ÔN LUYỆN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 7- Jan /2025-key

ĐỀ SỐ 8
SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 1. Choose the correct answer.
1 You will hear two friends talking.
Why can’t the man play football this afternoon?
A He has a bad foot.
B He has to work.
C He has to go to the dentist.
2 You will hear a man talking.
What animal did he see at the zoo?
A an elephant
B a bear
C a tiger
3 You will hear two friends talking.
Where have they been?
A to the library
B shopping
C to the cinema
3 You will hear a woman talking.
Where does her friend live?
A in a city
B in a village
C by the sea
5 You will hear two friends talking about cooking dinner.
What will the man do?
A wash the vegetables
B cut the vegetables
C cook the vegetables

Key
1 C 2 C 3A 4 A 5 B
Part 2. For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one word or a number or a
date or a time.
You will hear a speaker giving information at the start of a coach trip to London.
Coach trip to London
Journey to London: 2 hours
Free time in London: from 10.15 a.m. until (6) …………… p.m.
Discount: (7) ……………% at Kings and Queens Shopping Centre
To get a discount, show your coach (8) ……………
Please look after your purses and (9) ……………
Michaela·s personal mobile phone
(10) 0777……………
number:
Key
6 4.45 7 15/fifteen 8 ticket 9 wallets 10 5819 236

Part 2. T/F
11. The woman orders Soup of the Day for her starter.
b.False
12.The woman orders chicken and rice for her main course.
a.True
13. The man orders a burger with bacon and cheese.
b.False
14.The woman orders wine and the man orders beer.
b.False
15. The man chooses apple pie and cream for dessert.
b.False

SECTION II: PHONETICS

Part 1. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others in each group. (3points)
1. A. read B. beat C. bread D. heat
2. A. put B. but C. peanut D. shut
3. A. what B. hat C. cat D. fat
Part 2. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) which has the stress pattern different from that of the other
words. (2points)
4. A. native B. revive C. relative D. sensitive
5. A. disjunction B. solution C. instruction D. station
SECTION III: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
6. It is the largest ship I......................
A. has seen B. saw C. have ever seen D. seen
It is the + adj-est + S + have (ever) + PP
7. Many local authorities realize there is a need to make _______ for disabled people in their housing
programmes.
A. assitance B. conditions C. admittance D. provision
8. I read the contract again and again __________ avoiding making spelling mistakes.
A. in view of B. in terms of C. with a view to D. by means of
with a view to+ Ving
9 . It's a shame they didn't pick you up, but it doesn't _______ out the possibility that you might get a job in
a different department.
A. strike B. cancel C. draw D. rule
10. Lomonosov was not....................a great scientist but also a very talented poem.
A. fairly B. merely C. hardly D. scarely
Not merely= not only
11.His parents never allowed him.............
A. to smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
12. School children always object to ...................uniform.
A. wearing B. wear C. have worn D. wore
object to+ ving; phản đối
13. He always....................
A. avoids to meet me B. avoiding to meet me
C. avoids meeting me D. to avoid meeting me
14. Let your name....................in the sheet of paper
A. to be written B. be written C. write D. being written
15.He was offered the job.................he had no experience.
A. even though B. despite C. while D. however
Part 2. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence.
16.He drives very carefully. He is a very........CAREFUL ..........driver. (CARE)
17.My brother and I like......ACTION .............movie very much. (ACT)
18. Although he tried his best to do it, he was UNSUCCESSFUL (SUCCESS)
19.This stadium looks larger. It has been....ENLARGED. - enlagerment (n) (LARGE)
20.Lan fell off the bike, but her... INJURIES......were not serious. (INJURE)
21.You must read the following... SAFETY.....precaution carefully. (SAFE)
22.We watch the news everyday because it's very..... INFORMATIVE (INFORM)
23.He's always telling lies. He's a ....LIAR. (LIE)
24.Nowadays, scouting is popular....... WORLD-WIDE/ WORLDWIDE (adj/adv) (WORLD)
25.Nam likes helping the other, he's a....... HELPFUL.......person. (HELP)
Part 3. Complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each
one once only. There are two extra ones that you do not need to use. (5pts)

work out make out bring out get over break out put out

26. Quick action by the police prevented fighting from ____ breaking out ___ between rival groups of fans
after the football match.
27. I hear FIAT have ___ brought out _ a new model but I haven’t seen it yet.
28. She _____ got over _____ the problem of lack of time by hiring a house-cleaner.
29. Herbie asked them to ____ put out ___ their cigarettes as he is allergic to smoke.
30. It is said that Isaac Newton _____ worked out_____ the law of gravity after he’d been hit on the head
by an apple!
11. breaking out 12. brought out 13. got over 14. put out 15. worked out

Part 4. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the passage:
31.His hair is short. He (have) …HAS HAD….a haircut.
32.He said that he (see)…HAD SEEN… that man before.
33.This house didn’t use to (paint)…BE PAINTED……….. green.
34.When I met him, he (talk) WAS TALKING …to his friends in the bookstore.
35.If I (tell) HAD BEEN TOLD…..before, I would have come to your wedding.
36. It is 2 years since I (last give)…WAS LAST GIVEN….. presents on Christmas day.
37. Nothing ( do) …HAS BEEN DONE…about this problem for months
38. If it (be not) HADN’T BEEN …….for your help, I could not have passed the exam.
39. I wish they (pass) …WOULD PASS…….their exam next year.
40. If you had a car what you (do)…WOULD YOU DO……?
Part 5. Each sentence below contains 1 mistake. IDENTIFY the mistakes and WRITE THEIR
CORRECT FORMS.
41. His drawings are as perfect as his instructor. instructor’s
42. Although my mother never eats desert, I prefer something sweet. dessert
43. The price of oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it? didn’t
44. John lived in New York since 1960 to 1975, but now he is living in Detroit. from
45. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it our test. review
SECTION IV READING
Part 1. The reading is followed by several questions about it. There are four possible answers (A, B, C or
D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
Although no one knows for certain who the original Saint Valentine was, once a year, on February 14th, there is
a day in his honor. Some historian believed that the original Saint Valentine was a priest who lived in the city of
Rome about three hundred years after the birth of Christ. The emperor of Rome was not a Christian and refused
to allow people to be married in a Christian ceremony. Saint Valentine didn't obey the emperor and performed
many Christian marriages in spite of the emperor's order. When the Romans found out, they sent Saint Valentine
to prison and later killed him. While his romantic efforts to help many Christians in love cost him his life, he was
honored in his own days. But his story has been mostly forgotten after people have come to celebrate Valentine's
Day as special time for sweethearts. On Valentine's Day people express their affections by sending Valentine
cards to friends, family, and boyfriends and girlfriends.
46. This writing is mostly about ________.
A. Christian marriages. B. why we celebrate Valentine's Day.
C. different kinds of Valentine card. D. the history of Rome
47. Long ago, February 14th was made a special day _________.
A. to honor Saint Valentine B. just for sweethearts.
C. for everyone to go out and express love D. to honor the Roman emperor.
48. The emperor of Rome _________.
 A. was a good Christian and made Valentine a saint.
B. established Saint Valentine's Day is his honor.
C. refused to allow people to be married in a Christian ceremony.
D. didn't believe in marriages.
49. St. Valentine was killed because he __________.
A. was a Christian priest B. was not a follower of Christ.
C. had a secret sweetheart, which was illegal
D. continued to perform Christian wedding ceremonies against the emperor's wishes.
50. All the above story of Saint Valentine _________.
A. really happened long ago. B. is just a guess from some historians
C. is only an invented story D. cannot be believed at all.
Part 2. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks .
The Internet bus
In the desert areas that surround Tucson city, USA, students spend hundreds of hours on yellow
buses each year getting to and from their schools. But when mobile internet equipment was
(51)____________ on a yellow school bus, the bored, often noisy, teens were transformed into quiet,
studious individuals.
District officials got the idea during (52)____________ drives on school business to Phoenix, two
hours each way, when they (53)____________ that, when they went in pairs, one person could drive and
the other could work using a laptop and a wireless card. They (54)____________ if internet access on a
school bus could (55)____________ students’ academic productivity, too.
But the idea for what students call ‘the internet bus’ really took shape when the district’s chief
information officer (56)____________ across an article about having internet across in cars. He thought,
“What if you could put that in a bus?”
The officials have been delighted to see the (57)____________ of homework getting done, morning
and evening, as the internet bus (58)____________ up and drops off students along the 70-minute drive.
(59)____________ some students spend their time playing games or visiting social networking sites, most
students do make (60)____________ their travel time to study.
51. A. installed B. set C. included D. structured
52. A. extraordinary B. occasional C. exceptional D. few
53. A. believed B. acknowledged C. estimated D. realised
54. A. thought B. imagined C. suspected D. wondered
55. A. increase B. enlarge C. rise D. heighten
56. A. got B. looked C. came D. put
57. A. total B. amount C. number D. measure
58. A. brings B. picks C. rides D. catches
59. A. Since B. Despite C. Although D. However
60. A. progress B. work C. use D. part

(10pts) 1 pt/correct answer.

46. A 47. B 48. D 49. D 50. A 51. C 52. B 53. B 54. C 55. C
Part 3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each
gap. (10pts)
TRAVEL INSURANCE
When going on holiday, it is always a good idea to take out travel insurance. This is just in case something
goes (61)___ wrong
_____ along the way. You could lose your luggage, you could be robbed, or even become ill and need
expensive medical treatment. For millions of holiday makers, travel insurance is just a precaution (62)___
which _____ will help them have an enjoyable and worry-free holiday. But for (63)____ other/ some
____, travel insurance is a way of earning money (64)____ by ____ making false claims against insurance
companies. For (65)___ example/ instance _____ some people pretend that they have had expensive
equipment stolen which in (66)____ fact ____ never even existed, and then claim large sums in
compensation. Such claims cost insurance company a total (67)__ of ______ £ 50 million per year. But the
cheats’ luck is about to run (68)__ out ______. (69)__ Thanks ______ to a new computer system,
companies will be able to tell at a glance (70)____ whether/ if ____ someone has made a claim within the
last three years. Honest travelers will no longer have to pay through the nose for other people’s dishonesty.
56. wrong 58. other/ some 60. example/ instance 62. of 64. Thanks
57. which 59. by 61. fact 63. out 65. whether/ if

SECTION V:WRITING
Part 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before it,
begin with the given word(s) or phrase. (10 points)
71.I last wore that shirt in May.
=> I haven't...worn that shirt since May.
82.We have not met each other for ages.
=> It's ages since we last met each other
83.Travelling by air is much more expensive than travelling by train.
=>Travelling by train is not as expensive as / cheaper than travelling by air
84.Why isn't this TV working?
=>What..happens with this TV / is wrong with this TV?
85.When is John and Mary's wedding?
=>When are.... John and Mary going to get married? / John and Mary getting married?
86.Most people can understand him when he speaks English.
=>He can make most people understand him when he speaks English.
87.She needs to study harder.
=>She doesn't..study hard enough.........
88.We can't afford to buy this car.
=>The car....is too expensive for us to buy/ is so expensive that we can’t buy it.
89. It is often easier to prevent a disease than to cure it.
=> It is often less…difficult to prevent a disease than to cure it.
90. I wish I had enough money to buy that house.
=> If only I had enough money to buy that house
Part 2. . Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given
91. A phone call was the first we heard about them withdrawing from the concert. pulling
The first we heard about … them pulling out... of the concert was a phone call.
92. We need to run or the train will leave before we get there. time
Unless we run, the train …… will have left by the time …….we get there.
93. "You really must stay for dessert," Charlie's brother said to him. staying
Charlie's brother … insisted on him staying …. for dessert.
94. "A massage would do you a lot of good," Jake told Amy. from
"You … would really benefit from …….. a massage," Jake told Amy.
95. Even if it's very far, they want to go to Paris for a weekend break. may
Far… though it may be …… , they want to go to Paris for a weekend break.