Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening.. I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework.[r]
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TRƯỜNG THCS ĐỒNGTHỊNH
Name:………
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN T.ANH LƠP 8 LẦN 2
Năm học : 2013- 2014
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Học sinh làm bài ra tờ giấy thi.
A PHONETICS.
I Choose the word whose has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1 A definite B quiet C supplies D immigrant
2 A option B information C question D invitation
3 A choose B chemistry C character D child
4 A invited B liked C naked D wanted
5 A notice B grow C ghost D lost
II Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
3 A understand B participate C entertain D volunteer
B VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES
I Complete each of the following sentences by circling the best option A, B, C or D
1 I a letter from my old friend last week
2 When were you born? – I was born November 1997
3 Don’t come in Pleased wait for your turn
4 Our friends meet us at the airport tonight
5 The children are going to plant trees and flowers in the school garden and
water them every afternoon after school
A themselves B ourselves C herself D themself
6 I know you worked really this semester
7 Peter _his homework
A is always forgetting B always forgets C is always forgeting D always forget
8 Martina has been a professional tennis player 1994
9 have you known Jane? – For three years
10 The water wasn’t in
A clear enough to swim B enough clear to swim
C clear enough for swimming D enough clear for swimming
11 I really love having my shoes It’s relaxing!
12 We got in the woods
13 His parents are always proud him because he always studies well
Trang 214 Last week, her was out of order and Mrs Quyen had to wash her family’s
clothes with her hands
A shower B washing machine C kitchen sink D iron
15 Mr Brown is 50 years old; Mrs Brown is 50 years old
Mr Brown is Mrs Brown
A same age B same age as C the same age as D different from
16 My little sister used to the zoo when she was in the city last summer
17 You to eat more, you are far too thin
18 Nam’s father him how to ride a bike six years ago
19 She seems _today because she stayed up late _ her homework last night
A tiredly/doing B tired/do C to tired/doing D tired/doing
20 Sorry to keep you
A wait B waiting C to wait D waited
II Put the words in brackets into correct forms to complete the following sentences.
1 We will interview only three for the job ( APPLY)
2 He should say a few words of ( EXPLAIN)
4 He was _of his achievements in the field of politics (PRIDE)
5 The of the subject made me tense (IMPORTANT)
6 It is always _ to write down important points ( WISDOM)
7 Every student was very _ about the holiday (EXCITE)
8 , I lost my key on the way home (FORTUNATE)
9 A fairy changed Little Pea’s rag in to beautiful clothes (MAGIC)
10 Ho Chi Minh City is an important center of Viet Nam ( COMMERCE) III Put the verbs in brackets into correct tenses
1 Yester day, I (1 spend) ……… two hours (2 do)…….……… the homework
2 The thieves (3 catch)……… …… when the (4 leave)……….… the bank
3 Two hours ago, Mrs Brown (5 have)…… … Alice (6 take)… … her son to the school
4 How many times you (7 be)………… to Ho Chi Minh City?
5 The moon (8 move)……… around the earth
6 Next summer, my parents will let me (9 visit)……… my grand father
7 How about (10 go)……… to the zoo?
IV Each of the sentences has a mistake underlined and correct it.Mỗi câu trong đoạn văn sau
có 1 sai Gạch chân lỗi sai ở mỗi dòng trong đoạn văn sau rồi sửa sang bên (như ví dụ)
Example: 0 I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen
Nam is a student This year he had a very interested summer 1/ _
holiday He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ _
in Hoa Binh province They gone there to help make a road 3/ _
through a forest among two villages “ It was very difficult 4/ _
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ _
could bought food,”said Nam “ It was very cold and wet 6/ _
Trang 3in the mountains It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ _
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks It was hard work, 8/ _
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did He is hoping 9/ _
to return next year to do any more work there 10/
C READING
I Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces.
Most people think (1) computers are very modern inventions, products of our new technological age But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over 2 centuries ago by
a man (2) Charles Babbage Babbge was born (3) 1791 and grew (4) to be a brilliant mathematican He (5) up plans for several calculating machines which he called
"engines" But despite the fact that he (6) building some of these, he never finished any of them Over the years, people have argued (7) his machines would ever work Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building engine based (8) of the Babbage's designs .(9) has taken 6 years to complete and more than 4 thousand parts have been specially made
Whether it works or not, the machine will (10) on show at a special exhibition
in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work
2 A known B called C recognized D written
II- Read the following passage, then choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the questions
It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner come home from work She walks into the living room and looks at her three children They are 14,13 and 9 years old They are watching
TV The living room is a mess There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa Games and toys are everywhere Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework She doesn’t clean or wash dishes She doesn’t wash clothes, either Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV
After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty All the children’s clothes are dirty Every garbage basket is full The house is a mess
Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise The kitchen is clean The children clean the kitchen !
The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes Rene tells the children “OK, I’ll do the housework again But you have to help me.”
Now Rene and her three children do the housework together Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV !
1 When Rene came home from work, she found the house ………
A clean and dirty B dirty and tidy C dirty and untidy D clean but untidy
2 Rene told her children ………
A to do the housework B she couldn’t do housework
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3 Two weeks later, the house was ………
A very clean B a mess C tidy D rather dirty
4 Some days later, the house was clean again because ………
A she couldn’t let it that way B her children did housework
C her children didn’t do housework D she did housework again
5 Now Rene does housework again because ………
A her children help her B they can watch TV together
C her children wash their clothes D her children don’t do it
D WRITING
I- Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one.
1 I haven’t eaten this kind of food before
This is the first………
2 She hasn’t been to Ho Chi Minh City for three years
The last
3 ‘Can I borrow your bike, Nga?’, Nam asked
Nam asked Nga ………
4 This pen belongs to Phong
This is ………
5 They haven’t cleaned the streets this week
The streets………
6 Apples are usually cheaper than oranges
Apples are not………
7 He’d rather play golf than tennis
He prefers………
8 Mai broke the cup because of her carelessness
Because Mai………
9 How long is it since they built the house?
When………?
10 You are not allowed to smoke here
Would you mind……….?
II Use the cue words make each sentence in the letter.
Dear Tim,
I/glad/tell/you/I/going/join/Y&Y Green Group
We/have/environment month
We/going/clean/streets/weekends./
We/going/plant/trees and flowers/ the school garden/water/every afternoon/ class We/ also/planting/young trees/plants/sell/other schools
I/hope/we/give/more green color/city/earn some money/school Y&Y
It/interesting/useful/isn’t it?
Write/me/soon/tell/ all your news
Love,
Hoa
THE END./.