Đề thi chọn HSG cấp Huyện môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Phòng GD&ĐT Sa Pa - Năm học 2012-2013 (Đề 1 - Có đáp án)

 PHÒNG GD& ĐT SAPA ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP HUYỆN THCS
 Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
 ------------------------------- Năm học: 2012- 2013
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao bài)
 Họ và Tên: 
 Ngày, tháng, năm sinh: .
 Số báo danh: .
 Trường: .
 Họ Tên và chữ kí 2 giám thị Số phách
 Giám thị 1: 
 Giám thị 2: 
 Chú ý:
 - Thí sinh phải ghi đầy đủ các mục ở trên.
 - Thí sinh không được kí tên hay dùng bất cứ ký hiệu gì để đánh dấu bài 
 thi.
 - Bài thi không được viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì, không được viết bằng hai 
 thứ mực. Phần viết hỏng ngoài cách dùng thước gạch chéo không được 
 tẩy xoá bằng bất kỳ cách gì khác (kể cả bút xoá).
 - Trái với các điều trên bài của thí sinh sẽ bị loại.
 Điểm bài thi Họ Tên và chữ kí 2 giám khảo Số phách
Bằng số: .. Giám khảo 1: .
Bằng chữ: Giám khảo 2: .
 Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ thi này
 ( Bài thi gồm 5 trang)
 SECTION I: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 7 points).
 Question 1. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined 
part pronounced differently from the rest. (1,0 point)
 1. A. exchange B. champagne C. teacher D. children
 2. A. advised B. amazed C. practised D. changed
 3. A. wisdom B. clothes C.rope D. buffalo
 4. A. station B. intersection C. question D. invitation
 1. 2. 3. 4.
 Question 2. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the 
following sentences. (2,0 points)
1. His .................towards me is very strange.
 a. behave b. behavior c. behaved d. behaving
2. The doctor ................he should take a few days off.
 a. say b. said c. ask d. tell
3. I tried my....................not to laugh.
 a. good b. well c. better d. best
4. We left at 6 a.m.....................late.
 a. so as not to be b. so as not being c. so as to be d. so as not 
being
5. I remember you......................that shirt.
 a. buy b. to buy c. buying d. for buying
6. ..................are the people who live in a place.
 a. Community b. Environment c. Organization d. Program
7. “Where is Sue?” “She.................be in the garden.”
 a. may b. has to c. need to d. can
8. It....................the coldest day in Ha Noi for 40 years.
a. has b. was c. is d. has been
Your answer:
 1. 2. 3. 4.
 5. 6. 7. 8.
 Question 3: Complete the following sentences with the new word 
formed from the ones in CAPITAL at the end of each sentence. (1,5 pts)
Example: She has cut herself and it’s __bleeding _quite badly. (BLOOD) 1. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more .. (COMFORT)
2. “ The lost shoe” is one of ..(16) stories I (TRADITION)
like best
3. After his parents died. He was sent to (ORPHAN)
 ..(17)
4. Bell ..demonstrated his invention. (SUCCESS)
5. In the beauty contest, her . is the most (APPEAR)
beautiful.
6. Their children have quite ..characters. (DIFFERENCE)
Your answer:
 1. 2. 3.
 4. 5. 6.
 Question 4: Under line one mistake in each line of the passage 
below.(2,5 pts)
1. They have done their homework since two hours
2. She asked me whether I went to Ha Long yesterday.
3. They happily looked at the children play in the yard
4. This is the second time I took part in the rice-cooking contest.
5. When Andrew saw the question, he was knowing the answer immediately.
6. We have not decided how to deal with the new problem already.
7. Lots of information are stored in the computer.
8. Do you mind to go to the grocery to get me some sugar?
9. She opens the door so as to letting fresh air in.
10. This book is different as other books in this library.
 SECTION II: READING(6,5 points)
 Question 5: Choose the words from the box to fill in the gaps. (4,0 pts)
 example limits make countries where lot under 
 include them lights travel is obey miss license sure
 When you are driving (0) abroad you should (1) _______ sure that you 
have all documents with you. These (2)________ your passport, your driving
 (3) _______and insurance papers. It (4) _____very inconvenient if you
 (5) _______any of these or if you cannot find (6)_______quickly. You must 
also make (7) ________that your car has a national plate which shows the 
country (8) _______ the car is registered; for (9) ______, GB for Britain, F for 
France, N for Norway and so on.
 In some (10) ________ you have to pay if you don’t (11) ________ 
motoring laws and this can sometimes cost you a (12) ______of money. For 
instance, you may have to pay immediately if you are stopped by a police officer for taking no notice of traffic (13) _______, speed (14) ________or if you allow 
children (15) ________the age of twelve to (16) _______in the front seat of a 
vehicle.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
 Question 6: Read the following passage, then choose the best answer
 A, B, C or D (2,5 points)
 It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner come home from 
work. She walks into the living room and looks at her three children. They are 
14,13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living room is a mess. There 
are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys are 
everywhere. Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t 
work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not going to do 
housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework. She doesn’t clean or wash dishes. She 
doesn’t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.
 After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty. All the 
children’s clothes are dirty. Every garbage basket is full. The house is a mess.
 Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise. The 
kitchen is clean. The children clean the kitchen !
 The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their 
clothes. Rene tells the children “OK, I’ll do the housework again. But you have 
to help me.”
 Now Rene and her three children do the housework together. Then they 
all sit on the sofa and watch TV !
1. When Rene came home from work, she found the house . .
 A. clean and dirty B. dirty and tidy
 C. dirty and untidy D. clean but untidy
2. Rene told her children .. .
 A. to do the housework B. she couldn’t do housework
 C. not to do housework D. she wouldn’t do housework
3. Two weeks later, the house was .
 A. very clean B. a mess
 C. tidy D. rather dirty
4. Some days later, the house was clean again because . .
 A. she couldn’t let it that way B. her children did housework.
 C. her children didn’t do housework. D. she did housework again.
5. Now Rene does housework again because . .
 A. her children help her. B. they can watch TV together.
 C. her children wash their clothes. D. her children don’t do it. 
Your answer:
 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SECTION III: WRITING (6.5 points)
Question 7: Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the 
first. Do not change the given bold word form and do not write more than 5 
words. (2,0 points)
Example: 0. My school has two thousand students. (are)
 0. There are two thousands students in my school.
1. May I turn on the television?
Do you ... the television? ( mind)
2. Would you mind not using the office phone?
I’d the office phone. (use)
3. “Don’t throw things away” - Mrs. Thanh said to the students.
 Mrs. Thanh .. throw things away. (asked)
4. Does your country export coffee to Europe?
Is ... by your country? (exported) 
Question 8: Use the following words and phrases. Make all the necessary 
changes and additions to write complete and meaningful sentences. (2.5 
points)
Example: Last week/ we/ go/ camping/ classmates
 Last week we went camping with our classmates.
1. I/ not/ see/ him/ since/ we/ leave/ school
 .....
2. This / be/ first time/ Tim/ see/ rice paddies
 .
3. compost/ make/ from household and garden waste
 .
4. he/ tell/ me/ that/ he/ borrow/ book/ school library
 .
5. would/ you/ mind/ if / I / sit/ here?
 .
Question 9: Write a letter to your friend about (100- 120 words). Tell him/ her 
about a place you have visited recently .(2,0 points)
 - Where have you visited?
 - Who have you gone with?
 - How has the weather/ food and people been?
 - What have you done there?
 - What have you bought for your friends/ relatives?
 - How do you feel about the visit? 
 ..
 The end ĐÁP ÁN – THANG ĐIỂM ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
 MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
 Năm học: 2012 - 2013
 SECTION I: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 7 points).
Question 1. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part 
pronounced differently from the rest. (1,0 point)
(0.25 mark for each correct answer)
 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C
Question 2. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the 
following sentences. (2,0 points)
(0.25 mark for each correct answer)
 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. A
 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. D
Question 3: Complete the following sentences with the new word formed from 
the ones in CAPITAL at the end of each sentence. (1,5 pts)
(0.25 mark for each correct answer)
1. comfortable 2. traditional 3. orphanage 4. successfully 
5. appearance 6. different
Question 4: Find and correct one mistake in each line of the passage 
below.(2,0 pts)
(0.25 mark for each correct answer)
1. since 
2.Yesterday 
3. play 
4. took 
5. was knowing 
6. already 
7. are 
8. to go 
9. letting
10. as
 SECTION II: READING(6,5 points)
Question 5: Choose the words from the box to fill in the gaps. (4,0 pts)
(0.25 mark for each correct answer)
 1. make 5. miss 9. example 13. lights
 2. include 6. them 10. countries 14. limits
 3. license 7. sure 11. obey 15. under
 4. is 8. where 12. lot 16. travel
Question 6: Read the following passage, then choose the best answer A, B, C 
or D (2,5 points) (0.25 mark for each correct answer)
1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A
 SECTION III: WRITING (6.5 points)
Question 7: Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the 
first. Do not change the given bold word form and do not write more than 5 
words. (2,0 points)
(0.5 mark for each correct answer)
1. May I turn on the television?
 Do you ___mind if I turn on__ the television?
2. Would you mind not using the office phone?
 I’d ___rather you didn’t use__ the office phone.
3. “Don’t throw things away” - Mrs. Thanh said to the students.
 Mrs. Thanh ___asked the students not to throw things away.
4. Does your country export coffee to Europe?
 Is ___coffee exported to Europe__ by your country?
Question 8: Use the following words and phrases. Make all the necessary 
changes and additions to write complete and meaningful sentences. 
(2.5 points)
(0.25 mark for each correct answer)
1. I/ not/ see/ him/ since/ we/ leave/ school
 I have not seen him since we left school. (Dùng sai thì (tenses) không cho 
điểm)
2. This / be/ first time/ Tim/ see/ rice paddies
 This is the first time Tin has seen (the) rice paddies.
3. compost/ make/ from household and garden waste
 Compost is made from household and garden waste.
4. he/ tell/ me/ that/ he/ borrow/ book/ school library
 He told me that he borrowed this/ that/ a book from the school library.
5. would/ you/ mind/ if / I / sit/ here?
 Would you mind if I sat here? (Sai thì chữ “sat” không cho điểm)
Question 9: Write a letter to your friend about (150- 200 words). Tell him/ her 
about a place you have visited recently .(2,0 points)
 - Đúng cấu trúc của một lá thư, : ( Heading (Date, Writer’s address), 
Opening, body of the letter, Closing), đủ độ dài (0.5)
 - Đảm bảo nội dung của yêu cầu đề ra, trả lời đủ các câu hỏi. 0,75
 - Đúng chính tả, ngữ pháp, từ vựng phong phú, cách lien kết câu chặt chẽ 
 0,5
 - Trình bày sạch sẽ, chữ viết rõ ràng 0.25
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