ĐỀ BỒI DƯỠNG HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 7- FEB-2025

ĐỀ SỐ 10
SECTION 1: LISTENING
Part 1. 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 museum guide giving some information about a science museum.

Science Museum
New exhibition is
(1) ……………………
about:
It includes: interesting (2) …………………… and photos
Food available on: the (3) …………………… floor
Student science quiz
Groups of: (4) …………………… people
Date of quiz: 30th (5) ……………………
1 weather 2 videos 3 5th/ fifth 4. 4 / four 5 August
Part 2. For each question, choose the correct answer.
You will hear an interview with a 17-year-old boy called Erik who went cycling across the USA with his
dad.
6 Erik and his dad wanted to do a long cycle ride to
A make money for charity.
B break their usual routine.
C spend lots of time together.
7 Why did they choose to cycle in the USA and not in other countries?
A To avoid difficulties with language.
B They thought it would be safer.
C It was easier to organise.
8 How did Erik feel as they were setting off?
A surprised at how relaxed they were
B excited about all the things they’d see
C nervous they wouldn’t succeed
9 Erik’s favourite days were those on which
A they didn’t cycle as far as usual.
B the weather was warm and dry.
C they had a chance to be sociable.
10 Erik says that during the ride, he and his dad
A talked about many personal issues.
B became comfortable with silence.
C disagreed about many things.
Key
20 B 21 C 22 A 23 C 24 B
Part 3. Listen to the conversation between two friends and mark the statements as true (T) or false
(F). ⇱

11. Andy is writing an essay about different ancient civilizations. F

12. The land where the Aztecs used to live is now part of the USA. F

13. The Aztec people lived later than the 12th century. T

14. It was very important for a boy to know how to fight well. T

15. Wendy thinks it was a shame that not all girls went to school. T

SECTION 1. PHONETICS:
Part I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each
group.
1. A. southern B. sunbathing C. breath D. thunder
2. A. island B. rescue C. institute D. limestone
3. A. jungle B. gist C. grind D. emigrate
4. A. stretcher B. chemistry /k/ C. Christmas D. character
5. A. heritage B. shortage C. teenage /ei/ D. luggage

Part II. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
1. A. reserved B. invent C. beneath D. wardrobe
2. A. character B. transmit C. opposite D. dangerous
3. A. festival B. heritage C. resident D. selection
4. A. expensive B. college C. negative D. sociable
5. A. morning B. college C. arrive D. famous
SECTION 2. LEXICO- GRAMMAR:
Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. The noise of the traffic prevented me from ……………… to sleep .
A. falling B. starting C. going D. beginning
2. The new factory must be finished ……. as the profitability of the company depend on it.
A. in time B. on time C. at time D. for a time
4.Two gangs fought ……………. in the alley last night.
A. each other B. to another C. with other D. with each other
5. I don’t take ……… to being disobeyed. That’s a warning.
A. well B. kindly = not like C. gently D. nicely
6. My sister is busy …………. an exercise of English.
A. in doing B. at doing C. to do D. doing
7. Everyone ……… Tom was invited to the party.
A. as B. but C. from D. for
8. I don’t like my nextdoor neighbor, who often .…..ill of everyone behind his back.
A. says B. speaks C. tells D. whispers
9. I have to get my picture ………..for my website.
A. take B. taken C. taking D. took
10. The staff are working at weekend………..delay the project any further.
A. so that not to B. so not to C. so as not to D. for not
11. Because his argument was so confusing………..people understood it.
A. a few B. much C. few D. many
12. Please phone this number for more ………………..
A. inform B. information C. informative D. informatively
13. There are a lot of letters………...right now.
A. to be written B. to have written C. to be writing D. to write
14. Many people like the slow ………..of life in the countryside.
A. step B. pace C. speed D. space
15. I am tired of my neighbours ………...noise every night.
A. to make B. make C. having made D. making
16. Doctors advise us.………...too many hours watching television.
A. not to spend B. not being spend C. not spend D. not spending
17. There are chances that Manchester United……..the last match against Juventus.
A. will win B. won C. has won D. would win
18. I am leaving the keys under the pot in the garden ………..you should be home earlier than
usual.
A. because B. in case C. so that D. though
19. I was made ………..hard when I was at high school.
A. studying B. studied C. to study D. study
20. I regret………...you the story. I really didn’t know it would make you disappointed.
A. tell B. telling C. to tell D. told
Part 2. Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1. Keep the cheese freshly by wrapping each one individually. =fresh
A B C D
2. What is the most important thing in really life? = real
A B C D
3. Da Lat is known like a city of pines, waterfalls and flowers. = as
A B C D
4. The river bank was covered by weed. = with
A B C D
5. The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience. =worse
A B C D
6. A flower growing in the garden is more beautiful than a flower stood in a vase. = standing
A B C D
7. A five - thousand - dollar reward were offered for the capture of the escaped criminals. =was
A B C D
8. In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman had someone designed a Christmas card. =design
A B C D
9. His illness is probably because stress. = because of
A B C D
10. Jack asked his boss could he have a day off. = if he could
A B C D
standing was offered design because of if he could
Part 3. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets.
1. The …………… of space is very interesting and useful (EXPLORE)
2. Sue seems to have the ……… idea that she can succeed without studying (MISTAKE)
3. This form must have the ………. of the writer. (SIGN)
4. He showed great ………………… and energy. (STRONG)
5. People on the Earth can’t live …………… water. (WITH)
6. Remove dead leaves to encourage new …………………. (GROW)
7. Don’t talk……… . You should think carefully before saying anything (SENSE)
8. The thief got into the house easily because the door was left ........ (LOCK)
9. Sam was accused of stealing some......... documents from the safe. (CONFIDENCE)
10. The increase in population has led to …………… in many cities. (CROWD)

1. exploration 2. mistaken 3. signature 4. strength 5. without

6. growth 7. nonsense 8. unlocked 9. confidential 10. overcrowding

Part 4. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

1. These skirts need (1. wash) ……...……………..…….
2. There (2. be) ………….…….…… no rain here for over four months.
3. The thieves were caught when they (3. leave) …………………..…….…… the bank.
4. There is someone behind me. I think I (4. follow) …………………….
5. I can't help (5. feel) ……………..……..….. sorry for the hungry children.

1. washing/ to be
2. has been 3. were leaving 4. am being followed 5. feeling
washed
Part 5. Complete the sentences with suitable verbs in the correct form.
cross out bring up put off crop up turn down

1 If you’re offered the job, surely you won’t …… it ……….?

2 Never ……… …………. until tomorrow what you can do today.
3 The departure of the plane …… ……………. up by poor weather.
4 I ……… …………. the mistake and wrote the correct word.
5 My cousins …… ……………. up by their grandmother as their parents worked abroad.
Key
1 If you’re offered the job, surely you won’t …turn…… it down?
2 Never ………put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
3 The departure of the plane ……was held ……………. up by poor weather.
4 I ………crossed out the mistake and wrote the correct word.
5 My cousins ……were brought ……………. up by their grandmother as their parents worked abroad.
SECTION 3. READING:
Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
A WELSH FESTIVAL
Wales has a population of about three millions. English is the main language and only twenty
per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year _______(1) August there is a Welsh – speaking
festival. It _______ (2) place in a different town each year so everyone has the chance for it to be
near them. Local people ________(3) years making plans for when the festival will be in _______
(4) town. Each festival is ______ (5) by about 160,000 people. They travel not only from nearby
towns and villages _______(6) also from the rest of the British Isles and _______ (7) from abroad.
There are concerts, plays and _______(8) to find best singers, poets, writers, and so on. Shops sell
Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as ______(9) as food and drink. The festival provides a
chance for Welsh – speaking people to be together for a whole week, with _______ (10) Welsh
language all around them.
1. A. on B. by C. in D. at
2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes
3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do
4. A. our B. their C. his D. its
5. A. arrived B. attended C. joined D. come
6. A. but B. and C. since D. however
7. A. just B. hardly C. quite D. even
8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races
9. A. long B. far C. good D. well
10. A. one B. a C. the D. some

Part 2 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word
in each space.
Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their (1)_HEALTH __. Scientific research
shows that it can (2)_CAUSE many kinds of diseases. In (3)_FACT _, many people who smoke get
lung cancer. Doctors believe that it may also cause lung cancer in people who do not (4)__SMOKE
__. Nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from (5) OTHER people’s cigarettes. This is
secondhand smoking. People are becoming very aware of the danger of (6)_SECONDHAND _
smoke. As a result, they have passed laws that prohibit (7)_PEOPLE _ from smoking in many
public places. Besides, many government tend to put taxes on cigarette (8) SO as to discourage
people from smoking. With all the concerted efforts (9)_MADE _by the authority and non-
smokers, we can look (10)_FORWARD _ to the world without smoking.
Part 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.
As the twentieth century began, the importance of formal education in the United States
increased. The frontier had mostly disappeared and by 1910 most Americans lived in towns and cities.
Industrialization and the bureaucratization of economic life combined with a new emphasis upon
credentials and expertise to make schooling increasingly important for economic and social mobility.
Increasingly, too, schools were viewed as the most important means of integrating immigrants into
American society.
The arrival of a great wave of southern and eastern European immigrants at the turn of the
century coincided with and contributed to an enormous expansion of formal schooling. By 1920 schooling
to age fourteen or beyond was compulsory in most states, and the school year was greatly lengthened.
Kindergartens, vacation schools, extracurricular activities, and vocational education and counseling
extended the influence of public schools over the lives of students, many of whom in the larger industrial
cities were the children of immigrants. Classes for adult immigrants were sponsored by public schools,
corporations, unions, churches, settlement houses, and other agencies.
Reformers early in the twentieth century suggested that education programs should suit the needs
of specific populations. Immigrant women were once such population. Schools tried to educate young
women so they could occupy productive places in the urban industrial economy, and one place many
educators considered appropriate for women was the home.
Although looking after the house and family was familiar to immigrant women, American
education gave homemaking a new definition. In preindustrial economies, homemaking had meant the
production as well as the consumption of goods, and it commonly included income-producing activities
both inside and outside the home, in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States,
however, overproduction rather than scarcity was becoming a problem. Thus, the ideal American
homemaker was viewed as a consumer rather than a producer. Schools trained women to be consumer
homemakers cooking, shopping, decorating, and caring for children "efficiently" in their own homes, or if
economic necessity demanded, as employees in the homes of others. Subsequent reforms have made these
notions seem quite out-of-date.
61. The paragraph preceding the passage probably discusses _____.
A. the industrialization and the bureaucratization of economic life the United States in the nineteen
century.
B. the formal schooling in the United States in the nineteen century.
C. the urbanization in the United States in the nineteen century.
D. the most important means of integrating immigrants into American society in the nineteen century.
62. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that one important factor in the increasing importance of
education in the United States was _____.
A. the expanding economic problems of schools
B. the growing number of schools in frontier communities
C. an increase in the number of trained teachers
D. the increased urbanization of the entire country
63. The word "means" in line 5 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. qualifications B. method C. advantages D. probability
64. The phrase "coincided with" in line 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. happened at the same time as B. ensured the success of
C. was influenced by D. began to grow rapidly
65. According to the passage, one important change in United States education by the 1920's was that
_____.
A. the amount of time spent on formal education was limited
B. new regulations were imposed on nontraditional education
C. adults and children studied in the same classes
D. most places required children to attend school
66. “Vacation schools and extracurricular activities” are mentioned in line 9 to illustrate _____.
A. activities that competed to attract new immigrants to their programs.
B. alternatives to formal education provided by public schools
C. the importance of educational changes
D. the increased impact of public schools on students
67. According to the passage, early-twentieth century education reformers believed that _____.
A. special programs should be set up in frontier communities to modernize them
B. corporations and other organizations damaged educational progress
C. different groups needed different kinds of education
D. more women should be involved in education and industry
68. The word "it" in line 19 refers to _____.
A. education B. consumption C. production D. homemaking
69. Women were trained to be consumer homemakers as a result of _____.
A. scarcity in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
B. economic necessity in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
C. income-producing activities in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
D. overproduction in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
70. Which paragraph mentions the importance of abilities and experience in formal schooling?
A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 1 D. Paragraph 3
SECTION IV WRITING
Part 1. Rewrite the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first
71. Tom works hard as a student
Tom …is a hard- working student….
72. It is good exercise to run a mile a day
 Running a mile a day is good exercise …
73. It’s a great pleasure to be with you.
 Being … with you is … a great pleasure ….
74. We didn’t see her at all.
 She was not seen at all
75. Tom is not as tall as Peter
 Peter …is taller than Tom………….
76. Her father asked her if she would go to the cinema with her friend
 Her father asked her: “……Will you go to the cinema with your friend?”
77. The step- mother doesn’t treat the little girl in a normal way.
 The little girl ……isn’t treated …in a normal way by The step- mother
78. Do you mind my smoking?
 Do you mind…if I smoke?..
79. No one works harder than Barbara.
 Barbara …is the most hard- working person/ girl./ works the hardest of all
80. He told his customer : “ Please bring it back if it doesn’t fit well”
 He told his customer to bring it back if it didn’t fit well
81. The last time we saw him was in 1988.
We haven’t…seen him since …1988
82. Peter spent 3 hours on repairing his computer.
 It took…Peter 3 hours to … repair his computer ……
83. You will not be accepted if you don’t finish your home work.
 Unless you … finish your home work , … You will not be accepted ………………
84. “Don’t swim out too far, boys ’’ I said
 I warned…the boys not to … swim out too far
85. They arrived late because the traffic was terrible.
 Because of…the terrible traffic, They arrived late
Part 2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the
word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. You must use between two and five words,
including the word given. (5pts)
86. Most stores will accept a credit card instead of cash. (ALTERNATIVE)
Most stores will accept a credit card as an ALTERNATIVE to cash
87. You can avoid tooth decay by brushing your teeth regularly. (PREVENT)
→… Brushing your teeth regularly can prevent tooth decay
88. Some of Peter’s expressions make me think of my brother. (REMIND)
→… Some of Peter’s expressions REMIND me of my brother
89. That old typewriter is not worth repairing. (POINTLESS)
→… It is … POINTLESS to repair that old typewriter/
Repairing that old typewriter is POINTLESS
90. They share a lot of hobbies and interests. (COMMON)
→…They have a lot of hobbies and interests in COMMON.