PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC THIỆU HÓA KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN-LẦN 2

TRƯỜNG THCS THIỆU PHÚC MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

NĂM HỌC 2023– 2024
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày ..../02/2024 -Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

Lưu ý:→ Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kể tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.
→ Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các ô cho sẵn ở cuối các phần.
→ Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D vào ô cho sẵn.
→ Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
Điểm của toàn bài thi Các giám khảo Số phách
(Bằng số) (Bằng chữ) (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) (Do Trưởng Ban chấm thi
ghi)
Giám khảo 1:

Giám khảo 2:

(Đề này gồm 07 trang)

PART A: LISTENING
Question 1 ( 7 points): Listen to the dialogue and decide if the statements below are true
or false. Write it in ‘Your answers’ part.

Water polo club

1. There are four different age groups that play water polo. T
2. Tyrone wants to join the under 14s club. F
3. The under 16s water polo team train three times a week. F
4. The under 16s train on Monday and Thursday. F
5. Training for the water polo team starts this week F
6. You have to pay to join the water polo classes for under 18s. F
7. You need to bring a photo to register at the swimming pool. T

Question 2 (6 points): You will hear an interview with a woman called Amy Rowntree,
who works as a fashion designer. For each question, choose the best answer A, B, or C.
Write it in ‘Your answers’ part.

1. Amy decided to become a fashion designer while

A. she was still at school
B. she was working in a shop.
C. she was helping run a fashion show.

2. Amy says the most important skill for a designer is

A. remaining patient in difficult situations.
B. knowing about different materials.
C. understanding how clothes are made.
3. What does Amy particularly like about her work?

A. being able to sell her designs.

B. seeing her clothes on display.
C. having her name recognised.
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4. How does Amy feel about today’s fashion?

A. she would like clothes to be more practical.
B. she feels clothes should be more attractive.
C. she’s pleased sports clothes are popular.

5. What helps Amy find new ideas for designs?

A. seeing things around her.
B. going to visit museums.
C. looking at photos of clothes.

6. What project is Amy working on at the moment?

A. a collection of clothes for a film.
B. a fashion show in New York.
C. a new range for a London store.
Question 3 (6 points): You will hear a student called Steve talking about working in a
forest in New Zealand. For each question, fill in the missing information . Write it in
‘Your answers’ part.

Working in a forest in New Zealand.

Steve had acommodation in a shared (1)........tent...

Steve says it was important to have good (2).......meals....... at the end of each day.

Steve worked with a team that made a (3)........path.....through the forest.

Steve also collected information needed for a (4)....map.............of the forest area.

In the morning Steve was surprised to hear the sound of (5)........rabbits.........in the forest.

When he did the trip, Steve only had to pay for his (6).....flight.....

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. Write your answer in
the table below
11. Choose the word that is stressed differently from others.
A. invitation B. scientific C. celebration D.
community
12. Choose the word that has the underlined letterpronounced differently from the others.
A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
13. If it _________sunny tomorrow, we’ll have a picnic in the park.
A. is B. was C. has D. will be
14. ___________ of the two students won the first prize in the contest?
A. who B. which C. whom D. where
15. During my holiday in Dak Lak, I took part in some _______________ contests.
A. buffaloes – racing B. racing – buffaloes
C. buffalo – racing D. racing - buffalo
16. My sister has ________________________ hair.
A. beautiful long curly black A. beautiful long black curly
A. beautiful curly long black A. long black curly beautiful
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17. Many countries have sent humanitarian aid to the earthquake __________.
A.victims B.soldiers C. patients D.rescuers
18. Khanh loves playing chess _____________ his sister enjoys doing yoga in her free time.
A. when B. because C. while D. during
19. “May I smoke here?”–“ I’d rather you__________ that”.
A. don’t do B. didn’t do C.won’t do D. not to do
20. Your children never think of going abroad, _____________?
A. don’t they B. aren’t they C. do they D. did they
21. He was ________________. He always supported the emperor.
A.determined B.loyal C.disloyal D. honest
22. Usually, people in this country speak their language with different ______ .
A. voices B. accents C. tounge D. sound
23. I ____________________ to my parents so far.
A.don’t write B. haven’t written C. didn’t write D. won’t write
24. The festival was held ______________ April 8th to May 2nd 2020.
A. on B. between C. within D. from
25. People ___________ incense to show respect to their ancestors during Tet.
A.make B. do C.burnD.pay
26. She spoke softly to him ___________ nobody else could hear a word .
A. because B. if C. although D. so that
27. “My favourite leisure activity is people - watching.” “_______”
A. That sounds so weird! B. That’s all right.
C. OK. That’s what you’ve chosen. D. Sure. It’s very entertaining.
28. You have to ________ your shoes when going inside the main worship area of this
pagoda.
A. turn off B.puton C. go off D.takeoff
29. The Khmer believe that they have to float lanterns; _________, they may not get good
luck.
A. so B. therefore C. nevertheless D. otherwise
30. Jane really enjoys ____________________ to dinner parties or music concerts.
A. inviting B. being inviting C. being invited D. be invited

II. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the given words.Write
your answer in the table below.
31. I need some more ___information______ for the trip to Singapore. INFORM
32.Visually the house is very pleasing, but it’s ___uncomfortable___. COMFORT
33.Diana loves all of Vietnamese traditional dishes, ___especially__ spring roll. SPECIAL
34. Have you ever been on a _____disappointing__ holiday? DISAPPOINT
35. Industrial waste is one of the most dangerous ___pollutants______. POLLUTE
36. Vietnamese _____historians__ know a lot about festivals in Viet Nam.HISTORY
37. The ___majority___the students in this primary school are from the Thai and the Nung.
MAJOR
38. It is ___disrespectful____of him to say that to an older person. RESPECT
39.The government carried out a programme to __mordernize___the health service in rural
areas. MODERN
40. Do you do anything to aid the protection of __mistreated ____ animals? TREAT

III. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. Write your answer in the table
below.
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41. Five – coloured sticky rice often (make ) ____is/made___by using natural roots and
leaves.
42 + 43. Two days ago,while the boy ( ride ) _was riding___ a horse, he (fall ) __fell__off it.
44. The train to Da Lat ( leave ) __does/leave______ at 2 p.m tomorrow ?
45.The teacher told us (not/ cheat ) __not to cheat__ in the exam.

IV. Each of the sentences below has a mistake. Find and correct them. Write your
answer in the table below.

46. In my family, children have get permission before leaving the dining table.-> have to get
47. My father prefers doing DIY than buying things from shops. -> to
48. My daughter, as well as her classmates are joining an international summer camp next
Monday. -> is
49. I have just listened to a nice piece of music was composed by Mozart. -> which was
composed
50.Our beautiful forests will destroy if we do nothing to preserve them from now on. -> be
destroyed

C. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).Write your
answer in the table below.

Notting Hill Carnival takes place in London every August bank holiday. It is the most
colourful and largest street event in the UK. The festival celebrates the traditions of the Afro-
Caribbean community, who emigrated to England from the West Indies in the 1950s. They
brought the Caribbean idea of the carnival with colourful costumes, processions, steel bands,
and street dancing. Preparations for the carnival start many months in advance. Costumes
need to be made and floats built, ready for the carnival street procession. Steel bands practise
traditional Caribbean music on instruments built from used oil barrels. Just before the
festival, the streets are decorated with yellow, green, and red streamers, and amplifying
devices are set in place, to carry the rhythmic sounds over the roar of the London traffic. The
carnival is celebrated for more than three days and is full of music and colour. Processions of
steel and brass bands, floats, and dancers in typically colourful costumes make their way
through the narrow London streets, watched by tens of thousands of people. The streets are
lined with stalls selling tropical fruits, such as fresh mangoes, watermelons, and
pineapple. Everyone dances - young and old, black and white - and even the policemen on
duty take part in the fun. For these three days in August, a little Caribbean magic touches the
streets of London.

51. What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?

A) to encourage people to celebrate the traditions of black people
B) to talk about problems with the Afro-Caribbean community
C) to recommend people spend more time outdoors
D) to understand and describe the Notting Hill Carnival
52. According to the passage, Notting Hill Carnival __________
A) takes place every Bank Holiday B) is held annually in August
C) is organized by the Bank of England D) is held at the beginning of August
53. During the Notting Hill Carnival, _______________
A) the participants in the carnival decorate the streets with colourful streamers
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B) preparations start early in the morning

C) music and colour fill the streets of London
D) traffic is banned from the main shopping streets
54. The writer claims that _____________
A) this carnival has been organized since at least the 1950s
B) tens of thousands of people take part in the preparations for the carnival
C) dancers in the carnival wear special clothes
D) the dancers in the carnival are from the black community
55. Although the carnival is a celebration of the traditions of black British ...
A) everyone seems to participate in it
B) only Caribbean people take part in it
C) it is gaining in popularity among the white in recent years
D) people from all over the world come to watch it

Your answers:
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

II. Read the following passage and fill the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your
answer in the table below.
True friends
A real friend is one of the (56) __most___ precious things a person can have in their lifetime.
Forming friendships that are long-lasting and fulfilling can make you feel (57)__on___ top of
the world. What makes a true friend is debatable;(58)_however____, it is clear that having a
good circle of friends creates a support group like (59)____nothing___ else. The most
common definition of a true friend is someone (60) __who___ supports you through the bad
times, (61)____not__ only the good. They are there for you when you need them most and
time (62) __does___ not cause barriers (63)__between___two of you. In (64)___fact__, you
can spend years without even speaking but nothing changes; that is the beauty of (65)
____these____ types of relationships.

III. Read the following passages and choose the best answerA, B, C or D to fill in the
gaps. Write your answer in the table below.

About twenty-five years ago, the results of an exciting new study were reported in the news:
(66)______________ children listen to the music of Mozart, they will become more
intelligent. Immediately,a huge (67)____________ of Mozart CDs were purchased by people
who wanted their children to be smarter. The statement was generally assumed to be true.
After all, (68)___________ people think Mozart was a genius, and maybe if we listened to
his music, his intelligence (69) __________ transfer to us. However, if you read about the
experiment that resulted in this claim, there is (70) ___________ evidence it’s true. Firstly,
children (71) __________ in the original experiment. University students were. The thirty-six
young adults who took part did one of three things for ten minutes. Some sat in silence,
others listened to some relaxation instructions and a third group listened to Mozart’s piano
music. Afterwards, they all completed various tasks, one of (72) __________ involved paper
shapes. (73) __________ experiment was repeated three times. It was found that the students
who listened to Mozart did better in the paper shapes activity than (74)_________ students.
However, the beneficial effect only lasted for about fifteen minutes. So, listening to Mozart
won’t harm your children. It could even (75)___________to a love of classical music. But if
they have an important test ahead, you should probably tell them to study instead of listening
to some music on.
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66. A. when B. if C. unless D. that

67. A. number B. numbers C. amounts D. amount
68. A. most B. most of C. most of the D. almost
69. A. can B. would C. should D. might
70. A. few B. many C. plenty D. little
71. A. didn’t test B. weren’t testing C. wouldn’t be tested D. weren’t tested
72. A. that B. whom C. which D. what
73. A. Its B. This C. These D. It’s
74. A. others B.the other C. another D. each other
75. A. cause B. bring C. result D. lead

D. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using
the word given. Do not change the word given in any way.
76. Playing computer games too much badly affects students’ mental health. ( EFFECT )
- Playing computer games too much ____has a bad effect on__ students’ mental health.
77. We didn’t intend tobreak our promises. NO
- We __had no intention of breaking________________ our promises.
78. The storm blew off the roof of our house. HAD
- We ____HAD THE ROOF OF OUR HOUSE BLOWN OFF BY_______the storm.
79. I think you should pay more attention to your English pronunciation. ( WOULD)
- If I _______________________________________________ English pronunciation.
80. Tuan is a faster runner than me. ( AS )
- I ______________________________ Tuan.

II. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the
original one.
81. When you phoned me, it was my lunchtime.
=> I was …………………………………………………………………………..
82. She was such a slow speaker that almost all audiences got bored.
- > He spoke ……………………………………….………………………………
83. Despite the bad weather, we decided to go on playing soccer.
→ Even ………………………………………………………………………….
84. Our last visit to Huong Pagoda was 3 months ago.
→ We haven’t ……………………………………………………………………
85. My mother didn’t let us use mobile phones before 15 years old.
→ We …………………………………………………………………………….

III.Write an essay of 180-200 words to express your idea about the statement:

Many people say that the internet is very useful for students to learn English.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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