Read the following passage then choose the best answers below: 2,5ms You may use the telephone everyday but how much do you know about it?. The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell i
Trang 1ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 PHÒNG
GD&ĐT DUYÊN HẢI NĂM HỌC 2013-2014
SECTION ONE : LISTENING (3ms)
I Listen to the text and decide True (T) or False (F) for the statements below: (2 ms)
1 ……… Peter is 15 years old
2 ……… He studies badly
3 ……… In his free time, he watches TV
4 ……… He often practice writing letters in English
II Answer the questions : (1m)
5 Where does Peter live ?
………
6 Is he going to visit Ho Chi Minh City next summer ?
………
SECTION TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (7ms)
1 Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences(4,5ms)
7.What about ……… to Hanoi ?
A go B going C to go D goes
8 Would you mind if I ……… a photo ?
A take B took C taking D to take
9 This ruler is made ………… plastic
A from B into C of D by
10 I take part ………… Most youth activities of my school
A in B on C by D at
11 We have done a question for Math three hours
Trang 2A for B at C since D to
12 It is dangerous ……… in the polluted environment
A live B living C to live D lived
13 Of all my friends, Lan is ………
A the most tallest B taller C more tall D the tallest
14 …… is used to check one’s eyesight
A eyepiece B eyeglass C eyeshade D eyechart
15 Nam is studying very hard ………… keep face with his classmate
A so as to B in order to C so that D A and B are correct
16 It is nearly ten years ……….I saw her
A when B.since C for D while
17 Viet Nam is a rice - ………….country
A export B to export C exporting D exported
18 My parents often tell me ……… get up late
A don’t B do to C not D not to
19 Would you mind ……… in this area ?
A not to smoke B not smoke C not smoking D don’t smoke
20 Nga told Mai ………… during the visit
A what to do B what doing C what she does D what do
21 In order to keep fit, you should do exercise………
A regular B regulating C regularly D regulation
22 All the flights ………because of thick fog
A canceled B were canceled C was canceling D cancel
23 Santa Claus is based ……… the description of Saint Nicholas
A on B in C at D with
24 She asked Minh if he ………… Spanish
A can speak B would speak C could speak D speaks
Trang 32 Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the space (2,5ms)
25 I want to know where Tom go last week
A B C D
26 Although Jack was much interested in , he decided not buying it
A B C D
27 We didn’t go out because it was raining heavy
A B C D
28 My mother asked me how many classes were there in my school
A B C D
29 She said I had to pay her now
A B C D
SECTION THREE : READING (5ms)
I Read the following passage then choose the best answers below: (2,5ms)
You may use the telephone everyday but how much do you know about it ? The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876 Bell was born in Scotland in 1847 Later he went to live in the USA in the 1870s Bell was always interested in sound He wanted to be able to send sound through a wire He had a workshop in his house in America and did many experiments there
One day he was doing an experiment in his workshop He was careless and split some burning liquid onto his clothes Talking into his telephone, Bell said “ Mr Watson,
Trang 4I want you to come over here, please ” His assistant, Watson, was in another room far away from his workshop However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone Quickly,
he ran to Bell’s workshop “ Mr Bell, I heard every word you said ! ” Watson shouted excitedly
Bell had finally succeeded He had invented the first telephone Later other inventors made better ones
30 Alexander Bell invented the telephone in
A 1847 B 1876 C 1877 D 1870
31 According to the first paragraph, Bell was ………
A Scotsman B American C Canadian D Japanese
32 In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the word “ there ” refers to ………
A Bell’s house B Bell’s living room C Bell’s workshop D Bell’s company
1 ………….was Bell’s assistant
A Watson B Thomas Edison C Christan Andersen D Carl Goldmark
2 What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A When he was born
B When he emigrated to the USA
C When he invented the telephone
D When he died
II Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space Use only one
word in each space (2,5ms)
When I ( 35) ……… a child, I ( 36) ………to go to see my grandmother I thought her house was (37) …………beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park ( 38) ……… I grew ( 39) ……… , the house and ( 40) ……… seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady There were so many beautiful things in the house Sometimes I played ( 41) ………… the doll’s house ( 42) ………… which was older than grandmother herself At ( 43)……… times, I looked ( 44) ……… books which were interesting than my children’s book at home
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SECTION FOUR : WRITING (5ms)
I Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed above it (2,5ms)
45 They haven’t cleaned the floor this week
à The floor
46 The ink was so faded that I could not read the words
à The ink was too
47 That was a silly thing to say
à What
48 Lan said to Hoa, “ Do homework before going out ”
à Lan ………
49 The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was rough
à The sea was too
II Using the given words to write the complete sentences (2.5 ms).
50.The house / expensive / than / the apartment
……… 51.I / used / look after / younger sister
………
52 We / know / more than ten years
………
53 It / difficult / learn / two language / same time
………
Trang 654 The lamp / make in China / be / 1 $
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