Đề ôn thi HSG số 4 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 8

Đề 4
PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI
HUYỆN
TRƯỜNG THCS THANH MAI
2015

ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC CẤP
NĂM HỌC: 2014 –
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8
(Thời gian làm bài: 120

phút)
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.
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
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
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. do they
B. don’t they
C. doesn’t he
D. does he
II. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0pts)
1. The ……… in his province is very dramatic.
(LAND)
2. After taking an aspirin, her headache ………..
(APPEAR)
3. There are many cultural ………. between the city and the country.
(DIFFER)
4. The ……….. charged me 50.000 VND for each room.
(DECORATE)
5. The temple was built by the local …….. over 100 years ago.
(INHABIT)
6. Angkor Wat was …………. built to honor a Hindu God.
(ORIGIN)
7. The town now becomes the Buddhist …center of the whole country.
(RELIGION)


8. Ha Long Bay is in ………….. Viet Nam.
(NORTH)

9. This knife is …………. – it can't cut anything.
(USE)
10. Mr. Thanh is having a ……….. for his bad back.
(TREAT)
III. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (0.2 x 5 =1.0pt)
1. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ____________ through the text ?
2. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) __________ in next
week”
3. The film ( begin) ___________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ?
4. The pens( produce ) _________by Thien Long Company are usually cheap
and good.
5. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I’d rather you ( sit ) __________ over there”
IV. Fill each gap of the following sentences with a suitable preposition:
( 0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt)
1. This restaurant is famous ....................... Chinese food.
2. The ambulance will be there ...................... about 5 minutes.
3. Bobby started school ....................... the age of five.
4. Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go .....................
5. They are traveling to the airport......................... a bus.
PART FOUR: READING: ( 0.2 x 25 = 5.0pts)
I.Read the passage and choose one correct answer to fill in each blank:
(10 x 0,2 = 2 pts)
Most people think......(1)........computers are very modern inventions,
products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had
been worked out over 2 centuries ago by a man .....(2)......Charles Babbage.
Babbge was born ….........(3)........ 1791 and grew.........(4).......to be a brilliant
mathematican. He ...........(5)........ up plans for several calculating machines
which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he .........(6).........building
some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have
argued.......(7)...... his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the

Science Museum in London has finished building engine based ..........(8)...... of
the Babbage's designs. ..............(9)..........has taken 6 years to complete and
more than 4 thousand parts have been specially made.
Whether it works or not, the machine will...............(10)......... on show at
a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's
work.
1. A. that
B. from
C. in
D. up
2. A. known
B. called
C. recognized
D. written
3. A. about
B. around
C. in
D. at
4. A. down
B. up
C. along
D. across
5. A. wrote
B drew
C. took
D. made
6. A. wanted
B. started
C. made
D. missed

7. A. until
B. though
C. why
D. whether
8. A. on
B. off
C. in
D. out
9. A. He
B. One
C. It
D. They
10. A. come
B. be
C. take
D. carry
II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only ONE word in each space. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly
or play the piano. There (2) _________________ important differences, but
there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things
needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something.
You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________ know. For
example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______________ to fly
an aeroplane. A (6) ___________ can give you lots of information about how to
fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _____________ without a great
deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is
true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read

about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10)
_________________ first?
Write your answers here:
III. Read the passage and choose the item(A, B, C or D) that best answers
each of the questions about it.( 0.2 x 5 = 1.0pt)
Hue is the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam during the time of the
Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945). It is comfortably reached by plane or train from
Hanoi. But it takes up to 14 hours to get to Hue from Hanoi if you travel by bus.
On the South bank of the famous Huong River, opposite the Ancient Citadel
and around the Le Loi and Hung Vuong Streets is where the majority of Hue’s
hotels, restaurants and tourist services are located and this makes it easy for you
to find everything you will need to maximize the enjoyment of your stay in the
Imperial City.
Many people hire motorcycles or bicycles to visit the historical sights and
monuments there but it is possible to walk, or to take a taxi or cyclo, too.
1. What does the word ‘ancient’ in line 1 mean?
A. of the present time
C. liked by a lot of people
B. very old
D. not special or unusual
2. Hue can be reached by______ .
A. plane
B. train
C. bus
D. all are correct
3. Where is the Ancient Citadel?
A. On the South bank of the Huong river.
C. On Hung Vuong Street.
B. On the North bank of the Huong river.
D. No information

4. We can visit the historical sights and monuments there _____ .
A. by motorcycle or bicycle
C. on foot
B. by taxi or cyclo
D. all are correct
5. Which of the following is not true?


A. Hue used to be the imperial capital of Vietnam.
B. We can travel to Hue by train or by plane.
C. It’s comfortable to travel to Hue by bus.
D. Most of Hue’s hotels and restaurants are on the South bank of the Huong
river.
PART FIVE: WRITING: ( 5pts)
I. Circle the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs
correcting and then correct it. (0.2 x 5 =1.0 pt)
Your corrections
1.Every morning I spend about an hour to read the
1…………………….
newspaper
A
B
C
D
2…………………….
2.Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to
the
3…………………….
A
B

C
D
4……………………..
hospital.
3. Her grandmother has a big beautiful old brown table. 5…………………….
A
B
C
D
4. I washed my hands, although they still looked dirty.
A B
C
D
5. Keep the cheeses freshly by wrapping each one
individually.
A
B
C
D
II. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (0.4 x 5 = 2.0 pts)
1. Although Mrs. Lan was ill, she still came to the meeting.
=>
In
spite
…………………………………………………………………………
2. “ You shouldn’t spend your weekend in this city next month.” She said.
=>
She
advised

me…………………………………………………………………
3. I would prefer you to stop smoking immediately.
=>
I’d
rather………………………………………………………………………..
4. It is not necessary for you to finish it by Saturday.
=>
You……………………………………………………………………………..
5. I haven’t seen him for two weeks.
=> The last time
I………………………………………………………………….