all the time
I like Sky because he has good sense of humor I also like him because he is a great dancer
1 Who is Stuart Kenneth Young ?
A my best friend B the writer’s best friend
C Sky’s classmate D Sky’s next-door-neighbor
Trang 22 Where does he live?
A In Newcastle B In Manchester
C In the United State D A and B are correct
3 Stuart likes …
A all kinds of sport and music B U2
C Bryan Adams D all are correct
4 Which of the following is not true?
A Stuart is 15 years old
B Stuart likes people who smoke all the time
C Stuart’s eyes are dark and brown
D Stuart has a good sense of humor
IV Use given words to make meaningful sentences
1 Lan / always/ go/ school/ the afternoon
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Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
A LISTENING: (2,0 marks)
I You will hear the short conversation There is one question for each conversation For question 1 to 4, put a tick under the right answer
1 What did they forget?
2 What time does the train go?
3 Which man wants to see him?
4 How did the woman get to work?
II You will hear a telephone conversation A girl wants to speak to Martin, but he is not there Listen and complete the questions 5-8
B USE OF ENGLISH: (2 marks)
I Choose a word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1 A books B clubs C hats D stamps
2 A character B classmate C happy D photograph
3 A speech B March C machine D children
4 A cleaned B worked C watched D stopped
II Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
5 I find Peter is not communicative He’s rather in public
A kind B reserved C sociable D humorous
6 It is really a difficult test but we will try to do it
A ourself B itselves C itself D ourselves
Phone message To: Martin
Trang 47 He is not ride a motorbike
A enough old to B enough old for C old enough to D old enough for
8 Her parents won’t let her _ at night
A go out B goes out C to go out D going out
9 Where _before moving here?
A did you use to live B did you use C used you to live D used to you
10 The Chinese team in the competition last week
A work very hard B worked very hard C work very hardly D worked very hardly
C READING: (2 marks)
I Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces
Kenji and Ykari are new students in Peter’s class They are from Japan They said they (1) together, (2) a week They studied their textbook (3) it has the grammar at the back They learned the rules (4) _ heart and then they wrote (5) _ of sentences and examples, and practiced with conversations
1 A revised B revision C learned D learning
3 A so B so that C because D in order to
II Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions below
My neighborhood is very convenient - it’s near the shopping center and the bus station It is
also safe But those are the only good things about living downtown It is very noisy - the streets are always full of people! The traffic is terrible, and parking is a big problem! I can never park on
my own street I’d like to live in the suburbs
1 What does the word ‘convenient’ in line 1 mean _
A noisy B Beautiful C far from other places D close to something
2 What does the word ‘it’ in line 1 refer to?
A the author’s neighborhood B shopping center C bus station D downtown
3 It’s easy to _
A find a place to park B live in the suburbs C move to another place D go to the bus station
4 The author _
A likes to live in the suburbs C thinks that living in the suburbs is very convenient
B thinks that his/ her neighborhood is too quiet D feels that his/ her neighborhood is not safe
5 Which of the following is TRUE?
A The author’s neighborhood is inconvenient
B The author doesn’t want to move to anywhere
C It’s too difficult for the author to find a place to park his/ her car
D Living downtown is better than living in the suburbs
D Writing: (2 marks)
I Complete the second sentence as similar in meaning as the first one beginning with the words given
1 “Please do this exercise”
Hoa asked Ba………
2 Nam is very strong He can lift that heavy table
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Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
A LISTENING: Listen to the recording and choose the correct picture A, B or C
Example: How many people were at the meeting?
3 What will the boy wear in the race?
I Indentify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1 A wanted B filled C stayed D played
2 A ahead B instead C heat D bread
II Find the words which has a different stress pattern
3 A appear B annoy C transmit D injure
4 A convenient B selection C character D equipment
III Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
5 Tim needs to ……… his Spanish pronunciation
A improve B try C enroll D participate
6 The children aren’t old enough to look after
A themselves B ourselves C herself D himself
7 He lots of old books for 5 years
A recycled B is recycling C has recycled D will recycle
8 She worked hard pass the final exams
A so that B in order to C in order that D so as
9 When I was a child, I follow my Mom to the market
A used to B use to C get used to D usually
10 They'll arrive Monday, 14 July
C READING:
I Read the following passage, then choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete it
Trang 6Na is a newcomer to the neighborhood Her family (1) _here last week She doesn’t know anything about the new neighborhood Nam, Na’s neighbor, is very happy (2) _ her Nam has lived here for about 10 years, so he knows the area quite well Na wants to know the way
to the nearest restaurant (3) _ her mother is too tired to cook dinner Nam shows her the way
to get there, just around the corner The restaurant (4) _ Hue food According to Nam, the food there is (5) _, especially the pancakes Na and her mother will definitely try the food
1 A arrives B arrive C arrived D arriving
2 A help B to help C helping D helped
3 A because B but C so D about
4 A serve B serves C will serve D served
5 A badly B well C deliciously D delicious
II Read the paragraph, then decide whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F)
Charles Dickens was born in Ports Mouth in 1812 His family then lived in London His father was a clerk in an office There were eight children in the family, so life was hard Charles went to school and his teacher thought he was very clever When he was only eleven, he had to leave school and went to work in a factory He worked ten hours a day and earned 30 pence a week Every night, after work, he walked four miles back to his home Charles hated it and never forgot He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist
1 _ Charles’ family had eight children
2 _ Charles went to school when he was only eleven
3 _ He worked ten hours a day and earned thirty pence a day
4 _ Charles liked walking back to his home after work
5 _ Oliver Twist is one of Charles’ novels
D WRITING - DÀNH CHO TỪNG ĐỐI TƯỢNG HỌC SINH
PHẦN DÀNH CHO HỌC SINH HỌC TIẾNG ANH HỆ 7 NĂM - CHƯƠNG TRÌNH SGK CŨ
I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it is similar to the original one
1 “Open the door, please, ” said my grandmother
My grandmother told me……….………
2 Nam often played soccer very well
I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it is similar to the original one
1 It’s three years since I last saw Nam
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Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
Question I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
Question II Choose the best correct answer (A,B,C or D) for each of the sentence below
5 Could you a favour ? Please drive me to town
6 Lan’s mother………….… her to sing when she was five
A teaches B teach C has taught D taught
7 Listen! The telephone………
8 The children are old enough to look after ………
A ourselves B herself C themselves D himself
9 We always have English lesson ……… Monday and Friday
10 She has been away ………five days
A.for B.since C at D during
11 Her dress is ……… mine
A different B different from C not as D the same to
12 The little boy is not to lift the suitcase
A enough strong B strong enough C strong too D so strongly
Question III Read the following passage
MY CLOSE FRIEND
Huong has been my close friend for four years I first met her on my first visit to Thanh
Cong Secondary School when I asked her where the library was and we started talking We’ve
been friends ever since Huong is quite pretty She is tall and slim, with fair skin and long curly
dark hair She has big black eyes and a beautiful face Huong is very out going She always
friendly and she loves to have fun She has fantastic sense of humor and she always makes me
laugh Huong is very good at sports She loves basketball,tennis, jogging, swimming and enjoys
scuba-diving,too All in all, I’m glad to have Huong as my friend It’s a real pleasure to be with her
and I really enjoy her company.I’m sure we’ll always be close friends
* Write T (True) or F (False):
13 ………… The author met her close friend four years ago
14 ………… Huong has long straight hair
* Answer the questions:
15 How are Huong’s eyes?
16 What does the author say about their friendship?
Question IV Using the cue words to make the meaningful sentenses
17 I /would like/ take part/ volunteer / activities/ this summer / >
18 We / are / going / help /handicapped children / >
19 I/go to bed / late / last night > ………
20 Minh / have / collected stamps/ since / he was a child/ > ……….………
- The end -
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Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
Họ và tên thí sinh:……… Lớp:………
Điểm
(Bằng số) (Bằng chữ) Điểm Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Số phách
I LISTENING: Listen to the tape (3 TIMES) and do the tasks below:
A Listen and check True or False:(0.75pt)
1 Alexander Graham Bell was born in USA ………
2 He worked with deaf – mutes at Boston University ………
3 In 1877, the first telephone was in commercial use ………
B Listen and complete these sentences: (0.75pt)
1 Bell and his assistant ………… …….many experiments
2 The telephone first ……… in 1876
3 Traveling all over America, Bell ……… his invention to the public at countless exhibitions
II PHONETICS: Circle the word that has different pronunciation from that of the others.(1pt)
2 A generous B reserved C festival D message
3 A character B architect C chair D chemical
III VOCABULARY AND GRAMMARS:
I Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.(2pts)
1 I’ll see you Wednesday
2 Ba draws that picture
A yourself B himself C herself D ourselves
3 We go home because it’s too late
A must B must not C can’t D ought not to
4 Don’t let children with matches
A play B playing C to play D plays
5 She wasn’t old enough a car
A drives B to drive C driving D drove
6 I was born in Viet Nam So Vietnamese is my
A tongue mother B.tongue language
C mother tongue D second language
7 My father was good at swimming He used to swimming in summer
A going B goes C went D go
8.Yes That’s very of you
A.fine B good C kind D nice
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II Supply the correct form or tense: (1.5pts)
1 My mother used (tell) me stories
2 They _ (learn) English for three years
3 Hoa asked her friend (clean) the doors
4 You should (practice) speaking and listening English every day
5 Lan enjoys (read) _ books in the library
6 He (not visit) _ Ha Noi 6 months ago
IV.LANGUAGE FOCUS: (1.0pt) Match the questions in column A with the answers in column B
1.Why mustn’t we let children play in the kitchen? a Under the sink 1
2 Where is the steamer ? b Yes, I do 2
3.Do you need any help? c No, thanks I’m fine 3
4.Do you like reading? d Because it’s a dangerous place 4
V READING: Read the text and do exercise: (2pts) Nam is in grade 8A He has received his report card for the last school year He got good grades for Literature and Math, but his English was poor His English teacher said, “Nam, you must work harder on your English” He’ll try his best to study well next year He loves studying and he likes sports, too He enjoys playing soccer a lot Next summer vacation, he will enroll for the summer activities in his home town They’ll plant trees, clean the streets and participate in the city's sport programs 1 Has he received his report card for the last school year? ………
2 What subject does Nam need to improve? ………
3 Was he good at Literature and Geography? ………
4 What will he do this summer? ………
VI WRITING Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the same meaning with the first sentence (1pt) 1 This novel is interesting I can read it (enough) → This novel
2 “Please help me with the homework”, my friend said to me →My friend asked me
THE END GOOD LUCK TO YOU
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Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
A LISTENING
I Activity 1: Listen and complete the phone messages
II Activity 2: Listen and choose the correct answers
1 Dave started his new job
2 When Dave phones, Marton is in the
3 Marton hasn't invited Francesca for a drink because
A he hasn't seen her B he doesn't want to invite her C She's always busy
4 Dave tells Marton that he should _
A get to work early B stay at work late C phone Francesca at home
5 Marton and Francesca both finish work at _
B USE OF ENGLISH
I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronunciation differently from the others
1 A agree B assistant C admire D awful
2 A exhibition B neighborhood C hot D humid
II Mark the letter A, B, C or D in the numbered to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions
1 A garden B enroll C sidewalk D drawing
2 A tradition B question C companion D musician
III Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
1 The volunteers have to work much _ usual to save the dying animals from the forest fire
A as hard as B more hard than C harder than D the hardest
2 We left at 6 a.m _ late
A so as not to be B so as not being C so as to be D so as not being
3 They bought a new car
A theyself B theyselves C themselves D themself
4 I asked Sara me to the station
5 Your composition is better than his
6 I used _ fishing
A enjoy B to enjoy C enjoying D to enjoying
C READING
I Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces
I’m a student (1) _ Bristol University I share a house with three other students It’s quite a (2) house We all have our own (3) _.There is a bed, a desk, a chair, and a wardrobe in the room It has a washbasin and a mirror in the corner, too We all share the kitchen, the living room, and the bathroom We sometimes have arguments about things, like when someone spends too long (4) the bathroom, but we have a lot of fun, (5)