Long ago, a fish storekeeper hang up a signboard on which there were some big words: “Fresh fish is sold here.” A man passing by looked at the board and laughed, “Why do they say “Fre[r]
Trang 1Phòng GD-ĐT Hội An ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 8
Trường THCS Kim Đồng Thời gian: 60 phút
Họ và tên: ……… (2009 – 2010)
Số báo danh: ……… Lớp: …….
I Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences: (3 points)
1 Can everybody listen carefully to my , please?
A instructing B instructive C instruct D instructions
2 There are methods and inventions to use solar energy
A saving-energy B energy-saving C energy-saved D saved-energy
3 Although we are far away from each other, we still
A keep together B say hello C greet each other D keep in touch
4 What do you do to your friends when they fail?
A proud B encourage C embroider D convenient
5 What is your daughter named ? – A kind of flower
6 By learning English, you can get to the world’s development
A way B gate C door D access
II Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses: (4 points)
1 Are they going to have the tree (cut) _ down?
2 Some boys are used to (have) _ breakfast very early
3 Hoa, it’s time you (go) _ to bed
4 That English course (end) _ by the end of 2014
5 What would the teacher do if a student (catch) _ cheating in the exam room?
6 Several languages (speak) _ here
7 When the fast train (already,leave) _, I reached the station
8 He (have) _ dinner when I arrived
III Read the passage and do the exercises below: (4 points)
Long ago, a fish storekeeper hang up a signboard on which there were some
big words: “Fresh fish is sold here.” A man passing by looked at the board and laughed, “Why do they say “Fresh fish is sold here”? This store must have sold
stale fish.” The storekeeper got to hear this, so he immediately erased the word
“Fresh”.
The following day, there was a customer coming to buy fish He looked at the signboard and said, “People can’t go to the florist’s to buy fish Why does the
signboard say “here”? Thus the storekeeper erased the word “here”
Điểm thi:
Trang 2A few days later, another customer came and said, “Of course fish is for sale,
not on display.” “is sold” isn’t needed Again, the storekeeper erased the word “is sold” Therefore, there was only one word on the signboard: “fish” He thought that from then on there would be no one trying to find fault with it.
Later on, a neighbor dropped in He had a look at the signboard and smiled
“Now then, fishy odour spreads all over Eveyone can smell it from a distance and they know fish is sold nearby It isn’t necessary to hang the signboard.” And in the end, the storekeeper removed the signboard
1 Decide which statement is True (T), False (F) or No information (N)?
a _ The store sold stale fish
b _ The storekeeper thought others’ opinions on the signboard were right
c _ All the words on the signboard were erased but “fish”.
d _ The storekeeper erased all the words at the same time.
2 Choose the correct answer:
a The storekeeper easily changed his (A signboard, B mind, C job)
b The storekeeper was (A an intelligent man, B a kind man, C easily persuaded)
c The storekeeper in the end (A no longer sold fish, B no longer kept the signboard, C wanted to keep the signboard)
d Which sentence is untrue? (A The customers helped the storekeeper erase the signboard; B People could smell the fish odour from a distance; C The store keeper removed the signboard himself)
IV Using the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that
it has a similar meaning to the first sentence Do not change the word given (2.5 points)
1 My father hasn’t smoked since he was thirty (gave)
My father _ he was thirty
2 The top shelf was so high that the children couldn’t reach it (high)
The top shelf was the children to reach
3 “We really enjoyed ourselves at the restaurant last night ( time)
We _
4 The darkness made it impossible to see anything (hardly)
We so dark
5 My sister began to learn Russian five years ago (learning)
My sister _ five years
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1 It is said that he made a serious mistake
2 The weather was so hot that they had to stop working outdoors
It was _
3 You will catch a cold if you don’t keep your feet dry
Unless
4 Michael laughed when I told him the joke
The joke _
5 Henry regrets buying the second-hand motorbike
Henry wishes _
VI Replace the words underlined with the words that have the same meaning:(4 points)
1.The reason I like my present flat is that I have such friendly people living next door
2 I want you to come here without any delay
3 I was totally tired and worn out after the football match on Saturday
4 Last week she was asked if she would like to go to a dancing hall
5 The city that has the biggest number of the people is California
6 Please pay attention carefully to what I say
7 After thinking about it for a long time, I finally made up my mind to take the job
8 The student said he was sorry for his bad behaviour
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ANSWER KEY
I (0,5 x 6 = 3)
II (0,5 x 8 = 4)
5 were caught 6 are spoken 7 had already left 8 was having
III
1 (0,5 x 4= 2)
2.(0,5 x 4= 2)
IV (0,5 x = 2.5 )
1 gave up smoking when 2 too high for
3 had a really/very good time at the 4 could hardly see because it was
restaurant last night 5 has been learning Russian for
V (0,5 x 5 = 2.5)
1 to have made a serious mistake
2 hot weather that they had to stop working outdoors
3 you keep your feet dry, you will catch a cold
4 which I told Michael made him laugh
5 he hadn’t bought the second-hand motorbike
VI Replace the words underlined with the words that have the same meaning:( 0.5 8 = 4 points)
1.The reason I like my present flat is that I have such friendly people living next
door neighbours
2 I want you to come here without any delay
immediately
3 I was totally tired and worn out after the football match on Saturday
exhausted
4 Last week she was asked if she would like to go to a dancing hall
invited
5 The city that has the biggest number of the people is California
population
6 Please pay attention carefully to what I say
listen
7 After thinking about it for a long time, I finally made up my mind to take the
job decided
8 The student said he was sorry for his bad behaviour
apologized
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