Đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp trường môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2012-2013 - Phòng GD&ĐT Bình Giang (Kèm hướng dẫn chấm và biểu điểm)

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN BÌNH GIANG
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC: 2012 - 2013
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Ngày thi:
(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. (5pts)
1. a. listened
b. watched 
c. learned
d. played
2. a. slim
b. thin
c. smile
d. visit
3. a. teacher
b. school
c. chemistry
d. character
4. a. our
b. tour
c. hour
d. flour
5. a. wishes
b. teaches
c. finishes
d. likes 
B. Language function (5pts)
Choose the sentence in A with the suitable response in B 
A
B
1. I want to send this letter to the USA.
2. Do you mind if I turn on the television?
3. Would you mind if I use your bike?
4. Can you lend me your dictionary?
5. Would you mind closing the windows?
a. No, I don’t mind. What’s on tonight?
b. Do you have a stamp for oversea mail?
c. Yes, I can.
d. Wait for a moment. I’m looking up some words.
e. Sure. It’s cold and windy today.
f. Sorry. I can’t watch TV.
g. Please go ahead.
 C. Vocabulary, grammar and structure
I) Choose the best answer to complete each sentence (15 pt)
1. Several people were hurt in the accident but only one .to hospital.
a. has taken
b. was taking
c. was taken
c. took
2. How much is the car.in Japan?
a. makes
b. making
c. to make
d. made
3. I tried my.to finish my task.
a. good
b. well
c. better
d. best
4. I left at 6 a.mlate.
a. so as not to be
b. so as not being
c. so as to be
d. so as not being
5. She went to the market withoutanything.
a. buy
b. to buy
c. buying
d. for buying
6. Itthe coldest day in Ha Noi for 40 years.
a. has
b. was
c. is
d. has been
7. Living in the countryside is not expensive, and it isn’t complex,..
a. too
b. either
c. neither
d. so
8. Tim’s teacher asked him to spend more timeSpanish pronunciation.
a. in
b. of
c. at
d. on
9. What is Mary doing? – She is looking at in the mirror.
a. her
b. hers
c. she
d. herself
10. Do you mindthe door?
a. to close
b. closing
c. about closing
d. closed
11. Will you come . for dinner tonight?
a. on
b. up
c. over
d. through
12. Lan likes collecting stamps. She is a stamp..
a. collect 
b. collector
c. collection
d. collecting
13. It’s at least a month sinceJohn.
a. I last saw
b. I have last seen
c. I am last seen
d. I last see
14. The new shopping mall is quite.the present shopping area.
a. different from
b. the same
c. like to
d. similar
15. 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
II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence which needs correcting: (5 points)
1. How about dinner at the Green Garden Restaurant this weekends with the old 
A B	 C
Friends?
 D
2. Each year, fire destroy home and injures children because someone plays with 
 A	 B	 C
matches.
 D
3. What do you think about the students play badminton over there?
 A B C 
4. I had a long summer vacation so I decided going to Hue with my classmates.
 A B C D
5. The shop offers a wide select of goods. 
 A B C D
III. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form or tense. (5 points)
1. Marry and John are neighbors. They (know)each other for a long time.
2. While I was cooking dinner, my sister (carve) .a statue.
3. They asked me (not make).. noise in class.
4. My school (build).. next year.
5. Look at those black clouds. It (rain).
IV. Complete the sentences use correct form of the word in bracket (5 points)
1. This manual isn’t very.to us (HELP)
2. My brother runs a factory. (SWEET-MAKE)
3. They only had a day to visit all the tourist . (ATTRACT)
4. I can’t buy that car. It’s too.. (EXPENSE)
5. It’s very difficult to find .........................at this time of the year. (ACCOMMODATE)
D) Reading
I. Read the passage then answer the questions below (10 points) 
 Nasreddin Goes Shopping
One day Nasreddin went to town to buy new clothes. First he tried on a pair of trousers. He didn't like the trousers, so he gave them back to the shopkeeper. Then he tried a robe which had the same price as the trousers. Nasreddin was pleased with the robe, and he left the shop. Before he climbed on his donkey to ride home, the shopkeeper and the shop-assistant ran out.
"You didn't pay for the robe!" said the shopkeeper.
"But I gave you the trousers in exchange for the robe, didn't I?" replied Nasreddin.
"Yes, but you didn't pay for the trousers, either!" said the shopkeeper.
"But I didn't buy the trousers," replied Nasreddin. "I am not so stupid as to pay for something which I never bought."
a robe: áo choàng
a donkey: con lừa
Questions
1. How did Nasreddin get to the shop?
2. What did Nasreddin do first in the shop?
3. Was the rope more expensive than the trousers?
4. Why was the shopkeeper angry when Nasreddin left?
 5. How many people were working in the shop?
II. Choose the best option marked a, b, c or d to complete the letter. (10 points)
Dear Fred,
Thanks for your letter. It was (1) ..from you, Your new job sounds very interesting and you (2) ..with it. I am still in the same company that I joined five years ago when we (3) .school. Although I am happy there, I must say that I sometimes feel that I (4) to move, but here in Bakewell there (5) .only few companies.
I like this town. What I like (6) ..living here is that it is quiet. Perhaps it is only a bit noisy when big lorries come through the town. Anyway they only come through the day, never (7) ..night.
If you have time before the end of the summer, Why (8) .you come and (9) ..with us one weekend? That would be very pleasant.
I hope you are well. Write (10) me soon.
Love,
Terry
a. well to listen
b. well to hear 
c. good to listen
d. good to hear 
a. look pleased
b. seem pleased 
c. look pleasing
d. seem pleasing 
a. learned
b. left 
c. started
d. went
a. ought
b. should 
c. would
d. must 
a. be
b. am 
c. are
d. is
a. more about
b. more of 
c. most of
d. most about 
a. at
b. on 
c. in
d. to 
a. can’t
b. do 
c. don’t
d. should
a. talk
b. stay 
c. live
d. play 
a. for
b. with
c. about
d. to 
III. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (10 points)
	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 (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.
D) Writing 
I. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one (10 pts)
(Viết lại các câu sau sao cho nghĩa của câu tương đương với câu đã cho)
1. It’s three years since we last visited Ha Noi.
-> We haven’t
2. No one is more intelligent than her in our school.
-> She
3. You can’t take this book away.
-> This book
4. “Do you realize what the time is, Nam?” Hoa asked.
-> Hoa asked Nam.
5. I had a cat once, but I don’t have any more.
-> I used
II. Make questions for underlined words. (10 points) 
1. I used to swim in this river when I was young.
2. The rice – cooking festival took one day.
3. Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem A visit form Saint Nicholas.
4. The blue shirt is mine.
5. They are going to build new bridge next year.
III. Use the words given to complete the letter. (10 points) 
Dear Lan,
1. moment / we / have / wonderful / time / Sa Pa.
2. Weather / warm / sunny / day / and / cool / night.
3. We / stay / comfortable / hotel.
4. We / visit / some / tribal villages / yesterday.
5. We / also / see / beautiful / mountain slopes / jungle streams / on the way.
6. People / here / friendly / hospitable.
7. We / really/ enjoy / mountainous / resort.
8. We / also / try / the food here / it / delicious.
9. We / just / buy / you / some special presents.
10. We / come / home / train / this Sunday.
Love,
Hoa
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PHÒNG GD & ĐT BÌNH GIANG
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG 
NĂM HỌC 2012– 2013
Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
Ngày thi: .
A) Phonetics (5pts)
Tổng điểm 5. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. d
B) Language function (5pts)
Tổng điểm 5. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
1. b
2. a
3. g
4. d
5. e
C) Vocabulary, grammar and structure
I) Choose the best answer to complete each sentence (15 pts)
Tổng điểm 15. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm
1. c
2. d
3.d
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. b
8. d 
9. d
10. b
11. c
12. b
13. a
14. a
15. c
II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence which needs correcting: (5 points)
Tổng điểm 5. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
1. B
2. A 
3. C 
4. D
5. C
III. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form or tense. (5 points)
Tổng điểm 10. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
1. have known
2. was carving
3. not to make
4. will be built
5. is going to rain
IV. Complete the sentences use correct form of the word in bracket (5 points)
Tổng điểm 5. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
helpful
water-fetching
attractions
expensive
accommodations
D) Reading
I. Read the passage then answer the questions below (10 points) 
Tổng điểm 10. Mỗi câu đúng được 2 điểm.
1. He got to the shop by donkey. (He rode his donkey to the shop)
2. He tried on a pair of trousers.
3. No, it wasn’t.
4. Because he didn’t pay for the rope.
5. Two people were working in the shop.
II. Choose the best option marked A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (10 points)
Tổng điểm 10. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
1. d
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. a
8. c
9. b
10. d
III. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (10 points)
 Tổng điểm 10. Mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
1. more
2. for
3. there
4. so
5. they
6. in
7. each
8. has
9. be
10. where
D) Writing 
I. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one (10 pts)
Tổng điểm 10. Mỗi câu đúng được 2 điểm.
1. We haven’t visited Ha Noi for three years.
2. She is the most intelligent in our class.
3. This book can’t be taken away.
4. Hoa asked Nam if he realized what the time was
5. I used to have a cat (but I don’t have any more)
II. Make questions for underlined words. (10 points) 
Tổng điểm 10. Mỗi câu đúng được 2 điểm.
1. What did you use to do when you were young?
2. How long did the rice – cooking festival take?
3. Which shirt is yours? (Which one is your shirt?)
4. Who wrote the poem A visit form Saint Nicholas.
5. What are they going to build next year?
III. Use the words given to make meaningful sentences. (10 points) 
1. At the moment, we are having a wonderful time in Sa Pa.
2. The weather is warm and sunny during the day and (it’s) cool at night.
3. We are staying in a comfortable hotel.
4. We visited some tribal villages yesterday.
5. We also saw beautiful mountain slopes and jungle streams on the way.
6. People here are friendly and hospitable.
7. We really enjoy the mountainous resort.
8. We also try the food here. It is delicious.
9. We have just bought you some special presents.
10. We will come home by train this Sunday.
Hướng dẫn
Bài thi tính thang điểm : 100 sau đó quy về thang điểm 10