PHÒNG GDĐT XUÂN TRƯỜNG ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
TRƯỜNG THCS XUÂN THÀNH MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
(Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút)
Đề khảo sát gồm 09 trang
PART A - LISTENING (4.0 points)
SECTION 1: (1.0 point)
You will hear five short conversations.
You will hear each conversation twice.
There is one question for each conversation.
For questions 1-5, put a tick (✓) under the right answer.
1 What does the woman order?
2 What size boots is the woman going to try on next?
3 Where will the man get off the bus?
4 How many books does the boy want to borrow now?
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5 What job does Mark’s brother do?
SECTION 2: (1.0 point)
Listen to the tape about “Earthquake” and write (T) for true statements, (F) for
false statements about the statements. Number 0 is for example.
STATEMENTS T/F
0. My guess is that earthquakes are really so scary because you don’t have any T
warning.
1. One second you’re living in a big beautiful city and ten seconds later it’s flat.
2. Every day the earth is shaken by one hundred small earthquakes..
3. When the plates find their motion blocked, stress builds up.
4. For much of the world, the movement of plates like these is also an
indispensable creative force.
5. If we didn’t have earthquakes, the earth would not be a cold dead place.
SECTION 3. You will hear Claire, Jeremy and Tanya telling about their
childhoods. Listen and do the tasks below
I. Listen and answer the questions. (1.0 point)
1. What was the funniest time of Claire and his sister?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What happened with his sister after that?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Where had Jeremy’s parents burnt some leaves?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Was Jeremy going to make “grass soup” then? Yes.
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5. What did Tanya’s older sister like doing?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
II. Listen again and fill in the gaps with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS. (1.0
point)
1. Claire told her sister that the cows were _______.
2. Claire couldn’t _______ when his sister was riding a cow.
3.Jemery told her brother that she had drunk some soup and it was _______.
4. When Tanya and her older sister were little, we were very similar and did _______
together.
5. Tanya went to the bookcase in the hall and chose _______ of the biggest, thickest
books.
PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (6.0 points)
I. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions. (3.0 points)
1. ______ you or your sister is suitable for that job.
A. Either B. Every C. Neither D. No
2. Lan: "Do you think that I should apologize to him? " - Ba: “______”
A. Do it yourself. B. Of course, you should
C. Not at all D. It’s alright.
3. When Tam ______ her hair, Cam ______ all fish from Tam's basket into hers.
A. washed – poured B. was washing - was pouring
C. was washing – poured D. washed - was pouring
4. It was not until she had arrived home ______remembered her appointment with the
doctor.
A. when she B. that she C. and she D. did she
5. The government of New Zealand has done a lot to ______ the culture of the Maori.
A. preserve B. surround C. puzzle D. pronounce
6. Son: “I promise I will study harder next semester” - Teacher: “______”
A. Don’t forget. B. That’s a good idea. C. No, thanks. D. Not at all
7. Most of my friends prefer detective stories ______ cartoons.
A. than B. from C. to D. as
8. The whole family ______ with tradition by spending the New Year's Eve abroad.
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A. broke B. went C. followed D. kept
9. The fewer bags you take, ______ trouble you will have.
A. the fewer B. the least C. the little D. the less
10. The charity organisation helped to provide food and clean water for the victims of
the earthquake. ______, it trained health workers and supplied medicines.
A. Moreover B. However C. Nevertheless D. Otherwise
11. ______helping me with the washing?
A.Would you please B. Could you
C. Would you like D. Would you mind
12. Last year, there was a big typhoon in my area. It caused extensive damage to
our___.
A. property B. furniture C. wealth D. savings
13. Peter: “No one was killed in the forest fire two days ago.” - Mike: “ ______”
A. Oh dear B. That’s shocking C. That’s a relief D. How terrible
14. As soon as the floodwaters ______ down, people ______ their houses.
A. went – cleaned B. had gone – cleaned
C. went – had cleaned D. had gone – had cleaned
15. John scarcely goes out at night, ______?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. doesn’t John D. does John
II. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in letter alphabets. (2.0
points)
1.After many years of failure, Edison finally____in inventing the light bulb. SUCCESS
2. The accident happens because of driving ____. CARE
3. He believed in his ____ to jump down from the fourth storey without getting hurt. ABLE
4. You must pass the ____ exam to attend the course. WRITE
5. Many people like him because of his ____. GENEROUS
6. The media help increase the ____ of sports and games. POPULAR
7. The ____ of forests has brought about floods recently. DESTROY
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8. An ____man has stolen all our money. KNOW
9. The ____ of this factory are widely consumed in this country. PRODUCE
10. Viet Nam declared its ____ on September 2nd 1945. DEPEND
III. Complete the sentence by filling inwith a phrasal verb given(1.0 point)
run out break out look forward to put up with keep up
1. Don’t smoke in the forest. Fires can _________ easily at this time of the year.
2. I _________ seeing my friends again.
3. I’m afraid, we have _________ of apple juice. Will orange juice be all right?
4. Your website has helped me a lot to _________ the good work.
5. His mother can’t _________ his terrible behavior anymore.
PART C. READING COMPREHENSION (5.0 points)
I. Read the following passage and fill in the blank with a suitable word. (2.0 points)
Nations around the world are preparing for apossible major out break of a new
deadly virus. The coronavirus, which (1) _________ in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has
already killed 17people. It has spread (2)_________the USA, Japan, Korea and Thailand.
More than 540 people have caught the virus (3)_________are in hospital. The World
Health Organization (WHO) is meeting to decide whether (4)_________ out break is a
global health emergency. China is urging people not to panic ahead of the Chinese New
Year next week. Millions of Chinese will be (5)_________ across the country to spend
the holiday season with their families. Meanwhile, the city of Wuhan hassu spend edits
public transport systems to help stop the spread of the virus.
The new coronavirus is suspected to (6)_________ come from illegally traded
animals in a Wuhan market. The virus mutated and spread (7)_________ an animal to a
human. There are fearsit could mutate and spread further.Scientists say the virus is
contagious and can be passed from (8) _________ to person through the air.
Dr.LinfaWang, avirologist at the Duke-National University of Singapore, said the new
coronavirus is in the same family (9) _________SARS, but it's different from SARS. He
said people needed to look for pneumonia-like symptoms, such as fever, cough and
difficulty (10) _________. Fu Ning, a 36-year-old woman from Beijing, said:"I feel
fearful because there's no cure for the virus.”
(Adaptedfrom:https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2001/200124-coronavirus.html)
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6........................ 7..................... 8....................... 9...................... 10...................
II. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the blanks. (2.0 points)
My Life in Books
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It was my parents, of course, who taught me to read. I can’t (1)_________my life before
reading, without books. When I started reading, a book was mainly pictures. Now
(2)______I am older, a book (3)_______only words in most cases. (4)_______I also
love art books, (5)________ the pages to look slowly and hungrily at paintings
(6)________the walls of galleries and museums around the planet.
I spend hours and hours reading, lost in other words, travelling, dreaming, imagining
people and places. Books (7) _______me smells and sounds I may never experience
directly, but (8)_______ seem to make my life more interesting.
This love of books is not without (9)___________own problems. For example, when I
go to the cinema to watch a film with friends, I don’t get as excited as they
(10)__________. I can’t wait to get back home to my books.
(Adapted from https://www.usatoday.com/)
1. A. repeat B. register C. remind D. remember
2. A. then B. so C. that D. how
3. A. counts B. controls C. keeps D. contains
4. A. But B. Or C. And D. Why
5. A. changing B. turning C. putting D. placing
6. A. with B. in C. from D. at
7. A. move B. carry C. bring D. pull
8. A. who B. what C. where D. which
9. A. its B. their C. the D. some
10. A. be B. do C. make D. go
III. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions. (1.0 point)
Recycling is a process where something is reused rather than thrown away.
Common items that are recycled include ealuminum and steel cans, glass, and
newspapers .Recycling can be time-consuming and dirty work. For example, recyclable
objects have to be sorted from trash. Then the objects have to be cleaned. Afterward, the
objects are turned into materials that can be used by people and companies.
Why should people bother to recycle even though it takes a lot of work?
Recyclinghelps protect the earth. Recycling means less garbage in landfills. These are
places where garbage is taken and buried. Recycling also helps conserve the earth's
resources. Recycling doesn't just save materials, it saves energy too. Manufacturing
things use a lot of energyfrom powerplants, andhungry powerplants generally make
globalwarming worse.We can save a surprising amount of energy by recycling. For
example, factories use lessenergy by recycling steel cans than by making new ones.
Recycling paper conserves forests and saves trees from being cut down.Trees are used
to make paper.
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Every time you are about to drop a plastic bottle in the garbage, stop and think. Is it
worth harming the earth? Your actions now can help preserve the environment for
generations to come. All you have to do is throw that bottle into a recycling bin, and
then you can be proud to be a friend of the earth.
(Adaptedfrom“https://www.readworks.org”)
1. What is recycling?
A. Recycling is a process where anything is reused rather and thrown away.
B. Recycling is a process where something is reused rather than thrown away.
C. Recycling is a process where everything is reused rather than thrown away.
D. Recycling is a process when something is reused rather than thrown away.
2. Why should people recycle?
A. Because recycling helps protect the oceans.
B. Because recycling means less garbage in landfills..
C. Because recycling helps protect the earth.
D. Because recycling helps us live longer.
3. Which sentence is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Landfills are the places where garbage is taken and buried.
B. Recycling can’t help us to save natural energy resources.
C. Recycling paper saves trees in the forests from being cut down.
D. Paper is made from trees.
4.The word“drop”in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to:
A. get B. pick C.keep D. throw
5. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Recycling helps protect the earth and conserve its resources.
B. Many people avoid recycling because it is too difficult.
C. People must make decisions about what to recycle.
D. Only certain things can be recycled.
PART D. WRITING (5.0 points)
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the first sentence, using the cues as the beginning of each sentence. (1.0
point)
1. She falls asleep because she doesn’t usually stay up late.
=> She is not used______________________________________________.
2. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.
=> We are ____________________________________________________.
3. My mother was the most warm-hearted person I’ve ever known.
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=> I’ve_______________________________________________________.
4. The polluted land makes crops unable to grow.
=> If_________________________________________________________.
5. You may be intelligent, but you can’t solve this maths exercise.
=> No matter how______________________________________________.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use
between TWO and FIVE WORDS, including the word given. (1.0 point)
1.We have never been to Alaska before. (ever)
=>It’s the first time__________________________________________ to Alaska.
2.Tom plans to open another restaurant in Manchester next month. (is)
=>Tom__________________________________________ in Manchester next month.
3.The last time Phong visited Tasmania was five years ago. (has)
=>Phong_______________________________________________ five years.
4. The early train is scheduled to arrive in London at 10 o’clock. (arrives)
=>The early train _________________________________________ at 10 o’clock.
5. It’s the most beautiful waterfall I have ever seen. (such)
=>I__________________________________________________ beautiful waterfall.
III. Write the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the words given in the brackets. The words must not be altered in any way.
(0) has been as an example. (1.0 point)
1. “Which one would you like, the blue or the green?” said the seller (asked)
=>____________________________________________________________________
2. People use too much fertilizer, so lands are being spoiled. (If)
=>____________________________________________________________________
3.The government should provide temporary shelters for the earthquake victims. (be)
=>____________________________________________________________________
4.Peter is so kind to help the injured people. (It’s)
=>____________________________________________________________________
5. It’s probably better to see a specialist about this problem. (might)
=>____________________________________________________________________
IV. Paragraph writing (2.0 points)
Your school is holding a writing competition about English speaking countries.
Now write a paragraph (150-180 words) to describe one country you like best.
You should mention:
- The name of the country
- Its special features
- The reasons why you like it best
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