PRACTICE FOR GIFTED STUDENTS ENGLISH 7 Date: ..............

Name: ....................................... Class: .....

PART A: PHONETICS:
I/. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by
circling A, B, C or D (1.6 points).
1. A. pan B. absent C. affect D. add
2. A. chopstick B. stomach C. change D. catch
3. A. competition B. competitor C. contest D. question
4. A. comb B. combine C. combat D. combust
5. A. laughed B. enjoyed C. arrived D. planned
6. A. generous B. gene C. generally D. giving
7. A. happy B. husband C. have D. hourly
8. A. iron B. celebrate C. parents D. restaurant
II/. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D
(0.4 points).
1. A. collector B . teenager C . orchestra D . moderate
2. A. engineer B . overseas C . disappear D . uniform
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
I/. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.(3 points).
1. Remember not to park in front of a zebra.........................
A. crossing B. cross C. crossed D. across
2. We............drink water from tape without boiling it first
A. never should B. should never C . should not do D. not should
3. Drinking and driving is one of the most common ..................of traffic accidents.
A. reasons B. effects C. sources D. causes
4. - Does that red motorbike belong to your mother?
- No,................is white
A. she B. her C. hers D. mine
5. Overpopulation causes a lot of problem,..........................?.
A. isn’t it B. doesn’t it C. do they D. don’t they
6. ....................of the library, my friend went in.
A. coming out B. when came out
C. On coming out D. As I came out
7. Lots of people...........................yoga to relax and improve their health
A. play B. take up C. make D. practice
8. You can’t enter the theatre while the play is in............................
A. action. B. acting. C. performance D. progress
9. Trung finds horror films really...........................
A .disgust B.disgusts C.disgusting D. disgusted
10. It is known that mathematics.........................as early as the 6 th century BC
A. teach B. taught C. was taught D. is taught
11. Isn’t it easy to learn English well ? - ………………………..
A. No, it is B. No, it does not C. Yes, it is D. Yes, it does

12. I don't know how..........................this lesson.

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A. to learn B. learn C. learning D. learned
13. I have just bought __________________ from a book shop near here.
A. two beautiful black leather school bags B. two beautiful leather black school bags
C. beautiful two black leather school bags D. two beautiful black school leather bags
14. A bowl of noodles.................ten dollar
A. is B. are C. have D. has
15. While formerly a member of the sports club, Mr. Teeters.....................tennis there regularly.
A. is used to playing B. used to play
C. was used to play D. used to playing
II/. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences.(2 points)
1. My father is a biology teacher. He (be).......................... once a photographer.
2. He is busy at the moment. But he (come)..................to give you a helping hand as soon as he finishes
his work.
3. How long it (take)................you to walk to school when you were small?.
4. He said he (not know ) ……………… her address.
5.You (ride)......................into town on your new bike yet?
6. Look! That plane is flying toward the airport. It (land)........................
7. Eating fruit and vegetables everyday (be).............very healthy
8. His English (improve).....................greatly since he moved to Australia
9. It’s getting dark. The boys had better (not play )………..…. football any longer.
10. This milk (taste)....................a bit sour. Did somebody forget to put it back in the fridge?
III/. Use the word given in capital at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in
the same line.(2 points)
1. Minh plays volleyball very __________ SKILL
2. We mustn’t be _______ when we cross busy streets CARE
3. There are many badminton ____________ nowadays. COMPETE
4. I don’t like horror films because they are too _______________ for FRIGHT
me.
5. It’s very ___________ of you to give me a lift HELP
6. _______________particles reach the earth in just 8 minutes. ENERGY
7. The ________________ between Vietnam and China is good. FRIEND
8. We were __________with the service at the cinema. Everything SATISFY
was terrible
9. After the musician stopped playing, the audience stood and ENTHUSIASM
clapped _______________
10. When did you start ________ antique glass? COLLECT 
IV/.There is one mistake in each sentence. Find it and correct it. (2 points)
1. To have a strong body and stay healthily, you should exercise regularly.
2. Because his argument was so confused, few people understood it.
3. To enjoy an opera fully, the listener should be familiar with the story, particularly if the opera is
singing in a foreign language
4. Scientists must have to discover an alternative source of energy before oil runs out.
5. He has less friends in his class now than he had last year. 
6. The town we visited was a four-days journey from our hotel, so we took the train instead of the bus. 
7. Little orange juice will make the soup taste better.
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8. Janet is finally used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long
9. Mumps are a very common disease which usually affects children. 
10. The pilot and the crew divided the life preserves between the twenty frantic passengers.
PART C. READING
I/. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable words.(2 points)
Benefits of playing sports
Firstly, playing sports can give you a healthy life and a fit body to you. You will be more active
and healthier (1) ……….…. playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance of getting a
serious illness such as a (2) ……….…. attack or high blood pressure.
In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. In leisure time, you can play sports (3)
…….…. your friends or your relatives, this not only helps you but (4) …….…. motivates everyone
around you to take part in sports and have good (5) ….…. .
Furthermore, there are some (6) ……….…. which you can play easily such as table tennis,
tennis or football and after that, you feel completely relaxed or (7) ……….…. free from your
stress. Moreover, you also need to allow (8) ……….…. encourage children to play sports, especially
some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children
(9) ……….…. sitting in front of computers or watching television. 
These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team
spirit and work in groups. These sports also teach them how to communicate with their teammates, and show
them (10) ….…. active and creative they are.
II/.Read the passage and choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.( 2 points)
Life in the city is (1)...............activities. Early in the morning, hundreds od people rush out of
their homes in the manner ants do when their nest is broken. Soon, the streets are full of
(2).........................Shops (3)......................offices open, students flock to their schools and the day’s
work (4).......................... The city is now full of noise. Hundreds (5).............sight-seers and tourists
visit many places of (6).....................in the city while businessmen from various parts of the world
arrive to transact business.
With the coming (7)........................night, another kind of activity begins. The streets are now
full of colorful (8).................The air is cooler and life becomes more (9.........................People now
seek entertainment. Many go to the cinemas, parks and clubs. Some visit friends and relatives and
some (10).........................their time reading books or watching TV.
1. A. lot B. lots C. full D. many
2. A. traffic B. bikes C. students D. police
3. A. so B. and C. because D. but
4. A.begin B. begins C. end D. ends
5. A. at B. for C. of D. to
6. A. interest B. interests C. interesting D. interested
7. A. from B. to C. at D. of
8. A. traffic B. lights C. pictures D. shows
9. A. leisurely B. leisure C. busy D. busily
10. A. spend B. take C. give D. have
PART D. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentences in such a way that it is almost the same as the first. (1 point)
1. I prefer listening to music to playing games.
->. I think listening to music is ………………………………………….……………
2. Have you got a better computer than this one.
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 -> Is this ………………………………………………..…………………......................
3. He failed the exam because of his laziness.
Because he………………...............................................................................................
4. You shouldn’t forget to write to your parents.
-> You’d …………………………………………………………….…………
5. They have chosen John for the school’s football team.
-> John has ……………………………………………………………………
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentences, using the
word given.(1 point)
1. My hobby is drawing and John’s hobby is also drawing.(SAME)
-> My hobby…………………………………John’s hobby.
2. American students join in different activities at recess.(PART)
-> Americans …………………………………………different activities at recess
3. Jane always wears jeans.(TIME)
-> Jane wears jeans ………………………………………………………………...
4. On Saturday night, the road to the city centre are very busy.(TRAFFIC)
-> On Saturday night, there is………………………………………………to the city centre.
5. Neither Mary nor her sister studied arts at school (EITHER)
-> Mary never studied arts at school and …………………………………………..
III. Use the suggested words and phrases to write complete sentences .(3 points)
1. My brother/ not like/ ice-skate/ because/ think/ it/ dangerous
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2. Traffic jam/ one/ most common/ issue/ big city/ world.
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3. My brother/ used/ ride/ motorbike/ work
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4. If she/ lucky,/ she/ win/ cookery competition
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5. We/ talk/ sing/ elderly people/ because/ it/ make/ happy
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6. She/ not/ buy/ rice and vegetables yesterday/ neither/ we.
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7. I really/ enjoy/ listen/ music/ because/ it/ help/ me/ relax.
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8. There/ used/ be/church/ near/ post office/ my town.
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9. She/ said/ she/ have/ headache/ running nose/ she/ feel/ very tired.
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10. I/ not/ talk/ sister/ since/ she/ buy/ new house/ city center.
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