PHÒNG GD&ĐT VĨNH TƯỜNG ĐỀ GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài 150 phút I. Listening Question 1- 6: Choose the Correct letter A,B or C. Write your Answer (A,B,C or D) on the Answer sheet 1. His name is………………… A. Tomas B. Thomas C. Tom 2. She lives at …………… Maine anvenue. A. 434 B. 454 C. 534 3. Her name is…………………. A. Patty B. Batti C. Patti 4. His family name is A. Roberts B. Robertson C. Roberton 5. She lives in…………… A. Springfield B. Springvale C. Springhill 6. His name is ……………… A. Dixson B. Nixson C. Dixsone Question 7- 8. Complete the statements below. Write your answers on the answer sheet II. Choose one of word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Write your answer (A,B.,C or D) on the answer sheet. 1. A. Christmas B. character C. chorus D. church 2. A. tour B. pour C. your D. course 3. A. foolish B. food C. cook D. pool 4. A. sure B. festival C. suitable D. section 5. A. languages B. types C. addresses D. approaches III. Choose the word that has stressed syllable different from the others. Write your answer (A,B.,C or D) on the answer sheet. 1. A. improve B. realize C. possible D. comfortable 2. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence 3. A. opinion B. general C. abroad D. surprise 4. A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment 5. A. medical B. physical C. vegetables D. advise IV. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers(A,B,C or D) on the answer sheet. 7. Order form Name: (A)……………………………………….Green Credit card number:(B)………………………………… 8. Telephone directory Barney’s Discount Store 673-0982 (A)…………… Theater (B) …………………………… 1 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 1. When you travel by public transport you must pay _________. A. fare B. fee C. salary D. tax 2. I can’t stand Jack. He _____ always ______ his dirty dishes on the table. A. does/leave B. has/left C. is/leaving D. was/leaving 3. Don’t touch that chair. It ___________ . A. was painted B. is being painted C. is painted D. has just been painted 4. Why don’t you ___________ your hat? It’s sunny today. A. put on B. put out C. take off D. take on 5. Some of the products are at cheaper__________. A. prices B. costs C. prizes D. charges 6. A: “Need I wait for you at the airport?” B.: Yes, you _______. A. need B. must C. may D. can 7. He tries to give up smoking but he couldn’t break the _________. A. hobby B. habit C. pastime D. favor 8. She ___________her old friend on the street yesterday morning. A. came over B. came up with C. came across D. came on 9. You should practice_________ English to talk to your foreign friends. A. to speak B. speak C. spoke D. speaking 10. I tried my_______not to laugh. A. good B. well C. better D. best 11. How much is the car_______.in Japan? A. makes B. making C. to make D. made 12. Thank you very much _______ the Christmas gift . A. of B. with C. for D. about 13. These houses_______100 years ago. A. are built B. built C. were built D. build 14. Tom as well as his dog_______ here now. A. is B. are C. was D. were 15. He made me ________ it all over again. A. do B. doing C. to do D. did V. Give the correct form of the words in capital letter to complete the sentences. Write your answer on the answer sheet. 1. It’s difficult to find ………………at busy times in this town. ACCOMMODATE 2. These shoes look quite smart but they are terribly ……… COMFORT 3. The police are interested in the sudden of the valuable painting. APPEAR 4. In electronics, we learn to repair appliances . HOUSE 5. Tung makes friends very easily because he is very …………… SOCIAL 6. Her sudden …………… is a great shock to her family DIE 7. There is no easy…………………to this problem. SOLVE 8. Is there anything……………… on TV tonight? INTEREST 9. …… ,our flight was delayed for 2 hours, so we were late for the last train. FORTUNE 10. It’s a good restaurant; the food there is very TASTE VI. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. Write your answer on the answer sheet. Hung is a student. This year he (1) …… a very interesting summer holiday. He traveled with (2) …… classmates to a mountainous area in Hoa Binh province. They (3) …… there to help make a road through a forest between two villages. “It (4) …… very difficult (5) …… there was no water to drink and no shops where we could(6) …… food,” said Hung. “ It was very cold and wet in the mountains. It is (7) …… of the wettest places in the country.” Hung stayed in the mountains (8) …… six weeks. It was hard work, but he says it was the best thing he has ever (9) …… He is hoping to return next year to do (10) …… more work there. 2 VII. Choose the most suitable answer from the four options marked A,B,C, or D to complete each of the numbered gaps in the passage below. Write your answer (A,B,C or D) on the answer sheet. David Evan is a farmer. He does farming on his own (1) …… in Wales. The farm has belonged (2) …… his family for generations. David (3) …… sheep on his land. He does not employ (4) …… fulltime workers. His sons help him when they are not (5) …… school. The guests from the city (6) …… their quiet holidays in the clean country (7) …… and they come to visit their farm. However, it’s a lonely (8) …… for the Evans family when the guests (9) …… The question is that if his children want to (10) …… the farm when Mr. Evans gives up working. 1. A. ground B. land C. earth D. soil 2. A. to B. with C. of D. after 3. A. feeds B. grows C. raises D. leads 4. A. some B. more C. much D. any 5. A. in B. for C. at D. on 6. A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoys D. to enjoy 7. A. wind B. sight C. life D. air 8. A. living B. life C. farm D. work 9. A. gone B. has gone C. have gone D. went 10. A. take off B. take over C. take after D. take care VIII. Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A,B,C, or D. Write your answer (A,B,C or D) on the answer sheet. There are books with fairy tails in many countries. Often the same stories are known and repeated in many languages. Some of the things that happen in these stories are remarkable, although not as remarkable as things that are truly happening in medicine and science today. Most fairy tails begin with “Once upon a time” and end with “They lived happily ever after”, so we will begin in the same way. Once upon a time there was a girl calls Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing. One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball- but to return home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the price were married and lived happily ever after. 1. According to the passage, things truly happening in medicine and science today are…… things that happens in some fairy tails, A. more remarkable than B. less remarkable than C. as remarkable as D. not as remarkable as 2. The word “ball” means …… A. a sport equipment B. a dancing hall C. a balloon D. sphere 3. Cinderella was very sad because …… A. her sister did nothing B. her sister went to a ball and left her at home C. she did all the work in the kitchen D. her sister was invited to a hall 4. Who worked the hardest at home? A. Cinderella’ sisters B. Cinderella’ mother C. Cinderella’ godmother D. Cinderella herself 5. At the end of the story …… A. Cinderella could go to the ball and it was so happened that she and the prince was married B. Cinderella’s godmother came to comfort her 3 C. one of Cinderella’ sisters was married to the prince D. the prince invited Cinderella to the hall IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Write your answer on the answer sheet. 1. Their teacher is making them study hard. They ……………. 2. I have never been to Liverpool in my life. Never ………………… 3. Please don’t make any noise; I’m very tired. I’d rather 4. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group. I’m very sad 5. “Why don’t we go out for a walk?” My father suggested …… ………… … ……… X. Write a paragraph to describe one of your best friends (Words limited : about 80- 100 ) Họ tên thí sinh: ………………………………………… SBD: ………………… 4 . PHÒNG GD&ĐT VĨNH TƯỜNG ĐỀ GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài 150 phút I. Listening Question 1- 6: Choose the Correct letter A,B or. (A)……………………………………….Green Credit card number:(B)………………………………… 8. Telephone directory Barney’s Discount Store 67 3-0 982 (A)…………… Theater (B) …………………………… 1 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 1. When you travel by public transport. sudden …………… is a great shock to her family DIE 7. There is no easy…………………to this problem. SOLVE 8. Is there anything……………… on TV tonight? INTEREST 9. …… ,our flight was delayed for 2 hours,