Đề thi kiểm tra chất lượng học sinh giỏi cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2010-2011 - Trường THCS Tam Đa (Có đáp án)

Trường THCS Tam Đa
Tổ Ban Chung 
 Đề thi kiểm tra chất lượng học sinh giỏi cấp huyện
Năm học 2010 - 2011
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian 90 phút
I. Listen the passage and fill each blank with a missing word. Then answer the questions (4pts)
My village is about 50 kilometers (1) the Tuyen Quang Town center. It is a very beautiful and (2)place where people (3)flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for its pretty rose and picturesque(4).The air is quite(5);however, the smell of the roses makes people(6)..cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (7). .Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (8)..much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can (9)..along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the (10)....................................
* Answer the questions
1.What do people do for living? ...........
2. What does the village look like in spring? ...........
3. What can people do at night? .......
II/ LANGUAGE FOCUS :
Part 1. Choose and circle the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence: (4pts)
The weather is warm enough for us ________________
A. going out	B. to going out	C. go out 	D. to go out
Bell started ________________ with ways of transmitting speech.
A. experiment	B. experimenting 	C. to experimenting	D. experimented
She is too _______________ to speak and laugh in front of other people.
A. shy	 	B. active 	C. humor 	D. interested
He finally _______________ the decision to go abroad.
A. came up	B. came	C. came with	D. came up with
The women sang the song _______________
A. beauty	B. beautiful	C. beautifully	D. beautifully 
There is ____________________________ on TV tonight.
A. an action movie interesting 	B. a action movie interesting
C. a interesting action movie 	D. an interesting action movie
Tell me ___________________________________
A. why do you like coffee and bread?	B. why you like coffee and bread.	
C. why do you like coffee and bread.	D. why you like coffee and bread?
What is Mary doing, mom? – She is looking at __________ in the mirror.
A. her	B. hers	C. she herself	D. herself
I can’t remember ____________________ when I was young.
A. what life was like	B. how life was like	
C. what life was	D. how life was
He was a Scotsman although he later ________________ Canada.
A. moved	B. emigrated to	C. lived to	D. born in
Mary used to do all the chores ______________________ still ten years old.
A. when she is	B. because she is	
C. when she was	D. because she was	
She is speaking __________ because she is having a sore throat.
A. soft	B. softly	C. well	D. fast
Could you ___________ me a favor? – How can I help?
A. give	B. make	C. do	D. bring
How long ______________________ here? – Since last year. 
A. do you live 	B. did you live 	C. have you live 	D. have you lived	
The rope is ___________________ the snake.
A. as long as	B. long than	C. so long as	D. is much longer
Can I speak to Mary, please? – Please ________________.
A. wait the phone	B. hold on	C. stay there a minute	D. keep the phone
TV is bringing not only information ______________ entertainment. 
A. and also 	B. and	C. but also	D. also but
Let’s go home now. It’s _______________ and darker.
A. darker 	B. was darker	C. gets darker	D. getting darker
My mother believes that my brother is ______________ than me.
A. well 	B. better	C. best	D. good
I don’t want much sugar in my coffee. Just _________ please.
A. a little	B. little	C. few	D. a few
Part II. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters. (2.5pts)
1.Television can make things more.........because it brings both sounds and pictures. (memory)
2.Tim is one of the on a boat trip on Lake Michigan. (participate)
3.Saving energy means reducing .bills. (house)
4. It is (health) .....................to eat too much sugar and fat. 	 
5. If you can give a reasonable .................(explain) for your bad behavior last night. I'll forgive you.
6. My brother often does experiments about electricity for ...................(please). 
7. The (decorate) charged me 50,000 VND for each room. 	 
8. After taking an aspirin, her headache ...............(appear). 
9. If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very (imagine) ...............girl. 
10. Tell me some (similar) .........................between these two pictures. 	
Write your answer here
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9,.
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III.READ
Part I. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each space: (2,5pts)
his 	died 	other 	story 	novel
leaving 	by 	most 	family 	wrote
One of the first novels in the history of literature was written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe __________ (1) Daniel Defoe.
Daniel Defoe was born in London in the __________ (2) of a reach man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After ___________ (3) school he worked in his father’s shop and __________ (4) articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him much in __________ (5) writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the _________ (6) Robinson Crusoe which made him famous. Defoe used in his book a true ___________ (7) about a sailor who lived on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoe’s novel lived on an island for twenty-eight years. People liked the novel in England and in many __________ (8) countries. Daniel Defoe wrote other books but his novel Robinson Crusoe is the _________ (9) famous. Defoe was not a rich man where he __________ (10) in 1731.
Part I. Read and answer the questions: (2,5pts)
Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others studies by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in film, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Learning other language! Learning English! Why do all these people want to learn English? It is not difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and Mathand English. (In England or America or Australia many boys and girls study their own language, which is English and Math and other language, perhaps French or German or Spanish) 
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because 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.
Answer the questions:
According to the writer, who learns English? 
..............................................................................................................................................
Where do the students learn English?
..............................................................................................................................................
Is it easy to answer the question “Why do all these people learn English?
..............................................................................................................................................
Why do teenagers learn English?
..............................................................................................................................................
According to you, why do you learn English?
..............................................................................................................................................
IV. WRITE
Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the same as the first.(4,5pts) 
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
- It’s .......................
2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it. 
- The time machine ...........
3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
- He was delighted that .............
4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
- People .............
5. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.
- I’m very sad not .............
6. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
- I haven’t .........
7. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
- Tam used ...........
8. “ Please turn down the radio for me”, said my father.
- My father asked ..........
9. Lan will be fifteen next week. 
- It is Lan’s ...........
Answer key
I. listen: (4pts)
My village is about 50 kilometers (1) from the Tuyen Quang Town center. It is a very beautiful and (2) peaceful place where people (3) grow flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for its pretty rose and picturesque(4) scenes .The air is quite(5) fresh; however, the smell of the roses makes people(6) feel cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (7) colors .Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (8) villagers much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can (9) walking .along the path and enjoy the fresh smell (10) of the flowers. 
* Fill each blank with a missing word (2.5pts ) ( Mỗi ý đúng 0,25 đ )
 	1. from	2. peaceful	3. grow	4. scenes	5. fresh
	6. feel	7. colors	8. villagers	9. walking	10. flowers
* Answer the questions (1.5pts) ( Mỗi ý đúng 0,5 đ )
1. They grow flowers and vegetables 
2. In spring, The village looks like a carpet 
3. People can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of flowers
II/ LANGUAGE FOCUS :
Part I. Choose and circle the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence: (4pts) Mỗi đỏp ỏn đỳng 0,2 điểm
	1. D	2. B	3. A	4. D	5. C	6. D	7. B	8. D	9. A	10. B
	11. C	12. B	13. C	14. D	15. A	16. B	17. C	18. D	19. B	20. A
Part II, Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters. (2,5pts)
-(Mỗi câu đúng 0,25 điểm)
1. memorable
2. participants
3. household
4. unhealthy
5. explanation
6.pleasure 	 
7. decorator
8. disappeared 
9. imaginative
10. similarities
III. READ
Part I: (2,5pts) Mỗi đỏp ỏn đỳng 0,25 điểm
1. by	2. family	3. leaving	4. wrote	5. his
6. novel	7. story	8. other	9. most	10. died
Part II. (2,5 pts) Mỗi đỏp ỏn đỳng 0,5 điểm
According to the writer, young children, teenagers and adults learn English.
2. Some learn at school, others studies by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in film, on television, in the office or among their friends.
3. Yes, it is.
4. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because of their books are in English at the college or university.
5. I learn English because it is one of my subjects at school...
IV. WRITE
Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the same as the first.(4,5pts) Mỗi đỏp ỏn đỳng 0,5 điểm
1. It’s very important to keep the environment clean.
2. The time machine will be shown to the public when it is finished.
3. He was delighted that his aunt sent him a letter.
4. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals.
5. I’m very sad not to be accepted in that group.
6. I haven’t spoken to her for three years.
7. Tam used to type faster than she can/ does now.
8. My father asked me to turn down the radio for him.
9. It’s Lan’s fifteenth birthday next week.