why do you like coffee and bread b.. why you like coffee and bread c.. Read the passage and do the task that follows EARTHQUAKES One of the worst things that can happen on our earth is a
Trang 1Đề thi học sinh giỏi khối 8 Năm học: 2008 – 2009 Môn :TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 Thời gian làm bài: 120’
I PHONETICS (2MS)
II VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES (8MS)
A Choose the best answer: (2ms)
1 The show begins ……….a wonderful display of singing and dancing
2 Helen is my aunt’s daughter She’s my ………
3 A person who can’t speak nor hear is called …………
4 The children like grandpa because he always …………
a tells jokes b enjoys life c has characters d gets good grades
5 Where did you find the fish? – In a ………
6 The ……….can’t fix the washing machine until tomorrow
7 There is nobody in the dining-room The dining-room is ………
8 Students ……… their homework after class
a have to doing b have do c have to do d have to be done
9 Tell me ………
a why do you like coffee and bread b why you like coffee and bread
c because why do you like coffee and bread d because why you like coffee and bread
10 You use a ……….to cook rice
B Put the verbs in the correct forms (2ms)
1 He (live) ……… in Hanoi, though he (stay) ……….in Danang at the moment
2 I (come) ……… from Nha Trang, though I (live) ……….in Hue just now
3 I (study) ………….French at the moment, but I (not, speak) …………it very well yet
4 She ( drink) ………two glasses of milk at breakfast today
5 We (spend)……… our next vacation in Dalat
6 The bell (ring) ……… I (answer) ……….it
C Put the words in the correct forms (2ms)
1 You can buy sports ……….at the store over there (equip)
2 We enjoyed listening to some ……….folk songs when we were in Hue (tradition)
3 There was great ……….in the city when the team won the World Cup (excite)
4 I’m going to shop for a rice……… What brand do you recommend? (cook)
5 Look in the ……….for the sweater (robe)
6 We are making …… for the trip to Dien Bien next week (arrange)
7 Tom is working as an …… to Professor brown (assist)
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9 Huy makes friends very easily because he is very ………(social)
10 He is the most respected person in my ……….(neighbor)
D Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions (2ms)
1 The milkman delivered the letter ……….1.45 p.m
2 I woke up ………….three o’clock ……… the morning
3 Mr Tam graduated from the university …….1980
4 You’re making too much noise Stop that ……….once!
5 Did you get to school …………time yesterday morning?
6 This English class seemed very easy ……….first
7 ……….present, weare using a different English book
8 Don’t wait ………….me I’ll be home late
9 The flight from Dalat arrived in Hue ……….noon
10 We had a wonderful time at that party ……….Friday night
III READING (6MS)
A Choose the correct answer to fill in each blank: (2ms)
It is often very (1)…… these days to find someone to come and fix your television set, or your (2)
………….machine, or any other househole applicance if … (3) breaks Everybosy wants to sell your new products, but nobody (4) …… to fix them when they stop working
One day Mrs Harris discovered that her bathroom faucet was leaking, so she (5)……….her plumber Three days later, he arrived Mrs Harris was unhappy (6) … the delay, which caused her
a lot of trouble “Well, you’ve finally (7) …………!” she said to the plumber “ I called you three days ago.” The plumber was not at all disturbed by this He simply (8) ………a piece of paper out of his pocket and looked at this “Three days ago?” he said “That was the 21st, wasn’t it? Well, I’m sorry, but I’ve come to the wrong place I was looking for Mrs Smith’s house, not (9) … She phoned me …………(10) the 20th”
1 a differ b differing c difficult d difficultly
B Fill in each blank with the words given (2ms)
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland His father was an (1)…… in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages As a boy, Alexander became (2)………… in the sounds and speech
In 1870 the Bells (3)…….to emigrate (4)………America They lived in Boston, where Alexander (5)……… in a school for (6)…… There he began experimenting (7)…………a machine to help the deaf hear.While experimenting with this (8)…………., Bell had an idea Why not use electricity
to send the human (9)……… from one place to another? Bell began work on a new (10)………
C Read the passage and do the task that follows
EARTHQUAKES
One of the worst things that can happen on our earth is an earthquake When earthquakes happen near large cities, many people may be killed and many buildings are knocked down Fires may start and do more damage than the quake itself
Earthquakes come from a shaking of the rocks under the surface of the earth Forces within the earth push against the rocks until they break Sometimes, the earth above the break will split open Expert, the deaf, voice, invention, interested, to, decided, taught, machine, with
Trang 3We cannot tell when an earthquake is coming But we do know the places on the earth where they happen most often Much damage is stopped by building stronger buildings in these places
As many as a million earthquakes may happen in a year But most of them do no dammage, for they happen under the sea
A True or false?
1 ………….All earthquakes cause damage
2 ………….Fires always happen along with earthquakes
3 ………….Earthquakes happen often
4 ………… Some earhtquakes start fires in cities
5 ………….Most earthquakes happen under the sea
B Answer the questions
1 Where do earthquakes come from?
2 How can we minimize the damage done by earthquakes?
3 How many earthquakes may happen a year?
4 What ,akes the rocks break?
5 Why are most earthquakes harmless?
IV WRITING (4MS)
A Write complete sentences, using the cues given (2ms)
1 We/ close friends/ though/ have/ different characters
2 Song/ spend/ most/ free time/ play/ soccer
3 When/ we/ children/ we used/ listen/ grandma’s old fortales after dinner
4 What/ mum/ going/ do/ weekends?
5 Why/ you/ walking/ slowly?
6 He/ worked/ deaf-mutes/ hospital/ Boston
7 You/ like/ leave/ message?
8 you/ tell/ her/ I/ come/ do homework/ her?
9 Van/ has/ lot/ homework/ Math/ she/ going/ Math/ school/ tomorrow
10 you/ stay/ home/ weekend?
B Make questions for the following answers (1m)
1 Nhan left for Nha Trang three days ago (When)
2 My uncle sold his motorcycle to Mr.Son (What)
3 We ate lunch at the cafeteria with our friend (Where)
4 Mr Tuan is telling the students the answer to the question (What)
5 They built a new road two years ago (How long ago)
C Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first (1m)
1 let’s go out tonight ( Shall………?)
2 I can’t drive a car because I am only 16 years old (I am not………)
3 Shall we go to the cinema tonight? ( Let’s ………)
4 Let’s play table tennis together in the afternoon (Shall………)
5 Leaving the medicine around the house is not safe (It’s ………)
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I Phonetics
1c;2b; 3c; 4b; 5c; 6b; 7d; 8d; 9c; 10b
II
A.
1a; 2c; 3d; 4a; 5b; 6c; 7b; 8c; 9b; 10b
B
1 lives- is staying
2 come- am living
3 am studying- haven’t spoken
4 drank
5 are going to spend
6 is ringing – will answer
C.
1 equipemnt
2 traditional
3 excitement
4 cooker
5 wardrobe
6 arrangement
7 assistant
8 customers
9 sociable
10 neighborhood
D.
1 at; 2 at-in; 3 in; 4 at; 5 on; 6 at; 7 at; 8 for; 9 at; 10 on
III
A.
1.c; 2.b; 3.c; 4.a; 5.c; 6 d; 7 d; 8 b; 9 c; 10c
B.
1 expert
2 interested
3 decided
4 to
5 taught
6 the day
7 with
8 machine
9 voice
10 invention
C.
1.F; 2 F; 3 T; 4 T; 5 T;
1 Earthquakes come from a shaking of the rocks under the surface of the earth
2 We have to build stronger buildings in these places
3 Million earthquakes
4 Forces withing the earth push against the rocks until they break
5 because they happen under the sea
IV WRITING (4MS)
A Write complete sentences, using the cues given (2ms)
1 We are close friends though we have different characters
2 Song spends most of his free time playing soccer
3 When we were children we used to listen to our grandma’s old fortales after dinner
4 What is mum going to do at weekends?
5 Why are you walking slowly?
6 He worked with deaf-mutes at a hospital in Boston
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8 Could you tell her I will come to do homework with her?
9 Van has a lot of homework in Maths and she is going to have Math at school tomorrow
10 Are you going to stay home this weekend?
B Make questions for the following answers (1m)
1 When did Nhan leave for Nha Trang
2 What did your uncle sell to Mr.Son ?
3 Where did you eat lunch with your friend
4 What is Mr Tuan telling the students ?
5 How long ago did they build a new road ?
C Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first (1m)
1 Shall we go out tonight?
2 I am not old enough to drive a car
3 Let’s go to the cinema tonight
4 Shall we play table tennis together in the afternoon
5 It’s not safe to leave the medicine around the house