Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trường môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2014-2015 - Phòng GD&ĐT Bình Giang

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PHÒNG GD&ĐT BÌNH GIANG ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG 
NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015 
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8 
(Đề thi gồm có 5 trang) 
(Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút) 
- Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi, KHÔNG làm bài vào đề thi này. 
- Phần trắc nghiệm: Viết phần (A, B ), câu (I, II...), ý (1, 2) và phương án chọn A, B, 
C, hoặc D. 
- Phần tự luận : Viết đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của bài. 
(Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì) 
A. LISTENING 
I. Listen to the passage 3 times then decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F). 
(10 pts) 
1. Only in Britain people celebrate people’s birthday. 
2. Some people may send gifts if they can’t go to the party. 
3. They open the gifts in front of their friends at birthday party. 
4. Father always makes the cake for the party. 
5. They don’t sing any songs at the party. 
II. Listen to the dialogue 3 times and choose the best answer. (10pts) 
6. Where does the man want to go? 
A. To the science museum. 
B. To the art museum. 
C. To the natural history museum. 
7. How much is the train ride? 
A. a dollar-fifteen 
B. a dollar-forty 
C. a dollar-fifty 
8. What platform does the man get on? 
A. number 2 
B. number 3 
C. number 4 
9. How often do the trains come around this time of day? 
A. every six minutes 
B. every seven minutes 
C. every eight minutes 
10. Where does the man get off the train? 
A. Two stops from there. 
B. Three stops from there. 
C. Four stops from there. 
B. PHONETICS 
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 
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Choose one of word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 
(5pts) 
 11. A. Christmas B. character C. school D. church 
 12. A. traveled B. surprised C. worked D. climbed 
 13. A. towel B. down C. window D. flower 
 14. A. cook B. food C. too D. pool 
15. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar 
C. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY – LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS 
I. Choose the option A, B, C or D which best completes or responds to each sentence. (15 
points) 
16. He drives as.his father does. 
A. careful as B. more carefully C. the most careful D. carefully as 
17. My brother is studying hard ......................... pass the exam. 
A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that 
18. “Would you mind if I took a photo?” - “........................ .” 
A. Sure, here you are B. I’d rather you didn’t. 
C. Yes, I’d love to D. Here your camera 
19. He was born in England. English is his.......................... . 
A. mother tongue B. first language C. foreign language D. A and B are correct 
20. That car is the ........................... as ours. 
A. same B. most C. much D. more 
21. - Let’s camp on the other side of the river. -  ! 
A. Yes, please B. Yes, of course C. Good idea D. I like it 
22. ‘Which girl is Mary?’ - ‘She’s the one with hair’ 
A. long curly black B. curly long black C. long black curly D. curly black long 
23. I was late, butthey waited for me. 
A. lovely B. luckily C. extremely D. silly 
24. Would you like some tea, please? -  . 
A. Yes, I’d like B. Yes, please C. Yes, of course D. Yes, All right 
25. Each of the rooms..a different color. 
A. has B. have C. have had D. are having 
26. Of all my friends, Hoa is............. 
A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller 
27. This school..........in 1997 
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built 
28. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class? 
A. in B. with C. on D. for 
29. Can I speak to Ba, please? 
A. Yes, you can B. It's me. Who's speaking? C. Here you are D. Ba is my friend 
30. Look at these flowers! I think they need.................................. 
A. water B. to water C. be watered D. watering 
II. Supply the correct form of the word in Capital letters for each gap in the following 
sentences. (5 pts) 
31. People are working with the help of modern equipments. Life is more ________now. 
(comfort) 
32. There are many cultural_____________between his country and mine. (differ) 
33. It is ____________to eat much sugar and fat. (health) 
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34. These medicines can work well with your _________ (ill) 
35. He drove ______________and he had an accident. (care) 
II. Each of the following sentences has a mistake marked A, B, C, or D. Identify the 
mistakes. (5 points) 
36. I'm looking forward to hear from you. 
 A B C D 
37. “Do you think anyone saw us?” she told nervously. 
 A B C D 
38. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world. 
 A B C D 
39. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to Phu Tho next week. 
 A B C D 
40. My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at a 
university. A B C D 
D. READING 
I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each blank in the following passage 
(10 points) 
Air pollution is caused ________(41) ill health in human beings. In a lot of countries, 
there are ________(42) limiting the amount of smoke factories can produce although there 
is not enough _______(43) on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere. Doctors have 
________(44) that air pollution causes ________ (45) diseases. The gases from the exhausts 
of cars _______(46) also increased air pollution in most cities. The ________ (47) of petrol 
produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected in busy streets circled by high buildings. 
Children _______(48) in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as 
________(49) as other children, and are clumsy when they _______(50) their hands. 
 41. A. from B. on C. over D. of 
 42. A. laws B. ideas C. problems D. regulations 
 43. A. news B. article C. information D. newspaper 
 44. A. agreed B. pointed C. disagreed D. proved 
 45. A. lung B. heart C. liver D. stomach 
 46. A. had B. have C. has D. having 
 47. A. water B. lead C. gas D. exhaust 
 48. A. lived B. live C. to live D. living 
 49. A. quick B. slowly C. quickly D. slow 
 50. A. touch B. use C. handle D. collect 
II. Fill in the blank with one suitable word (10pts). 
 Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (51) ______father was a 
comedian and his mother worked (52) ______a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (53) 
_____successful so the family (54) ______very little money. The first time he himself 
earned (55) _____ by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of 
jobs, but what he loved best was working (56) ______the theatre. 
 When he (57) ______ about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on 
trips to America. On one such tour, (58) _____ was offered a part in a film, so he went to 
Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (59) _______ film director. 
 He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (60) ______ of 88. There is now a statue of him 
in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing. 
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III/ Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question 
(5pts) 
How Nam has improved his English. 
 In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My 
English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know 
how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. One afternoon 
after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She 
took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass 
bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my 
English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much 
progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held 
for secondary school students in my hometown. 
61. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year? 
A. The pronunciation 
B. The grammar 
C. Both pronunciation and grammar 
D. The way of improving his pronunciation 
62. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson? 
A. His teacher 
B. One of his friends 
C. His father 
D. His mother 
63. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that? 
A. to the town library 
B. to the school library 
C. to the teachers’ room 
D. to his house 
64. What did the teacher show him then? 
A. A glass bookcase 
B. An English-English dictionary 
C. An English Grammar book 
D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills 
65. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later? 
A. The first prize 
B. The second prize 
C. The third prize 
D. The fourth prize 
E. WRITING 
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the 
sentence printed before it. (5 points) 
66. Walking in the rain gives my brother pleasure. 
-> My brother enjoys ........................... 
67. Have you ever played computer games before? 
-> Is this ............................................... ? 
68. The front yard is too small to play soccer in. 
-> The front yard isn’t. 
69. “Don’t stay up too late” My sister said. 
-> My sister asked. 
70. He’d rather play golf than tennis. 
-> He prefers.... 
II. Use the words or phrases below to complete meaningful sentences. (10 points) 
71. He / learn / English/ since/ he/ primary school. 
72. I/ used / swim / this river / but / I / not/ any more. 
73. This tea / too hot / me / drink. 
74. She / tell / not / close / window. 
75. I / have / stay / late / last night 
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76. She / keep / forget/ bring/ pen/ . 
77. They / be / asked / lock / door / before leaving. 
78. They / prefer / play/ classical music / pop music. 
79. While/ Minh/ play/ soccer / we/ watch/ his soccer match/ TV. 
80. Christmas carols/ perform/ the people/ town/ village/ 800 years ago. 
III. Use the words given to complete the letter. (10points) 
Dear Lan, 
81. I / having / wonderful time / Ha Long Bay. 
82. The people / hospitable / and / weather / been / windy / sunny. 
83. Yesterday / I / see / my friend, Le / her family. 
84. This morning / they / take / me / Chay beach. 
85. From the beach / we / hire / boat and/ go out / the bay. 
86. We / buy / some souvenirs / and / take / lot /photos. 
87. We / return / home / 5 p.m. / I / be / a bit tired / very happy. 
88. I / come back/ home / 3 days. 
See you soon. 
Love, 
Nga 
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