Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 năm học 2015-2016 - Khảo sát học sinh giỏi tháng 1 - Trường THCS Tam Đảo

PHềNG GD&ĐT TAM ĐẢO
TRƯỜNG THCS TAM ĐẢO
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
 ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI THÁNG 1 
NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
Mụn Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phỳt (khụng tớnh thời gian giao đề)
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(Đề này gồm 5 trang)
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4.0/10)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 
1.
A. ancient
B. delicious
C. participate
D. special
2.
A. worked
B. helped
C. watched
D. naked
3.
A. position 	
B. bottle
C. product
D. opposite
4.
A. tidy
B. prize
C. written
D. final
5. 
A. event
B. end
C. market
D. festival
 II. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. 
1.
A. decorate
B. prepare
C. however
D. tradition
2.
A. collect
B. festival
C. explain
D. design
3.
A. participate
B. unsuitable
C. competition
D. activity
4. 
A. wonderful
B. traditional
C. arrangement
D. attractive
5. 
A. harvest
B. perform
C. council
D. ancient
III. Choose the best option to complete each sentence. 
1. I will return you the book as soon as I_______ reading it.
	A. finishing	B. finish	C. finished	D. will finish
2. He is getting married _______ a famous film star this weekend.
	A. with	B. to	C. for 	D. after
3. The heavy rain has caused _______in many parts of the country.
	A. storms	B. droughts	C. typhoon	D. floods
4. Deaf-mutes can_______ speak_______ hear.
	A. both/ and 	B. either/ or 	C. neither/ nor 	D. not only/ but also
5. They _______from Canada to America to find work.
	A. started 	B. demonstrated 	C. delivered 	D. emigrated
6. Doctor insists _______ for a few days.
	A that he is resting 	B. his resting	C. him to rest 	D. that he rest
7. The number of cars on the road _______.
	A. increase 	B. is increasing 	C. are going to increase 	D. are increasing
8. _______bacon and eggs every morning.
	A. I am used to eat 	B. I used to eating 	C. I am used to eating	D. I use to eat 
9. The team really looks good tonight because the coach had them _______ every night this week.
	A. practice 	B. to practice	C. practiced	D. the practice
10. The road _______ to the sea is very rough.
	A. goes	B. to go 	C. going	D. is going
IV. Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify and correct the mistakes. 
1. Keep the cheese freshly by wrapping each one individually.
 A 	 B 	 C 	 D
2. What is the most important thing in really life?
	A 	 B 	 C D
3. Da Lat is known like a city of pines, waterfalls and flowers.
	 A 	 B C D
4. The river bank was covered by weed.
	 A B C 	 D
5. The harder he tried the worst he danced before the large audience.
	 A 	 B 	C 	 D
6. A flower growing in the garden is more beautiful than a flower stood in a vase.
A	 B	 C	 D
7. A five - thousand - dollar reward were offered for the capture of the escaped criminals.
 A	 B	 C	D
8. In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman had someone designed a Christmas card.
 A 	 B	 C	 D
9. His illness is probably because stress.
 A	 B C D
10. Jack asked his boss could he have a day off.
 A B C	 D
V. Supply an appropriate form of the words in CAPITALS. 
1. WEIGH
2. DAY
3. END
4. DISCUSS
5. AVAIL
6. ORGANIZE
7. HAPPY
8. ATTRACT
9. SHAME
10. DECIDE
Every woman nowadays seems to want to lose (1) _________. It has become almost a (2) _________ topic of conversation.
Otherwise sensible women spend hours in (3) __________ argument about what to eat. Newspaper articles are eagerly read and radio and TV (4) _______ carefully listened to. There is so much information (5) _______ it is no wonder people get confused.
Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of 
(6) ___________ their diet. And when they have lost a few pounds are they really any (7) _______. Is it really a fact of life that slim women are the only really (8) _______ ones? No, in some parts of the world a husband would be(9) _______ to be seen with a thin wife. Nevertheless, if a woman really has a slimming problem, there is only one (10) _______ to make: Eat Less
D. WRITING (2.5/10)
I. Complete these sentences in such a way that they remain unchanged from the original ones.
1- The last time I saw her was in 2005.
đ I haven't ..................................................................................................................
2- He is writing a book on biology.
đ A book on biology .................................................................................................
3- Going swimming in the summer is interesting.
đ It .............................................................................................................................
4- He was punished by his mother
đ His mother...............................................................................................................
5-“Don’t play video games too much, Minh"Mr Ha said.
đ Mr Ha asked ...........................................................................................................
6- Tom is not as tall as Mary.
đ Mary......................................................................................................................
7- How is the weather ?
đWhat’s................................................................................................................
8-“Please turn down the radio for me,” said my father.
đ My father asked......................................................................................................
9- Many trees are cut down to make paper.
đ They.... ..................................................................................................................
10- She cleaned the house.Then she went to the market.
đ After................. .................................................................................................
II. Write a passage.
Many people want to have a life in the city, others like the countryside. What is your favorite place to live? Give some details in about 90 to 100 words to support your idea? These guidelines will help you:
- Where do you want to live? Why
- How is the life there? (The environment/people ..)
- How do people earn their living?
- How do you feel living there?
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