PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TÂN SƠN

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨCKỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH NĂNG KHIẾU CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học 2017 - 2018
Môn: Tiếng Anh Lớp 8
(Thời gian làm bài 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)
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- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.
A. Listening:
I. Listen to the weather report and fill in the missing words
1. It will be a dry day in Sydney today, and (1) ……..
2. For the (2)………, the low will be twenty and the high will be twenty six degrees.
3. Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of (3)….…. and a high of twenty two.
4. London is going to have a (4)…………… day.
5. It will be very cold with a low of (5) …….. three and a high of seven.
6. Bangkok will be warm and dry, with a low of twenty four degrees (6)
…………… and a high of thirty two.
7. (7)…………..is going to have a windy day.
8. It will be (8)………….. with a low of eight and a high of fifteen.
9. In Paris it will be (9)…….. and dry today.
10. The low will be ten degrees and the high will be (10)...........
B. Phonetics
II. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from the others in each group
1. A. bother B. sunbathe C. cloth D. months
2. A. vegetable B. comfortable C. nature D. moderate
3. A. interest B. selection C. resident D. injection
4. A. concern B. contact C. convenient D. conclude
5. A. promise B. conscious C. religious D. scissors
III. Choose the word whose stress pattern is differently from those of
the other words.
1. A. pancake B. discount C. wardrobe D. marine
2. A. migrant B. typhoon C. compost D. limestone
3. A. glassware B. refill C. award D. surround
4. A. loudspeaker B. itinerary C. participate D. magnificent
5. A. helicopter B. microware C. memorial D. magically
C. Lexico -grammar:
IV. Choose the best option to complete the sentence
1. Bob hasn’t _________up his mind yet.
A. made B. gone C. used to D. found
2. Everyone has to follow this way to get into the fair, _________?
A. do they B. don’t they C. doesn’t she D. doesn’t he
3. Would you like me to get you something to drink? - _________.
A. That would be nice B. No, I’m sorry C. That’s too bad D. My pleasure

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4. I usually go to work by bus, but _________and then I use my motorbike.
A. again B. once C. now D. ever
5. Of my parents, my father is _________.
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. stricter D. strict
6. "What can I get for you?" - “ _________.”
A. All right B. I'm afraid not C. I hope so D. Yes, please
7. The coat ________on the floor belongs to my brother.
A. lies B. lying C. lain D. is lying
8. Tuan had a bad cut on his arm. It’s _________badly.
A. bleeding B. burning C. coughing D. sneezing
9. Your _________is included in the ticket price.
A. reservation B. vacation C. accommodation D. money
10. The beans are roasted to _________the chocolate favor.
A. carry out B. bring out C. carry into D. bring into
11. The computer is ____guarantee so the company should do something with it.
A. with B. on C. for D. under
12. Nowadays many students can get a ________without being on campus.
A. diploma B. card C. degree D. license
13. “I think computers are useful.” - “ ________.”
A. I’m not agree B. So do I C. I disagree too D. So are they
14. Vietnam is a _________country.
A. rubber-exported B. exporting-rubber
C. exported-rubber D.rubber-exporting
15. Are you free to _________for dinner this evening?
A. come over B. go over C. come across D. go across
16. The smaller the room is, the__________furniture it needs.
A. fewer B. smaller C. more D. less
17. The winners are the first ones __________ a fire.
A. make B. makes C. making D. to make
18. Farmers use the dung of animals for___________ their field.
A. fertilizing B. to fertilized C. fertilized D. fertilize
19. When she _________ her mistake, she apologized
A. was realizing B. did realize C. realized D. has realized
20. The librarian is ___________ for all the books in the library .
A. dutiful B. responsible C. confident D. secure
V. Find out correct one mistake in A, B, C or D of each sentence .
1. Mary enjoys to be able to meet a lot of interesting people during her vacation.
A B C D
2. It has been a long time since we last talked together, isn’t it ?
A B C D
3. Lots of information are store in the computer.
A B C D
4. This is the second time I took part in the rice-cooking contest.
A B C D
5. Either Nam or his father know how to connect the printer.
A B C D

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 VI. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. What is the correct ………………………..of this word. (pronounce)
2. My grand father can read ………………………… . (good)
3. Last week we had an ……………………… summer holiday. (enjoy)
4. The ……………………. of the project made me tense. (important).
5. You had better do some ………………….. for the final exams (revise)
6. We should save ………………. …….resources. (nature)
7. People in the in the country are often more …than people in the city. (friend)
8. Increased pollution is another ………………. …..result. (please)
9. The air is heavily ………………………with traffic fumes. (pollute)
10. ………, her illness was more serious than we thought. (fortunate)
VII. Fill in each gap of following sentences with a suitable preposition.
1. The house is to the left of the clinic and it is to the right of the movie theater.
So we can say: The house is …….……….the clinic and the movie theater.
2. My birthday is…….………. March 5th, 1998.
3. What would you like…….……….dinner? - I’d like some noodles.
4. Miss Mai wants a kilo…….……….meat and a dozen eggs.
5. Is he good…….……….Physics and Math?
VIII. Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. Our school (open) …………………………….. a new club next week.
2. Would you like (come)……………. to dinner to night.
3. You (phone)……………………………… me last night?.
4. Would you mind if I (smoke)…………………………..?
5. I don't enjoy…………………………………….. (laugh) at by other people.
D. Reading
IX. Read the following passage and the decide which option A, B, C
or D best fits each space
WHAT IS THE BEAUTY IN A PERSON?
It is said that what one (1)_____ considers beautiful may not be beautiful
to another.
(2) _____ beauty is something that (3) _____ not only to the eyes, but also
the other senses. I think true beauty makes you see beyond the lovely sight. It
will give you insight or realization of something (4) _____ beyond the
appearance.
When we talk about beauty in people, we often refer to their (5) _____
attractiveness. Of course, a beautiful or handsome face is pleasant to (6) _____.
But I find that the most memorable
“ beautiful people” are those who have good personalities behind their
pretty faces.
(7) _____ kind of beauty in people that attracts us greatly is what known
as the inside beauty. People with this kind of beauty have attained inner peace.
They usually care about their fellow-man and try to right justice in this world.
As you know, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa are well-
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 In fact, around us, we know many people who are always ready to lend
(8) _____ to people in trouble. Many people on our city provide (9) _____ of
floods in Mekong Delta, the disabled or poor… with clothes, money and food.
Many young go to rural, moutainous or island areas to help people there… We
greatly admire the beauty of these people because they make the world better.
This inner beauty gives a certain radiance to their looks.
On short, every one has (10) _____ idea of beauty, and we need to have
things, people and places of beauty in our everyday life. Do you think so?
1. A. individual B. persons C. people D. member
2. A. With me B. For me C. To me D. Of me
3. A. pleasant B. pleases C. pleased D. pleasesing
4. A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. interestedly
5. A. physic B. physics C. physist D. physical
6. A. l ook for B. look after C. look at D. look in
7. A. Another B. Other C. Others D. Anothers
8. A. hands B. a hand C. the hand D. the hands
9. A. peoples B. individuals C. members D. victims
10. A. his own B. our own C. their own D. her own
X. Read the passage, then do the task below
                                                 How Nam has improved his English.
              In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficulties in
learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English
grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my
father and mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher
of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me 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
improve my 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 prize in the
English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
A. The pronunciation
B. The grammar
C. Both pronunciation and grammar
D. The way of improving his pronunciation
2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
A. His teacher
B. One of his friends
C. His father
D. His mother
3. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?
A. to the town library
B. to the school library
C. to the teachers’ room
D. to his house
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4. What did the teacher show him then?
A. A glass bookcase
B. An English-English dictionary
C. An English Grammar book
D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills
5. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
A. The first prize
B. The second prize
C. The third prize
D. The fourth prize
XI. Find the most suitable word to fill in each blank of the following passage
Centuries ago (1)_________Ancient Greece, a man by the name of Antipater of
Sidon compiled a list of what he thought (2)_________the seven wonders of the
world. The seven included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in present-day Iraq,
the Statue of Zeus in Greece, and the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. The pyramid
is the only wonder you can still (3)_________today.
Many people claim that there were other wonders, (4)_________the ancient
Greeks knew nothing (5)_________. These include the Great Wall of China, the
Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in (6)_________.
Angkor Wat should really be known as a wonder because it is the largest temple
in the world. The temple was (7)_________around the year 1100
(8)_________honor a Hindu God, but over the next three (9)_________it
became a Buddhist religious center. The area surrounding the temple, Angkor
Thom, used to be the royal capital city.
In the early 15 century, the Khmer rulers (10)_________to Phnom Penh and
Angkor was quiet. It now is a famous tourist attraction.
E. Writing
XII. Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the
same meaning as the first ()
1. Thinking of making toys from used paper was his interesting idea.
It’s interesting that ..............................................................................
2. He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years now.
It’s .......................................................................................................
3. That’s the strangest film I’ve ever seen.
I have never ........................................................................................
4. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
We haven’t .........................................................................................
5. Mai said “It is raining heavily outside.”
Mai said ..............................................................................................
6. Have you ever played a computer game before?
Is this ..................................................................................................
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7. France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
The Statue ...........................................................................................
8. The water was so cold that the children couldn’t swim in it.
The water wasn’t ................................................................................
9. People should stop experiments on animals.
Experiments ........................................................................................
10. Ann said to me “Will you do English test tomorrow?”
Ann asked me………………………………………………
10. Ann asked me if I would do English test the next day/ the following day.
XIII. Use the words to make sentences. Make any changes if necessary
1. Those buses / not going / airport / neither / taxis.
……………………………………………………………………….…………..
2. You / not / want / sell / house last year ?
………………………………………………………………………..…………..
3. He / stop / smoke / save / money .
…………………………………………………………………………………..
4. My brother / not drive / carefully / I.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
5. It / difficult / prevent / people / park here.
………………………………………………………………………………….
6. I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day.
.................................................................................................................................
7. Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867
..............................................................................................................................
8. We ought / use/ cloth bags/ instead / reuse/ plastic bags.
.............................................................................................................................
9. We / have / wonderful/ time / moment / SaPa.
...........................................................................................................................
10. Could / give me / information ?
.................................................................................................................................
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 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TÂN SƠN
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH LỚP 8 CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học 2017 - 2018
(Mỗi một câu trả lời đúng được 0,2 điểm)
Câu IV mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 0,1 điểm
A. Listening:.
I. Listen to the weather report and fill in the missing words
1. windy 2. temperature 3. fifteen 4. humid 5. minus
6. centigrade 7. New York 8. cloudy 9. cool 10. sixteen
B. Phonetics
II. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from the others in each group
1C 2C 3A 4B 5D
III. Choose the word whose stress pattern is differently from those of
the other words.
1D 2B 3A 4A 5C
C. Lexico -grammar:
IV. Choose the best option to complete the sentence
1A 2B 3A 4C 5C 6D 7B 8A 9C 10B
11D 12C 13B 14D 15A 16.D 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.B
V. Find out correct one mistake in A, B, C or D of each sentence .
1. A- being 2. D- hasn’t it 3. C- is stored 4.B-have taken 5. C – knows
VI. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the
sentences.
1. pronunciation 2. well 3. enjoyable 4. importance 5. revision
6. natural 7. friendly 8. unpleasant 9. polluted 10.Unfortunately
VII. Fill in each gap of following sentences with a suitable
preposition.
1. between 2. on 3. for 4. of 5. at
VIII. Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
11.is going to open 2. to come 3. did you phone? 4. smoked 5. being laughed
D. Reading
IX. Read the following passage and the decide which option A, B, C or D
best fits each space
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. A
X. Read the passage, then do the task below
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A
XI. Find the most suitable word to fill in each blank of the following
passage
1. in 2. were 3. see 4. which 5. about

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6. Cambodia 7. built 8. to 9. centuries 10. moved
E. Writing
XII. Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the
same meaning as the first ()
1. It is interesting that he thought of making toys from used paper.
2. It’s over twenty years since he last came back to his home village.
3. I have never seen such a strange film before.
4. We haven’t met each other for ten years.
5. Mai said It was raining heavily outside.
6. Is this the first time you have played a computer game?
7. The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United State by the France in 1876.
8. The water wasn’t warm enough for the children to swim in.
9. Experiments on animals should be stopped.
10.Ann asked me if I would do English test the next day/ the following day.
XIII. Use the words to make sentences. Make any changes if
necessary
1. Those buses are not going to the airport and neither are taxis.
2. Didn’t you want to sell the house last year ?
3. He stops smoking to save money
4. My brother doesn’t drive carefully as I do.
5. It is difficult to prevent people from parking here.
6.I am bored with doing the same thing day after day.
7.Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867.
8.We ought to use cloth bags instead of reusing plastic bags.
9.We are having a wonderful holiday at the moment in Sapa.
10.Could you give me some information ?

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