Đề thi HSG môn Tiếng Anh 8-Đề 7

ĐỀ THI HSG LỚP 8
Năm học: 2013 – 2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Chú ý: - Bộ đề thi này gồm có 05 trang, từ trang 01 đến trang 05.
- Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào bộ đề thi này.

Điểm
Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 1:
Số phách

- Bằng số:……………..
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(Do Chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi)

- Bằng chữ:……………
Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 2:
…………………..

………………………...
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I.listening: Listen and fill in the gap with correct words10
0,2=2,0 pts)
Why I want to learn English English is (1)…………….to be the most common and important (2)……………of the world today. A great number of people understand and use English in every part of the world. English is the most(3) ……………language. Being good at English, we can travel to any place or any country we like. We shall not find it hard to make others (4)……………..what we (5)……………… to say. English also helps us to learn all kinds of(6)……………... Hundreds of books are written in English every day in all countries to teach people useful things. The English language has (7)………………helped to spread ideas and (8)………………… to all the corners of the world. There is no subject that cannot be learned in the English language. As English is used so much everywhere in the world, it has helped to make countries of the world become friendlier with one another. The leaders of the (9)…………….. use English to understand one another. The English language has therefore spread better understanding and(10)……………….. among countries of the world.
II. PHONETICS:
a. Choose one word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D: (5
0,2=1,0 pt)
11. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried
12. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health
13. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
14. A. children B. charity C. charm D. champagne
15. A. angry B. danger C. language D. passage
b. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D (5
0,2=1,0 pt)
16. A. directory B. telephone C.invention D. experiment
17. A. furniture B. university C. patient D. hospital
18. A. sociable B. humorous C. generous D. reserved
19. A. delivery B. equipment C. electricity D. experiment
20. A. enroll B. summer C. hobby D. favor
III. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
a. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (10
0,2=2,0 pts)
21. Someone….........tickets were free.
A. said me B. said me that C. told me D. told to me
22. When she lived in the countryside, she ……………….in the river.
A. was swimming B. used to swim C. has swum D. is used to swimming
23. Saigon ……………more than three hundred years ago.
A. was built B. has been built C. was building D. built
24. It is nearly ten years ……………….I saw her.
A. when B. since C. for D. while
25. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take
26. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
27. They ……………me if I could speak Japanese.
A. told B. said C. asked D. talked
28. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
29. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp………………
A. collecting