Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 năm học 2014-2015 - Trường Trung học cơ sở Mỹ Hưng

PHÒNG GD & ĐT THANH OAI ĐỀ THI HSG LỚP 8
 TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ HƯNG NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015
 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 
 I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. 
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. danger B. angry 	C. language 	D. passage
5. A. character 	B. children 	C. teacher 	D. change
 II/ Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions 
6. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class?
	A. in	B. with	C. on	D. for
7. " What.........going to Hanoi tomorrow? " 
	A. to	B. in	C. about	D. for
8. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
	A. badly	B. good	C. hardly	D. hard
9. The building was built .........1962 and 1969.
	A. between	B. from	C. since	D. for
10. This school..........in 1997
	A. built	B. is built	C. was built	D. has built
11. Of all my friends, Hoa is.............
	A. the tallest	B. the most tallest	C. taller	D. more taller
12. Would you mind if Ia photo ?
	A. take	B. took	C. would take	D. am going to take
13. Last week I my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got	B. brought	C. fetch D. took
14. Are you proud.your country and its tradition ?
A. about	B. on	 	C. of	 D. for
15. Do you collect stamps or other things ?	- Yes, I am a stamp.
	A. collecting	B. collector	C. collect 	 D. collection
16. It is very dangerous .. in the polluted environment.
A. to live 	B. lives 	C. living 	D. live
17. Our .. resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature 	B. natural 	C. naturing 	D. naturally
18. His car is the same color . my uncle’s.
A. alike	 B. as 	C. like 	D. to
19. This ruler .. of plastic. 
A. make 	B. made 	C. is making 	D. is made
20. I take part .. most youth activities of my school.
A. in 	B. of 	C. on 	D. at
III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition.
21. She isn’t here ________________ the moment.
22. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather.
23. What do you often do ________________ weekends.
24. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month.
25. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital.
26. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor.
27. You’re better ask __________ the information desk.
28. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father
29. “ Hamlet” is ____________ Shakespeare.
30. Jane fell _________ her bike and hit head on the road
IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column. 
31. Their children have quite _____________ characters. DIFFERENCE 
32. What is the correct ______________of this word? PRONOUNCE 
33. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more _________ COMFORT
34. She is one of the greatest ______________ to appear in this theater. PERFORM
35. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very __________ there in the fall 	 WIND
36. It is _______________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH
37. During his _____________ the family lived in Cornwall	 	 	 CHILD
38. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention.	SUCCESS
39. Every day, there are two _________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY 
40. ______________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN	 
V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. 
41. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ____________ through the text ?
42. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) __________ in next week”
43. Look at those black clouds. It ( rain) __________
44. The film ( begin) ___________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ?
45. Mai (telephone)____________ you when she comes back.	
46. The pens( produce ) _________by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good.
47. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I ‘d rather you ( sit ) __________ over there”
48. The price ( become ) __________ more and more expensive these days.
49,50 Mr Binh ( know) ______ how to drive a car although he ( not learn) ________ it yet.
VI. Complete the following passage by choosing the best option, A, B, C or D. 
 For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (50) _____ flying is no more dangerous (51) __________ any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (52) ______________ taking off and landing when a (53) _________ decisions are vitally important.
The people, (54) _______ job is to look (55) ______________ the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (56) ___________ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (57) ___________ such care of is all part of the total experience. (58) ____________ other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (59) __________, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
51- A. although	B. too	C. and	D. because
52- A. than	B. as	C. then	D. with
53- A. while	B. during	C. for	D. through
54- A. leader’s	B. chief ’s	C. driver’s	D. pilot’s	
55- A. whose	B. which	C. their	D. that
56- A. for	B. up	C. after	D. round
57- A. feel	B. rest	C. experience	D. lie
58- A. given	B. kept	C. shown	D. taken
	59- A. Any	B. No	C. All	D. Not
 60- A. way	B. kind	C. sort	D. part 
VII. Read the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with one suitable word only. 
	When I (61) ________ a child I used (62)________ go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was (63) ________ beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. (64) _______ I grew (65) __________ the house and (66) __________ seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (67) _________ the doll’s house which was older than grandmother herself. At (68) ____________ times, I looked (69)___________ books which were (70)_________ interesting than my children’s book at home. 
VIII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find it by choosing A, B, C or D.
71. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet ?
 A B C D
72. “ Do you think anyone saw us ?” she told nervously.
 A B C D
73. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world.
 A B C D
74. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to Phu Tho next week.
 A B C D
75.My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at university. A B C D
IX. Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given. 
76. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
-> It __________________________________________________________
77. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People ______________________________________________________
78. We arrived too late to see the film.
->. We didn’t ___________________________________________________
79. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me.
->. He asked me _________________________________________________
80. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
-> We haven’t ____________________________________________
X. 	“What do you usually do to celebrate your Tet festival ?”
	Write a paragraph of about 150 words to report things you do at tet.
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI HSG LỚP 8
Môn : Tiếng Anh 
Câu I/ 1 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm
 1- C
2- D 
3- B 
4 – A 
5 – A
Câu II/ 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm
6- A
7 – C 
8 - D
9 - A 
10 – C 
11 – A 
12 – B 
13 – D 
14 – C 
15 – B 
16 – A 
17 – B 
18 – B 
19 – D 
20 – A 
Câu III/ 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm
21
22
23
24
25
at
from
At/ on
since
to
26
27
28
29
30
as
at
from
by
off
Câu IV/ 3 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,3 điểm
31
32
33
34
35
different
pronunciation
comfortable
performers
windy
36
37
38
39
40
unhealthy
childhood
successfully
flights
suddenly
Câu V/ 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm
41. am looking
42. am going to move ( am moving)
43. is going to rain
44. Does ...... begin 
45. will telephone
46. produced
47. sat
48. is becoming
49. knows
50. hasn’t learned/ learnt
Câu VI/ 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
A
A
B
D
A
C
A
D
B
A
Câu VII/ 3 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,3 điểm
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
was
to
Very/as
when
up
garden
with
that
in
more
Câu VIII/ 1 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm
71
72
73
74
75
C
D
B
D
C
Câu IX/ 1 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 
76. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house
77. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals
78. we didn’t arrive early enough to see the film
79. He asked me if I knew to speak EL
80. We haven’t met each other for 10 years
Câu X/ 3 điểm