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Đề 4

PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC CẤP

HUYỆN

TRƯỜNG THCS THANH MAI NĂM HỌC: 2014 –

2015

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8

(Thời gian làm bài: 120

phút)

PART ONE: LISTENING:

Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word (2.0 pts)

Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family His chickens (1)………… many eggs which the farmer used to (2)……… to buy food and clothing for his family

One day, he went to collect the (3)……… and discovered one of the chickens laid a (4)……… egg He shouted (5)……… to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”

His wife ran to him and they (6)……….looked at the egg in amazement The wife wanted more, so her (7)……… decided to cut (8)……… all the chickens and find more gold eggs (9)………, he couldn’t find any eggs When he finished all, the chickens were dead

There were no more eggs of any kind for the (10)……… farmer and his greedy wife

PART TWO: PHONETICS: (0.2 x 10 = 2.0pts)

I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the

rest in each group (0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt)

1 A switch B stomach C match D

catch

works

3 A watched B reduced C coughed D

raised

4 A danger B angry C language D

passage

5 A highlight B although C neighbor D

laugh

II Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other

words (0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt )

2 A excellent B memory C festival D semester

3 A notice B surface C contact D effect

4 A reuse B compost C fabric D mixture

5 A natural B animal C afternoon D vegetable

PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (0.2 x 30 = 6.0pts)

I Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences (0.2 x 10 = 2.0pts)

1 Hoa coins and stamps since she was six

A was collecting B has collected C collected D will collect

2 His brother is a _ boy He always tells a joke

A handsome B humorous C sociable D energetic

3 Do you mind if I your car to work?

4 They are that their son won the championship

A pleasing B sad C delighted D interesting

5 One hundred dollars an big amount of money for her

6 Don’t overheat the victim _ blankets or coats

7 We are going to a small plane to Ha Long Bay this weekend

8 Mai along with her parents _ in the field at this time last Sunday

A was working B were working C has worked D have worked

9 Nam and Manh have played badminton for two hours, but of them are tired

10 The Smiths never go out in the evening, ?

A do they B don’t they C doesn’t he D does he

II Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets (0.2 x 10 = 2.0pts)

1 The ……… in his province is very dramatic

(LAND)

2 After taking an aspirin, her headache ………

(APPEAR)

3 There are many cultural ……… between the city and the country

(DIFFER)

4 The ……… charged me 50.000 VND for each room

(DECORATE)

5 The temple was built by the local …… over 100 years ago

(INHABIT)

6 Angkor Wat was ………… built to honor a Hindu God

(ORIGIN)

7 The town now becomes the Buddhist …center of the whole country

(RELIGION)

8 Ha Long Bay is in ………… Viet Nam

(NORTH)

9 This knife is ………… – it can't cut anything (USE)

10 Mr Thanh is having a ……… for his bad back

(TREAT)

III Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets (0.2 x 5 =1.0pt)

1 Will you wait a minute while I (look) through the text ?

2 “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) in next week”

3 The film ( begin) _ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ?

4 The pens( produce ) _by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good

5 “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I’d rather you ( sit ) over there”

IV Fill each gap of the following sentences with a suitable preposition:

( 0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt)

1 This restaurant is famous Chinese food

2 The ambulance will be there about 5 minutes

3 Bobby started school the age of five

4 Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go

5 They are traveling to the airport a bus

PART FOUR: READING: ( 0.2 x 25 = 5.0pts)

I.Read the passage and choose one correct answer to fill in each blank:

(10 x 0,2 = 2 pts)

Most people think (1) computers are very modern inventions, products of our new technological age But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over 2 centuries ago by a man (2) Charles Babbage Babbge was born … (3) 1791 and grew (4) to be a brilliant mathematican He (5) up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines" But despite the fact that he (6) building some of these, he never finished any of them Over the years, people have argued (7) his machines would ever work Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building engine based (8) of the Babbage's designs (9) has taken 6 years to complete and more than 4 thousand parts have been specially made

Whether it works or not, the machine will (10) on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work

2 A known B called C recognized D written

6 A wanted B started C made D missed

8 A on B off C in D out

II Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word in each space (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)

Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) how to fly

or play the piano There (2) _ important differences, but there is a very important similarity It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) _ practice It is never simply to “know” something You must be able to “do” things with what (4) _ know For

example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) to fly

an aeroplane A (6) _ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) The same is true of (9) the piano So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10)

_ first?

Write your answers here:

III Read the passage and choose the item(A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.( 0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt)

Hue is the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam during the time of the

Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) It is comfortably reached by plane or train from Hanoi But it takes up to 14 hours to get to Hue from Hanoi if you travel by bus

On the South bank of the famous Huong River, opposite the Ancient Citadel and around the Le Loi and Hung Vuong Streets is where the majority of Hue’s hotels, restaurants and tourist services are located and this makes it easy for you

to find everything you will need to maximize the enjoyment of your stay in the Imperial City

Many people hire motorcycles or bicycles to visit the historical sights and monuments there but it is possible to walk, or to take a taxi or cyclo, too

1 What does the word ‘ancient’ in line 1 mean?

A of the present time C liked by a lot of people

B very old D not special or unusual

2 Hue can be reached by

A plane B train C bus D all are correct

3 Where is the Ancient Citadel?

A On the South bank of the Huong river C On Hung Vuong Street

B On the North bank of the Huong river D No information

4 We can visit the historical sights and monuments there _

A by motorcycle or bicycle C on foot

B by taxi or cyclo D all are correct

5 Which of the following is not true?

A Hue used to be the imperial capital of Vietnam

B We can travel to Hue by train or by plane.

C It’s comfortable to travel to Hue by bus

D Most of Hue’s hotels and restaurants are on the South bank of the Huong river

PART FIVE: WRITING: ( 5pts)

I Circle the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs

correcting and then correct it (0.2 x 5 =1.0 pt)

Your corrections

1.Every morning I spend about an hour to read the

newspaper

A B C D

2.Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to

the

A B C

D hospital 3 Her grandmother has a big beautiful old brown table A B C D 4 I washed my hands, although they still looked dirty A B C D 5 Keep the cheeses freshly by wrapping each one individually A B C D 1………

2………

3………

4………

5………

II Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (0.4 x 5 = 2.0 pts) 1 Although Mrs Lan was ill, she still came to the meeting => In spite ………

2 “ You shouldn’t spend your weekend in this city next month.” She said => She advised me………

3 I would prefer you to stop smoking immediately => I’d rather………

4 It is not necessary for you to finish it by Saturday => You………

5 I haven’t seen him for two weeks => The last time I………