Đề thi và đáp án kì thi chung kết môn tiếng Anh - Giải Lê Quý Đôn trên báo Khăn Quàng Đỏ lần 11 (MTO 6 - 16/6/2010) @ LỚP 6 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others 1. A. some B. love C. mother D. top 2. A. seat B. neat C. tears D. teacher 3. A. brown B. eyebrow C. grow D. now 4. A. houses B. advice C. promise D. class 5. A. bridge B. prize C. large D. job Choose the correct word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank. 6. When people are _______, they want something to eat. A. thirsty B. hungry C. sleepy D. hot 7. Oanh _______ good English. A. speaks B. speak C. spoke D. is speaking 8. Minh is a good student. He always does good _______ in any exams. A. works B. meals C. games D. jobs 9. Tom usually _______ to school by bus. A. makes B. gets C. runs D. reaches 10. Helen _______ dinner in the kitchen now. A. cooks B. is cooking C. cooked D. cooking 11. They didn’t have _______ to say yesterday. A. much B. many C. a few D. something 12. You ______ do it right now; it’s important. A. may B. would like C. will D. must 13. They are on a holiday ______ by plane to Da Nang. A. trip B. tour C. exploration D. journey Some sentences are not good English. Choose the correct sentence (A, B, or C). 14. A. The film you think about it, what? B. How good about the film do you think so? C. What do you think about the film? 15. A. There now be many things we should do them. B. We’ve got a lot of things to do now. C. A lot of things are now we have to do. 16. A. What about to get there for eating something? B. Let’s get there to have something to eat! C. How favorite things to eat do you want to have? 17. A. The picture of my family is on the wall in the living room. B. My family’s picture is in the living room’s wall. C. The wall in the living room has my family’s picture. 18. A. My younger brother brushes his tooth twice a day. B. Twice every day his teeth are brushed by my younger brother. C. My younger brother always brushes his teeth twice a day. Fill in each blank with the suitable word (A, B, or C). My name is Joanna. I’m twelve years old and I (19)_______ from Cali in Columbia. My favorite superstar is male. He’s a (20)_______ singer. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee (21)_______ January 31 st , 1981. He always wanted to be a singer and dancer. In fact, he (22)_______ to sing and dance when he was (23)_______ eleven years old. His parents always supported and (24)_______ him. His career started in 1995, when he (25)_______ an American boy band, NSYNC. He became successful with his solo (26)_______, Justified. It was a hit all over the world. That was in 2002. This person is my favorite superstar (27)_______ he’s really a good singer and dancer. I (28)_______ him on TV last week. He sang all my favorite songs. He’s a great performer and he’s very good-looking. Yes, my superstar’s name is Justin Timberlake. 19. A. go B. get C. come 20. A. famous B. well-done C. world 21. A. at B. in C. on 22. A. took B. made C. began 23. A. simply B. only C. really 24. A. made B. forced C. encouraged 25. A. got B. joined C. arrived 26. A. album B. picture C. compact disc 27. A. but B. although C. because 28. A. looked B. listened C. watched Choose the following utterances (A, B, C, and D) to fill in the blanks (questions 29 — 32) to make a meaningful conversation. _ (29) __________ _ I’d like fish and vegetables. _ I don’t want to eat lunch. _(30) ________ _ Yes, I’m too chubby. _ (31) ________ _ (32) ________ _ Yes, I go jogging for 30 minutes every morning. A. _ Why not? Are you on a diet? B. _ You look quite fit. Do you exercise every day? C. _ What do you want for lunch? D. _ No, You’re not. You’ve got to eat anyway. Choose the appropriate responses to the utterances 33. What’s happening? A. It happens every day. B. Nothing! Don’t worry. C. She happened to see me. 34. How much is this shirt? A. Not much, dear! B. It is very good. C. A little expensive. 50,000 VND! 35. Thank you very much, Minh. A. That’s OK. B. Yes, you are right. C. Thanks! 36. Where have you been? A. I live there. B. To the market. C. Not at all. 37. I can play the guitar. A. I can play. B. Me too. C. Yes, the guitar is mine. 38. I have to go. A. Of course, get out! B. Really? What a pity! C. My apologies! 39. What was the weather like? A. It rained quite a lot. B. She likes hot weather! C. It was like rain. 40. Where does he come from? A. In the evening! B. Australia! C. British! @ ĐÁP ÁN 1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. A 21. C 22. C 23. B 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. B 37. B 38. B 39. A 40. B @ LỚP BẢY Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others 1. A. nice B. river C. decide D. remind 2. A. one B. won C. shut D. continue 3. A. good B. could C. put D. soup 4. A. hole B. bought C. call D. four 5. A. maps B. pilots C. rooms D. cakes 6. A. jeans B. during C. age D. begin 7. A. touch B. cloud C. around D. doubt 8. A. stopped B. cheered C. passed D. watched Choose the correct word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank. 9. The boys _______ to the movies. A. are B. have been C. were D. will be 10. Peter wants to _______ a teacher in the future. A. turn B. get C. become D. come 11. Don’t worry. I ______ do it again; I promise. A. can’t B. wouldn’t C. mustn’t D. won’t 12. This is a gift my Mum bought for me ______ Christmas. A. at B. on C. in D. since 13. They decided ______ out yesterday evening. A. eat B. eating C. eaten D. to eat 14. My teacher often ______ us difficult questions. A. asks B. makes C. offers D. puts 15. Why don’t you ______ the trash away? A. give B. throw C. produce D. change 16. _______ I go to Mai’s party tomorrow evening, Daddy? A. May B. Do C. Will D. Shall 17. My friend Tom is a/an _______ person to talk to. A. surprising B. worried C. excited D. interesting 18. He often helps his mother with the _______. A. office work B. house careers C. household chores D. homework 19. There’s someone _______ at the door now. Please answer the door for me A. knocked B. knock C. to knock D. knocking 20. _______ boys seem to enjoy playing soccer! A. All B. Much C. Lots D. Any 21. He makes mistakes _______. He sometimes does so. A. at least B. at times C. in general D. at once Choose the appropriate responses to the utterances 22. Why didn’t you come to the pool yesterday? A. I didn’t see them there. B. It was a great time. C. I was doing something else. 23. Shall we play that new computer game? A. It’s all right. B. Yes, it is. C. If you’d like to. 24. Let’s go out for some fresh air! A. Yes, let’s. B. That’s right. C. Don’t mention it. 25. Here is coming our bus! A. Pretty soon! B. It is finally! C. Welcome it now! Fill in each blank with the suitable word (A, B, or C). The circus, Cirque du Soleil, began (26)_______ Montreal, Canada. It was started (27)_______ the Canadian Guy Laliberte in 1984. When he left college, Laliberte traveled around Europe and earned money (28)_______ music in the streets. Not long after he returned home, he started Cirque with (29)_______ friend, Daniel Gauthier. During the 1990s, Cirque (30)______ quickly. It now does shows (31)______ and the number of people working for it has grown from 73 to (32)_______ than 3,500. The Cirque does not have any animals, but (33)_______ is music and dance and each show tells a story. (34)______ show, which is called Varian, is about a man who could fly. The show starts with him falling from the sky and (35)______ the story of how he has to learn to fly again. 26. A. at B. in C. on D. from 27. A. from B. by C. of D. for 28. A. played B. plays C. playing D. to play 29. A. their B. his C. its D. him 30. A. took B. flew C. grew D. built 31. A. over the world B. the world across C. all the world D. the world over 32. A. more B. much C. rather D. better 33. A. this B. it C. there D. which 34. A. One B. Each C. Every D. Either 35. A. speaks B. says C. talks D. tells Choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each of the unfinished statements or best answers the questions about the letter. Mrs. Sand was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. However the doctor could not find anything wrong with her, so he sent her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results of the tests direct to Mrs. Sand’s doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she should not eat, as any of them might be the cause of her skin trouble. Mrs. Sand carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies' meeting. When she got back home a couple of hours later, she found her husband waiting for her. He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, "Hello, sweetheart. I have done all your shopping for you." "Done all my shopping?" she asked in surprise. "But how did you know what I wanted?" "Well, when I got home I found your shopping list beside the telephone," answered her husband, "so I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down." Of course, Mrs. Sand had to tell him that he had bought all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat! 36. The story is mainly about ____________. A. Mrs. Sand's skin trouble B. Mrs. Sand's husband’s care for her C. her husband's carelessness D. her husband's misunderstanding 37. Her doctor sent her to the local hospital because ____________. A. she was not his patient B. the medical tests there would tell him exactly what her problem was C. the hospital would take good care of her thanks to the tests D. hers was a very serious case 38. The ladies' meeting lasted ____________. A. the whole morning B. exactly two hours C. less than two hours D. more than two hours 39. Perhaps when Mrs. Sand left for the meeting, her husband ____________. A. was working in the garden B. was in the bathroom C. was somewhere in the house D. was out at work 40. Mrs. Sand's husband bought all the things on the list because ____________. A. he wanted to help his wife with the shopping B. he wanted to buy what she was not allowed to eat C. he had nothing to do when he got home D. he himself liked them very much @ ĐÁP ÁN 1. A 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. C 19. D 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. A @ LỚP 8 Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D). 1. Catherine was absent ________ school yesterday. A. for B. from C. to D. at 2. My teacher doesn’t approve _______ my working alone. A. in B. to C. of D. on 3. I’m not _______ habit _______ talking while eating. A. in / on B. in / of C. of / on D. on / of 4. Her latest novel is based _______ the life David Beckham. A. on B. of C. to D. at 5. The man, ________ I learned the news, is an old worker. A. whom B. from whom C. from which D. from him 6. Because of ________ ill, he didn't come to school. A. being B. having been C. he was D. the fact of his 7. The old fisherman __________ and cast his net more than four times a day. A. used to going fishing B. used to go fishing C. was used to go fishing D. got used to go to fish 8. He found these sentences hard _________. A. to translate B. translating C. translated D. being translated 9. This is such an important question that we can’t help _________ it over. A. to think B. thinking C. be thought D. being thought 10. I’m sorry __________ you that you’re sacked. A. informing B. inform C. to inform D. have informed 11. Please stop __________. I can’t concentrate. A. talk B. to talk C. to talking D. talking 12. The children shouldn’t be left alone. They are too young to look after _________. A them B themselves C every other D their own 13. Justin has just come out of a little junk-shop, and he seems very ________. A. exciting B. in excitement C. excited D. excitable 14. The factory has over 1000 _________. A. employees B. employments C. employers D. employs 15. The little boy’s _________ to go to school pleases his mother. A. keener B. keenness C. keen D. keening 16. Goods in the shop are _________ displayed. A. attracted B. attracting C. attractive D. attractively [...]... sentence (A, B, C, or D) that means almost the same as the one printed before it 36 I haven't eaten this kind of food before A This is the first time I’ve eaten this kind of food B I haven’t eaten this kind of food already C This is the first kind of food I have eaten D Even before I have not eaten this kind of food 37 After fighting the fire for 12 hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out A... nitrogen “Both of them took off their helmets and breathed deeply They looked at everything carefully All the plants and animals looked new and strange They couldn’t find any intelligent life After several hours, they returned to their spaceship Everything looked normal The man switched on the controls, but nothing happened “Something’s wrong,” he said “I don’t understand … the engines aren’t working.” He... (21) the teenage years, many young people are at times difficult to talk to They often seem to dislike being questioned They may seem unwilling to talk about their (22) in school This is a normal development at this (23) , though it can be very hard for parents to understand It is part of becoming independent, of teenagers (24) to be adult while they are still growing up Young people are... disappointed B disappointment C disappoint D disappointing 18 - Shall we start now? - A Yes, we are B Yes, let's C OK, we do D No, don’t let’s not 19 Would you like to go to the cinema with me this afternoon? - _ A I'm sorry to hear that B That's a good idea C Thank you It's very kind of you to ask me D Yes, I like 20 - Excuse me, is anybody sitting here? - _ A No, thanks B Yes, I am so... experiment (28) sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking Parents need to watch for any signs of unusual (29) _ which may be connected with these and get help if (30) 21 A During B At C On B Over 22 A thing B job C work D service 23 A course B connection C year D age 24 A testing B trying C working D fighting 25 A set B step C fix D check 26 A first B best C highest D most 27 A plan B attention C process... differences are not just a problem for travelers, (26) _ also for the airlines that carry them All airlines want to (27) _ the best service, but ideas about good service (28) _ from place to place This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with Some societies have ‘universalist’ cultures These societies have a (29) _ respect for rules, and they treat every person and situation... society’s (31) _ ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person So the formal rules are (32) _ to fit the need of the situation or the importance of the person This difference can cause problems A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a (33) _ in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture The Indian traveler has too much... (34) _ clerk will understand his problem and will let him go The clerk, however, doesn’t do so (35) _ that the traveler will understand that it would be unfair and against the rules if he did such a thing 26 A it’s B however C but D and both 27 A make B provide C do D take 28 A vary B change C transform D alter 29 A handsome B strong C fierce D fit 30 A besides B on purpose C on the other hand D accordingly... below Choose one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D) to each question With the invention of the microcomputer, a computer can now be purchased for as little as a few hundred dollars Taking advantage of this situation, quite a few secondary schools, and even kindergartens, have already begun to use computers Many other schools, however, are hesitating to introduce computer science onto the school curriculum . Đề thi và đáp án kì thi chung kết môn tiếng Anh - Giải Lê Quý Đôn trên báo Khăn Quàng Đỏ lần 11 (MTO 6 - 16/6/2010) @ LỚP 6 Choose. film you think about it, what? B. How good about the film do you think so? C. What do you think about the film? 15. A. There now be many things we should do them. B. We’ve got a lot of things. it. 36. I haven't eaten this kind of food before. A. This is the first time I’ve eaten this kind of food. B. I haven’t eaten this kind of food already. C. This is the first kind of food