20 Đề và đáp án thi chọn học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Phòng GD & ĐT Thạch Thành

20 ĐỀ VÀ ĐÁP ÁN THI HSG ANH 8
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ĐỀ SỐ 1
PHÒNG GD & ĐT THẠCH THÀNH ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG TIẾNG ANH 8
 Thời gian:: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề ) 
Questions:
I. Choose one of word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 
1. A. Christmas 	 B. character	 C. school	 	D. church 
2. A. traveled	 	 B. surprised	 C. worked	 D. climbed
3. A. tour	 B. pour	 C. your	 	D. course
4. A. towel	 B. down	 C. window	 D. flower
5. A. cook	 B. food	 C. too	 D. pool
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. 
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. Kim Tan town is.. busier.
 A. becoming	B. doing	 C. making 	D. having
4. The Smiths never go out in the evening, .?
 A. do they	B. don’t they	 	C. doesn’t he	 	D. does he
5. Ba is strong enough.. his father with the work on the farm.
 A. helping 	B. help 	 	C. helps 	D. to help
6. Last week my child  to the biggest zoo in town by my wife.
 A. took	 	B. were taken 	 C. went 	D. has gone
7. I tried my. not to laugh, but I couldn’t.
 A. good	B. well	 	C. best	 	D. better
8. Are you proud.your country and its tradition ?
 A. about	 	B. on	 	 C. of	 	D. for
9. I want to ask my parents ................... some money.
 A. from 	B. for C. with 	 D. about
10. You are very different ........................ your brother.
 A. to 	B. for C. with 	D. from 
11. I am better ........................ English than Nam.
 A. than 	B. with C. at 	D. for
12. He seldom goes fishing, ...................?
 A. doesn't he	 B. is he	 C. does he 	 	D. isn't he
13. Heavy rains .the plane for several hours
 A. stopped	 	B. prevented	 	C. delayed	 	D. kept
14. You must go to school the ages of 5 and 16. it is compulsory.
 A. from	 	B. over	 	C. during	 D. between 
15. Sorry to keep you
 A. wait	 B. waiting	 C. to wait	 	D. waited 
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets .
1. I‘ve decided (stop) ...smoking. 
2. I (visit) .........................Singapore two years ago.
3. Look at those black clouds. It (rain).
4. We are tired of (work) for low salary. 
5. This is the second time you (break)a cup.
6. (you/do)  the homework yet? 
7. Mai is in her room. She (play) the guitar.
8. The teacher said that we should ( not make )  noise in class.
9. Water ( cover) most of the Earth’s surface.
10. The gate ...( lock) at 6.30 p.m everyday. 
IV. Read the passage and answer the questions.
 It was the first lesson after the summer holidays at a small school in England. The lesson was about the seasons of the year. “There are four seasons in the year,” said the teacher,
 “They are spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In spring, it is warm and every thing begins to grow. In summer ,It is hot and there are many flowers in the fields and gardens. In autumn, there are many vegetables and much fruit. Everybody likes to eat fruit. In winter, It is cold and it often rains. Sometimes there is snow on the ground.” 
 Here the teacher stopped and looked at one of the pupils “stop talking, Tom,”he said. “Now listen to me. Can you tell us when is the best time of apples?”
“Yes, sir,” answered Tom. “It is when the farmer is not at home and there is no dog in the garden.”
1. Where did the lesson take place?
2. What was the lesson about?
3. What did the teacher ask Tom to do?
4. What did the teacher asked the class to do?
5. Did the teacher say “Stop talking, Tom,”?
V. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters to complete the following sentences. 
1. Their children have quite characters. 	DIFFERENCE
2. My brother bought a new..rod yesterday. 	FISH
3. Mr. Jane runs his business very .. 	SUCCESS
4.I like the city life because there are many kinds of . 	ENTERTAIN
5. The scouts do the..work. 	VOLUNTEER
6. Is there anything on TV tonight? 	INTEREST
7. What is the correct..of this word? 	PRONOUNCE
8. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local............. 	ORPHAN
9. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more.. 	 	COMFORT
10. In electronics, we learn to repair ...................appliances. 	HOUSE
VI. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find out and correct it.
1. He has waited there for a quarter past six. (1)..
2. Surface mail is many cheaper than air mail. (2)..
3. They do their best to keeping the family happy. (3).
4. The armchair is in the living room, among the television and sofa. (4).
5. Tourists usually have a bus to the countryside. (5)
VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.
 Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) successful so the family (4)  very little money. The first time he himself earned (5)  by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (6) the theatre. 
 When he (7)  about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On one such tour, (8)  was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (9)  film director.
 He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (10)  of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing.
VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.
1. It’s 2.5 kmmy school..the movie theater.
2. I live ..Xuan Dieu street.my grandparents
3. She is talkingher students in the school yard.
4. My new house is different.my old house.
5. My father is a farmer. He works..a farm.
6. Does your aunt work .the central hospital? – Yes, she is a nurse there.
7. I’m always busy. I must work ..early morning until night.
8. Mr. Minh is a journalist. He writes ..Tuoi Tre newspaper.
9. This apartment is suitable.my family.
10. I often help my parents .the housework after school.
IX. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same. 
1. She eats more chocolate than I.
I .
2. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework.
Vinh is .
3. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
It’s.
4. No one helped Lan to do the homework.
Lan 
5. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
I haven’t
6. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
Tam used .
7. How long is it since you used the car?
When ..
8. We started living here 15 years ago.
We have...
9. Let’s meet inside the center ,at the cafe corner?
How.
10. Nam is very strong, he can do heavy work.
Nam is strong ..
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ SỐ 1
Question I : ( 1,25 marks )
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A
Question II : ( 3,75 marks )
1. B	2. D	3. A	4. A 5. D	
6. B 7. C	8. C	9. B 10. D
11. C 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. B
Question III : ( 2,5 marks ) 
1. to stop	 2. visited 3. is going to rain	 4. working	 5. have broken
6. Have you done 7. is playing 8. not make 9. covers	 10. is locked	
Question IV : ( 1,25 marks ) 
1. The lesson took place in a small school in England.
2. The lesson was about the seasons of the year.
3. The teacher asked Tom to stop talking.
4. The teacher asked the class to listen to him.
5. Yes ,he did
Question V : ( 2,5 marks ) 	
1. different 6. interesting
2. fishing 7. pronunciation
3. successfully 8. orphanage
4. entertainment 9. comfortable
5. voluntary 10. household
Question VI : ( 1,25 marks )
1. for-since
2 .many-much
3. keeping-keep
4. among - between
5. have - take
Question VII : ( 2,5 marks ) 
1. His 2. as 3. was 4. had 5. money
6. in 7. was 8. he 9. and 10. age
Question VIII: ( 2,5 marks ) 
1. from - to.
2. on - with
3. to
4. from
5. on
6. in
7. from
8. for
9. for
10. with
Question IX : ( 2,5 marks )
1. I don’t eat as much chocolate as she does.
2.Vinh is always forgetting his homework.
3.It’s very important to keep the inviroment clean.
4.Lan did the homework herself.
5.I haven’t spoken to her for three years.
6.Tam used to type fast.
7.When did you use the car?
8.We have lived here for 15 years.
9.How about meeting inside the center,at the cafe corner.
10. Nam is strong enought to do heavy work.
B. Hướng dẫn chấm
Thang điểm 20: Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25 điểm
80 câu x 0,25 = 20 điểm
ĐỀ ÔN THI HSG ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 2
I/ Section one: vocabulary and structures
Question 1: Choose the best answers (20 pts)
1. Don’t be silly! That ...................................possibly be Rivaldo!
 a. mustn’t	b . shouldn’t	c. won’t	 d. can’t
2. No sooner had we started the game, .........................it began to rain.
 a. than	b. then	c. that	d. and
3. I ..................................be interested in playing badminton as a child.
 a. could	b. ought to	c. might	d. used to
4. They’ve told you time and time ............................. not to go out at night.
 a. to	b. over	c. again	d. before
5. Sorry I’m late, but I..............................feed my little son before leaving home.
 a. needed	b. must	c. had to	d. was to	
6. Smith writes very quickly. He’s .........................finished his essay.
 a. already	b. been	c. for	d. yet
7. What are you going to do? - I don’t know. I haven’t made................my mind yet.
 a. on	b. at	c. in	d. up
8. I’ve ..............................to Paris. I went there in March.
 a. been	b. gone	c. just	d. yet
9. This is the first ..................... I’ve ever lived far from home.
 a. already	b. since	c. that	d. time
10. What did the girl say ........................?
 a. at 	you	b. for you	c. you	d. to you?
11. Phong rang his friend in Nha Trang yesterday, and he said it ..............raining there.
 a. was	b. is	c. should be	d. to be
12. The last time I saw Khang, he looked very relaxed. He explained that he’d been on holiday the ........................week.
 a. earlier	b. following	c. next	d. previous
13. We wonder ........................the tickets are on sales yet.
 a. what	b. when	c. whether	 	d. where
14. When I rang Oanh some time last week, she said she was busy.................day.
 a. this	b. that	c. then	d. the
15. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?
 a. just	b. sun	c. put	d. bucket
16. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?
 a. instead	b. head	c. heap	d. dead
17. Which word has a different stress in the group?
 a. amount	b. inventor	c. garbage	d. resource
18. This film must be new. We’ve ........................ seen it before.
 a. ever	b. never	c. since	d. yet
19. He hates.......................................to do something by others.
 a. to be asked	b. asking	c. being asked	d. to ask
20. Let’s go camping in the mountain, ........................?
 a. do we	b. can we	c. will we	d. shall we
Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the word in parentheses. (20 pts)
1. Phuong Linh arranged flowers the most .......................(attract) in the contest.
2. It is a contest in which ....................(participate) have to read two poems in English.
3. .......................(environment) are concerned about the use of dynamite to catch fish.
4. Years later, she passed me in the street without even a small sign of .......(recognize).
5. Nam put ................(press) on that towel to stop the bleeding.
6. After many years of ............(fail), Edison finally succeeded in inventing the light bulb.
7. We use first-aid in order to ease the victim’s pain and ......................(anxious).
8. She felt ....................(relief) after she passed the exam.
9. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ..................(arrive) at the hotel.
10. We can take buses or trains to Northern ......................(destine) of Nha Trang.
11. Sapa is considered the most beautiful .......(mountain) resort in the north of Viet Nam.
12. It’s now high time you knew how to dress and ....................(dress) yourself.
13. We are having a good time here. People on the island are very friendly and ...........(hospitality).
14. The police are interested in the sudden ............(appear) of the valuable painting.
15. I wrote .............(end) letters of application but I got no reply.
16. A fairy appeared and ...................................... ( MAGIC )changed her old clothes 
17. The tiger wanted to see the farmer’s .................................. ( WISE )
18. In that story, the prince got ........................( MARRY )to a poor girl 
19. Let me get an .................................... ( APPLY ) form and I can fill out 
20. He was ............................... ( FOOL ) to say that English is helpless 
II/ Section two: reading comprehension
Question 1: Read these passages and match the each passage to its title. There is ONE title you needn’t use(10 pts)
A. How I began D. My most frightening experience
B. The worst aspect of my hobby E. Why I like my hobby
C. My hopes for the future F. When and where I do it
 1. __________ For me, every weekday begins the same: I get up at 7.00. I have breakfast, I take the bus to school, I go to lessons ... I don’t hate this daily routine, but it isn’t very thrilling. In the evenings, however, I drive Formula 1 cars, build enormous cities and defend my planet against aliens. In short, I play computer games. It’s like entering a different world. That’s why I love playing them so much.
 2. __________My interest in computer games has taught me a lot about computer graphics. I want to study computing at college, and learn how to design and program games. Eventually, I’d like to start my own software company, creating and testing new games. That way, I could spend all day doing what I love most.
 3. ____________Computer games are interesting because they often contain stories and characters. The games are getting better all the time, but they are also getting more expensive. The only thing I don’t like about my hobby is the cost! New games are often about $50.
 4. ____________ Some of my friends from school are interested in computer games too. We normally meet at my house in the evenings and play for a few hours. We sometimes play at weekends, but if the weather’s good I prefer to go cycling or play basketball instead.
 5. ____________ I first became interested in computer games about four years ago. I was staying with my cousin for the weekend. He had some games and he taught me how to play them. I became hooked immediately! When I got home, I decided to save all my money for buying games. Now I’ve got about twenty different games.
Question 2: Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.(10 pts)
 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(1)................ a computer. A computer obeys a program to carry out a particular task. Just (2)................. a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and piece of music in lines and dots, so a computer program is (3)................. in the form of programming language. Like the English language (or any other language), there are (4).................... of grammar, and a program must be correct in every way. 
 There are hundreds of programming language, but only (5)............. are well-known and widely used. The most popular language which is used in offices(6)................Cobol. This language is used for printing payrolls and keeping records of goods. Engineers and scientists use Fortran (7)......................carry out calculations. (8)......................... neither of these two programs is very popular with people working on home computers. Basis is the most popular language for home computers, chiefly (9)...................it is easy to learn and use.
 (10)................. 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.
1.	 A. to	B. as	C. so	D. from
2. 	A. like 	B. by	C. too	D. as
3. 	A. expensive	B. expresses	C. expressed	D. expressing
4. 	A. rules	B. laws	C. regulations	D. principles
5. 	A. a little	B. a few	C. much	D. a lot of
6. 	A. called	B. calling	C. is called	D. is calling
7. 	A. so as for	B. in order that	C. so as that	D. in order to
8. 	A. In addition	B. Therefore	C. Consequently	D. However
9. 	A. because 	B. if	C. because of	D. unless
10. 	A. Even	B. Despite	C. Although	D. In spite
Question 3: Find and correct one mistake in each line of the passage below.(10 pts)
 Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer holiday. He traveled with him classmates to a mountainous 
area in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a 
road through a forest among two villages. “It was very difficult because there had no water to drink and no shops where we could bought food,” said Nam. “It was also cold and wet 
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter place in the country.” Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard 
work, but he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping to return next year to do any more work there.
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III/ section three: writing
Question 1: Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.(15 pts)
1. exported / many / last year / rice / how / to/ Japan / tons / were / of / ?
2. trees / planting / on / the boys / the hill / group / are / the / in / volunteer / .
3. rain / heavy / from / prevented / the / playing / us / soccer.
4. if / he / me / some / asked / I / money / could / then / lend / him / 
5. design / to send / friends / someone / greetings / Englishman / a card / Christmas / to / an / his / had /.
6. Le Lai Street / are/ living / they / in / at / An Giang / their / with /children / 186.
7. uncle / spent / most / their /of /the /violin / practicing / his time / in / room /music /the/.
8. which / us / tells / sentence / that / more / than / is / she / her / beautiful / sister /?
9. his / friends / old / unlike / he / is / impolite / very /.
10. going / fatherland / month / Kenny / his / is / family / next / visit / with / his / to /.
11. colleagues / go / he / to / to / weekend / and / don’t / have / at / work / the / his /.
12. there / she / near / wanted / a / here / was / museum / know / to / if /.
13. hold / going / their / are / they / tomorrow / party / house / at / to / a /.
14. going / aren’t / are / boys / the / the / they / canteen / to / school /?
15. for / you’ll / meeting / late / be / the / if / bed / to / soon / don’t / you / go
Question 2: Rewrite sentences as directed so that it has the same meaning as the sentence given.(15pts)
1. Thinking of making toys from used paper was his interesting idea.
It’s interesting that...................................................................................................................
2. He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years now.
It’s............................................................................................................................................
3. That’s the strangest film I’ve ever seen.
I have never..............................................................................................................................
4. Please don’t interrupt me while I am speaking.
I’d rather...................................................................................................................................
5.