English 8

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO


ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 THCS CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học 2009-2010
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút.( không kể thời gian giao đề)



PART I – PRONUNCIATION ( 2. points)
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronunced differently from others. Circle the corresponding letter A or B, C, D to indicate your answers.
1. A. last B. fast C. taste D. task
2. A. then B. thank C. thin D. think
3. A. sugar B. see C. sit D. sing
4. A. hour B. how C. high D. hot
5. A. treat B. heat C. sweater D. beat
6. A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character
7. A. curly B. shy C. fly D. sky
8. A. joke B. local C. blond D. sociable
9. A. laugh B. enough C. although D. cough
10. A. fourteen B. volunteer C. seem D. free
PART II – VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES
I.Give the correct form of the word in the CAPITAL letters to fill in the gaps.( 2.5points)
1.Bell experimented with ways of transmitting.........over a long distance. SPEAK
2.After her parents died , she was sent to an .................... ORPHAN
3.We like our math teacher because of his sense of................ HUMOROUS
4.Bell...................... in demonstrating his invention. SUCCESS
5. It is very..................to learn English INTEREST
6.We must remember the precautions in the home SAFE
7.Some....................... objects are dangerous to children HOUSE
8. There wasn’t any in villages 10 years ago. ELECTRIC
9.Nam is very...................,kind and generous SOCIAL
10.Each of my friends has a......................character. DIFFER.
II.Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the box.(2.5 points)
a. He (1)....................(do)his homework everyday.
b. Tomorrow, if it (2).................... (not / rain), we (3)................................. ( go )camping .
c. My family (4)...................................... (live) here since 1975.
d. When their father (5)................... (get) home from work yesterday, they (6)............... (prepare) their meal .
e. Miss Dove was a teacher of geography at a school in a small town in America . She was very strict and the pupils(7)................. (be)afraid of her .If a pupil put a pencil or a piece of paper in his mouth, Miss Dove (8).........(tell) him (9).................. (go) out and (10)...............(wash)his mouth with soap and water.
PART III – READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the text and then answer the questions :(1.5 points)
My room at home has to serve two purpose, it is a bedroom but also a study. It is not very large but I like it because it has a large window opposite the door, and my desk is on the right,near the window, so I do not need to use the table lamp during the day.
I have a writing desk that folds down so I can do my homework comfortably. I keep my pens and pencils in the top part of the desk, and it has three drawers, where I keep all my notebooks. There is a table lamp on the desk, and some bookshelves above it, fixed to the wall, for all my school books. I have decorated the room by sticking some posters on the wall above my bed.
On the other side of the room, opposite my bed, is the wardrobe. It has two sections, and it is very convenient because it is built into the wall, so it does not take up much space. I keep my jackets and trousers in one section, and the other section consists of little drawers for shirts and socks and underwear. At the bottom, there is a big drawer, where I keep sweaters.
1. Where is the writer’s desk?
-> ...................
2. What does she put in three drawers of her desk?