PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 CẤP HUYỆN HUYỆN DAI LOC MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Năm học: 2017-2018 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên: ………Số báo danh:…………
Ngày sinh:..………...…………..
Trường THCS: ……….………
PART I: LISTENING (3.0 points)
SECTION 1: Questions 1-10(2.0 points)
Questions 1-4. Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.
University Clubs Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Name of club Film (1) ……….. Chess
Extra activities discussions weekend trips competitions
Current number of members
125 (2) ……… (3) ………
Contact Events organiser Club secretary (4) ………tutor
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Questions 5-10. Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Details of climbing club:
- Get together (5) ………
- Excursion to France in the (6) ………..
- Subscriptions collected (7) ………
Benefits:
- Get money off (8) ……….
- Automatically receive a (9) ……….once a year.
- Get a ticket to the big (10) ……….held in Cardiff every year.
SECTION 2: Questions 11-15(1.0 point)
Listen to Anne asking her friend about going to a shopping centre.
For questions 11-15, tick (√) A, B or C.
Example
0. The name of the new shopping centre is ______.
A. The Rivers B. The Forest Centre √C. Queen’s
11. At the moment, the shopping centre sells ______.
A. clothes B. books C. food
12. You can take a coach to the shopping centre on ______.
A. Mondays B. Tuesdays C. Saturdays
13. Anne’s coach ticket will cost ______.
A. £2.50 B. £5.60 C. £10.80
14. The nearest coach stop to Anne’s house is ______.
A. in the bus station B. in the market square C. outside the museum 15. The coach journey takes ______.
A. 10 minutes B. 20 minutes C. 40 minutes PART II- PHONETIC (1.0 point)
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others words in each group by circling A, B, C or D. (0.5 point)
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
5. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change
II. Select A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose stress position is different from the rest.
(0.5 point)
1. A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable 2. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence 3. A. general B. opinion C. abroad D. surprise
4. A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment 5. A. medical B. advise C. vegetables D. physical
PART III- VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6.0 points) I. Circle the word or phrase that best complete each sentence (2.0 points).
1. His handwriting is terrible. It’s not easy at all …...what he writes.
A. to see B. to read C. reading D. seeing
2. The city is ……….on the shore of Lake Michigan.
A. visited B. lied C. laying D. located
3. Nam Dinh city is……….. busier.
A. becoming B. doing C. making D. having
4. Ba is strong enough……….. his father with the work on the farm.
A. helping B. help C. helps D. to help
5. Last week my child ……… to the biggest zoo in town by my wife.
A. took B. was taken C. went D. has gone
6. I tried my. ………not to laugh, but I couldn’t.
A. good B. well C. best D. better
7. You are very different ... your brother.
A. to B. for C. with D. from
8. I am better ... English than Nam.
A. than B. with C. at D. for
9. I ...be interested in playing badminton as a child.
A. could B. ought to C. might D. used to
10. Would you mind my ...?
A. smoking B. smoke C. smokes D. smoked
II. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets(2.0 points) .
1. Nam is very ………. , kind and generous (SOCIAL)
2. Bell experimented with ways of transmitting ……… over a long distance (SPEAK)
3. The tiger wanted to see the farmer’s …………. (WISE)
4. Our main ………… to export are rice, coffee, and rubber. (PRODUCE) 5. Two ……….. from the group “ Friends of the Earth” are talking to the students. (REPRESENT)
6. In her youth, she was a very ……….... woman. (BEAUTY)
7. My stomachache ………. after I took the tablets. (APPEAR)
8. Look! The children are eating ……….. . (HUNGRY)
9. I am looking forward to ……… you. (SEE)
10. It was ……… of you not to help him when he was in trouble. (KIND) Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
III. There is one mistake in each line in the following paragraph. Underline the mistake then correct it. (2.0 points)
Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen
Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 1/ ___________
holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ ___________
in Lao Cai province. They gone there to help make a road 3/ ___________
through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 4/ ___________
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ ___________
could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet 6/ ___________
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ ___________
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work, 8/ ___________
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He hopes 9/ ___________
to return next year to do any more work there 10/ __________
PART IV: READING (5.0 points) I. Read the passage carefully.(1.0 point)
After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards:
literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony. Nobel's original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $125,000.
Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.
Answer the questions
1. When did Nobel become a very rich man?
………
2. In how many fields are the prizes awarded?
………
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question 3. Why was the Nobel prize established?
A. To recognise worthwhile contributions to humanity.
B. To resolve political differences.
C. To honour the inventor of dynamite.
D. To spend money.
4. In which area have Americans received the most awards?
A. Literature B. Peace C. Economics D. Science 5. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Awards vary in monetary value.
B. Ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel's invention.
C. Politics can play an important role in selecting the winners.
D. A few individuals have won two awards.
II. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. (2.0 points)
In class, I enjoy (1)………… next to Hoa. She’s my best friend and she wants to be an actress (2)
………… she grows up. She comes (3) ………… Hue, and she seems (4) ………… from the other girls.
She looks very beautiful (5) ………… long black hair. Her eyes are brown. She is sociable, generous and
kind, so she (6) ………… a lot of friends. Especially, I like being with her because (7) ………… her sense of humor. When I am sad or stressed, she often tells funny (8) ………… to make me relax.
Although we are close friends, we have different (9) …………. I dislike performing in (10) ………… of the other people, but she loves getting up parties and singing.
Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to complete it by circling A, B, C, or D.
(2.0 points)
An increasing number of people are going on holiday to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and half million (1)……….visited Egypt. The (2)…………..of Egypt is about fifty million and the (3)……….is El Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million people. Although the (4)
…………is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the average (5)………..from October to March is not too high. The most (6)…………sights are the pyramids at Giza. However, it is also pleasant to (7)
…………Alexandria, Port Said and several other places and do as much (8)……….as possible in the time available. A (9)………..to Luxor is an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent (10)
………..there from Cairo.
1. A. explorers B. voyagers C. tourists D. passengers 2. A. people B. citizenship C. nation D. population 3. A. principal B. head C. state D. capital 4. A. temperature B. climate C. condition D. position 5. A. weather B. measurement C. climate D. temperature 6. A. famous B. known C. visited D. requested 7. A. search B. inspect C. examine D. visit 8. A. viewing B. inspecting C. sightseeing D. looking 9. A. picnic B. trip C. guide D. entertainment 10. A. flight B. travel C. journeys D. voyages
PART V : WRITING ( 5.0 points)
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before.
(2.0points).
1. This novel is long enough to take me several weeks to read.
This novel is so………..………
2. How long is it since he learnt French ?
When……….………
3. I study English so that I can improve my knowledge.
I study English so as………..………
4. They have given her a bunch of flowers.
A bunch of ...
5. Have you gone to school late before ?
Is this ...?
6. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
He was delighted that ………...………….
7. “ Do you realize what the time is , Mary ?” asked Chris
Chris asked……….………
8. Lan forgot her birthday and so did I.
Lan didn’t………..………..
9. He’d rather play golf than tennis.
He prefers……….………..
10. Mai broke the cup because of her carelessness.
Because Mai………
II. Complete the sentences based on given words and you can change these words if necessary.
(1.0 point)
1. You / mind / if / I / use / phone?
1……….
2. I / suggest / do / homework / now.
2……….
3. It / important / keep / environment / clean.
3……….
4. Is / rice / export / Europe / your country?
4……….
5. Cars / make / Japan / be / expensive .
5……….
III. Composition. (2.0 points).
Imagine you are a tourist on vacation in a certain place/city in Viet Nam. Write a postcard to a friend about your trip. (within 100-120 words)
