De HSNK t ANH LOP 8 PN 2017 2018 10 năm

UBND HUYỆN PHÙ NINH
PHÒNG GD&ĐT

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH NĂNG KHIẾU LỚP 8 CẤP HUYỆN

NĂM HỌC 2017-2018
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH (HỆ 10 NĂM)
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề.

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

(Đề thi có 09 trang)
Điểm
Bằng số:
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Bằng chữ:
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Họ tên, chữ kí giám khảo

Số phách

1……………………………….
2……………………………….
ĐỀ BÀI

Chú ý:
- Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.
- Phần nghe có 01 đoạn, số lần nghe là 02 lần, các yêu cầu bằng Tiếng Anh, đầu đoạn có phần
nhạc dạo và thời gian trống là 30 giây để thí sinh đọc yêu cầu của bài tập, giữa hai lần nghe
có thời gian trống là 10 giây.

- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển.
SECTION 1. LISTENING:
Part I : Questions 1-5: You will hear 5 short conversations.You will hear each conversation
twice. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1-5, put (ü) a tick under the
right answer.
Example: O How many people were at the meeting?
A. 3
B. 13
C. 30 (ü)
1. What will they eat for dinner this evening?

2. What time is it?

3. What’s Michelle going to read?

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4. How much did the ticket cost?

5. Where is the chemist’s?

Write your answers here:

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Part II : Questions 1-5 : Listen to Kate telling about her family.
Where is each person going today? For questions 1-5, write a letter A-H next to each person.
You will hear the conversation twice.
Example: 0 Sam
Answer : B

People
Places
1. Kate’s mother
A. concert
2. Tanya
B. dentist’s
3. Len
C. driving school
4. Tom
D. golf club
5. Kate’s father
E. hairdresser’s
F. shops
G. Spanish class
H. tennis class
Write your answers here:

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Part III. You will hear a recorded message about hotels in the National Park.For each question,
fill in the missing information in the numbered blank given. ( 5 points )
HOTELS IN THE NATIONAL PARK

The Marston Hotel
Good for people who like (1) walking
If you ask, the hotel will make you a (2)…………….
The Bristol Hotel
Price includes (3) ………..
The Ferndale Hotel
Good view of (4) …………
Firtrees Hotel
Has won prizes for its (5) …………..
Price of a double room (6) ………… pounds a night.
Write your answers here:

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SECTION 2. PHONETICS
II. Pronunciation: (10 points)
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by writing
your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.
1. A. page

B. village
2. A. sugar
B. sorry
3. A. enough
B. young
4. A. sociable
B. ocean
5. A. answer
B. always
Write your answers here:

C. luggage
C. seaside
C. country
C. receive
C. wrong

D. heritage
D. summer
D. mountain
D. special
D. write

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III. Stress: (10 points)
Choose the letter (A, B, C or D) next to the word whose main stress is placed differently from
the others.
1. A. matter
B. happen
2. A. exciting

B. important
3. A. recreation
B. entertainment
4. A. natural
B. department
5. A. November
B. December
Write your answers here:

C. listen
C. delicious
C. literature
C. exception
C. October

D. below
D. beautiful
D. information
D. attentive
D. January

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SECTION 3. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
IV. Multiple choice: (50 points)
Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) as the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. I rarely eat ice cream now but I ..................... it when I was a child.
A. eat
B. used to eat
C. get used to eating D. didn’t use to eat
2. I’ll remember ..................... him about the fair when I see him.

A. tell
B. to tell
C. telling
D. having told
3. I have no idea where she is.
A. do not know
B. don’t care about C. don’t think about D. don’t take care of
4. They hardly believe him and .....................
A. so do I
B. neither do I
C. I do, too
D. I believe him
5. " When is your birthday?” - " It's ……………….."
A. on the twenty- first of May
B. in May the twenty- first
C. on May the twentieth- first
D. in the twentieth- first, May
6. Ann no longer works here.
A. no more works here
B. doesn’t still work here
C. doesn’t work here any more
D. still works here
7. Of the two subjects I am learning in English at school, physics is the ______.
A. difficult
B. more difficult
C. most difficult
D. more difficult than
8. He prefers ______
A. go for a swim to study
B. going for a swim to study

C. going for a swim to studying
D. go for a swim to studying
9. The teacher told him ___________ up late.
A. to not stay
B. to stay not
C. to stay not
D. not to stay
10. ________the soccer match was boring, the spectators kept on seeing till the end.
A. Because
B. However
C. Although
D. Despite
11. Does Mr. Ba bring his farm ________ to the local market every day?
A. productivity
B. products
C. production
D. producing
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12. “Don’t worry about your necklace. Give it to me and I promise to ______ great care of it.”
A. bring
B. take
C. keep
D. make
th
13. My mother bought me a _________ skirt on my 15 birthday.
A. beautiful French flowered cotton
B. cotton French beautiful flowered
C. flowered beautiful cotton French

D. beautiful flowered French cotton
14. George: “_____________.”
Michelle: “Thank you for your compliment.”
A. You’ve done your work
B. This is a present for you
C. I’m glad that you’re well again
D. You look pretty in this dress
15. Would you like tea or coffee? – I’d__________ have some tea.
A. like
B. prefer
C. rather
D. better
16. “Why don’t you sit down and ____________?”
A. make yourself at home
B. make it your own home
C. make yourself at peace
D. make yourself at rest
17. Neither Lilly nor her classmates ……………….. the National Museum so far.
A. visit
B. visited
C. has visited
D. have visited
18. “Could you please cut the cake into five ……….. pieces?”, Henry said to Jane.
A. like
B. same
C. alike
D. equal
19. The city is………………. situated on the Huong River.
A. attracting
B. attractive

C. attractively
D. attractiveness
20. The actress, along with her manager and some friends, …………going to a party tonight.
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. was
21. Jack: “Mary, remember to send my regards to your grandfather.”
Mary: “………………….”
A. You’re welcome.
B. Thanks, I will.
C. That’s a good idea.
D. It’s my pleasure.
22. The man …………….. two weeks ago has now been released.
A. arrested
B. arresting
C. was arrested
D. who arrested
23. Did you ……………..well with your roommates when you were at university?
A. take on
B. put on
C. go on
D. get on
24. Most young people want to ........more about environmental problems.
A. look after

B.find out

C.look for

D.make out

25. There’s a _________ look on his face. I’m _________ of him indeed.
A. frightening/scared
B. frightening/scaring
C. frightened/ scaring
D. frightened/scared
Write your answers here:

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V. Error identification: ( 5 points)

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From four underlined parts, choose the one that needs correction then correct it.
1. Riding E-bike without safety helmet aren’t allowed by traffic law.
A
B
C
D
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2. I’m used to drink coffee with cream, but now I don’t.

A
B
C
D
3. There are much than eighty stores in the new mall.
A
B
C
D
4. After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my sister.
A
B
C
D
5. The house is not very big, but there is a lot of furnitures.
A
B
C
D

Write your answers here:
Number

Error

Correction

1
2
3

4
5

VI. Word form: (10 points)
Write the correct form of the word to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
1. After many years of failure, Edison finally......in inventing the light bulb.
2. The accident happens because of driving......
3. He believed in his ......to jump down from the fourth storey without getting hurt.
4. You must pass the ......exam to attend the course.
5. Many people like him because of his ......
6. The media help increase the ......of sports and games.
7. The ......of forests has brought about floods recently.
8. An ......man has stolen all our money.
9. The ......of this factory are widely consumed in this country.
10. Viet Nam declared its ......on September 2nd 1945.

SUCCESS
CARE
ABLE
WRITE
GENEROUS
POPULAR
DESTROY
KNOW
PRODUCE
DEPEND

Write your answers here:
2. …………….. 2.
1. ……………..

3. ……………..

4. ……………..

5. ……………..

6. ……………..

8. ……………..

9. ……………..

10. ……………..

carelessly

7. ……………..

VII. Verb form: (5 points)
Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. My little sister (read) _______________ Sleeping Beauty several times.
2. I saw Maggie at the party. She (wear) ______________ a very beautiful dress.
3. I was made (answer) _____________all the questions by the teacher.
4. Look at the policeman over there. You (stop) _______________if you try to cross the road now.
5. Were I (improve) _______________my English speaking skill, I would easily get that job.

Write your answers here:
1.
2.

3.
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5.
SECTION 4. READING
VIII. Exercise 1: (20 points)
Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C, D) that best fits each of the
blanks.
Although some groups of people have always lived in tents, camping as we know it today only began
to be (1) ______ about 50 years ago. The increase in the use of cars and improvement in camping
equipment have (2) ______ more people to travel longer (3) ____ into the countryside and to stay
there in greater comfort.
Many campers like to be (4) ____ themselves in quiet areas, so they (5) ____ their tent and
food, and walk or cycle into the forests or the mountains. Others, preferring to be near people, drive to
a public or privately-owned campsite (6) ____ has up-to-date facilities, (7) ____ hot showers and
swimming pools.
Whether campers are (8) ____in the mountains or in a busy site, they should remember to (9)
____ the area clean and tidy. In the forests, they must put out any fires and keep food hidden to avoid
attracting (10) ____ animals.
1. A fame
B. popular
2. A. asked
B. let
3. A. parts
B. directions
4. A. on
B. by
5. A. take

B. make
6. A. where
B. who
7. A. such
B. like
8. A. lonely
B. single
9. A. remain
B. stay
10. A wild
B. natural
Write your answers here:

C. favorite
C. made
C. voyages
C. at
C. pick
C. which
C. as
C. separate
C. keep
C. loose

D. current
D. allowed
D. distances
D. of
D. do
D. when

D. just
D. alone
D. let
D. free

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IX. Exercise 2: (10 points)
Read the text and questions below.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
The culture of Vietnam is one of the oldest in the Southeast Asia region. Although
Vietnam lies geographically in Southeast Asia, long periods of Chinese domination and

influence has resulted in the emergence of many East Asian characteristics in Vietnamese
culture, and generally Vietnam is said to be a part of the East Asian cultural sphere,
known widely as Chinese cultural sphere.
Despite considerable foreign influence, Vietnamese people have managed to retain many
distinct customs. While Chinese culture has the largest influence on traditional
Vietnamese culture, there is also a much smaller influence from the Cham and later
Western cultures, most notably of France, Russia and the United States.
In term of prehistory, most Vietnamese historians consider the ancient Dong Son Culture
to be one of the defining aspects of early Vietnamese civilization.
Vietnam’s population in 2013 was about 90 million. Most people live in or near the
densely populous Red River or Mekong deltas.
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Due to the nation’s southward expansion throughout its history, along with the different
climate and environment met by the settlers as they moved further south, slightly
different regional cultures began to emerge, most notably between Northern and Southern
Vietnam.
1. The culture of Vietnam______ .
A. is the youngest in Asia
B. does not get any Asian characteristics
C. was influenced by that of China D. was greatly dominated by that of Western
2. Which culture has not affected the Vietnamese one?
A. Of the United States
B. Of the United Kingdom
C. Of Russia
D. Of France
3. Vietnamese people ______ .
A. cannot keep their own culture in their daily life
B. have many diverse nation customs

C. highly appreciate the Western influence on their culture
D. failed to retain the native customs
4. Through history, Vietnam expended to the ______ .
A. south
B. north
C. east
D. west
5. Which statement is true?
A. The North and the South of Vietnam have the same regional cultures.
B. The Mekong delta is more populous than the Red River one.
C. Red River delta is densely populous.
D. Vietnamese people do not like living in the deltas.
Write your answers here:

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X. Exercise 3: Gap-filling. (20 points)
Read the text below and think of one word which best fits each space.
Preparing For Your Summer Vacation
Are you taking a summer vacation this year? If you are, you should (1)__________ your trip
now. There are a large number of preparation tips available for summer travelers. No matter where
your vacation destination is, you will need to take the climate into consideration. If you are visiting a

tropical location, you will need to (2)_________along the appropriate clothing. Bathing suits, shorts,
T-shirts, and tank tops are common appeal found at beaches and aboard cruise ships. While you may
be expecting warm and sunny weather, it is still advised that you prepare for the worst. Raincoats and
an umbrella may be a great addition to your summer clothing.
Whenever you leave home, no matter where you are traveling to, you are always encouraged to
have the proper forms of identification (3)______ as your ID card and driver's license. Also, it is
advised that you bring along all health insurance and auto insurance cards. If you get into an
automobile accident; this information will come in handy.
Perhaps, the most popular summer vacation destination is the beach. When vacationing at the
beach, it is important that you bring along the appropriate (4)________ and sunscreen. Many
vacationers do not realize the dangers of sunbathing without sunscreen. You will need to make
(5)_______ that you have beach towels and plenty of water on hand.
Besides, many families (6)_________ the decision to go (7)________. When camping, you
will need to determine where you will be sleeping. If you plan on camping outdoors, you will need to
make sure that you have your tents ready to go and that all of the pieces are accounted for. If you plan
on boating, hiking, or fishing, you will want to bring the appropriate gear, shoes and fish-hook with
you. To prevent unnecessary expenses, you are encouraged to check your luggage (8)_______ you
leave.
Especially, if you have developed an itinerary, you are encouraged to give this information to
your family members. In the event that something happens back home, you can easily (9)________
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reached. If you have any pets, you will need to make the proper arrangements for someone to care for
or feed them.
It cannot be emphasized how important the preparation for your (10)_______ is. Preparing for
your vacation may seem overwhelming, but if you do your preparation in steps, the process becomes
easier to manage.

Write your answers here:

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SECTION 5. WRITING
XI. Sentence transformation: (10 points)
Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed above it.
1. “You shouldn’t lend him any more money,” Mrs. Tuyet said to Nga.
 Mrs. Tuyet advised ______________________________________________________________
2. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.
 To ____________________________________________________________________________.
3. It was so late that nothing could be done.
 It was too ______________________________________________________________________.

4. Is this the best price you can offer?
 Can’t you ______________________________________________________________________?
5. I don’t go to church every Sunday any longer.
 I used to _______________________________________________________________________.
6. I sent my friend a letter in London last week.
 A letter ________________________________________________________________________.
7. I last saw him when I was a student.
 I haven’t _______________________________________________________________________.
8. “Don’t forget to bring your passports with you when you go abroad.”
 She reminded ___________________________________________________________________.
9. Smoking is not allowed in the ward.
 Would you _____________________________________________________________________?
10. He failed the exam because of his laziness.
 Because he______________________________________________________________________.

Rewrite each of the sentences using the given word so that the new one has a similar meaning
as the one preceded. You must not change the given word.
1. I wanted to finish my homework, so I stayed up late last night.

(AS)

 I stayed ________________________________________________________________________.
2. The thick fog prevented me from driving to work.

(MADE)
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 The thick fog ___________________________________________________________________

3. Nick hasn’t been to Vietnam before.

(TIME)

 This is _________________________________________________________________________.
4. Mr. Lam teaches English. Mr. Hai teaches Math.

(SUBJECT)

 Mr. Lam doesn’t _________________________________________________________________.
5. I’d rather not see him tomorrow.

(WANT)

 I ______________________________________________________________________________.

XI. Many people say that Facebook is one of the best websites to share everything.
Do you agree ? Write a paragraph ( 120 to 150 words ) to express your idea. (20 points)
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Họ và tên thí sinh:………………………….……………….SBD:…………..Phòng:............
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