Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trường môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2013-2014 - Phòng GD&ĐT Bình Giang

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN BÌNH GIANG
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC: 2013 - 2014
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Ngày thi: 17/4/2014
(Đề thi gồm có 04 trang)
Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi, KHÔNG làm bài vào đề thi này.
Phần trắc nghiệm: Chỉ cần viết phương án chọn A hoặc B, C, D...
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(Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì)
A. Phonetics (5 points) 
 Circle the word which is pronounced differently from the others
A. children
B. charity
C. charm
D. champagne 
A. when
B. where
C. whole
D. while 
A. cook
B. food
C. too
D. pool 
A. house
B. hour
C. heart
D. how 
A. happy
B. character
C. fat
D. classmate 
B. Language function, vocabulary, grammar and structure 
I) Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence (20 pt)
6. Someone ________me tickets were free.
A. said 
B. told
C. asked
D. tell
7. Would you mind if I ____________a photo?
A. take
B. took
C. taking
D. to take 
8. Are you proud __________your country and its tradition?
A. about
B. on
C. for
D. of 
9. There were ___________flowers that I couldn’t decide what to buy.
A. so many
B. so few
C. so little
D. so much 
10. Who is going to _____________the phone?
A. reply
B. respond
C. answer
D. pick 
11. Jack’s jokes often make his friends laugh a lot. He is _________
A. generous
B. easy-going
C. sociable 
D. humorous 
12. It took me a long time to get used to ____________glass.
A. wearing
B. wear
C. wore
D. worn
13. She went to the market without____________ anything.
A. to say
B. saying
C. say
D. said 
14. “All of you have to look after ___________when I am away”. My mother told us.
A. themselves
B. yourself
C. yourselves
D. ourselves
15. My sister likes sweets ______________ from chocolate.
A. making
B. are made
C. made 
D. make 
16. She prefers playing badminton_________playing table tennis.
A. to
B. than
C. with
D. for
17. Ke Sat town is_________busier.
A. becoming
B. doing
C. making
D. having
18. “Would you mind if I drove your car?” – “________”
A. I wouldn’t mind
C. No, you wouldn’t.
B. No, you can’t
D. I’d rather you didn’t
19. “I need a favor.” - “_______________”
A. How can I help you? 
C. I’m fine. 
B. What do you like?
D. What do you need?
20. “I think computers are useful.” – “_______________”
A. Of course not
B. So do I
C. You’re welcome
D. I like computer
21. Are you free to _________for dinner this evening?
A. come over
B. go over	
C. come across
D go across
22. Tuan had a bad cut on his arm. It’s _________badly.
A. burning
B. coughing
C bleeding	
D. sneezing
23. “Don’t forget to turn off all the lights before going out.” – “_____________”
A. I promise 
B. Yes, I will
C. I remember
D. OK, I won’t 
24. Vietnam is a _________country.
A. rice-exported
B. rice-exporting
C exporting-rice
D. exported-rice
25. Last week my child _________ to the biggest zoo in town by my wife.
A. took
B. went
C. was taken
D. has gone
II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence which needs correcting: (5 points)
26. You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it is a dangerous place.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
27. Be careful when you cross a busy street. Look out with cars and trucks.
 A	 B	 C D
28. My father’s car is the same color like my uncle’s car.
 A	 B	 C	 D
29. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to Hue next week.
 A B C D
30. I will come and stay with you and your family on March .
	A	 B	 C	 D
III. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form or tense. (5 points)
31. We are tired of (work) ________ for low salary. 
32. Mai is in her room now. She (play) ________ the guitar.
33. He and his sister (not meet) ____________my friends since last Christmas.
34. Would you mind (help) _________ me with this work?
35. She locked the door so as (not disturb) ____________.
IV. Complete the sentences, use correct form of the word in bracket (5 points)
36. Ba is a stamp _____________. He likes collecting stamps. (collect)
37. Relax for some minutes and you will feel more________ (comfort)
38. This knife is _____________I can’t cut anything. (use)
39. Ha Long Bay is in ______________Vietnam. (north)
40. People in the countryside are____________ (friend) 
C) Reading
I. Choose the best option marked A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (10 points)
	Mr. and Mrs. Gray live in a big city, and they (41) _________a son. His name is Peter, and he doesn’t like (42) __________ One day Mrs. Gray said (43) _________her husband, “Living in the city all the time isn’t good (44) ________Peter.” So last summer they found a small house in the country and took Peter (45) _________for a vacation.
	When they arrived (46) _________ the house, Mrs. Gray said to Peter, “We are going to stay (47) ____________for two weeks.”
	The boy ran (48) __________the house and looked in all the rooms, and he ran back to (49) ____________ mother and said to her, “I haven’t found the bathtub, Mom. Where is it?”
	“This is a (50) _______small house, Peter,” his mother said. “This is going to be a very nice vacation.”
41.
A. have
B. had
C. are having
D. has
42.
A. washing
B. washed
C. to wash
D. being washed
43.
A. for
B. with
C. about
D. to
44.
A. to
B. with
C. for 
D. at
45.
A. here
B. there
C. house
D. countryside
46.
A. at
B. in
C. to 
D. around
47.
A. there
B. this house
C. here
D. this place
48.
A. into
B. to
C. at
D. from
49.
A. him
B. his
C. it
D. its
50.
A. every
B. very
C. so
D. too
II. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (10 points)
 The word’s (51)________famous clock is Big Ben standing (52)_________to the Houses of parliament in London. Big Ben is the name of the bell which chimes every hour. The bell was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the man who was given the task of hauling the bell up the clock tower. The clock (53)_________four faces and keeps accurate time. It can (54) _______ adjusted by the removal or addition of coins on a stray attached to the clock’s pendulum. One interesting thing about the clock is that the light shines above the belfry at night, it (55)_______that the House of common is still in session.
III. Read the passage and answer the questions. (10 points)
 John was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy. He had to go to school of course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he grew up, but one day John said to his mother, “When I finish school, I want to become a garbage collector”.
“A garbage collector?” his mother asked. She was very surprised. “That’s not a very pleasant job. Why do you want to become a garbage collector?”
“Because then I’d only have to work one day a week,” John answered.
“Well,” John answered, “I know that the ones who come to our house only work on Wednesday, because I only see them on that day.”
(LA. Hill, 1994)
Questions:
56. What was John like?
57. Why did John try to do as little work as possible?
58. What did his parents hope?
59. Did John want to become a doctor when he finished school?
60. When did John often see the garbage collectors?
D. Writing
I. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one (10 pts)
61. Tom started learning English in 1990.
-> Tom has __________________________________________________
62. I had a cat once, but I don’t have one any more.
-> I used____________________________________________________
63. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People____________________________________________________.
64. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
-> It’s_______________________________________________________
65. Would you mind if I sat here?
-> Would you mind ___________________________________________?
II. Use the words given to complete the letter. (20 points) 
Dear Lan,
66. I/ just / return/ my trip / Phong Nha.
67. I / get / there /quite late / afternoon/ last Sunday.
68. I / stay / my relatives’ house / 200 meters / Phong Nha cave.
69. I/ tired / after / long trip / 
70. The next day / I / hire / boat / order to /discover / cave.
71. It / cool / cave.
72. You / not / imagine / how magnificent / cave / be!
73. The local people / hospitable.
74. I / never / visited / beautiful cave / than that.
75. I / hope / you / visit / Phong Nha cave / one day.
Love,
Hoa
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