DE hsg tieng anh 7 de hsg tieng anh 7

ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST A
PART ONE – PHONETICS: (10 pts)
I-A. Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others
1. A. nurse
B. films
C. stops
D. coughs
2. A. artificial
B. distance
C. centre
D. cells
3. A. designer
B. zoo
C. Switzerland
D. tables
4. A. although
B. width
C. thump
D. thank
5. A. thought
B. tough
C. bought
D. fought
I-B. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others
1. A. decide
B. combine
C. apply
D. happen
2. A. promise
B. picture
C. listen

D. accept
3. A. apple
B. England
C. shampoo
D. grammar
4. A. open
B. provide
C. complete
D. prefer
5. A. become
B. promise
C. suggest
D. disorder
ANSWERS: 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.............10.
PART TWO - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (20 pts)
II-A. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence
1.You should drink __________ water every day.
A. few B. a little
C. a lot of
D. too much
2. He drove _________ and he had an accident.
A. careless

B. carelessly
C. careful
D. carefully
3. We ought to try to clean our teeth __________.
A. once a day B. between meals
C. before breakfast
D. at least twice a day
4. Did your Mom write a sick note ___________ you?
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. about
5. What sports activity does your father take part_______ ?
A. on
B. of
C. about
D. in
6. My friend can speak Japanese, __________.
A. So do I
B. So I do
C. So can I
D. A and C are correct
7. Your parents look ____________
A. happily
B. happy
C. happiness
D. happiest
8. I am not sure where Tam is. He ________ be in the school canteen.
A. must
B. should

C. might
D. would
9. Walking is a good ________. It makes us ___________.
A. activity/healthy
B. activity/health
C. game/healthy
D. activities/healthy
10. ______ lives in a very big house.
A. a Queen of England
B. Queen of England C. The Queen of the England D. The Queen of England
ANSWERS:

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

II-B. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words given in capital:
1. When being a child, she received a good ________________. (EDUCATE)

2. Walking is a fun, easy and ____________ activity. (EXPENSIVE)
3. A balanced diet alone is not enough for a healthy ____________ (LIFE)
4. That woman is very pleasant, but her younger sister is a little ______________. (FRIEND)
5. Jane likes to wear ______________ clothes. (COLOUR)
6. The teacher ____________ the students to study harder. (COURAGE)
7. The students of class 7A enjoy ____________ activities after school hours. (DIFFER)
8. Some students are following the ______________ to the video room. (LIBRARY)
9. The post arrives __________ at eight in the morning. (REGULAR)
10. Do your classes start __________ or later? (EARLY)
ANSWERS: 21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
PART THREE- READING: (20 pts)
III-A. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

19.

20.


Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (31) ………………father was a comedian and his mother
worked (32) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (33) ………………successful so the family (34)
……………… very little money. The first time he himself earned (35) ……………… by dancing and singing, he was

only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (36) ………………the theatre.
When he (37) ……………… about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On
one such tour, (38) ……………… was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became
both a famous actor (39) ……………… film director.
He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (40) ……………… of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester
Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing.
ANSWERS: 31.
32.
33.
34._____________35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
III-B: Read the passage. Choose the most suitable answers to the questions
Have you ever followed instructions for knitting something or have you read a piece of music? If you have, you have
behaved in a similar way(41)................ a computer. A computer obeys a program to carry out a particular task. Just
(42)................. a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and piece of music in lines and dots, so a computer program
is (43)................. in the form of programming language. Like the English language (or any other language), there are
(44).................... of grammar, and a program must be correct in every way.
There are hundreds of programming language, but only (45)............. are well-known and widely used. The most
popular language which is used in offices (46)................Cobol. This language is used for printing payrolls and keeping
records of goods. Engineers and scientists use Fortran (47)......................carry out calculations. (48).........................
neither of these two programs is very popular with people working on home computers. Basis is the most popular
language for home computers, chiefly (49)...................it is easy to learn and use.
(50)................. these languages are useful for many purposes, it is time that a new simple program was devised. Such
a program ought to be not only easy to use but also completely reliable.
41.
A. to

B. as
C. so
D. from
42.
A. like
B. by
C. too
D. as
43.
A. expensive
B. expresses
C. expressed
D. expressing
44.
A. rules
B. laws
C. regulations
D. principles
45.
A. a little
B. a few
C. much
D. a lot of
46.
A. called
B. calling
C. is called
D. is calling
47.
A. so as for

B. in order that C. so as that
D. in order to
48.
A. In addition
B. Therefore
C. Consequently
D. However
49.
A. because
B. if
C. because of
D. unless
50. A. Even
B. Despite
C. Although
D. In spite
PART FOUR – WRITING:
Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed
before it.
41. Can you do better than that?
 Is that......................................................................................................................................................... !
42. Why don’t we go shopping this weekend?
 shall .........................................................................................................................................................
43. I don’t want to do anything too energetic today
 I don’t feel ....................................................................................................................................... .........
44. It isn’t necessary for students to wear uniforms on Wednesday.
 Students ......................................................................................................................................................
45. She teaches English well.
 She is .................................................................................................................................... ....................
46. She feels comfortable to watch TV.

 Watching TV ...........................................................................................................................................
47. My new jeans are more expensive than yours.
 Your new jeans aren’t ................................................................................................................................
48. We spent a whole day looking for these old pictures.
 It took .......................................................................................................................................................
49. There are four people in her family.
 Her ...........................................................................................................................................................
50. What is the distance between your hometown and your school?
 How ........................................................................................................................................................


THE END OF THE TEST


Keys

PART ONE – PHONETICS:
I.A.
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B
I.B.
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. A
PART TWO - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
II.A.
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B

6. C
7. B
8. C
9. A
II.B.
1. EDUCATION
2. INEXPENSIVE
3. LIFE
4. UNFRIENDLY
5. COLOURFUL
6. ENCOURAGES
7. DIFFERENT
8. LIBRARIAN
9. REGULARLY
10. EARLIER
PART THREE - READING
III. A.
1A/ 2D/ 3C/4A/5B/ 6C/ 7D/ 8D/ 9A/ 10C
III.B.
31. His
36. in

32. as
37. was

33. was
38. he

5. B
5. D

10. D

34. had
39. and

PART FOUR – WRITING:
1. Is that the best things you can do?
2. Shall we go shopping this weekend?
3. I don’t feel like doing anything too energetic today.
4. Students don’t need to wear uniforms on Wednesday.
5. She is a good English teacher.
6. Watching TV makes her feel comfortable.
7. Your new jeans aren’t as expensive as mine.
8. it took us a whole day to look for these old pictures.
9. Her family has four people.
10. How far is it from your hometown to your school?

35. money
40. age