Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 8 năm 2017-2018 - Phòng GD&ĐT Tam Dương

PHÒNG GD&ĐT TAM DƯƠNG<br /> ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC<br /> <br /> GIAO LƯU CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8<br /> NĂM HỌC 2017-2018<br /> ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH<br /> Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)<br /> Đề thi này gồm 06 trang<br /> <br /> PART A: LISTENING<br /> I. You are going to hear a conversation between a hotel receptionist and a customer who has come<br /> to make a booking. An example has been done for you.<br /> Question 1-6<br /> Hotel Information<br /> Example answer<br /> Name of accommodation:<br /> <br /> (0) Carlton Hotel<br /> <br /> Length of stay:<br /> Ages of children:<br /> Rooms available:<br /> Price inclusive of:<br /> Payment method:<br /> <br /> 3 nights<br /> <br /> Name:<br /> Date of birth:<br /> Address:<br /> Post code:<br /> Telephone:<br /> <br /> Michael (3) _________________<br /> (4) _________________1968<br /> 273, Stanton Court, London.<br /> (5) _________________<br /> (6) _________________<br /> <br /> (1) _________________<br /> Two en-suites at £270<br /> (2) _________________<br /> credit card<br /> <br /> Questions 7-10<br /> Transport Options<br /> Mode of<br /> Transport<br /> <br /> Cost<br /> <br /> Arrangements<br /> <br /> Travel time to<br /> town<br /> <br /> Taxi<br /> <br /> Approximately<br /> (7) £ ________<br /> <br /> Pick up from the hotel 10 minutes<br /> <br /> Bus<br /> <br /> £2 per person<br /> <br /> Walk down Oak Tree 15 minutes<br /> (8) ________<br /> <br /> Walking<br /> <br /> Walk through<br /> (9) ________<br /> <br /> (10) ________<br /> <br /> II. Listening: Questions 1–6: you will hear an interview with a student called Sarah Mercer, who is<br /> planning to become a weather forecaster. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B or C.<br /> 1. Why did Sarah first become interested in the weather?<br /> A. She studied weather in school science lessons.<br /> B. She had experience of bad weather where she lived.<br /> C. She saw programmes about weather on TV.<br /> 1<br /> <br /> 2. Who encouraged Sarah’s interest in the weather at home?<br /> A. her mother<br /> B. her father<br /> C. her grandfather<br /> 3. Pupils at Sarah’s school club__________.<br /> A. produced a book about the weather<br /> B. provided information to the school for projects<br /> C. set up equipment for studying the weather<br /> 4. What mistake did Sarah’s family make during a sailing trip?<br /> A. They didn’t recognise signs of bad weather coming.<br /> B. They hadn’t made preparations for bad weather.<br /> C. They failed to check weather forecasts regularly.<br /> 5. Sarah thinks in future she’d like to__________.<br /> A. work in the area of sport<br /> B. be on TV weather programmes C. travel abroad for her job<br /> 6. What kind of weather does Sarah like best?<br /> A. When the sun is shining<br /> B. When it’s raining hard<br /> C. When there’s fogBottom of Form<br /> PART B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR<br /> I. Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank.<br /> 1. When was Cuc Phuong forest _________Cuc Phuong National Park?<br /> A. built<br /> B. named<br /> C. born<br /> 2. Without plants, water would run off and take away________ soil.<br /> A. poisonous<br /> B. bad<br /> C. forest<br /> 3. __________ of our poor condition, we tried to cure the injured dolphin.<br /> A. Despite<br /> B. Because<br /> C. In spite<br /> 4. There’s a _________ look on his face. I’m _________ of him indeed.<br /> A. frightening/scared<br /> B. frightening/scaring<br /> C. frightened/ scaring<br /> D. frightened/scared<br /> 5. My mother has a ________ for a bargain.<br /> A. big nose<br /> B. fast foot<br /> C. good eye<br /> 6. Everyday my boss gets his car ________ , so it looks very beautiful.<br /> A. to be cleaned<br /> B. cleaned<br /> C. be cleaned<br /> 7. My daughter isn’t ________ to go to school alone.<br /> A. enough old<br /> B. old enough<br /> C. young enough<br /> 8. Karate hurt my hands at first, but I finally ________ it.<br /> A. was used<br /> B. got used to<br /> C. used to<br /> 9. I’d rather you ________ smoke in here.<br /> A. do not<br /> B. didn’t<br /> C. won’t<br /> <br /> D. developed<br /> D. valuable<br /> D. Although<br /> <br /> D. keen sense<br /> D. cleaning<br /> D. enough young<br /> D. got use to<br /> D. doesn’t<br /> <br /> II. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters.<br /> 1. Their children have quite________ characters.<br /> DIFFERENCE<br /> 2. Some guests arrived ________ and caused trouble to the hostess.<br /> EXPECT<br /> 3. Mr. Jane runs his business very________.<br /> SUCCESS<br /> 4. Ba reads short stories in English every day to ________ his vocabulary.<br /> RICH<br /> 5. He takes ________ in his father.<br /> PROUND<br /> 6. Is there anything ________ on TV tonight?<br /> INTEREST<br /> 7. What is the correct ________ of this word?<br /> PRONOUNCE<br /> 8. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local ________ . ORPHAN<br /> 9. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________ .<br /> COMFORT<br /> 10. In electronics, we learn to repair ________ appliances.<br /> HOUSE<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <br /> III. You are going to read a newspaper article about a young boy’s disappearance. In most lines of<br /> the text there is one unnecessary word. Write the unnecessary word in the space provided after<br /> each line. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (¥). There are two examples at the<br /> beginning (0).<br /> Boy found ‘dinosaur-hunting’<br /> A three-year-old boy who went missing at a remote beauty spot<br /> <br /> _________00<br /> <br /> had spent the night was huddled under a bush, his rescuers said<br /> <br /> __________0<br /> <br /> last weekend. Cameron Munro was found as safe and well by a<br /> <br /> __________1<br /> <br /> rescue dog and his handler after about going missing for more than<br /> <br /> __________2<br /> <br /> 16 hours. He had disappeared at the Highland or beauty spot, the<br /> <br /> __________3<br /> <br /> Falls of Shin, near by Dornoch, Sutherland, at around 4.30pm last<br /> <br /> __________4<br /> <br /> Saturday, and was found the next few day about half a mile away.<br /> <br /> __________5<br /> <br /> Flight Sergeant Al Sylvester, from among RAF Kinloss, one of 34<br /> <br /> __________6<br /> <br /> RAF rescuers who had spent the night searching for the boy, said:<br /> <br /> __________7<br /> <br /> “He was perfectly fine. He wasn’t hurt or upset not at all. He was<br /> <br /> __________8<br /> <br /> talking to himself about whole dinosaurs, and he had been looking<br /> <br /> __________9<br /> <br /> for dinosaurs in the woods when he did went missing.<br /> <br /> __________10<br /> <br /> Examples: 00. √<br /> <br /> 0. was<br /> <br /> PART C: READING<br /> I. You are going to read a text taken from a magazine for youngsters. Some words are missing from<br /> it. Choose the most appropriate answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1-9) in the text.<br /> Hot-air ballooning Over 150 balloons will be floating over Bristol in August – it’s sure to be a<br /> breathtaking sight. The International Balloon Fiesta at Bristol is a unique (1) ______ and becoming more<br /> popular every year. Balloonists from all around the world will be (2) ______ here for three days. They’ll<br /> be (3) ______ two spectacular takeoffs at 6am and 6pm on (4) ______ day of the Fiesta. Some balloons<br /> take only a single pilot while others can carry up (5) ______ eight passengers. You can also see an<br /> original, old-fashioned balloon being (6) ______ and raised by gas – a process which costs £4,000. Also<br /> on site will be clowns and stalls, as well as a funfair and helicopter rides. A preview is being (7) ______<br /> at Durham Downs, Bristol, on July 28, when the balloons are laid out for inspection. At (8) ______ they<br /> will take off together with the flames from the burners lighting up the balloons and (9) ______ them glow<br /> in the night as they rise into the air.<br /> 1. A. occasion<br /> 2. A. collecting<br /> 3. A. staging<br /> 4. A. the<br /> 5. A. over<br /> 6. A. illuminated<br /> 7. A. seen<br /> 8. A. dusk<br /> 9. A. causing<br /> <br /> B. event<br /> B. grouping<br /> B. producing<br /> B. each<br /> B. along<br /> B. inflated<br /> B. taken<br /> B. noon<br /> B. trying<br /> <br /> C. celebration<br /> C. gathering<br /> C. preparing<br /> C. first<br /> C. from<br /> C. infected<br /> C. held<br /> C. once<br /> C. expecting<br /> <br /> D. eventual<br /> D. organising<br /> D. supplying<br /> D. all<br /> D. to<br /> D. installed<br /> D. advised<br /> D. last<br /> D. making<br /> <br /> 3<br /> <br /> II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the questions.<br /> Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course,<br /> that an illness or accident does not kill it prematurely. The most familiar outward signs of aging may be<br /> seen in old people, such as the graying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet<br /> dog or cat include lass of playfulness and energy, a decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight<br /> graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to detect.<br /> Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more efficiently during childhood. They reach<br /> their peak at the time of maturity, or early adulthood. After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for<br /> example, gradually become lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also<br /> become rigid and more inflexible. This can make moving very painful.<br /> All the major organs of the body show signs of aging. The brain , for example, works less<br /> efficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking processes of all sorts are slowed down. Old people<br /> often have trouble in remembering recent events.<br /> One of the most serious changes of old age occurs in the arteries, the blood vessels that lead from<br /> the heart. They become thickened and constricted, allowing less blood to flow the rest of body. This<br /> condition accounts, directly or indirectly, for many of the diseases of the aged. It may, for example, result<br /> in heart attack.<br /> Aging is not a uniform process. Different parts of the body wear out at different rates. There are<br /> great differences among people in their rate of aging. Even the cells of the body differ in the way they<br /> age. The majority of cells are capable of reproducing themselves may times during the course of a<br /> lifetime. Nerve cells and muscle fibers can never be replace once they wear out.<br /> Gerontologists- scientists who study the process of aging- believe this wearing out of the body is<br /> controlled by a built- in biological time clock. They are trying to discover how this clock works so that they<br /> can slow down the process. This could give man a longer life and a great number of productive years.<br /> 1. What does the word “it” in line 2 refer to?<br /> A. aging<br /> <br /> B. a living thing<br /> <br /> C. an illness<br /> <br /> D. an accident<br /> <br /> 2. All the followings may be the outward signs of aging EXCEPT ________.<br /> A. the graying of the hair<br /> <br /> B. the wrinkling of the skin<br /> <br /> C. the decline in hearing and eyesight.<br /> <br /> D. the loss of appetite<br /> <br /> 3. When does the human body begin to lose vigor and the ability to function efficiency?<br /> A. Soon after reaching adulthood<br /> <br /> B. During childhood<br /> <br /> C. Early adulthood<br /> <br /> D. Past middle age<br /> <br /> 4. What happens to memorization when the brain begins to age?<br /> A. It works less<br /> <br /> B. It becomes forgetful<br /> <br /> C. It declines<br /> <br /> D. It slows down<br /> <br /> 5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?<br /> A. All living things grow old.<br /> B. Aging is unavoidable in any livings things.<br /> C. Plants show less signs of aging than any other living things.<br /> D. Most body parts wear out during the courses of a lifetime.<br /> 4<br /> <br /> III. You are going to read the first part of a newspaper article about gorillas in Uganda. Choose the<br /> most suitable heading from the list A - H for each part (1 - 6) of the article. There is one extra<br /> heading that you do not need to use. There is one example at the beginning (0).<br /> Gorillas in Uganda’s mist<br /> (0) BLACK furry face stared out through the branches. Wide-eyed innocence tinged with<br /> mischief. After an hour and a half of hacking through forest, I was face to face with the mountain gorillas<br /> of Uganda. For 25 minutes I gazed, transfixed, hardly daring to breathe as two youngsters played out their<br /> daily lives, seemingly oblivious to the wonder-struck intruder.<br /> (1) Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, in the south-west, hides a remarkable secret. Designated a<br /> National Park in 1991, this magical, mist-shrouded area is home to roughly 300 mountain gorillas – half<br /> the world’s population.<br /> (2) They are split into 23 groups, two of which are now habituated to human presence. The Mbare<br /> troop consists of 13 animals. The group was named after the hill – the word means rock in the local<br /> dialect – on which they were first spotted.<br /> (3) Six females and six young are led by the silverback male Ruhondezh – literally one who sleeps<br /> a lot. Ruhondezh, his back seemingly as wide as a bus, was magnificent. And it was clear that food, rather<br /> than sleep, was on his mind as we watched.<br /> (4) One minute, he munched contentedly on the vegetation while members of his family played in<br /> the branches above. The next, displaying his 8ft reach, he brought a huge branch crashing down to<br /> provide more sustenance.<br /> (5) Being so close to such impressive wild animals brings all your senses to life. In our passive,<br /> modern world, it is all too easy to lose touch with these primeval feelings. But in the heart of Africa,<br /> crouching just 15ft away, basic instincts rule. I felt a tremendous privilege at being allowed to share, even<br /> for a brief time, the lives of these gentle animals, which are on the edge of extinction.<br /> (6) To ensure their survival, the local people must feel there is some worth in keeping the gorillas.<br /> To such an end, the park authorities are currently engaged in revenue sharing. A percentage of the money<br /> raised from allowing tourists to view the gorillas is ploughed back into the community. In this way, it is<br /> hoped the gorillas will be seen as a source of income to be protected. But even so, the long-term survival<br /> of one of man’s closest relatives hangs by a thread. Poaching is still one of the biggest dangers.<br /> A. How the gorilla population is organised<br /> B. Meeting the gorillas<br /> C. The leader of the group<br /> D. The location<br /> E. Appreciation of a unique experience<br /> F. The gorillas’ reaction to seeing the author<br /> G. What is done to protect the gorillas<br /> H. What the leader of the group did<br /> Example: 0: B<br /> 5<br /> <br />