Đề kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Kỳ thi khảo sát chất lượng học sinh khá giỏi cấp Huyện - Năm học 2015-2016

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KỲ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC SINH KHÁ GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
Năm học 2015-2016
( Thời gian làm bài 120 phút)
I.PHONETICS.
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others :
 A.1.A. informative
B. B.information
C. C. formal
D. D. forward
A. 2.A. away
B. B. facility
C. C. migrant
D. D. nature
A. 3.A. urban
B. B. pollution
C. C. ruler
D. D. supermarket
A. 4.A. supply
B. B. typhoon
C. C. facility
D. D. try
A. 5.A. strain
B. B. air
C. C. rain
D. D. entertainment
2.Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others :
A. available B. delicious 	C. amusing D. entertaining 
A. concern B. access 	C. impact D. skeptical 
A. liquify B. appliance 	C. helicopter D. document
A. mixture B. wonder 	C. perform D. heritage
A. guarantee B. properly 	C. chocolate D. printer 
II.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1. Choose the best option
1. - “Have a nice weekend!” - “______.”
	A. Do you have any plans?	B. I’m going to take it easy.
C. Thanks. You too!	D. Are you going anywhere?
2. Let's go somewhere else. There's ______ noise in this room.
	A. too many	B. too much	C. many too	D. much too
3. The shark ____________ him while he was padding on his surfboard
	A. has attacked	B. had attacked	C. attacked	D. was attacked
4. It’s ______ far to the railway station from here. 	
	A. too many	B. too much	C. many too	D. much too
5. He is the first student ______ the scholarship this year
	A. who win	B. to win	C. winning	D. whose won
6. My house_________in 1986. 
	A. is built	B. was building	C. was built	D. has been built
7. The doctor_________me not to stay up too late at night. 
	A. advised	B. suggested	C. insisted	D. forced	
8. Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _____comes from Malaysia.
	A. who	B. whom	C. whose	D. that
9. His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _________house.
	A. a seven-room	B. a seven-rooms	C. seven room	D. seven rooms
10. If you get up early, you_________late.
	A. weren't	B. wouldn't be	C. aren't	D. won't be 
11. It's very hot today. I wish I_________on the beach now.
	A. am	B. was	C. were	D. had been
12. When he lived in the city, he_________to the theater twice a week.
	A. uses to go	B. has gone	C. used to go	D. was going
13. My father asked us_________too much time playing computer games.
	A. not to spending	B. did not spend	
	C. not to spend	D. to not spent
14. Hoai can’t remember the restaurant _________ she ate her favorite roasted duck. 
 A. which	B. whose	C. whom	D. where 
15. If I were a flower, I_________a sunflower.
 A. was 	B. were	C. will be	D. would be 
16. Nobody went to the party, _________?
 A. does he	B. do they	C. didn’t they	D. did they
17. It is nearly 3 months_________he visited his parents.
 A. while	B. during	C. since	D. when
18. _________population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.
 A. Increased 	B. Increasing	C. The increase	D. To increase
19. Mai got up late 	 she couldn’t catch the first train . 
A. because 	B. however 	C. so	D. but
20. "Can I give you a little more coffee?"	- “ __________________ ”
A. No, you're welcome. 	B. No. Thanks.	
C. Yes, you're right.	D. Yes, I'm OK.
2.Use the correct word form :
My grandmother is loved because she has a good ____________________. (generous)
He doesn’t want to do that job much. He works very ____________________. (volunteer)
Her elder brother is very ____________. She enjoys ______________ with other people. (society)
I am very __________________ to hear that you are well. (pleasure)
She was very __________________ sorry for the delay. (extreme)
Money doesn’t bring ________________ to people. (happy)
She has short __________________ hair. (curls)
Can you give me some ___________________ about the train to London ? (inform)
Uncle Ho has a lot of good __________________________. (characteristics) 
The band played the play Hamlet very ______________________. (beauty)
III. READING
1. Choose the best option 
 	News media are the means or methods by which people learn what is happening in the city, in the country, in the (1). . The news media can be classified (2) two general categories of print (3) and electronic media. Print media use the written (4) to communicate news to readers. Electronic media use air waves to (5)news into homes, offices, and public places. Print media are usually (6) into magazines and newspapers. Most newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspapers “The New York Times” is (7) weekly, for instance, Newsweek and Time magazines are published once a week. The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. (8) news is news that you listen to. In the United States many radio stations (9)five minutes of news every hour. Television news is news that you not only listen to but also watch. In Canada and the United States, for example, many people watch an hour of news on TV at six o’clock in the evening. In the future new categories of news media will develop. Even today computers are beginning to (10) the transmission and reception of news.
1. A. country
B. world
C. society
D. neighborhood
2. A. to
B. for
C. into
D. by
3. A. media
B. paper
C. computer
D. machine
4. A. speech 
B.thing 
C.dictation 
D.material 
5. A. mail
B. post
C. send
D. book
6. A. separated
B. consisted
C. written
D. divided
7. A. delivered 
B. published
C. given
D. found
8. A. Radio
B. Media
C. The
D. television
9. A. transmit
B. send
C. broadcast
D. give out
10. A. influence
B. develop
C.increase
D.reduce
2.Fill in each blank of this passage with ONE suitable word :
	Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) is one of the greatest inventors of all time. Edison began to work (1) ____ an early age and continued to work until his death. During his career, Edison had more (2) ______ 1000 inventions, including the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion-picture camera. People call the period (3) _______ 1897 to 1900, when Edison produced and perfected most (4) _______ his devices, the Age of Edison. 
	One of Edison’s achievements was (5) _______ improvement on the telephone. The telephone that Alexander Graham Bell invented in 1876 could not work over distances of (6) _______ than 3 to 5 kilometers. After hundreds of experiments, Edison improved the telephone that (7) ________ could carry speech clearly over long distances. In March 1878, Edison’s telephone system connected to New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a (8) _________ of 302 km.
	Throughout his career as an inventor, Edison was well-known for his focus and determination. He focused on his work so much that he spent little time with (9) _______ family. He avoided most social situation, and often (10) ________ dirty shirts and working clothes. 
3. Read the text and choose the best answers A, B, C or D. to the questions. 
Most of the countries in the world have searched for alternative sources of energy in various directions. Many communities are burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity. Converting waste products to gases or oil is also an efficient way to dispose of waste.
	Experimental work is being done to derive synthetic fuels from coal, oil, shale and coal tars. But today that process has proven expensive. Other experiments are underway to harness power with giant windmills. Geothermal power heat from the earth is also being tested.
	Some experts expect utility companies to revive hydroelectric power derived from streams and rivers. Fifty years ago hydroelectric power provided one third of the electricity used in the United States, but today it supplies only five percent. The oceans are another potential source of energy. Scientists are studying ways to convert the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves to electricity. Experiments are also underway to make use of the temperature differences in ocean water to produce energy.
1. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. The use of water productions for energy	
B. Efficient ways of disposing of waste
C. The search for Alternative Sources of Energy	
D. New Discoveries in Geothermal Power
2. Fifty years ago one third of the electricity in the United States was provided by_________.
A. wind	B. waste products	C. oil	D. water
3. In the second paragraph, the phrase “synthetic fuels” could be best replaced by which of the following _________.
A. biological fuels	B. artificial made fuels	 
C. low burning fuels	 	D. fast burning fuels
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an alternative source of energy?
A. electricity	B. burning of garbage 
C. geothermal power	 	D. synthetics fuels
5. According to the author, the impracticability of using coal, oil shale and coal tars as sources of energy is due to _________.
A. their being money consuming	B. their being time consuming
C. the scarcity of sources 	D. the lack of technology	 
IV. WRITING
1. Rewrite the each sentence, beginning as shown so that the meaning stays the same 
1. People think that the government is planning to build a new airport
 The 
2. He was the last person who left the room
 He was the last person
3. I regretted that I told him about my sorrow
 I regretted
4. Studying English culture is interesting
 I find 
5. I don’t like you to play the music so loudly at night
 I’d rather 
6.She is proud of being such a good pianist.
She prides .
7.It’s vital to finish this work by Monday.
This work 
8.“Would you like a cup of tea?”Ba said to Trung
Ba 
9.I realised how much I loved the city only after I had left it.
Only ..
10.Jane found it easy to make herself understood.
Jane had no ..
2. Rewrite the sentences, using the word given 
1. The doctor told me to stop smoking. (up)
.................................................................................................................................
2. Let’s visit the museum this afternoon (go)
 ........................................................................................................................................?
3. I don’t normally go into town by car
I .. into town by car (used)
4. Although it rained heavily. We went to Hoa’s birthday party.
 .. .. (of)
 5. Would you like to go for a coffee in 10 minutes or so? (about)
  a coffee in 10 minutes or so?
3.Put these words in their correct order to make meaningful sentences
1. please / magazine / your / you / Would / me / lending / fashion/mind ?
..
2. white/ would / Her / a / coffee / brother / like / cup / of /. 
..
3. some / I / juice / have / May / more / organge ?
..
4. teachers /to / carefully / students/ their / The / should / listen.
..
5. get / by /o’clock/ sure / home / to / back/ ten / Make. 
..
6. wash / your / you / Remember / to / meals / hands / to / have / before. 
..
7. family / go / Where/ you / picnic / your / for / the / did / a /and / ?
..
8. /be /much / often/ drunk/water / should /by/every day / How / the children?
..
9. his / mother / him / His / wrist- watch / birthday / bought / sixteenth / for / that / on.
..
10. to / too / box / The / lift / woman / a / is / such / weak / big. 
..