PHÒNG GD- ĐT TP B¾C Ninh TR¦êng THCS §¸P CÇU ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 2011- 2012 MÔN THI TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi: 120 phút - Không kể thời gian giao đề ( Đề thi gồm 4 trang ) 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. stopped D. carried 2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health 3. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage 4. A. whole B. when C. where D. while 5. A. improvement B. equipment C. comment D. development II. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions 6. She went to market without ____________ anything. A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. Buying 7. ____________ she plays the piano! A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good 8. The new shopping mall is quite ____________ the present shopping area. A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar 9. There were _________________ flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy. A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much 10. Of my parents, my father is _________________ A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter 11. Would you _________________ cleaning the floor for me? A. like B. please C. mind D. rather 12. I’ve never seen such an interesting _______________ A. performing B. performer C. performance D. performed 13. I’m sorry. I’m not ___________ to help you lift the table. A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength. 14. I usually go to work by bus, but ________ and then I use my motorbike A. again B. Once C. now D. ever 15. There are not _____________ jobs for all of us. A. so B. such C. too D. Enough III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition. 16. She isn’t here ________________ the moment. 17. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather. 1 18. What do you often do ________________ weekends. 19. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month. 20. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital. 21. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor. 22. You’re better ask __________ the information desk. 23. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father 24. “ Hamlet” is written ____________ Shakespeare. 25. 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. 26. Their children have quite _____________ characters. DIFFERENCE 27. What is the correct ______________of this word? PRONOUNCE 28. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more _________ COMFORT 29. She is one of the greatest _______ to appear in this theater. PERFORM 30. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very ____ there in the fall WIND 31. It is ___________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH 32. During his _____________ the family lived in Cornwall CHILD 33. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS 34. Every day, there are two ____ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY 35. __________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. 36. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ____________ through the text ? 37. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) __________ in next week” 38. Look at those black clouds. It ( rain) __________ 39. The film ( begin) ___________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ? 40. Mai (telephone)____________ you when she comes back. 41. The pens ( produce ) ______ by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good. 42. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I ‘d rather you ( sit ) __________ over there” 43. The price ( become ) __________ more and more expensive these days. 44, + 45. 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, (46) _____ flying is no more dangerous (47) __________ any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (48) ______________ taking off and landing when a (49) _________ decisions are vitally important. The people, (50) _______ job is to look (51) ______________ the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (52) ___________ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (53) ___________ such care of is all 2 part of the total experience. (54) ____________ other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (55) __________, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films. 46- A. although B. too C. and D. because 47- A. than B. as C. then D. with 48- A. while B. during C. for D. through 49- A. leader’s B. chief ’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s 50- A. whose B. which C. their D. that 51- A. for B. up C. after D. round 52- A. feel B. rest C. experience D. lie 53- A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken 54- A. Any B. No C. All D. Not 55- 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 (56) ________ a child I used (57)________ go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was (58) ________ beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. (59) _______ I grew (60) __________ the house and (61) __________ seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (62) _________ the doll’s house which was older than grandmother herself. At (63) ____________ times, I looked (64)___________ books which were (65)_________ interesting than my children’s book at home. VIII. There is one mistake in each of the following sentence. Find it and correct it. 66. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet ? 67. “ Do you think anyone saw us ?” she told nervously. 68. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world. 69. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to Phu Tho next week. 70.My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at university. IX. Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given. 71. Peter spent three hours repainting his house. -> It __________________________________________________________ 72. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals. -> People ______________________________________________________ 3 73. We arrived too late to see the film. ->. We didn’t ___________________________________________________ 74. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me. ->. He asked me _________________________________________________ 75. The last time we met each other was ten years ago. -> We haven’t __________________________________________________ 76. It was such a boring film that she fell asleep. -> The film was so ______________________________________________ 77. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it . -> The furniture was too __________________________________________ 78. He can touch the light because he is very tall. -> He is ________________________________________________________ 79. It is such good weather that they are going for a picnic. The weather__________________________________________________ 80.Somebody repaired his car yesterday. He had______________________________________________________ X. Use the suggestions to make the meaningful sentences 81.Last year / we / spend / week / My Son / and / I / not want / leave. ________________________________________________________________ 82. He / said / be / most / intelligent / student / the class. ________________________________________________________________ 83. It / interesting / have / vacation / abroad. ________________________________________________________________ 84. The waste paper / will / recycle / local factory? ________________________________________________________________ 85. Hoa / burnt / hand / when / she / cooking / dinner. ________________________________________________________________ 86. you / mind / I / turned on / television? ________________________________________________________________ 87. Old car tires / recycled / make / shoes / sandals / nowadays. ________________________________________________________________ 88. I / look / forward / see / you / soon. ________________________________________________________________ 89. My daughter / dislike / travel / coach / so / we / will go / plane. ________________________________________________________________ 90. We / not see / her / since / we / be / holiday / Ha Long Bay. ________________________________________________________________ The end 4 PHềNG GD- T TP BắC Ninh TRƯờng THCS ĐáP CầU P N V HNG DN CHM THI HC SINH GII LP 8 NM HC 2011- 2012 MễN THI TING ANH Tổng điểm: 10 cụ thể nh sau Câu I: 0,5 điểm, Mỗi câu đúng đạt 0,1 đ. 1 2 3 4 5 D B A A C Câu II: 1 điểm, Mỗi câu đúng đạt 0,1 đ. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 D A A A D C C C C D Câu III: 1 điểm, Mỗi câu đúng đạt 0,1 đ. 16 17 18 19 20 At from At/ on since to 21 22 23 24 25 As at From by off Câu IV: 1 điểm, Mỗi câu đúng đạt 0,1 đ. 26 27 28 29 30 Different pronunciation comfortable performers windy 31 32 33 34 35 Unhealthy childhood successfully flights suddenly Câu V: 1 điểm, Mỗi câu đúng đạt 0,1 đ. 36. am looking 37. am going to move ( am moving) 38. is going to rain 39. Does begin 40. will telephone 41. produced 42. sat 43. is becoming 44. knows 45. hasnt learned/ learnt Câu VI: 1 điểm, Mỗi câu đúng đạt 0,1 đ. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 A A B D A C A D B A Câu VII: 2 điểm, Mỗi câu đúng đạt 0,2 đ. 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 5 Was To Very/a s when Up garden with that In more C©u VIII: 0,5 ®iÓm, Mçi c©u ®óng ®¹t 0,1 ®. 66. of -> by 67. told -> tells 68. writing -> written 69. next week -> the following week 70. getting -> get C©u IX: 1 ®iÓm, Mçi c©u ®óng ®¹t 0,1 ®. 71. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house 72. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals 73. we didn’t arrive early enough to see the film 74. He asked me if I knew to speak EL 75. We haven’t met each other for 10 years 76. The film was so boring that she fell asleep 77. The furniture was too expensive for me to buy 78. He is tall enough to touch the light 79. The weather is so good that they are going for a picnic. 80. He had his car repaired yesterday C©u X: 1 ®iÓm, Mçi c©u ®óng ®¹t 0,1 ®. 81.Last year I spent a week in My Son and I didn’t want to leave. 82.He is said to be the most intelligent student in the class. 83.It is interesting to have a vacation abroad. 84.The waste paper will be recycled in the local factory. 85.Hoa burnt her hand when she was cooking dinner. 86.Would you mind if I turned on the television? 87.Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals nowadays. 88.I am looking forward to seeing you soon. 89.My daughter dislikes traveling by coach, so we will go by plane. 90.We haven’t seen her since we were on holiday in Ha Long Bay 6 . PHÒNG GD- ĐT TP B¾C Ninh TR¦êng THCS §¸P CÇU ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 201 1- 2012 MÔN THI TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi: 120 phút - Không kể thời gian giao đề ( Đề thi gồm 4 trang. Bay. ________________________________________________________________ The end 4 PHềNG GD- T TP BắC Ninh TRƯờng THCS ĐáP CầU P N V HNG DN CHM THI HC SINH GII LP 8 NM HC 201 1- 2012 MễN THI TING ANH Tổng điểm: 10 cụ thể nh sau Câu I: 0,5. video films. 4 6- A. although B. too C. and D. because 4 7- A. than B. as C. then D. with 4 8- A. while B. during C. for D. through 4 9- A. leader’s B. chief ’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s 5 0- A. whose B.