Đề và đáp án thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trường Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Năm học 2015-2016

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 CẤP TRƯỜNG 
NĂM HỌC: 2015-2016
Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently (1pt)
1. A. looked 	B. watched 	C. carried 	D. stopped
2. A. study 	B. success 	C. surprise 	D. sugar
3. A. unite 	B. underline 	C. university 	D. uniform
4. A. character 	B. children 	C. teacher 	D. change
II. Use the correct tense of the verbs (2 pts)
1.My father (read)......................now. He always (read)............a book after dinner.
2.Mai( telephone)................you when she comes back.
3.While my sister and I (watch)................a movie on TV last night, our uncle in the USA (phone)..............
4.Please continue your work. We don’t mind (wait)..............
5.I (not see).................your bother recently.
6.A new text book (publish)................next month.
7.Where he (spend)............his summer vacation last year?
8.You (use)...............to go camping when you (live).............in the country?
III. Choose the best answer ( 2.5 pts) 
1.I am lucky..............to study abroad.
A.that B.so C.as D.enough
2.Tom is going to participate.........the game.
A.at B.on C.in D.over
3.He’s known Mai..........he was in the country.
A.when B.since C.during D.until
4.Would you...........cleaning the floor for me?
A.like B.please C.mind D.rather
5.It’s .........to believe that he passed the exam.
A.hardly B.hard C.difficutly D.difficulty
6.I failed my exam...........I was lazy.
A.although B.because C.so D.but
7.You are always..............in the class.
A.talking B.talk C.talks D.talked
8.The man.........by the windows is my uncle.
A.standing B.stands C.stand D.stood
9.My friend told me what..........when I visited Hoi An.
A.doing B.to do C.do D.done
10.My family has decided.........Dalat in the summer.
A.to visit B.visit C.visited D.visits
IV . Find out correct one mistake in A, B, C or D of each sentence.(2.5pts )
1. He slept in his room when the fire alarm rang.	
	A	 B	 C	 D
2. The ambulance will be there for about ten minutes.
 A	 B	 C	 D	
3. These color televisions are too expensive for we to buy at this time.
 A B 	 C D
4. You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it is a dangerous place.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
5. The course begins in 12 May and ends sometimes in August.
 A B C D
V. Use the correct tense of the verbs ( 2.5 pts)
1.Their children have quite ..................characters. 	 DIFFERENCE
2.Mr Pike runs his business very .............. SUCCESS
3.Is there anything.................. on TV tonight? 	 INTEREST
4.What is the correct.................of this word? 	PRONOUNCE
5.My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local. ORPHAN
VI. Read the passage. Then choose the suitable word to fill in the blank (2,5pts)
	Mr. and Mrs. Gray live in a big city, and they (1).a son. His name is Peter, and he doesn’t like(2).. One day Mrs. Gray said(3).her husband, “Living in the city all the time isn’t good(4).Peter. “So last summer they found a small house in the country and took Peter(5).for a vacation.
	When they arrived(6). the house, Mrs. Gray said to Peter, “We are going to stay(7). for two weeks.”
	The boy ran (8).the house and looked in all the rooms, and he ran back to (9).mother and said to her, “ I haven’t found the bathtub, Mom. Where is it?”
	“This is a(10).small house, Peter,” his mother said. “This is going to be a very nice vacation.”
1.
a. have
b. had
c. are having
d. has
2.
a. washing
b. washed
c. to wash
d.being washed
3.
a. for
b. with
c. about
d. to
4.
a. to
b. with
c. for 
d. at
5.
a. here
b. there
c. house
d. countryside
6.
a. at
b. in
c. to 
d. around
7.
a. there
b. this house
c. here
d. this place
8.
a. into
b. to
c. at
d. from
9.
a. him
b. his
c. it
d. its
10.
a. every
b. very
c. so
d. too
VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable word. (2pts)
 The country is ..(1) beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country .(2)the summer holiday though they can’t live .(3).. all the year round. Some have cottages built in a village ..(4)that they can go there whenever they (5). Find the time.
 English villages are not alike, but (6). some ways they are not very different from ..(7) other. Almost every village (8).. a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, where people are buried.
VIII. Rewrite the sentences that have the same meaning ( 3pts)
1.Keeping the inviroment clean is very important.
à It’s............................................................................
2.Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
à People........................................................................
3.It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
à I haven’t.....................................................................
4.Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
à Tam used ...................................................................
5.We started living here 15 years ago.
à We have.....................................................................
6. Some one is repairing my car at the moment.
à My car .
IX. Write complete sentences using the words given to form a letter (2pts).
1. Thank / much / alarm clock / send me / 15th birthday.
 Thank you very much for the alarm clock you send me on my 15th birthday.
2. It / just / what / need.
 It’s just what I need.
3. I / terrible / get up late / every morrning.
 .
4. Thanks / your present / I / wake up / time.
5. I / hope / you both well.
 .
6. I / look forward / see / you / Christmas.
 ...
7. Thanks also your lovely card.
Best wishes
Peter
-Good luck to you-
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC: 2015-2016
Hướng dẫn chấm môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently (1pt)
Câu
1
2
3
4
Đáp án
C
D
B
A
II. Use the correct tense of the verbs (2 pts)
1 is reading - reads
2.will telephone
3.were watching - phoned
4.waiting
5. haven’t seen
6.will be published
7. did he spend
8. Did you use - lived
III. Choose the best answer (2.5 pts)
Câu
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Đáp án
D
D
B
C
B
B
A
A
B
A
IV . Find out correct one mistake in A, B, C or D of each sentence.(2.5pts )
1. A. slept -> was sleeping
2. C. for	-> in 
3. D. we	-> us 
4. B. to play -> play
5. B. in 	-> on
V. Use the correct tense of the verbs ( 2.5 pts)
1. different 
2. successfully 
3. interesting
4. pronunciation
5. orphanage
VI. Read the passage. Then choose the suitable word to fill in the blank (2,5pts)
Câu
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Đáp án
a
a
d
c
b
c
c
a
b
d
VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable word. (2pts)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
more
for
there
So
can
in
each
has
VIII. Rewrite the sentences that have the same meaning ( 3pts)
1. It’s very important to keep the inviroment clean.
2. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals.
3. I haven’t spoken to her for three years.
4. Tam used to type fast.
5. We have lived here for 15 years.
6. My car is being repaired at the moment.
IX. Write complete sentences using the words given to form a letter.
Dear uncle Toan,
1. Thank you very much for the alarm clock you send me on my 15th birthday.
2. It’s just what I need.
3. I’m terrible to get up late every morrning.
4. Thanks to your present, I can wake up on time.
5. I hope you are both well.
6. I’m looking forward to seeing you at Christmas.
7. Thanks also your lovely card.
Best wishes
Peter