Đề thi ALL 2024 – Khối lớp 7-8-9
Đề thi American Language League năm 2024 — 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 1–12Từ 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 that is closest to the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. You will not use all of the words in the box.
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1. The workers were trying to regain their energies before the next job.
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2. Someone had tried to remove the evidence.
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3. His appearance at the theater was timely.
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4. The man gave the policeman a sly look.
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5. He repeated the message in a soothing tone.
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6. The hostess filled the glasses with soda.
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. Choose the letter of the correct word on the answer sheet.
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7. He had an adverse reaction to the suggestion.
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8. The employee’s rash remark caused trouble.
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9. Jane took a plentiful amount of food from the buffet.
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10. Carol pursed her lips at the aromas coming from the kitchen.
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11. The actors were inundated by the number of lines they had to learn.
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12. The annoyance of the cackling birds soon subsided.
PART II Dấu câu, viết hoa và ngữ pháp Punctuation, Capitalization & Grammar
Câu 13–22Đọc 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. Choose the correct letter on the answer sheet.
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13. I wish we had learned to speak English correct.
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14. William Shakespeare, the writer, autographed this copy of his poems.
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15. “Yes, Julie” said her mother, “he was here this morning.”
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16. She seems to have ability in mathematics moreover, she has had wide experience in the field.
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17. When he knocked at the door of his Cousin’s home and received no answer, he became alarmed.
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. Choose the correct letter on the answer sheet.
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18. (a) She writes letters / (b) the better of the / (c) three of us.
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19. (a) Sherry sat between / (b) you and I / (c) at the party for him.
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20. (a) Have either of the / (b) boys returned to the lodge / (c) from the championship race?
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21. (a) The new security measures / (b) of the airline will / (c) prevent us leaving on time.
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22. (a) “I will win,” he / (b) said, “or know the reason / (c) why I failed.”
PART III Đọc hiểu Reading Comprehension
Câu 23–38Đọc kỹ bài đọc rồi chọn đáp án đúng cho mỗi câu hỏi bên dưới.
Directions: Read each paragraph. Answer each question by choosing the letter of the correct answer on the answer sheet.
Paragraph A
Chains seemed to be wrapped
around his ankles
Making his steps clipped and irregular—
It was such a long walk!
Eyes watched as he shuffled down the aisle—
His hands were heavy, moist; they felt numb
like his arms and legs—
The papers in his clutched fingers began to
slip from his grasp—
One, two fell on the floor landing under the
desk—
Giggles rippled through the room—
He felt his cheeks flush—
Bending to pick up the pages, he heard his knees
crack—
More giggles erupted—
Finally, he reached the front of the room—
He turned and faced the rows of grinning,
and, yes, understanding faces—
He let out a sigh—
Steeled himself for the moment of truth—
And with deliberate calm he began to give
his first oral presentation in speech class…
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23. The person in the selection feels bound by .
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24. The setting of this selection is probably a .
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25. The main emotion that the person seems to be feeling is .
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26. The faces he saw were .
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27. The person in the selection was holding in his hand .
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28. The best title for this selection is .
Paragraph B
John Quincy Adams’ wife, Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, considered herself a prisoner in the President’s mansion. She spent her time writing while her husband enjoyed the political excitement from which women were then banned. She did not like being an outsider and was quick to voice her sentiments. She modeled herself after her late mother-in-law, Abigail Adams, who, in practicing all her duties as wife of a President and as a mother, wanted to convince mankind that the native female mind was as capable of solid achievement and great improvement as that of man. Like her predecessor Louisa Johnson Adams was unhappy in Washington. She had nothing but scorn for politics and public accolades—and particularly for those people who took them so seriously. She strongly believed that women were more open to the possibility of moral perfection because their role in life raised them above the passing pursuits of political life. Her greatest annoyance was that the President rarely consulted her or listened to her wishes. John Quincy Adams loved to swim in the swift currents of the Potomac against his wife’s wishes. On one occasion his boat capsized, and he almost drowned. His wife hoped that it would persuade the President to abandon river swimming, but J. Q. Adams continued a pastime which his wife labeled as another instance of male “silliness.” Ultimately she became so distressed during her White House days that Louisa fled Washington, taking off on her own and roaming up and down the Hudson River Valley and into Vermont. Some have said that she was just trying to assert her individuality. More likely she was fed up with the condescending attitude toward a strong woman in the early nineteenth century. Louisa is an important figure as a sharp observer of the life she was prevented from enjoying by her gender and by society’s prejudices.
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29. Women in the nineteenth century were generally banned from .
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30. The person Louisa seemed to most admire was .
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31. Louisa believed that women could be more perfect than men when it came to .
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32. Her major difficulty with her husband, J. Q. Adams, was that he .
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33. The best title for this selection is .
Paragraph C
Milton Hershey was born September 13, 1857, in Pennsylvania. When he was fourteen years old, he became an apprentice in a printing firm that published a newspaper in German and English. Hershey was fired because he dropped his hat into a press. Next he learned candy making in an ice-cream parlor located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He worked there for six years. In 1876 Hershey started his own candy factory in Philadelphia. Every night he would work in the basement making penny candy. Hershey’s business grew, but he found that the small stores that he now supplied were slow in paying. In 1882 he sold his business and moved to Colorado. He had trouble finding work so he moved to Chicago, where he started a candy-making business with his father. They went broke. Hershey had no better luck in New Orleans. Arriving in New York, he got a job with a major candy manufacturer. During the day he worked for Huyler’s Candy Company, and every night he made taffy and cough drops in his boardinghouse and then peddled his candy on the street. During this time he underwent hardships. Hershey had trouble getting credit. He had an accident and lost his supply of candy. Then he was robbed. With only the clothes on his back, he went home to Lancaster. There he started to make caramels and chocolate bars. This was when Milton Hershey’s luck changed. His business blossomed. Needing more space to make his chocolates, he founded the town in Pennsylvania which is now his famous landmark.
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34. Hershey’s first job was in a .
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35. Hershey started his first business in .
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36. In Chicago Hershey worked with .
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37. Until Hershey started making chocolate, his life was .
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38. The best title for this selection is .
PART IV Chính tả Spelling
Câu 39–45Mỗi 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, choose the appropriate letter on the answer sheet. If no word is misspelled, choose the letter D.
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39. (a) The veterinarian stated / (b) that the cat would quickly recuparate / (c) from the accident.
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40. (a) The exccessive / (b) amount of moisture / (c) led to enormous flooding.
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41. (a) On successive days / (b) he transferred enormous / (c) amounts of money from one account to another.
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42. (a) From the beginning / (b) his lack of imagination / (c) was a tremendous disedvantage.
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43. (a) The foreman was apoligetic / (b) about all the calamities / (c) that affected the project.
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44. (a) While campaigning for votes, / (b) the senatorial candidate / (c) visited many cities.
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45. (a) It was such a steamy summer / (b) that days of 90 degrees / (c) almost became predictible.
PART V Quan hệ giữa các từ Word Relationships
Câu 46–50Hai từ đầu câu có một mối quan hệ nhất định. Trong các cặp từ bên dưới, chọn cặp có quan hệ giống như vậy. Ví dụ: Fat is to skinny as — A. tall is to short (đáp án đúng là A).
Directions: In each of the incomplete statements below, two words are related to each other. Following these words are four pairs of related words. Select the pair of words which are related to each other in the same way. Choose the correct letter on your answer sheet.
Example: Canine is to dog as . — A. reptile is to crocodile B. cat is to lion C. bull is to cow D. frog is to tadpole — The correct answer is A.
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46. Change is to tire as .
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47. Cheese is to grate as .
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48. Spider is to web as .
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49. Drawer is to handle as .
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50. Place is to atlas as .