ĐỀ+ĐA THI HSG E8-2012 (Chính thức)

UBND HUYỆN TAM DƯƠNG
PHÒNG GD&ĐT
ĐỀ THI GIAO LƯU HSG LỚP 6, 7, 8
Năm học: 2011- 2012
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Đề thi này gồm 04 trang


PART A. LISTENING
You are going to listen to a story about the Stonecutter. Listen carefully and fill the missing words in the blanks. You should write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in each blank. You will hear the story TWICE.
Once upon a time, there was a stonecutter. The stonecutter lived in a land where a life of privilege meant being powerful. Looking at his life he (1)_________that he was unsatisfied with the way things were and so he set out to become the most powerful thing in the land. Looking around his land he wondered (2)_________what is it to be powerful. Looking up he saw the Sun shining down on all the land. "The Sun must be the most powerful thing that there is, for it shines down on all things and all things grow from its (3)_________." So he became the Sun. Days later, as he shone his power down on the inhabitants of the land, (4)_________ came a cloud which passed (5)_________him obstructing his brilliance. Frustrated he realized that the Sun was not the most powerful thing in the land, if a simple cloud could interrupt his greatness. So he became a cloud, in fact, he became the most powerful storm that (6)_________ had ever seen. And so he blew his rain and lightning, and resounded with (7)_________all over the land, demonstrating that he was the most powerful. Until one day he came across a boulder. Down and down he poured and his thunder roared, lightning flashed and filled the (8)_________, striking the ground near the boulder. His winds blew and blew and blew, and yet, despite all his efforts, he could not budge the boulder. Frustrated again, he realized that the storm was not the most powerful thing in the land, rather it must be the boulder. So he became the boulder. For days he sat, unmovable, and impassive, demonstrating his power, (9)_________, a stone cutter came and chiseled him to bits.
The Moral of the Story is: Sometimes the most important thing to remember is that you have everything you need already, right inside of you. (10)_________is an illusion.

PART B. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1. A. participate B. elevate C. teammate D. adequate
2. A. parcel B. facility C. commercial D. recycle
3. A. competition B. skeptical C. festival D. stretcher
4. A. longer B. singer C. sugar D. stronger
5. A. transmit B. generous C. assistant D. escape

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group.
1. A. discount B. prefer C. typhoon D. saucepan
2. A. heritage B. helicopter C. facsimile D. fertilizer
3. A. academic B. manufacture C. decompose D. magnificent
4. A. canoe B. cupboard C. install D. award
5. A. minimize B. pomegranate C. itinerary D. permanently

PART C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B, C, D) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. I tried my _________not to laugh.
A. good B. well C. best D. better
2. We left at 6 am _________late for the first bus.
A. so as not to be B. so as being C. so as to be D. so as not being
3. The teacher told his students to study _________.
A. good B. hard C. lately D. hardly
4. There is someone following us. I think we _________in this area.
A. are following B. are followed C. follow D. are being followed
5. The robbers are thought _________to another country.
A. that has escaped B. was escaped C. to escaping D. to have escaped
6. The cat was afraid when it saw its __________in the mirror. A. reflection B. look C. sight D. picture
7. Do you _________