Đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi lớp 8 huyện Lập Trạch năm học 2013 - 2014 môn: Tiếng Anh 8

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Đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi lớp 8
Năm học 2013 - 2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian: 150 phút(Không kể thời gian giao đề)
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A. VOCABULARY
Question 1-10: Choose the best word or phrase that best complete each sentence below
1. His..always makes people laugh.
	a. quiet	b. sense of humor	c. Christmas presents	d. smiles
2. The way of life in this country is.to that in my country.
	a. similar	b. the same	c. like	d. as
3. You have to make ..children do not play with matches.
	a. ensure	b. surely	c. sure	d. ensuring
4. The prince immediately.the girl.
	a. fall in love with	b. fell in love with	c. fall into love at	d. fell into love at
5. Different languagelearn words in different ways.
	a. learners	b. learner	c. people	d. person
6. My little brother..pictures very much.
	a. enjoy to draw	b. enjoy drawing	c. enjoys to draw	d. enjoys drawing
7. Some people in the neighborhood are not happythe changes
	a. with	b. about	c. at	d. of
8. TV...information and entertainment.
	a. brings	b. takes	c. gives	d. makes
9. His feet hurt so he has to walk to school.
	a. on crutch	b. on crutches	c. on foot	d. on feet
10. .natural resources? Is it difficult?
	a. what about to save	 b. what about saving	c. how about save	 d. how about to save
Question 11-20: Word form
11. It is to eat too much sugar and fat	HEALTH
12. If you can give a reasonable.for your bad behavior last night.
 I’ll forgive you	EXPLAIN
13. My brother often does experiments about electricity for..	PLEASE
14. The ..changed me 50,000VND	for each room.	DECORATE
15. There many cultural..between his country and mine	DIFFER
16. A toaster is a chicken..that cooks food	APPLY
17. ..in Viet Nam has brought a lot of big changes	INDUSTRY
18. After taking an aspirin, her headache	APPEAR
19. The .she gave last night was marvelous	PERFORM
20. Thein his province is very dramatic.	LANDED
B. GRAMMAR AND STUCTURE
Question 21-31: Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct:
21. After the clotheswe can wear them to Ann’s birthday party.
	a. washing	b. wash	c. to wash	d. are washed
22. A new university without a libraryin USA.
	a. recently	b. opened recently	c. recently has opened	 d. has recently opened
23. Do you know the place..I can have a meal with my friends?
	a. where	b. which	c. what	d. when
24. On Christmas Eve, people often..a tree.
	a. are decorated 	b. were decorated	c. decorating	d. decorate
25. to your place tomorrow. Hope to meet you there.
	a. would come	b. will come	c. am coming	d. was coming
26. The can overturned and everyone..into the deep river
a. fall	b. fell	c. felt	d. feel
27 The games were..important that they stopped fighting for a time.
	a. so	b. too	c. very	d. such
28. This is an emergency. Please an ambulance to Cua Viet beach
	a. to sending	b. sending	c. to send	d. send
29. Of the all members in my family, my grandpa is..
	a. oldest	b. the oldest	c. most old	d. the most old
30. How long..here?	- Since 1980.
	a. do you live	b. did you live	c. have you live	d. have you lived
31. We are having a plan to help them by ..them do things.
	a. encouraged	b. encourage	c. to encourage	d. encouraging
Question 32-41: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct from:
32. Most of the Earth’s surface (cover)....by water.
33. The first festival (hold)..nearly eight hundred years ago.
34. There’s some behind us. I think we (follow)..
35. My mother (not visit).us since he (move)....to the new town.
36. This bike (use).for more than six years.
37. Nowadays, many historical places (destroy)..seriously.
38. It (get)hotter and hotter in June
39. Last moth when we (visit).him, he (do)..an experiment on the upstairs
40. Tet holiday in Viet Nam (celebrate) around January and February
41. The Eiffel Tower is in Paris. It (visit)..by millions of people every year.
C, PHONETIC
Question 42-51: In three of the four words, the underlined part is pronounced the same; in the fourth word the underlined part is pronounced differently. Find the fourth word.
42. a. held	b. flew	c. mend	d. tent
43. a. quiet	b. industry	c. relative	d. participant
44. a. nothing	b. clothes	c. hold	d. told
45. a. bear	b. ear	c. tear	d. hear
46. a. lot	b. floor	c. box	d. dog
47. a. small	b. law	c. tall	d. plane
48. a. float	b. noun	c. about	d. out
49. a. arrive	b. abroad	c. around	d. armchair
50. a. snowy	b. cold	c. prison	d. Chicago
51. a. great	b. hate	c. heat	d. afraid
Question 52-59: In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second syllable is stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed.
52. a. person	b. enough	c. picture	d. people
53. a. Japan	b. Australia	c. Britain	d. Canada
54. a. surprise	b. wonderful	c. ticket	d. evening
55. a. busy	b. fortunate	c. include	d. follow
56. a. depart	b. medical	c. husband	d. business
57. a. volcano	b. gallery	c. seafood	d. windy
58. a. sunny	b. facility	c. humid	d. minus
59. a. weather	b. lava	c. middle	d. delicious
D. READING
Question 60-69: Read the article and circle the letter next to the word that best fits each space:
Traveling in the Lake District:
The Lake District is very popular for holidays all year round. Roads leading to the area have been improved in (60)years inside the area itself, however, many roads are (61)and winding with steep hills and it may not be safe to drive (62)...roads like this when they are (63)in ice. For the mountain walker a word of warning-every season visitors (64)..lost or are injured and (65)..... to be rescued by the Mountain Rescue teams. This kind of problem can be (66)... by following a few simple rules. When exploring the mountains, wear warm clothing. Sensible boots, take a map, compass and whistle and a small (67)...of food. Don’t go (68).alone and always tell someone where you (69)..to go to.
Vocabulary
(to) wind: uốn lượn
steep (adj): dốc
warning: cảnh bỏo
(to) rescue: cứu
whistle (n): cỏi cũi
60. a. recent	b. next	c. last	d. close
61. a. thin	b. slim	c. narrow	d. shallow
62. a. along	b. above	c. by	d. in
63. a. wrapped	b. above	c. drowned	d. filed
64. a. have	b. be	c. make	d. get
65. a. must	b. should	c. need	d. ought
66. a. encouraged	b. prevented	c. arranged	d. organized
67. a. quantity	b. weight	c. length	d. limit
68. a. for	b. by	c. with	d. off
69. a. look	b. seem	c. plan	d. know
E. WRITING
Question 70-77: Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first:
70. It was such an interesting film that we watched it several times
 The film
71. The football match was won by Manchester United
 Manchester.
72. Peter was too ill to get up.
 Peter was so
73. Her father asked her if she would go to the cinema with her friends.
 Her father asked her:”.”
74. Parents ought to send their children to school.
 Children..
75. People think that doing morning exercises is good for health
 It is ..
76. Tom is not as tall as Peter.
 Peter..
77. Every day thousands of trees are cut down in the world.
 Every day people
Question 78-85: Make sentences based on the given cues:
78. I / going / visit / after work / evening.
 .
79. Residents / store owners / concerned / new mall / for / few months.
80. What / mum / going / do / weekend ?
 .
81. You / ought / go / market / buy / fish / vegetables.
 ..
82. People / do / everything / without / help / modern equipment / years ago.
83. How old / your brother / sister / then ?
 .
84. Some people / neighborhood / not happy / changes.
85. It / difficult / learn / two languages / same time.
Question 86: Write a passage (100 words) to tell your friends “ A country picnic ” you made.
	Follow the suggested ideas.
Who you go with, when you go , how you go, what you’ve done, when you’re back, 
how you feel,..
 ..
 .
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A. VOCABULARY:
1. b	2. a	3. c	4. b	5. a	6. d	
7. b	8. a	9. b	10. b
11. unhealthy	12. explanation	13. pleasure	14. decorator	15. differences
16. appliance	17. Industrialization	18. disappeared	19. performance	20. land
B. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
21. d	22. d	23. a	24. d	25. c	26. b	27. a
28. d	29. b	30. d	31. d
32. is covered	33. was held	34. are being followed	
35. hasn’t visited .moved	36. has been used	37. are being destroyed
38. is getting	39. visited.was doing 	40. is celebrated	41. is visited
C. PHONETIC
42. b	43. a	44. a	45. a	46. b	47. d	48. a	
49. d	50. c	51. c	52. b	53. a	54. a	55. c
56. a	57. a	58. b	59. c
D. READING:
60. a	61. c	62. a	63. b	64. d	65. d	
66. b	67. a	68. d	69. c
E. WRITING
70. The film was so interesting that we watched it several times.
71. Manchester United won the football match
72. Peter was so ill that he couldn’t get up
73. Her father asked: “ Will you go to the cinema with your friends?”
74. Children ought to be sent to school their parents.
75. It is thought that doing morning exercises is good for health.
76. Peter is taller than Tom.
77. Every day people cut down thousands of trees in the world
78. I am going to visit my grand father after work this evening
79. Residents and store owners have been concerned about the new mall for few months
80. What is mum going to do at weekend?
81. You ought to go to the market to buy fish and vegetables.
82. People did everything without the help of modern equipment years ago.
83. How old were your brother and sister then?
84. Some people in the neighborhood are not happy with the changes
85. It is difficult to learn two languages at the same time.
Question 86: Note “ write a passage
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đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi lớp 8
Năm học: 2013 – 2014
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề bài
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. looked	B. watched	C. stopped	D. carried
2. A. bath	B. father	C. theater	D. health
3. A. study	B. success	C. surprise	D. sugar
4. A. children	B. charity	C. charm	D. champagne
5. A. danger	B. angry 	C. language	D. passage
6. A. whole	B. when 	C. where	D. while
7. A. socket	B. notice	C. enroll	D. mobile.
	8. A. engineer	B. excited 	C. experiment	 D. exhibition.
	9. A. comment	 B. equipment	 C. improvement	D. development
	10.A. overhead 	B. teammate	C. speaker	D. bean.
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences:
1. Someone.........tickets are free.
A. said me	B. said me that	C. told me	 D. told to me
2. When she lived in the countryside, she .in the river.
	A. was swimming	B. used to swim	C. has swum	 D. is used to swimming
3. Saigon more than three hundred years ago.
	A. was built	B. has been built	C. was building D. built
4. It is nearly ten years .I saw her.
	A. when	B. since	C. for 	 D. while
5. Would you mind if Ia photo ?
	A. take	B. took	C. would take	 D. am going to take
6. Last week I my children to the biggest zoo in town.
	A. got	B. brought	C. fetch D. took
7. They me if I could speak Japanese.
	A. told	B. said	C. asked	 D. talked
8. Are you proud.your country and its tradition ?
	A. about	B. on	 	C. of	 D. for
9. Do you collect stamps or other things ?	- Yes, I am a stamp
	A. collecting	B. collector	C. collect 	 D. collection
10. There were ..flowers that I couldn’t decide what to buy.
	A. so many	B. so few	C. so little	 D. so much
11. She doesn’t like Spanishshe has to study the language.
	A. so	B. though	C. but	 D. when
12. It took him six years to as a doctor and now he is a good doctor.
	A. make	B. do	C. qualify	 D. become
13. She asked me...
	A. if I like pop music or not	B. whether I like pop music or not 	
C. if I liked pop music or no	D. if I liked pop music or not
14. My brother and I 
	A. am having a wonderful time here	B. am having a wonder time here	
C. are having a wonderful time here	D. are having a wonder time here
15. Don’t shout, dear. I can’t .the shout !
	A. stand	B. sit	C. listen	D. hear
16. He laughs of her funny face.
	A. because	B. since	C. as	D. for
17. What are you ?	- My pen, I’ve lost it.
	A. looking	B. looking for	C. looking after	D. looking at
18. Why don’t you ..with you university study ?
	A. go in	B. go on	C. go by	D. go at
19. Of my parents, my father is ..
	A. the stricter	B. the strictest	C. strict	D. stricter
20. Who is going to the phone ?
	A. reply	B. respond	C. answer	D. pick
III. Build sentences based on the words given:
1. There / used / be / Church / near / post office / my town.
2. While / I / open / letter /, phone / ring
3. I / be / very pleased / see / Tom / again / after / long time. 
..
4. You / look / thinner . You / lose / weight ? 
5. You / think / you / make / radio / work again ?
..
6. I/ buy/ book/ 5 days ago.
.
7. A man/ said/girl/ there/ cafe/ nearby.
.
8. When/ I/ see/ Nancy/ yesterday/ she/ drive/ car.
..
9. They / know / each other / 3 months.
.
10. Nam's teacher / teach / him / he / come / here / 2000.
..
IV. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the following sentences :
1. Mary spent hours ( repair ) her bike.
2. They advised him ( not/ cross ) the street against the red lights.
3. He and his sister (not/ meet) my friends since last Christmas
4. She (work) here since she left school ?
5. Everyone ( read) this novel, let us ( discuss) it.
6. I ( know) her for six years, when I met her, she (work) in a Law office.
7. They’d rather (walk) than (go) by car.
V. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with the capital words at the beginning of sentences:
	1. NEIGHBOR 	I know all the boys who live in my
	2. FRIEND	People in the countryside is
	3. FLY	 All .between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog
4. HIGH	Do you know the of S.t Paul’s Cathedral ?
5. KNOW	Taxi drivers have to have a very good ..on the street names.
6. COMFORT	The hotel was large and ..
7. CHILD	During his ....................... the family lived in Cornwall
8. WEIGH	 Every woman nowadays seems to want to loose....................	 
9. HELP 	It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very...............	 
10. LUCK	The keys were locked inside the car ................, aside window was open 
VI. Find the mistakes in the following sentence and correct them ( one mistake in each sentence ) :
1. You know , it is difficult to me to make him understand what I mean.
	A	B	C	 D
2. My dear friends, I wish you will visit us someday this summer.
 A	 B	 C	 D
3. I will come and stay with you and your family on March .
	A	 B	 C	 D
4. Let’s gathering somewhere for a coffee after this wonderful meeting.
 A	 B	 C	D
5. I look forward to hear from my mother in Singapore.
 A	 B C	 D
6. The collect of stamps made him become famous in the country
	 A	 B	 C	 D
7. Let’s practice listening to English programs in the radio.
	A	B	 C	D
8.What about play tennis in stead of going to the cinema ?
	A	 B	 C	 D
9. Don’t turn on the TV, please. I am so tired to watch it .
	 A	 B	C	 D
10. They turn in the radio to listen to some news.
	 A B C D
1..............................
2...............................
3...............................
4...............................
5...............................
6...............................
7................................
8...............................
9...............................
10.............................
VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first:
1. “ Can you lend me some money? “ Henry said to Susan.
 Henry...............................................................................
2. Both of the chairs are uncomfortable
 Neither of.
3. They will have to change the date of the meeting again.
 The date............................................
4. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
 It..
5. They’ ve lived here for six years .
 They moved
6. I’ve never read a more romantic story.
 It’s the. 
7. No one works harder than Barbara.
 Barbara
8. I haven’t met him for two years.
 It’s ....................................................................................
9. Richard can cook very well.
 	 Richard is a ...................................................................................
10. The film’s ending is dramatic.
 The film............................................................................................
VIII. Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket:
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (1) ................. flying is no more dangerous (2) ......................any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (3) .................taking off and landing when a (4) ......................decisions are vitally important.
The people (5) ............. job it is to look (6)........... the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (7)................ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (8) .............such care of is all part of the total experience. (9) ........... other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (10) ................ , with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
1.
A. although
B. too
C. and
D. because
2.
A. than
B. as
C. then
D. with
3.
A. while
B. during
C. for
D. through
4.
A. leader’s 
B. chief’s
C. driver’s
D. pilot’s
5.
A. whose
B. which
C. their
D. that
6.
A. for
B. up
C. after
D. round
7.
A.feel
B. rest
C. experience
D. lie
8.
A. given
B. kept
C. shown
D. taken
9.
A. Any
B. No
C. All
D. Not
10.
A. way
B. kind
C. sort
D. part
IX. 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 television, 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 answer 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 magazines in English.
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 children	C.English	D. question
3. Where do many boys and girls learn English?
A. at home	B. at school	C. in evening classes	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 forced to learn it	D. Because it’s not difficult to learn.
5. What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
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.
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Kỳ thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi lớp 8 - thcs
Môn : Tiếng Anh
Câu I : (5 điểm)Mỗi câu đúng cho 0,5 điểm
1. D	2. B	3. D	4. D	5. A
6. A	7. A	8. A	9. A	10. A	
Câu II : ( 10 điểm) . Mỗi câu đúng cho 0,5 điểm 
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. A
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