Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trường Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Năm học 2014-2015 - Phòng GD & ĐT Kỳ Anh

PHÒNG GD & ĐT KỲ ANH
NAME............
ID:..
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Thí sinh làm bài váo đề thi)
A. USES OF ENGLISH 
I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others in the line. 
1. 	a. prison 	b. rice 	c. price 	d. prize
2. 	a. lake 	b.catch 	c. animal 	d. thanks
3. 	a. get 	b. generous 	c. magazine 	d. given
4. 	a. missed 	b. stopped 	c.looked 	d. invited
5. 	a. bus 	b. cut 	c. put 	d. but
II.Choose the word that has the position of stress differently from the others.
1. A. realize 	B. improve 	C. possible 	D. comfortable
2. A. important 	B. forget 	C. prefer 	D. influence
3. A. begin	B. wonderful	C. perform 	D. collect
4. A. rewrite	B. nation 	C. apple	D. moment
5. A. medical 	B. advise 	C. vegetables 	D. physical
III. Choose the best answer (a, b, c or d) to complete each of the following sentences. 
1.Thank you very much ___ giving me presents on my birthday 
A . for 	B. about 	C. because 	D. of
2. She likes __________trees in the garden
A.plant 	B. planting 	C. plants 	D. planted 
3. Did you leave home _________the beginning of the lesson ?
A. on	B. at	C. in 	D. to
4. . Are they friends of ____?
A you 	B. your 	C. you’re 	D yours
5. . They_______________ yesterday when the lights went out.
A. read 	B are reading 	C. have read 	D were reading
6. The boy and his brother must do the homework____________
A myself 	B .himself	C. yourself	D. themselves 
7. It was very __________ of you to break that coffee cup.
	A. careful	 B.careless	C. carefully	D. carelessly
8. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class?
	A. in	B. with	C. on	D. for
9. Nam says he enjoys job as a journalist but it has taken him over a year to ________ to working at night.
	A. be used	B. get used	C. used	D. getting used
10. . Your English is not good. You ____________improve it yourself.
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	A. haven't	B. mustn't	C. should	D. ought
11 Jack is. His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot.
	A. generous	 B. humorous C.easy-going D. unusual
12. I’m sorry. I’m notto help you lift the table.
	A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength.
13. We..in this house during our childhood..
	A. use to live B. live C. are living D. used to live .
14. The ruler .. of plastic is the longest . 
A. makes 	B. made 	C. is making 	D. is made
15. It took me a long time  the shoes
	A. to wear 	B. to wearing C. wear D. wore.
16.Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
	A. badly	B. good	C. hardly	D. hard
17.I take part .. most youth activities of my school.
	A. in 	B. of 	C. on 	D. at
18.My car between 4 and 5 pm yesterday afternoon.
	A. was repaired	B. repaired	C. was repairing	D. was being repaired
19.She went to market without. anything.
	A. buy	B. to buy	C. bought	D. buying
20. “May I help you ?” - “ ........................................................... “
A. What can I do for you ?	B. I’m afraid I’m busy now.
C. Yes. That’s very kind of you.	D. Do you need a favor ?
IV. Supply the correct word form
 1. . He lived ( comfort) .with his family in the country 
 2. There were many ( participate ) in the festival 	
 3. After his parents died, he was sent to an ( orphan) . 
 4. Huy makes friends very easily because he is very ( social) . 
5 We don’t like these songs because they are ( suit )  
6. My friend, Nga plays the piano ( beautiful). 
7. “The lost shoe” is one of the ( tradition) ..stories I like best
8. Each of my friends has a .(differ.)........................... character.	
9. Our life is much better with the help of modern (equip).............................. . 	
 10. It is an (excite) journey.
V. Find out ONE mistake in each sentence and correct it 
These television programs are not enough interesting for me to watch
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The girls are getting more beautifully everyday
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She was very proud at her son because he worked very hard
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Tokyo is one of the most expensive city in the world
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I'm going to Laos in the twenty of May 
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How far it is from her house to the nearest market ?.
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We like watching TV at night but our parents loves reading newspapers.
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8. Do you think taking care of children are a heavy duty?
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9. Jane hasn’t worked for the factory since a long time.
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10. She bought some souvernirs from the shop and so was I. 
..
B. READING
I/ Complete the passage with the correct words in the box. 
occurs	members	 for	food	celebrations 	clean
There are many (1) . throughout the year in Vietnam but Tet or the Lunar New Year is the most important celebration (2)  Vietnamese people. Tet usually (3) . in late January or early February. A few days before Tet is the time for the family .(4) to (5) . and decorate their homes. During Tet, people enjoy special (6)  such as sticky rice cakes and many kinds of special food.
II. Read the following passage then answer the questions below:
	Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on telivision, in the office or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English.
	Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to anwer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magezines in nglish.
1. According to the writer. English is learn by...............
A. young children	B. adults	C. teenagers	D. all are correct
2. In the line 2 of the second part, the word “it” refers to..........
A.country	 B. young childen	C.English	D. question
3. Where do many boys and girls learn English?
A. at home	B. at school	C. in evening classe	D. in the office
4. Why do adults learn English?
A. Because they want to see movies in English	B. Because they need it for their job.
C. Because they are foced to learn it	D. Because it’s not difficult to learn.
5. What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passge?
A. Children like reading English newspapers	B. People in many countries learn English
C. English is one subject in school.	D. Some books are written in English.
C. WRITING
I/ Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 
1. His sister is too young to go to school.
	His sister is not ____________________________________________________
2. May I borrow your bike?
	Would you mind ____________________________________________________
3.. Michael laughed when I told him the joke.
	The joke ____________________________________________________________
4. Wall Disney created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.
	The cartoon _________________________________________________________
5. Their grandfather often went for a walk along that river bank.
	Their grandfather used __________________________________________________
II. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets 
1. Eating too much sugar is bad for your teeth.(It)
	->___________________________________________________________________
2. He couldn’t go because of the storm.( prevent)
 -> ___________________________________________________________
3. She spent about thirty minutes dancing ( took)
 -> ________________________________________________________
4. She is the tallest in my class.(as)
	-> _____________________________________________________________
5. The student borrowed a dictionary. He wants to look up the new words ( order )
	-> _________________________________________________________
III. Within 100 words - Write a letter to a friend. Tell him/ her about a place you have visited recently
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