Bài thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện môn Tiếng Anh 8 thí điểm - Năm học 2021-2022

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1. PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BÀI THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN LỚP 8 HUYỆN CẨM XUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022 Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao nhận đề) Điểm bài thi Họ tên và chữ kí giám khảo 1: Số phách Bằng số: ___ ___ Họ tên và chữ kí giám khảo 2: (Trưởng ban chấm thi ghi) Bằng chữ:___ ___ * Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi. SECTION A: USE OF ENGLISH Question I: Choose the best option from A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. vehicle B. honesty C. humorous D. hourly 2. A. office B. official C. accent D. fluency 3. A. washed B. worked C. stopped D. naked 4. A. bother B. sunbathe C. cloth D. clothes 5. A. concern B. contact C. convenient D. conclude 6. A. leisure B. pressure C. treasure D. pleasure 7. A. jungle B.gist C.grind D. emigrate * Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Question II: Choose the best option from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. 1. She hardly goes to the movies, ___? A. does she B. doesn’t she C. is she D. isn’t she 2. “Congratulations! You did very well.” - “___” A. It's nice of you to say so. B. It's my pleasure. C. You're welcome. D. That's okay 3. Tet is an occasion for family ___ in Viet Nam. A.visitings B. meetings C. reunions D.seeings 4. We don’t have ___ to complete the report. A. information enough B. enough information C. enough informations D. too information 5. If everyone of US___the traffic rules, the road will be much safer. A. obey B. obeys C. obeyed D. will obey 6. My brother closed all the windows ___ avoid the rain. A.for B. in order that C. so as D. in order to 7. Tom as well as his brothers ___to the party last night. A. was invited B. were invited C. is invited D. are invited 8. He spent the entire night thinking and in the end ___ a brilliant idea. A. came up to B. put up with C. came up with D. put through to 1
2. 9. He is the man who won’t ___his promise A. ruin B. destroy C. hurt D. break 10. Tom failed the exam ___ he was lazy. A. such B. that C. like D. as 11. Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common ___ in many Asian countries. A. behavior B. practice C. tradition D. occasion 12. Which girl is Hoa? She is the one with ___ . A. long curly black hair B. curly long black hair C. long black curly hair D. curly long black hair 13. My phone is out of order, which is a ___. A. hurt B. harm C. nuisance D. trouble 14. I don’t know him but he looks as if he ___ be her brother. A. could B. can C. would D. shall 15. The little girl asked what ___ to her friend. A. has happened B. happened C. had happened D. would have been happened * Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Question III: Fill in each gap with one suitable preposition. 1. Nam was familiar ___ getting up early in winter two years ago. 2. Money isn't a solution ___ every problem. 3. The sun gives ___ vast amounts of gases. 4. He's totally dependent ___ his parents. 5. I couldn’t cut the grass because the machine had broken ___ a few days previously. * Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Question IV: Find a mistake in each sentence and CORRECT it. 1. The number of visitors to the exhibition considerable dropped in the second week. 2. Foreigners can get a bit confusing because there are too many customs in this country. 3. It is careless for you to leave your book on the train. 4. Mary had a two -weeks trip to the countryside last summer. 5. Vietnam exports a lot of rice is grown mainly in the south of country. 6. We have arranged meeting the Physics teacher tomorrow. 2
3. 7. No sooner had I arrived home when I realised that I had forgotten the keys at office. 8. It was so a lovely day that we enjoyed ourselves the sunshine. * Write your answers here: MISTAKE CORRECTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 7 8 Question V: Give the correct forms of the verbs in CAPITALS to complete the sentences. 1. They don’t enjoy (use) ___ as cheap labor. 2. Tomorrow, when you come I (do) ___ my homework. 3 + 4. I hope they (repair)___ this road by the time we (return)___ next summer. 5. The concert (start) ___ at 7:15 tonight. * Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Question VI: Give the correct forms of the words in CAPITALS to complete the passage. TEENS GO WITHOUT MEAT The decision to become a vegetarian is a (1) ___ one, made PERSON for any number of reasons. There are many different (2) ___ that EXPLAIN teens in particular give for choosing a (3) ___ lifestyle. MEAT One group claim that their (4) ___is based on a certain food CHOOSE (5) ___; they simply don’t enjoy the taste of meat. Others are LIKE concerned about animal rights and the way animals are (6) ___ TREAT in the meat (7)___process. Yet more young people may be PRODUCE influenced by (8)___or cultural belief which prohibit the RELIGION consumption of meat. A (9)___reason is that teenagers feel that FAR it is healthier not to eat meat and that they can control their weight more (10) ___ as vegetarians. In many cases, too, it is a family joint EASE family decision in order to reduce food bills. 3
4. * Write your answers here: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. SECTION B: READING Question I: Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each blank to complete the passage. The latest addiction to trap thousands of people is the Internet, which has been blamed (1) ___ broken relationships, jobs losses, financial ruin and even one suicide. Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction Syndrome (IAS) as a new illness that could (2) ___ serious problems and ruins many lives. Special help groups have been set up to (3) ___ sufferers help and support. ISA is similar to (4)___problems like gambling, smoking and drinking: addicts have dreams about the Internet, they need to use it first thing in the morning: they lie to their partners about how much time they spend online: they (5) ___ they could cut down, but are unable to do so. A recent study fond that many users spend up to 40 hours a week on the Internet; (6) ___ they felt guilty, they became depressed if they were (7) ___ to stop using it. Almost anyone can be risk. Some of the addicts are teenagers who are already hooked on computer games and who (8) ___it very difficult to resist the games on the Internet. Surprisingly, however, psychologists (9) ___ that most victims are middle-aged housewives (10) ___ have never used a computer before. 1. A. for B. in C. with D. to 2. A. lead B. affect C. take D. cause 3. A. offer B. suggest C. recommend D. advise 4. A. other B. another C. the other D. others 5. A. want B. wish C. rather D. prefer 6. A. Although B. Despite C.Unless D. Without 7. A. let B. allowed C. had D. made 8. A. say B. feel C. find D. have 9. A. promise B. tell C. say D. object 10. A. who B. which C. that D. whom * Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 4
5. Question II: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Large cities often have problems that small towns and rural areas do (1) ___ have. Two of the biggest (2) ___ are heavy traffic and the pollution that cars create. Of course, traffic problems and pollution are not only found in big cities. However, the higher populations and (3) ___ number of cars on the roads in cities can (4) ___ the problems happen more often and with more noticeable effects. One of the (5) ___ common traffic problems the large cities have (6) ___ congestion. As the population of (7) ___ city increases, so does the number of cars on the road. Cities cannot always improve the number and size of their roads and highways to (8) ___ up with the number of cars. The result is traffic congestion, or traffic (9) ___. When traffic jams happen, cars that are stuck in the congestion continue to run their engines. This creates pollution and is a big problem. Pollution causes heath problems (10) ___ the people in cities like lung cancer, and also hurts the environment. * Write your answers here: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. Question III: Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. When Jane left school at the age of sixteen, her aunt Flory gave her $500 for her birthday. Most of Jane’s friends decided to go to the college, but Jane used her aunt’s money to start her own business. She bought fruit, sugar and some glass jars and began making her own jam. She sold the jam to her friends for $1 a jar and soon doubled her aunt’s $500. At first, her parents wanted Jane to go on studying instead of spending time making jam. They hoped that one day she would be a teacher or a doctor. But Jane didn’t listen to them. She just kept on making jam. After a few months, she started selling it to the local market. Then she started making orange juice. She sold this to a school where one of her friends worked. After two years, her business was very large and her parents were very pleased with her. She made all kinds of food which she sold to shops and supermarkets. She was so busy that she had to get some people to work for her. 1. What is the passage about? A. going to college B. starting up business C. spending money D. selling jam 2. How much did Jane get after a short time of her work? A. $500 B. $1000 C. $10 D. $2000 3. What did Jane’s parents want her to do after leaving school? A. continue studying B. make jam C. sell jam D. give up studying 4. The word “this” in the line 8 refers to ___. A. orange juice B. sugar C. jam D. fruit 5
6. 5. Which of the following places that Jane did NOT sell her products to? A. schools B. supermarkets C. shops D. colleges * Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 SECTION C: WRITING Question I: Rewrite each sentence,beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 1. I last saw my sister when I was in New York. => I haven’t ___ 2. When I was little I was often scared at night. => I used ___ 3. He would prefer you to pay him immediately. => He’d rather ___ 4. Will they let us take photos at the concert? => Will we___ 5. “Don’t forget to turn off the lights before going out, Mary.” => The teacher reminded___ 6. He is known to have been in prison several times. => It is common ___ Question II : Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, without changing the word given. Use between TWO and FIVE words. 1. We paid someone we knew to make these fancy chairs. (HAD) => We ___ ___by someone we knew. 2. I think we should build a new shopping centre in the suburbs. (FAVOUR) => I am ___ a new shopping centre in the suburbs. 3. The house is completely empty. ( LEFT) => There’s ___ the house. 4. It isn’t necessary for him to redo these exercises. ( HAVE) => He ___these exercises. Question III: The amount of plastic waste is dramatically increasing, which causes many serious problems to people’s life . Write a paragraph of at least 150 words about what teenagers can do to solve this problem. 6
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