ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI SỐ 7
Năm học 2010-2011

I. PRONUNCIATION (2.pts)
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D to indicate your answers.
2. A. cease B. chase C. increase D. raise
3. A. genuine B. geneticist C. guarantee D. generate
4. A. boot B. shoot C. food D. good
5. A. teenage B. dosage C. voyage D. carriage
6. A. savage B. clap C. taste D. flask
7. A. funny B. just C. struggle D. June
8. A. food B. look C. took D. good
9. A. mean B. break C. appeal D. please
10. A. thesis B. health C. thus D. ethnic
11. A. discussion B. revision C. attention D. admission
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
Part 1: Choose one word or phrase to complete the sentence by circling its
corresponding letter A, B, C or D. (4.pts)
1. John is keen on ______ the English Club.
A. join B. to join C. joining D. having joined
2. There is no point in______ the child now. What is done cannot be undone.
A. punishing B. teaching C. helping D. paying
3. I don’t remember ______ of your decision to change our vocation plan.
A. telling B. to tell C. being told D. to be told
4. Anna and David are going for ______ on the beach.
A. the picnic B. a picnic C. some picnics D. picnic
5. The child was ______ by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street.

A. help B. stop C. escape D. avoid
20. I’ll show you around the city when you ______ to visit me.
A. come B. are coming C. will come D. will be coming
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Part 2: Choose one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for
the sentence to be correct. (2.pts)
1. The professor decided to allow the students to take the examination a second time
A B C
because the low scores.
D
2. Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted
A B C
to a good university.
D
3. Hardly the plane had landed when Adam realized that he had left the file that he
A B C
needed at his office.
D
4. Many people agree that writing letters are a nice way of keeping in touch.
A B C D
5. A galaxy, where may include billions of stars, is held together by gravitational
attraction. A B C D
6. The computer-based tests will test your ability to understand spoken
A B
English, to read non-technical language, and writing correctly.
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13.He said “good morning” in almost way. (friend)
14.He used all his to force the door open. (strong)
15.I felt so that I went to bed early. (sleep)
16.Please don’t ask such questions. (person)
17.It’s quite an game. (excite)
18.He is very in my story. (interest)
19.His face looks very (please)
20.He had a look on his face. (please)
You can easily find his house because of his construction.
(distinguish
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Part 4: Supply the correct form of the verbs in the bracket.
(2.pts)
1. She has made up her mind (have)_______ a garage (build) _______ next to the house.
2. The statue (break) _______ while it (move) _______ to another room in the museum.
3. The highway patrol advised (take) _______ the old route through the city.
4. The bell is ringing. I must stop (do) _______ my homework (answer) _______ the
phone.
5. Why_______ you all (laugh) _______? _______ Roger (tell) _______ you his funny
stories?
6. Don’t worry. We (finish) _______ the report by 11.
7. You must tell me the truth. I insist on (tell) _______ the truth.
8. Don’t worry. We (finish) _______ the report by 11 o’clock.
9. There were some people (row) _______ on the river.
10. Alex has a test tomorrow that he needs to study for. He (not watch) _______ TV right
now.
Your answers:

the city, in the country and in the (1) _________________. The news media can be
classified (2) ______________ two general categories: the categories of print (3)
_______________ and electronic media. Print media use the written (4)
_________________ to communicate news to readers. Electronic media use air waves to
(5) _________________ news into homes, offices and public places.
Print media art usually (6)______________into magazines and newspapers. Most
newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspapers "The New York Times" is (7)
_________________weekly, for instance, Newsweek and Time magazines are published
once a week. The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. (8)
________________ news is news that you listen to. In the United States many radio
stations (9) ________________ five minutes of news every hour. Television news is
news that you not only listen to but also watch.
In Canada and the United States, for example, many people watch an hour of news on
TV at six o'clock in the evening. In the future, new categories of news media will
develop, even today computers are beginning to (10) __________________ the
transmission and reception of news.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. WRITING
1. Rewrite the following sentences which have the same meaning with the given,
using the suggested words at the beginning. (2.pts)
1. If it doesn’t rain soon, millions of pounds’ worth of crop will be lost.
Unless…………………………………………………………………………………...
2. My brother didn’t buy that car because he didn’t have enough money.
If…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. People don’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly.
If…………………………………………………………………………………………
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4. Tom is a careless driver. If he doesn’t take more care, he’ll have an accident.