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UBND HUYỆN BÌNH XUYÊN<br /> PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO<br /> ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC<br /> <br /> ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 2017-2018<br /> MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8<br /> Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)<br /> <br /> PART A: LISTENING<br /> Section 1: Questions 1-3: A nswer the questions below. Choose the correct letter, a, b or c.<br /> Example: How long does the caller want to go away for?<br /> A. a week<br /> B. a few weeks<br /> D. many days<br /> C a few days<br /> 1. Where does the caller want to stay?<br /> A. in the country<br /> B. in the city<br /> C. by the beach<br /> D. in the forest<br /> 2. What kind of hotel does the caller want to stay in?<br /> A. a family hotel<br /> B. a spa<br /> C. a farmhouse<br /> D. a Morning hotel<br /> 3. Which hotel does the caller choose?<br /> A. Sparkling Springs<br /> B. Standmark<br /> C. Farmhouse Getaways<br /> D. Ocean<br /> Waves Resort<br /> Questions 4 -10: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A<br /> NUMBER for each answer.<br /> Hotel Reservation Form<br /> Name: William French<br /> Billing Adress: (4)_____________________ Standmarch Norfolk NE1 4SP<br /> Mobile Number: (5)__________________________<br /> Check-in Date: (6) _____ ______________________<br /> Check-out Date: (7) _______ _____________________<br /> Payment Type: ( 8)______ ____________________<br /> Amount: (9) £ ______________________________<br /> The price includes: (10) ___________ and a treatment a day.<br /> Section 2:<br /> Noise pollution is more common and more damaging than many people realise. The<br /> Green Organisation is doing a survey on how much teenagers know the about this type of the<br /> pollution. Listen and choose the correct answer.<br /> 1. A unit used to measure the loudness of sounds is a decibel (dB). Noise pollution happens when a sound’s<br /> loudness is ____________.<br /> A. more than 60 dBs<br /> B. more than 17 dBs<br /> C. less than 70 dBs D. more than 70 dBs<br /> 2. Which of the following noises can cause immediate and permanent hearing loss?<br /> A. Motorcycle<br /> B.Music<br /> C. Concert<br /> D. Vacuum cleaner<br /> 3. If you experience noise pollution for a long time, you can have ____________ and hearing loss.<br /> A. headaches<br /> B. high blood pressure<br /> C. heart attack<br /> D. both A and B<br /> 4. If you are listening to music and other people can hear the sounds from your headphones, what does it<br /> mean?<br /> A. You disturb other people<br /> B. The sounds are too loud.<br /> C. You like the music a lot.<br /> D. Other people don’t like the music.<br /> 5. What is a symptom showing that noise is affecting you?<br /> A. There seems to be a ringing or buzzing in your eyes.<br /> B. There seems to be a ringing or buzzing in your ears.<br /> C. You jump up and down<br /> D. You fall asleep as soon as you lie down in bed.<br /> <br /> PART B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR<br /> I. Choose ONE word whose stress pattern is different from the others.<br /> 1. A. between<br /> B. program<br /> C. visit<br /> D. energy<br /> 2. A. dictionary<br /> B. developed<br /> C. important<br /> D. geography<br /> 3. A. temperature<br /> B. telephone<br /> C. document<br /> D. together<br /> 4. A. necessary<br /> B. interesting<br /> C. electrical<br /> D. beautifully<br /> 5. A. repetitive<br /> B. nationality<br /> C. competitive<br /> D. attendance<br /> II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.<br /> 1. I was responsible _____ the teacher ______ keeping the class in order while she went out.<br /> A. to / for<br /> B. for / for<br /> C. to / in<br /> D. with / for<br /> 2. We all admired your courage in catching the thief on the street this morning.<br /> A. looked up to<br /> B. looked down on<br /> C. looked after<br /> D. looked on in<br /> 3. Peter: “______________________”.<br /> - Kate: “Yes, sure”<br /> A. What can I do for you?<br /> B. Could you do me a favor?<br /> C. Would you like to some drinks?<br /> D. How beautiful your dress is!<br /> 4. - “Would you like to have noodles, spaghetti or something different?”<br /> - “______.”<br /> A. I don’t mind<br /> B. Yes, I would<br /> C. Never mind<br /> D. Anything will do<br /> 5. If we are able to collect solar energy, we will be sure to have this abundant source of power.<br /> A. non-renewable<br /> B. necessary<br /> C. plentiful<br /> D. limited<br /> 6. Traditional volunteer activities include _________ money for people in need, cooking and giving food.<br /> A. earning<br /> B. raising<br /> C. rising<br /> D. collecting<br /> 7. John said he ____________ her since they _____________ school.<br /> A. hasn’t met / left<br /> B. hadn’t met / had left C. hadn’t met/left D. didn’t meet /has left<br /> 8.You should pay________ to what the instruction is saying<br /> A. attendance<br /> B. intention<br /> C. attention<br /> D. attending<br /> 9. I think you are wrong – this bill is _____________________.<br /> A. much too high<br /> B. high too much<br /> C. much high too<br /> D. too much high<br /> 10. I had once met Penelope Cruz. She has ________________ hair.<br /> A. long black beautiful<br /> B. black long beautiful C. beautiful black long<br /> D. beautiful long black<br /> III. Identify the incorrect part out of the four underlined options (A, B, C or D) and then correct<br /> it.<br /> 1. It was so a boring film that all the audience had gone home before it ended.<br /> A<br /> B<br /> C<br /> D<br /> 2. Tom used to care of himself. He left home when he was 16 and has been on his own since then.<br /> A<br /> B<br /> C<br /> D<br /> 3. I think it is going to rain because the sky is getting dark.<br /> A<br /> B<br /> C<br /> D<br /> 4. Have you ever listened to a piece of music was composed by Mozart?<br /> A<br /> B C<br /> D<br /> 5. Technically speaking, astronauts can be able to visit the moon and live there briefly.<br /> A<br /> B<br /> C<br /> D<br /> IV. Put the verb in brackets in correct tense or form. Write the answers on the answer sheet.<br /> 1. Less than half of the cans of paint (use) _______________ up to now.<br /> 2. He (eat) __________ sandwiches while you (talk) __________ to him.<br /> 3. Jeans (make)_____________about two hundred years ago, and now they (sell) ________________ in every<br /> corner of the world.<br /> 4. I regret (tell) _____________ you that your application doesn’t satisfy our demands.<br /> 5. My father advised me (not stay) _______________ up too late because of my poor health.<br /> 6. He will always remember (award) _______________ the gold medal for his victory in the Competition of<br /> Mathematical Talent Search.<br /> 7. She does not want to go with us to the theater because she (see) ____________ that film twice.<br /> 8. I’m very bored because my mother always (complain) ________________ about her housework.<br /> V. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.<br /> 1. English is the ____________ language in the United States. (NATION)<br /> <br /> 2. Earth Hour is a __________________ event organized to raise people’s awareness about the need to take<br /> action on climate change. (WORLD)<br /> 3. Solar energy, wind power and water power are ______________ sources of energy. (ALTERNATE)<br /> 4. The clothes we wear, like a ________________language, can give out message. (SPEAK)<br /> 5. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant _______________. (SLEEP)<br /> 6. Thank you very much for your kind _____________. (HOSPITABLE)<br /> 7. Luckily, many people escaped from the fire in Carina blocks _______________. (HARM)<br /> 8. He ______________ and missed his flight to Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. (SLEEP)<br /> 9. The _____________ between Vietnam and Laos has been reinforced a lot during the Chol Chnam Thmay<br /> Festival. (FRIEND)<br /> 10. There is no easy ______________to this problem. (SOLVE)<br /> PART C: READING<br /> I. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.<br /> In recent years there have been many (1) ________ on air pollution in newspapers and<br /> magazines. Scientists all over the world have warned that our atmosphere is (2) ________ more and<br /> more contaminated, and that Man, through his carelessness, may run (3) ____________ of pure air to<br /> breathe.<br /> Automobiles and industries mainly (4) ________ for air pollution in most cities. They pure into<br /> the air such gases as carbon monoxide, sulphur and nitrogen oxides, which are very (5) ________ to<br /> humans. Worse still, these gases after a series of chemical changes, turn (6) ________ toxic acids. They<br /> fall down in ‘acid rain’, raising the acidity in the air, soil and water to dangerous (7) ____________and<br /> affecting not only trees but also fish and other wildlife. Many industrial countries in Europe and North<br /> America have (8) ________ bad affects from those ‘rains’.<br /> (9) ________, man faces no more urgent problem than that of saving his own survival. Scientists,<br /> social organization and governments should sit down together to solve the air (10) ________ problem.<br /> 1.<br /> A. programs<br /> B. events<br /> C. articles<br /> D. columns<br /> 2.<br /> A. changing<br /> B. becoming<br /> C. making<br /> D. taking<br /> 3.<br /> A. up<br /> B. over<br /> C. away<br /> D. out<br /> 4.<br /> A. bring<br /> B. get<br /> C. account<br /> D. count<br /> 5.<br /> A. harmful<br /> B. powerful<br /> C. awful<br /> D. painful<br /> 6.<br /> A. in<br /> B. into<br /> C. out<br /> D. over<br /> 7.<br /> A. amounts<br /> B. ranks<br /> C. points<br /> D. levels<br /> 8.<br /> A. suffered<br /> B. influenced<br /> C. offered<br /> D. bothered<br /> 9.<br /> A. Naturally<br /> B. Safely<br /> C. Surely<br /> D. Practically<br /> 10.<br /> A. pollute<br /> B. polluted<br /> C. polluting<br /> D. pollution<br /> II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the<br /> passage.<br /> When man first appeared on Earth, his greatest source of power was his own strength. As he<br /> grew wiser, he learnt to make animals supply power for him. Then many centuries later, he discovered<br /> that wind and water were even better power sources than animals. Still later, he found that power<br /> from steam, coal, and oil was often even better than these.<br /> In the latest search for improved living, physicists – scientists who study energy and matter –<br /> have been led to the study of the atom. The physicists have found that atomic energy can do such<br /> things as supplying electricity, to cities, blusting tunnels through the mountains, running ships and<br /> submarines and even providing for space flights.<br /> Finding ways to make the atom work for us is a new science. It just started in the twentieth<br /> century. Scientists are still learning more about the atom so that it can be used to help mankind better.<br /> 1. Which of the following is the main topic of paragraph 1?<br /> A. Power from animals<br /> B. Power from wind and water<br /> C. Power from steam, coal and oil<br /> D. Sources of power over the centuries<br /> 2. All of the following words are nearest in meaning to “power” EXCEPT…………..<br /> A. control<br /> B. strength<br /> C. energy<br /> D. force<br /> <br /> 3. The word “latest” in the paragraph 2 could best be replaced by………………..<br /> A. very late<br /> B. nearest<br /> C. most recent<br /> D. final<br /> 4. Which of the following is NOT true about atomic energy?<br /> A. It is power from atom<br /> B. It was discovered by physicists<br /> C. It was as powerful as any earlier form of power. D. It has improved humans’ life on earth.<br /> 5. Scientists believe that…………………..<br /> A. life on earth can’t be improved withouth the atom.<br /> B. power from the atom is the best form of power.<br /> C. they have known all about the atom<br /> D. it is possible to make better use of atomic energy<br /> III. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word.<br /> A postman’s job is sometimes difficult, (1)_____________ it is also meaningful and rewarding. Every<br /> morning (2)_____________ Sundays and holidays, he (3)_____________ at the post office (4)_____________ to get<br /> the mail. Carrying his mail (5)_____________on his shoulder, he makes his (6)_____________ from building to<br /> building. On cold days, as well as (7)_____________ days, on rainy days as well as (8)_____________ days he<br /> brings good and bad (9)_____________, bills, notices and advertisement to residents of the area. With his<br /> good memory, he is even (10)_____________ to deliver wrong address letters to their owners.<br /> PART D: WRITING:<br /> I. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence given.<br /> 1. Is it all right if I come to the club with you tonight?<br />  Would you mind _____________________________________?<br /> 2. I’ve never seen such a strange film before.<br />  That is the___________________________________________<br /> 3. People say that the car driver was driving very fast at the time of the crash.<br />  The car driver _______________________________________<br /> 4. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.<br />  To ________________________________________________.<br /> II. Use the given word to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in<br /> meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word.<br /> 1. I wanted to finish my homework, so I stayed up late last night. (in)<br /> I stayed ____________________________________________________<br /> 2. Elsa doesn’t want to be given a main role in her school’s play.<br /> (rather)<br /> Elsa ______________________________________ in her school’s play.<br /> III. Write a paragraph ( 120-150 words) about the benefits of reading books.<br /> -THE END(Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm)<br /> <br /> UBND HUYỆN BÌNH XUYÊN<br /> PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO<br /> <br /> ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 2017-2018<br /> MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8<br /> Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)<br /> <br /> ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC<br /> HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ ĐÁP ÁN<br /> Total: 10 points<br /> PART A: LISTENING: 1,5 points (0.1p/correct answer)<br /> Section 1: Questions 1-3: Answer the questions below. Choose the correct letter, a, b or c.<br /> 1. A<br /> 2. B<br /> 3. A<br /> Questions 4 -10: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS<br /> AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.<br /> 4. WILLOWS<br /> 8. Credit Card<br /> <br /> 5. 07632112254<br /> 9. £360<br /> <br /> 6. 15th June<br /> 7. (Tuesday) 19th June<br /> 10. breakfast and dinner<br /> <br /> Section 2:<br /> Listen and choose the correct answer.<br /> 1. D<br /> <br /> 2. C<br /> <br /> 3. D<br /> <br /> 4. B<br /> <br /> 5. B<br /> <br /> PART B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR: 4 points (0.1p/correct answer)<br /> I. Choose ONE word whose stress pattern is different from the others.<br /> 1. A<br /> 2. A<br /> 3. D<br /> 4. C<br /> 5. B<br /> II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.<br /> 1. A<br /> 2. A<br /> 3. B<br /> 4. D<br /> 5. C<br /> 6. B<br /> <br /> 7. C<br /> <br /> 8. C<br /> <br /> 9. A<br /> <br /> 10. D<br /> <br /> III. Identify the incorrect part out of the four underlined options (A, B, C or D) and then correct<br /> it.<br /> 1. A (so such)<br /> 2. A (used to care  is/gets used to caring OR is/gets used to taking care)<br /> 3. D (dark  darker and darker/ darker/)<br /> 4. D (was composed composed)<br /> 5. B ( can be able to  can/are able to)<br /> IV. Put the verb in brackets in correct tense or form. Write the answers on the answer sheet.<br /> 1. has been used<br /> 5. not to stay<br /> 2. was eating/were talking<br /> 6. being awarded<br /> 3. were made/ are sold<br /> 7. has seen<br /> 4. to tell<br /> 8. is always complaining<br /> V. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.<br /> 1. native<br /> 6. hospitability<br /> 2. worldwide<br /> 7. unharmed<br /> 3. alternative<br /> 8. overslept<br /> 4. spoken<br /> 9. friendship<br /> 5. sleeplessness<br /> 10. solution<br /> PART C: READING: 2.5 points (0.1p/correct answer)<br /> I. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.<br /> 1. C<br /> 2. B<br /> 3. D<br /> 4. C<br /> 5. A<br /> 6. B<br /> 7. D<br /> 8. A<br /> 9. C<br /> 10. D<br /> <br />