Đề thi ALL 2020 – Khối lớp 7-8-9
Đề thi National Language Arts League năm 2020 — Grade 7, 8 & 9 Contest. Làm bài có giờ, chấm điểm ngay và xem lại từng câu sai.
Đề thi thật của kỳ thi ALL. American Language League (trước năm 2024 mang tên National Language Arts League – NLAL) là kỳ thi tiếng Anh thường niên dành cho học sinh Mỹ từ lớp 1 đến lớp 12, kiểm tra từ vựng, ngữ pháp, chính tả và đọc hiểu. Đề này nguyên bản dành cho Grade 7-9; đề bài giữ nguyên tiếng Anh, phần hướng dẫn có thêm lời dịch tiếng Việt, đáp án theo bảng đáp án chính thức của ban tổ chức.
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Bảng câu hỏi
PART I Từ vựng Vocabulary
Câu 1–14Từ khung từ ở phía trên, chọn từ gần nghĩa nhất với từ được gạch chân trong mỗi câu. Không phải từ nào trong khung cũng được dùng.
Directions: From the box above each group of sentences, choose the word closest to the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. Write the letter of the word you choose. You will not use all the words in the box.
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1. After completing a variety of cooking courses, she earned a reputation as a(n) complete chef.
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2. In order to confuse the police, the guilty man gave a(n) misleading account of his whereabouts during the robbery.
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3. Although Anne’s friend did not like science fiction movies, she tried to coax him into joining her for the film.
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4. To generate support for the student council elections, the seniors began to flood the phone lines with messages to vote.
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5. The talkative neighbor shared the history of the community with all he met.
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6. Their quarrelsome classmate made group activities difficult.
Chọn từ có nghĩa giống hoặc gần giống nhất với từ được gạch chân trong câu.
Directions: Read each sentence. Decide which word means the same or nearly the same as the word that is underlined in the sentence. Write the letter of that word on the answer sheet.
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7. The town’s drinking water was tainted after the floods.
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8. The football team made an (a) abortive attempt to send the game into overtime.
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9. The affable tennis star autographed balls for the fans after her match.
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10. John offered myriad reasons for being allowed to attend soccer camp.
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11. The covert operations before the battle helped to ensure success.
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12. The reporter was careful to make a list of pertinent questions before the interview.
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13. The experienced nurse acted as a mentor to the new graduates of the program.
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14. The indigent farmer was hoping for a record harvest in the fall.
PART II Dấu câu, viết hoa và ngữ pháp Punctuation, Capitalization & Grammar
Câu 15–24Đọc câu và quyết định câu cần sửa gì về dấu câu, viết hoa hoặc ngữ pháp (nếu có), rồi chọn đáp án tương ứng.
Directions: Read each sentence. Decide what if any correction in punctuation, capitalization, or grammar the sentence needs. Write the correct letter on the answer sheet.
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15. Compared to tennis I think badminton is easier.
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16. The Andersons took there summer vacation in August this year.
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17. The teacher asked, “Who’s book is still on the table?”
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18. Neither the teacher nor the principal is responsible for behavior off school grounds; however, both addressed the vandalism.
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19. The Lincoln Middle School is located at 2600 Twenty-Fifth Street, Anchorage, Alaska.
Mỗi câu có thể chứa một lỗi ngữ pháp hoặc không có lỗi nào. Chọn phần chứa lỗi, hoặc chọn D nếu câu không có lỗi.
Directions: Read the following sentences. There may be one grammatical error or none in each sentence. Write the correct letter on the answer sheet.
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20. (a) No one thought / (b) that the mens’ basketball team / (c) could win the tournament.
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21. (a) If I was ready / (b) to take the earth science test, / (c) I would feel much better.
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22. (a) Because he studied hard, / (b) I thought he would of done better / (c) than I on the test.
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23. (a) The extremely tired students / (b) threw themselves into the game / (c) with surprising energy.
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24. (a) The fight between the four girls / (b) lasted much longer / (c) than anyone could have imagined.
PART III Đọc hiểu Reading Comprehension
Câu 25–40Đọc kỹ bài đọc rồi chọn đáp án đúng cho mỗi câu hỏi bên dưới.
Directions: Read each section. Answer each question, writing the letter of the correct answer in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Passage A
A strong summer breeze
Sunshine without clouds
Glints of silver and blue on turquoise water
Sails filled majestically with air
The hum of a motorboat
A wake of churning, white foam
Can these be stored?
Saved for a dreary moment?
Brought forth to soothe?
Moments of perfection….
A calm, gentle rain
No wind at all
A strengthening downpour
The steady sound of drops
A brightening of the sky
A rainbow stretching miles
Can these be stored?
Saved for a dreary moment?
Brought forth to soothe?
Moments of perfection….
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25. Which of the senses is not referred to in the poem?
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26. The author’s tone is
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27. The author seems to imply that the sensory perceptions in the poem
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28. Which poetic device does the author use in this poem?
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29. The author would most likely title this poem
Passage B
The author Mark Twain was born Samuel Clemens in 1835. He spent most of his boyhood years in a Mississippi River town, and this experience shaped his life and provided material for many of his literary works. When his father died, he had to quit school in 1847 to help earn money. Within a year he was apprenticed to the owner of the local newspaper, and he embarked on a career that would involve the written word. Longing for adventure, Twain traveled the country working as a printer. In 1857 on a steamboat ride to New Orleans, he decided to switch careers and fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a riverboat captain. Twain worked in this capacity until the Civil War disrupted commerce on the Mississippi. Next Twain decided to head west in 1861 to Nevada to try silver mining. He moved on to California, where he continued to mine and also to write.
It was in California in 1863 that he began to sign his work with the pseudonym Mark Twain. This was from a sounding cry that meant that the river was two fathoms deep and a boat was in safe water. By 1865 Twain had developed a reputation throughout the West as a writer of frontier tales and travel stories; however, the publication of one of his short stories in a national magazine that year led to national fame. Over the years Twain worked in a variety of occupations; he was a printer, a riverboat pilot, a prospector, a writer, a reporter, an editor, and a lecturer. It was as a writer, however, that he found his vocation.
Twain is probably best known for two adventure stories of life on the Mississippi. Tom Sawyer, published in 1876, enjoyed great popular and critical acclaim. In 1883 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn further cemented his popularity. Both of these are often described as picaresque novels—types of stories that feature a young man breaking with his past and setting off on adventures to find himself and his future. Critics often call Twain a master of storytelling. He used what he knew of life on the Mississippi in pre-Civil War America and in the West to take his stories to an elevated level of folklore combined with tall tales. His masterful rendering of dialect and speech patterns offer readers of today a glimpse into the America of his time. He allows contemporary readers the chance to step back and experience his world.
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30. According to the selection, Mark Twain had many jobs, including all of the following EXCEPT .
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31. Twain gave up his life as a riverboat pilot because .
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32. It is believed that Twain first began to use his pseudonym in .
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33. According to the selection, a picaresque novel involves all of the following EXCEPT .
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34. According to the selection, Twain used all of the following EXCEPT to develop his writing.
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35. The best title for this selection would be .
Passage C
Iron was the most important metal for humankind for thousands of years. When man mixed iron ore with sand and exposed it to fire, he created a metal that allowed him to make tools and weapons. The Iron Age began around 1100 BC in Asia Minor, and iron remained the dominant metal used by most civilizations until the middle of the nineteenth century, when steel replaced it as the preferred metal. Pure iron is an element, but what we call iron is actually an alloy or mixture of elements, including iron, carbon, and others like manganese or sulfur. Iron is strong, but it has drawbacks. It is relatively heavy, and moisture can cause it to rust; it can also break under pressure. Steel is also an alloy; it is made up of iron and a small amount of carbon. It was actually made in ancient days, but it was very expensive to produce. It had distinct advantages over iron, however. Steel was stronger and lighter than iron; it resisted rusting and would bend rather than breaking. Unfortunately, the making of steel was cumbersome. Even into the first half of the nineteenth century, it was a long, difficult, and costly process to take unwanted elements out of iron to create steel. A huge amount of iron was needed to make a fairly small amount of steel.
With the rise of the Industrial Revolution and the Railroad Age, there was added incentive to produce steel in a practical manner. William Kelly made the discovery of a possible process for this in the United States. Over time he perfected his method of blowing cool air over molten iron to remove carbon from the iron, producing steel efficiently and at a reasonable cost. At the same time Henry Bessemer, an Englishman, was working on a similar process. When Bessemer took an American patent on his invention, Kelly argued that he had developed his technique five years earlier. Eventually the US Patent office agreed with him. Despite Kelly’s claim the new method of producing reasonably priced steel came to be known as the Bessemer process. The growth in railroads after the Civil War spurred on the production of steel. Iron rails laid earlier wore out quickly and rusted easily. They began to be replaced with newer, stronger steel rails. Steel was soon used in place of iron in the production of many other goods. It had an especially important effect on the technology of building. Heavy iron girders had limited the height of a building; however, new, stronger, and lighter steel girders made possible a new type of building—the skyscraper.
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36. According to the selection, iron was the dominant metal used by most civilizations for .
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37. There are a number of drawbacks in using iron, which include all of the following EXCEPT .
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38. In 1800 steel had a number of advantages over iron; these included all of the following EXCEPT .
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39. William Kelly’s process was effective in efficiently removing from iron to make steel.
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40. The best title for this selection would be .
PART IV Chính tả Spelling
Câu 41–50Mỗi câu được chia thành ba phần (a), (b), (c). Nếu có từ viết sai chính tả, chọn phần chứa từ đó; nếu không có lỗi, chọn D.
Directions: Read each sentence. A word may be misspelled in one part of the sentence. If so, write the appropriate letter on the answer sheet. If no word is misspelled, write the letter D.
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41. (a) In geometry class / (b) we used perpindicular lines / (c) to form various shapes.
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42. (a) It was an amazing feat / (b) for the native people / (c) to produce a calender.
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43. (a) The ingenious fencer / (b) tried to embarass his foe / (c) early in the tournament.
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44. (a) The twelvth person in line / (b) won forty tickets / (c) to the bicentennial celebration.
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45. (a) The small foreign car / (b) was able to maneuver / (c) successfully through the maze.
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46. (a) In English literature / (b) we studied theatrical performances / (c) including tradgedies.
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47. (a) The new gymnaseum / (b) has an especially impressive / (c) foyer and atrium.
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48. (a) The commencement exercises / (b) were proceeding smoothly / (c) before the rain caused a disruption.
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49. (a) The exuberant child / (b) recieved a birthday present / (c) that she found irresistible.
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50. (a) The weather forecaster / (b) routinely exceded / (c) the expectations of his audience.