VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí PHÒNG GD & ĐT THANH OAI ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ HƯNG NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015 ------------------ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8 I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped 2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar 3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform 4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage 5. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change II. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions. 6. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class? A. in B. with C. on D. for 7. “What.........going to Hanoi tomorrow?” A. to B. in C. about D. for 8. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks. A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard 9. The building was built .........1962 and 1969. A. between B. from C. since D. for C. was built D. has built 10. This school..........in 1997 A. built B. is built 11. Of all my friends, Hoa is............. A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller 12. Would you mind if I……………a photo ? A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take 13. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town. A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took 14. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ? A. about B. on C. of D. for 15. Do you collect stamps or other things? - Yes, I am a stamp…………. A. collecting VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí B. collector C. collect D. collection 16. It is very dangerous ………….. in the polluted environment. A. to live B. lives C. living D. live 17. Our ………….. resources are limited so we should recycle all used things. A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally 18. His car is the same color …………. my uncle’s. A. alike B. as C. like D. to C. is making D. is made 19. This ruler …………….. of plastic. A. make B. made 20. I take part ………….. most youth activities of my school. A. in B. of C. on D. at III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition. 21. She isn’t here ________________ the moment. 22. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather. 23. What do you often do ________________ weekends. 24. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month. 25. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital. 26. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor. 27. You’re better ask __________ the information desk. 28. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father. 29. “Hamlet” is ____________ Shakespeare. 30. Jane fell _________ her bike and hit head on the road. IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column. 31. Their children have quite _____________ characters. DIFFERENCE 32. What is the correct ______________of this word? PRONOUNCE 33. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more _________ COMFORT 34. She is one of the greatest ______________ to appear in this theater. PERFORM 35. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very __________ there in the fall. 36. It is _______________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. WIND HEALTH VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí 37. During his _____________ the family lived in Cornwall. 38. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention. CHILD SUCCESS 39. Every day, there are two _________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY 40. ______________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. 41. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ____________ through the text? 42. “I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I (move) __________ in next week”. 43. Look at those black clouds. It (rain) __________. 44. The film (begin) ___________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ? 45. Mai (telephone)____________ you when she comes back. 46. The pens (produce) _________by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good. 47. “Do you mind if I sit here?” – “I’d rather you ( sit ) __________ over there”. 48. The price (become) __________ more and more expensive these days. 49, 50. Mr. Binh (know) ______ how to drive a car although he (not learn) ________ it yet. VI. Complete the following passage by choosing the best option, A, B, C or D. For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (50) _____ flying is no more dangerous (51) __________ any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (52) ______________ taking off and landing when a (53) _________ decisions are vitally important. The people, (54) _______ job is to look (55) ______________ the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (56) ___________ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (57) ___________ such care of is all part of the total experience. (58) ____________ other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (59) __________, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films. 51- A. although B. too C. and D. because 52- A. than B. as C. then D. with VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí 53- A. while B. during C. for D. through 54- A. leader’s B. chief ’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s 55- A. whose B. which C. their D. that 56- A. for B. up C. after D. round 57- A. feel B. rest C. experience D. lie 58- A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken 59- A. Any B. No C. All D. Not 60- A. way B. kind C. sort D. part VII. Read the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with one suitable word only. When I (61) ________ a child I used (62)________ go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was (63) ________ beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. (64) _______ I grew (65) __________ the house and (66) __________ seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (67) _________ the doll’s house which was older than grandmother herself. At (68) ____________ times, I looked (69)___________ books which were (70)_________ interesting than my children’s book at home. VIII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find it by choosing A, B, C or D. 71. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet ? A B C D 72. “Do you think anyone saw us?” she told nervously. A B C D 73. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world. A B C D 74. The employer said that he would give them a two-day trip to Phu Tho next week. A B C D 75. My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship A B C at university. VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí D IX. Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given. 76. Peter spent three hours repainting his house. => It __________________________________________________________ 77. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals. => People ______________________________________________________ 78. We arrived too late to see the film. =>. We didn’t ___________________________________________________ 79. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me. => He asked me _________________________________________________ 80. The last time we met each other was ten years ago. => We haven’t ____________________________________________ X. “What do you usually do to celebrate your Tet festival?” Write a paragraph of about 150 words to report things you do at Tet. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ….…………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……….……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………….………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………….…………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………….……………………………………………………………………………… …………………………….………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………….…………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………….……………………………………………………………… …………………………………………….………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………….…………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………….……………………………………………… VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 Câu I. 1 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. A Câu II. 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. B 19. D 20. A Câu III. 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 21. at 22. from 23. At/ on 24. since 25. to 26. as 27. at 28. from 29. by 30. off Câu IV. 3 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,3 điểm 31. different 32. pronunciation 33. comfortable 34. performers 35. windy 36. unhealthy 37. childhood 38. successfully 39. flights 40. suddenly Câu V. 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 41. am looking 46. produced 42. am going to move ( am moving) 47. sat 43. is going to rain 48. is becoming 44. Does ...... begin 49. knows 45. will telephone 50. hasn’t learned/ learnt Câu VI/ 2 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 51. A 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. C 57. A 58. D 59. B Câu VII. 3 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,3 điểm 61. was 62. to 63. Very/as 64. when 65. up 66. garden 67. with 68. that 69. in 70. more Câu VIII. 1 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 71. C 72. D 73. B 74. D Câu IX. 1 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 0,2 điểm 76. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house. 77. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals. 78. we didn’t arrive early enough to see the film. 75. C 60. A VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí 79. He asked me if I knew to speak EL. 80. We haven’t met each other for 10 years. Câu X. 3 điểm Học sinh tự viết.