Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh lớp 8 Sở GD-ĐT Bắc Giang năm học 2015 - 2016

doc24.vnSỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠOBẮC GIANGĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNHNĂM HỌC 2015 2016Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Lớp 8Ngày thi: 20/3/2016Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đềĐIỂM BÀITHI Bằng số: ...........................Bằng chữ: ........................ Chữ ký giám khảo 1: ............................................................Chữ ký giám khảo 2: ............................................................LƯU Đề thi gồm 06 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi.- Thí sinh không đư ợc sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.I. Listening (20pts)Part 1. Listen to the recording and choose the best answer A, B, or D. You will hear the recordingtwice. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (4pts)1. What is the main topic of the conversation?A. Traditional days in Thailand B. Thai cultureC. New Year’s Day in America D. Thai New Year’s Day2. When is traditional Thai New Year’s Day celebrated?A. January st B. April 13 th to 15 thC. April st D. December 31 st 3. Which is NOT true about Songkran?A. People wear traditional clothes. B. People have water fights.B. It’s celebrated in Thailand. D. It is in April.4. What can be inferred from the conversation?A. Jessie went to Thailand last year. B. Jessie has never been to Thailand.C. Jessie will go to Thailand next April. D. Jessie went to Thailand last April. Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ Part 2: Listen to the recording and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F). You willhear the recording twice. Put tick into the correct answer (4pts).True False1. San’s most unforgettable moment was last month in New Zealand. He did really high bungee jump.2. Carla’s most unforgettable moment was two years ago in China.doc24.vnHe met her birth parents.3. Jun’s most unforgettable moment happened last May in Korea.His basket team won the national championship.4. Crystal’s most unforgettable moment was last month at school.She won the math competition.Part 3: Listen to the World News Report and fill in the blanks with the missing information. You willhear the recording twice. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (12pts)II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. Write your answer in the numbered spacegiven. 10pts )1. My friends usually enjoy my ______ of humor.A. sense B. kind C. means D. form 2. The boy ______ long hair was talking to the girl who was ______red.A. of/at B. in/with C. with/in D. at/of3. How much exercise do doctors ______ you should take to avoid heart attack?A. ask B. force C. mention D. suggest4. Nam could not speak English and ______ could Ha.A. either B. also C. so D. neither 5. Practising ______ English anywhere you can is way to better your speaking skill.A. speak B. speaking C. to speak D. for speaking6. Mother: “Could you do me favor?” Kate: “______.”A. No, thanks. I’m fine B. Yes, thank you C. Yes, sure D. Yes, that’s kind of you7. would rather you ______me the story.A. tell B. told C. to tell D. telling8. A: “Thank you so much for helping me overcome that difficult time”. B: “______”A. Don’t worry B. My pleasure C. Yes, of course D. Thank you9. There’s strange man behind us. think ______. A. we are followed B. we are being followed C. we are following D. we are being following10. Of the two subjects am learning in English at school, physics is the ______. World News ReportLocation: (1) _________________________ Los Angeles, California.Natural Disaster: deadly (2) _________________________.Time: at exactly (3) _________________________ this morningDisaster duration: (4) _________________________.Magnitude (Richter scale rating): (5) _________________________.Reported dead: (6) _________________________.Earthquake hotline: (7) _________________________. (8) _________________________ number: 5551130.doc24.vnA. difficult B. more difficult C. most difficult D. more difficult thanYour answers:1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______ III. Complete the dialogue with the sentences or phrases in the box Write your answer in thenumbered space given. (5pts)A. Do you often go out with Ben?B. think soC. The film is great.D. Have you got any hobbies?E. Nice to meet youF. How do you know Ben? G. I’d better get back to my friendsH. See you aroundI. Are you really into sports?K. Not reallyM. What kind of films do you like?N. like films, tooConnor: Excuse me. You’re Ben Wilson’s sister, aren’t you?Tanya: Yes, am. My name’s Tanya.Connor: (1) ______, Tanya. I’m Connor.Tanya: Hi Connor. (2) ______.Connor: We sometimes play volleyball together.Tanya: Oh, right. (3) ______.Connor: Yes, am. What about you? (4) ______.Tanya (5) ______. like watching TV- and DVDs.Connor: (6) ______.Tanya: Anything, really. Comedies, thrillers and horror films.Connor: (7) ______. There are some good films on at the cinema now, aren’t there?Tanya: Yes, (8) ______.Connor: Maybe we could go to the cinema some time.Tanya: Yes, good idea.Connor: Anyway, (9) ______. Nice talking to you.Tanya: Me, too. (10) ______. Your answers:1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ 7._______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. ________ IV. Fill in each blank with suitable preposition Write your answer in the numbered space given (5pts)doc24.vn1. In summer, in Sapa, it is very cold at night, but it’s warm (1) ______ the day.2-3 Voght-Roberts and some crew members (2) ______ the new King Kong film spent nearly twomonths in Vietnam (3) ______ the end of last year surveying and selecting the locations.4-5. I've just rewarded her (4) ______ book (5) ______ her good study.6-7. The police came just (6) ______ time to bring the riot (7) ______ control.8-9. He said he broke the window (8) ______ accident, but knew that he did it (9) ______ purpose.10. When traveled to Korea, came (10) ______ Lee Young Ae, famous Korean actress, at restaurant. Your answers:1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ 7._______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. ________ V. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets. Number is an example.Write your answer in the numbered space given. 10pts )Kids watch more TV study into children's television 0. view ______ habits reveals that children whose parents have ahigh level of education tend to watch less television than children from less 1. educate ______ familybackgrounds The report also suggests that high rate of TV 2. watch ______ among children in poorer( 3. suburb ______ areas and in the provinces, compared to those 4. live ______ in large urban centre, isoften due to 5. poor ______ and lack of other kinds of 6. entertain ______ in the area. Disco,cinema, theatre and sports 7. active ______ offer children in urban centre wider range of pastimes,which leads to far 8. few ______ hours being spent in front of the box. 9. Commerce ______,comedies and adventure films are children's 10. favour ______ programs, while twenty per cent ofchildren said they preferred violent films and thrillers. Your answers: Example: 0. viewing 1. __________________ 6. __________________ 2. ___________________ 7. ___________________ 3. ___________________ 8. ___________________ 4. ___________________ 9. ___________________ 5. ___________________ 10. ___________________ VI. Read the text below and look carefully at each numbered line. Some of the lines are correct, andsome have word which should not be there. If the line is correct, put tick (√) by the number. Ifthe line has word which should not be there write that word by the number. There are twoexamples at the beginning (0 and 00). (5pts)A load of rubbishLine In the UK, people are finally starting to listen to the message about recycling. British 0. √doc24.vnfamilies now recycle about 22% of their waste. Only for five years ago, the figure was 10%.That’s good news for the environment- but there’s lot more than to do. Some otherEuropean countries, like Germany and Holland, already recycle about 60% of their wasteand that’s the goal for the UK. Households in England which produce 25 million tons of waste year. More than half ofthis is garden waste, paper, cardboard and kitchen waste with which people could recycle.They could also recycle plastic, wood, glass and aluminum cans. In fact, if everybody in theUK was recycled all of their drink cans, there would be 14 million fewer rubbish bins ofwaste each year. Recycling isn’t the only way to reduce the amount of rubbish what we throw away. Morethan 40% of the waste in our bins is packaging from shopping. If we changed the way to weshop, we could easily reduce the amount of waste. For example, street markets and smallshops often use less packaging than supermarkets. And being of course, if we grow our ownvegetables, there wouldn’t be any packaging at all. 00. for1. _____2. _____3. _____4. _____5. _____6. _____7. _____8. _____9. _____10. ____ VII. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word Write your answer in the numberedspace given. (10pts) “I love you” On rd May 2000, millions of people around the world were (1) ______ an e-mail called “I love you”.The e-mail included document called “Love letter for you”. When people opened this document, a(2) ______ destroyed hundreds of vital documents on their computer. The virus then sent (3) ______of itself to everybody in the e-mail address book. The virus infected millions of computer systemsacross the world. Even computers in the White House in the USA were affected by the crash. The viruseventually caused about 10 billion dollars of (4) ______ The person (5) ______ created the virus was probably brilliant 23-year-old computer student fromthe Philippines (6) ______ Onel de Guzman. He has never admitted his guilt, but detectives know thatthe virus came from his computer. Onel de Guzman was not charged with any crime because in May2000 the Philippines did not have any laws (7) ______ computer crime. Onel de Guzman did not finish his studies at computer school. He now lives with his sister and (8)______ his time watching TV programs he likes, reading books about computers and playing videogames. (9) ______ the future, he wants to write more software- but this time, only games for mobilephones and hand-held (10) ______. Governments and companies around the world will surely bedelighted!doc24.vnYour answers:1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ 5. _____________6. _____________ 7. _____________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________ 10. ____________VIII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, or D. Write your answerin the numbered space given. (10pts)Be happy Live longerDo happy people live longer? New evidence supports the idea that if you think positively, youare (1) _____ likely to live to good age than pessimist coming from similar social background. (2)_____ is still not clear how happiness actually causes longevity. One possible explanation is thatpeople probably (3) _____ better care of themselves if they see life as positive experience, and ofcourse, (4) _____ people feel healthy, they are more likely to be happy. Scientists tracked group ofpeople who had been interviewed in 1975 about their attitudes to ageing. They found that if peopleviewed getting older as positive experience, they lived, (5) _____ average, seven and half yearslonger than those who were more pessimistic. Ways of (6) _____ risk factors are well known: if yousmoke or don’t exercise, you cut your life (7) _____ by one to three years, and doctors can advise theirpatients to change their lifestyles accordingly. But what, if (8) _____, can unhappy people do aboutimproving their attitude? Personality may not be something (9) _____ we can change even if we wantto, and scientists have (10) ______ to answer the question of how we can make ourselves happy.1. A. much B. better C. more D. well2. A. It B. There C. What D. Which3. A. get B. bring C. spend D. take4. A. when B. unless C. even D. although5. A. in B. on C. at D. about6. A. increasing B. lessening C. reducing D. accelerating7. A. expectancy B. expectation C. expecting D. unexpected8. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything9. A. what B. that C. while D. whereas10. A. even B. likely C. yet D. therefore Your answers:1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______doc24.vnIX. Read the text about Internet security. Some parts of the text have been removed. Complete thetext by deciding which part of the text (A-I) fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra letter you do notneed. (5pts)A. print out other information you may needB. check that it starts with “http”C. well selected passwordD. store online in minutesE. know what to expectF. there have been any complaintsTips to Protect Yourself While Shopping OnlineTip 1Make sure you are using secure server and browser with industry security standards before you entercredit card information online. First, look at the address in the address bar and (1) ______. Then lookat the bottom of the internet window and make sure there is closed padlock.Tip 2Use companies you know. Anyone can open (2) ______ and be gone tomorrow. Here are some thingsto research before doing business with an unknown company.Make sure there is contact information for the company and compare this with information from thedomain register.Check for return policy.Check to see if (3) ______. Tip 3When shopping we all hope that we (4) ______ but sometimes there are problems that arise with what weordered. Check the company’s return policy online before you order, so you will get what we ask for.Tip 4Keep information about your order. Also, (5) ______ such as return policies, company information,specific product information and warranty information.Trust your instincts- if it sounds too good to be true it probably is!Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ X. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning withthe given words. (5pts)1. His parents made him study hard for his exams. He ___________________________________________________________________________.2. “Please put this bag on the shelf,” David said to Marydoc24.vn David asked ____________________________________________________________________.3. I’ve never read more romantic story. It is___________________________________________________________________________ .4. They believe that the man escaped in stolen car. The man_______________________________________________________________________.5. Patience is key to success in life. As long as you are_______________________________________________________________. XI. Use the given word to write the second sentence in such way that it is as similar as possible inmeaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. (5pts)1. They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic. avoid ) They left _______________________________________________________________________.2. "You damaged my bicycle, John," said Jane. accused) Jane___________________________________________________________________________.3. Helen plays the piano better than Elizabeth? so ) Elizabeth doesn’t _________________________________________________________________.4. wasn’t interested in the film, so turned the TV off. find ) didn’t _________________________________________________________________________.5. haven’t decided yet whether to move or not. mind ) haven’t ________________________________________________________________________.XII. Write paragraph (80-100 words) about the importance of joining outdoor activities to students(10pts)..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................- THE END -Trên đây chỉ là phần trích dẫn 10 trang đầu của tài liệu và có thế hiển thị lỗi font, bạn muốn xem đầyđủ tài liệu gốc thì ấn vào nút Tải về phía dưới.