Read the following passage and answer the questions below 5 points The English language is the most widely spoken language in the world.. It is used as either a primary or secondary lan
Trang 1Phòng GD& ĐT Quỳnh Lưu KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HSG KHỐI 8
Năm học 2009-2010 (Thi ngày 29/4/2010) Môn: Tiếng Anh - Thời gian: 150 phút
-Người ra đề đề xuất: Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Thúy – THCS Hồ Xuân Hương
I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (5 points)
2 A university B unique C unit D undo
3 A characteristic B chapter C school D architect
4 A zoo B food C soon D good
5 A pleased B cooked C missed D helped
Key: 1 C 2 D 3 B 4 D 5 A
II Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others
(5 points)
2 A geographic B biology C experiment D librarian
4 A friendly B generous C unhappy D pretty
Key: 1 B 2 D 3 C 4 C 5 A
I Choose the best answer (10 points)
1 I’m not going to bed until I my homework
A had finished B will finish C finish D am finishing
2 “How is it to the nearest station?” ~ “Four blocks”
3 Mai found the movie so she went to bed early
A interest B interesting C uninteresting D interested
4 If your brother harder, he will easily pass the exams
5 She was tired she took a rest before continuing her work
6 I can see a boy a water buffalo at the moment
7 My father usually has noodles and hot green tea breakfast
8 According to some writers, there are about 6,000 languages in the world today
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10 I really think Math is _ Physics
A more easy than B much easier than
C easiest than D very easy more than
1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 C 6 A 7 C 8 D 9 A 10 B
II Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets (5 points)
1 She is one of the students in my class (GOOD)
2 Vietnam is trying to more tourists (ATTRACTION)
3 China has a great number of places of (INTERESTING)
4 In the USA, there are newspaper articles about the film and how it
is made (DAY)
5 In my opinion, this lesson can be understood (EASY)
1 best 2 attract 3 interest 4 daily 5 easily
I Read the following passage and answer the questions below (5 points)
The English language is the most widely spoken language in the world It is used as either a primary or secondary language in many countries
During the 1500s, fewer than 2 million people spoke English All of them lived in what is now the United Kingdom Through the centuries, as the result of various historical events, English spread throughout the world Today, about 400 million people speak English as their native language Most of them live in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States
Another 100 million people, chiefly living in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and in many African countries, speak English in addition to their own language An additional 200 million people probably know at least some English thanks to their school subject
Today, English is the international language of science and technology In addition, the English language is used throughout the world in business and diplomacy
1 English is the most widely spoken language in the world because it is
A spoken in the United Kingdom and the United States
B spoken as a first, a second and a foreign language in many countries
C the language of science and technology
D spoken by 400 million people
2 English is spoken as a first language in
A Pakistan B South Africa C Bangladesh D India
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A Great Britain B the United States C Australia D New Zealand
4 In India, people use English as their
A first language B native language C second language D mother tongue
5 is the management of relations between nations
A Science B Technology C Business D Diplomacy
II Read the following passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (10 points)
It is very important to eat well, especially (1) you are students If you are
at school, you may go home (2) lunch, and have a cooked meal of meat or fish and vegetables Or perhaps you take some food with you to school, and eat (3) _ it
in the lunchtime A chicken and lettuce sandwich, with some fresh fruit would (4) _
a light but healthy lunch Many people around the world eat plain, boiled rice two or three (5) a day
Students do not often eat well when they are revising for an (6) They eat chocolate and drink (7) of black coffee They do not often eat on time as usual And by the (8) , doctors say everybody should start the day (9) a healthy breakfast It is (10) good for you to drink a lot of water right through the day
Key: 1 when 2 for 3 it 4 be 5 times
6 exam/examination 7 lots 8 way 9 with 10 also/ quite/
I Write the second sentence that has the same meaning with the first one (8 points)
1 "Don't forget to do your assignment, Jack.” said Jack’s mother
Jack’s mother asked
2 Let's go out for a walk
Why not ?
3 No one has tidied these rooms for a long time
These rooms
4 Henry was so weak that he couldn't go to school himself
Henry was too
5 Peter got more good marks than Tom
Tom did
6 They used to be better at swimming than we
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7 Because of the heavy rain, we were late for class
Because it
8 "What will you do next weekend, Nga?", said Nam
Nam asked
Key:
1 Jack's mother asked him (not forget) to do his assignment
2 Why not go out for a walk?
3 These rooms have not been tidied for a long time
4 Henry was too weak to go to school himself
5 Tom did not get as many good marks as Peter
6 We were not as good at swimming as they/ We were worse at swimming than they
7 Because it rained heavily, we were late for class
8 Nam asked Nga what she would do the following/next weekend
II Composition: (12 points)
Write a composition of 120 - 150 words about the following topic:
HOW CAN WE SPEAK ENGLISH BETTER?
Total: 60/ 3 = 20 points