Đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THCS Nguyễn An Khương

	PHÒNG GD – ĐT HĨC MƠN THI KHẢO SÁT HSG TIẾNG ANH 8 NĂM 2015 – 2016 
	TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN AN KHƯƠNG MÔN : Anh 8 - Thời gian : 90 phút 
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I.Choose the word or phrase which best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the table below(20pts)
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 notto help you lift the table.
	A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength.
3. We.in our present house for 5 years.
	A. live B. have lived C. are living D. lived.
4. We used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a.
	A. washing machine B. dishwasher C. hair dryer D. refrigerator.
5. It took me a long time to get used glasses.
	A. to wear B. to wearing C. wear D. wore.
6.Last night he didn’t go home..10 o’clock.
	A. until	B. at	C. after	D. in front of
7."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. 8. Hoa was very surprised when she looked at..in the mirror. 	A. she B. hers	C. herself	 D. her
9. She went to market without. anything.
	A. buy	B. to buy	C. bought	D. buying
10. Since we have to be there by 8.30, we. take a taxi.
	A. had better	B. may	C. ought	D. are able to
11. I’ve never seen such an interesting ..
 	A. performing 	B. performer C. performance D. performed
12. It’s at least a month since.John.
 	A. I last seen B. I have last seen C. I last see 	D. I last saw
13. I like my sister’s house. It is a 
 	A. new beautiful house B. beautiful house new 
 	C. beautiful new house D. new house beautiful
14. Living in the country is not expensive. And it isn’t complex .
 	A. either 	B. too C. neither D. so
15. The new shopping mall is quite ..the present shopping area.
 	A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar
16. “What ?” – “She is very nice.”
 	A. did Sandra like B. is Sandra like C. does Sandra like D. was Sandra like
17. Thank you very much .................... the Christmas gift .
	A. of	B. with	C. for	D. about
18. .. she plays the piano!
	A. How well 	B. How good 	C. What well 	D. What good
19. Life here is very .
	A. peace 	B. peacefully 	C. peaceful 	D. peacefulness
20. It is raining outside, and Tom brought his umbrella with him ..he wouldn’t get wet.
	A. so as to 	B. in order 	C. so that 	D. in order to
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II. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences (20pts)
Bell experimented with ways of transmiting ...........over a long distance. (SPEAK)
The tiger wanted to see the farmer's .............	(WISE)
The scouts do the ................work	(VOLUNTEER)
Nowadays, scouting is popular ................	(WORLD)
After his parents died, he was sent to an... ( ORPHAN)
Huy makes friends very easily because he is very ..( SOCIAL) 
Cook the meat in the ..for at least 30 minutes. ( STEAM) 
My friend, Nga plays the piano. ( BEAUTIFUL).
“The lost shoe” is one of the . stories I like best. ( TRADITION)
Our teacher always. us to work hard. (COURAGE) 
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III. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the brackets (20pts)
They (watch) their favorite TV programmes at the moment.
Mary and John are neighbors. They ( know) each other for a long time.
They ( arrive) in New york yesterday?
I haven’t met him since he ( move ) to Ho Chi Minh City..
My mother is tired enough ( cook) tonight.
The teacher asked me ( not make) noise in class.
The boys like ( play ) games but hate doing lessons.
His doctor advised him ( give) up smoking.
Look at those black clouds. It( rain).
This is the first time I (be) to Ha Noi.
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IV. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word (20pts)
The country is (1).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2) .......... the summer holiday though they can't live (3) ............. all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4) .......... that they can go there whenever they (5) ..........find the time.
 English villages are not alike, but (6)............. some ways they are not very different from (7) ...................other. Almost every village (8) ...........a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) ............seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10).......... people are buried.
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V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer(10pts) 
	Every year students in many countries learn English . Some of these students 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 film , on television , in the office , or among their friends . But not many are lucky enough to do that . Most people must work hard to learn another language .
	Learning another language ! Learning English ! Why do all these people want to learn English ? It is difficult to answer that question . Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects . They study their own language , and mathematics .... and English . ( In England , or America , or Australia , many boys and girls study their own language , which is English and mathematics .... and another language , perhaps French , or German , or Spanish )
	Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work . Teenagers often learn English for their high 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 ,
A. only adults learn English .	 	 B. no children like learning English
C. English is only useful to teenagers . D. English is popular in much of the world .
2. Many people learn English by 
A. watching videos only .	B. hearing the language in the office .
C. talking with the film star	D. working hard on their lesson.	
3. Many boys and girls learn English because 
A. English can give them a job.	B. it's included in their study courses.
C.their parents make them .	D.they have to study their own language .	
4. In America or Australia many school children study
A. English as a foreign language .	
B. English and Mathematics only .	
C. such foreign languages as French , German , and Spanish .	
D. their own language and no foreign language .	
5. Many adults learn English because 
A. their work is useful .	B. they want to go abroad .	
C. most of their books are in English 	D. it helps them in their work .
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VI. There are five mistakes in the passage. Find and correct them (10pt)
Everyone know that in studying foreign languages, practice is the key of fluency. All foreign language learner even the advanced ones need practice. There has a fact that a learner can know a lot of grammar rules and vocabulary, however, they can’t speaking well yet. So the learners must know how use what they have learned apart from the ability to explain grammar rules.
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VII. Rewrite the sentences so that it has the same meaning as the sentence printed before (30pts) 
 1. It’s a long time since we became close friends. àWe have 2. No one is more intelligent than her in our school.
àShe
3. ‘Can I borrow your bike, Nga?’, Nam asked.
à Nam asked Nga ..
4. Lan is 1.60m tall and Hoa is 1.60 tall, too.
à Lan ..
5. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
à Apples are not..
6. He’d rather play golf than tennis.
à He prefers.. 7. “You shouldn’t translate each sentence into Vietnamese,” my brother told me
àMy brother told ......
8. When did you start playing the piano?
à How long? 9. Your younger brother is too weak to lift that box
àYour brother is not...
10. Hung is interested in collecting stamps
à Hung’s..
VIII. 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. (20pts)
Example: 0. My school has two thousand students.
	 0. are	There are two thousands students in my school.
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.