PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI GIAO LƯU HSG HUYỆN BÌNH XUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 8 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao nhận đề) I. Listening : Listen to the conversation and choose the best answer A,B,C or D. 1. What are these two people doing? A. Taking a smoke break C. At a bar drinking and smoking B. At the cigarette store buying cigarettes D. Talking over the phone 2. Why is he asking a friend for a cigarette? A. He forgot his cigarettes today C. He ran out of cigarettes earlier that day B. He wants to try smoking D. He needs one for later 3. Select the statement that is true from this dialogue? A. Smoking is addicting C. The longer you smoke the harder it becomes to quit B. It is hard to quit smoking D. All of the above 4. Where is this conversation taking place? A. At work C. At home B. At school D. At a restaurant II-Choose the words that has the underline pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper. 1.A. though B. enough C. cough D. rough 2.A. chair B. cheap C. chorus D. child 3.A. missed B. closed C. called D. planned 4.A. fat B. any C. gas D. hat 5.A physics B. basic C. sailor D. subject III- Choose from the four options given (marked A,B,C or D) one best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper. 1. David’s school ………… is very bad this term. A. report B. period C. day D. semester 2. People go to a …………… to look at the famous works of art. A. stadium B. gallery C. theater D. fair 3. I’d like to go ……………. very much. A. camp B. to camp C. a camp D. camping 4. Hoa is reading short stories …………. Jack London. A. of B. from C. by D. with 5. John ………… Susan to go out with him but her parents didn’t let her out. A. insisted B. suggested C. invited D. helped 6. This book is ……………. that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time. A. so interesting B. so interested C. such interesting D. too interesting 7. “Let it be” is a famous song ……………. . It is one of the best works by this band. A. singing by the Beatles B. was sung by the Beatles C. sung by the Beatles D. sang by the Beatles 8. He ………… the train ticket at home. A. took B. put C. brought D. left 9. She was ………… of watching television. A. interested B. tired C. tiring D. pleased 10. My mother ………… me that I should wake up earlier. A. told to B. said C. was told D. said to IV/Each line of the paragrap has a mistake, underline the mistake and correct at the end of each line .The first is as an example Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 1/ ___________ Holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ ___________ in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road 3/ ___________ through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 4/ ___________ Because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ ___________ could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet 6/ ___________ in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ ___________ Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work. 8/ ___________ He said that “ I liked all the things I did ” 9/ ___________ and next summer he would do the same things like that. 10/ __________ V. Read the passage and choose the best answer. After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony. Nobel's original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $125,000. Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes. 1. When did the first award ceremony take place 7 A. 1895 B . 1901 C. 1962 D. 1968 2. Why was the Nobel prize established? A. To recognise worthwhile contributions to humanity. B. To resolve political differences. C. To honour the inventor of dynamite. D. To spend money. 3. In which area have Americans received the most awards? A. Literature B. Peace C. Economics D. Science 4. Which of the following statements is not true? A. Awards vary in monetary value. B. Ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel's invention. C. Politics can play an important role in selecting the winners. D. A few individuals have won two awards. 5. In how many fields are the prizes bestowed? A. 2 B. 5 C. 6 D. 10 VI. Build the sentences from the given cues. 1. The house / expensive / than / the apartment. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. I / used / look after / younger / brother / sister / when / parents / at /work …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What/ you / going / do / when / you / grow up ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. Why / we / put / these things / out / children’s reach ? ………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. I / not / go / school / because / I / had / stay / home / help / mom. ………………………………………………………………………………………. VII. Write a new sentence as similar in meaning a possible to the original sentence . 1.I would like you to help me put the chair away. -Do you mind 2.Vinh keeps forgetting his homework. -Vinh is 3.Keeping the environment clean is very important. -It’s 4.Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals. -People 5.It’s three years since I last spoke to her. -I haven’t VIII. Use the information given to write a short paragraph of about 130 words about Katherine Mansfield. - born : 1888 - place of birth : New Zealand - came to England in her twenties, spend rest of her life in Europe - married : twice - first marriage unsuccessful - 1915 : death of her younger brother in France – made deep impression on her writing - 1918 : married John Middleton Murray, a critic, who encouraged her writing - works : short stories, some about her childhood and brother. - 1922 : her best known collection of stories published : The Garden Party. - died : 1923, in France, after a long illness. The end PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO BÌNH XUYÊN Híng dÉn chÊm KH¶O S¸T häc sinh giái N¨m häc 2010- 2011 M«n : TiÕng Anh 8 I. (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25 đ. 1. A.Taking a smoke break 2. A.He forgot his cigarettes today 3. D.All of the above 4. B.At school II. (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 đ 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A III. (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,1 đ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A B D A C A C D B D IV. (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,1 đ 1. interested… interesting 6. bought….buy 2. him….his 7. wetter….wettest 3. gone….went 8. since….for 4. among….between 9. liked …. Like 5. had….was 10. would …. will V. (2đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,4đ 1.B 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.C VI. (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 đ 1. The house is more expensive than the apartment 2. I used to look after my younger brother and sister when my parents were at work 3. What are you going to do when you grow up ? 4. Why must we put these things out of children’s reach ? / why do we have to… 5. I didn’t go to school because I had to stay at home to help my mom VII. (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 đ 1.Do you mind helping me put the chair away ? 2.Vinh is always forgetting his homework. 3.It’s very important to keep the environment clean. 4.People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals. 5.I haven’t spoken to her for three years. VIII. (2đ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 đ 1-Katherine Mansfield was born in 1888, 2-in New Zealand. 3-She came to England in her twenties and spent rest of her life in Europe. 4-She got married twice, 5- but her first marriage was unsuccessful. 6-In 1915 the death of her younger brother in France made a deep impression on her writing. 7-In 1918 she married John Middleton Murry, a critic, who encouraged her writing. 8-Her works are short stories, and some about her childhood and brother. 9-In 1922 her best known collection of stories The Garden Party was published. 10-She died in 1923 in France after a long illness. . PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI GIAO LƯU HSG HUYỆN BÌNH XUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 8 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao nhận đề) I. Listening : Listen. mountains since six weeks. It was hard work. 8/ ___________ He said that “ I liked all the things I did ” 9/ ___________ and next summer he would do the same things like that. 10/ __________ V. Read. people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes. 1. When did the first award ceremony take place 7 A. 189 5 B . 1901 C. 1962 D. 19 68 2. Why was the Nobel prize established? A.