Olympic Anh 8 2015(TM)

PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC CẤP HUYỆN
TRƯỜNG THCS THANH MAI NĂM HỌC: 2014 – 2015
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8
(Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút)



Chú ý: - Đề thi này gồm 06 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề .
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển.

PART ONE: LISTENING:
Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word. (2.0 pts)

Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens (1)………… many eggs which the farmer used to (2)……………. to buy food and clothing for his family.
One day, he went to collect the (3)……………. and discovered one of the chickens laid a (4)…………….. egg. He shouted (5)…………… to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”
His wife ran to him and they (6)…………….looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her (7)……………… decided to cut (8)…………….. all the chickens and find more gold eggs. (9)…………………, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all, the chickens were dead.
There were no more eggs of any kind for the (10)……………. farmer and his greedy wife.

Write your answers here:
1 …………..
2........................
3........................
4........................
5.......................

6 …………..
7........................
8........................
9........................
10.....................


PART TWO: PHONETICS: (0.2 x 10 = 2.0pts)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group. (0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt)
1. A. switch B. stomach C. match D. catch
2. A. laughs B. stops C. cars D. works
3. A. watched B. reduced C. coughed D. raised
4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
5. A. highlight B. although C. neighbor D. laugh
Write your answers here:

1……………..
2........................
3...........................
4...........................
5..................

II. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. (0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt )
1. A. across B. report C. lunar D. pronounce
2. A. excellent B. memory C. festival D. semester
3. A. notice B. surface C. contact D. effect
4. A. reuse B. compost C. fabric D. mixture
5. A. natural B. animal C. afternoon D. vegetable
Write your answers here:
1……………
2……………….
3……………..
4………………
5………………


PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (0.2 x 30 = 6.0pts)
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0pts)
1. Hoa __________________ coins and stamps since she was six.
A. was collecting
B. has collected
C. collected
D. will collect

2. His brother is a _________________ boy. He always tells a joke.
A. handsome
B. humorous
C. sociable
D. energetic

3. Do you mind if I __________________ your car to work?
A. drive
B. driving
C. to drive
D. drove

4. They are ____________ that their son won the championship.
A. pleasing
B. sad
C. delighted
D. interesting

5. One hundred dollars ______________ an big amount of money for her.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. is being

6. Don’t overheat the victim _____________ blankets or coats.
A. on
B. for
C. with
D. from

7. We are going to __________ a small plane to Ha Long Bay this weekend.
A. drive
B. ride
C. give
D. take

8. Mai along with her parents _________________ in the field at this time last Sunday.
A. was working
B. were working
C. has worked
D. have worked

9. Nam and Manh have played badminton for two hours, but __________ of them are tired.
A. none
B. both
C. neither
D. all

10. The Smiths never go out in the evening, __________?
A