Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Đề số 07

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1. Full name: Class: Date: ĐỀ SỐ 07 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8 Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) A. Phonetics . I. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each group. 1. A. climate B. comic C. hike D. website 2. A. worked B. laughed C. hoped D. naked 3. A. cover B. category C. ancient D. decorate 4. A. erupt B. humor C. UFO D. communicate 5. A. Buddhism B. bomb C. viable D. bulb II. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) which has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. 1. A. comprise B. depend C. design D. novel 2. A. tropical B. collection C. tendency D. charity 3. A. friendliness B. occasion C. pagoda D. deposit 4. A. importing B. specific C. impolite D. important 5. A. federation B. unpolluted C. disappearing D. profitable B. Vocabulary and Grammar I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 1. All the sentences below use “the”, which one is correct? A. Can you pass the sugar please? B. The crime is a problem in many big cities. C. The apples are good for you. D. I love the skiing. 2. Our friends have lived in Ho Chi Minh city ___ 2002 A. for B. since C. in D. about 3. He prefers soccer ___ tennis A. from B. than C. to D. or 4. If they worked more carefully, they ___ so many mistakes. A. won’t make B. don’t make C. wouldn’t make D. didn’t make 5. He ___ to his friend’s party when his parents asked him to go home. A. goes B. was going C. went D. has gone 6. There’s a strange man behind us. I think___. A. we are followed B. we are being followed C. we are being following D. we are following
2. 7. Which of the following is the strongest advice? A. You should get a hair-cut. B. If I were you I’d get a hair-cut. C. You ought to get a hair-cut. D. You really must get a hair-cut. 8. ___ you mind if I use your dictionary? A. Will B. Do C. Can D. Did 9. Mr.Vo Van Kiet, ___ was our former Prime Minister, was born in Vinh Long. A. that B. whose C. who D. whom 10. All that rubbish will have to be ___ at once. A. get rid of B. got rid of C. got rid D. getting rid of II. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the passage: 1. My friend was (make)___ (pay) ___ back the book. 2. Hardly he (take) ___ up the book when the phone (ring) ___. 3. Can you imagine what I (come)___ across when I (roll)___ up the carpet yesterday? 4. If she wins the prize, it (be) ___ because she (write) ___ very well. 5. He resented (ask) ___ (wait) ___. He had expected the minister to see him at once. III. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence. 1. A lot of toys encourage children’s ___. (imagine) 2. The factory has provided cheaper ___ lately. (produce) 3. Burning coal is an ___ way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper. (economy) 4. According to some scientists the earth is losing its outer atmosphere because of ___ . (pollute) 5. She has one of the biggest art ___ in Britain. (collect) 6. ___ has caused many so-called man-made disasters. (forest) 7. ___ often walk through the streets shouting or singing about something they sell. (cry) 8. Gas and oil ___ always increases in cold weather. (consume) 9. The police are interested in the sudden ___ of the valuable painting. (appear) 10. He claimed that his ___ had caused him to become a criminal. (bring up) IV. Match a beginning in column A with the most suitable ending in column B to make a meaningful sentence or a conversation. A B 1. I must get back to work, a. That’s right, I am 2. Hello. You must be Maryam. b. which is the capital city of
3. California. 3. Andrew is flying to Sacramento, c. we will have no fresh water to use. 4. Do you know that you can only live d. otherwise I’ll get the sack. without water for four days? 5. If we pollute the water, e. It depends on where you are and what you are doing, surely? V. Each of the following sentence has four words or phrases underlined. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C, D. You are to identify the one underlined word or phrase that should be corrected or rewritten. 1. Preserving natural resources mean reserving them for our future. A B C D 2. Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane. A B C D 3. Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class A should be for students to practice speak words. B C D 4. The injured man was taken to the hospital. A B C D 5. In order for one to achieve the desired results in this experiment, it is necessary that he works as fastly as possible. A B C D C. Reading I. The reading is followed by several questions about it. There are four possible answers (A, B, C or D) for each question. Choose the best answer. Benjamin Franklin Few people can embody the spirit of early America as much as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through almost the whole of the eighteenth century, being born six years after it began, and dying ten years before it ended. In this time he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation, and he also contributed much to the development of the new state. At the age of 17 Franklin ran away to Philadelphia. He had already received some training as a printer’s apprentice, and this helped him seven years later, with his first publication, the Pennsylvania Gazette. He also received a contract to do government printing work, which helped him to rise from his poor background to
4. become a successful entrepreneur. Some of his experience in business was shared in his famous Poor Richard’s Almanak, which established his reputation throughout the American colonies. In another of his works, the Autobiography, which was written toward the end of his life, he shows the same quiet common sense. He was deeply interested in science and natural history, and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod. He was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellow men. He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, a university, a philosophical society, and - because he was a pragmatic man - a fire prevention service. In 1753 he became Postmaster-General of the colonies. Through this experience he began to develop the idea that the colonies of North America should be a single nation. Later, he went to London to try to persuade the British government to change the conditions, especially the taxes, that later led the American colonists into rebellion. Whatever Benjamin Franklin’s personal feelings about the rebellion of the American states, he worked hard to make it succeed. As ambassador to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington. After the war he attended the American constitutional congress. This was his last contribution, for he died later that year. He is still fondly remembered by Americans as one of the creators of the United States. 1. What is a good description for this text? A. An autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. B. The life of Benjamin Franklin C. The works of Benjamin Franklin. D. Franklin and American Independence. 2. When was Benjamin Franklin born? A. 1806 B. 1794 C. 1717 D. 1706 3. Which of these happened first? A. Franklin trains as a printer. B. Franklin runs away to Philadelphia. C. The American colonies rebel. D. Franklin starts his first publication. 4. What was Poor Richard’s Almanak about? A. Franklin’s reputation. B. How to succeed in business. C. How to do government printing. D. The text does not say. 5. In which countries did Franklin live? A. England and France. B. Philadelphia and England. C. London and America. D. England, America and France.
5. II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0) . SAVING THE TIGER In 1973, when the tiger appeared to (0) be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature and (1) ___Indian Government agreed to set (2) ___ “Operation Tiger”- a campaign (3) ___ save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks (4) ___that tigers could live in safety. The first was at Ranthambhore, a region (5) ___ was quickly turning into a desert (6) ___ too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there (7) ___ just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which mean moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land (8) ___ be handed back to nature. Today, Ranthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (9) ___ for tigers to hide in, and there are now at (10) ___ forty of them (11) ___ the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also benefited. For example, there are many (12) ___ deer and monkeys than before. The people (13) ___were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away (14) ___ the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animals’ future looks (15) ___little safer. D. Writing I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before it, begin with the given word(s) or phrase. 1.You should review your lessons for the exam. It’s time ___ 2. That man used to work with me when I lived in New York. That’s ___ 3. What a pity they close the shops at lunch-time. I wish ___ 4. We like ice-cream but we don’t have it everyday. Although ___ 5. When did you start working in that factory? How long ___ 6. Oil was slowly covering the sand of the beach. The sand ___ 7. “Where is the station car-park?” Mrs. Smith asked. Mrs. Smith asked ___
6. 8. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport. He regretted ___ 9. I advise you not to buy that car. If ___ 10. Why don’t you ask her yourself? I suggest that ___ II. Make full sentences based on given cues. 1. If you/ not go / the party /I /go / either. ___ 2. Unless/ I / have/ quiet room/ I / not/ able /do / work. ___ 3. nurse/ kind enough/ help him/ walk. ___ 4. He/ rather spend/ holidays/ a farm/ seaside. ___ 5. I/ return/ visit/ Japan. It/ wonderful trip. ___ THE END (Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm)