Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Thí điểm) - Năm học 2015-2016 (Có đáp án)

 ENGLISH TEST 8 (12.2016)
PART I.Choose one word that has a different stress position from the others. 
A. cartoon
B. open
C. paper
D. answer
A. computer
B. shortage
C. village
D. teacher
A. important
B. community
C. organize
D. diseases
A. education
B. geography
C. occupation
D. information
A. relative
B. cinema
C. continue
D. suddenly
PART II. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR I. Multiple choice.
1. Your hair is long. It needs .......................
A. cut
B. cutting
C. to cut
D. had cut
2. You .......................forget what I told you. It is very important.
A. must
B. have to
C. can't
D. mustn't
3. I think it's high time for the children .......................to bed .
A. go
B. went 
C. going
D. to go
4. You have never been to Ha Noi, .......................?
A. haven't you
B. did you
C. didn't you
D. have you
5. I have a .......................sister. 
A. seven years old
B. seven-years - old
C. seven- year - old
D. seven year olds
6. I'd rather you .......................that.
A. do 
B. don't do
C. won't do
D. didn't do
7. We are now wet. You .......................the raincoats with you.
A. should bring
B. should have brought
C. must bring
D. have to bring
8. They are looking forward .......................Tet holiday.
A. to have
B. having
C. to having
D. have
9. That was a .......................ceremony.
A. prepared-well
B. prepare-well
C. well-prepared
D. well-prepare
10. I object to .......................like this.
A. be treating
B. treating
C. being treated
 D. have been treated
11. My mother often gives me advice .......................water.
 A. to save
 B. how to save
C. on how to save
 D. with how to save
12. My dog as well as my cats .......................twice a day.
A. eat
B. eats
C. has eaten
D. have eaten
13. Do it right now, .......................?
A. do you
B. aren’t you
C. will you
D. don’t you
14. We’ll go out as soon as it .......................raining. 
A. has stopped
B. is stopping
C. stop
D. will stop
15. Take this cake and cut it into eight .......................pieces.
A. same
B. like
C. alike
D. equal
II. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.
1.	 After many years of failure, Edison finally......in inventing the light bulb.	SUCCESS
2. The accident happens because of driving......	CARE
3. He believed in his ......to jump down from the fourth storey without getting hurt.	ABLE
4. You must pass the ......exam to attend the course. 	WRITE
5. Many people like him because of his ......	GENEROUS
6. The media help increase the ......of sports and games. 	POPULAR
7. The ......of forests has brought about floods recently. 	DESTROY
8. An ......man has stolen all our money. 	KNOW
9. The ......of this factory are widely consumed in this country. 	PRODUCE
10. Viet Nam declared its ......on September 2nd 1945. 	DEPEND
III. There are ten mistakes in this paragraph. Find them out and correct them.
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6
Line 7
Line 8
Summer in England is the better season of all. The sky is clear and blue. The sun shines brightly. But it is not pleasant to go out at noon because of the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is generally dry. It is very pleasant taking a walk in the morning when the country is cool, or again on the evening when the sunshine is not so heat, and the moon raises above the horizon. How beauty it is in summer in the countryside. There high in the sky, there has the moon which sheds it’s silver light together with thousand of little stars twinkling and twinkling.
PART III. READING I. Read the following passage then choose the best answer .
 LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
There is usually one important (1) .................. missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (2) ................ how to organize their learning and how to (3) ................... the best use of their time. Let’s take some simple examples. Do you know how to (4) .............. up words in the dictionary?, and do you understand all the information the dictionary contains? Can you (5) ..................... notes quickly, and can you understand them (6) ................... ? For some reason, many schools give learners no help with these matters. Teachers ask students to (7) ..................... pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don’t explain (8)... to do it. Learning by heart can be useful, but it is important to have a genuine (9) .. of a subject. You can (10)  a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject!
1. A. theme	B. book	C. subject	D. mark
2. A. taught	B. learnt 	C. educated 	D. graduated
3. A. take 	B. give	C. get	D. make
4. A. find 	B. look 	C. research 	D. get
5. A. do	B. send	C. take	D. revise
6. A. after 	B. afterwards 	C. lastly 	D. at last
7. A. concentrate	B. remind	C. forget	D. memorize
8. A. how 	B. what 	C. why	D. it
9. A. information	B. success 	C. understanding	D. attention
10. A pass	B. waste	C. tell 	D. use
II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
Computers play an important role in our everyday lives, sometimes without us even realizing it. Consider the use (1) _________computers in both shops and offices. Big shops especially chain stores with branches all over the country, have to deal with very large amounts of information. 
They have to make (2) ________that there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy; they need to be (3)__________to re-order before stocks (4) ________out, to decide which things are selling well and (5) ________on. All these processes (6) ________performed quickly and efficiently by computers.
A (7) _______ of office work in the past involved information on paper. (8) ____ it had been dealt with by people, the paper was put (9) ________for future reference. This way of working was (10) ________particularly easy or fast. A computerized system is much more efficient.
III. Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
	The culture of Vietnam is one of the oldest in the Southeast Asia region. Although Vietnam lies geographically in Southeast Asia, long periods of Chinese domination and influence has resulted in the emergence of many East Asian characteristics in Vietnamese culture, and generally Vietnam is said to be a part of the East Asian cultural sphere, known widely as Chinese cultural sphere.
	Despite considerable foreign influence, Vietnamese people have managed to retain many distinct customs. While Chinese culture has the largest influence on traditional Vietnamese culture, there is also a much smaller influence from the Cham and later Western cultures, most notably of France, Russia and the United States. In term of prehistory, most Vietnamese historians consider the ancient Dong Son Culture to be one of the defining aspects of early Vietnamese civilization.
	Vietnam’s population in 2006 was 84,402,966, with a population density of 253 people per km2. Most people live in or near the densely populous Red River or Mekong deltas. Due to the nation’s southward expansion throughout its history, along with the different climate and environment met by the settlers as they moved further south, slightly different regional cultures began to emerge, most notably between Northern and Southern Vietnam.
1. The culture of Vietnam______ .
A. is the youngest in Asia	 B. does not get any Asian characteristics	
C. was influenced by that of China	 D. was greatly dominated by that of Western
2. Which culture has not affected the Vietnamese one?
A. Of the United States B. Of the United Kingdom	 C. Of Russia	 D. Of France
3. Vietnamese people ______ . A. cannot keep their own culture in their daily life 	 
B. have many diverse nation customs C. highly appreciate the Western influence on their culture 
D. failed to retain the native customs
4. Through history, Vietnam expended to the ______ A. south B. north C. east D. west
5. Which statement is true?
A. The North and the South of Vietnam have the same regional cultures.
B. The Mekong delta is more populous than the Red River one.
C. Red River delta is densely populous.
D. Vietnamese people do not like living in the deltas.
PART IV. WRITING Rewrite the following sentences.
1. If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned.
 The sooner.................................................................................................................
2. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday. I would rather
3. We've run out of tea. There	
4. Susan was too excited to sleep. Susan was ..
5. Robert has not had a job for two years. Robert has been
ĐỀ 2
Bài 1: A. Chọn từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại (1, 2 điểm)
A. young 	B. drought 	C. discount 	D. sound 	1. ...
A. blind 	B. assistant 	C. hire 	D. itinerary 	2. ...
A. Christmas	B. character 	C. chemistry 	D. brochure 	3. ...
A. nature 	B. behavior 	C. separate 	D. arrange 	4. ...
A. competition 	B. chore 	C. conscious 	D. promise 	5. ...
A. needed 	B. wanted 	C. started 	D. finished 	6. ...
 B. Chọn từ có trọng âm chính rơi vào vị trí khác các từ còn lại. (0, 8 điểm) 
A. award 	B. include 	C. struggle 	D. enroll 	7. ...
A. volunteer 	B. commercial 	C. traditional 	D. accessible 	8. ...
A. florist 	B. citizenship 	C. curly 	D. participate 	9. ...
A. participation 	B. representative 	C. accommodation	D. organization 	10. .
Bài 2: Chọn đáp án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thành các câu sau. (2, 0 điểm)
My new friend, Nam is ..... His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot. 
A. generous 	B. humorous 	C. out – going 	D. unusual 
I’m sorry. I’m .... to help you lift the table.
A. not enough strong 	B. enough not strong 	C. not strong enough 	D. enough strong not 
We moved here five years ago. We .... in our present house since then.
A. have lived 	B. live 	C. are living 	D. lived
In the past, women used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a ..... 
A. steamer 	B. dishwasher 	C. hair dryer 	D. washing machine 
It took my sister a long time to get used .... glasses.
A. to wear 	B. to wearing 	C. wearing 	D. wear
Their wedding party .... at the Rex Hotel next week. 
A. is held 	B. is being held 	C. will be held 	D. is going to hold
“Who is your brother?” ~ .........
A. He is the boy wearing a white T – shirt	B. He is the boy worn a white T – shirt
C. He is the boy is wearing a white T – shirt	D. He is the boy is worn a white T – shirt
“I got wet because I lost my umbrella.” ~ “You .... your umbrella.”
A. always lose 	B. are always losing 	C. are always lose 	D. always lost 
Yesterday, we took part in a .... in our village.
A. cook – ricing 	B. rice cooking 	C. cooking – rice 	D. rice – cooking 
Two team members try to make a fire .... rubbing pieces .... bamboo together.
A. with / by 	B. by / with 	C. of / by 	D. by / of 
Bài 3: Cho dạng đúng của từ in hoa. (2, 0 điểm) 
After taking an aspirin, my headache ........................	APPEAR
The farmer said he had something called ........................ 	WISE 
You must make a quick ....................... about who wins the contest. 	DECIDE
You don’t have to do that work. In other words, it’s ....................... for you. 	NECESSITY
Tet is one of the ....................... festivals in Viet Nam. 	TRADITION
Five students in my class participated in the English – speaking ............... yesterday. 	COMPETE
Tuan, Ba and I played for the school team. We were ........................	TEAM
Chicago is ....................... right on the shore of Lake Michigan.	SITUATION
This coffee is too ....................... to drink.	HEAT
Hoa enjoys stamps. She has one of the biggest stamp ....................... in our club.	COLLECT
Bài 4: Gạch chân lỗi sai trong mỗi câu sau và sửa lại cho đúng theo mẫu. (2, 0 điểm) 
My brothers are a teacher. 
teachers 
It is not easy do that difficult work.
He won the race so he tried his best to run fast. 
When she came, I read a novel written by Nguyen Tuan.
It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets.
Dave is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time.
The table is in the living room, among the armchair and the sofa.
My school is going to be rebuild next month.
The teacher told the students in class 8C don’t talk in class.
Mr. Nam used to travel abroad a lot but now he didn’t.
Would you like go to the concert with my friends tonight?
Bài 5: Chia dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc (2, 0 điểm) 
He (41 – watch) .... a film on TV when I (42 – come) .... to see him last night. 
You (43 – buy) .... a new school bag by your father two years ago? 
I (44 – not see) .... my cousin for a month. He (45 – not go) .... out since he (46 – buy) .... a new color TV. 
Leave me alone. I (47 – do) .... my homework. 
On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong (48 – step) .... down onto the moon.
I am used (49 – get) .... up early now. Last year, I used (50 – get) .... up late. 
Bài 6: Điền giới từ thích hợp vào mỗi chỗ trống. (2, 0 điểm) 
Jane doesn't spend much money (51) ....................... clothes.
In Da Lat it is usually cold (52) ....................... night, but it’s warm (53) ....................... the day. 
She always takes good care (54) ....................... her children.
(55) ....................... the rice – cooking festival, fire is made (56) ....................... the traditional way. 
He congratulated me (57) ....................... winning the competition.
Suddenly, the canoe overturned and everyone fell (58) ....................... the deep and dangerous water. 
She got (59) ....................... late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go (60) ........................
Bài 7: Chọn từ thích hợp cho sẵn trong khung để điền vào mỗi chỗ trống trong đoạn văn. (2, 0 điểm) 
each other 
where
should 
has
more
For
by
so
there
most 
Each
in
can
have 
be 
 The country is (61) .. beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go there (62) .. the summer holiday though they can’t live (63) .. all the year round. Some have cottages built in a(khải viết thờm vào) village (64) .. that they can go there whenever they (65) .. find the time.English villages are not all but (66) .. some ways they are not very different from (67) .... Almost every village (68) .. a church, the round or square tower of which can (69) .. seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard (70) .. dead people are buried.
Bài 8: Đọc đoạn văn và chọn đáp án đúng nhất điền vào mỗi chỗ trống. (2, 0 điểm) 
BIRTH OF THE COMPUTER
 Most people think of the computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer (71) . worked out over two centuries ago by a man (72) . Charles Babbage.
 Babbage was born (73) .1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines (74) . he called “engines”. But despite the fact that he (75) . building some of these he never finished any of them. Over the years people have argued (76) . his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building (77) . engine based on one of Babbage’s designs. (78) . has taken six years to complete and more (79) . four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be shown at a special exhibition in the Science Museum (80) . remind people of Babbage’s work. 
A. has	B. was 	C. had 	D. is 	
A. known 	B. recognized 	C. written 	D. called 
A. on 	B. by 	C. in 	D. for 
A. which 	B. who 	C. these 	D. whose 
A. wanted 	B. made 	C. started 	D. missed 
A. until 	B. whether 	C. while 	D. though
A. some 	B. the 	C. an D. that 
A. One 	B. He 	C. They D. It 
A. than 	B. therefore 	C. when D. then 
A. to 	B. as 	C. for D. so 
Bài 9: Dùng từ gợi ý viết thành câu. (2, 0 điểm) 
I / play table tennis / Nam / when / my friends / come.
We ought / use/ cloth bags/ instead / reuse/ plastic bags.
Could / give me / information?
I / used / look after / younger / brother / sister / when / parents / at / work.
Why / we / have / put / dangerous things / out / children’s reach?
Bài 10: Xếp các từ bị xáo trộn thành câu hoàn chỉnh.
Mrs. Lan / up / order / to / early / this / the / morning / has / in / get / to / meeting / on / get / time / to .
Children / Africa / don’t / enough / and / to / in / food / eat / warm / have / to / clothes / wear.
 It’s / at / easy / learn / two / the / languages / not / same / to / time.
My / like / but / meals / sister likes cooking / washing / doesn’t / doing / she / the / up.
you / at / having / wonderful / are / in / holiday / a / moment / Sa Pa / the?
Bài 11: Viết lại các câu sau sao cho nghĩa của câu không đổi. (2, 0 điểm) 
My brother is strong. He can carry that table. (enough) 
My brother 
Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone.
Telephone 
The strange man said to me: “Can you show me the way to the post office, please?”
The strange man asked 
It is three months since I last visited my grandparents.
I haven’t 
Mr. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
Mr. Tam used 
My new school is not the same as my old one. (different) 
My new school is 
His car runs fast but a race car runs faster. (as .. as) 
His car doesn’t 
It’s very dangerous to walk home late at night.
Walking 
I spent three hours doing my homework last night.--> It took 
100.The man is my brother’s teacher. He is talking to the headmaster. (talking) 
The man 
 PHềNG GD-ĐT SễNG Lễ
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI KS ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG LỚP 8 
NĂM HỌC: 2015 - 2016
PART II. PHONETICS
A 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C
PART III. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR
I. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D
1. B, 2. D 3. d, 4d 5. c 6. d 7.b 8.c 9.c 10 c 11c 12 b 13 c 14 a 15 d
II. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.
1. succeeded 	6. popularity 	2. carelessly	 7.destruction 3. ability 8. unknown
4. written 9. products 5. generosity 10. independence
III. There are ten mistakes in this paragraph. Find them out and correct them.
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6
Line 7
Line 8
Summer in England is the better season of all. The sky is clear and blue. The sun shines brightly. But it is not pleasant to go out at noon because of the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is generally dry. It is very pleasant taking a walk in the morning when the country is cool, or again on the evening when the sunshine is not so heat, and the moon raises above the horizon. How beauty it is in summer in the countryside. There high in the sky, there has the moon which sheds it’s silver light together with thousand of little stars twinkling and twinkling.
Line
Mistakes
Corrections
Line
Mistakes
Corrections
1
better
best
5
raises
rises
2
because of
because
5
beauty
beautiful
3
taking
to take
6
has
is
4
on the evening
in the evening
7
it’s
its
5
heat
hot
8
thousand
thousands
PART IV. READING
Read the following passage then choose the best answer from the four options 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
C
A
D
B
C
B
D
A
C
B
II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
1. of
2. sure/ certain
3. able
4. run/ sell
5. so
6. are/ get
7. lot
8. Once/When/After
9. aside/ away
10. not/ never
III. Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. C 	2. B 	3. B 	 4. A 	5. C 
PART V. WRITING
I. 1. If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned.
 The sooner we can solve the problem, the better it will be for all concerned 
2. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday.
 I would rather you delivered the sofa on Friday 
3. We've run out of tea.
 There isn't an