PHÒNG GD&ĐT S ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC SINH GIỎI

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8

PART A: LISTENING
Question 1 - 5: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A
NUMBER for each answer.
Oakham Surgery
New Patient Form
Example Answer
NEW PATIENT’S ROAD Dawson Road

FULL NAME Mike (1) ____________________________

WIFE’S FIRST NAME Janet
CHILDREN’S FIRST NAME 1st (2) ____________________________
2nd
3rd
4th
ADDRESS 52 Dawson Road
(3) ____________________________
Melbourne
HEALTH CARD NUMBER (4) ____________________________
WIFE’S HEALTH CARD NAMBER will give later
PREFERRED DOCTOR SELECTED (5) ____________________________

Question 6 - 10: Choose the correct answer among A, B, C:

6. When is Mike’s wife’s first appointment ?
A. Friday 21st at 2.00 pm B. Friday 21st at 2.30 pm C. Friday 21st at 3.30 pm
7. What is the surgery’s phone number ?
A. 7253 9819 B. 7253 9829 C. 7523 9829
8. What is the name of the girl with whom Mike is speaking at the surgery ?
A. Rachel B. Elizabeth C. Angela
9. What is the night doctor’s mobile number ?
A. 0506 759 3856 B. 0506 759 3857 C. 0506 758 3856
10. Which of the following does the surgery NOT make a charge for ?
A. Travel vaccinations B. Consultations C. Insurance reports
PART B: PHONETICS
Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently from the others in each group.
Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable
2. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence
3. A. general B. opinion C. abroad D. surprise
4. A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment
5. A. medical B. advice C. vegetables D. physical
PART C: LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. The teacher told us to use our dictionaries to ……every word we didn’t understand.
A. look after B. look for C. look at D. look up
2. Have you ever met the man ....... over there?
A. stands B. standing C. is standing D. who is standing
3. I couldn't repair my bicycle, .......... I didn't have the right tools.
A. so B. for C. because of D. therefore
4. If he doesn’t come in time, we …………. without him.
A. are leaving B. leave C. left D. will leave
5. The train ............. when I arrived at the station.
A. already left B. has already left C. had already left D. is leaving
6. It is at least a month since ............. John.
A. I last seeing B. I have last seen C. I last see D. I last saw
7. The teacher said that she would attend the class meeting …………….. day.
A. the previous B. the following C. next D. the day before
8. Of my parents, my father is ……………………...
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strictest D. stricter
9. I ..................................be interested in playing badminton as I was a child.
A. used to B. ought to C. might D. could
10. He hates.......................................to do something by others.
A. to be asked B. asking C. being asked D. to ask
II. Give the correct form or tense of the verb in brackets to fill in each of the blanks:
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions ……..….…..(1- carry out) by scientists
………….... (2- work) for large industrial firms. However, there ………….... (3 – be) still
opportunities for other people ………….... (4 – invent) various things. In Britain, there is a
weekly TV program which ………….... (5 – attempt) to show all the devices which people
………….... (6 – invent) recently. The people ………….... (7 – organize) the programs receive
information about 700 inventions per year. New ideas can ………….... (8 – develop) by
private inventors. However, it is important ………….... (9 – consider) these questions : “Will
it work? Will it ………….... (10 – want)? Is it new?”
III. There is one error in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it:
1. We took a lot of photographs last vacation, but no of them were very good.
2. A number of reporters was at the conference yesterday.
3. I’d rather you don't come to Hoa’s birthday on Sunday.
4. We can’t stand to laugh when our teacher tells us funny stories.
5. Would you mind if I open the window?
IV. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capital letters.
1.If you want to join the club, please fill in the ………………….( apply) form.
2.Our teacher always …………………. (courage) us to work hard.
3.After his parents died, he was sent to an …………………. ( orphan)
4.Twenty students have entered for the rice-cooking …………………. (COMPETE)
5.She left school with good …………………. (QUALIFY)
6.Our …………………. (FLY) from HN to Sydney took 23 hours.
7.We are making some……………. (ARRANGE) for a trip to Dien Bien next week.
8.You need a lot of …………………. (PATIENT) to become a teacher.
9..Even the most ……….( SENSE) person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music.
10. If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very …………….(IMAGINE)girl.
PART D – READING
I. Read the following passage and choose correct answer for each of the questions.
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming
back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But
all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called
“latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work.
And their bad condition has become a subject of concern. Lynette Long was once the principal
of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids
had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys
inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly,
she learned that they were house keys. She and her husband began talking to the children who
had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their
children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey
children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried
about their own safety. The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by
hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They
often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have
learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.

1: The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. a house with no people inside B. a house with no furniture
C. a house with nothing inside D. a house with too much space
2: One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______.
A. they all watch TV B. they spend part of each day alone
C. they are from single-parent families D. they all wear jewelry
3: The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______.
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
B. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
D. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
4: The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______.
A. are also found in middle-class families B. watch too much television during the day
C. suffer a lot from being left alone D. are growing in numbers
5: What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How kids spend free time. B. Why kids hate going home.
C. Bad condition of latchkey children. D. Children’s activities at home.
6: Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?
A. They had to use the keys to open school doors.
B. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead.
C. They were fully grown and had become independent.
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home.
7: What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?
A. Fear. B. Tiredness. C. Boredom. D. Loneliness.
8: Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ______.
A. visiting their homes B. delivering questionnaires
C. interviewing their parents D. talking to them
9: What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?
A. Hiding somewhere. B. Talking to the Longs.
C. Having a shower. D. Lying under a TV.
10: It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ______.
A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
D. there are too many of them in the whole country
II. Read the passage then choose the word or phrase that best fits each space by circling
A,B,C or D
In the United States and Canada, it is very important to (1)______ a person directly in
the eyes when you are having a conversation (2)______ him or her. If you look down or to the
side when the (3)______ person is talking, that person will think that you are not interested in
(4)______ he or she is saying. This, (5)______, is not polite. If you look down or to the side
when you are talking, it might (6)______ that you are not honest. However, people who are
speaking will sometimes look away for (7)______ seconds when they are thinking or
(8)______ to find the right word. But they always turn immediately (9)______ to look the
listener directly in the eyes. These social "rules" are (10)______ for two men, two women, a
man and a woman, or an adult and a child.
1. A. talk B. notice C. get D. look
2. A. with B. to C. for D. about
3. A. others B. another C. one D. other
4. A. which B. what C. that D. where
5. A. yet B. in addition C. of course D. although
6. A. become B. come C. seem D. turn
7. A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
8. A. trying B. looking C. achieving D. managing
9. A. up B. back C. down D. over
10. A. like B. the same C. likely D. such as
III. Fill in each space in the following passage with one suitable word.
Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) .......... father was a
comedian and his mother worked (2) ......... a dancer and a singer. (3) .......…of them was
successful, so the family had very (4) ........... money. The (5) …… time he himself earned
money by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but
what he loved (6) ......... was working in the theatre. When he was (7) ........... fifteen, he joined
a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On (8) ......... of such tour, he was
(9) ......... a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous
actor and film director. He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the age of 88. There is now a statue
of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his (10) .......... and early up-bringing.
PART E – WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences:
1. He can't get the job in this company because he isn't good at English.
 If ...........................................................................................................................
2. She prefers reading books to watching TV.
 She would .............................................................................................................
3. Who wrote this play?
 By ...................................................................................................................
4. It would be nice to be able to fly.
 I wish ..............................................................................................................
5. The last time I played tennis was 10 years ago.
 I .......................................................................................................................
6. The exam was so difficult that I couldn’t finish it.
 It was .........................................................................................................
7. He is getting someone to mend the windows.
 He's having ........................................................................................................
8. People here don't make their children work hard.
 Children...........................................................................................................
9. You need to have your hair cut.
 Your hair ...............................................................................................................
10 “Helen, would you like to come to my house for lunch on Sunday?” said Mary.
 Mary invited …......................................................................................................
II. Writing:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of city life and country life? Write a passage
(about 150-180 words) to express your opinion and explanations.