Hoa Trường THCS Nguyễn Trãi KYØ THI HOÏC SINH GIOÛI TRƯỜNG NAÊM 2008 ((( Ñeà thi moân Tieáng Anh – Lôùp 8 Thôøi gian laøm baøi 90 phuùt (Thí sinh laøm baøi vaøo ñeà thi) I Complete these sentences wit[.]
Trang 1Trường THCS Nguyễn Trãi KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG NĂM 2008
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
(Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi)
I Complete these sentences with provided words : ( 5 marks )
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1 Learners always try to learn new words by ………
2 Hoa ……….a letter from her friend yesterday
3 He spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local ………
4 Mr Tam wanted to talk to Mrs Ha but she went out So he left a ……… 5.You must not let children play in the kitchen because it is a ………place
6 I ‘ve just watched the movie Romeo and Juliet They killed………
7 My mother ……….look after her younger sister when she was a child
8 We are having a plan to help them by ……… …….them to do things
9 Alexander Graham Bell ……… the telephone in 1876
10 Ba is very young He isn’t old ……… to drive a motorbike
II/ Rewrite the following sentences that they mean almost the same as those printed before (4 marks)
1 “Please turn down the radio for me” said my father
My father asked me ……… ……
2 My bother is short He can’t reach the top shelf
My brother is ………
3 She sings more beautifully than her sister
Her sister ………
4 How about planting trees ?
Would you like ………?
5 Mrs Nga is a good English teacher
She teaches………
6 My sister wants to take part in out door activities at school
My sister enjoys………
7 I was absent from class yesterday because I was sick
Why ……….?
8 You want to get good marks You should try harder
In order to ………
III Using the correct verbs in the blankets ( 4 marks)
Trang 21 She ( teach) French in this school three years ago
2 I ( not finish) my homework yet
………
3 What would you advise me ( do) ?
………
4 Hurry up ! We ( miss) our bus
………
5 Hoa is not old enough ( be) in my class
………
6 Don’t (make) so much noise
………
7 They get used to ( do) morning exercise
………
8 If you want to speak English well, you have to try ( practice) speaking with your partners
………
IV Fill in the blankets with suitable prepositions ( 2mark)
1 ……… Saturday night , I went to bed ……… 11 o’ clock
2 He is an engineer but he’s unemployed ……… the moment
3 It is very different ……….the present shopping area
4 He bought some soap ………his way to work
5 Ba is very interested ……….doing experiments
6 My grand mother died ……… 1977 ……… the age of 79
V Read the passage Then answer the questions ( 2,5 marks)
How Nam has improved his English ?
“ … In the first year of lower secondary school I have some difficulties in learning English My pronunciation of English words was very bad and my English grammar was worse I did not know how to improve them One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in the glass bookcase She also told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar
“ Now I think you know what you should do “ She said I made much
progress and only one year later I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown “
Questions:
1 What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
………
Trang 32 Who wanted to meet him one afternoon ?
………
3 Where did they go after that?
………
4 What did she tell him to improve his English grammar?
………
5 Did he fail the first prize in the English Speaking Contest?
………
V Use the cue words to make each sentence in the letter ( 2,5 marks)
Dear Tim,
I/ glad/ tell/ you/ going/ join/ Y & Y Green Group
………
We / having/ environment month
……… We/ going/plant trees / flowers / in the school garden/ water/ every
afternoon/ class
………
………
I / hope/ we/ give / more green color/ city/ earn some money/ school Y & Y
………
……… It/ interesting/ useful / isn’t it?
……… I’m looking forward to hearing your news
Love,
Lan