PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI DUY XUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút I. Choose the best answer.(10 pts) 1. Alice . . . . . . be a supporter than a player. A. likes B. prefer C. would rather D. had better 2. Lan is . . . . . . beautiful . . . . . . . . clever. A. so/that B. too/to C. enough/to D. not only/but also 3. You . . . . . . .not read those magazines. A. likes B. prefer C. rather D. had better 4. This is . . . . . . . beautiful garden in the city. A. the best B. more C. the most D. most 5. English and French . . . . . . in many countries all over the world. A. speak B. spoken C. is spoken D. are spoken 6. They visit a lot of monuments . . . . . . the one-pillar pagoda. A. in B. besides C. between D. among 7. Butter is made . . milk, this knife is made . . . . steel. They are made . . . . Vietnam. A. from/of/in B. of/in/from C. in/from/of D. of/from/in 8. Mr. Green took his children to the national theatre . . . . . . . . . a play. A. to B. for C. in D. with 9. The car needs………………… It’s too old. A. to paint B. paint C. painting D. paints 10. He needs . . . . . . . a rest. A. to have B. has C. having D. have II. Rearrange the sentences to make a dialogue. (10 pts) 1. Tam? Where are you? 2. Thanks, Mom. May I see the report? 3. I believe you can do it, Tam. 4. Your form teacher has just given me your report card. 5. I know, Mom. I’ll try my best to improve it. 6. Is it a good report, Mom? 7. Here you are. It’s excellent, except one thing. 8. Mrs. Lan said you should study hard on English. 9. Why not? You did very well. I’m very proud of you. 10. I’m here, in the living room. What’s the matter, Mom? 11. What’s that? III. Put each sentence in the box into each gap. (6 pts) A. I have eaten dog meat though. B. Yes, but I have traveled almost around Viet Nam C. Two days ago but I didn’t like it very much. D. Thank you. Wow! The city is very quiet and lovely. E. No, I haven’t. What are they like? F. Yes, I have. I’ve been there twice. It’s really wonderful. 1 Nam: Welcome to our city! Let me carry the suitcase for you. John: (1)……………………………………………………… Nam: Is this your first visit to Hue? John: (2)………………………………………………………. Nam: Wow! It sounds interesting. Have you been to Ha Long Bay yet? John: (3)……………………………………………………… Nam: Have you eaten Cha Nem yet? John: (4)……………………………………………………… Nam: They are spring rolls filled with meat and sea food. John: (5)……………………………………………………… Nam: Really? When did you do that? John: (6)………………………………………………………. IV. Match a half in A with a half in B to make sentences. (10 pts) A B 1. Susan was happy 2. Julia was unhappy 3. Mike feels free 4. Lily is not afraid 5. Are you ready 6. You should be proud 7. It’s interesting 8. He was very sad 9. They were so nervous 10. It’s not easy A. to be a member of this organization. B. that she won a scholarship. C. to leave now. D. to see the film called “Cinderella” E. that they didn’t wait for the exam result. F. to answer the question in the interview. G. to touch a snake. H. because she wasn’t invited to the party. I. to understand them. J. to hear the news about his grandfather. V. Complete the dialogue. (10 pts) David: Ow! Henry: What’s the (1)…………… with you, David? David: I have (2)……………… eyes. Henry: Let me (3)……………….a look. Oh, are you hurt? David: Yes, a lot. I can’t (4)………………anything clearly. Henry: Are you going to see the (5)……………? David: Yes, I am. I have an (6)………………….at 9 o’clock this morning, but I’m (7)…………… Henry: (8)………………… ? David: I don’t know but I still (9)………… a bit scared. Henry: I understand how you feel, but don’t (10)………… . It’ll be OK VI. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (10 pts) 1. A. instead B. head C. heap D. dead 2. A. course B. four C. court D. tour 3. A. happen B. match C. catch D. bathe 2 4. A. tight B. signal C. blind D. sigh 5. A. known B. down C. town D. brown 6. A. boss B. god C. hot D. nothing 7. A. stays B. says C. ways D. days 8. A. hello B. yourself C. between D. yellow 9. A. dirty B. sir C. shirt D. iron 10. A. check B. chemist C. chop D. choose VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable word given. (10 pts) wants memory function specifying given instructions scanner controlled computer such A CPU is similar to a calculator, only much more powerful. The main (1) …………. of the CPU is to perform arithmetic and logical operations on data taken from memory or on information entered through some device, such as keyboard, (2) …………., or joystick. The CPU is (3)………… by a list of software instructions, called a (4)………program. Software instructions entering the CPU originate in some form of memory storage device (5)……as a hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM, magnetic tape. These (6)……… then pass into the computer’s main random access (7) ……… (RAM), where each instruction is (8)………….a unique address, or memory location. The CPU can access specific pieces of data in RAM by (9)…………….the address of the data that it (10)…………. VIII. Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses. (10 pts) 1. She had a lot of fun and good memory in her (girl)…………… 2. The real (lose)……………… in all of this are the students. 3. Housework has (tradition)…………been regarded as women’s work. 4. The cotton covers are fully (wash)………………………… 5. I (sudden)………………realized what I had to do. 6. They waited for his (habit)………………response. 7. There’ s no need (study) all day and night. 8. The machines are inspected twice (day)………………… 9. The males birds are (color)……………… than the females. 10.The weather is very (change)…………….at this time of the year. IX. Rewrite sentences as directed. (14 pts) 1. This is the first time the boy has drunk coffee. The boy hasn’t ……………………………………………… 2. “All right. I won’t talk about football” said the boy. The boy agreed……………………………………………… 3. “Why don’t we sing a few songs?” said Long. Long…………………………………………………………… 4. They said they would rather William didn’t listen to music at work. 3 William was………………………………………………… 5. They haven’t done anything for the next World Cup. Nothing……………………………………………………… 6. Prices just get higher all the time. Prices are……………… and………………………………… 7. “Me? No, I didn’t take Diana’s purse” said Daisy. Daisy denied………………………………………………… 8. “No, you really must stay the night, Figo” Deco said. Deco insisted …………………………………………………. 9. We couldn’t go out because of the heavy rain. The heavy rain didn’t…………………………………………. 10. If you don’t call him, he won’t come. Unless…………………………………………………………. 11. Without your help, the boy can’t do all these exercises. If……………………………………………………………… 12. Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem in 1823. The poem……………………………………………………… 13. .Have you ever played a computer game before? Is this………………………………………………………… 14. Having a vacation aboard is very interesting. It………………………………………………………………. X. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences. (10 pts) 1. an accident / were / for / a bus, / we / waiting / saw / while / we / . 2. when / I / visited / the / roses / the garden / was planting / in / my grandmother/ . 3. by / the piano / being / at / him / is / the / played / moment / . 4. mother / she / buy / said / my / me / would / scores / that / got / I / if / high / a present / . 5. to / she / that / me / had / London / been / told / never / she / . 6. his friends / seeing / yesterday / avoided / Tom / . 7. said / longest / river / world / is / Nile River / be / the / to / the / in / . 8. fire / the city / most / by / was / in / destroyed / of / 17 th century / the / . 9. heart / should / by / vocabulary / we / learn / all / the / . 10.she / excellent / since / five / she / has / was / been / an / student / old / years /. The end 4 . PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI DUY XUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút I lot. I can’t (4)………………anything clearly. Henry: Are you going to see the (5)……………? David: Yes, I am. I have an (6)………………….at 9 o’clock this morning, but I’m (7)…………… Henry: (8) ………………… ? David: I. best to improve it. 6. Is it a good report, Mom? 7. Here you are. It’s excellent, except one thing. 8. Mrs. Lan said you should study hard on English. 9. Why not? You did very well. I’m very proud