đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh lớp 8

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN LAI VUNG

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8
NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 07/12/2014

(Đề thi gồm 07 trang)

(Phần này dành cho hội đồng chấm thi)
Điểm
từng phần

Điểm bài thi
Bằng số

Câu I:..............
Câu II:….........

Bằng chữ

STT
(do hội đồng
chấm thi ghi)

Giám khảo 1:

+ Chữ ký: __________________
+ Họ và tên: ________________

Câu III:...........
Câu IV:...........
Câu V: ...........
Tổng:..............

Số phách
(do hội đồng
chấm thi ghi)

Giám khảo 2:

+ Chữ ký: __________________
+ Họ và tên: ________________

I. LISTENING (2,0 marks)
A. Listen to what Sheila Brooks says about her village and decide whether the statements
are true (T) or false (F), put a tick ( ) in the correct column. (1 mark)
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Content
Sheila lives in a small village near Henfield.

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Villagers have to queue in shops or banks.

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The village is always kept clean.

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There is no heavy traffic, so the air is clean, too.

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Villagers are very friendly and helpful.

T

F

B. Listen to the CD player twice and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each
question. (1,0 mark)
1. Which of the following can be a group leader?
A. The biggest and strongest adult male gorilla.
B. A female gorilla
C. The biggest adult female gorilla
D. A grown-up gorilla
2. Which whom do baby gorillas sleep at night?
A. Their sisters.
B. Their mothers
C. Their fathers
D. Their mothers and sisters
3. Why do hunters kill mountain gorillas?
A. For their skin.

B. For their nests.
C. For the trees they live in.
D. For food.
4. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Mountain gorillas live in Africa.
B. Scientists study gorillas and show a different picture of mountain gorillas.
C. Life for mountain gorillas is peaceful.
D. A gorilla sometimes eats worms.
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5. What can be learned from the passage?
A. Mountain gorillas are not as dangerous as they look.
B. Mountain gorillas live in group.
C. Mountain gorillas eat mainly plants.
D. All of A, B, and C are correct.
ANSWERS:
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II. PHONETICS (1,0 mark)
A. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others. (0,4 mark)
1. A. graduation

B. agricultural
C. industrial
D. recommend
2. A. collect
B. machine
C. practise
D. polite
ANSWERS:
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B. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
(0,6 mark)
1. A. watched
B. reduced
C. coughed
D. caused
2. A. cool
B. flood
C. food
D. moon
3. A. without
B. through
C. math
D. enthusiasm
ANSWERS:
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III. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY: (7,0 marks)
A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence and write it in the box
below. (2,0 marks)
1. I saw her ________ the flowers in the garden.
A. watering
B. watered
C. be watered
D. is watering
2. Mr. Pike ________ the most famous archaeologist in our city.
A. says to be
B. is said to be
C. is said that
D. said to be
3. Jason told me that he________ his best in the exam the________ day.
A. had done/following
B. will do/previous
C. would do/following
D. was going/previous
4. The government has ________ measures to promote the development of the economy.
A. achieved
B. made
C. carried
D. taken
5. She is ________ to understand the matter.
A. enough intelligent
B. so intelligent
C. too intelligent

D. intelligent enough
6. I knew they were talking about me ________ they stopped when I entered the room.
A. so that
B. therefore
C. because
D. although
7. The Internet is a very fast and convenient way for people to ________information.
A. achieve
B. get
C. do
D. make
8. Many young people want to work for this organization, ________?
A. don’t they
B. doesn’t it
C. didn’t they
D. does it
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9. Her illness was ________ we thought at first.
A. much serious than
B. the more serious than
C. much more seriously than
D. much more serious than
10. The bomb ________ with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.
A. got in
B. put out
C. went off
D. threw away
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B. There is ONE mistake in each sentence. Find the mistake and write your correction in
the space provided below. (1,0 mark)
0. The boy took a long ladder in order to getting the ball from the roof.
0. getting  get

1. Driving on the left made my daughter very surprising when she first visited London.
2. Paul was such disappointed with his examination results that he was sad all week.
3. You had better learning a foreign language before applying for a job.
4. Americans and Asians have very difference ideas about love and marriage.
5. Your windows need to clean. Would you like me to do them for you?
ANSWERS:

MISTAKES
0. Getting

CORRECTED WORDS
get

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets. Write your answer in the box below.
(1,0 mark)
1. Thanks to the women's liberation women can take part in ________ activities. (society)
2. For the rest of his life, the man lived in great ________. (poor)
3. English is a ________ easy language to learn. (compare)
4. More and more women know how to ________ themselves. (beauty)
5. His parents are very________ of him. (pride)
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D. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. Write your

answer in the box below. (1,0 mark)
Last Sunday morning, while I ________ (1- clean) the floor, the telephone rang. It
was John, who used to study with me at high school, and now he ________ (2- study)
medicine at London University. I ________ (3- not/hear) from him until last week. He said
that he ________ (4- just/pass) the exam and ________ (5- have) a party next week.
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E. Write a suitable preposition for each sentence in the box below: (1,0 mark)
1. How much money do you spend ________ food each week?
2. Her grandfather died ________ lung cancer.
3. I can’t go ________ walking. Can we stop and have a short rest?
4. She said that she had been doing her homework ________8 o’clock.
5. Tom likes taking part ________ sports, so he will join the football team of his school.
ANSWERS:
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F. Fill each blank with a suitable article: “ a/ an/ the” or “ X”. Write your answer in the
box below. (1,0 mark)
1. Can anyone give me ________ hand, please because I have just fallen over?
2. We can finish the rest of the bread for ________ breakfast.
3. During the flood, Army helicopters came and tried to evacuate ________ injured.
4. He is out of ________ work now, so he can’t afford to buy a car.
5. I like sitting in ________ garden beside this well to watch the moon.
ANSWERS:
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IV. READING: (4,0 marks)
A. Read the passage below carefully and write the best answer A, B, C or D in the box
below: (2,0 marks)
To many people, their friends are the most important in their life. Really good
friends always (1)________ joys and sorrows with you and never turn their backs
(2)________ you. Your best friend may be someone you have known all your life or

someone you have (3) ________ up with. There are all sorts of things that can (4)________
about this special relationship. It may be the result of enjoying the (5)________activities
and sharing experiences. Most of us have met someone that we have immediately felt
(6)________ with as if we had known for (7) ________ However, it really (8) ________
you years to get to know someone well (9) ________ to consider your best friend. To the
majority of us, this is someone we trust completely an (10) ________ understands us better
than anyone else. It's the person you can tell him or her your most intimate secrets.
1. A. give
2. A. on
3. A. caught
4. A. cause
5. A. somehow
6. A. interesting
7. A. ages
8. A. occupies
9. A. too
10. A. whose

B. spend
B. with
B. turned
B. provide
B. same
B. relaxed
B. time
B. costs
B. such
B. who

C. share

C. down
C. grown
C. result
C. equivalent
C. enjoyable
C. century
C. takes
C. so
C. whom

D. have
D. behind
D. lived
D. bring
D. equal
D. fun
D. long
D. spends
D. enough
D. which
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ANSWERS:
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B. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word:
(1,0 mark)
My brother, who is seven years older (1)________ I am, once decided to take me
with him on a trip up the river. We went to a collective farm far from the place where we
lived. My brother wanted to stay there for a (2) ________ days.
We were tired when we got to the farm. The weather was warm and I told my brother
that I’d like to go (3) ________ a swim in the river. He said that although it seemed hot, the
water in the river was still cold. “I’m afraid”, he said that “You’ll fall ill”. But the idea of
cold water didn’t frighten me. “That’s nonsense”. I thought and took (4) ________my
clothes and jumped into the water. But the water was so cold that I couldn’t even move. So I
got out of the water as fast as (5) ________. My brother was right I caught a cold and lay in
bed the whole week.
ANSWERS:
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C. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the questions below: (1,0
mark)
The most usual way to entertain friends at home is to invite them for a meal, either in
the evening or at lunchtime on a Sunday. In smaller communities, for example a country
village, people also invite each other for a drink before a meal, for morning coffee or
afternoon tea.
When guests are invited for a meal, they often sit and chat while they have a drink
before the meal, and coffee is usually served afterwards. Several friends are sometimes
invited at once to make a small party. These parties are almost always informal. Formal
occasions, when written invitations are sent out and people dress formally, rarely take place
in people’s homes, although they did in the past.
Larger parties are arranged to celebrate a particular event. Children’s birthdays are
often celebrated with a tea party for the child’s friends. The meal will often be followed by
party games. Parties are held to celebrate a person’s coming of age (formerly at 21 but now
at 18), a couple’s silver wedding anniversary (after 25 years of marriage), a couple’s
engagement and New Year’s Eve. In the USA a person’s 40th birthday is often marked with
a special celebration. A house- warming party is sometimes held to invite friends to one’s
new home.
In summer, if the weather is fine, people may hold a barbecue in the garden. A much
grander, more formal occasion is a garden party, held in the afternoon, when tea is served.
1. When are written invitations sent out?
A. On formal occasions.
B. On a Sunday morning.
C. On informal occasions.

D. On a Sunday evening.
2. Nowadays, parties are held to celebrate a person’s coming of age when they are______.
A. 40
B. 18
C. 21
D. 25
3. What is the purpose of a house-warming party?
A. To mark a person’s 40th birthday.
B. To celebrate a couple’s wedding anniversary.
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C. To entertain the child’s friends.
D. To invite friends to one’s new home.
4. The word “grander” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______.
A. more pleasant
B. more important
C. more convenient
D.more exciting
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People don’t invite each other for a drink before a meal in a country village.
B. People often hold garden parties on informal occasions.
C. People often sit and chat before a meal they are invited for.
D. People don’t hold any parties to celebrate a particular event.
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V. WRITING: (6,0 marks)
A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it. (1,5 marks)
1. They believe he is mad.
 He _________________________________________________________________.
2. I can’t cook as well as my mother can.
 My mother __________________________________________________________.
3. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it.
 The furniture was not __________________________________________________.
4. It’s a six – hour drive from London to Edinburgh.
 It takes _____________________________________________________________.
5. I last saw Bob when I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
I haven't ____________________________________________________________.
B. Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new
sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. Do NOT change the form of these words.(1,5 marks)
1. Could you possibly help me with this box? (MIND)
____________________________________________________________________.
2. He usually went swimming when he lived in the countryside. (USED)
____________________________________________________________________.
3. “Did you love the detective film last night, Mary?” asked Tom. (IF)
____________________________________________________________________.
4. I study hard this year so as to pass the entrance exam to the university. (SO THAT)
____________________________________________________________________.
5. He spoke too quickly for me to understand. (ENOGH)

_______________________________________________________________________.
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C. Paragraph writing. (3.0 marks)
Write a paragraph to describe a popular celebration in Vietnam that you like best.
(You should write within 120 - 150 words)
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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN LAI VUNG

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ THANG ĐIỂM
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8
NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm có 02 trang)
I. LISTENING (2,0 marks)
A. (0,2 x 5) = 1,0m
1
F

2
F

3
T

4
F

5
T

B. (0.2 x 5) = 1.0m
1
A

2
B

3
D

4
C

5
D

II. PHONETICS (1,0 mark)
A. (0,2 x 2) = 0,4 m
1
C

2
C

B. (0,2 x 3) = 0,6 m
1
D

2
B

3
A

III. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY: (7,0 marks)
A. (0,2 x 10) = 2,0ms
1
2
3
A
B
C

4
D

B. (0,2 x 5) = 1,0m
MISTAKES
0. Getting
1. Surprising
2. Such
3. Learning
4. Difference
5. to clean
C. (0,2 x 5) = 1,0m
1
social

2
poverty

D. (0,2 x 5) = 1,0m
1
2
was cleaning
is studying
E. (0,2 x 5) = 1,0m
1
On

2
of

5
D

6
C

7
B

8
A

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D

10
C

CORRECTED WORDS
get
surprised
so
learn
different
to be cleaned / cleaning
3
comparatively
3
had not heard
3
on

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beautify

5
proud

4
5
had just passed would have
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since

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in
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F. (0,2 x 5) = 1,0m
1
A

2
X

3
the

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X

5
the

IV. READING: (4,0 marks)
A. 0,2 x 10 = 2,0ms
1
2
3
C
A
C

4
D

B. 0,2 x 5 = 1,0m
1
Than

few

C. 0,2 x 5 = 1,0m
1
A

2
B

5
B

6
B

2

7
A
3

8
C

9
D

10
B

for

4
off

5
possible

3
D

4
B

5
C

V. WRITING: (6,0 marks)
A. 0,3 x 5 = 1,5ms
1. He is believed to be mad.
2. My mother can cook better than me / I can.
3. The furniture was not cheap enough for me to buy.
4. It takes six hours to drive from London to Edinburgh.
5. I haven't seen Bob since I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
B. 0,3 x 5 = 1,5ms
1. Would you mind helping me with this box?

2. He used to go swimming when he lived in the countryside.
3. Tom asked Mary if she had loved the detective film the night before/the previous night.
4. I study hard this year so that I can pass the entrance exam to the university.
5. He didn’t speak slowly enough for me to understand.
C. Paragraph writing. (3,0 marks)
Write a paragraph to describe a popular celebration in Vietnam that you like best.
(You should write within 120 - 150 words)
1. Content: 50% of total mark: a provision of all main ideas and details as appropriate
2. Language: 30% of total mark: a variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the
level of English language gifted lower -secondary school students
3. Presentation: 20% of total mark: coherence, cohesion, and style appropriate to the level
of English language gifted lower-secondary school students.
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