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PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from the others in each group
Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided on the right (5 pts)
II Choose the word whose stress position is different from the others in each group.
Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space given on the right (5 pts)
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence
Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space given on the right (10 pts)
1 Mary asked Helen _ she knew anything about painting
2 Would you like _ to the cinema tonight?
3 It was _ we could not go out
A such cold that B so cold that C very so cold D too cold that _
4 _ a doctor, I must advise you to give up smoking
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5 Nobody likes to pay _ prices
6 Let's eat out tonight, _?
7 We always spend our summer holiday _
A in the sea B at the country C in the beach D at the seaside _
8 Is it worth waiting for a table at this restaurant or shall we go _ else?
9 My parents got up very early this morning _ pack the car for our journey
10 Do you know what time the train _ to Leeds?
11 The smaller a room is, the _ furniture it needs
12 I haven't met our new secretary yet _?
A What's she like? B How is she? C How is she like? D Why is she like? _
13 Peter wanted to win the race, so he ran _
A fast as he could B so fast as he can C fast as he can D as fast as he could _
14 Jenny and her sister are so that they could almost be twins
15 I'd like to have this skirt _
16 Will you _ the book I lent you?
17 There was no _ in asking him for help He’s such a selfish person
18 "Where's Jill?" - "She _."
C studies in her room D has in her room studied
19 I don’t know _
20 According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree, _
A the university will employ me B my education will be employed by the university _
C I will be employed by the university D employment will be given to me by the university
II Give the correct form of the words to complete each of the following sentences (10 pts)
1 The travel agent offer _ tours for passengers with different interests VARIETY
2 He gave the children a detailed _ of the story EXPLAIN
3 Do you know Isaac Newton is a well known _ PHYSICS
4 The police are concerned about the sudden _ of the valuable painting APPEAR
5 Please _ your seat belt The plane is taking off FAST
6 They should _ the road to the beach WIDE
7 They had a very happy _ MARRY
8 She has a large _ of stamps COLLECT
9 Now women have more _ to take part in social activities FREE
10 I can’t stand her _ like this BEHAVE
Trang 3III Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets Write your answers in the spaces that follow (10 pts)
1 While Peter (drive) home late last night, he (run) out of the petrol.
2 They let her (use) the phone free, but she was not allowed (use) the fax machine.
3 After (put) the cake in the oven, I forgot (take) it out.
4 She always (get) up early (revise) her lessons.
5 I (just finish) my work when it (start) to rain.
6 He (be) here for 2 weeks but I (not see) him yet.
7 Listen I (think) there’s someone (come).
8 Tom (go) to Paris last week and he (return) in 4 days.
9 He (not take) my advice and now he regrets (not listen) to me.
10 This song, (sing) by many famous singers, (write) 5 years ago
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IV Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets Write your answers in the spaces that follow (10 pts)
1 I know almost of the people at the wedding
2 We celebrate our Independent Day on September 2nd
3 The boy did the test so good
4 It took for us 10 hours to fly from London to Sydney
5 My brother hasn't phoned while I was out
6 You must write out all your exercises with ink
7 I studied hard for the exam and past it with very high grades
8 You don't need any more salt, need you?
9 I find it very bored to listen to his lectures
10 He is very weak to lift this suitcase
11 David, together with his two sisters, are very good at chess
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V Fill each gap with a suitable preposition (10 pts)
1 They usually come _ Sundays and always _ noon
2 The carpenter went _ and _ the ladder three or four times
3 When he was away _ home, someone broke _ his apartment
4 Yesterday I went to London _ Tom _ his car
5 The plane arrived _ Paris _ 3:40 pm
6 I haven't heard _ him _ last year
7 Some animals look for food _ night whiles others look for food _ the day
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9 I cut the cake _ 4 parts _ a knife
10 Do you think they will be _ time _ the show?
PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
I Read the passage and choose the correct answer Write A, B, C or D in the space given on the right to indicate your answer (5 pts)
It is very important to have healthy teeth Good teeth help us to chew our food They also help us to look nice How does a tooth go bad? The decay begins in a little crack in the enamel covering of the tooth This happens after germs and bits of food have collected there Then the decay slowly spreads inside the tooth Eventually, poison goes into the blood, and we may feel quite ill.
How can we keep our teeth healthy? Firstly, we ought to visit our dentist twice a year He can fill the small holes in our teeth before they destroy the teeth He can examine our teeth to check that they are growing in the right way Unfortunately, many people wait until they have toothache before they see a dentist.
Secondly, we should brush our teeth with a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day - once after breakfast and once before we go to bed We can also use wooden toothpicks to clean between our teeth after a meal.
Thirdly, we should eat food that is good for our teeth and our body: milk cheese, fish, brown bread, potatoes, red rice, raw vegetables and fresh fruit Chocolate, sweets, biscuits and cakes are bad, especially when we eat them between meals They are harmful because they stick to our teeth and cause decay.
1 Good teeth help us to _. _
A be nice B have good eyesight
C chew our food D be important
2 When food and germs collect in a small crack, our teeth _. _
A become hard B begin to decay
C send poison into the blood D make us feel quite ill
3 A lot of people visit a dentist only when _. _
A their teeth grow properly B they have holes in their teeth
C they have toothache D they have brushed their teeth
4 We ought to try to clean our teeth _. _
A once a day B at least twice a day
C between meals D before breakfast
5 Sweets are harmful because they make our teeth go _. _
A bad B painful C black D crack
II Read the passage and choose the word that fits each blank Write A, B, C or D in the space given on the right to indicate your answer (5 pts)
The earliest coins in the world were (1) in China more than 3,000 years ago Coins may be of different sizes, weights and shapes Some are very big and (2) and some are small and light (3) coins are round, but (4) very old Chinese coins look like knives Coins may be made of metals Some are made of one metal and others are made of different kinds of metals mixed together Usually coins have (5) designs on the two sides (6) is usually the head of a famous person on one side Today the coin has the name of the (7), the date and its value
on it Some people collect coins for a (8) Collecting coins (9) time and money because old coins are very hard to get and the price of gold coins is very (10)
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III Match the first part of a question on the left with the second half of the question on the right.
Write your answer (a, b, c …) in the numbered spaces that follow (5 pts)
1 Don't you think we should complain a) to see anyone?
2 Why don't you explain b) you for what happened?
3 Shouldn't you concentrate c) for the delay?
5 Aren't you tired e) on getting better, rather than work?
6 Didn't Bill apologize f) with your results?
8 Aren't you pleased h) to them about having to wait?
9 Hasn’t he already asked i) to working overtime?
10 Do you think they'll object j) you for some money?
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IV Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word Write your answers in the spaces that follow (5 pts)
POOR BUT CLEVER
It was a very cold winter A poor man (1) was very cold wanted to drink (2) hot to warm himself, but he had (3) one penny in his pocket He went into a (4) and asked the waiter: “How (5) is a cup of tea?” “Four pence, Sir.” “That’s (6) much for me,” said the man: “How much is a glass of hot water?” “We don’t sell hot water, we give
it (7).” “How much for two lumps of (8)?” “We don’t (9) sugar, Sir, we give it free.” “All right, please give me a little hot water and two (10) of sugar I will have tea next time.”
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PART FOUR: WRITING
I Finish the second sentence so that its meaning stays the same as the original one (10 pts)
1 I started playing the piano two years ago
I have
2 “I can’t go to the market today,” Jane said
Jane said _
3 They use recycled plastic to make toys
Recycled plastic _
4 To go to school is never too late
It is _
5 The weather is much warmer today than it was a few days ago
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6 We spent an hour cleaning the house
It _
7 You will be ill if you continue to smoke
Unless _
8 I’ve never met this man before
This is _
9 We couldn't finish the work because it was raining hard
Because of _
10 He is very ill today, so he can’t go with us on our trip
If _
II Rewrite these sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the original one, using the word at the end of each sentence Do not change this word in any way (5 pts)
1 It is an event I want to forget it WHICH
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2 Mrs Smith is very strict I go to the same school as her son WHOSE
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3 The girls are excited at the thought of going on an excursion FORWARD
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4 She managed to finish her job just on time SUCCEEDED
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5 It is Alice’s job to look after the garden RESPONSIBLE
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III Use the words and phrases to write complete sentences (5 pts)
1 John/ spend/ 2 hours/ do/ homework/ everyday
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2 Mary/ be/ both/ young/ pretty
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3 this/ interesting/ film/ I/ ever see
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4 you/ mind/ lend/ me/ dictionary?
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5 flat/ not/ large enough/ all of us/ live in
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Trang 7ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN A
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 Tổng điểm: 100
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1 D 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 C
II Choose the word which has a different stress position from the others in each group (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1 C 2 D 3 A 4 C 5 B
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I Choose the correct word to complete each sentence (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1 A 2 D 3 B 4 D 5 A 6 D 7 D 8 A 9 B 10 C
11 D 12 A 13 D 14 B 15 B 16 A 17 B 18 A 19 A 20 C
II Give the correct form of the words to complete each of the following sentences (10 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1 VARIOUS 3 PHYSICIST 5 FASTEN 7 MARRIAGE 9 FREEDOM
2 EXPLANATION 4 DISAPPEARANCE 6 WIDEN 8 COLLECTION 10 BEHAVIOUR
III Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets Write your answers in the spaces that follow (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct verb
1 was driving – ran 6 has been – haven’t seen
2 use – to use 7 think – is coming
3 putting – to take 8 went – will return
4 gets – to revise 9 didn’t take – not listening/not having listened
5 had just finished – started 10 sung – was written
IV Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets Write your answers in the spaces that follow (10 pts)
0.5 point for identification and 0.5 point for correction
2 good well 7 need you? do you?
3 for us us 8 bored boring
4 hasn’t phoned didn’t phone 9 very too
5 with in 10 are is
V Fill each gap with a suitable preposition (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct preposition
1 ON - AT 3 FROM – INTO 5 IN - AT 7 AT - DURING 9 INTO - WITH
2 UP - DOWN 4 WITH - IN 6 FROM – SINCE 8 OF – ACROSS/OVER 10 IN - FOR
Trang 8PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
I Read the following passage and choose the correct answers (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 A
II Read the passage and choose the word that fits each blank (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1 B 2 B 3 D 4 A 5 D 6 C 7 A 8 D 9 B 10 A
III Match the first part of a question on the left with the second half of the question on the right (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1 h 2 d 3 e 4 a 5 g 6 c 7 b 8 f 9 j 10 i
IV Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word Write your answers in the spaces that follow (5 pts)
POOR BUT CLEVER
1 point for each correct answer
1 who 3 only 5 much 7 free 9 sell
2 something 4 bar/cafe 6 too 8 sugar 10 lumps
PART FOUR: WRITING
I Finish the second sentence so that its meaning stays the same as the original one (10 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
1 I have been playing the piano for two years
2 Jane said (that) she couldn’t go to the market that day
3 Recycled plastic is used to make toys
4 It is never too late to go to school
5 A few days ago the weather was much colder than it is today
6 It took us an hour to clean the house
7 Unless you stop smoking, you will be ill
8 This is the first time I’ve met this man
9 Because of the hard rain, we couldn't finish the work
10 If he were not ill today, he could go with us on our trip
II Rewrite these sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the first, using … (5 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
6 It is an event which I want to forget
7 Mrs Smith, whose son goes to the same school as me/ I do, is very strict
8 The girls are looking forward to going on an excursion
9 She succeeded in finishing her job just on time
10.Alice is responsible for looking after the garden
III Use the words and phrases to make complete sentences (5 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
6 John spends 2 hours doing his homework everyday
7 Mary is both young and pretty
8 This is the most interesting film I have ever seen
9 Would you mind lending me your dictionary?
10 The/ This/ That flat is not large enough for all of us to live in
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