Đề thi học sinh giỏi THCS cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 năm học 2010-2011 - Phòng GD & ĐT Huyện Nga Sơn

Phòng giáo dục & đào tạo
Huyện nga sơn
Đề chính thức
(Đề thi gồm có 03 trang)
đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 8 thcs cấp huyện
năm học: 2010 - 2011
 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
 Ngày thi: 16/ 04/ 2011
Question :I Phonetics (5 points) Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. .(Tìm những từ mà phần gạch chân đợc phát âm khác với các từ còn lại)
1. A. bath	B. father	C. theater	D. health
2. A. children	B. charity	C. charm	D. champagne
3. A. whole	B. when 	C. where	D. while
4. A. looked	B. watched	C. stopped	D. carried
5.A. overhead 	B. teammate	C. speaker	D. bean.
Question : II (15 points) Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form.
 ( Chia những động từ trong ngoặc cho phù hợp thì)
1. Mary spent hours ( repair ) ___ her bike.
2. They advised him ( not/ cross ) ___ the street against the red lights.
3. He and his sister (not/ meet) ___ my friends since last Christmas
4. She (work) ___ here since she left school ?
5. They ( live) ___ in this village for 5 years and then ( move) to our city last year.
6. I ( know) ___ her for six years, when I met her, she (work) ___ in a law office.
7. They’d rather (walk) ___ than (go) ___ by car.
8. You should ( learn) ___ how ( use) ___ the computer. It’s really useful.
9. My classmate told me where ( buy) ___ this textbook.
10. Don’t forget ( send) ___ me a postcard when you ( be) ___ on holiday.
Question :III (20 points) Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
 ( Chon đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu)
1. Someone ____ tickets are free.
A. said me	B. said me that	C. told me	 D. told to me
2. When she lived in the countryside, she ____ in the river.
	A. was swimming	B. used to swim	
C. has swum	 	D. is used to swimming
3. Economics ____ as interesting to me as literature.
	A. doesn’t	B. haven’t	C. isn’t	D. aren’t
4. This soup is very hot, but I always think the ____ the better.
	A. hotter the	B. hottest	C. hotter 	D. hot the
5. “ I’m bored.” - “ let’s go ____!”
	A. to fish	B. fishing	C. fish	 D. for fishing
6. Last week I ____ my children to the biggest zoo in town.
	A. got	B. brought	C. fetch D. took
7. They ____ me if I could speak Japanese.
	A. told	B. said	C. asked	D. talked
8. Are you proud ____ your country and its tradition ?
	A. about	B. on	 	C. of	 D. for
9. ____ the news bad?
A. Are	B. Is	C. Were 	 D. Are there
10. There were _____ flowers that I couldn’t decide what to buy.
	A. so many	B. so few	C. so little	 D. so much
11. She doesn’t like Spanish ____ she has to study the language for her work.
	A. so	B. though	C. but	 D. when
12. What is he laughing ____ ?
	A. over	B. by	C. into	D. at
13. We arrived ____ the station half an hour late.
	A. in	B. on	C. to	D. at
14. My brother and I _____ .
	A. am having a wonderful time here	B. am having a wonder time here
C. are having a wonderful time here	D. are having a wonder time here
15. The guide ____ some interesting things.
	A. told	B. spoke	C. said	D. talked
16. He laughs ____ of her funny face.
	A. because	B. since	C. as	D. for
17. What are you _____? 
	- My pen, I’ve lost it.
	A. looking	B. looking for	C. looking after	D. looking at
18. Why don’t you ____with your university study ?
	A. go in	B. go on	C. go by	D. go at
19. Of my parents, my father is _____.
	A. more stricter	B. the strictest	C. strict	D. stricter
20. Who is going to _____ the phone ?
	A. reply	B. respond	C. answer	D. pick
Question : IV (10 points) Give the correct form of the word in the bracket. 
 ( Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc)
	Example: He said “ Good morning” a most friendly way.	( FRIEND)
1. I know all the boys who live in my _____ . 	( NEIGHBOR)
2. People in the countryside like ____ songs.	(TRADITION)
3. All ____ between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog.	( FLY)
4. Do you know the _____ of this waterfall ?	( DEEP) 
5. Taxi drivers have to have a very good ____ on the street names.	( KNOW)
6. The more expensive a hotel is the more ___ it is.	( COMFORT)
7. During his ____ the family lived in Cornwall.	( CHILD)
8. Every woman nowadays seems to want to loose ____ .	 (WEIGH)
9. It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very____ . 	(HELP)
10. Tell him the news ____. It’s very important. 	 (IMMEDIATE) 
Question : V (10 points) Rewrite each sentence, starting as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 
	Example:	I have not enjoyed myself so much for years. - It is .....
	Answer:	It is years since I enjoyed myself so much.
1. “ Can you lend me some money? “ Henry said to Susan.
 Henry...............................................................................	
2. Both of the chairs are uncomfortable
 Neither of.
3. They will have to change the date of the meeting again.
 The date............................................
4. The question is very difficult. I can’t understand it.
 The question is too ..
5. They’ve lived here for six years .
 They moved
6. I’ve never read a more romantic story.
 It’s the. 
7. Don’t go near the pond. It’s dangerous.
 It’s 	
8. I haven’t met him for two years.
 It’s ....................................................................................
9. They have cut down the tree in front of your house.
	The tree 
10. The film’s ending is dramatic.
 The film............................................................................................
Question : VI (5 points) Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 
 ( Mỗi câu có một lỗi tìm ra và sửa lại để câu trở nên đúng)
	Example: The man is driving car very fastly. 	fastly à fast 
1. The workers are building a new bridge, which is 50 meters in high.	
2. It is no use asking them keep quiet.	
3. This test is too long for me to read it.	
4. I can’t get used to doing so difficult exercises.	
5. My father has a mechanic to repair his motorbike monthly.	
Question : VII (5 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph. ( Điền vào chỗ trống một từ thích hợp để hoàn thành đoạn văn) 	Example: 0 = many
Every year people in (0) ___countries learn English. Some of them are young children. (1) ___are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themselves. A few learn (2) ___ 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 (3) ___ these people learn English? It’s not difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is (4) ___ of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English (5) ___ 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. 
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Phòng Giáo dục & đào tạo
huyện nga sơn
Đề chính thức
Kỳ thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi huyện
Năm học 2010-2011
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
 Lớp: 8 THCS
đáp án và hớng dẫn chấm
đáp án
Question :I Phonetics (5 points)
 1. B	2. D	3. A	4. D	5. A	
Question : II (15 points) Mỗi động từ đúng cho 1 point
1. repairing	5. lived, moved	9. to buy
2. not to cross	6. have known, was working	10. to send, are	
3. haven’t met	7. walk - go
4. Has she worked	8. learn, to use
Question :III (20 points) 
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. D
20. C
Question : IV (10 points) 
1. neighborhood	5. knowledge	9. helpful
2. tranditional	6. comfortable	10. immediately	
3. flights	7. childhood
4. depth	8. weight	
 Question : V (10 points) 
1. Henry asked me if I could lend him some money
2. Neither of the chairs are comfortable
3. The date of the meeting will have to be changed again
4. The question is too difficult for me to understand.	
5. They moved here six years ago.
6. It’s the most romantic novel I have ever read.
7. It’s dangerous to go near the pond.
8. It’s two years I haven’t met him.
9. The tree in front of your house has been cut down.
10. The film ends dramatically 
Question : VI (5 points) 
1. high à height	3. it à bỏ it	5. to repair à repair	
2. keep à to keep	 	4. so à such
Question : VII (5 points) 
1. Others	2. English	3. all	4. one	5. for
Hớng dẫn
Bài thi tính thang điểm : 20 ( Bài thi làm tròn đến 0,25 )
Mỗi phần học sinh làm đúng đợc một point ( tổng toàn bài 70 points )
 Tổng số point học sinh làm đúng 
 Điểm bài thi = -------------------------------------
 3,5