TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN VĂN TRỖI ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 - MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8 Ngày thi: 04/4/2011 Thời gian: 120 phút Đề thi theo thang điểm 100 Thí sinh làm bài vào giấy thi SECTION ONE : PHONETICS (5m) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character 2. A. love B. home C. come D. some 3. A. dad B. stay C. tale D. great 4. A. shy B. fly C. curly D. sky 5. A. learned B. played C. ruled D. cooked SECTION TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40ms) 1.Chose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences(20ms) 1. The teacher told him ___________ up late. A. to not stay B. to stay not C. to stay not D. not to stay 2. My father is good at ____________ English. A. speaking B. spoken C. speak D. to speak 3. We are all ________ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation! A. relieved B. afraid C. delighted D. certain 4. “__________to come and have dinner with us?” “I’d love to but I’m very busy”. A. would you mind B. could you please C. Would you like D. Do you enjoy 5. I am very _____________ in the information you have given me. A. concerned B. interested C. surprised D. worried 6. Can you tell me where ______________ ? A. she does B. does she C. she is D. is she 7. You have to work ____________ for the coming exam. A. hardly B. more hardly C. more hard D. hard 8. I saw her _____________ the flowers in the garden. A. watering B. watered C. be watered D. is watering 9. They had their luggage ___________ by the porter. A. carry B. carrying C. to carry D. carried 10. She often spends her weekend ___________ through pleasant open countryside. A. travel B. traveling C. to travel D. to traveling 11- My brother is studying hard pass the exam. A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that 12- We have studied seven o'clock. A. for B. at C. since D. to 13- He was born in England. English is his A. mother tongue B. first language C. foreign language D. A and B are correct 14- It's dangerous in this river. A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. swam 15- to America yet ? A. Were you B. Have you ever been C.Were you been D. Are you 16- The boy was by the dog A. bite B. bit C. bited D. bitten 17- My father used me to school. A. took B. taking C. to take D. take 18- Would you mind for a few minutes? A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. be waiting 19. My aunt speaks English very A. good B. well C. goodly D. best 20. We have math on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; It means we have math a week. A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times 2. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses. (10ms) 1. This book has a lot of information. It’s very ____________________. (use) 2. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ___________________ at the hotel. (arrive) 3. Our post is delivered _______________________ except for Saturday ( day) 4. Ha Long Bay was ___________by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. (recognition) 5. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________________ . (comfort) 6. His parents are very __________________ of him. (pride) 7. “The lost shoes” is one of the _______________ stories I like best. (tradition) 8. The _____________ from Hanoi to London was delayed in two hours. (fly) 9. I’m sure that I have connected the printer ___________ . (proper) 10. Each of my friends has a _________________ character. (differ) 3. Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the space. (10ms) 1. I go to see her if I have enough time. 2. It is not easy do that difficult work. 3. He drove such fast that he won the race. 4. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend. 5. When she came, I read her letter. 6. It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets. 7. The bicycle is so expensive for me to buy. 8. Dave is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time. 9. My brother were a teacher in this school last year 10. The table made in wood is very nice SECTION THREE : READING (20ms) 1. Complete the following passage, using the word given in the box below. There are more words than blanks 10ms) are work no days get planted take soon didn’t as to build schools over lived responsibility Everyone is interested in education all (1) the world in big countries and in small ones, in cities as well as in villages. People (2) building better (3) In one little village in the Philippines there was (4) school at all. A typhoon blew down the old school and many of the homes and a new school. When the storm was over, everyone set to work (5) homes and new schools. They cut bamboo poles to make the walls of the school and used palm leaves for the roof. To separate the rooms, they built screens of grass and palm leaves fastened to bamboo frames. On hot (6) , they pushed all the screens back to let in as much air (7) possible. Even the children helped. They made paths of stone and sand, and (8) flowers along the edges. (9) , they finished a fine new village school. It didn’t (10) any money to build this fine school, but it took a lot of hard work. No wonder, everyone was proud of it. And all were proving that everyone was interested in education. 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each space (10ms) I have several good friends but I suppose that my best (1) is Ellen. We have been friends with each other (2) we were very young because she used to live next door to me. We were in the (3) class at school. She has always been much more clever than me at all subjects. I don’t mind (4) she often help me with my homework! Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I beat her at tennis and she didn’t like that. In fact, she hates (5) at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That is the only thing that I don’t like about her. Otherwise, she has a great sense of (6) and she always makes me laugh. We get on very well (7) although we have arguments about silly little things sometimes. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I (8) see her a lot. We’re planning to go on a (9) around Europe next summer. I’m really looking forward to it because I think we’ll (10) a lot of fun and see exciting places. SECTION FOUR : WRITING (35ms) 1. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets 10ms) 1) British people (drink) more and more wine, apparently 2) Lisa (not go) to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well. 3) That bag looks heavy. I (help) you with it. 4) We (not see) Tom since we left school. 5) Ask him (come) in. Don’t keep him (stand) at the door 6) We (have) a party next Sunday. Would you like (come) ? 7) you (be) away? Yes I (go) to the country last Sunday 8) If you arrive after 4pm, the bank (be) closed. 9) Hoa (study) English since 2007 10) Bao suggested (meet) at the cafe corner. 2. Complete the following sentences based on the given cues.(5ms) 1- How long / it / take you / get / school ? 2- He / not interested / buy / new / house. 3- I / play badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come. 4- I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day. 5- Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867 3. Complete the 2 nd sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the fist (16ms). 1. The children are too young to be in class 6. →The children are not 2. "Eat more fruits and vegetables", the doctor said to her →The doctor told 3. We began to study English 5 years ago. →.We have 4 “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?” →Tom told 5. A dog is bigger than a cat. → A cat isn’t as 6. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it. → The coffee is too 7. The ladder isn’t very long. It doesn’t reach the window. → The ladder 8. The weather was fine. We could go camping. → The weather 9. I often went boating when I was young. → I used to 10. We built this house in 1975. →This house 11. “Please stop making noise”, said Mrs. Lan. Mrs. Lan told her children …………….…………………………………………… 12. He asked us many difficult questions. We …………………… …….………………………… ………… 13. Mary is more intelligent than other girls in class. Mary is ………………………….………………………………………………… 14. We began to study English 5 years ago. We have ………………………….……………………………………………… 15. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework. Vinh is ………………………….…………………………………………………. 4. Put the words in their correct order to make complete sentences. Beginning with the underline words. There is an example for you (Number 0)(5ms) 1) community meeting/ They/ organized/ the situation/ discuss/ have/ in order to/ the situation. 2) he/ loves/ but/ Ba/ like/ playing/ doesn’t/ glasses/ video games/ gathering. 3) close friends/ the same/ Do/ characters/ and/ have/ you/ or/ different/ your. ? 4) cook/ you’ll/ yourself/ I’m/ have/ but/ dinner/ to/ sorry. 5) example sentences/ the words/ They/ remember/ one or two/ the right way/ each new word/ write/ how to use/ with/ in order to/ in. GOOD LUCK TO YOU! . NGUYỄN VĂN TRỖI ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 20 10 -20 11 - MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8 Ngày thi: 04/4 /20 11 Thời gian: 120 phút Đề thi theo thang điểm 100 Thí sinh làm bài vào giấy thi SECTION ONE. (10ms) 1. This book has a lot of information. It’s very ____________________. (use) 2. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ___________________ at the hotel. (arrive) 3. Our post is delivered _______________________. pleasant open countryside. A. travel B. traveling C. to travel D. to traveling 11- My brother is studying hard pass the exam. A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that 12- We have studied seven