Đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp trường môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 năm học 2012-2013 - Trường Trung học cơ sở Thanh Cao

 PHÒNG GD & ĐT THANH OAI
 TRƯỜNG: THCS THANH CAO
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC: 2012 - 2013
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
A.PHONETICS: (10 ms)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently ( 5 ms)
1. a. happy 	b.character 	c. fat 	d. classmate 
2. a. blind	 	b. hire	c. mint	d. light
3. a. steamer	b. bead 	c. appear 	d. theater
4. a. Christmas	b. anchor	c. chemistry	d. cheque
5. a. young	b. about	c. account	d. sound
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of others: (5ms)
1. a machine 	b. mobile 	c. movie 	d. theater 
2. a. directory 	 b. telephone 	c. invention 	d. experiment 
3. a. arrange 	b. transmit 	c. demonstrate	d. device 
4. a. delivery 	b. emigrate 	c. introduce 	d. customer 
5. a. furniture 	 b. university 	c. patient 	d. hospital
B. VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE (15ms)
 Choose the right words or phrases to fill in the blank :
1. Jack is ____________.His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot.
	A. generous	 B. humorous 	 C. easy-going 	D. unusual
2. I’m sorry. I’m not __________to help you lift the table.
	A. enough strong 	B. too strong 	 C. strong enough 	D. enough strength.
3. We used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a ____________
	A. washing machine B. dishwasher C. hair dryer 	 D. steamer.
4. It took me a long time to get used ___________ glasses.
	A. to wear 	B. to wearing C. wear 	 D. wore.
5. The doctor ................he should take a few days off.
 A. say	 B. said	 C. ask	D. tell
6. She went to market without. anything.
	A. buy	B. to buy	 C. bought	 D. buying
7. Please show me how_______ this.
	A. do	B. to do	 C. doing 	 D. to have done
8. He likes travel, and_______ does she.
	A. too	B. such	 C. so	 D. but
9. He doesn't get up early on Sundays. He gets up_______
	A. late	B. lately	 C. early	 D. earlily
10._____ him a few words of Italian? The waiter.
	A. Who taught	B. What did he teach	
	C. Who did teach	D. Whom did he teach
11."Do you think Margaret will take the job you offered her?"
	"I don’t know. She seemed __________ in it, however".
	A interest	B. interesting	C. interested	D. interestingly
12. He drives as______ his father does.
	A. careful as	B. more carefully	
	C. the most careful 	D. carefully as
13. It’s interesting to ___________ friends with people from other countries.
	A. have 	B. do 	C. make 	 D. go 
14. His .................towards me is very strange.
 	A. behave	B. behavior	 C. behaved	 D. behaving
15.Of my parents, my father is ..
A. the stricter	B. the strictest	C. strict	D. stricter
16.He worked _______________ than his brother. 
	A. more careful	B. very carefully	C. carefullier	 D. more carefully
17. She spends most of her free time __________ volunteer work.
	 A. do	 	B. doing	C. to do	D. for doing
18. She has _____________ hair.
	A. black straight long	B. straight black long	
	C. straight long black	D. long straight black
19. His friends often laugh ____ his jokes.
	A. in	B. at	C. on	D. for
20. Tom is shy but his sister is outgoing.
	A. sociable	B. reserved	C. hard-working	D. humorous
21. It is nearly ten years .I last saw her.
A. when	B. since	C. for 	 D. while
22. My sister and I _____ the cartoons on TV every Saturday last summer.
	A. watches	B. are watching	C. watch	D. watched
23. He ____________ first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s.
	A. experiments 	 B. worked 	C. emigrated	D. invented
24. My English is not_________ to be a member of your English speaking club.
	A. enough good 	B. good enough 	C. enough bad	D. bad enough 
25. Mai is too young to look after ____________
A. herself 	 B. myself 	C. himself 	D. yourself 
26. I can't go to the cinema tonight. I _______do my homework.
	A. should 	B. must 	C. have to 	 D. ought
27. Why did Nam have to cook dinner?-._________his mother got home late.
A. Although 	 	B. But 	C. So 	D. Because 
28."Don’t shout", I said to Jim.
	A. I told Jim don't shout	B. I told to Jim not to shout
	C. I told Jim not to shout	D. I said to Jim don't shout.
29. John has lived in Paris .................. last summer.
A. yet	B. in	C. since	D. for
30. The Sun _________in the East. 
A. rised	B. is rising	C. rise	D. rises
C. READING ( 30Ms)
I. Fill in the blanks :
1. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space 
( 10ms)
One of the (1)  beautiful part of Britain is the Lake District. The Lake District is situated in the north-west of England. (2)  consists of high hills, mountains and, (3)  course, lakes. There are sixteen (4) in all. The largest one (5) .. Lake Windermere.
Every year more than fourteen million people (6) . Britain and abroad visit the Lake District. They (7) .there to enjoy the fresh air and the scenery. Some go to walk in the mountains. (8) . sail boats on the lakes or simply sit admiring the magnificent views. Unfortunately, the region is becoming the victim of its own success in attracting (9) . There are also (10)  people coming to the Lake District. They threaten to destroy the peace and quiet which many are searching for there.
Answer:
1..	2..	3	4	 5..
6..	7	8	9	 10.
2. Read the passage. Then choose the suitable word to fill in the blank (10ms)
	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
II. Answer the questions: 
1. Read the following passage then answer the questions below: (5ms)
	Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English.
	Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some 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.
1. According to the writer. English is learnt by...............
A. young children	B. adults	C. teenagers	D. all are correct
2. In the line 2 of the second part, the word “it” refers to..........
A. country	 B. young children	C. English	D. question
3. Where do many boys and girls learn English?
A. at home	B. at school	C. in evening class 	D. in the office
4. Why do adults learn English?
A. Because they want to see movies in English	B. Because they need it for their job.
C. Because they are forced to learn it	 D. Because it’s not difficult to learn.
5. What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Children like reading English newspapers	B. People in many countries learn English
C. English is one subject in school.	D. Some books are written in English.
2. Read the two passages and answer the questions that follow.(5ms)
	Machu Picchu is an ancient city in Peru. Construction of the city started in 1450. The city covers about 13 square kilometers. For centuries, the city was buried in the jungle and was not discovered until 1911. Today, Manchu Picchu is one of the most famous tourist attractions in all of South America.
The Great Wall of China is the longest manmade structure ever built. Much of what exists of the wall today was built during the Ming Dynasty in the late 1400s, although parts of the wall are much older and go back to around 200 B.C. The wall is about 11 meters high. The main part of the wall stretches for about 3,400 kilometers.
Questions:
1. When was Manchu Picchu built?
_______________________________________________________________________
2. When was it discovered?
_______________________________________________________________________
3. What is the longest manmade structure ever built?
_______________________________________________________________________
4. When was the wall first built?
___________________________________________________________________
5. How long is it?
___________________________________________________________________
D. WRITING (45 M)
I. Write the sentences, using the cue words (5m)
When/ we/ children/we/ used/ listen/ grandma’s old folktales after dinner.
.
You/ can/ tell me/ best ways/ learn new word?
.
She/ will/ travel/ the North/ because/ she/ have/ three-week vacation.
.
She/ have to/ house work/ all day after/ mother/ died.
.
I/ not/ see/ him/ since/ we/ leave/ school
.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first (10ms)
1. He is strong. He can carry that table. 
 	 He______________________________________________________________
2. “Can you lend me some money? “ Henry said to Susan.
Henry...............................................................................
3. “Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba” asked Minh.
 	Minh told __________________________________________________________
4. The front yard is too small to play soccer in. 
The front yard isn’t________________________________________________
5. Keeping the environment clean is very important
 	It is ______________________________________________________________
6. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
It is ______________________________________________________________ 
7. Hoa hasn’t written to her parents for three months.
à The last time_______________________________________________________
8. Tom started learning English in 1990.
à Tom has ______________________________________________________________
9. Farmers don’t have as many days off as student.
 Farmers have______________________________________________________________
10. The children couldn’t go swimming because it was very cold.
	 It was too _________________________________________________________
III. Find and correct the mistakes: (5ms)
1. These color televisions are too expensive for we to buy at this time.
 A B 	 C D
2. You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it is a dangerous place.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
3. Let’s me help you with the housework so that you can have enough time for your 
 A 	 	 B	 C	 D 
homework.
4.The armchair is in the living room, among the TV and the sofa.
 A 	 B	 C	 D
5. The course begins in 12 May and ends sometimes in August.
 A B C D
IV. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with the capital words at the beginning of sentences: (5ms)
1. NEIGHBOR 	I know all the boys who live in my
2. FRIEND	People in the countryside is
3. FLY	 All .between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog
4. KNOW	Taxi drivers have to have a very good ..on the street names.
5. COMFORT	The hotel was large and .. 
V.WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS (100-130 WORDS) (20ms)
Good luck to you !
ĐÁP ÁN ĐÊ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH 8
A.PHONETICS (10MS)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently ( 5 ms)
1. d 	2.c	3.b	4.d	5.a
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of others: (5ms)
1. a	2.b	3.c	4.a	5.b	
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 20MS)
1.B
11.C
21.B
2.C
12.D
22.D
3.A
13.C
23.C
4.C
14.B
24.B
5.B
15.D
25.A
6.D
16.D
26.C
7.D
17.B
27.D
8.C
18.D
28.C
9.A
19.B
29.C
10.A
20.A
30.D
C. READING ( 30 MS)
I. FILL IN THE BLANK :
1.Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space ( 10ms)
1. most 	2. It 	3. of 	4. lakes 	5. is 
6. from 	7. go 	8. others 	9. visitors 	10. Many
2. Read the passage. Then choose the suitable word to fill in the blank (10ms)
1. a. have 	2. a. washing	3. d. to 	4. c. for 	5.b. there
	6. c. here 	7. c. here 	8. a. into 	9. b. his 	10. d. too
II. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS : 
1. Read the following passage then answer the questions below:
1 d. all are correct
2. c. English
3. b. at school
4. b. Because they need it for their job.
5. a. Children like reading English newspapers
2. Read the two passages and answer the questions that follow.(5ms)
1.Macchu Picchu was built in 1450.
2. It was not discovered until 1911
3. The Great Wall of China is the longest manmade structure ever built 
4. It was first built in the late 1400s
 5. It is about 3,400 kilometers
D. WRITING: ( 45MS)
I. Write the sentences, using the cue words ( 5m)
1. When we were children, we used to listen to grandma’s old folktales after dinner.
2. Can you tell me the best way to learn new words?
3. She will travel to the North because she has a three-week vacation 
4.She had to do housework all day after her mother died.
5. I have not seen him since we left school. 
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first (10ms)
1.He is strong enough to carry that table.
2.Henry asked Susan to lend him some money
3.Minh told Ba to help him with his English speaking.
4.The front yard isn’t large enough to play soccer in.
5. It is important to keep the environment clean
6. It took Peter three hours to paint his house.
7.The last time Hoa wrote to her parent was three month ago.
8.Tom has learned English since 1990.
9. Farmers have fewer days off than students
10. It was too cold for children to go swimming.
III. Find and correct the mistakes : (5ms)
D. for we-> for us.
B. To play -> play
A. Let’s me -> let me
4. B. among -> between 
5. B. in -> on 
IV. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with the capital words at the beginning of sentences (5ms)
1. neighborhood 	 
2. friendly	
3. flights	 
4. knowledge	
5. comfortable	
V.WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS (100-130 WORDS) (20ms)