Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn: Tếng anh lớp 8 năm học 2014 - 2015 huyện Thanh Oai - Đề B

a got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go __________.
3. I’m looking forward ____________ seeing you in June.
4. In the competition, everyone fell __________the deep and dangerous water.
5. Ha Long Bay is recognized __________UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
PART 4. READING (0.2 x 25 = 5.0 pts)
I. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
Paper
Paper was (1)............... by the Chinese in the first century AD. Most paper is
made (2). ............. wood. When trees are (3) ............., they are transported
(4).. ............. land or water to paper mill. Here they are cut(5).. ............. and the wood is
broken up into fibres. Which are (6) ................. with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is
then dried on a machine and (7). .............into paper.
One tree is needed for every 400 (8). .............of a typical forty-page newspaper. If half
the adults in Britain each buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40.000 trees a day. Trees are
being cut down faster than they are being (9) ............., so there may be a (n)
(10) ...................paper shortage before the year 2010.
1. a. imagined b. invented c. thought d. brought
2. a. from b. of c. by d. with
3. a. cut in b. cut of c. cut down d. cut up
4. a. on b. of c. through d. by
5. a. up b. all c. over d. in
6. a. turned b. mixed c. beaten d. joined
7. a. make b. making c. made d. to make
8. a. covers b. texts c. sheets d. copies
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9. a. set up b. replaced c. grown up d. found
10. a. able b. important c. serious d. essential
II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. (2.0 pts)
How Hai has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary 1, I had some difficulties in learning
English. My English pronunciation 2really bad and my English grammar
was worse. I did not 3.how to improve them. I didn’t want my father
4. mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher
5 English told me to wait 6 her outside the classroom. She took
7 to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass
bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to 8my
English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do” she said. I made much
progress and only one year later, I won the first 9 in the English Speaking
Contest 10for secondary school students in my hometown.
III. Read the passage, then write true (T) or false (F) for the following sentences (0.2 x 5
= 1.0pt).
The Vietnamese people celebrate the New Year (Tet) on the first three days of the January
according to the lunar calendar. On these days, they often paint and decorate their houses.
They buy a lot of fruit, flowers and they also make many delicious dishes. They make sticky
rice cakes because they are their traditional cakes. People who work far away try to get home
on these days. On the first day of Tet, people often offer these good fruit and food to their
ancestors and after that the whole families enjoy the food. They also visit pagodas, temples
and their relatives or friends. Children are given lucky money which represents the adults'
good wishes to them. There are a lot of traditional games and contests at Tet, such as rice-
cooking, fire- making, water-fetching and buffalo-fighting. These are really interesting.
People are playing and enjoying themselves very much on this occasion.
.............1. Vietnamese people celebrate their New Year on the first day of January according
to the lunar calendar.
.............2.They make sticky rice cakes at Tet because they are traditional ones.
.............3. People try to get home at Tet because they earn a lot of money.
.............4. Adults often give children lucky money because lucky money represents good
wishes.
............ 5. There are no traditional games at Tet.
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PART 5. WRITING (5.0 pts)
I. Find and correct the mistakes. (0.2 x 5 =1.0 pt)
1. A flower growing in the garden is more beautiful than a flower stands in a vase.
2. He slept soundly in his bed when the bomb went off.
3. Although both of them are trying to get the scholarship, she has the highest grades.
4. If a person really wants to succeed, they must always work hard.
5. She suggested taking the plane this evening or that we go by train tomorrow.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using
the word given in brackets. Do not change the words in any way. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
1. We are all keyed up about the trip to Da Lat. (excited).
We ................................................................................................................................................
2. It is over twenty years since he last went back to his hometown. (hasn’t)
He..................................................................................................................................................
3. “Why do you want to learn English?” Liz asked Hoa. (wondered)
Liz .................................................................................................................................................
4. A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning. (an)
There.............................................................................................................................................
5. The food was too bad for the children to eat. (so)
The food.
6. We must pay the bill at once. (be)
The bill......................................................................................................................
7.Working in those conditions is impossible. ( to)
It's.............................................................................................................................
8. May I turn off the television? (mind)
Would you.................................................................................................................
9.The girls who are playing chess are Nga and Hoa. (playing)
The girls....................................................................................................................
Mistakes Correction
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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10. I have my brother repair my bike. (repaired )
I have.........................................................................................................................
II. In about 150 words write about “ The Mid - Fall festival”. (2.0pts)
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ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
PART 1. LISTENING (0.4 x 5 = 2.0 pts) Unit 13- textbook- part “ Listening”
1. Mr.Robinson /flower market 2. traditional 3. dried watermelon seeds4. make
PART 2. PHONETICS (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the
others by circling A, B, C or D (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
1D. victim 2B. surrounding 3A. burned 4B. sugar 5A. stamps
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others by circling a,
b, c or d. (0.2 x 5= 1.0 pt)
1. B. telephone 2. B. university 3. D. reserved 4. C. electricity 5. A. enroll
PART 3. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (0.2 x 30 = 6.0 pts)
I. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
1 d. Although 2 a. pioneer 3 a. discount 4. d. go off 5. a. so were
6 b. No problem 7 a. the 8 d. did you see 9 a. is / to make 10 d. your using
II. Use the words given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0
pts)
1. natural 2. friendly 3. pollution 4. broken 5. flights
6. arrival 7. successfully 8. education 9. encouragement 10. relatives
III. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
(0.2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
1. Have you done
2. driving
3. are taught
4. was watching
5. carrying
IV.Fill each gap of the following sentences with a suitable preposition. (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
1. with 2. off 3. to 4. into 5. by
PART 4. READING (0.2 x 25 = 5.0 pts)
I. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
1. b. invented 2. a. from 3. c. cut down 4. d. by 5. a. up
6. b. mixed 7. c. made 8. d. copies 9. b. replaced10. c. serious
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II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.(2.0 pts)
1. school 2. was 3. know 4. and 5. of
6. for 7. me 8. improve 9. prize 10. held
III. Read the passage and , then write true (T) or false (F) for the following sentences.
(0.2 x5 =1pt)
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
PART 5. WRITING (5.0 pts)
I. Find and correct the mistakes. (0.2 x 5 =1.0 pt)
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using
the word given in brackets. Do not change the words in any way. (0.4 x 5 = 2.0 pts)
1. We are all excited about the trip to Da Lat.
2. He hasn’t been back to his hometown for over twenty years.
3. Liz wondered why Hoa wanted to learn English.
4. There is an eight-o’clock train every morning.
5. The food was so bad that the children could not eat it .
6. The bill must be paid at once by us.
7. It’s impossible to work in those conditions.
8. Would you mind if I turned off the television ?
9. The girls playing chess are Nga and Hoa.
10. I have my bike repaired ( by my brother )
III. In about 150 words write about “ The Mid - Fall festival”. (2.0pts)
- Nội dung (content): 1.25 điểm
- Từ vựng (vocabulary): 0.25 điểm
- Ngữ pháp (grammar): 0.25 điểm
- Tính mạch lạc và trôi chảy (coherence and cohesion) + độ dài (length): 0.25 điểm
- Sai dưới 4 lỗi không trừ điểm.
Mistakes Correction
6. stands standing
7. slept was sleeping
8. highest higher
9. they he/ she
10. that we go going