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Trang 1PHÒNG GD-ĐT THANH BÌNH
TRƯỜNG THCS TÂN PHÚ
_ Đề chính thức
Kỳ thi Học sinh giỏi cấp huyện năm học 2012 - 2013
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
Thời gian: 90 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên: Lớp:
A LISTENING (2 ms)
Listen and fill in the blanks with one word you hear
Miss Blake : Good evening, Mrs Chen
Mrs Chen : Good evening
Miss Blake : I’m (1)……… to tell you that Sarah has worked very hard this year and her (2) ………… are very good
Mrs Chen : I’m so pleased to (3) ……… that
Miss Blake : She missed 5 days of school (4) ………… to sickness but an attendance
of 87 days for the whole term is acceptable Both her (5)………… and
cooperation are satisfactory So, there’re no (6) ………… There
Mrs Chen : How is she doing in English ?
Miss Blake : Her speaking and reading are (7) ………… and her writing is good If she works a bit (8) ………… on her writing skills, she should get an A for
writing next term
Mrs Chen : How about listening (9) ……… ?
Miss Blake : I’m afraid she’s not very good at that I gave her a C
Mrs Chen : How can we help her (10) ……… ?
Miss Blake : Get her to watch English TV if possible, and encourage her to listen
to English radio programs Also, I have some cassettes her which you can borrow
Mrs Chen : Thank you very much, Miss Blake We really appreciate your help
B GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 8 ms )
I Choose the best answer by completing the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D.(2ms)
1 The water is ……… for you to bathe
2 His friends like him because of his sense of ………
3 They arrived ……… the train station at 2 o’clock yesterday
4 When Jane was young, she ……… swim in the river
5 Her step mother is very cruel ………… her
Trang 2A to B for C with D on
6 Tim should practice ………… passages in German aloud
7 This is the most interesting film I ………
8 Nam’s mother told him ……… too fast
9 Let’s ……… our granduation party tonight
10.Julia is ……… of listening to music in her free time
II There are 5 mistakes in the passage below Write out them and correct them.(1m)
One day, as a farmer was in his field and his buffalo is grazing nearby, a tiger appeared The tiger wanted know why the strong buffalo was the servant and the small man is the master The farmer said he had something called wisdom, but he left it home that day He go to get the wisdom, but before that he tied the tiger to a tree with rope because he didn’t want it to eat the buffalo When he return, the farmer brought some straw with him He said it her wisdom He lit the straw and fire burned the tiger The tiger escaped, but it still has black stripes from the burns today
III Supply the correct form of the words in the brackets: (2ms)
1 ……… is a child whose parents are dead (orphanage )
2 I’m ………… sorry for the delay ( extreme )
3 Mr Thanh is a ……… teacher ( humor )
4 She’ll make an ……… for the meeting tonight ( arrange )
5 She looks more ……… than her sister (beauty )
6 Bell demonstrated his ……… at a lot of exhibition (invent )
7 He was asked to ………… how to connect with the Internet (demonstration )
8 He is busy doing ……… work at the moment ( experiment )
9 There was a big ……… after World War II ( emigrate )
10.We should obey the ……… regulations at the hospital ( safe )
IV Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (2ms)
1 They used to (go )……… to Da Lat in the summer
2 When she arrived I (write ) a letter
Trang 33 He enjoys ( drink )………coffee everymorning.
4 My mother (buy)………me a new shirt yesterday
5 If the suitcases (be )……….too heavy, I can help you carry them
6 It stopped ……… ( rain) fifteen minutes ago
7 I ……… ( not meet) Lan since we left school
8 I am looking forward to ……… ( hear ) from you
9 If Hoa ……… (have) much money, she would travel around the world
10.How long you ( learn ) English in Bristol ?
V Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition.(1m)
1 Milk is good ……… our health
2 I often spend spare time ……… reading newspaper
4 There is a refrigerator ……… the right corner ……… the room
5 ……… the middle ……… the room, there are four chairs and a table
6 You may write the letter ……… Ink
7 I am interested ……… reading books in my free time
8 Peter, you can go there ……… bus
C READING COMPREHENTION (4 ms)
Passage 1.
Language learners learn words in different ways Some learners makes a list and put into it the meanings of new words in their mother tongue, and try to learn them by heart However, others do not Instead, they write one or two example sentences with each new word in order to remember how to use the word in the right way
In order to remember words better, some learners even write each word and its use on a small piece of paper and stick it somewhere in their house so as to learn it at any time Many language learners do not try to learn all new words they come cross They usually underline or hightlight only the words they want to learn This helps them remember important words
There are also different ways of learning the same number of words For example, if you try to learn ten words in two days, you can do so in two ways You can learn the first five words the first day, and then learn other five the next day However, because revision is necessary, you can learn all the ten words the first day and revise them the next day This helps you practice the words more times
Language learners should try different ways of learning words so as to find out the best way for themselves Ask yourself the question: How should I learn words ?
I Write T (True) or F (False ) (1m)
1. All language learner write the meaning of new words
2. Some learners write examples of words they want to learn
3. Every learner tries to learn all new words they come across
4. Many learners only learn new words that are important
II Answer the questions (1m)
1.Do you learn words in the same way ?
……… 2.Why do some learners write example sentences with new words ?
Trang 4……… 3.What do some learners do in order to remember words better ?
……… 4.Why don’t some learners learn all new words they come across ?
………
Passage 2
Fill in each blank with a suitable word in the box below (2ms)
discovered gold greedy cut
food eggs foolish chicken
Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family His chickens laid many (1) which the farmer used to sell to buy (2) _ and clothing for his family
One day, he went to collect the eggs and (3) _ one of the chickens laid a (4) egg He shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”
His wife ran to him and they both looked the egg in amazement The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to (5) _ open all the chickens and find more gold eggs Unfortunatly, he couldn’t find any eggs When he finished all, the(6) were dead There were no more eggs of any kind for the (7) farmer and his (8) _ wife
D.WRITING (6 ms)
I Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning of the ones given (3ms)
1 She is nice and intelligent She can become Miss World
She is ………
2 You must stay in bed because of your illness
Because ………
3 Putting a knife into an electrical socket is dangerous
It’s ………
4 “ What time does the film start ? he asked
He asked ………
5 It’s two years since I was last in Ha Noi
I haven’t ………
6 I have never eaten with knives and forks before
It’s the first ………
7 My younger sister is taller than me
I am not ………
8 This book is very interesting and so is that one
This book is as ………
9 The new computer system will be installed next month
He ………
10.Minh works hard
Trang 5Minh is ………
II Complete the sentences with the words given (1 ms)
1 Minh / not good / pass / exam / easily
………
2 You / friends / have / same / different / characters ?
………
3 My uncle / often / spend / spare time / do volunteer work / local orphanage
………
4 Alexander G Bell / bear / Scotland / March 3rd 1847
………
5 He / go / school / late / because / his bicycle / break down / yesterday morning
………
III Arrange the following words into the meaningful sentences (2 ms)
1 enough / Jane / stay / to / alone / old / isn’t / at home
………
2 you / going / to / are / what / do / next / weekend ?
………
3 she / hair / black / has / long / straight
………
4 in the east / raises / sun / the / in the west / sets / and
………
5 table / large / was / in the kitchen / there / a / wooden / round
………
6 awful / an / what / house !
………
7 have / money / buy / that / we / enough / to / didn’t / car
………
8 free / he / most / time / sports / spends / of / his / playing
………
THE END !
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A LISTENING (2 ms)
Listen and fill in the blanks with one word you hear.
B GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 8 ms )
I Choose the best answer by completing the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D.(2ms)
II There are 5 mistakes in the passage below Write out them and correct them.(1m)
III Supply the correct form of the words in the brackets: (2ms)
1 orphan 2 extremely 3 humorous 4 arrangement 5 beautiful
6 invention 7 demonstrate 8 experimental 9 emigration 10 safety
IV Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (2ms)
1 go 2 was writing 3 drinking 4 bought 5 are
6 raining 7 haven’t met 8 hearing 9 had 10 have … learnt
V Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition.(1m)
C READING COMPREHENTION (4 ms)
Passage 1.
I Write T (True) or F (False ) (1m)
II Answer the questions (1m)
1 Yes, I do / No, I don’t
2 Because they want to remember how to use the word in the right way.
3 Some learners write each word and its use on a small piece of paper and stick it somewhere in their house so as to learn it at any time.
4 Because they only learn new words that are important.
Passage 2
Fill in each blank with a suitable word in the box below (2ms)
6 chicken 7 foolish 8 greedy
D.WRITING (6 ms)
Trang 7I Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning of the ones given (3ms)
1 she is nice and intelligent enough to become Miss World / She is nice and intelligent, so She can become Miss World.
2 Because you are ill, you must stay in bed.
3 It’s dangerous to put a knife into electrical socket.
4 He asked me what time the film started.
5 I haven’t been in Ha Noi for two years.
6 It is the first time I have eatten with knives and forks.
7 I am not as tall as my younger sister.
8 This book is as interesting as that one.
9 He will install the new computer systerm next month.
10 Minh is a hard worker.
II Complete the sentences with the words given (1 ms)
1 Minh is not good enough to pass the exam easily.
2 Do you and your friends have the same or different characters?
3 My uncle often spends his spare time doing volunteer work at local orphanage.
4 Alexander G Bell was born in Scotland on March 3 rd 1847.
5 He went to school late because his bicycle was broken down yesterday morning.
III Arrange the following words into the meaningful sentences (2 ms)
1 Jane isn’t old enough to stay at home alone.
2 What are you going to do on/at the weekend?
3 She has long straight black hair.
4 The sun raises in the east and sets in the wet.
5 There was a large round wooden table in the kitchen.
6 What an awful house!
7 We didn’t have enough money to buy that car.
8 He spends most of his free time playing sports.