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(1)PHÒNG GD & ĐT NGHĨA ĐÀN TRƯỜNG THCS NGHĨA LIÊN
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG Năm học 2011-2012 - Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ tên: ……… Lớp:
SBD Giám thị 1 Giám thị 2 Mã phách
-Điểm Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Mã phách
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (1 pt):
1. A snow B show C tomorrow D hometown
2. A started B collected C listened D interested
3. A floor B afternoon C school D bamboo
4. A provide B arrive C invite D written
II Choose the most suitable word or phrase by circling the letter A, B, C or D (2 pts): Hoa works very so she always gets good marks
A badly B good C hardly D hard
2 This school in 1997
A built B is built C was built D has built
3 Would you mind if I………a photo?
A take B took C would take D am going to take
4 Last week I ………my children to the biggest zoo in town
A got B brought C fetch D took
5 It is very dangerous ………… in the polluted environment
A to live B lives C living D live
6 Our natural resources are limited we should recycle all used things
A and B so C because D but
7 His car is the same color ………… my uncle’s
A alike B as C like D to
8 David’s school ………… is very bad this term
A report B period C day D semester
(2)Không viết vào khoảng này!
1 The dictionaries ( buy)……… yesterday
2 My friend (not/visit)……….…… … me since he moved to another town My English ( get) ……… better and better
4 It was a nice day, so we decided (go )……… for a walk IV Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition (1 pt):
1 Instead ……… going to the theater, we’ll go to the concert There is nothing to prevent the children……… ……… playing there They will be here……… … a few minutes
4 Da Lat is famous ………many kinds of flowers
V Each sentence has one mistake, underline and correct (2 pts):
1 My brothers are a teacher teachers
2 It is not easy that difficult work
3 He won the race so he tried his best to run fast When she came, I read a novel written by Nguyen Tuan It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets David is a friend of mine I knew him for a long time The table is in the living room, among the armchair and the sofa My school is going to be rebuild next month The teacher told the students in class 8C don’t talk in class VI Give the words in the brackets the right forms (1 pt):
1 The waste from the chemical factory is very (harm) My aunt and uncle live in a (mountain) area
3 Santa Claus is based on the (describe) of Saint Nicholas in a poem “The lost shoes” is one of the (tradition)……….……….stories I like best
VII Use the given words to fill in the gaps to make a complete passage ( pts):
(3)after year pronunciation bookcase school
In the first year of lower secondary (1) I had some different in learning English My (2) _ of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse I did not know to (3) them One afternoon (4) the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom She (5) _ me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass (6) _ She also told me how to use an Eghlish-English (7) _ to improve my English grammar “ Now I think you know what you (8) do,” said she I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown
VIII – Read the passage and answer the questions (2 pts):
Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used Before printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books Often these people were unable to read and hadn’t enough time to learn In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we today They wanted booked because they were expensive and there was something magical about them Only a few people were able to write, and it took an extremely long time to write a book Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read
The position with computers is very similar today A few years ago, computers were very large and expensive Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didn’t know how to use them In many countries, however, the situation has now completely changed Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them
1) What happened before printing presses were invented?
- 2) Why were books wanted before printing presses were invented?
- 3) What is common feature of a book and a computer?
- 4) What situation has thoroughly changed nowadays?
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IX Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence (2 pts):
1) Is this bladder mended by Mr Green
- Does Mr Green _ 2) That girl is very intelligent
- What _! 3) Khanh said “You ought to take a break, Huy”
- Khanh advised 4) We’ve never met such a famous singer before
(4)X.
Use the sets of words and phrases to make meaningful sentences (2 pts): She/ tell/ not/ close/ window
Nga/ used/ swim/ this river/ but/ I/ not/ any more
This coffee/ too hot/ me/ drink
Hoa/ the/ tall/ girl/ class
XI Write a composition about 120-150 words on the following topic (4 pts):
“ Do you like living in the country or in the city? Why? ”
……… The end………
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
(5)I. 0,25 x = point
1 D C A D
II. 0,25 x = points
1 D C B D A B B A
III. 0,25 x = point
1 were bought hasn’t visited is getting to go
IV. 0,25 x = point
1 of from in for
V. 0,25 x = points
Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
1 To knew Have known
2 so Because among Between
3 read Was reading rebuild Rebuilt
4 fastly Fast don’t Not to
VI. 0,25 x = point
1 harmful moutainous description traditional
VII. 0,25 x = points
1 school pronunciation improve after
5 took bookcase dictionary should
VIII 0,5 x = points
1) Only kings and dukes had enough money to buy books 2) Because books were expensive and magical
3) They were large and expensive at first
4) A person who buys a computer knows how to use it
IX 0,5 x = points
1) Does Mr Green mend this bladder? 2) What an intelligent girl!
3) Khanh advised Huy to take a break
4) It’s the first time we met such a famous singer
X 0,5 x = points
1 She tells me not to close the window
Nga used to swim in this river but I don’t any more This coffee is too hot for me to drink
Hoa is the tallest girl in my class
XI – length: point
- Grammar& vocabulary: point - content: point