Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trường môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Năm học 2013-2014 - Phòng GD&ĐT Bình Giang (Có đáp án)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
PHÒNG GD&ĐT BÌNH GIANG
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
(Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút)
A. Phonetics (5pts)
	Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. unite	B. underline	C. university	D. uniform
2. A. character	B. children	C. teacher	D. change
	3. A. overhead	B. teammate	C. speaker	D. bean
	4. A. visited	B. decided	C. cooked	D. started
	5. A. liberty	B.internet	C. printer	D. time
B. Language function (5pts)
	Choose the sentence in A with the suitable response in B.
A
B
6. Could you do me a favor, please?
7. I promise I won’t forget my homework.
8. Do you mind if I take a photo?
9. Will you post the letter for me?
10. Would you mind opening the window?
A. I hope so.
B. I’m sorry, I can’t.
C. Sure. I’m hot, too.
D. Sure. What can I do for you?
E. Ok. The post office is on my way.
C. Vocabulary, grammar and structure.
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence (15pts)
11. Millions of Christmas cards ________ every year.
A. is sent	B. are sent	C. send	D. are sending
12. Could you show me how_________ this game.
A. play	B. played	C. to play	D. playing
13. We take part ____most of the youth activities of my school.
A. on	B. in	C. to	D. for
14. We're looking forward to_________ you soon.
A. see	B. seeing	C. saw	D. be seeing
15. Luckily, Peter had ______ to finish his final exam.
A. many time	B. enough time	C. time enough	D. some time
16. Tom_____his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
A. burnt	B. was burning	C. burn	D. is burning
17. Would you mind if I_________ a photo?
A. take	B. took	C. taking	D. will take
18. Mary _________ England in 1990.
A. visit	B. visited	C. have visited	D. was visiting
19. It is_____to find an expensive hotel in this town.
A. difficult B. difficultly C. difficulty 	 D. differ
20. ______you ever_________ to America yet?
A. Have/ been 	B. Have/ gone 	C. Were /been D. Are /been 
21. She told me that she _______a teacher.
A. is	B. has been	C. was	D. were
22. I don’t know how ______this exercise.
A. do	B. did 	C. doing	D. to do
23. Hoa’s backpack is _________Ha’s backpack.
A. the same	B. like to	C. different from	D. similar
24. The little boy cleaned his teeth _______.
A. himself	B. herself	C. itself	D. yourself
25. Mrs. Lan was cooking when Tuan _______home.
A. was arrived	B. arrived	C. arrive	D. was arriving
 II. Each sentence below contains AN error among the 4 underlined parts. Find it (5pts)
26. I’m bored and I wonder if you could to tell me what to do for fun.
	A	B	C	D
27. Thanks for invite me to the rice-cooking contest of your school.
	A	B	C	D
28. I am interesting in the rice-cooking contest you orgazined yesterday.
	A	B	C	D
29. The statue of Liberty is presented to the USA by France in 1897.
	A	B	C	 D
30. I was listening to the radio when the door bell was ringing .
 A B C D
III. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form or tense (10pts)
31. Would you mind if I (turn)________ off the television?
32. Mr Tuan (visit) _________Hue this summer vacation.
33. What about (play)__________soccer this afternoon?
34. They (eat)_________some noodles at the moment.
35. She can (speak)__________Vietnamese.
36. We (visit) _______Ha Long Bay last week.
37. She (learn) ________English for three years.
38. She always (lose) _____ her umbrella.
39. Nga (write) _______a letter at eight o’clock last night.
40. The weather (become)______cold.
D. Reading
I. Read the passage then answer the questions below (10pts)
 Australia ia an island continent in the South Pacific. The capital is Canberra, but the city with the biggest population is Sydney, which has nearly four million. English is the first language of most people, but there are also many immigrants who wpeak other languages.
	Canada is the second largest country in land side. It stretches 3,223 miles from east to west, and from the North Pole to the U.S border. Both English and French are official languages. Many French-speaking people live in the province of Quebec, where Montreal is the biggest city. Canada has a cold winter, and many Canadian enjoy winter sports, such as skiing and ice skating.
41. Where is Australia?
42. What is the population of Sydney?
43. Is English the unique language spoken in Australia?
44. Which languages are spoken in Canada?
45. What’s the weather like in winter in Canada?
II. Choose the best option marked A, B, C or D to complete the passage (10pts)
	(46)_____in Scotland (47)____1847, Alexander Bell became interested very early (48) ______ methods of human communication. He (49) ____influenced by his father and grandfather, who (50) ______years working with deaf people and those with faulty (51) _____. Bell’s father even go so far as to develop a system of so-called “visible speech” for the (52) ____. He used sketches of the different (53) ______of the lips and tongue. This science of visible speech (54) ____the foundation of young Bell’s knowlwdge of the mechanics of (55) ______speech.
46. A. Bear	B. Bearing	C. To bear	D. Born
47. A. in	B. on	C. at	D. the
48. A. to	B. at	C. on	D. in
49. A. were	B. is	C. was	D. are
50. A. spent	B. took	C. arranged	D. decided
51. A. speed	B. speech	C. voice	D. sound
52. A. dead	B. blind	C. deaf	D. sick
53. A. positions	B. ways	C. uses	D. directions
54. A. found	B. led	C. had	D. formed
55. A. man’s	B. human	C. human’s	D. man
III. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word (10pts)
	Dear Peter,
	We are (56)______ a wonderful time in Ha Noi. Life in Ha Noi is very exciting. Ha Noi is a large (57) _______ and it’s also very interesting! Vietnamese (58) ____ are very friendly and hospitable. They give us a warm (59) _____ . Yesterday we saw a street musician (60) ____the guitar on the pavement. He played quite beatifully. The busy street and the noise around didn’t bother him at (61) ____! I’m sending a (62) ____ of our hotel. It looks very nice, (63) ______ it? It’s so quiet that we can (64) ________ believe it’s in the capital of Vietnam.
	I hope you’re all well. Please (65) _____ my regards to your parents.
	Yours truly,
	Tim.
E. Writing
I. Rewrite the following sentences using the words provided in such a way that they mean the same as the orginal sentences. (10pts)
66. Can you turn off the television?
=> Do you mind if ________________________________________?
67. I lived on a farm once, but I don’t any more.
=> I used ________________________________________________.
68. Mark is too young to ride his bike to school.
=> Mark isn’t ____________________________________________.
69. A note was written on the board by Lan.
=> Lan _________________________________________________.
70. It’s a contest in which participants have to make a fire.
=> It’s _________________________________________________.
II. Use the words given to make meaningful sentences (10pts)
71. Can / you / show / way / nearest / post office / ?
72. The bags / make / Japan / be / very cheap / .
73. The fire / be / make / traditional / way / .
74. Could / you / give / information / ?
75. It / difficult / learn / Japanese / .
III. Use the words given to make a complete letter. (10pts)
Dear Nhung,
76. Thank you / much / flowers / you send / while / I / be / hospital / .
77. They / beatiful / and / they / really help / cheer / up / .
78. I / come out / hospital / Thursday morning / .
79. You / come over / place / weekend / because / I / very bored / now/ .
80. I / look / forward / see / soon/ .
Your friend, 
 Lan
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PHÒNG GD&ĐT BÌNH GIANG
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG 
NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
A. Phonetics. (5 điểm)
Tổng 5 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm
1 - B
2 - A
3 - A
4 - C
5 - D
B. Language funtion. (5 điểm)
6 - D
7 - A
8 - B
9 - E
10 - C
C. Vocabulary, grammar and structure. (30 điểm)
I. Tổng 15 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm.
11 - B
12 - C
13 - B
14 - B
15 - B
16 - A
17 - B
18 - B
19 - A
20 - A
21 - C
22 - D
23 - C
24 - A
25 - B
II. Tổng 5 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm.
26 - C
27 - A
28 - A
29 - B
30 - D
III. Tổng 10 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm
31. turned
32. is going to visit
33. playing
34. are eating
35. speak
36. visited
37. has learnt
38. is always losing
39. was writing
40. is becoming
D. Reading (30 điểm)
I. Tổng 10 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 2 điểm
	41. Australia is in the South Pacific.
	42. The population of Sydney is nearly four milions.
	43. No, It isn’t.
	44. Both English and French are spoken in Canada.
	45. It’s very cold in winter.
II. Tổng 10 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm
46 - D
47 - A
48 - D
49 - C
50 - A
51 - B
52 - C
53 - A
54 - D
55 - B
III. Tổng 10 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm
56. having
57. city
58. people
59. welcome
60. playing
61. all
62. photo
63. doesn’t
64. hardly
65. send
D. WRITING (30 điểm)
I. Tổng 10 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 2 điểm. 
66. Do you mind if I turn off the television?
67. I used to live on a farm.
68. Mark isn’t old enough to ride his bike to school.
69. Lan wrote a note on the board.
70. It’s a fire - making contest.
II. Tổng 10 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 2 điểm. 
	71. Can you show me the way to the nearest post office?
	72. The bags made in / by Japan are very cheap.
	73. The fire is made in the traditional way.
	74. Could you give me some information?
	75. It’s difficult to learn Japanese.
III. Tổng 10 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 2 điểm. 
76. Thank you very much for the flowers you sent me (1pt) while I was in the hospital. (1pt)
77. They were beautiful (1pt) and they really helped to cheer me up. (1pt)
78. I am coming out of the hospital (1pt) on Thursday morning. (1pt)
79. Will you come over to my place on the / at the weekend (1pt) because I am very bored now. (1pt)
80. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
Chú ý: Bài thi được chấm theo thang điểm 100 sau đó quy ra thang điểm 10 và làm tròn đến số thập phân thứ nhất.