Đề và đáp án thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Năm học 2016-2017

	PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO	ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
 	 NĂM HỌC 2016-2017
	MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
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PART A. LISTENING	
I. Listen to Tom talking to a friend about a sports afternoon. What sport did each person do? You will hear the recording twice. Example: 0-F 
0. Tom
1. Sam
2. Jane
3. Paul
4. Susan
5. Anne
A. football
B. table-tennis
C. skiing
D. volleyball
E. golf
F. horse-riding
II. You will hear part of a radio programme called “ WHAT’S ON” . 
Choose the best answer A, B or C. You will hear twice.
1. The competition this year is to find the best
 A. Actor B. Dancer C. Singer
2. You can enter the competition if you:
 A. Send your entry by post
 B.Live less than five miles from the city centre
 C. Phone any time after Saturday
3. To find out more about the theatre group, you should phone:
 A. The theatre B. St. Paul’s School C. The secretary of the group
4. What is different about the arrangements at the school hall this week?
 A. The closing time is later than usual
 B. It is not possible to hire the football pitch
 C. All activities must be booked in advance
5. What information are we given about the new swimming pool?
 A. It will open next month B. It will be free for one month C. It is bigger than the old one
6. What are we told about the rock group Switch ?
 A. They were all born in Westfield
 B. They all live in Westfield
 C. They are doing two concerts in Westfield
III. You will hear someone talking about the city of Cock. Fill in the missing information in the numbered space. You will hear twice.
The population is (1)________
Drivers find the number of (2)___________ confusing.
St. Patrick Street: On one side there are old buildings, and on the other (3)___________ and shops.
Market: (4)_____________ are recommended today.
Café in the (5)____________ is good for lunch.
Public Museum is closed on (6)______________
PART B
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 
 Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right. (5 pts)
A. wicked	B. locked	C. decided	D. beloved	__________
A. debt 	B. tomb 	C. timber 	D. subtle	__________
A. wood	B. typhoon	C. roof	D. Kangaroo	__________
A. monkey B. donkey	C. money	D. link	__________
A. tension 	B. decision 	C. official 	D. patient	__________
II. Choose the word with different stress pattern in each group. 
 Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right. (5 pts)
A. employee 	B. environment 	C. canal	D. preference 	__________
A. surface 	B. biology	C. majority 	D. museum	__________
A. engineer	B. temperature 	C. sacrifice	D. calendar	__________
A. operation 	B. documental 	C. residential 	D. mathematician	__________
A. parade	B. apply	C. downstairs 	D. business 	__________
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences below. 
 Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right. (10 pts)
My new job _____ working very long hours.
A. involves	B. consists	C. includes	D. contains	__________
“Have they arrested the thieves yet?” “It’s only a _____ of time.”
A. period	B. matter	C. length	D. waste	__________
The Olympics Games are held _____.
A. once 4 years	B. every 4 years	C. 4 years once 	D. every once 4 years 	__________
Carbon emissions from airplanes and other pollutants greatly _____ to global warming.
A. attribute  	B. stem 	C. contribute  	D. spark	__________
He was _____ with bribery after he offered to pay the policeman a big sum of money to overlook his offence.
A. charged  	B. accused 	C. sued  	D. suspected	__________
Television came into _____ and quickly became a competitor with the motion pictures.
A. practice 	B. fact 	C. use 	D. life	__________
Without _____, natural resources will be used up within a hundred years.
A. preservation 	B. maintenance 	C. conservation 	D. protection	__________
_____ different in character we are, we have been mutual friends since our childhood.
A. However 	B. Despite being 	C. Although 	D. Whatever	__________
"How was your visit to the dentist?"        "It was painless. I _____ worried so much." 
A. mustn’t have 	B. needn’t have 	C. wouldn’t have 	D. didn’t need to be 	__________
I am leaving the key under the pot in the garden _____ you should be home earlier than usual.
A. because 	B. in case 	C. so that 	D. though	__________
He is _____ the most successful pop singer of his generation.
A. far and away	B. by far	C. so far	D. far from	__________ 
His library book is _____ so he has to pay a small fine.
A. overdue	B. expected	C. expired	D. postponed	__________ 
Unfortunately, Mark went _____ a bad cold just before Christmas.
A. down with	B. in for	C. over	D. through	__________ 
When she first started work, she little thought she would come _____ such difficulties.
A. up against	B. into	C. up with	D. in for	__________ 
Listen to what I am saying, _____?
A. don’t you	B. aren’t you	C. are you	D. will you	__________
He refused to give the reason why _____ to the meeting the day before?
A. didn’t he come	B. he didn’t come	C. he hadn’t come	D. hadn’t he come	__________
_____ the students in my class enjoy taking part in social activities.
A. Most of 	B. Most 	C. Many 	D. Almost of	__________
Her house is _____ mine.
A. three times as large as	B. three times larger than	__________
C. larger three times than	D. as three times larger than
It was in this village _____.
A. that he was born	B. where he was born	__________
C. which he was born 	D. that he was born in	
I must go to the dentist and _____.
A. get my teeth to take care of 	B. take care of my teeth 	__________ 
C. my teeth be taken care of 	D. get my teeth taken care of
II. Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. 
 Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)
This is the first time I (read) a novel (write) by an American novelist.
She wore a wig (avoid) (recognize).
My brother (think) of selling his car, but he (change) his mind.
The play we saw last night (not be) as good as we (expect).
Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) by his house this morning.
She (learn) English at school, but she (forget) most of it now.
Someone seems (follow) us. We’d better (go) faster.
By the time he (return) next week, I’m sure we (finish) decorating our house.
(cook) the meal, she continued (clean) the house.
I (do) the work since 8am, but I (finish) only half of the workload.
1. ____________________ ____________________	 6. ____________________ ____________________
2. ____________________ ____________________	 7. ____________________ ____________________
3. ____________________ ____________________	 8. ____________________ ____________________
4. ____________________ ____________________	 9. ____________________ ____________________
5. ____________________ ____________________	10. ____________________ ____________________
III. Fill each blank in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb particle. (10 pts)
I've just rewarded her ___________ a book ___________ her good study.
The man was accused ___________ stealing money ___________ the bank.
___________ the moment, the police are looking ___________ the cause of the oil disaster.
___________ account ___________ the thick fog, they had to postpone the match.
When her uncle passed ___________, she came ___________ a lot of money.
We all were surprised ___________ his failure ___________ the exam.
The old man lives ___________ his own ___________ a suburb of the town.
I have lost touch ___________ him ___________ almost two years.
There’s a small island ___________ the middle ___________ the lake. 
The police came just ___________ time to bring the riot ___________ control.
IV. Choose a suitable word in the list to complete each gap in the passage. (5 pts)
PLAYING CHESS
Have you ever played chess? Some say you need to be very (Example = SKILL) SKILFUL____ to play it well but it is quite easy to learn. I started learning when I was only six years old and it helped me to develop my powers of(1. CONCENTRATE) ____________ . If you want to achieve (2. SUCCEED) ___________ as a chess player, the main requirement is an ability to analyse a situation (3. EFFECTIVE) ____________. Chess even helped me find various (4. SOLVE) __________ to the mathematical problems I was given for homework. At first, one of my big problems was not having enough (5. PATIENT) ________. Learning chess at school taught me the importance of waiting to make the right move! My teacher was critical of my tendency not to think (6. CARE) _______ before making a move. I discovered that every single error in chess gets instant (7. PUNISH) _______ , enabling your opponent to take control and putting you at a great (8. ADVANTAGE) _______ in the game. 
1. _________	 2. _________	 3. _________	 4. _________	 5. _________
6. _________	 7. _________	 8. _________	 9. _________	10. _________
V. Identify one mistake in each of the sentences below and then correct it. Number 0 is an example. (10 pts)
0. She has never been late for class from she started the course. C → since
 A B C D
Although we are far away from each other, but we still keep in touch.
 A B	 C D
Because it was structurally unsafe and too expensive to repair, the 75 years old building had to be demolished.
 A	 B	 C D
I think it would be easier to hold the audience’s attention if you had a slide show along to the lecture.
 A	 B	 C D
The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to deteriorate from rain.
 A	 B	 C D
The meal we had last night, that was too expensive, was rather disappointing.
 A B	 C D
Mary, as well as her two cousins, have studied French for 5 years.
 A	 B	 C D
If you need to get into the flat when I’m away, there’s a key below the doormat. 
 A B C D
They only publish stories that are suitable for young children to read.
 A	 B	 C D
They could not help noticing the article about an unusual fly object seen recently.
 A B	 C D
We believe that he already feels very badly about his mistake, so we have decided to take no further action.
 A	 B	 C D
1. _____ → ________________	6. _____ → ________________ 
2. _____ → ________________ 	7. _____ → ________________ 
3. _____ → ________________ 	8. _____ → ________________ 
4. _____ → ________________ 	9. _____ → ________________ 
5. _____ → ________________ 10. _____ → ________________ 
PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
 Write your answers A, B, C or D in the spaces that follow. (5 pts)
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many kinds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals, etc. are thought to be in danger of extinction.
But even more important, perhaps, than individual kinds of animals and plants, the whole habitats are in danger of vanishing. Marshes are being drained and the world forests, especially the tropical forests, are being cut down to satisfy man's need of timber and paper.
What would happen to human beings if the wildlife vanished?
A. Species would go on dying out.
B. The human life would be seriously threatened.
C. Tropical forests would be cut down.
D. Many species would quickly become extinct.
What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. The disappearance of the whole habitats.	
B. The rapid advance of the process of extinction.
C. The extinction of many species.	
D. Man's need of timber and paper.
What does the writer caution us against?
A. Cutting down the tropical forests.	B. Hunting wild animals.
C. Draining mashes.	D. Destroying our environment.
According to the passage, cutting down forests would cause _____.
A. the changes in temperature 	B. floods 
C. the vanishing of human beings 	D. No information is given
"to threaten" in the passage means _____.
A. to pollute 	B. to give fear to 	
C. to vanish 	D. to poison 
1. _________	 2. _________	 3. _________	 4. _________	 5. _________
II. Read the passage and choose the correct word to fill each gap.
 Write your answer A, B, C or D in the space given on the right. (5 pts)
(1) show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can (2) the health, yet a surprisingly large number of people continue to smoke (3) all warnings. By doing so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of (4) around them. It is time that non-smokers fought back! Personally, I think smoking should (5) be banned in public places. In the first place, it is very unpleasant (6) in a smoke-filled room, such as a restaurant or cinema, if you do not yourself smoke. (7) to this, smoking can be a serious fire risk, especially in crowed places (8) discos. Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be asked to risk his heath just because of another person's bad habits. Smokers may (9) that they should be free to do as they like. They say that we already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough. To my mind, however, non-smokers should also be free to go anywhere they choose without  risking their health. Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers too. If some people are foolish enough to continue this dangerous habit, it seems to me that they should at least be (10) from doing so in public.
A. Surveys	B. Conducts	C. Statistics	D. Evidence	__________
A. damage	B. destroy	C. spoil	D. hurt	__________
A. thanks to	B. in spite of	C. because of	D. due to	__________
A. they	B. these	C. those	D. things	__________
A. definite	B. indefinite	C. indefinitely	D. definitely	__________
A. sit	B. to sit	C. sitting	D. sat	__________
A. Add	B. Adding	C. To add	D. Added	__________
A. same	B. as	C. like	D. such	__________
A. protest	B. object	C. refuse	D. deserve	__________
A. prevented	B. stopped	C. kept	D. discouraged	__________
III. Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word. Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)
The trouble with prisons is that (1)   _______  what some politicians say, they don’t turn out good citizens. On the other (2)______ there is always a balance to be struck (3)________ what is good for society and what is a good feeling for society. It is common enough for people of sound mind and left-wing tendencies (4)________ openly admit that revenge is sweet and realise the fact that the kid who broke (5)______ your car and stole the radio is now languishing in jail. Unfortunately, that same kid is (6)_______ only being punished but is also learning how to steal better. (7)_______ he’s much older he’ll be committing more serious crimes more frequently. This pattern (8)_______ crime is being repeated all over the world especially where young offenders mix freely with hardened criminals. There is no easy solution. (9)_______ by preventing juvenile offenders from being sent to adult prisons is there any hope of reversing the trend. In the (10)______ way it is vital to remember that the harder we punish the harder the offenders become
1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________ 5. ___________
6. ___________ 7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9. ___________ 10. ___________
IV. Complete the telephone conversation between two friends. What does Jim say to Sally? For question 1- 5 choose the correct letter A-H
A) I’ve just got a new mobile. It’s 0636634, I think.
B) The last one goes at 6:30 in the morning.
C) Why? Are you going?
D) Good idea! Then call me, OK?
E) Hey! I’ll come with you!
F) I think he’s playing hockey that afternoon.
G) It’s usually three o´clock, but we should be there half an hour before.
H) No, I live at 22 Almond Drive now.
Answer: 1. _______ 2. ______ 3._____ 4.________ 5._____________
Sally: Hi Jim! Are you going to the basketball match on Saturday?
Example) Jim:        C       
Sally: I think so, but I don’t want to go alone.
Jim: ____(1)_______
Sally: Great! Do you know what time it starts?
 Jim: _____(2)______
Sally: OK, I’ll check the times on the internet.
 Jim: ______(3)_____
Sally: All right, but I don’t know your number.
 Jim: _____(4)______
Sally: OK. I’ll speak to you later. Why don’t you ask Pete to come too?
 Jim: _____(5)______
Sally: Really? What a pity!
V. Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete passage. (5 pts)
a. As they built bigger and bigger ships, they were able to sail further and further away.
b. They don't really mean that the world is getting smaller, of course.
c. They found that as they sailed further away from their home countries, the world became bigger.
d. Then men began to use ships to explore the world.
e. Today, there are no undiscovered countries left to put on the map.
f. But 2,300 years ago the Egyptians and the Greeks thought that the world was very small and flat and that around it    was the ocean.
g. We often hear people saying that the world is getting smaller.
h. So they had to make new maps to show the countries that they found.
i. And they discovered new countries that they didn't know about.
j. What they mean is that with modern means of transport, we can now reach every part of the world very quickly.
1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____	 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____	 10. _____
PART FOUR: WRITING
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (10 pts)
Would you mind not making a mess here? 
 I’d rather 	
Neil regrets having sold his country house.
 Neil wishes 	
The weather was so fine that no one wanted to stay at home.
 It was 	
She advised Tom not to watch TV so much.
She said, “If I 	
Laura has more books than Jane. 
Jane 	
After fighting the fire for 12 hours the firemen succeeded in putting it out.
The firemen managed	
“What time did you come home last night, Tom?” asked Bill.
Bill wanted 	
They believe the boss’s secretary wrote that letter.
The boss’s secretary 	
His alarm clock didn’t go off, so he was late for class.
If 	
During his holidays in Hawaii, he fell ill.
 While ______________________________________
II. Use given words and phrases to write complete sentences. (5 pts)
Bob/ used/ smoke/ lot/ but he/ not/ anymore.
Wear/ uniforms/ encourage/ students/ proud/ school.
In/ end/ I decide/ not buy/ camera/ because/ too expensive.
He/ start/ learn/ play/ piano/ age/ 5.
Learning/ English/ necessary/ us/ get/ good job. 
THE END 
ĐÁP ÁN
Tổng điểm: 100
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of others in each group. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1. B	2. C	3. A	4. D	5. B
II. Choose the word with different stress pattern in each group. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1. D	2. A	3. A	4. D	5. D
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences below. (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
 1. A	 2. B	 3. B	 4. C	 5. A	 6. C	 7. C	 8. A	 9. B	10. B
11. B	12. A	13. A	14. A	15. D	16. C	17. A	18. A	19. A	20. D
II. Supply the correct tense or form of t