Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 năm học 2011-2012 (Có đáp án)

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI 
NĂM HỌC: 2011 - 2012
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
 Lưu ý:
- Đề thi gồm 4 trang , thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi này.
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất kì tài liệu gì kể cả từ điển.
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (5 pts).
1.
A. hour	
B. honor 
C. honest
D. how
2. 
A. empire
B. bridge 
C. liberty
D. pyramid
3. 
A. cave
B. statue 
C. bay
D. ancient
4. 
A. believe 
B. field
C. science
D. movie
5. 
A. required
B. opened
C. plugged
D. worked
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences (10 pts).
1. She was very sad ______ good marks in the final test.
 	A. not get 	B. not to get 	C. to not get 	D. not getting 	 
2. My sister has decided to lose weight, so she is living ______ oranges for a week.
 	A. with	 B. on 	C. in	D. by	
3. When I ______ school, I am going to work in a factory .
 	A. begin	B. study	 C. leave	D. learn 
4. What can we do to prevent people ______ throwing drink cans away?.
A. in	B. of	C. on	D. from
5. We have not seen each other ______last Sunday.
A. for	B. since 	C. on 	D. in
6. Excuse me! I am doing my homework. ______ turning down your radio a bit?.
A. Would you please	B. Can you	C. Could you	D. Would you mind
7. You should work ______ for the coming exam.
A. hard 	B. hardly 	C. more hardly 	D. more hard
8. He found a watch when he ______ in the street.
A. walked 	B. has been walking 	C. was walking 	D. has walked
9. My uncle used to live ______ a farm when he was young. 
A. in 	B. at 	C. during 	D. on
10. Millions of Christmas cards ______every year.
A. send	B. are sent	C. are sending 	D. was sent 
IV. There mistake in the four underlined part of each sentence underline it then correct it (10 pts).
1. There are a lot of food in the fridge, so help yourself. 
	 A B C D
2. You should take a taxi although it is raining hard. 
 A B C D
3. The telephone was invented with a Scotsman, Alexandre G. Bell, in 1876.
 A B C D
4. Would you like coming to my birthday party. 
 A B C D
5. It is difficult for students to answer all of the question in fifteen minutes. 
 A B C D 
6. Mary enjoys to be able to meet a lot of interesting people during her vacation. 
 A B C D
7. It has been a long time since we last talked together, isn’t it ?
 A B C D
8. Lots of information are store in the computer. 
 A B C D 
9. This is the second time I took part in the rice-cooking contest. 
 A B C D
10. Either Nam or his father know how to connect the printer. 
 A B C D
V. Give the correct form of each verb in brackets to complete the following sentences if necessary (10 pts).
1. Lan’s hair was dirty. Now it is clean, she (clean) it. 
2. Look! Somebody (break).. that door. 
3. They (not meet).. us since last week. 
4. What (you/do) .. at this time yesterday. 
5. Our school (open) .. a new club next week. 
6. Would you like (come). to dinner to night. 
7. You (phone) me last night?. 
8. Would you mind if I (smoke)..?
 9. I don't enjoy.. (laugh) at by other people.
10. Most of the NOKIA mobile phones (sell). in this shop are imported from China.
VI. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals (10 pts).
1. What is the correct ..of this word. (pronounce) 
2. My grand father can read  . (good) 
3. Last week we had an  summer holiday. (enjoy) 
4. The . of the project made me tense. (important).
5. You had better do some .. for the final exams (revise) 
6. We should save . .resources. (nature) 
7. People in the in the country are often more .  than people in the city. (friend) 
8. Increased pollution is another . ..result. (please) 
9. The air is heavily with traffic fumes. (pollute) 
10. , her illness was more serious than we thought. (fortunate) 
VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the following passage (10 pts).
Rivers are on of the world’s most important natural resources. Many cities are on the large rivers, and (1).. every country has a least one river that (2).. an important part in the lives of its people. Besides transportation, rivers (3)..water for crops, water to drink , and recreation for people who live along their (4).. And in (5).to get water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (6)a river and let water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not (7)..to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries. (8).the water often becomes polluted when cities on river bank grow (9).and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to (10)rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.
VIII. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D to complete the passage (10 pts).
THE LANGUAGE OF CLOTHES
We don’t only choose clothes to make us look.........(1)......, we also use them to tell the world .........(2)...... our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance......(3)...... a whole give other people useful information about what we think and.........(4)...... we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear......(5)...... clothes and if we feel.........(6)..... we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so.........(7)......? Is it because they feel miserable all.........(8)......? This is unlikely the case. It is probably just because it is.........(9)...... to wear black, and young people they are real fans.........(10)...... fashion.
1. A. attract
2. A. of
3. A. on
4. A. which
5. A. colorful
6. A. depress
7. A. frequent
8. A. the time
9. A. fashion
10. A. of
B. attractive
B. with
B. as
B. what
B. colors
B. depressed
B. frequency
B. the times
B. fashionable
B. in
C. attractively
C. by
C. for
C. how
C. colorfully
C. depressing
C. frequently
C. the week
C. fashioner
C. from
D. attraction
D. about
D. in
D. when
D. colorless
D. depression
D. infrequency
D. the month
D. fashioned
D. with
IX. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition to complete the following sentences (5 pts).
1. You can use dictionary to find ______ new words. 
2. My younger brother is very good ______ Math. 
3. Nam should work harder ______ his English pronunciation . 
4. Do you believe ______ ghost. 
5. Do you like chocolate cakes? I am very fond ______ them. 
6. Are you laughing ______ me?. 
7. My uncle has been in hospital ______ Monday. 
8. This cake is made ______ flour, eggs, milk, salt and butter. 
9. We thanked them ______ all their help. 
	10. Can you meet me _____________8 am and 9 am?
X. Rewrite the following sentences with the beginning words, staying the same meaning
 with the old one. (10 pts)
1. Having a vacation in Da Lat is very interesting.
It........................................................................................................................
2. The water was so hot that I could not drink it.
The water was not	
3. She last ate this kind of food in January.
 She has not 	
4. I would like you to move this table
Do you mind.
5. She said to me “Don’t go out in the evening”. 
She 
6. The theater is near Hoa’s house 
 The theater is not..
7. How about going to the movie tonight? 
Let’s ..
8. Air travel is faster than any kind of transport. 
Air travel is the
9. Nobody has used this machine for years.
This machine..
10. Please don’t smoke in the kitchen. 
 Would you mind 
XI. Use the words or phrases given to make complete sentences. You can add more words if necessary.(10 pts)
1. Learning / foreign language / necessary / us / get / job. //
2. This film / interesting / I / see/ twice.
3. My family / I / spend / two months / make our plan / for summer holiday. //
4. driver / stop / car / time / save / child / yesterday. //
5. Boxing / too / dangerous / her / play //
6. It / difficult/ learn English / without/ good dictionary.
7. Of all / hotels in town / the Royal Hotel / comfortable. //
8. He / try / stop / smoking / many times / but / he / never / succeed. //
9. I / hope / my English / improve / by the end / course. //
10. It / difficult / prevent / people / park here. //
XII. Use the words to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given words (5 pts).
We went to Hai Phong two months ago. (been) 
We..
Whose book is this? (belong)
Who
My aunt ran a small company in the city but she doesn’t do any more. (used)
 My aunt
English eight has sixteen units. (are)
 There
“You should not lend him your car”, Nam said to me. (advised) 
 Nam 
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI huyện
NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 
MÔN : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Tổng điểm toàn bài 100 điểm
I.(5 điểm) : Mỗi câu đúng cho 1 điểm.
1. D	2. A	3.B	4. C	5. D
II. (5 điểm): Mỗi câu đúng cho 1 điểm.
1.B	2. B	3. A	4. A	5. D
III. (10 điểm: Mỗi câu đúng cho 1 điểm .
1. B.	2. B	3. C	4.D	5.B	
6.D	7.A	8.C	9D	10. B	
IV. (10 điểm : Mỗi câu đúng cho 1 điểm.
1. A –is	2. C- because	3. B – by	4. C- to come	5. D- the questions
6. A- being	7. D- hasn’t it	8. C- is stored	9. B- have taken	10. C – knows
V. (10 điểm) : Mỗi động từ chia đúng cho 1 điểm
1. has cleaned	2. is breaking	3. have not met	4. were you doing	
5.is going to open	6. to come	7. did you phone?	8. smoked	
9. being laughed	10. sold
VI. (10 điểm) : Mỗi câu biến đổi đúng cho 1 điểm
1. pronunciation	2. well	3. enjoyable	4. importance	5. revision 
6. natural	7. friendly	8. unpleasant	9. polluted	10.Unfortunately
VII. (10 điểm) : Mỗi từ đúng cho 1 điểm .
1. almost	2. plays	3. provide	4. banks	5. order 	
6. across	7. only	8. However	9. inside	10. keep.
VIII. (10 điểm): Mỗi câu chọn đúng cho 1 điểm 
 1. B 	 2. D	 3. B	 4. C	 5. A	
	 6. B	7. C	8. A	9. B	10. A
IX. (5 điểm): Mỗi câu đúng cho 0,5 điểm .
1. out	2. at 	3. on 	4. in	5. of 	
6. at	7. since	8. from	9. for	10. between
X. (10 điểm): Mỗi câu đúng cho 1 điểm
1. It is very interesting to have a vacation in Da Lat.
2. The water was not warm/cool enough for me to drink. 
3. She has not eaten this kind of food since January. 
4. Do you mind moving this table?
5. She told me not to go out in the evening.
6. The theater is not far from Hoa’s house.
7. Let’s go to the movie tonight.
8. Air travel is the fastest kind of transport.
9. This machine has not been used for years.
10. Would you mind not smoking in the kitchen?
XI. (10 điểm): Mỗi câu đúng cho 1 điểm
1. Learning a foreign language is necessary for us to get a good job.
2. This film is so interesting that I have seen it twice.
3. My family and I spent two months planning our summer holiday.
4. The driver stopped his car in time to save the child.
5. Boxing is too dangerous for her to play. 
6. It is difficult to learn English (well) without a good dictionary. .
7. Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel is the most comfortable. 
8. He has tried to stop smoking many times but he has never succeeded
9. I hope my English will be considerably improved by the end of the ( this ) course .
10. It is difficult to prevent people from parking here.
XII. (5 điểm) Mỗi câu viết đúng cho 1 điểm.
1.We haven’t been to Hai Phong for two months
2. Who does this book belong to?
3.My aunt used to run a small company in the city.
4. There are sixteen units in English eight
5. Nam advised me not to lend him my car.
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