Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn tiếng Anh lớp 8 huyện Thanh Oai năm học 2014 - 2015 - Đề A
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Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh lớp 8
I. LISTENING. (2pts)
Listen and fill in the missing words.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray live in a big city, and they ...(1)....a son. His name is Peter, and he doesn't like...(2)..... One day, Mrs. Gray said...(3)....her husband, "Living in the city all the time isn't good...(4)....Peter. "So last summer they found a small house in the country and took Peter...(5)....for a vacation.
When they arrived...(6).... the house, Mrs Gray said to Peter,"We are going to stay...(7).... for two weeks.
The boy ran ...(8)....the house and looked in all the rooms, and he ran back to ...(9)....mother and said to her, " I haven't found the bathtub, Mom. Where is it?"
"This is a...(10)....small house, Peter," his mother said. " This is going to be a very nice vacation."
II. PHONETICS (2pts)
1. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D (1pt)
11. A. tourist B. anxious C. delicious D. famous
12. A. university B. unit C. discuss D. computer
13. A. fat B. festival C. grand D. man
14. A. rub B. surrounding C. plumber D. husk
15. A. helped B. worked C. asked D. cleaned
2. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others. (1pt)
16. A. comprise B. depend C. design D. novel
17. A. tropical B. collection C. tendency D. charity
18 A. friendliness B. occasion C. pagoda D. deposit
19. A. importing B. specific C. impolite D. important
20. A. federation B. unpolluted C. disappearing D. profitable
III. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6pts)
1. Circle the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences: (2pts)
21. Our friends have lived in Ho Chi Minh city __________ 2002
A. for B. since C. in D. about
22. He prefers soccer ___________ tennis
A. from B. than C. to D. or
23. This is the first time I _________ this film.
A. am seeing B. saw C. see D. have seen
24. He __________ to his friend's party when his parents asked him to go home.
A. was going B. goes C. went D. has gone
25. There's a strange man behind us. I think_______.
A. we are followed B. we are being followed
C. we are being following D. we are following
26. Which of the following is the strongest advice?
A. You really must get a hair-cut B. If I were you, I'd get a hair-cut.
C. You ought to get a hair-cut. D. You should get a hair-cut.
27. ________ you mind if I use your dictionary?
A. Will B. Can C. Do D. Did
28. The man ________ to the principal is my form teacher.
A. talks B. talk C. talked D. talking
29 . All that rubbish will have to be _____ at once.
A. got rid of B. get rid of C. got rid D. getting rid of
30. Would you mind putting out your cigarette? ~ _____________
A. No, thanks. B. No, of course not C. No, I wouldn't. D. No, I don't.
2. Use the words given in brackets to form a word that fits in the spaces (2pts)
31. Their children have quite _____________ characters. (difference)
32. What is the correct ______________of this word? (pronounce)
33. He didn't win the championship, so he felt very _____________ . (hope)
34. She is one of the greatest _______ to appear in this theater. (perform)
35. My house is on the top of a hill. It's very ____ there in the fall. (wind)
36. It is ___________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. (health)
37. Many rural areas in Vietnam have been __________ in the last few years. (urban)
38. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention. (success)
39. Every day, there are two _________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. (fly)
40. There are a lot of _______________ in the competition. (contest)
3. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in the brackets. (1pt)
41. Would you mind if I (smoke) __________?
42. I don't enjoy (laugh)___________ at by other people.
43. He (live) __________in this city since 2000.
44. Most of the NOKIA mobile phones (sell) ___________in this shop are imported from China.
45. The children (play)_____________soccer when it started to rain.
4. Fill in each gaps of the following sentences with a suitable preposition. (1pt)
46. In our place it is very cold ________ night, but it's warm during the day.
47. Phong Nha Cave is known __________ a World Heritage Site.
48. She is thinking __________ importing flowers from Viet Nam ?
49. The canoe overturned and everyone fell ________ the deep water.
50. I prefer walking ________ riding a bicycle.
IV. READING (5pts)
1. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. (2 pts)
For many people sport is a popular part of school life and ...(51)...in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important. ...(52)...someone is in a team it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away ...(53)...home, as many matches are played then.
It ...(54)...also involve traveling to other towns to play against other school teams and then ...(55)...on after the match for a meal or a drink. Some parents, friends or other students will travel with the team to support ...(56)...own side.
When a school team wins a match, it is the whole school which feels proud, ...(57)...only the players. It can also mean that a school ...(58)...well-known for being good at cetain sports and people from that school may end up playing ...(59)...national and international teams so that the school has some really ...(60)...names associated with it.
51. A. having B. being C. taking D. putting
52. A. If B. As C. Then D. So
53. A. at B. on C. for D. from
54. A. ought B. is C. can D. has
55. A. being B. staying C. leaving D. spending
56. A. their B. its C. our D. whose
57. A. but B. however C. and D. not
58. A. turns B. makes C. comes D. becomes
59. A. up B. to C. for D. beside
60. A. old B. new C. common D. famous
2. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. (2pts)
Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (61) ................ father was comedian and his mother worked (62) .................... a dancer and a singer. (63) ......... of them was successful so the family had very (64) ..................... money. The (65) .................. time he himself earned money by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved (66) ..................... was working in the theatre.
When he was (67) ..................... fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On (68) ..................such tour, he was (69) ................... a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor and film director.
He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the age of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his (70) ..................... and early up-bringing.
3. Read the passage and decide which statements are True (T) or False (F). (1pt)
A week ago, Huy's family went for a picnic in the country. It was early spring, so they thought it was too cold to go to the seaside. They set off early after breakfast and drove about 45 km into the country until they came to this favorite place. Huy and his sister went into the woods to pick wild flowers Huy's parents sat quietly, fishing by the stream. At 4.30 p.m, they put the plates, cups, saucers and other things back into the basket and went back to their car. They got home at 5.00 p.m.
71. Huy's family went for a picnic seven days ago.
72. They went to the city.
73. They went to the country by train.
74. The children went into the woods to pick wild flowers and their parents fished by the stream.
75. They came back home at 5.00 p.m.
