Đề thi HSG tiếng anh 8 (5)

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

TG: 90’

AI) Multiple choice (6ms)

I) From each number, pich out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

II) From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the second syllable:

9) a-foreman b-microwave c-manufactor d-mortar

III) Choose the correct answer for each sentence

11) Please ask them in this area

a) don’t smoke b) not smoking c) to not smoke d) not to smoke

12) Come and badminton, Nam!

13) Timson 13 films and I think her latest is the best

14) My birthday is February 2nd

a) on b) in c) at d) from

15) You should learn your lesson

a) careful b) carefully c) careless d) carelessly 16) “The students went on a canoe trip yesterday.”

“I heard it was ”

a) excited b) exciting c) exciteful d) an excitement

17) “Do you think your father will worry if we’re late?”

“Maybe we’d better him.”

a) call b) be calling to c) to call d) will call 18) I said “Happy Birthday” before Lan a present

19) Tam last night when the telephone

c) was sleeping-rang d) was sleeping-was ringing

20) “Would you like to go to the movie with me tonight?”

“ - ”

a) Yes, please b) I’m sorry I’d love to

21) John doesn’t play tennis David doesn’t play tennis.

a Both John and David doesn’t play tennis

b Neither John nor David plays tennis

c Not either John or David plays tennis

d Not only John but also David doesn’t play tennis

22) The coach said, “It’s time for you to go home, boys!”

a The coach told the boys that it was time for you to go home

b The coach tells the boys that it was time for them to go home

c The coach told the boys that it is time for them to go home

d The coach told the boys that it was time for them to go home

23) _ the old man spoke very slowly and clearly, I couldn’t understand him at all

24) She startedlearning English ten years ago

a) She has not learnt English before

b) She has started learning English for ten years

c) She has learnt English for ten years

d) She has learnt English since ten years

25) They spent a lot of money on food and clothes

a) A lot of money was spent on food and clothes

b) A lot of money were spent on food and clothes

c) A lot of money on food and clothes were spent

d) A lot of money on food and clothes was spent

26) There is a detective film _ at the Thang Long Theater

27) She got used to _ her bike

28) You need a good pair of paddles to play _

a) tennis b) football c) table tennis d) badminton

29) Ha Long Bay is a _

a) World Natural Heritage b) Natural World Heritage.

c) World Cultural Heritage d) Cultural World Heritage

30) A(n) can take a patient to hospital quickly

B) Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets (0) is an example for you (4ms)

31) Life is more now (comfort)

32) Would you like to go (swim)

33) He speaks French very (good)

34) Life in the city is from life in the country (difference)

35) Meat is not a food if we know how much to eat (health)

36) These medicines can work well with your (ill)

37) My sister has a beautiful of stamp (collect)

38) There was no for his absence from class yesterday (explain)

C) Circle the italized portion of the sentence that is incorrect (2ms)

39) Some people grow so taller that their health may become endangered

A B C D

40) After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my sister

A B C D

41) The phone rung while I was washing the dishes

A B C D

42) Henry’s friends told themselves to put his coat on the rack in their hall

A B C D

43) She isn’t old enough to done this job

A B C D

44) Eight hundred years ago Christmas songs are performed for people in towns

A B C

and villages

D

45) Would you mind help me solve these mathematics problems? I can hardly

A B C

understand how to do them

D

46) She was having dinner when a man was coming and giving her a bunch of

A B C D

flowers

D) Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (2,5ms)

47) The sister asked: “Are you hungry, Tom?”

- The sister _

48) A lot of effort has been put in the work by the little girl

- The little girl

49) How long have you studied medicine?

- When _?

50) John was too ill to go to school

- John wasn’t _

51) Tom is not as tall as Peter

- Peter .

E) Read the paragraphs below and the summary which follows (3ms)

Air pollution is a cause of ill-health in human beings In a lot of countries there are laws limiting the amount of smoke which factories can produce Although there isn’t enuogh information on the effects of smoke in the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases

The gases from the exhausts of cars have also increased air pollution in most cities The lead in petrol produces a poisonous gas which often collects in busy streets surrounded by high buildings Children who live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can’t think as quickly as other children and are clumsy when they use their hands

There are other long-term effects of pollution If the gases in the atmosphere continue to increase , the earth’s climate may become warmer A lot of the ice near the Poles ma melt and may cause serious floods

* Complete the summary by writing the correct word in each blank (write one word only.)

Air _ (52) can make people _ (53) Consequently, some countries pass (54) to control the quantity of _ (55) in the air Air pollution causes particular damage to the body by harming the _ (56) _ (57) should not be used in petrol because it is bad for children’s _ (58) and makes them clumsy in using their hands Poisonous gas from (59) collects in those parts of cities where there are tall buildings Pollution can also have an influence on the earth’s (60) The ice may melt near the North and South Poles, resulting in very bad (61)

F) Read the following passage and choose the best answer: (2,5ms)

Every year students in many countries learn English Some of these students are young children Others are teenagers Many are adults Some learn at school, others study

by themselves A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends But not many are lucky enough to do that Most people must work hard to learn another language

Many boys nad girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects They study their own language, and mathematics… and English In England, America or

Australia, many boys and girls study their own language, which is English and mathematics… and another language, perhaps French or German or Spainish

Many adults learn English, because it is useful for their work Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English at the college

or university Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English

62) According to the writer

a) only adults learn English

b) no children like to learn English

c) English is useful only for teenagers

d) English is popular in most of the world

63) Most people learn English by

a) watching videos only

b) hearing the language in the office

c) talking with foreigners

d) working hard on their lessons

64) Many boys and girls learn English because

a) English can give them a job

b) it is included in their study courses

c) they are forced to learn it

d) they have to study their own language

65) In America or Australia many school children study

a) English as a foreign language

b) English and mathematics only

c) such foreign languages as French, German and Spainish

d) their own language and no foreign language.

66) Many adults learn English because

a) English is spoken in their office

b) they want to go abroad

c) most of their books are in English

d) it helps them in their work

_ THE END _

ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN TIẾNG ANH

A) Multiple choice: (6ms)

I) Mỗi câu đúng 0,2đ

II) Mỗi câu đúng 0,2đ

III) Mỗi câu đúng 0,2đ

B) Mỗi câu đúng 0,5đ

C) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ

D) Mỗi câu đúng 0,5đ

47) The sister asked Tom if he was hungry

48) The little girl has put a lot of effort in the work

49) When did you start to learn medicine?

50) John wasn’t well enough to go to school

51) Peter is shorter then Tom

E) Mỗi câu đúng 0,3đ

56-lungs 57-Lead 58-brains/health 59-lead/exhausts 60-climate 61-floods

F) Mỗi câu đúng 0,5đ.