Hoc sinh gioi Anh 8-2006-2007

Phòng giáo dục Tiên Lãng
Đề thi học sinh giỏi
Năm học 2006 2007
Môn tiếng Anh lớp 8
( Thời gian 150p không kể thời gian giao đề )
Trờng : .............................................Lớp : ...................
Họ và tên : ............................Sinh ngày ......tháng ......năm ...........
Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị số 1 :..............................................
Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị số 2 :...............................................
Số phách ............................. SBD :
Số phách ...................Điểm : bằng số : .............bằng chữ : ...................
Họ tên, chữ ký giám khảo 1 :..............................................
Họ tên, chữ ký giám khảo 2 :..............................................
I . Listening : Listen to the passage , then decide the statements TRUE (T), FALSE (F)
or NO INFORMATION (NI) ( 8 ps )
1. ...........Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland .
2. ...........The Edinburgh Festival is a month long .
3. ...........The Edinburgh Festival is in October .
4. ...........Actors come to the Edinburgh Festival from lots of different countries .
5. ...........You can hear music all day .
6. ...........More than ten thousand students come to the Edinburgh Festival every year .
7. ...........It is expensive to go to the theater in Edinburgh .
8. ...........It is usually more difficult to see famous actors in London than in Edinburgh .
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences ( 20ps )
1. Every one .................. clean his or her teeth after meal.
A. ought B. ought to C. ought not D. not to
2. There is an examination ................... Monday, 9
th
of May .
A. in B. to C. at D. on
3. Some insects can ..................... disease .

A. cause B. make C. produce D. send
4. Her plane ............... at the airport right now .
A. arrived B. was arriving C. has arrived D. is arriving
5. Could you ................ me a favor ?
A. to do B. do C. doing D. done
6. This one is the ........................ expensive of the three.
A. best B. good C. more D. most
7. Shannon never thought .................. it again.
A. about B. to C. for D. at
8. A milkman is a man who .................... milk.
A. gives B. delivers C. buys D. sells
9. I would like ..................... cheese than this .
A. fewer B. less C. such D. many
10. Last summer, my cousin ...................... himself a new car.
A. buys B. bought C. will buy D. buyed
11. Mr Lam has just gone to Nha Trang. He has never ................... there before .
A. was B. being C. went D. been
12. Thank you very much .................... the Christmas gift .
A. after B. about C. with D. for
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13. Last summer Mr Andrew went to Italy. He was ............... Italy last summer .
A. at B. to C. in D. on
14. Shannon sings better than everybody else in this group ..............
A. does B. do C. don’t D. sing
15. My mother .................... to stay with us next weekend .
A. is coming B. will have come C. comes D. would come
16. Mr Lam could do nothing. He couldn’t do ........................ .
A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
17. I ..................... you until 10:00 pm .
A. attended for B. expected for C. waited for D. hoped

18. Mr Jones has ................... .
A. very large garden B. a garden very
large
C. garden very large D. a very large
garden
19. Dad ......... home for dinner this evening .
A. don’t be B. won’t be C. not be D. am not be
20. Let’s go to the cinema, ............... ?
A. are we B. do we C. shall we D. have we
21. Do you know who .................... penicillin ?
A. discovered B. was discovered C. did discover D. discoveries
22. Last night I .................. television when the phone rang .
A. watched B. was watching C. have watched D. was watched
III. Choose the word with the underlined part is different from the others ( 5 ps )
1. A. overhead B. teammate C. speaker D. bean
2. A. challenging B. fetch C. brochure D. chocolate
3. A. arrive B. separate C. marine D. award
4. A. ranger B. sugar C. religious D. giant
5. A. jolly B. liquify C. army D. crystal
IV. Give the correct verb forms of the words in the blankets to complete these sentences
.( 10 ps )
1. Last night when we ( visit ) ........................... him, he ( do ) ........................... an
experiment on the upstairs .
2. The sewing machine which you ( use ) ........................... at present
( invent ) ........................... in 1980 by a French .
3. - I ( not see ) ........................... your uncle recently .
- No. He ( not go ) ........................... out since he ( buy ) ........................... a
new color TV .
4. - Do you know what the pudding ( make ) ........................... from ?
- I am not sure. My mother often ( cook ) ........................... it at Christmas,

but I never ( ask ) ........................... her about it.
V. Choose the best option to complete each sentence ( 10 ps )
1. Nam gets up early so as ( that revise/ to revise ) his lessons .
2. Liz said that she ( will send / would send) me some information about her school.
3. Linh asked me ( if I read/ did I read ) books before going to bed every night .
4. His car has the same color ( as / like ) my uncle’s .
5. She has waited for you ( for / since ) a quarter to six .
6. I’d rather you ( not to spend / didnt spend ) too much time on computer games .
7. After studying new materials, the student could ( rise / raise ) his score by 20
points .
8. Mrs Hoa divided the candies ( between / among ) her three children .
9. Is it ( able / possible ) to get to Nha Trang from here ?
10. The Browns haven’t visited Ha Long Bay ( yet / already )
VI. Choose the best option to fill in each blank to complete the following passage ( 10
ps )
Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new
technological age. But actually the idea for a computer (1) .................. worked out over
two centuries ago by a man (2) .................. Charles Babbage.
Babbage was born (3) .................. 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He
drew up plans for several calculating machines (4) .................. he called “engines”. But
despite the fact he (5) .................. building some of these he never finished any of them.
Over the years people have agued (6) .................. his machines would ever work.
Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building (7) ..................
engine based on one of Babbage’s designs. (8) .................. has taken six years to
complete and more (9) .................. four thousand parts have been specially made.
Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the
Science Museum (10) .................. remind people of Babbage’s work.
1. A. has B. was C. had D. is
2. A. known B. recognized C. written D. called
3. A. on B. in C. by D. for

4. A. whose B. who C. these D. which
5. A. wanted B. made C. started D. missed
6. A.until B. whether C. while D. though
7. A. some B. the C. an D. that
8. A. One B. He C. They D. It
9. A. than B. therefore C. when D. then
10.A. to B. as C. for D. so
VII . There are 10 mistakes in the following passage, underline the mistakes and
correct them (10ps)
In 1783 , two French brothers built the first balloon to take people into the air. One
hundred and twenty years lately, in 1903, the Wright brothers built the first plane with an
engine and flied in it. This was in the United States. Then, in 1918, the US Post Office
begun the first airmail service. Aeroplanes changed a much in the next thirty years. Then,
in 1950s, aeroplanes became many faster because they had jet engines. In 1976, Concorde
was building in the UK and France. It is the faster passenger plane in the world and it
could fly at 2500 kilometers an hour, so the journey in London to New York is only four
hours. Today millions of people travel on aeroplane, and it is difficult to think of a world
without them.`
1. ................. 2.................... 3..................... 4..................... 5..................
6.................... 7................... 8..................... 9..................... 10................
VIII. Give the correct forms of the given words to complete the sentences (10ps)
1. I live in a small village and its ........................ are very beautiful. SURROUND
2. The world of computers is extremely ................. . COMPETE
3. What is the ....................... of Thomas Edison ? NATION
4. D.E. Huges was the ..................... of microphone. INVENT
5. Discovering penicillin made Sir Alexander Fleming .................... all over the
world . FAME
6. What is your ...................... for designing this house ? SUGGEST
7. Is PETRONAS Twin Towers the ..................... building in the world ? HIGH
8. You don’t hav to do that work. In other words, it’s ................... for you .

NECESSITY
9. There are a lot of ............... festivals in Vietnam. TRADITION
10. You must make a quick ...................about who wins the contest. DECIDE
IX. Use the promts to rewrite the sentences with the same meanings(5ps)
1. France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
- The Statue ..................................................................................................
2. “ Do you know the name of the person who first climbed Mount Everest ?” ,he said
- He asked me .............................................................................................
3. She last ate this kind of food in January .
- She hasn’t ..................................................................................................
4. Walking in the rain gives my brother pleasure .
- My brother enjoys .....................................................................................
5. Have you ever played a computer game before ?
- Is this .................................................................................................. ?
X. Use the given words or phrases to make complete sentences ( 10ps )
1. You/know/who invent/ ballpoint pen ?
.....................................................................................................................
2. When/I/primary school/teacher/make/me/write/fountain-pen.
.....................................................................................................................
3. At/time/I/prefer/use/ballpoint pen .
.....................................................................................................................
4. Ballpoint pens/use/to /very expensive/when/first introduce/Vietnam.
.....................................................................................................................
5. Father/say/ballpoint pen/used cost/some VND
.....................................................................................................................
6. Big/ Frech company/make/ballpoint pens/call/Bic .
.....................................................................................................................
7.How many/ballpoint pens/produce/world each year ?
.....................................................................................................................
8.Ballpoint pens/use/widely/than fountain-pens.

.....................................................................................................................
9. It/because/they/cheaper/and/convenient.
.....................................................................................................................
10.It/advisable/that/ children/learn/write/not use/ballpoint pens.
.....................................................................................................................
Pgd Tiªn L·ng
®¸p ¸n §Ò thi häc sinh giái
N¨m häc 2006 - 2007
M«n tiÕng Anh líp 8
( Thêi gian 150p kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò )
Tæng ®iÓm 100 ®iÓm
I. 8 ®iÓm
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. NI 7. F 8. T
II. 22 ®iÓm
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. B 10.B 11.D
12.D 13.C 14.A 15.A 16.C 17.C 18.D 19.B 20.C 21.A 22.B
III. 5 ®iÓm
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. B
IV. 10 ®iÓm
1. visited was doing 2.are using was invented
3. have not seen has not gone bought
4. is made cooks have never asked
V. 10 ®iÓm
1.to revise 2. would send 3.if I read 4. as 5. since
6.didn't spend 7. raise 8. among 9. possible 10. yet
VI. 10 ®iÓm
1. B 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. A
VII. 10 ®iÓm
1. lately - later 6. building - built
2. flied - flew 7. faster - fastest

3. begun - began 8. could - can
4. much - lot 9. in - from
5. many - much 10. on - by
VIII . 10 ®iÓm
1.surroundings 2.competitive 3.nationality 4.inventor 5.famous
6.suggestion 7.highest 8.unnesessary 9.traditional 10.decision
IX. 5 ®iÓm
1. The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States by France in 1876.
2. He asked me if I knew the name of the person who had first climbed Mount Everest .
3. She hasn't eaten this kind of food sin January .
4. My brother enjoys walking in the rain .
5. Is this the first time you have ever played a computer game ?
X. 10 ®iÓm
1. Do you know who invented ballpoint pen ?
2. When I was in/at primary school, my teacher made me write with a fountain-pen .
3. At that time I prefered to use a ballpoint pen .
4. Ballpoint pens used to be very expensive when they were first inroduced in/into
Vietnam .
5. My father said that a ballpoint pen used to cost some VND .
6. The big French company which makes ballpoint pens is called Bic .
7. How many ballpoint pens are produced in the world each year ?
8. Ballpoint pens are ( being ) used more widely than fountain-pens.
9. It is because they are cheaper and more convenient .
10. It is advisable that children who are learning to write shouldn't use ballpoint pens .