ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC LỚP 7
NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
Mơn: Tiếng Anh

PHỊNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐẠO TẠO
HUYỆN xxx

Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
SECTION A: LISTENING AND PHONETICS
I. Listen to the conversations and write the correct time.(0,2 x 7 = 1,4pts)
1. What’s the time?
A. 3.15

B. 3.30

C. 3.50

B. 8.30

C. 8.20

B. 9.25

C. 9.35

B. 6.30

C. 6.50

2. What time is it?
A. 6.30

3. Have you got the time?
A. 5.25
4. Do you have the time?
A. 6.15

5. Could you tell me the time, please?
A. 2.15

B. 2.30

C. 1.45

B. 2.15

C. 4.50

B. 10.10

C. 12.10

6. What’s the time, please?
A. 2.50
7. Do you know what time it is?
A. 11.10

II)Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B,
C or D: (0,2 x 8 =1,6 pts)
8.
A. practiced
B. raised

C. noticed
D. hoped
9.
A. complaint
B. compliment
C. complete
D. contestant
10. A. closet
B. globe
C. stove
D. bowl
11. A. relax
B. math
C. swap
D. area
12. A. depend
B. carelessly
C. calender
D. souvenir
13. A. plays
B. says
C. days
D. stays
14. A. absent
B. comb
C.crab
D. bulb
15. A. result
B. season
C. desert

D. lots
III) Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other others by circling A, B, C or D: (0,2 x
5 =1 pt)
16. A. anniversary
B. entertainment
C. volunteer
D. experiment
17. A. surgery
B. symptom
C. material
D. cavity
18. A. calendar
B. appointment
C. expensive
D. vacation
19. A. chemistry
B. biology
C. physics
D. history
20. A. receive
B. awful
C. decide
D. disease
SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences: (0,2 x 10 =2 pts)
21. Summer is coming. _______ on _______ way.
A. it’s – its
B. its – it
C. it’s – it’s
D. it’s – it

22. She is looking ________ the children. They’re hiding.
A. at
B. for
C. after
D. around

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23. Everyone must remember _________ lies.
A. don’t tell
B. not tell
C. to not tell
24. I’ll do the job to my best ________.
A. capacity
B. knowledge
C. talent
25. Many schools use videos _________ teaching.
A. to
B. in
C. for
26. My parents _______ me to see Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum last summer.
A. led
B. took
C. brought
27. I’d like to mail this letter _______ my friend in the USA.
A. for
B. with
C. to
st

28. We _________ to our new house on January 1 .
A. transferred
B. got
C. removed
29. Fluoride toothpaste helps _________ tooth decay.
A. prevent
B. for preventing
C. preventing
30. She added a little salt to the soup so it tasted _______ .
A. deliciously
B. well
C. good

D. not to tell
D. ability
D. with
D. directed
D. up to
D. moved
D. with preventing
D. tastefully

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capital letters.(0,2 x10 =2 pts)
31. It’s very ______healthy___________________ to live in damp room.
(HEALTH)
32. Walking is a fun, easy and _______inexpensive________________ activity.

(EXPENSIVE)

33. A balanced diet alone is not enough for a healthy _____lifestyle___________________. (LIFE)

34. That woman is very pleasant, but her younger sister is a little ________friendly_______ (FRIEND)
35. Jane likes to wear ___________colourful___________________ clothes.

(COLOUR)

36. Diana is a _________florist______________.She sells flowers at a shop in New York. (FLOWER)
37. The students of class 7A enjoy _______difference______________ activities after school hours. (DIFFER)
38. Some students are following the _librarian____________________ to the video room.

(LIBRARY)

39. The post arrives ____regulary______________________ at eight in the morning.

(REGULAR)

40. Do your classes start _______________earlier_____________ or later?

(EARLY)

III. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences.(0,2 x5 =1 pt)
41. My mother is busy (cook) ___cooking__________dinner in the kitchen.
42. Daddy, could you tell me how (run) ____to run_______ this washing machine?
43. My father used to be a teacher. He (teach) ___taught_______Chemistry at a local school.
44. You had better (brush) __brush________ your teeth after every meal.
45. Why you (not go ) _didn’t you go_________ to the party last night?
IV) Fill in each space with one most suitable preposition. (0,2 x 5 = 1pt)
46. Teenagers are concerned _________ the enviroment. about
47. Please look _________ my children while I’m working. after
48. We are bored ________ watching TV now. of
49. In a game of singles, two players play __________ each other. with

50. Thanks _________ your invention. It’s very useful. for
SECTION C: READING
I. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage: (0,2 x 10 =2 pts)
Last Monday William Murphy (51) ______ a walet on a lonely street in Montreal. He picked up the
wallet and (52) ______ a ticket inside. He noticed the number on the ticket and immediately realized that
(53) _____ was the winning ticket in a big competition. The price (54) _____ eight million dollas!
Murphy (55) _____ the huge prize, however, he (56) _____ the ticket back to (57) _____ owner,
Laviqeur. Yesterday Leviqeur got the prize and at once (58) _____ Murphy a million dollas as a reward.

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“I have never won a competition before”, he told the reporter. “Now I (59) ____ rich and I want (60)
______ honesty.
51.
A. see
B. sees
C. saw
D. is seeing
52.
A. find
B. found
C. finds
D. founded
53.
A. it
B. he
C. she
D. one
54.

A. is
B.are
C. were
D.was
55.
A. didn’t collect
B. not collect
C. no collect
D. wasn’t collect
56.
A. take
B. takes
C. taking
D. took
57.
A. his
B. their
C. its
D. it’s
58.
A. give
B. gave
C. giving
D. gives
59.
A. becomes
B. become
C. is becoming
D. became
60.

A. reward
B. to reward
C. rewarding
D. for rewarding.
II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. (0,2 x 10 = 2 pts)
Americans like sport very much. One of the (61)............. popular kinds of sports in Autumn is football.
All the high schools(62).............. universities have their own teams.
In winter the most popular kind of sports (63)........... basketball. There is usually a match every evening
in one school gymnasium or another. In some parts of the United States there is a lot of (64).............. and
ice. Many people like skiing and skating.
In the other two (65).............., millions of Americans enjoy baseball. The schools have their games in
(66)..............., but the most important professional games are played during summer. Many people listen to
the games (67) .......... the radio, watch them on television or read about them (68) .............. the newspapers.
Some also play tennis or golf and others (69) ......... fishing. They like to stay outdoors (70)..............it is
warm during the months of June, July and August.
61……most……..
62………at…..
63………is……..
64……snow……………
65……
seasons
66…spring………..

67……on………

68…………on……

69……go …………..

70…………when………..

III. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions below.(0,2 x 5 = 1pt)
Mr and Mrs. Brown lived in a small house near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Brown came
back home very late (at midnight), when is wife and the child were asleep. Then he open the front door of
his house with his key and came in very quietly.
One night, he came home at midnight. He lost his key, so when he arrived home, he rang the doorbell.
Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr. Brown
knocked at the bedroom window, he spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she did not wake up. At last he
stopped and thought for a few seconds. Then he began to speak like a small child. “Mummy!” he said, “I
want to use the bathroom!” He spoke quietly but at once Mrs Brown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and
she opened the door for him.
Questions:
71. How many children does Mr. Brown have?
……He has a child…………………………………………………….
72. What time did Mr. Brown come home one night?
………He comes home 12 midnight…………………………………………………..
73. Why didn’t he open the door to come in?
………Because he lost his key………………………………………………….
74. How many times did he try to ring the doorbell?
He tried to ring the doorbell twice
75. How did he wake his wife?
……He spoke his wife like a child………………………………………………………..
76. __________
77. __________
SECTION D: WRITING
78. __________
79. __________
I) Underlined the mistakes and correct them. (0,2 x 5 = 1pt)
80. __________

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76. I don’t want to see cartoon. I would rather to listen to music.  listen
77. His leg broke because he drove too care.  carelessly
78. Do you know what time will Ba have lunch?  Ba will
79. When I saw her yesterday, I thought she looked happily.  happy
80. Every students in these five classes must bring their own books to school.  student
II) Rewrite these sentences with the same meaning, using the cues given. (0,2 x 10 = 2pts)
81. Why is not this TV working ?
=> What is the matter with this tv?
82. Hoa and Minh didn’t go to school yesterday because of illness.
=>Hoa and Minh were ill yesterday, they didn’t go to school…………………………..
83. Binh can swim better than Nam.
=> Nam can’t swim …as well as Binh…does…………………………………………...
84. How wide is the stadium?
=> What is the stadium’s width……………………….?
85. We will have a Sa Pa tour that last for five days.
⇒We will have …a five –day tour to Sa PA……………………………………….
86. Can’t you do better than that?
=> Is that the best you can do…………………………………………………………………………………?
87. It isn’t necessary for students to wear uniforms on Wednesday.
=>Students…don’t have to wear uniforms on wednesday………………………………
88. She feels comfortable to watch TV.
=> Watching TV …makes …she feels comfortable…………………………..
89. We spent a whole day looking for these old pictures.
=> It took us a whole day to look for these old picture…………………………….
90. What is the distance between your hometown and your school?
=>

How


…FAR

IS

IT

FROM

YOU

HOMETOWN

TO

YOUR

SCHOOL………………………………………………………
III. Imagine Liz is your new friend. Write a letter to Long( one of your friend) to tell him about Liz and
her family.(Don’t show your name, your school or your village). Start like this:
Dear Long,
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