Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 năm học 2008-2009 - Phòng GD & ĐT Huyện Trực Ninh

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
 HUYỆN TRỰC NINH Năm học: 2008 – 2009 
 ******* Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC *******
Họ và tên : .. Số báo danh: .
Số phách
Ngày, tháng, năm sinh: ...
Trường THCS: ....
 Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này
 (Đề thi gồm 4 trang)
Số phách
Họ, tên và chữ ký giám khảo:
Giám khảo 1: .................................. 
Giám khảo 2:................................... 
 Điểm bài thi
Bằng số:  Bằng chữ:..
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three. Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. A. needed	B. played	C. rained	D. followed
2. A. suit	B. seven	C. sugar	D. sun
 3. A. dollar	B. lower	C. micro	D. stone
4. A. place	B. plate	C. trace	D. travel
5. A. above	B. glove	C. love	D. prove
II. Circle the best answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the following sentences.
1. What are you going to do? - I don’t know. I haven’t made________my mind yet.
 	A. on	 B. at	C. in	D. up
2. It's very kind _________ you to help me.
A. for	 B. at	C. of 	D. with
3. I hate __________to do something by others.
 	A. being to ask	 B. asking	C. being asked	D. to ask
4. Let’s go camping in the mountain, __________?
 	A. do we	 B. can we	C. will we	D. shall we
5. Deaf-mutes can __________ speak __________ hear.
A. both ... and	 B. neither ...nor	C. not only ... but also D. either ... or
6. Did you succeed __________ the problem? 
A. to solve	 B. on solving	 C. in solving	 D. solving
7. He failed his exam __________he was lazy.
A. although 	 B. because 	C. so 	 D. but
8. The man ________ by the window is my father.
A. standing 	 B. stands 	C. stand 	 D. stood
9. My teacher told me what _______when I visited Hoi An.
A. doing 	 B. to do 	C. do 	 D. done
10. My family has decided ________ Ha Long in the summer.
A. to visit 	 B. visit 	 C. visited 	 D. visits
III. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.
1. I know all the people who live in my .................................	NEIGHBOR
 Thí sinh 
 Không được 
 Viết vào
 Khoảng này
2. During his ......................... the family lived in Cornwall	 	CHILD
3. Mr. Minh has made an to see us at 3 o’clock. 	ARRANGE
4. Bell.. demonstrated his invention.	 	 SUCCESS
5. ...., dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. 	 SUDDEN
6. Every day, there are two . from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. 	FLY
7. I like the city life because there are many kinds of .. . ENTERTAIN
8. It is  to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH
9. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more.... COMFORT
10. There are many cultural .. between his country and mine. 	DIFFER
IV. There are 10 mistakes in the passage. Each line has one. Underline the mistakes and write the correct ones in the spaces.
Example: I haven’t saw your brother for two months.
0. seen
 Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer
1. ......................
holiday. He travelled with him schoolmates to a mountainous
2........................
area in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a
3. ......................
road through a forest among two villages. “It was very difficult 
4. ......................
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 
5. ......................
could bought food”, said Nam. “It was also very cold and wet
6. ......................
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country”.
7. .....................
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard
8. .....................
work, but he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is 
9. .....................
hoping to return next year to do any more work there.
10. ...................
V. Fill in each gap with one suitable word. Write your answers in the boxes.
The Christmas season in Italy goes for three weeks, starting 8 days before Christmas known (1) ________________ the Novena. During this period, children go (2) _______________ house to house reciting Christmas poems and singing. In some parts, shepherds bring musical instruments into villages, play and sing Christmas (3) _________________ .
In the week before Christmas children go from house to house dressed as shepherds, playing pipes, singing and reciting Christmas (4) _____________ . They are (5) ____________ money to buy presents.
In Italy children wait until Epiphany, January 6, for their presents. (6)_______________ to tradition, presents are delivered (7) _______________ a kind ugly witch called Befana on a broomstick. It is said (8)______________ she was told by the three kings that the baby Jesus was born. She was busy and 
delayed visiting the baby. She missed the Star, lost her way and (9) _____________ been flying around ever since, leaving presents at every house with children. She slides down chimneys fills stockings and shoes with good things for good children and leaves coal for children who are (10) __________ so good.
VI. Choose the correct answer to complete the passage. Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (1) ..... flying is no more dangerous (2) .....any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (3) ..... taking off and landing when a (4) .......decisions are vitally important.
The people, (5) ..... job is to look (6)...... the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (7)...... safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (8) ...... such care of is all part of the total experience. (9) ..... other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (10) ...... , with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
1- A. although	B. too	C. and	D. because
2- A. than	B. as	C. then	D. with
3- A. while	B. during	C. for	D. through
4- A. leader’s	B. chief ’s	C. driver’s	D. pilot’s	
5- A. whose	B. which	C. their	D. that
6- A. for	B. up	C. after	D. round
7- A. feel	B. rest	C. experience	D. lie
8- A. given	B. kept	C. shown	D. taken
	9- A. Any	B. No	C. All	D. Not
 10- A. way	B. kind	C. sort	D. part 
VII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers:
In the early years of television, educational specialists believed that it would be very useful in teaching and learning. Many schools have brought television sets, intending to use them effectively to improve the quality of education; but actually they are rarely used properly in classrooms. Meanwhile, children spend the majority of their out-of-school hours watching TV and their typical school days proceed as if television did not exist.
	There are some explanations for the failure of television to get the interest of the teachers. Firstly, the schools that purchased television sets have not set aside money for equipment repairs and maintenance so these television sets are sooner and later out of work. Secondly these schools have not found an effective way to train teachers to integrate television into their ongoing instructional programs. Lastly, most teachers do not regard the quality of television and its usefulness in the classroom.
	Teachers at the schools work hard for at least twelve years to train their students to become good readers. However, according a recent statistics, teenagers seldom spend their free time reading books and newspapers but watching television instead.
1. The text is about:
A. the use of television at schools.	B. teaching and learning television
C. educational specialists.	D. watching TV outside school.
2. When TV first appeared, educational specialists ________ .
A. did not appreciate it.	B. did not appreciate it.
C. believed it would be useful for schooling.	D. banned children from watching TV.
3. According to the text, TV _______ . 
A. has not been used properly in classrooms. B. has been used effectively in classrooms.
C. has not existed in classrooms.	D. has not attracted students’ interest.
4. There are ______ explanations for the failure of television to get the interest of the teachers.
A. two	B. three	C. four	D. five
5. Children spend their free time ________ .
A. reading books	B. reading newspapers.
C. learning foreign languages	D. watching TV.
VIII. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the first one.
1. Thinking of making toys from used paper was his interesting idea.
It’s interesting that...................................................................................................................
2. He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years now.
It’s............................................................................................................................................
3. That’s the strangest film I’ve ever seen.
I have never..............................................................................................................................
4. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
We haven’t...............................................................................................................................
5. Mai said “It is raining heavily outside .”
Mai said..
6. Have you ever played a computer game before?
Is this........................................................................................................................................
7. France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
The Statue ...............................................................................................................................
8. The water was so cold that the children couldn’t swim in it.
The water wasn’t......................................................................................................................
9. People should stop experiments on animals.
Experiments.............................................................................................................................
10. “Don’t cry my child” said the mother.
The mother asked ....
IX. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Do not change the given bold word form and do not write more than 5 words. 
1. May I turn on the television? (mind)
 	Do you .. the television?
2. Would you mind not using the office phone? (use)
 	I’d ..the office phone.
3. “Don’t throw things away” - Mrs. Thanh said to the students. (asked)
 	Mrs. Thanh. throw things away.
4. Does your country export coffee to Europe? (exported)
 	Is by your country?
5. I suggest going to the movies now. (that)
	I .to the movies now.
X. Write a complete letter using the suggested words and phrases. You can make all the changes and additions.
Dear Peter and Julia,
1. we / having / wonderful time / here / Majorca/.
 ..
2. weather / lovely / so / we / go / beach / most / time / sunbathe/.
3. yesterday / hot / sunny / we / got / very red/.
4. tomorrow / we / not / going / sit / sun / we / going / buy / some / souvenirs/.
5. we / come back / Monday./
...
See you soon.
Love,
Loren and Sophia
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