Đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2011-2012

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
 MỘ ĐỨC NĂM HỌC: 2011 - 2012
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
 MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP: 8
 Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
 Ngày thi: 12/ 4/ 2012
Điểm bằng số
Điểm bằng chữ
Giám khảo 1
Giám khảo 2
Mã phách
PHẦN A: PRONUNCIATION (2 pts)
Section 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words in each group. (1pt)
1. A. sight	B. flight	C. village	D. tribe
2. A. stamps	B. trains	C. hotels	D. caves
3. A. south	B. bought	C. found	D. about
4. A. recover	B. scout	C. recycle	D. cooker
5. A. underline	B. unit	C. uniform	D. unite	
Your answers: 
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Section 2: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. (1pt)
 1. A. treatment	B. victim	C. device	D. nature
 2. A. orphanage	B. commercial	C. generous	D. character
 3. A. exhibition	B. experiment	C. emergency	D. participate
 4. A. waterfall	B. gallery	C. institute	D. volunteer
 5. A. canoe	B. conduct	C. arrange	D. compost
Your answers: 
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PHẦN B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (9,0 pts)
Section 1: Choose the correct answer (A,B,C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
 (2 pts)
1. Jack is... His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot.
	A. generous	 B. humorous C.easy-going D. unusual
2. I’m sorry. I’m not...to help you lift the table.
	A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength.
3. We.. .in our present house for 5 years.
	A. live 	 B. have lived C. are living D. lived.
4. It took me a long time to get used. glasses.
	A. to wear 	 B. to wearing C. wear D. wore.
5.The wedding party.. at Thanh Nien restaurant.
	A. is	 B. is being	 C. will be	 D. is going to be
6."Don’t shout", I said to Jim.
	A. I told Jim don't shout	B. I told to Jim not to shout
	C. I told Jim not to shout	D. I said to Jim don't shout.
7. You have to work .. for the coming exam.
A. hardly	B. more hardly	C. more hard	D. hard
8. I saw her .. the flowers in the garden.
	A. watering 	B. watered	C. be watered 	D. is watering
9. They had their luggage . by the porter.
	A. carry 	B. carrying 	C. to carry 	D. carried
10. She often spends her weekend .. through pleasant open countryside.
	A. travel 	B. traveling 	C. to travel 	D. to traveling
Your answers:
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10
Section 2: Give the correct form of the bold words in brackets. (2pts) 
1. It is a contest in which _________ have to read two poems in English .	(participate)
2. Sapa is considered the most beautiful ________ resort in the North of Viet Nam . (mountain)
3. We are having a good time here. People on the island are very friendly and ______. (hospitality) 
4. A fairy appeared and _________ changed her old clothes . (magic)
5. The tiger wanted to see the farmer’s __________ .	(wise)
6. If you want to join the club, please fill in the _________ form. (apply) 
7. After his parents died, he was sent to an __________ . (orphan) 
8. My friend, Nga plays the piano __________. (beauty)
9. He always gets bad marks because he is a __________ student. (care)
10. Every week, there are two _________ from Hanoi to Nha Trang. (fly) 
Your answers:
1..	6
2..	7
3..	8
4..	9	
5..	10..
Section3: Choose the words or phrases (A, B,C or D) that are not correct in standard English.(2pts)
1. Her sister is studying very hard in order getting scholarship at university.
 A B C C
2. When I was having lunch, two friends of mine were coming to see me.
 A B C D
3. What happens to the glass when it is sending to the factory?
 A B C D
4. She asked Tom does his brother was living in Washington.
 A B C D
5. If you couldn’t guess the answer, I will win the game.
 A B C D
6. All the people lived in this village can speak French and English.
 A B C D
7. France has presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
 A B C D
8. My mother often advises me not staying up too late.
 A	 B	 C	 D
9. Her brother is always thrown his clothes everywhere.
 A B C D
10. Hoa has got a lot of books writing in English.
 A B C D
Your answers:
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10
Section 4: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning with the first one(2 pts)
1. The last time we saw Lan was in 2004. 
à We haven’t___________________________________________________________
2. She said, “I’m living in Da Nang city now”.
à She said______________________________________________________________
3. Getting to school by bus is not convenient
à It___________________________________________________________________
4. Peter spent three hours repairing his computer.
à It____________________________________________________________________
5. You will be given new information before you leave.
à We___________________________________________________________________
6. Nga is the most intelligent girl in her family.
à No one ________________________________________________________________
7. Nobody has used this machine for years.
à This machine____________________________________________________________
8. He said to the tourists, “Do you know the way to the station?”
à He asked________________________________________________________________
9. Could I turn the air conditioner off?
à Would you mind__________________________________________________________
10. Your brother is too weak to lift that box.
à Your brother is not________________________________________________________
Section 5: Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1pt)
1. Nam and I (1)______ close friends since we were primary school students. (be)
2. It’s a serious problem. I don’t know how it can(2) ________ . (solve)
3. The temple (3)_______ quite old. It(4) ______ over 100 years ago. (look / build)
4. I promise I (5)_________ my best next semester. (try)
Your answers: 
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PHẦN C: READING (5 pts)
Section1: Read the passage then choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) to fill in each gap. (2 pts)
UNICEF means the United Nations Children’s Fund. It serves children in (1) _______ all over the world. It helps children of (2) _______ races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (3) _______ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers. UNICEF (4) _______ both long-term assistance and emergency.
UNICEF was (5) _______ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War II in Europe. It began (6) _______ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (7) _______ the need for its services around the world. UNICEF’s primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (8) _______ of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF’s main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (9) _______ it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (10) _______ its work helping children and building brighter futures. 
1. A. communities 	B. organizations 	C. groups 	D. society 
2. A. every 	B. all 	C. some	D. few
3. A. view	B. purpose	C. opinion	D. intention
4. A. receives 	B. gets	C. takes 	D. gives
5. A. found	B. produced	C. created	D. built up
6. A. like	B. with	C. for	D. as
7. A. due to 	B. in spite of	C. since 	D. for
8. A. cost	B. level	C. character	D. quality
9. A. and	B. besides	C. but	D. moreover
10. A. as	B. with	C. for	D. in 
Your answers:
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Section 2: Fill in each blank with the suitable word in the following passage. (2 pt)
Learning a language is, in some ways, 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 enough 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 aero plane. 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? 
Your answers:
1	6.
2	7.
3	8
4......	9
5..	10
Section 3: Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D: (1pt)
	In the early years of television, educational specialists believed that it would be very useful in teaching and learning. Many schools have brought television sets, intending to use them effectively to improve the quality of education; but actually they are rarely used properly in classrooms. Meanwhile, children spending the majority of their out-of-school hours watching TV and their typical school days proceed as if television did not exist.
	There are some explanations for the failure of television to get the interest of the teachers. Firstly, the schools that purchased television sets have not set aside money for equipment repairs and maintenance so these television sets are sooner and later out of work. Secondly these schools have not found an effective way to train teachers to integrate television into their ongoing instructional programs. Lastly, most teachers do not regard the quality of television and its usefulness in the classroom.
	Teachers at the schools work hard for at least twelve years to train their students to become good readers. However, according a recent statistics, teenagers seldom spend their free time reading books and newspapers but watching television instead.
1) The text is about:
A. the use of television at schools.	B. teaching and learning television
C. educational specialists.	D. watching TV outside school.
2) When TV first appeared, educational specialists . . . . . . . ..
A. did not appreciate it.	B. did not appreciate it.
C. believed it would be useful for schooling.	D. banned children from watching TV.
3) According to the text, TV . . . . . . . . . 
A. has not been used properly in classrooms.	B. has been used effectively in classrooms.
C. has not existed in classrooms.	D. has not attracted students’ interest.
4) There are . . . . .. . . . . explanations for the failure of television to get the interest of the teachers.
A. two	B. three	C. four	D. five
5) Children spend their free time . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. reading books	B. reading newspapers.
C. learning foreign languages	D. watching TV.
Your answers:
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PHẦN D: WRITING (4 pts)
Section 1: Use the following sets of words and phrases to write a complete letter. (2 pts) 
Dear Mom and Dad,
1. I/ arrive/ Phu Bai airport/ late/ evening.
2. My friend/ Thanh/ meet/ airport/ and/ we/ go/ his house/ bus.
3. I/ be/ to/ famous tombs/ Tu Duc/ Khai Dinh/. 
4. The tombs/ be/ beautiful/ their structures/ different.
5. I/ also/ be/ the Citadel/ where/ I/ see/ beautiful palaces/ Kings/ Queens.
6. I/ visit/ various/ old pagodas/ Thien Mu/ Tu Dam.
7. I/ meet/ talk/ different local people/ and/ many tourists/ all over the world.
8. I/ try/ sea foods/ fish/ octopus/ and traditional foods/ as well.
9. I/ buy/ typical Hue/ souvernir/ especially/ conical hats.
10. I/ leave/ Hue/ 7 am/ Saturday/ and/ arrive/ home/ 2 pm. Please/ pick/ up/ bus station.
Your daughter,
 Diem. 
Section 2: Write a short paragraph about 10-15 lines on each of the following topics. You have to write all 2 topics below. .(2pts)
 1. The advantages of reading books (1pt)
 2. How do you learn English? (1pt)
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