Write your answer in the numbered space given (5pts).. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets. Number 0 is an example. Write your answer in the numbered sp[r]
(1)SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BẮC GIANG
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8 Ngày thi: 20/3/2016
Thời gian làm 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
ĐIỂM BÀI THI
Bằng số: Bằng chữ:
Chữ ký giám khảo 1: Chữ ký giám khảo 2:
LƯU Ý : - Đề thi gồm 06 trang, thí sinh làm trực tiếp vào đề thi. - Thí sinh không sử dụng tài liệu kể từ điển. I Listening (20pts)
Part Listen to the recording and choose the best answer A, B, C or D You will hear the recording twice Write your answer in the numbered space given (4pts)
1 What is the main topic of the conversation?
A Traditional days in Thailand B Thai culture
C New Year’s Day in America D Thai New Year’s Day When is traditional Thai New Year’s Day celebrated?
A January 1st B April 13th to 15th C April 1st D December 31st Which is NOT true about Songkran?
A People wear traditional clothes B People have water fights B It’s celebrated in Thailand D It is in April
4 What can be inferred from the conversation?
A Jessie went to Thailand last year B Jessie has never been to Thailand C Jessie will go to Thailand next April D Jessie went to Thailand last April Your answers: 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _
Part 2: Listen to the recording and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) You will hear the recording twice Put a tick () into the correct answer (4pts).
True False San’s most unforgettable moment was last month in New Zealand
He did a really high bungee jump
(2)He met her birth parents
3 Jun’s most unforgettable moment happened last May in Korea His basket team won the national championship
4 Crystal’s most unforgettable moment was last month at school She won the math competition
Part 3: Listen to the World News Report and fill in the blanks with the missing information You will hear the recording twice Write your answer in the numbered space given (12pts)
II Choose the best answer to complete the sentences Write your answer in the numbered space given (10pts)
1 My friends usually enjoy my of humor
A sense B kind C means D form
2 The boy long hair was talking to the girl who was red
A of/at B in/with C with/in D at/of
3 How much exercise doctors you should take to avoid a heart attack?
A ask B force C mention D suggest
4 Nam could not speak English and could Ha
A either B also C so D neither
5 Practising English anywhere you can is a way to better your speaking skill
A speak B speaking C to speak D for speaking
6 - Mother: “Could you me a favor?” - Kate: “ .”
A No, thanks I’m fine B Yes, thank you C Yes, sure D Yes, that’s kind of you I would rather you me the story
A tell B told C to tell D telling
8 A: “Thank you so much for helping me overcome that difficult time” - B: “ ” A Don’t worry B My pleasure C Yes, of course D Thank you There’s a strange man behind us I think
A we are followed B we are being followed C we are following D we are being following 10 Of the two subjects I am learning in English at school, physics is the
World News Report
Location: (1) _ Los Angeles, California
Natural Disaster: a deadly (2) _
Time: at exactly (3) _ this morning
(3)A difficult B more difficult C most difficult D more difficult than Your answers:
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 6 _ 7 _ 8 _ 9 _ 10 _
III Complete the dialogue with the sentences or phrases in the box Write your answer in the numbered space given (5pts)
A Do you often go out with Ben? B I think so
C The film is great.
D Have you got any hobbies? E Nice to meet you
F How you know Ben?
G I’d better get back to my friends H See you around
I Are you really into sports? K Not really
M What kind of films you like? N I like films, too
Connor: Excuse me You’re Ben Wilson’s sister, aren’t you? Tanya: Yes, I am My name’s Tanya
Connor: (1) , Tanya I’m Connor Tanya: Hi Connor (2)
Connor: We sometimes play volleyball together Tanya: Oh, right (3)
Connor: Yes, I am What about you? (4) Tanya : (5) I like watching TV- and DVDs Connor: (6)
Tanya: Anything, really Comedies, thrillers and horror films
Connor: (7) There are some good films on at the cinema now, aren’t there? Tanya: Yes, (8)
Connor: Maybe we could go to the cinema some time Tanya: Yes, good idea
Connor: Anyway, (9) Nice talking to you Tanya: Me, too (10)
Your answers:
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 6 _ 7. _ 8 _ 9 _ 10
(4)1 In summer, in Sapa, it is very cold at night, but it’s warm (1) the day
2-3 Voght-Roberts and some crew members (2) the new King Kong film spent nearly two months in Vietnam (3) the end of last year surveying and selecting the locations
4-5 I've just rewarded her (4) a book (5) her good study 6-7 The police came just (6) time to bring the riot (7) control
8-9 He said he broke the window (8) accident, but I knew that he did it (9) purpose 10 When I traveled to Korea, I came (10) Lee Young Ae, a famous Korean actress, at a restaurant Your answers:
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 6 _ 7. _ 8 _ 9 _ 10
V Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets Number is an example. Write your answer in the numbered space given (10pts)
Kids watch more TV
A study into children's television (0 view) habits reveals that children whose parents have a high level of education tend to watch less television than children from less (1 educate) family backgrounds The report also suggests that a high rate of TV (2 watch ) among children in poorer (3 suburb) areas and in the provinces, compared to those (4 live) in large urban centre, is often due to (5 poor) and a lack of other kinds of (6 entertain) in the area Disco, cinema, theatre and sports (7 active) offer children in urban centre a wider range of pastimes, which leads to far (8 few) hours being spent in front of the box (9 Commerce) , comedies and adventure films are children's (10 favour) programs, while twenty per cent of children said they preferred violent films and thrillers
Your answers: Example: viewing
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 _
VI Read the text below and look carefully at each numbered line Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there If the line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number If the line has a word which should not be there, write that word by the number There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00) (5pts)
A load of rubbish
(5)families now recycle about 22% of their waste Only for five years ago, the figure was 10% That’s good news for the environment- but there’s a lot more than to Some other European countries, like Germany and Holland, already recycle about 60% of their waste and that’s the goal for the UK
Households in England which produce 25 million tons of waste a year More than half of this is garden waste, paper, cardboard and kitchen waste – with which people could recycle They could also recycle plastic, wood, glass and aluminum cans In fact, if everybody in the UK was recycled all of their drink cans, there would be 14 million fewer rubbish bins of waste each year
Recycling isn’t the only way to reduce the amount of rubbish what we throw away More than 40% of the waste in our bins is packaging from shopping If we changed the way to we shop, we could easily reduce the amount of waste For example, street markets and small shops often use less packaging than supermarkets And being of course, if we grow our own vegetables, there wouldn’t be any packaging at all
00 for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10
VII Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word Write your answer in the numbered space given (10pts)
“I love you”
On 3rd May 2000, millions of people around the world were (1) an e-mail called “I love you”. The e-mail included a document called “Love letter for you” When people opened this document, a (2) destroyed hundreds of vital documents on their computer The virus then sent a (3) of itself to everybody in the e-mail address book The virus infected millions of computer systems across the world Even computers in the White House in the USA were affected by the crash The virus eventually caused about 10 billion dollars of (4)
The person (5) created the virus was probably a brilliant 23-year-old computer student from the Philippines (6) Onel de Guzman He has never admitted his guilt, but detectives know that the virus came from his computer Onel de Guzman was not charged with any crime because in May 2000 the Philippines did not have any laws (7) computer crime
(6)Your answers:
1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 VIII Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D Write your answer in the numbered space given (10pts)
Be happy – Live longer
Do happy people live longer? New evidence supports the idea that if you think positively, you are (1) _ likely to live to a good age than a pessimist coming from a similar social background (2) _ is still not clear how happiness actually causes longevity One possible explanation is that people probably (3) _ better care of themselves if they see life as a positive experience, and of course, (4) _ people feel healthy, they are more likely to be happy Scientists tracked a group of people who had been interviewed in 1975 about their attitudes to ageing They found that if people viewed getting older as a positive experience, they lived, (5) _ average, seven and a half years longer than those who were more pessimistic Ways of (6) _ risk factors are well known: if you smoke or don’t exercise, you cut your life (7) _ by one to three years, and doctors can advise their patients to change their lifestyles accordingly But what, if (8) _, can unhappy people about improving their attitude? Personality may not be something (9) _ we can change even if we want to, and scientists have (10) to answer the question of how we can make ourselves happy
1 A much B better C more D well
2 A It B There C What D Which
3 A get B bring C spend D take
4 A when B unless C even D although
5 A in B on C at D about
6 A increasing B lessening C reducing D accelerating A expectancy B expectation C expecting D unexpected A something B everything C nothing D anything
9 A what B that C while D whereas
10 A even B likely C yet D therefore
Your answers:
(7)IX Read the text about Internet security Some parts of the text have been removed Complete the text by deciding which part of the text (A-I) fits each gap (1-5) There is one extra letter you not need (5pts)
A print out other information you may need B check that it starts with “http”
C a well selected password D a store online in minutes E know what to expect
F there have been any complaints
Tips to Protect Yourself While Shopping Online Tip 1
Make sure you are using a secure server and browser with industry security standards before you enter credit card information online First, look at the address in the address bar and (1) Then look at the bottom of the internet window and make sure there is a closed padlock
Tip 2
Use companies you know Anyone can open (2) and be gone tomorrow Here are some things to research before doing business with an unknown company
Make sure there is contact information for the company and compare this with information from the domain register
Check for a return policy Check to see if (3) Tip 3
When shopping we all hope that we (4) but sometimes there are problems that arise with what we ordered Check the company’s return policy online before you order, so you will get what we ask for Tip 4
Keep information about your order Also, (5) such as return policies, company information, specific product information and warranty information
Trust your instincts- if it sounds too good to be true … it probably is!
Your answers: 1 _ _ _ _
X Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words (5pts)
1 His parents made him study hard for his exams
(8) David asked I’ve never read a more romantic story
It is _ They believe that the man escaped in a stolen car
The man _ Patience is a key to success in life
As long as you are _ XI Use the given word to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence Do not change the form of the given word (5pts)
1 They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic (avoid)
They left _ "You damaged my bicycle, John," said Jane (accused)
Jane _ Helen plays the piano better than Elizabeth? (so)
Elizabeth doesn’t _ I wasn’t interested in the film, so I turned the TV off (find)
I didn’t _ I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not (mind)
I haven’t XII Write a paragraph (80-100 words) about the importance of joining outdoor activities to students (10pts)